RICHMOND, Va. – The William & Mary baseball team will defend its conference title as the No. 3 seed in the Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament. The 2017 CAA Baseball Tournament takes place at Brooks Field in Wilmington, N.C., on May 24-27.
 
W&M will face off against No. 6 seed Elon in the first round on Wednesday May 24 at 3 p.m. The winner of that contest meets No. 2 seed UNCW on Thursday, May 25 at 3 p.m.
 
The complete tournament field consist of No. 1 Northeastern (28-23, 16-7 in CAA), regular season champs, No. 2 UNCW (28-27, 16-8 in CAA), No. 3 W&M (31-23, 15-8 in CAA), No. 4 Delaware (30-21, 15-9 in CAA), No. 5 Charleston (26-29, 13-11 in CAA) and No. 6 Elon (24-30, 12-12 in CAA). W&M went 7-7 against the field in the regular season.
 
The Green and Gold is making its fifth consecutive postseason appearance, which is a program-best since qualifying started for the CAA Baseball Tournament. In three of its last four tournament appearances, the Tribe reached the championship game and earned a NCAA Regional berth on two of the occasions.
 
All-session tickets are $40 for adults and $30 for youth (ages 18 and under). Single-day passes are $20 for adults and $10 for youth. Students from participating CAA institutions are admitted free with a valid student ID. Tickets are available for purchase online at UNCWSports.com.
 
Every game of the 2017 CAA Baseball Championship will be video streamed live for free in high definition on CAA.TV and on the CAA Roku channel. For more information, visit the CAA Championship Central page at caasports.com.
 
 Complete Tournament Schedule Below:

Wednesday, May 24
Game 1 - #4 Delaware vs. #5 College of Charleston – 11 a.m.
Game 2 - #3 William & Mary vs. #6 Elon – 3 p.m.
Game 3 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 – 7 p.m.
 
Thursday, May 25
Game 4 - #1 Northeastern vs. Winner of Game 1 – 11 a.m.
Game 5 - #2 UNCW vs. Winner of Game 2 – 3 p.m.
Game 6 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Lowest-Seeded Game 4/Game 5 Loser – 7 p.m.
 
Friday, May 26
Game 7 – Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5 – 11 a.m.
Game 8 – Winner of Game 6 vs. Highest-Seeded Game 4/Game Loser  – 3 p.m.
Game 9 – Loser of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8 – 7 p.m.
 
Saturday, May 27
Game 10 – Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9 – 1 p.m.
Game 11 (if necessary) – Same two teams – 30 minutes after Game 10