PLEASE NOTE: The original press release has been updated to reflect the change of the OCAA championship from a four to a six-team event.
TORONTO - The Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) announced today the 2021 regular season men's baseball schedule, set to begin on Friday, Sept. 17.
OCAA MEN'S BASEBALL REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
KEY DATES
Regular Season Start Date: Friday, Sept. 17
Regular Season End Date: Wednesday, Oct. 13
Regular Season Rainout Dates: Friday, Oct. 15 & Saturday, Oct. 16
Playoff Dates: Sunday, Oct. 17 — Tuesday, Oct. 19
Championship Dates: Friday, Oct. 22 — Saturday, Oct. 23
| MEN'S BASEBALL DIVISIONS | |
| WEST | EAST |
| Fanshawe (London) | Centennial (Scarborough) |
| Humber (Etobicoke) | Durham (Oshawa) |
| Lambton (Sarnia) | George Brown (Toronto) |
| St. Clair (Windsor) | Seneca (North York) |
Schools will play a condensed schedule as the league features an East-West divisional alignment for the first time with the addition of the Centennial Colts (Scarborough).
Each team will play a doubleheader against each other (regardless of division) for a total of 14 regular season games, beginning Friday, Sept. 17. The two-time reigning OCAA champion Humber Hawks (Etobicoke) will make the trek west to begin its long-awaited title defence, visiting the Lambton Lions (Sarnia).
Centennial makes its OCAA debut on Sunday, Sept. 19 against one of its crosstown rivals, the George Brown Huskies (Toronto). A rematch of the OCAA's last gold medal game will take place Friday, Sept. 24 when Humber visits the Durham Lords (Oshawa). In actuality, there were two gold medal games in 2019 as Durham pushed Humber to the limit in the double knockout competition.
The top three (3) teams from each division advance to the OCAA championship, hosted by Durham College (Oshawa) from Oct. 21-23. The second place clubs will play the third seeds from the opposite division in sudden death games to open the competition. The winners will then compete against the first place teams in a double knockout tournament, with teams playing a minimum of two games each. Clubs are eliminated from the competition after their second loss.
All OCAA schedules for the 2021-22 season, including dates, times and locations, are subject to change.
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Josh Bell-Webster
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Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
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