Playoff Buzz

With only one conference series left to play in the 2013 campaign for the Defiance Yellow Jackets, the Swarm is currently a half game back of Transylvania for the fourth and final spot in the HCAC conference tournament. Coincidentally, DC and Transy face off this weekend down in Lexington, KY in a deciding three-game set.

Current HCAC Standings (as of 05/01/13)

1. *Manchester: 29-5-1, 19-3
2. Anderson (IN): 21-16, 15-7  (4 GB)
3. Rose-Hulman: 15-20, 12-9   (6.5 GB)
4. Transylvania: 19-16, 12-10  (7 GB)
5. Defiance: 18-13, 11-10        (7.5 GB)
6. Franklin: 19-18, 11-11
7. Bluffton: 19-17, 10-11
8. Hanover: 15-20, 8-14
9. Earlham: 9-27, 5-16
10. Mount St. Joe: 8-25, 4-16

*Clinched Regular Season HCAC Championship & No. 1 overall seed in conference tournament

This weekend (5/3 & 5/4) the Jackets will look to add a conference tournament birth to their résumé and cap off a season that has already featured the most wins since 1999, when that squad won 19 games. DC is also aiming to make their first conference tournament appearance since 2004.

For all intense and purposes, the Jackets control their own destiny and require no help besides their own to earn to solidify fourth place in the regular season. With tiebreakers in their pocket against Franklin and Bluffton - a series win over Transylvania could all but seal the Yellow Jackets' first conference tournament appearance in over a decade.

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