2015 SAC Softball Championship Day 2 Wrap-Up; Weather Alters Tournament Schedule For Saturday
#2 ANDERSON 5, #6 LENOIR-RHYNE 3 | BOX SCORE
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The second-seeded and 23rd-ranked Anderson University softball team bounced back from a disappointing loss on Thursday to knock off sixth-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne, 5-3, on the second day of the 2015 South Atlantic Conference Softball Championship, Friday morning at Byerly Park. FULL STORY
#4 WINGATE 2, #8 COKER 1 | BOX SCORE
Hartsville, S.C.----Wingate University junior infielder Emily Usiak (Matthews, N.C.) delivered a one-out, game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday afternoon as fourth-seeded Wingate University stayed alive in the SAC Tournament with a 2-1, nine-inning victory over eighth-seeded Coker College. The Bulldogs advance to take on Lincoln Memorial Friday at 3 p.m. in another elimination game. FULL STORY
#3 CATAWBA 3, #7 LINCOLN MEMORIAL 1 | BOX SCORE
HARTSVILLE, S.C. -- Kim Fesperman (Kannapolis, N.C./S. Rowan HS) was the offensive hero for the second straight game for Catawba with a two-out, three-run double in the sixth that lifted the third-seed to a 3-1 win over Lincoln Memorial on Friday morning at the 2015 South Atlantic Conference Softball Tournament at Byerly Park. The Catawba Indians improve to 27-15 and advance to the winner's bracket final on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 pm against the winner of the Carson-Newman/Newberry game. The seventh-seeded Railspliltters fall to 23-23 and will face an elimination game later on Friday afternoon. FULL STORY
#5 NEWBERRY 6, #1 CARSON-NEWMAN 5 | BOX SCORE
HARTSVILLE - A trio of homeruns by the No. 5 Newberry College Wolves pushed the scarlet and gray to a 6-5 upset victory over the top-seeded Carson-Newman Eagles in the winner's bracket quarterfinals of the South Atlantic Conference Softball Tournament at Byerly Park on Friday afternoon. FULL STORY
#7 LINCOLN MEMORIAL 2, #4 WINGATE 1 | BOX SCORE
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Senior designated player Amanda Snow (Knoxville, Tenn.) hit a home run and drove in both runs in support of right-hander Samantha Smith (Knoxville, Tenn.), who provided her third straight dominant outing, as the seventh-seeded Lady Railsplitters (24-23) stayed alive in the South Atlantic Conference Championship with a 2-1 win over fourth-seeded Wingate (27-20) on Friday at Byerly Park in Hartsville, S.C. FULL STORY
#2 ANDERSON 5, #1 CARSON-NEWMAN 3 | BOX SCORE
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Anderson, the second-seeded team in the South Atlantic Conference Tournament, rallied for the second time in as many games to knock No. 1 seed Carson-Newman out of the tourney by handing the Eagles a 5-3 setback Friday afternoon at Byerly Park. FULL STORY
Due to the threat of inclement weather, the schedule for day three of the 2015 South Atlantic Conference Softball Championship has been altered. Games will begin at 10 a.m. at Byerly Field in Hartsville.
DAY THREE- Sat. Apr. 25
Game 11- 10:00 a.m. Field 6 #7 Lincoln Memorial vs. #2 Anderson
Game 12- 10:00 a.m. Field 8 #3 Catawba vs. #5 Newberry
Game 13- 12:30 p.m. Field 8 Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 12