Lynchburg Holds Top Seed in Softball Regional

Hornets Get First Round Bye in Fayetteville (NC) Bracket

May 5, 2008

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.