Starts Wednesday. It looks like they are using the traditional double elimination bracket format.

Firestone Stadium, Akron

Game 1: 10:30 AM EDT
#4 KENT STATE
#5 WESTERN MICHIGAN

Game 2: 1:00 PM EDT
#1 OHIO
#8 MIAMI

Game 3: 3:30 PM EDT
#2 BALL STATE
#7 NORTHERN ILLINOIS

Game 4: 6:00 PM EDT
#3 TOLEDO
#6 CENTRAL MICHIGAN

http://getsomemaction.com/tournaments/?i...h=softball
Game #1–Final
KSU 3
WMU 2

Game #2–no score in the 4th. OU vs. Miami

(05-09-2018 01:06 PM)axeme Wrote:  http://getsomemaction.com/tournaments/?i...h=softball
Game #1–Final
KSU 3
WMU 2

Game #2–no score in the 4th. OU vs. Miami

Ohio beats Miami!
OU 1
MU 0

NIU 3
Ball St. 1

CMU has the bases loaded in the top of he 9th tied 6-6 with Toledo.

Edit: Toledo with a 2-run HR in the bottom of the 10th for the win.

Go Huskies .... great comeback win!

http://niuhuskies.com/news/2018/5/9/niu-...s-3-1.aspx

Thursday's Games

They were delayed a bit by rain, but all 4 were played.

#5 Western Michigan 4 - #8 Miami 1 (Miami eliminated)
#1 Ohio 3 - #4 Kent State 1
#7 Northern Illinois 10 - #3 Toledo 2 (5 innings)
#2 Ball St. 5 - #6 Central Michigan 1 (Central Michigan eliminated)

Today's games
10:30 AM - #5 WMU vs. #3 Toledo (Loser eliminated)
1:00 PM - #2 Ball St. vs. #4 Kent St. (Loser eliminated)
3:30 PM - #1 Ohio vs. #7 NIU (Winner to Championship)
6:00 PM - WMU/Toledo winner vs. Ball St./Kent St. Winner (Loser eliminated)

Ohio ended up beating NIU in the championship game Saturday 2-0.

Ohio was sent to the Knoxville regional. They open with James Madison (42-12) 5/18 @ 3 PM. Monmouth (32-14) and #10 Tennessee (45-12) play at 5:30 PM in the regional's other game. Ohio split with James Madison (losing 8-0 and winning 9-7) during the regular season.

Ohio was 3-6 in games against other teams that made the tournament. (1-1 vs. JMU, 0-2 vs Kentucky, 0-2 vs. Liberty, 1-0 vs. Ohio St., 0-1 vs Baylor, & 1-0 vs Jacksonville St.)

KSU shortstop and MAC Player of the Year Holly Speers was just named Coaches’ Association First Team All-American. She is the first KSU player to be named first-team All-American and just the second in MAC history.

Quote:Speers led the country in batting average (.483), slugging percentage (1.033), on-base percentage (.656), walks (60), walks per game (1.20) and RBIs per at-bat (.491) while setting MAC single-season records for batting average, slugging percentage, walks and on-base percentage. Her slugging percentage is the 11th-best in NCAA history, and her 1.20 walks per game ranks 19th all-time.

In addition to breaking MAC single-season records, she sits atop Kent State's single-season records in RBIs (58) and total bases (124). Speers reached base in 48 of 50 games played during the season. She put together a streak of reaching base safely in 13 straight plate appearances, which included walks in nine straight plate appearances. Both streaks rank fifth all-time in the NCAA Division I record book.