2014 Association of Independent Institutions
Baseball Championship Tournament
Personnel Contact Information
Tournament Staff / Support Personnel
Anthony Perry
Tournament Director
Office Phone: 603-897-8760
Cell Phone:
978-973-4664
Email:
aperry@rivier.edu
Jose Diaz
Assistant to the
Tournament Director
Office Phone: 617-236-5443
Cell Phone:
617-833-0063
Email:
jdiaz@fisher.edu
Bill Maddock
Tournament Sports
Information Director
Office Phone: 617-236-8815
Cell Phone:
339-793-1441
Email:
wmaddock@fisher.edu
Scott Dulin
Host Institution
Athletic Director
Office Phone: 617-236-8877
Cell Phone:
617-438-9945
Email:
sdulin@fisher.edu
FISHER COLLEGE
Scott Dulin
Office Phone:
Cell Phone:
Email:
617-236-8877
617-438-9945
sdulin@fisher.edu
HOUSTON-VICTORIA
Terry Puhl
Office Phone:
Cell Phone:
Email:
361-485-4420
Office Phone:
Cell Phone:
Email:
760-750-7104
Office Phone:
Cell Phone:
Email:
318-473-6486
Office Phone:
Cell Phone:
Email:
618-239-6138
Office Phone:
Cell Phone:
Email:
678-407-5761
Participating Coaches
CAL STATE – SAN MARCOS
LSU – ALEXANDRIA
LINDENWOOD-BELLEVILE
GEORGIA GWINNETT
Dennis Pugh
Brent Porche
Logan Johnson
Brad Stromdahl
puhlt@uhv.edu
dpugh@csusm.edu
bporche@lsua.edu
ljohnson1@lindenwood.edu
bstromdahl@ggc.edu
2014 Association of Independent Institutions
Baseball Championship Tournament
Quick Facts Sheet
WHAT:
WHEN:
WHERE:
FORMAT:
2014 AII Baseball Championship Tournament
May 1, 2014 – May 6, 2014
Fraser Field, Fisher College – Lynn, Massachusetts
The AII Baseball Championship is a 6 team, double elimination tournament.
SCHEDULE:
Friday, May 2 – Games at 10am, 1pm, 4pm
Saturday, May 3 – Games at 10am, 1pm, 4pm
Sunday, May 4 – Games at 10am, 1pm, 4pm
Monday, May 5 – Games at 10am – 1pm if necessary
Tuesday, May 6 – Rain Date
OTHER EVENTS:
Opening Banquet, Holiday Inn – Peabody, Thursday, May1, 7pm
Tournament Coaches Meeting, 9:30pm, Thursday May 1 @ Holiday Inn – Peabody
NAIA Champions of Character, Thursday, May 1, 9am-12pm
TICKETS:
Game tickets will be available at the gate for All-Games
Full Tournament General Admission:
$30.00
General Admission Day Pass:
$10.00
Championship Game General Admission:
$5.00
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
HEADQUARTERS:
Fisher College – 617-438-9945
HOST CONTACT:
Scott Dulin, Fisher College Athletic Director/Head Baseball Coach
Office Phone: 617-236-8877
Cell Phone:
617-438-9945
Email:
sdulin@fisher.edu
2014 Association of Independent Institutions Baseball Championship Tournament
May 2, 2014 – May 6, 2014
TOURNAMENT ITINERARY
Thursday, May 1, 2014
8:00 am – 8:30 am
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
9:00 am – 12:00pm
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
9:00 pm – 9:30 pm
9:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Team Registration/Check-In at Fraser Field (Lynn, Mass.)
Individual Team Practices
9:00 am – 9:50 am
#1 seed
9:50 am – 10:40 am
#6 seed
10:40 am – 11:30 am
#3 seed
11:30 am – 12:20 pm
#4 seed
12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
#2 seed
1:10 pm – 1:50 pm
#5 seed
Individual Team, NAIA Champions of Character Event
9:00 am – 9:50 am
#2 seed @
9:00 am – 9:50 am
#5 seed @
9:00 am – 9:50 am
#3 seed @
9:00 am – 9:50 am
#4 seed @
11:00 am – 11:50 am
#1 seed @
11:00 am – 11:50 am
#6 seed @
Opening Banquet at the Holiday Inn – Peabody
Tournament Coaches Meeting (Holiday Inn – Peabody)
Event/Team Athletic Trainers Meeting (Holiday Inn – Peabody)
Classical HS
Technical HS
English HS
Saint Mary’s HS
Friday, May 2, 2014
10:00 am
1:00 pm
4:00 pm
Tournament Game #1
Tournament Game #2
Tournament Game #3
(#1 seed vs. #6 seed)
(#3 seed vs. #4 seed)
(#2 seed vs. #5 seed)
Tournament Game #4
Tournament Game #5
Tournament Game #6
(Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2)
(Winner of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 3)
(Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3)
Tournament Game #7
Tournament Game #8
Tournament Game #9
(Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6)
(Loser of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 4)
(Loser of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8)
Tournament Game #10
Tournament Game #11
(Championship Game)
(If Necessary)
Saturday, May 3, 2014
10:00 am
1:00 pm
4:00 pm
Sunday, May 4, 2014
10:00 am
1:00 pm
4:00 pm
Monday, May 5, 2014
10:00 am
1:00 pm
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Rain Date
NAIA POSTSEASON COMPETITION
I.
Responsibilities of Participating Institutions
A.
The official party for each team participating in postseason play is 26, with no more than 25
players in uniform. Institutions may provide additional coaches to be in uniform and sit in the
dugout or team bench area, but those coaches will be the financial responsibility of the
institution. A total party of not to exceed 31 persons (not including athletic training staff) will be
permitted in the team area, which includes the dugout or bench or bullpens.
The list of up to 25 eligible players (official postseason roster) must be submitted to the
Tournament Director at the “Tournament Coaches Meeting” on May 1, 2014. Only players on
the official playoff/postseason roster may be in uniform. If a team is discovered using a player
not on the official tournament playoff/postseason roster at any time during the tournament,
that team is immediately disqualified from further post-season play. From the point of first
infraction by a team using a player not on the playoff roster, all subsequent games shall be
forfeited by the offending team.
A copy of the official postseason roster form MUST be hand-carried to the site of the AII group
national qualifying tournament and be presented to the Tournament Director prior to that
institutions participation in the tournament. Once the tournament begins, no player may play
who is not on the roster.
II.
B.
Participating teams are responsible for expenses en route to, during and from all postseason
events.
C.
Each participating team shall provide its own medical, hospitalization, travel and accident
insurance for all members of its official party.
D.
The coach or other designated person for each participating team must be in attendance and is
responsible for his/her team at all times while at the site of competition. This person shall
accept the responsibility for the conduct of his/her student-athletes at the tournament site,
during the tournament and at all of its activities connected with the team’s tournament
participation. In case of property damage, the offending institution shall be held financially
responsible.
E.
Scores from all games in postseason play should be reported to the NAIA national office
immediately following the game by posting the results on the NAIA Scoreboard.
General Policies – Postseason Play
A.
Final-Game Procedures
Procedures governing the final game of the 2014 AII Tournament shall be decided by the AII
baseball chair prior to the game being played.
B.
1.
If a game is interrupted after five (5) innings and cannot be completed before
the completion deadline established for the 2014 AII Tournament, it shall be
considered a regulation game.
2.
If a rain date has been established for the tournament, then the rain date
becomes the official completion date for the tournament.
3.
The NAC approved a standardized inclement weather policy for each of the nine
(9) NAIA Baseball Championship Opening Round Tournament sites; and is
outlined in the Opening Round section of this manual.
10-Run Rule
The 10-Run Rule shall be in effect at the end of the seven (7) innings or an inning
thereafter in the following:
C.
1.
Game #1 (seeds #1-#6), Game #2 (seeds #3-#4) and Game #4 (first loser’s
bracket game) in the 2014 AII Baseball Championship Tournament.
2.
The three opening round games on the first day and the two loser’s bracket
games on the second day at the 2014 AII Baseball Championship Tournament.
Suspended Game
Any game that is suspended (including tie games) shall be continued from the point of
suspension – at a time designated by the Tournament Director. All games shall be nine
(9) innings, except those affected by the 10-Run Rule.
D.
Related Information
1.
Team Warm-Up – There shall be a 10 minute grace period and a 10 minute
infield/outfield for each team in between games. A member of the Tournament
Committee will be charged with timing the warm-up. Home team will take I/O
first.
2.
Protests – Tournament protests will be decided upon by the Tournament
Director at the point of the protest. All protests must be lodged with the umpirein-chief in the presence of the Tournament Director, the opposing coach and the
umpire involved before the next pitch is thrown.
3.
Player/Coach Suspension – The Tournament Director is given the authority to
suspend, for the next game, a player or coach who is removed from a
tournament game for flagrant behavior.
4.
Use of Tobacco/Alcohol – All Tobacco products are prohibited, including
cigarettes, snuff and chewing tobacco. During post-season play, any player or
coach caught with tobacco substance will result in a warning to him and the
entire team and subsequent use will result in ejection from the game.
Enforcement of this rule will lie with the “game umpires” and those people noted
in the NAIA Substance Abuse document (See Appendix T). No alcoholic
beverages in any form shall be sold, dispersed or consumed under any
circumstances.
5.
III.
Home Team Determination – The home team for the first-round games in the
AII Tournament will be determined by a coin flip.
B.
For subsequent games, the Tournament Director shall designate
as home team the institution that has been the home team the
fewer number of times. If the two teams are equal in this respect,
but unequal in the number of times they were the visitor, the the
team that had been the visitor most often will be designated the
home team.
C.
If the two teams are equal in the number of times that they have
been the home and visitor, the Tournament Director will observe
the following procedures in the order as listed:
1.
The team that was visitor in its preceding game shall be
the home team, unless both teams were visitors in their
preceding game.
2.
If the two teams have met previously in the tournament,
the visitor in the previous game shall be the home team in
the game in question.
3.
If the above procedures do not resolve the matter, the
home team shall be determined by a flip of the coin.
(Higher seed will be heads)
6.
Choice of Dugout – The visiting team in each game of the tournament will be
given its choice of dugout (first or third base) it wished to occupy for that game.
7.
Choice of Uniform – Coaches of the participating teams involved in the game
should decide between the two which color uniforms they will wear. If both
coaches cannot agree on uniform color, then the home team will wear light or
white, and the visiting team will wear dark-color uniforms.
2014 AII Baseball Championship Tournament – Site of Competition
A.
Dates and Sites
The 2014 AII Baseball Championship Tournament will be played May 2 – May 5
(with May 6 as a Rain Date) at Fraser Field in Lynn, Massachusetts. The practice
field site will be Breed Field located at
B.
Qualification, Seeding of Teams and Tournament Format
The 2014 AII Baseball Championship Tournament is a Six-Team, doubleelimination format played in four or five days featuring five members of the
Association of Independent Institutions and the host (Fisher College).
C.
Game Times
The game times for each day will be at 10am, 1pm and 4pm. See attached
bracket for when the games will take place.
D.
Administration
E.
Related Information
Prior to the 2014 AII Baseball Championship Tournament, an information packet
will be posted on the Fisher College Athletics Website (www.fisherfalcons.com)
for all potential qualifying teams to review; including specific instructions
regarding practices and all responsibilities upon qualification.
1.
Team Registration – Upon arrival in the Boston area, teams
must check in with the Tournament Director from 8:00 am – 8:30
am at Fraser Field in Lynn, Massachusetts. The Tournament
Director and staff will be on hand to great all coaches, teams and
provide informational packets along with answer any questions.
Following their last game, team head coaches or authorized
representatives are required to check out with the Tournament
Director. At this time please inform the tournament director of
your All-Tournament Team nomination.
2.
Meeting – The first OFFICIAL function which all head coaches
MUST ATTEND is the pre-tournament meeting, conducted by the
Tournament Director on Thursday, May 1. This meeting is
MANDATORY and will serve as a forum for all participating teams.
3.
Banquet – The opening banquet will be on Thursday, May 1 from
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Holiday Inn – Peabody.
4.
Awards – Team trophies are presented to the champion and
runner-up. Additionally, awards are presented the AII AllTournament Selections (14), most valuable player, tournament
gold glove winner and hustle winner, and the Champion of
Character Player and Team Award Winners.
5.
Radio, Television and Internet – The broadcast of the 2014 AII
Baseball Championship Tournament will be live streamed over the
internet courtesy of Rivier University. The links for each game will
be posted on the official AII Tournament site along with the
Athletic Websites of both Fisher College and Rivier University.
If a participating institution is bringing their own Television and/or
Radio personnel, please inform the Tournament Director upon
qualifying for the tournament.
For more information relative to these policies, contact:
Anthony Perry – aperry@rivier.edu
2014 AII Baseball Championship Tournament Director
Sports Information Director/Head Baseball Coach @ Rivier University
420 South Main Street
Nashua, NH 03060
(603) 897-8760
2014 Association of Independent Institutions Baseball Championship Tournament
Pre-Game Schedule
Day 1:
30 minutes before Game One
Minimum of 45 minutes (with 15 minute grace period) before games two and three
Game One
8:00 am –
8:40 am –
9:30 am –
9:40 am –
9:50 am
9:53 am
9:57 am
10:00 am
8:40
9:20
9:40
9:50
Activity
am
am
am
am
Home Team Batting Practice
Visiting Team Batting Practice
Home Team Infield/Outfield
Visiting Team Infield/Outfield
Umpires Meeting
Starting Lineups
National Anthem
First Pitch
Game Two
11:00 am – 11:40 am
11:40 am – 12:20 pm
Home Team Batting Practice
Visiting Team Batting Practice
Following will take place prior to projected game time
30 minutes
20 minutes
10 minutes
7 minutes
3 minutes
Home Team Infield/Outfield
Visiting Team Infield/Outfield
Umpires Meeting
Starting Lineups
National Anthem
Game Three
2:00 pm – 2:40 pm
2:40 pm – 3:20 pm
Home Team Batting Practice
Visiting Team Batting Practice
Following will take place prior to projected game time
30 minutes
20 minutes
10 minutes
7 minutes
3 minutes
Home Team Infield/Outfield
Visiting Team Infield/Outfield
Umpires Meeting
Starting Lineups
National Anthem
Days 2 and 3:
30 minutes before Game One
Minimum of 45 minutes (with 15 minute grace period) before games two and three
Game One
8:00 am –
8:40 am –
9:30 am –
9:40 am –
9:50 am
9:53 am
9:57 am
10:00 am
8:40
9:20
9:40
9:50
Activity
am
am
am
am
Home Team Batting Practice
Visiting Team Batting Practice
Home Team Infield/Outfield
Visiting Team Infield/Outfield
Umpires Meeting
Starting Lineups
National Anthem
First Pitch
Game Two
11:00 am – 11:40 am
11:40 am – 12:20 pm
Home Team Batting Practice
Visiting Team Batting Practice
Following will take place prior to projected game time
30 minutes
20 minutes
10 minutes
7 minutes
Home Team Infield/Outfield
Visiting Team Infield/Outfield
Umpires Meeting
Starting Lineups
Game Three
2:00 pm – 2:40 pm
2:40 pm – 3:20 pm
Home Team Batting Practice
Visiting Team Batting Practice
Following will take place prior to projected game time
30 minutes
20 minutes
10 minutes
7 minutes
Home Team Infield/Outfield
Visiting Team Infield/Outfield
Umpires Meeting
Starting Lineups
Day 4:
30 minutes before Game One
Minimum of 45 minutes before game two (if necessary)
Game One
8:00 am –
8:40 am –
9:30 am –
9:40 am –
9:50 am
9:53 am
9:57 am
10:00 am
8:40
9:20
9:40
9:50
Activity
am
am
am
am
Home Team Batting Practice
Visiting Team Batting Practice
Home Team Infield/Outfield
Visiting Team Infield/Outfield
Umpires Meeting
Starting Lineups
National Anthem
First Pitch
Game Two (if necessary)
Following will take place prior to projected game time
10 minutes
7 minutes
Umpires Meeting
Starting Lineups
2014 Association of Independent Institutions Baseball Championship Tournament
Batting Practice/Practice Schedule
Friday, May 2 – Saturday, May 3 – Sunday, May 4
10:00 AM Game
Home team – First Base Outdoor Cages, Fraser Field, 8:00am – 8:40am
Or On Field Batting Practice, Breed Field, 8:00am – 8:30am
Visiting Team – First Base Outdoor Cages, Fraser Field, 8:40am – 9:20am
Or On Field Batting Practice, Breed Field, 8:30am – 9:00am
1:00 PM Game
Home team – First Base Outdoor Cages, Fraser Field, 11:00am – 11:40am
Or On Field Batting Practice, Breed Field, 11:00am – 11:30am
Visiting Team – First Base Outdoor Cages, Fraser Field, 11:40am – 12:20pm
Or On Field Batting Practice, Breed Field, 11:30am – 12:00pm
4:00 PM Game
Home team – First Base Outdoor Cages, Fraser Field, 2:00pm – 2:40pm
Or On Field Batting Practice, Breed Field, 2:00pm – 2:30pm
Visiting Team – First Base Outdoor Cages, Fraser Field, 2:40pm – 3:20pm
Or On Field Batting Practice, Breed Field, 2:30am – 3:00pm
Monday, May 5
10:00 AM
Home Team – First Base Outdoor Cages, Fraser Field, 8:00am – 8:40am
Or On Field Batting Practice, Breed Field, 8:00am – 8:30am
Visiting Team – First Base Outdoor Cages, Fraser Field, 8:40am – 9:20am
Or On Field Batting Practice, Breed Field, 8:30am – 9:00am
Other Information:
Ballpark Addresses:
Fraser Field
28 Ford Street, Lynn, Massachusetts 01904
Breed Field
90 O’Callaghan Way, Lynn, Massachusetts 01905