Wingate Wins SAC Softball Regular Season Title, Seeds for 2023 Softball Championship Announced

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Wingate is the South Atlantic Conference Regular Season Champion, as the Bulldogs finished the SAC portion of their 2023 schedule with an 18-6 record and an overall record of 40-11. The Bulldogs will be the No. 1 seed in the South Atlantic Conference Softball Championship, which will begin with the opening round on April 27-29, and concluding with a best-of-three series on May 3-4.

Lenoir-Rhyne finished the regular season with a 16-8 record placing them in the No. 2 slot. Lincoln Memorial trailed closely behind with a 15-9 conference record to receive the No. 3 seed. Newberry finished the season with a 14-10 record giving them the No. 4 spot, while Carson-Newman finished with a 13-11 SAC record earning the No. 5 seed. Catawba ended the season with a 13-11 record in SAC play to earn the No. 6 seed. Carson-Newman won the tiebreaker with Catawba by virtue of a 2-0 head-to-head record.

Limestone earned the No. 7 seed with a SAC record of 12-12, and Anderson picked up the No. 8 seed with a 12-12 league record, as well.

Limestone won the tiebreaker with Anderson. Both teams are 1-1 head-to-head, and 1-1 versus Wingate, however, Limestone went 2-0 against Lenoir-Rhyne while Anderson was 0-2.

The double elimination 2023 SAC Softball Championship will begin on April 27-29, with seeds 1, 4, 5, and 8 playing at the Wingate Softball Complex in Wingate, N.C., and seeds 2, 3, 6, and 7 heading to the Bears Field in Hickory, N.C. The two remaining teams after the opening round will meet for a best-of-three series at the highest remaining seed on May 3-4 to determine the 2023 SAC Softball Champion.

Thursday, April 27 (Wingate, N.C.)

Game 1: #5 Carson-Newman vs #4 Newberry, 1:00 p.m.
Game 2: #8 Anderson vs #1 Wingate, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 27 (Hickory, N.C.)

Game 1: #6 Catawba vs #3 Lincoln Memorial, 3:00 p.m.
Game 2: #7 Limestone vs #2 Lenoir-Rhyne, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, April 28 (Wingate, N.C.)

Game 3: Winner Gm 1 vs Winner Gm 2, 10:30 a.m.
Game 4: Loser Gm 1 vs Loser Gm 2, 1:00 p.m.
Game 5: Loser Gm 3 vs Winner Gm 4, 3:30 p.m.

Friday, April 28 (Hickory, N.C.)

Game 3: Winner Gm 1 vs Winner Gm 2, 12 p.m.
Game 4: Loser Gm 1 vs Loser Gm 2, 2:30 p.m.
Game 5: Loser Gm 3 vs Winner Gm 4, 5 p.m.

Saturday, April 29 (Wingate, N.C.)

Game 6: Winner Gm 5 vs Winner Gm 3, 12:00 p.m.
Game 7: Loser Gm 6 vs Loser Gm 6, 2:30 p.m. (if necessary)

Saturday, April 29 (Hickory, N.C.)

Game 6: Winner Gm 5 vs Winner Gm 3, 12:00 p.m.
Game 7: Loser Gm 6 vs Loser Gm 6, 2:30 p.m. (if necessary)

Wednesday, May 3-Thursday, May 4 (TBD)

Championship Series

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