Hornets Get First Round Bye in Fayetteville (NC) Bracket
LYNCHBURG, Va. --- The Lynchburg College
softball team received a first-round bye in the upcoming NCAA
Division III Championship Tournament and will travel to
Fayetteville, N.C., this weekend to take on the winner of Emory
University and LaGrange College. The contest will be held on
Thursday, May 8, at 4:00 p.m. The entire tournament will use
a double-elimination format.
The Hornets received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by
defeating Virginia Wesleyan College in the Old Dominion Athletic
Conference (ODAC) Tournament championship game on April 27.
LaGrange earned its spot in the tournament as one of 36 automatic
bids by winning its conference tournament (or regular season if no
tournament). Emory received one of 18 at-large selections to
the 59-team field (also five independent bids).
Lynchburg is 36-5 on the season, went 16-2 in the
ODAC, and is riding a six-game winning streak. Third
baseman Elizabeth Perkins was recently honored as the ODAC Player
of the Year while teammate Katie Bruce was tabbed the conference's
Rookie of the Year. In all, the Hornets placed five players
on the All-ODAC teams.
Admission prices are $5 for adults and $2 for students and senior
citizens.
More information on the game - including a link to live
stats - can be found at http://www.methodist.edu/monarchs/softball/08ncaainfo.htm.