Friday, April 28th, 2006

Softball Team Finishes Third At NCCAA National Championship

The Piedmont College softball team was eliminated from the 2006 National Christian College Athletic Association National Championship this afternoon with a pair of losses to top-seeded Olivet Nazarene University (3-2) and to Bethel College (4-0). The third-place finish is the best-ever for the program out of three consecutive trips to the NCCAA Nationals.

In the morning winner's bracket game, the third-seeded Lady Lions could not push across the equalizer at the squad fell 3-2 to top-seeded and eventual national champion Olivet Nazarene.

Later in the afternoon, PC was eliminated 4-0 by sixth-seeded Bethel.

Piedmont (30-9 overall) will now await a potential bid to the NCAA Division-III National Tournament.