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Lenoir-Rhyne selected as host for women's softball regional

Bears in four-team field for this weekend's NCAA Division II tournament

By Chris Hobbs | Hickory Daily Record

Published: May 4, 2009

HICKORY - Four of the top women's college softball teams in NCAA Division II are headed to Hickory for the weekend.

The Southeast No. 2 Regional begins Friday at Lenoir-Rhyne University with two games, including the host Bears against Georgia College and State at 4 p.m.

The three-day, double-elimination tournament begins Friday at 1 p.m. at Bears Field when USC Aiken faces Carson-Newman.

The teams are vying for a berth in the Super Regionals on May 15-16 (a best-of-3 series), and the winner there advances to the NCAA Division II championships on May 21-25 in Salem, Va.

L-R is in the postseason for the fourth straight season and fifth time in school history, but is playing host to a regional for the first time.

Tournament tickets are $7 per day for adults and $4 per day for students with proper identification and children under the age of 12.

The pairings:

NCAA DIVISION II SOFTBALL PAIRINGS

Pairings for the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional No. 2 on Friday through Sunday at Lenoir-Rhyne University:

Friday's games

Game 1: USC Aiken (34-14) vs. Carson-Newman (25-15), 1:30 p.m.

Game 2: Georgia College & State (31-22) at LENOIR-RHYNE (36-11), 4 p.m.

Saturday

Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 11 a.m.

Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 1:30 p.m.

Game 5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 4 p.m.