Canadian University Baseball

About The Team

We have 18 players and 3 coaches. Last yeae we finished fourth in the regular season which consisted of 18 games and defeated number 2 ranked ABU in the semi finals. We lost to Canada Champs UNB in the conference finals taking them to three
games.

The team is a member of the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association which consists of three conferences and one independent member. Saint Mary's is part of the Atlantic conference which includes Dalhousie, UCCB, UNB and the Atlantic Baptist University Moncton). The team plays a sixteen game regular season beginning September 8 with the top four teams advancing to the conference playoff round.

This has been the 15th year of operation for the team.

For more information on the league please check out the following website: http://www.ciba-abic.org/

For more information about the team contact the head coach Paul Arsenault at: 902-456-2870 or paul.arsenault@ns.sympatico.ca

2009 CIBA-ABIC SCHEDULE ATLANTIC DIVISION

SMU – Saint Mary’s University

DAL – Dalhousie University

UCCB – University College of Cape Breton

SFX – St Francis Xavier University

ABU – Atlantic Baptist University

UNB – University of New Brunswick

Saturday Sept 12

UCCB @ DAL

SFX @ UNB
SMU @ ABU

Sunday Sept 13

UCCB @ SMU
DAL @ UNB
ABU @ SFX

Saturday Sept 19

SFX @ DAL

UNB @ SMU
ABU @ UCCB

Sunday Sept 20

UNB @ SFX
ABU @ SMU
DAL @ UCCB

Saturday Sept 26

UCCB @ UNB
SMU @ SFX
DAL @ ABU

Sunday Sept 27

SMU @ UCCB
SFX @ ABU
UNB @ DAL

Saturday Oct 3

DAL @ SMU
UCCB @ SFX
ABU @ UNB

Sunday Oct 4

SMU @ DAL

SFX @ UCCB
UNB @ ABU

Saturday Oct 10

Semi Final (Best 2 of 3)

4 @ 1 (2 games)

3 @ 2 (2 games)

Sunday Oct 11

Semi Final

1 @ 4 if necessary

2 @ 3 if necessary

Saturday Oct 17

Final (Best 2 of 3)

Lower rank at Higher rank (2 games)

Sunday Oct 18

Higher rank at Lower rank if necessary

Friday – Sunday Oct 23 – 25

National Championship

Oshawa, Ontario

All Dates are double headers.

All double headers start at 12:00

Coaches
Paul Arsenault - Head Coach
Paul began his coaching career in the mid 70's with the Central Dartmouth Minor Baseball Association. He spent five years coaching the Bantam A Team before joining the coaching staff of Dartmouth & District Minor Baseball. Over the next number of summer's, Paul assisted with the Bantam and Midget A Teams. In 1986, Paul took over as the Head Coach of the Dartmouth Juvenile Team and two years later spearheaded the return of the Junior Program. Paul has since served as the head coach of that team and in 1997 also took over the reins of the Saint Mary's University Team.
Shawn Peveril -Coach

Mark Pelham -Coach
Phil Pidgeon - Manager

Phil has been an active member of the St. Margarets Bay Baseball Association for the past number of years in an administrative role. He joined the team's administrative staff in 2003 and provides essential support in logistics and reporting requirments to the league.