Grab your baseball gloves

Posted by admin on Apr 13, 2010 in Sports | 0 comments

Over the past weekend, many TWU students, alumni, parents, and friends came together for a good, old-fashioned tournament of lob ball. The six-team tournament consisted of two games in round robin play, before a quarterfinal, semi-final, and final playoff system. Overall, the tournament was a complete success from the weather, friendship, and even competitive baseball.

The tournament started off intense and maintained its level of competitiveness throughout the day. In Pool A, the Debt Free Dragons opened up their round robin play against StrikeForce3000. The Dragons defeated StrikeForce by a score of 16-6 that eventually saw the Dragons pummel ‘I’d Hit That’ by a score of 25-4, clinching the top seed in the pool. I’d Hit That later went on to beat StrikeForce 10-8 in a battle for second place, rounding up the Pool A side of the bracket.

On the other side of the round robin, the Titans Hockey team showed their athleticism by capturing top spot in Pool B, defeating the Legend Killers (13-3) and Dumplings (14-2). The Legend Killers then went on to tie the Dumplings 8-8 to tie for second in the division.
In the first round of the playoffs, unique playoff system saw the 2nd vs. 3rd place teams in the round robin play each other again.

StrikeForce upset I’d Hit That in extra innings 14-13 to advance to the semi-finals against the Titans, while the Legend Killers lived up to their name defeating the Dumplings 14-8 to play against the Debt Free Dragons in the other semi-final.

After the Titans defeated a beaten up, broken, and hardly functional StrikeForce team, the Titans ended up playing the Debt Free Dragons in the final, who defeated the Dumplings 20-2. In the end, the Debt Free Dragons took home the championship, defeating the Titans 11-6 in a close affair, bringing an end to a stellar day.

Event organizer, Janna Brinkman mentioned that the baseball tournament was a fantastic event for everyone. “It was great! It seemed like everyone was having a great time! Having sunshine the whole day was also amazing and helped keep the atmosphere fun and enjoyable” noted Brinkman. Overall the tournament continues to grow in size and enthusiasm, which, Brinkman added, is a positive environment for everyone to play. “It also provides an alternative means of sport that we don’t offer in normal intramurals, and lots of people really enjoy playing ball, so this is a great way to get out and have some fun!”