LAUDERHILL – The match schedule for the 2010 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship has been confirmed.
The Championship, comprising a total of 47 matches, will be played by 19 US College Cricket Clubs, plus the University of the West Indies and the USA U19 World Cup Team. The Championship will be March 17-21, 2010 in Ft Lauderdale, Florida.
The 20 Clubs are split into 4 Conferences : Northeast, Northwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southern. Each Conference has 5 Cricket Clubs.
NORTHWEST
University of Minnesota UMN
University of St Cloud SCL
York University YU from Toronto
Ohio State OSU
College of Wooster CW
NORTHEAST
York College YC from New York
Rutgers University RU
Boston University BU
New York Univsity NYU
University of Penn UPenn
MID-ATLANTIC
George Mason University GMU
U of Maryland Baltimore UMBC
Geroge Washington U GWU
Montgomery College MC
Auburn University Auburn
SOUTHERN
Thunderbird School TSGM
University of S California USC
University of the West Indies UWI
University of South Florida USF
University of Miami UM
Colin Jodah, American College Cricket Special Advisor, in charge of drafting the Championship Schedule explained, “There were so many variables to factor in when scheduling the 44 playoff games, amongst 21 teams .We also did not want any team to play back to back games on any one day.
The logistics of playing on up to 5 fields on one day added to the complexity. Then though we wanted to highlight traditional rivalries such as the Trojans and the Buckeyes the northern clubs were coming out of winter, whereas the southern clubs have the weather to play and practice”
The University of The West Indies, playing as Special Guests have been placed in the Southern Conference and matches between them and their Conference opponents will count towards determining which US College makes it to the Semi Finals. As some UWI players were even selected recently to play Test cricket the University’s presence is electrifying.
Matches played by the USA U 19 World Cup Team will not affect the points standings, however the Colleges will be eager to prove their mettle against the USA players, who are themselves mainly College freshmen.
The USA Team will be feature in 2 marque matches under lights at the Central Broward Regional Park Cricket Stadium, the first on Friday night,March 19 against 2009 American College Cricket Champions Montgomery College. Then the 2nd on Saturday night, March 20 against the University of the West Indies.
Below is the schedule, subject to change at any time by American College Cricket. Games on the far right are night games.
Practice – Mar 16 on 2 fields available for UWI & other early arriving cricketers.
Day 1 Mar 17
UMN vs SCL RU vs USA CW vs UMN
TDGM vs USC UWI vs USF
UM vs TDGM YC vs UPenn
Day 2 Mar 18
USC vs USF BU vs NYU YC vs RU
GMU vs UMBC GWU vs MC GMU vs Auburn USC vs UM
SCL VS YU OSU vs CW USA vs YU
Day 3 Mar 19
TSGM vs UWI GMU vs GWU UMN vs OSU
YC vs NYU RU vs BU NYU vs UPenn
YU vs OSU SCL vs CW USC vs UWI MC vs USA
MC vs UMB USF vs UM UMBC vs Auburn
Day 4 Mar 20
YC vs BU STCL vs OSU YU vs CW
RU vs UPENN TSGM vs USF RU VS NYU
UMN vs YU UWI vs UM BU vs UPENN USA vs UWI
GWU vs Auburn UMBC vs GWU
MC vs GMU MC vs Auburn
Day 5 Mar 21
Semi Finals 1
Semi Finals 2
Finals of the 2010 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship.
The winner claims the CHANDERPAUL TROPHY.
Semi Finals & Final will be webcast live.
