Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Piedmont College Softball Advances To NCCAA National Tournament Semifinals With Two Victories

The Piedmont College softball team has advanced to the National Christian College Athletic Association National Championship semifinals by defeating Bethel College 5-2 and then winning over host Indiana Wesleyan University 5-4 in nine innings. The Lady Lions are now one game away from the championship game as they square off against top-seeded Olivet-Nazarene University tomorrow morning.

Meredith Ray threw a complete-game victory in game one and recorded the win in game two pitching two and two-thirds innings of relief. On the day she struck out 12 hitters allowing only two runs.

Marissa Harding led the way in game one going 3-4 with a pair of RBI's. May Alves and Heather Denne both went 3-5 in game two with Alves collecting 3 RBI's as well. The Lady Lions pounded out 17 hits and scored ten runs on day one of the tournament.

Tomorrow's semifinal game will take place at 10:00. The loser will return to action again immediately following while the winner will wait until 2:00 for the national championship game.