The teams will play a 2 p.m. game on Saturday and then a third game, if necessary, would be played following that.

HSU played its way into the ASC postseason with a three-game sweep of Howard Payne on the final weekend of the year. HSU is 19-18 overall and 12-9 in the ASC West play. HSU finished tied with McMurry but held the head-to-head tiebreaker advantage for the No. 3 seed.

Texas-Tyler finished the season tied with Texas-Dallas for the ASC East title and UTD had the head-to-head advantage. The Patriots are 31-9 on the year and went 14-4 in league play.

The two teams have met one previous time in the ASC Championship series with the Patriots winning in two games in 2007 in Tyler. The two teams have not met since the Patriots won a 5-4 game in the ASC Championship Tournament in 2010.

HSU, Mississippi College and McMurry are the only three teams that have qualified for all eight ASC Championship Series, since the format was started in 2005.

The Cowboys are looking for their first ASC title. HSU trails only MC in ASC postseason appearances with 12. MC has played in 13.

The other three ASC Championship Series feature ASC West No. 1 Concordia (31-8) hosting ASC East No. 4 Louisiana College (14-22), ASC West No. 2 Texas Lutheran (26-12) hosting ASC East No. 3 Mississippi College (18-21) and ASC East No. 1 Texas-Dallas (27-13) hosting ASC West No. 4 McMurry (19-21).

The winner of the four series will play in a double-elimination ASC Championship Tournament May 4-6 at the highest remaining ASC West seed.

2012 AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

-FIRST ROUND-
APRIL 27-28 (FRIDAY-SATURDAY)
(Best-of-Three Series; Hosted by top two seeds from each Division) 

[West #4] McMurry @ [East #1] Texas-Dallas
UTD Baseball Field / Richardson, Texas
Game 1: 2 p.m. Friday
Game 2: 11 a.m. Saturday
Game 3: Saturday, If necessary

[East #3] Mississippi College @ [West #2] Texas Lutheran
Katt-Isbel Field / Seguin, Texas
Game 1: 2 p.m. Friday
Game 2: 11 a.m. Saturday
Game 3: Saturday, If necessary

[West #3] Hardin-Simmons @ [East #2] Texas-Tyler
Irwin Field / Tyler, Texas
Game 1: 6 p.m. Friday
Game 2: 2 p.m. Saturday
Game 3: Saturday, If necessary

[East #4] Louisiana College @ [West #1] Concordia Texas
Tornado Field / Austin, Texas
Game 1: 6 p.m. Friday
Game 2: 2 p.m. Saturday
Game 3: Saturday, If necessary

-CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-
MAY 4-6 (FRIDAY-SUNDAY)
(Double Elimination; Hosted by highest remaining seed from West Division) 

FRIDAY, MAY 4
Game 5: Winner McM/UTD Series vs. Winner MC/TLU Series, Time TBD
Game 6: Winner HSU/UT Tyler Series vs. Winner LC/CTX Series, Time TBD
SATURDAY, MAY 5
Game 7: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, Time TBD
Game8: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, Time TBD
Game 9: Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8 (Semifinal) , Time TBD 

SUNDAY, MAY 6
Game 10 (Championship): Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, Time TBD
If necessary, Game 11: 30 minutes after Game 10, Time TBD