Precision Wins Shirts & Logo's USSSA Class D NIT

NIT Runner-up the Wizards from Elgin

Now only two teams were undefeated and in their battle to become the only unbeaten team left in this 4th Annual Shirts & Logo's USSSA Men's Class D NIT Precision got the better of it against 17th Street / D-Town from Detroit, MI, posting an 12-10 victory onto the bracket board.17th Street / D Town made it to the undefeated game by opening the tournament with a first round bye before pounding out a 18-5 win over Peanut Butter & Jelly Time / Miken from Bolingbrook in the second round of play. 17th Street / D-Town finished Saturday with a perfect 2-0 record after beating Plano Legion 16-1 on Saturday evening. On Sunday morning 17th Street / D-Town stopped Horn's Tree Specialist / Player's Park 12-5 before winning their semifinal contest against Get Boozled / Stallions 11-6 to earn the right to play Precision in the winner's bracket championship game.
Precision now had to sit and wait until the loser's bracket play had been completed before knowing who their opponent would be in the title game and after the dust resettled back down on the infield in the loser's bracket finals Precision and the Wizards were set to play one another for the title to the 4th Annual Shirts & Logo's USSSA Men's Class D NIT title.
Precision was a team on a mission this weekend and they went about their business and complete the team goal of winning this NIT as they sent the Wizards home with second place after defeating them 14-3 in the championship game to claim their title.
Tournament runner-ups Wizards, were led to their second place finish by the glove work of their middle infielder Chris Moon who was named as the 'Defensive MVP' of the 4th Annual Shirts & Logo's USSSA Men's Class D NIT. Joining Moon on the 'All-Tournament' team were his Wizards teammates; Brian Barr, Brad Bergman, Tim Chambers, and Scott Shoemaker.
The Wizards took a much longer route to the championship game but they got there just the same. He Wizards opened play on Saturday morning with a first round victory over Windy City from Bloomingdale 22-15 to start their tournament off on a high note.
In the second round of play the Wizards and the Truckers met with the Wizards winning 8-3 to improve to 2-0 on this Saturday afternoon. The Trucker had received a first round bye to advance into this second round contest against the Wizards. On Saturday evening the Wizards and Caps / Fury hooked up in a good softball game that saw the Wizards pull out a 12-11 decision to advance into Sunday as one of only eight teams still undefeated in this 4th Annual Shirts & Logo's USSSA Men's Class D NIT.
On Sunday morning the Wizards stubbed their toe in the first game they played losing to Byron Bank 6-5 dropping the Elgin based ball club into the loser's bracket.
Now playing with their backs against the wall the Wizards bounced back and started a winning streak as they sent the Softball Junkies to the parking lot for the drive home first after posting a narrow 10-9 win onto the bracket board.
The next team to exit this tournament at the hands of the Wizards was Paradise Motor Group / Young Guns after the Wizards hung a 8-5 win over them on the bracket board.
The Wizards and Get Boozled / Stallions met next as the Wizards continued their advancement towards the championship game with a 13-11 victory.
Byron Bank was next in line as the Wizards grabbed a measure of revenge sending home the team that had put them into the loser's bracket with a 1-0 win to earn the right to play 17th Street / D-Town in the loser's bracket championship game.
The Wizards went all out to get to the title game as they poured twenty-two runs across the pay-station wining big by a final score of 22-4 to send 17th Street / D-Town back to Michigan with third place from this NIT and also earning the Wizards the right to play unbeaten Precision for the title.
The championship game belonged to the unbeaten and well rested Precision ball club as the Wizards were forced to except second place from the 4th Annual Shirts & Log's USSSA Men's Class D NIT after dropping a 14-3 decision in the championship game.

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