SportsMay 19, 2001
SPORTS DIGEST: TECH, AUSTIN PEAY TO DECIDE OVC TITLE
PADUCAH, Ky. -- With the top two seeds eliminated, No. 3 seed Tennessee Tech and No. 5 seed Austin Peay will play for the Ohio Valley Conference baseball championship today at Brooks Stadium. Austin Peay, which lost to Tennessee Tech 10-5 in a late game Thursday night, will need to defeat the Eagles twice today to win the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The teams will meet at 1 p.m. today with a possible second game to follow...
PADUCAH, Ky. -- With the top two seeds eliminated, No. 3 seed Tennessee Tech and No. 5 seed Austin Peay will play for the Ohio Valley Conference baseball championship today at Brooks Stadium.
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Austin Peay, which lost to Tennessee Tech 10-5 in a late game Thursday night, will need to defeat the Eagles twice today to win the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The teams will meet at 1 p.m. today with a possible second game to follow.
Austin Peay eliminated OVC regular-season champion Eastern Illinois on Thursday with a 10-6 victory. Tennessee Tech won the winner's bracket final, defeating Eastern Kentucky 16-7. Austin Peay then eliminated Eastern Kentucky 8-1 in the loser's bracket final.
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