D 3 softball

[deiscanton]

Final--

BSC 2, Oshkosh 1 (Oshkosh eliminated).

[cubs]

Oshkosh can hold their head high... 

A 5th place finish which saw a win over the #5 seed and a pair of one run losses to the #1 and #3 seeds...  Nothing to be ashamed of!

[WLCALUM83]

DePauw's turn to be on its' last at bats in the top of the 7th, down 2-1.

Update:  The Tigers, 1 out away from potential elimination, get a 2-run HR from Kelsey Bernhard to take a 3-2 lead on St. Thomas--is that clutch hitting or what

[deiscanton]

Weather delay--Play suspended at 2:19 PM Eastern

DePauw 3, St Thomas (MN) 2 Bottom 7th 2 out Bases loaded.

[WLCALUM83]

It was planned that way--

[WLCALUM83]

Play apparently resumed. and DePauw's Cami Henry induced St. Thomas' Megan Baniecke to fly out to left field to end the game.

Final:  DePauw 3, St. Thomas-MN 2. St, Thomas eliminated.

[WLCALUM83]

Play apparently resumed. and DePauw's Cami Henry induced St. Thomas' Megan Baniecke to fly out to left field to end the game.

Final:  DePauw 3, St. Thomas-MN 2. St, Thomas eliminated.

5/30 schedule:  TX Lutheran/BSC (BSC needs 2 wins)
                       VA Wes/DePauw   (DePauw needs 2 wins)
                           (unless things are changed up again)
                       

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Schedule for the DIII Softball National Championships-- (informally known as the DIII Softball World Series)

Thursday, May 27, 2021-- Results

Pod 1 (4 team double elimination)

Game 1-- #1 DePauw vs #8 UW-Oshkosh -- DePauw 2, UW-Oshkosh 1.
Game 2-- #4 Texas Lutheran vs #5 Tufts-- TLU 4, Tufts 3.

Pod 2 (4 team double elimination)

Game 1-- #2 Virginia Wesleyan vs #7 St. Thomas (MN)-- Virginia Wesleyan 3, St. Thomas (MN) 0
Game 2-- #3 Birmingham-Southern vs #6 Rochester-- Birmingham Southern 3, Rochester 2 (F/9 innings).

The Pod 1 and Pod 2 winners (i.e. the last team standing in each pod) will play each other in a Best of 3 series for the National Championship.

Friday, May 28, 2021

Elimination bracket games-- Result

11:30 AM Eastern-- Pod 1 Game 3  UW-Oshkosh 7, Tufts 1  (Tufts eliminated)

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Elimination game-- Result

9 AM Eastern-- Pod 2 Game 3-- St. Thomas (MN) 2, Rochester 1.  (Rochester eliminated.)

Winners bracket games-- The plan is to play those 2 games on separate fields in the Moyer Sports Complex simultaneously with first pitch in both games starting at 9:45 AM Eastern.

Pod 1 Game 4 -- Texas Lutheran 7, DePauw 4

Pod 2 Game 4-- Virginia Wesleyan 12, Birmingham-Southern 1 (F/5 inn-- 8 run rule)

Elimination games-- Updated to reflect a switch in pods between teams-- Both games underway as of 12:46 PM Eastern-- Results

Pod 1 Game 5 (UW-Oshkosh vs Birmingham-Southern)-- Birmingham-Southern 2, Oshkosh 1.

Pod 2 Game 5  (St. Thomas (MN) vs DePauw)-- DePauw 3, St. Thomas (MN) 2.

Sunday, May 30, 2021-- Pod Championship Day

Noon Eastern-- Pod 1 Game 6 (Texas Lutheran vs Birmingham-Southern)

2:30 PM Eastern-- Pod 2 Game 6 (Virginia Wesleyan vs DePauw)

5:30 PM Eastern-- Pod 1 Game 7 (if winner of P1G5 wins P1G6)

8 PM Eastern-- Pod 2 Game 7 (if winner of P2G5 wins P2G6)

Best of 3 National Championship Series between the Pod Champions for the DIII Softball National Championship

Game 1-- Monday, May 31, 2021-- 3 PM Eastern

Game 2-- Tuesday, June 1, 2021-- 11 AM Eastern

Game 3 (if necessary) Tuesday, June 1, 2021-- 1:30 PM Eastern

[WLCALUM83]

It's BSC's Keplinger vs. TLU's Strother per pre-game live states line-up:

[deiscanton]

Now in the bottom of the first-- no score-- TLU is designated home team vs BSC.  TLU needs 1 win to advance to the Championship Series while BSC needs 2 wins.

[WLCALUM83]

Rebecca Snow just homered for the Bulldogs, TLU now up 1-0.

[deiscanton]

2 out in the bottom of first-- TLU 1, BSC 0 on a solo home run shot.

[WLCALUM83]

Live stats on and Benny Goodman clarinet music in the background (he would have turned 112 today)-I'm lovin' it

(Noticed the Bulldogs have Laura Hernandez in their starting line-up as a DP--she belted the 2-run HR that started the rally against Tufts in TLU's opening game)

Developing--

[deiscanton]

After 2 innings, Texas Lutheran 2, BSC 0

TLU's Haley Padilla hit a solo shot in the bottom of the second inning.

BSC has given up 2 home runs this game.  I will try to find out how many home runs the Panthers have given up this season....

Update-- Before today, BSC pitching only gave up 7 home runs as a staff on the season, with Keplinger only giving up 1 home run this season prior to today.

[WLCALUM83]

Texas Lutheran, in comparison, has given up 12 home runs.