Bucks to Open Baseball Tournament Sunday

Motlow BucksThe Motlow Bucks will face Volunteer State on Sunday at noon in the first game of the 2016 TCCAA/Region VII Baseball Tournament at Columbia State Community College in Columbia.

The Bucks (18-35, 5-22) completed their regular season with a 7-6 loss to Walters State Friday afternoon in the final game of a three-game series. Walters won Thursday’s opening game 16-4, then won the first game of Friday’s doubleheader 9-5.

The Bucks are the No. 10 seed in the tournament, while Volunteer State is the No. 7 seed. The winner of Sunday’s game will face No. 2 Dyersburg State at 10 a.m. Monday. Sunday’s other contest features Roane State against Southwest Tennessee at 3 p.m., with the winner facing No. 1 Walters State Monday at 4 p.m.

Motlow hosted Volunteer State for a three-game series the first weekend in April. The Pioneers won the first two games 14-3, 10-2, before the Bucks took the series finale 6-5.

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