Maroons to Play CNU Early on Sunday

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. --- The game schedule at the Newport News Regional of the 2012 NCAA Division III Softball Tournament has changed following partial play on Saturday at Christopher Newport University.

In one of Saturday's early games, McDaniel College and Ferrum College needed 14 innings to determine a victor.  The length of that game forced several changes to the bracket's game schedule with Sunday and Monday both needed to complete regional play.

Roanoke College, originally scheduled to play in the winner's bracket semifinal against Christopher Newport on Saturday at 5:00 p.m., will now face the Captains at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.  The winner of that game advances to the regional final, which will be played on Monday at 10:00 a.m.  The "if necessary" game is now scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on Monday.

The loser of Sunday's 10:00 a.m. tilt between RC and CNU will have to play again at 2:00 p.m. in the loser's bracket final.  Its opponent will either be Salisbury University or McDaniel.  Those squads play at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday.  The winner of the loser's bracket final advances to Monday's championship and possibly the "if necessary" game as that team will need to win twice to claim a spot in Salem for the national championship series.

For more information, visit the following link on www.ncaa.com.  http://www.ncaa.com/news/softball/article/2012-05-07/diii-softball-championship