Peaceful Valley is the name of the baseball facility at Heidelberg University, but from May 13-15, the site will be anything but when four teams descend upon Tiffin for the 2010 Ohio Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament.
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John Carroll is making its second consecutive visit to the league's four-team postseason tournament and its eighth overall. JCU has a record of 5-14 in seven prior appearances in the league's double-elimination playoff.
The Blue Streaks are led by their six-member senior class, including 2009 all-conference selection Tim O'Brien.
Joining the third-seeded Blue Streaks will be #1 seed and host Heidelberg, #2 seed Marietta College, and #4 seed Muskingum University. The top three seeds are repeat entries from a season ago, while the Muskies are making their first appearance since 1994.
The tournament begins on Thursday, May 13 at 1:00 p.m. when Heidelberg takes on Muskingum followed by a 4:00 p.m. contest between Marietta and John Carroll.
Friday's games begin at 9:30 a..m. with Thursday's winners squaring off, followed by a 12:30 match-up between the losers of Thursday's contests.
Heidelberg enters the tournament with an overall record of 34-6 and is ranked fourth in the nation according to D3baseball.com.
The Pioneers of Marietta are making its 38th appearance in the tournament, and bring an overall record of 30-9
Muskingum needed a sweep in its final doubleheader to qualify for its fourth OAC tournament in the history of its program. For the year Muskingum is 22-16 overall.