Bulldogs Garner the No. 5 Seed for the 2009 Big South Softball Championship
May 03, 2009 | Softball
Charlotte, N.C. – Gardner-Webb head softball coach Tom Cole and his squad have garnered the No. 5 seed in the 2009 Big South Softball Championship presented by Texas Roadhouse in Radford, Va. on May 7-9.
The Bulldogs posted a 6-12 conference record in its first year as a Big South Conference member in 2009 and will look to make waves in its first ever Big South Softball Championship.
The Radford Highlanders posted a 16-2 record in Big South play to earn the school's first ever
Big South regular-season championship and No. 1 seed in the 2009 Big South Softball Championship.
Winthrop notched a 15-3 record in the Conference to garner the second seed. Liberty went 10-8 in the Big South and earned the No. 3 seed. Charleston Southern finished its Big South slate at 7-11 to land the No. 4 slot.
Coastal Carolina rounds out the seeds at No. 6 as it went 4-14 in Conference action.
The 2009 Softball Championship begins Thursday, May 7 with four games scheduled and continues with bracket play through May 9. The Big South's Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Softball Tournament.
The Conference Championship schedule is as follows:
Thursday, May 7 (at Radford, Va.)
Game 1: No. 4 Charleston Southern vs. No. 5 Gardner-Webb, 10:00am
Game 2: No. 3 Liberty vs. No. 6 Coastal Carolina, 12:30pm
Game 3: No. 1 Radford vs. winner game 1, 3:00pm
Game 4: No. 2 Winthrop vs. winner game 2, 5:30pm
Friday, May 8 (at Radford, Va.)
Game 5: game 1 loser vs. game 2 loser, 10:00am
Game 6: game 3 loser vs. game 4 loser, 12:30pm
Game 7: game 3 winner vs. game 4 winner, 3:00pm
Game 8: game 5 winner vs. game 6 winner, 5:30pm
Game 9: game 8 winner vs. game 7 loser, 8:00pm
Saturday, May 9 (at Radford, Va.)
Game 10: game 7 winner vs. game 9 winner, 3:00pm (finals)
Game 11: if necessary 30 minutes after game 10
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