Wet Grounds & Change of Venue Doesn’t Keep Seniors from Closing Regular Season with a Win
HUNTINGDON, Tenn. – Due to wet grounds the Bethel/Georgetown noon doubleheader wound up being reduced to a single game with a change of venue as well on Saturday.
Despite diligent efforts by Bethel coaches, staff, players and even parents the field was deemed unplayable. Each coaching staff and the league agreed to reduce the day to a single game.
The game was played at 3 p.m. in Huntingdon at the Huntingdon High School Field. The Lady Cats beat Georgetown 10-2. Six of the ten runs were driven in by seniors.
The scheduled Senior Day ceremony was not held due to time frames and the long delay.
Seniors Kalani Kuroda, Maria Murdaugh, Kennedy Gillespie, Kayla Gillespie, and Kaylie McKinley were all honored at a team banquet Saturday night.
Lady Cat Offensive Highlights:
2B: Miranda Carnell, Kennedy Gillespie (2)
RBI: Maria Murdaugh (2), Kennedy Gillespie (3), Kinsley Caruthers, Kirsten Eversole (2), Kalani Kuroda, Jada Wynn
Sac: Briley Auvenshine, Jada Wynn
Lady Cats to Meet Cumberland University in Opening Game of MSC Championships
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Mid-South Conference officials announced the MSC Softball Tournament bracket on Saturday following the conclusion of the regular season.
Cumberlands (Ky.) is the top seed in the conference tournament after capturing the MSC regular season championship with a 23-1 conference record and a 42-5 overall record.
The tournament gets underway on Wednesday, May 1 at South Warren High School in Bowling Green, Ky. Sixth-seeded Cumberland (Tenn.) (20-18, 8-16) and No. 7 seed Bethel (13-30, 4-18) get the tournament underway with a single elimination game at 4:30 p.m. CT.
The double elimination bracket begins on Thursday with No. 4 seed Georgetown (Ky.) (13-21, 9-14) taking on No. 5 seed Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (22-22, 9-15) at 11 a.m. CT. The winner advances to face top-seeded Cumberlands at 4 p.m. CT.
Third-seeded Campbellsville (Ky.) (27-16, 14-10) awaits the Cumberland/Bethel winner at 1:30 p.m. CT Thursday. The winner of that game will advance to face No. 2 seed Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (28-16, 15-9) at 6:30 p.m. CT.
Friday features three elimination games at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. CT. The winner's bracket final is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT on Friday. The elimination bracket final will take place on Saturday at 1 p.m. CT with the championship game scheduled for 3:30 p.m. CT. The if-necessary game will take place at Noon CT on Sunday.
The MSC tournament champion receives the conference's automatic bid into the NAIA National Tournament.
The Cats were 1-3 versus the Phoenix in the four-game series played in McKenzie in mid-April.