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Baseball tournament set for Houston

From Bonesville.net staff and C-USA reports

Conference USA's 2003-04 lineup of title events has been determined and, for the second year in a row, East Carolina will not be hosting any of the championships.

The dates and sites for each of next year's championship competitions were approved during the league's annual spring meetings this week in Destin, FL.

C-USA's 15 championships, covering 18 men’s and women’s sports, will be hosted by eight different schools. Houston and Louisville will each host three championships, while Memphis, South Florida and Texas Christian will host two.

The slate of competitions was announced Friday by the league office.

For the first time ever, multiple championships will be held simultaneously at the same site. Houston will host the Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships as well as  the Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track Championships during the final weekend of February.

The Cougars will also host the league baseball tournament, which is scheduled for the last week in May. East Carolina hosted the event before large crowds at Kinston's Grainger Stadium in May of 2002, and the school — which upset Houston to win that tournament — has not hosted a title event since then.

In the middle of May, the Softball Championship Tournament and the Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held at Louisville.

The league's premiere title event, the men’s basketball tournament, returns to Cincinnati for the second time in three years with U.S. Bank Arena in downtown Cincinnati serving as the host venue. Louisville's Freedom Hall was the host for this past season's tournament.

Fort Worth is the site for the women’s basketball tournament, as TCU hosts the league tournament for the first time.

A complete list of next year's C-USA championships, dates and sites follows:

Conference USA 2003-04 Championships and Tournaments

SPORT DATES SITES HOST
Cross Country November 1 Tampa, Fla. South Florida
Women's Soccer November 5-8 Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte
Men's Soccer November 13-16 Collierville, Tenn. Memphis
Volleyball November 21-24 New Orleans, La. Tulane
Women's Swimming and Diving February 26-28 Houston, Texas Houston
Indoor Track & Field February 27-28 Houston, Texas Houston
Women's Basketball March 4-7 Fort Worth, Texas Texas Christian
Men's Basketball March 10-13 Cincinnati, Ohio
(U.S. Bank Arena)
Cincinnati
Women's Tennis April 15-18 Louisville, Ky. Louisville
Men's Tennis April 15-18 Memphis, Tenn. Memphis
Women's Golf April 19-21 Fort Worth, Texas Texas Christian
Men's Golf April 19-21 Dade City, Fla. South Florida
Softball May 13-15 Louisville, Ky. Louisville
Outdoor Track & Field May 13-15 Louisville, Ky. Louisville
Baseball May 26-30 Houston, Texas Houston

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02/23/2007 01:21 PM

 

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