Andy Mendlowitz MyCentralJersey.com
The Edison baseball team fell just short last season.
Now, they’ll enter as the favorites. The Eagles drew the No. 1 seed in the Greater Middlesex Conference Jim Muldowney Tournament at Friday’s seeding meeting. Middlesex is the No. 2 seed followed by No. 3 Old Bridge and No. 4 Metuchen.
Last year’s wild tournament featured several upsets. No. 5-seeded St. Joseph captured the championship with four walk-off wins, including in the final against No. 11th-seeded Edison.
Action begins in the 20-team tournament with four play-in games on Saturday, May 9. Then, play continues at the higher seeds with the first round on Monday, May 11, and the quarterfinals on Wednesday, May 13. The tournament then finishes at East Brunswick Magnet. The semifinal doubleheader is Saturday, May 16, at noon and 2:30 p.m. The final is slated for Saturday, May 23 at 2 p.m.
If the play-in games are rained out, then they will be played on Monday, May 11, with the first round getting pushed to Tuesday, May 12.
Saturday, May 9
Play-in games at 10 a.m.
No. 17 Piscataway Magnet at No. 16 J.F. Kennedy
No. 20 North Plainfield at No. 13 Spotswood
No. 19 Carteret at No. 14 Sayreville
No. 18 J.P. Stevens at No. 15 South River
Monday, May 11
First round
No. 17 Piscataway Magnet/No. 16 J.F. Kennedy winner at No. 1 Edison
No. 9 Monroe at No. 8 Colonia
No. 12 St. Joseph at No. 5 South Plainfield
No. 20 North Plainfield/No. 13 Spotswood winner at No. 4 Metuchen
No. 19 Carteret/No. 14 Sayreville winner at No. 3 Old Bridge
No. 11 East Brunswick at No. 6 Woodbridge
No. 10 South Brunswick at No. 7 St. Thomas Aquinas
No. 18 J.P. Stevens/No. 15 South River winner at No. 2 Middlesex
Wednesday, May 13
Quarterfinals at higher seeds
Saturday, May 16
Semifinals at East Brunswick Magnet, noon and 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 23
Final at East Brunswick Magnet, 2 p.m.
NJ Baseball Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament pairings and seeds
TAPinto South Plainfield
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — The South Plainfield baseball team has been awarded the fifth seed in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament.
The Tigers will host St. Joseph of Metuchen in the first round on Monday. South Plainfield (11-8) swept two games from St. Joe's (5-12) in the regular season.
The top four seeds are Edison, Middlesex, Old Bridge and Metuchen.
The winner of Monday's game will advance to the quarterfinal round on Wednesday against either Metuchen, Spotswood or North Plainfield.
The semifinals will be played as a doubleheader next Saturday, May 16 at East Brunswick Magnet School.
The championship is scheduled for May 23 at East Brunswick Magnet.
GREATER MIDDLESEX CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SEEDS
2. Middlesex
3. Old Bridge
4. Metuchen
5. South Plainfield
6. Woodbridge
7. St. Thomas Aquinas
8. Colonia
9. Monroe
10. South Brunswick
11. East Brunswick
12. St. Joseph
13. Spotswood
14. Sayreville
15. South River
16. JFK-Iselin
17. Piscataway Magnet
18. J.P. Stevens
19. Carteret
20. North Plainfield
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