FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Evan O’Kelly Director of Communications O: (406) 657-2130 E: evan.okelly@msubillings.edu Thursday, May 12, 2016 WATCH LIVE: 2016 GNAC Baseball Championships
Watch live Thursday as the MSUB baseball team competes at the 2016 GNAC Baseball Championships hosted by Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. NAMPA, Idaho – The quest for the 2016 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Baseball Championships title begins Thursday, as Montana State University Billings enters the tournament as the No. 2 seed and faces a pair of league opponents at Vail Baseball Field. The Yellowjackets (29-18, 23-15 GNAC) will challenge No. 3 seed Western Oregon (29-21, 24-16) in the opening game at noon Mountain time. Western Oregon will then play No. 1 seed and host Northwest Nazarene University (28-20, 23-15), before MSUB meets NNU in the nightcap at 7 p.m. All games in the tournament will feature live video with play-by-play commentary and live statistics available through GNAC.tv here. The tournament will conclude with the championship game on Friday, depending on which teams remain in the doubleelimination format.
MSUB enters the tournament ranked No. 8 in the latest NCAA Division II West Region poll, which will determine the field for the 2016 regional championship tournament next weekend. With the top-six teams advancing to a regional, the Yellowjackets are still alive in the hunt for a berth which will be announced Sunday evening. MSUB won 6 of 8 games played against Western Oregon in the regular season and won 3 of 6 played against Northwest Nazarene including a four-game split at Vail Field. For a full preview for this week’s games, click here. --@MSUBSports | #JacketNation--