D 3 softball

[deiscanton]

NCAC Championship Game--

#4 seed Hiram 4, #1 seed DePauw 0  Top 2nd 1 out Hiram still at bat.

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SCIAC--

#2 seed Chapman 1, #3 seed Redlands 0  Bottom of 4th 2 out Chapman batting.

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SCIAC Tournament--

#2 seed Chapman 2, #3 seed Redlands 0  after 4 1/2 innings.

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NCAC Championship Game

#4 seed Hiram 5, #1 seed DePauw 0  Top 4th 2 out

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SCIAC Tournament-- Final

#2 seed Chapman 2, #3 seed Redlands 0

Chapman forces a deciding game for the SCIAC AQ-- First pitch tentatively scheduled for 5 PM Eastern/2 PM Pacific.

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UMAC Championship-- Final

#2 seed UW-Superior 1, #1 seed Bethany Lutheran 0

2 out when winning run scored.

Congratulations to UW-Superior-- 2023 UMAC Softball Champions-- AQ to DIII Softball Tournament

[deiscanton]

NCAC Championship Game--

#4 seed Hiram 6, #1 seed DePauw 0  Top 7th 1 out.

5:21 PM Eastern update-- #4 seed Hiram 7, #1 seed DePauw 0  After 6 1/2 innings.

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NCAC Championship Game-- Final

#4 seed Hiram 7, #1 seed DePauw 0

Congratulations to Hiram-- 2023 NCAC Softball Tournament Champions-- AQ to DIII Softball Tournament. 

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SCIAC Tournament Championship Game--

#2 seed Chapman 1, #3 seed Redlands 0  Top 2nd 1 out  Chapman at bat.

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SCIAC Tournament Championship Game

#2 seed Chapman 1, #3 seed Redlands 1  after 2 1/2 innings.

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SCIAC Tournament Championship Game--

Chapman 1, Redlands 1  After 9 1/2 innings.    Redlands to bat in the bottom of the tenth.

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SCIAC Tournament Championship Game-- Final

#3 seed Redlands 2, #2 seed Chapman 1  (10 innings)

2 out when winning run scored on an RBI single with the bases loaded.

Congratulations to Redlands-- 2023 SCIAC Softball Tournament Champions-- AQ to DIII Softball Tournament

All 43 AQs have now been awarded.

[WLCALUM83]

I caught the tail end of that SCIAC deciding game thriller, and that's a very fitting ending to put a cap on the action. I second deiscanton's congratulations to all squads which qualified!

[WLCALUM83]

Tournament Field Observations:

Congratulations to the American Rivers Conference for getting 4 teams (Coe, Central-IA, Luther and Wartburg) in-and the NJAC for getting 3 in (TCNJ, Ramapo, Rowan)-

Marietta, RPI and Rosemont were completely under my radar. I owe Lebanon Valley an apology for selling that squad short a bit.

Belhaven gets in after all, I didn't see BSC.

[deiscanton]

Something came up on the NCAA DIII Softball Announcement, and I do not know whether or not it was a mistake, or if something happened to St. Elizabeth that made the softball team unable to compete in the NCAA DIII Tournament this year, but when the bracket just got announced, Rosemont was announced as the representative of the Colonial States Athletic Conference to this year's tournament instead of St. Elizabeth, and Rosemont will be travelling to face Berry in the pod at Mary Hardin-Baylor.  UMHB will play St. Thomas (TX) in the 4 team double elimination pod.

Anyway, here are the at-large picks:

Pool B-- Salisbury

Pool C--

1.)  Eastern Conn. State
2.)  Lebanon Valley
3.)  Virginia Wesleyan
4.)  Christopher Newport
5.)  Roanoke
6.)  UW-Whitewater
7.)  Coe
8.)  Ramapo
9.)  Rowan
10.)  Marietta
11.)  Tufts
12.)  RPI
13.)  UW-Oshkosh
14.)  Luther
15.)  Central (IA)
16.)  Mary Hardin-Baylor
17.)  Texas Lutheran
18.)  Belhaven

Also, in a last minute announcement, Rosemont is replacing St. Elizabeth as the CSAC AQ, as apparently St. Elizabeth is unable to compete in this year's NCAA DIII Softball Tournament due to undisclosed circumstances.