Circus Wins NSA Class E World Series Berth

Eight Teams Participate At Melas Fields In Arlington Heights

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS: Circus went a perfect 4-0 to win the NSA Men's Class E World Series Qualifier held at Melas Fields in Arlington Height on April 29th. The champions will be playing at the 2006 NSA Men's Class E World Series in September. Gendron's (3-2) finished in second place, with X-Tra Bases (3-2) taking home third place and Psyscos (2-2) finishing in fourth place at this tournament.
Circus opened play with a first round win over Good To Go by a final scorer of 18-5. In their second game of this event it was Circus over Psyscos 13-2 to put them into the winner's bracket finals. Psyscos made it to this second round match-up with Circus by defeating X-tra Bases 17-16 in the first round of tournament play. In the game between the tournaments last two remaining unbeaten team it was Circus over Gendron's 15-13 to assure Circus of a spot the tournament championship game against whichever remaining team that would eventually win the loser's bracket. That team turned out to be Gendron's and a rematch of the winner's bracket championship game was to be played. It was the Circus holding serve in the title game (no score was reported) as they defeated Gendron's to claim the title and the 2006 NSA Men's Class E World Series berth that goes with the tournament's championship.
Runner-up Gendron's opened tournament play with a big 22-4 win over Chaos in the first round of action. In the second round of tournament play it was Gendron's defeating the Dirt Bags 12-2 to move into the winner's bracket championship game. In the game between the last two remaining unbeaten teams, Gendron's suffered a loss as the fell to the Circus by a final score of 15-13 to drop the into the loser's bracket where they needed to win in order to get a second shot at both Circus and the 2006 NSA Men's Class World Series Berth. Gendron's stopped X-tra Bases cold in the loser's bracket championship game, winning 15-2 to assure them of a second chance at playing Circus in this tournament. No score was reported in the title game but Circus did win giving them the title and forcing Gendron's to accept second place from this event.