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[deiscanton]

Empire 8 Softball tournament final score in Game 3-- #2 Sage 6, #5 Utica 4.

Utica is eliminated

Thursday, May 13-- Day 2

Game 4:  #3 Alfred at #1 St. John Fisher-- noon Eastern (Winner of Game 4 advances to E8 Championship final)

Game 5-- #2 Sage vs G4 loser-- 2:30 PM Eastern (Elimination game)

[WLCALUM83]

NJAC:  After 5 innings, TCNJ still up 1-0 on Stockton

           Bottom of 4th, Kean still up 3-2 on Rowan.

           Time for me to head out.

[deiscanton]

The NJAC Championship Series is set, and it will be TCNJ v Kean in a Best of 3 series for the NJAC AQ.

TCNJ swept Stockton today by final scores of 4-1 and 2-0 respectively.

Kean swept Rowan today by final scores of 4-2 and 4-2 respectively.

[deiscanton]

Little East Softball Tournament elimination games

Gorham, Maine pod

Game 3 final:  #4 UMass-Dartmouth 4, #5 Castleton 2

Castleton is eliminated.

UMass-Dartmouth will play #1 Southern Maine Thursday, May 13 with the first pitch at 2 PM Eastern in Game 4 of this pod.

Mansfield, Connecticut pod

Game 3 final:  #6 Keene State 9, #3 Plymouth State 5

Plymouth State is eliminated.

Keene State will play #2 Eastern Connecticut on Thursday, May 13, at 1:30 PM Eastern, needing to defeat Eastern Connecticut twice to advance to the Championship series.

Eastern Connecticut advances to the Championship series with a win on Thursday.

S. Maine only needs to win 1 game on Thursday to advance to the Championship series, while UMass-Dartmouth needs 2 wins.

[deiscanton]

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Softball Semifinals (Best of Three Series)-- Wednesday, May 12

All game 1's start with first pitch at noon Eastern with Game 2's starting no earlier than 2 PM Eastern

Series #1-- #5 Penn State Altoona at #1 Penn State Behrend

How they got here:

#1 Penn State Behrend def. #9 Alfred State 9-1 (F/5inn) and 10-2 (F/5inn) on Monday, May 10

#5 Penn State Altoona def #4 Medaille 2 games to 1 (2-8, 10-7, and 11-3 (F/6inn)) on Monday, May 10

Series #2-- #7 La Roche at #3 Mt. Aloysius

How they got here:

#7 La Roche def. #2 Pitt-Bradford 1-0 (F/8 inn) and 1-0 on Monday, May 10

#3 Mt. Aloysius def. #6 Pitt-Greensburg 6-3 and 8-2 on Saturday, May 8

[deiscanton]

Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Tournament

OAC Quarterfinals (single elimination)

1.)  #3 Baldwin Wallace def #6 Heidelberg 13-1 (F/5 inn) on Tuesday, May 11

2.)  #5 Capital at #4 Ohio Northern-- Wednesday, May 12-- first pitch-- 4 PM Eastern

OAC semifinals (single elimination)-- First pitch at 4 PM Eastern for both semifinal games on Thursday, May 13

3.)  #3 Baldwin Wallace at #2 Muskingum

4.)  Winner of May 12 quarterfinal at #1 Mt. Union

OAC Championship series (Best of 3)-- Sat. May 15 and Sun. May 16

[deiscanton]

WIAC Softball Tournament--

Quarterfinals (single elimination)  played Tuesday, May 11

1.) #1 UW-Oshkosh 4, #8 UW-Stout 3
2.)  #4 UW-Stevens Point 4, #5 UW-La Crosse 1
3.)  #2 UW-Whitewater 9, #7 UW-River Falls 0 (F/6 inn-- 8 run rule)
4.)  #6 UW-Platteville 6, #3 UW-Eau Claire 5 (F/11 inn)

Semifinals-- Thursday, May 13 (single elimination)-- First pitch at 2 PM Central (3 PM Eastern)

1.)  #4 UW-Stevens Point at #1 UW-Oshkosh

2.)  #6 UW-Platteville at #2 UW-Whitewater

Championship series-- Best of 3-- Saturday May 15 and Sunday May 16

[deiscanton]

American Rivers Conference play in game today, May 12 at approx 3 PM Central--

#8 Buena Vista v #9 Loras (Play-in single elimination)

Remainder of ARC tournament is double elimination with seeds #1, #4, #5, and the play-in winner playing at the #1 seed Coe College pod May 13 and 14

Seeds #2, #3, #6, and #7 will play at the #2 seed Wartburg College pod in double elimination format May 13 and 14.

Winners of the two pods will play the best of 3 Championship Series May 15 and 16 at the highest remaining seed among the top 2 seeds, or at #1 seed Coe College if the top two seeds are eliminated in the double elimination pods.

The top 7 seeds are as follows:

#1 Coe
#2 Wartburg
#3 Central (Iowa)
#4 Luther
#5 Simpson
#6 Nebraska Wesleyan
#7 Dubuque

I will post the exact schedule of the two pods tomorrow morning if no one else has done it by then.

[deiscanton]

Liberty League Semifinals (Single elimination)-- Wednesday, May 12

1.)  #4 Skidmore at #1 Rochester-- 4 PM Eastern

2.)  #3 RPI at #2 Ithaca-- 3:30 PM Eastern

Winners meet in the Liberty League Championship final on Saturday, May 15

[deiscanton]

SCIAC softball tournament field is set--

#1 Redlands
#2 Chapman
#3 La Verne
#4 Cal Lutheran

Tournament is double elimination May 14 through 16, with the May 14 games being played at the top 2 seeds before the remainder of the tournament is held at Redlands May 15 and 16

Friday, May 14 (double elimination)

Game 1:  #4 Cal Lutheran at #1 Redlands

Game 2:  #3 La Verne at #2 Chapman

[deiscanton]

For viewers of this board, for the rest of the week, while I will check in on most conference tournaments, I will be concentrating my main attention on tournaments primarily in the New England and Northeast evaluation regions.  Also of interest to me will be the NJAC final as well as tournaments involving teams from Pennsylvania.

As I am an alum of Brandeis, these teams involved are within the 500 mile radius of the Brandeis campus, so I will be mostly watching them informally as potential first weekend opponents in the NCAA tournament.

[amh63]

deiscanton.....great job.  Keep up the great posts.....maybe in the future there will be games between your school and mine.

[deiscanton]

deiscanton.....great job.  Keep up the great posts.....maybe in the future there will be games between your school and mine.

I expect that Jessica Johnson, who coached Brandeis in the 2010 NCAA DIII Softball Tournament, is doing well in the Amherst coaching job. 

UAA will resume league competition in the fall, so next spring, practically all of the Brandeis softball weekends will be booked with UAA league action (4 game weekends) between Emory, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Wash U, and Case Western Reserve. (20 conference games in all-- a certain number of these 20 need to be played to qualify to win the UAA softball title, but there is no AQ that goes with it.)   6 weekends in the spring are needed for conference action-- there is one bye week.

Rochester softball plays in the Liberty League, while Chicago plays an independent schedule (due to Chicago's academic calendar.)

[justafan12]

SCIAC softball tournament field is set--

#1 Redlands
#2 Chapman
#3 La Verne
#4 Cal Lutheran

Tournament is double elimination May 14 through 16, with the May 14 games being played at the top 2 seeds before the remainder of the tournament is held at Redlands May 15 and 16


Friday, May 14 (double elimination)

Game 1:  #4 Cal Lutheran at #1 Redlands

Game 2:  #3 La Verne at #2 Chapman

La Verne's record per SCIAC website is 3-3 so even if they win tournament they are not eligible; is that correct?

[WLCALUM83]

I'll focus mainly on Central/Midwest/Great Lakes region action, though for 5/15 I won't be on the board in the morning (COVID shot #2).

American Rivers Conference play in game today, May 12 at approx 3 PM Central--

#8 Buena Vista v #9 Loras (Play-in single elimination)

Remainder of ARC tournament is double elimination with seeds #1, #4, #5, and the play-in winner playing at the #1 seed Coe College pod May 13 and 14

Seeds #2, #3, #6, and #7 will play at the #2 seed Wartburg College pod in double elimination format May 13 and 14.

Winners of the two pods will play the best of 3 Championship Series May 15 and 16 at the highest remaining seed among the top 2 seeds, or at #1 seed Coe College if the top two seeds are eliminated in the double elimination pods.

The top 7 seeds are as follows:

#1 Coe
#2 Wartburg
#3 Central (Iowa)
#4 Luther
#5 Simpson
#6 Nebraska Wesleyan
#7 Dubuque


I will post the exact schedule of the two pods tomorrow morning if no one else has done it by then.

Coe pod: 

5/12:  Buena Vista/Loras as mentioned above 5/12:

5/13:  4 Luther/5 Simpson
          BVU-Loras winner/1 Coe
          Loser Game 1/Loser Game 2
          Winner Game 1/Winner Game 2

5/14:  Game 3 Winner/Game 4 loser
          Game 4 Winner/Game 5 Winner
          If Game 5 winner wins previous game, deciding game.

Wartburg Pod:

5/13:  6 NE Wesleyan/3 Central-IA
          7 Dubuque/2 Wartburg
          Game 1 Loser/Game 2 Loser
          Game 1 Winner/Game 2 Winner

5/14:  Game 3 Winner/Game 4 Loser
          Game 4 Winner/Game 5 Winner
          If Game 5 Winner wins previous game, a deciding game will be played.

5/15:  Pod 1 Winner/Pod 2 Winner Game 1
          Pod 1 Winner/Pod 2 Winner Game 2

5/16:  If necessary, Game 3 between Pod Winners