ORLANDO – The No. 1 seeded UCF Golden Knights will face the No. 6 seed Samford in the opening round of play at the 2002 Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship after Samford swept three games from Belmont to earn a spot in the six-team tournament. The two teams will play the opening game of the tournament Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Melching Field at Conrad Park in DeLand, Fla. UCF will look to repeat as A-Sun champions after winning the conference crown in 2001.
Wednesday, May 22 Game 1 - #1 UCF vs. #6 Samford, 11 a.m. Game 2 - #2 FAU vs. #5 Jacksonville, 3 p.m. Game 3 - #3 Stetson vs. #4 TSU, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 23 Game 4 – Loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 2, 11 a.m. Game 5 – Winner of game 1 vs. loser of game 3, 3 p.m. Game 6 – Winner of game 2 vs. winner of game 3, 7 p.m. Friday, May 24 Game 7 – Winner of game 5 vs. winner of game 6, 11 a.m. Game 8 – Loser of game 5 vs. winner of game 4, 3 p.m. Game 9 – Loser of game 7 vs. winner of game 8, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 25 Game 10 – Winner of game 7 vs. winner of game 9, 1 p.m. Game 11 – Winner of game 10 vs. loser of game 10 **If Necessary