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The New Jersey Athletic
Conference Board of Athletic Administrators recently voted to expand the
field of participants for the 2006 NJAC Championship Softball Tournament.
The double-elimination tournament, which traditionally has featured
participation by the top four regular season finishers, will now include
participation by the top six conference finishers. In addition, a new
tournament format has been adopted which will feature tournament contests
played at both campus sites and the traditional top-seed.
The 2006 NJAC Championship Softball Tournament will get underway on
Tuesday, May 2, with three opening round games played at three different
campus sites. The first, second and third-seeded teams will host the
sixth, fifth, and fourth-seeded teams respectively in first round
contests. In the event of rain on Tuesday, May 2, first round contests
will be rescheduled for Wednesday, May 3 at the same campus site host
locations.
Following completion of the first round contests, the remainder of the
tournament will then shift to the Rutgers-Camden Softball Complex with all
six teams featured in second round games on Friday, May 5. Third round
contests will be conducted on Saturday, May 6, and the 2006 NJAC Softball
Championship Game is scheduled for the afternoon of Sunday, May 7.
Rutgers-Camden earned the right to host the weekend portion of the
tournament by virtue of its clinching of the number one tournament seed on
April 26.
Tickets for all games played at the Rutgers-Camden Softball Complex will
be sold on a daily basis, meaning one admission fee will admit spectators
to all games played at the complex on that day. Tickets can be purchased
at the Rutgers-Camden Softball Complex ticket gate beginning one hour
before the first contest each day during all rounds of the tournament
played in Camden.
The entire 2006 NJAC Championship Softball Tournament bracket will be announced
following the conclusion of regular season conference play on April 29.
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