WELCOME IN TO SPORTS, I'M AMY ZIMMER. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A DECADE... SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY WILL PLAY IN THE NCAA DIVISION 2 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. THE TIGERS SELECTED TO PLAY IN THE SOUTH REGIONAL AND WILL OPEN THURSDAY AGAINST HOST TAMPA. THE TIGERS WRAPPED UP THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A 28-13 OVERALL RECORD. THE TEAM WENT ON TO CLAW THEIR WAY THROUGH THE S-I-A-C TOURNAMENT HOWEVER FELL SHORT TO EDWARD WATERS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. BECAUSE EDWARD WATERS IS IN THE FINAL YEAR OF ITS THREE YEAR TRANSITION TO THE NCAA FROM THE N- A-I-A , SAVANNAH STATE EARNED THE AUTOMATIC BID. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. SAVANNAH STATE ENTERS THE REGIONAL RANKED IN THE TOP 10 IN FIVE CATEGORIES IN DIVISION 2. IN ADDITION THE TIGERS ARE LED BY A TOTAL OF NINE ALL S-I-A-C PLAYERS. SAVANNAH STATE TABBED AS THE EIGHTH SEED IN THE SOUTH REGION WHILE TAMPA IS THE TOP SEED. FIRST PITCH SET FOR 1 P-M ON THURSDAY. WHAT A WEEKEND FOR CALVARY DAY SCHOOL BASEBALL. JUST HOURS AFTER GRADUATING... THE TEAM PUNCHING ITS TICKET TO THE GHSA CLASS TRIPLE A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU'RE WATCHING THE MOMENT THE CAVALIERS DEFEATED MARY PERSONS IN THE DECIDING GAME 3 ON SATURDAY AT HISTORIC GRAYSON STADIUM. CAVALIERS STAR PITCHER AND VANDERBILT COMMIT WILL HAMPTON TOSSING A COMPLETE GAME AS THE CAVS SHUTOUT THE BULLDOGS 2- NOTHING. IT MARKS THE PROGRAM'S FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BERTH SINCE TWO- THOUSAND...SEVEN. IT'S SUPER EXCITED, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE IN THIS MOMENT, JUST TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DID. THIS IS REALLY EXCITING, MAN. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT CAN'T BE