Regional Website
HICKORY, N.C. – The University of South Carolina Aiken and Lenoir-Rhyne will play the second game of the day in the first round of the NCAA Division II Southeast Softball Regional on Friday, May 13.
The regionally seventh-seeded Pacers and the regionally second-seeded Bears will tangle at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 13 at Bears Field. In the first game of the day, regionally third-seeded Armstrong Atlantic State will take on regionally sixth-seeded Carson-Newman.
Tickets are $7 each day. The tickets are just $4 for children 12 and under and students with proper identification.
The winner of each of the games in the double-elimination regional will face off at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 14. The losers of game one and game two will play at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. The loser of Saturday's first game and the winner of Saturday's second game will play at 7 p.m. with the winner of that game advancing to Sunday's championship round.
The first game of the championship round will be contested at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 15. If necessary, a second game in the championship round will be played at approximately 3:30 p.m.
USC Aiken is making its second appearance in regional play in the last three seasons. The Pacers earned their first ever NCAA Tournament bid in 2009.
The Pacers and the South Atlantic Conference champion Bears squared off earlier this season with the two splitting a doubleheader on Feb. 20, 2011 in Hickory, N.C. USC Aiken won game one, 1-0, before Lenoir-Rhyne (41-8) garnered a 7-6 win in eight innings in the second contest.
The 2011 USC Aiken softball team is currently 26-16 in the 2011 season. The Pacers finished play in one of the toughest conferences in Division II softball in the Peach Belt Conference with a record of 9-11.
The winner of each of the two four-team regionals will advance to the Super Regionals on May 20-21 at the facility of the highest seed remaining out of the winner of the Lenoir-Rhyne and North Georgia regionals.
The NCAA Division II Softball Championship series will be contested May 26-30 at the Moyer Complex in Salem, Va.
2011 NCAA Division II Softball
Southeast Regional Tournament
Hickory, N.C.
(Bears Field)
FRIDAY, MAY 13
Game One:
No. 3 Armstrong Atlantic State (30-12) vs. No. 6 Carson-Newman (39-15-1), 2 p.m.
Game Two:
No. 2 Lenoir-Rhyne (41-8) vs. No. 7 USC Aiken (26-16), 4:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 14
Game Three: Game One winner vs. Game Two winner, 2 p.m.
Game Four: Game One loser vs. Game Two loser, 4:30 p.m.
Game Five: Game Three loser vs. Game Four winner, 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, MAY 15
Game Six (Championship):
Game Three winner vs. Game Five winner, 1 p.m.
Game Seven (if necessary): 3:30 p.m.
