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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- The 2017 River States Conference (RSC) Baseball Tournament is set for May 5-9 at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. The six-team double-elimination tournament will have the champion automatically qualify for the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round.

VA Memorial Stadium is the home venue of the Chillicothe Paints, a member of the collegiate wood bat league, The Prospect League, and an organization that is celebrating its 25^th year of existence. The RSC welcomes all fans, teams, players and community members to Chillicothe, Ohio, for an exciting week of River States Conference baseball.

Admission Price on a daily pass is $7.00 for adults, $3.00 for students and $3.00 youth under the age of 12. More information about VA Memorial Stadium, including driving directions, visit ChillicothePaints.com.

The tournament begins with three games on Friday, May 5 at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. The same time schedule follows for Saturday, May 6 and for Monday, May 8 with three games per day. The championship round is Tuesday, May 9 starting at 11 a.m. with a second championship game if necessary at 3 p.m. The tournament has an off day on Sunday, May 7.

No. 1 seed Point Park (Pa.) University (35-17, 26-6 RSC) plays the first game of the tournament on Friday, May 5 at 11 a.m. versus No. 6 seed Brescia (Ky.) University (13-35, 9-23 RSC). The Pioneers and Bearcats just completed a series in Pittsburgh this past weekend with Point Park taking a four-game sweep to clinch the No. 1 seed. 

No. 2 seed IU Southeast (42-11, 25-7 RSC) squares off versus No. 5 seed WVU Tech (28-26, 18-12 RSC) in the second game of tournament on Friday at 3 p.m. The Grenadiers, ranked No. 25 in the NAIA, split the season series with the Golden Bears this year. 

No. 3 seed University of Rio Grande (Ohio) (33-17-1, 24-7-1 RSC) completes the first day of action versus No. 4 Midway (Ky.) University (24-27, 20-12 RSC) on Friday at 7 p.m. The RedStorm won the season series over the Eagles, 3-1, after winning the first three games.

Watch Live on the RSC Game Central presented by Stretch Internet for live video streaming of all tournament games. Subscribe for $7.95 per game or $19.99 for all games of the tournament. An RSC all-access pass is available for $49.99 for access to all RSC championship events streamed throughout the 2016-17 year.

Log on to RiverStatesConference.com to stay updated with the RSC Tournament. Follow on Twitter @RiverStatesConf and @RSCScores with hashtags RSCBASEBALL and ReSpeCt. "Like" us on Facebook.com/RiverStatesConference. The River States Conference was formerly known as the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. As of July 1, 2016, the conference changed its name as part of a re-branding effort. 

2017 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
May 5-9 at Chillicothe, Ohio (VA Memorial Stadium)   Bracket