Taylor Brown tallied the Trojans’ run, scoring from first base on a double by Ashlee Naylor in the bottom of the first.
Region x tournament series#
The Knights spoiled a sound defensive effort by the Trojans, who went he entire series without committing an error.įriday’s game, a 4-1 final, featured a particularly strong performance by the Trojan fielders, who recorded all 21 outs in the field behind a complete-game outing by pitcher Ashley Loftin.
The Trojans will look to bounce back from a disappointing weekend series in which they dropped a three-game home series to Surry Community College. 9 Patrick Henry Community College (9-25, 5-13) The Trojans swept a double header against Patrick Henry on March 10, topping the Patriots 15-13 and 9-7 in the pair’s only meetings of the season. Springwood Park in Burlington, N.C., is the host site for the tournament, which is scheduled to conclude Saturday, May 11.įayetteville Tech (10-24, 6-14) will open play at 10 a.m.
On Thursday, May 9, the Women’s Softball team will begin play in the Region X tournament, entering the nine-team bracket as the No. (4) Lenoir-Rhyne vs (5) Louisburg, 5 p.m.Women’s Softball Bound for Region X Tourney WANT TO GO? What: Region X baseball tournament Where: Duncan Park, Spartanburg When: Today through Sunday Today's Schedule: (3 seed) Brevard vs (6) Southeastern, 10 a.m. Children ages 6-12 will pay $3 before 5 p.m. "We are not going to be able to go into our bullpen early in the tournament." Adult ticket prices are $12 for the entire tournament, $6 for a one-day pass and $3 after 5 p.m. "We have kind of a beat up pitching staff, and the starter is going to have to go out there and pitch some innings," Wallace said.
The Pioneers are down to just eight healthy pitchers, which could very easily come into play in a four-day tournament. Limiting defensive lapses and preserving arms in the bullpen will be crucial for SMC. Or, we can take advantage of a mistake by the other team and take it out of the yard," Wallace said. "If we get on base, we can run and score. The Pioneers lead the region in home runs and stolen bases, so they have a myriad of ways to score runs. "We've been pretty consistent all year long." Leading the Pioneers at the plate have been Joe Miles (.439), Terrell Merriman (.428) and Orlando Hudson (.424). 389 batting average this season "This is definitely the best hitting club I've ever had. SMC will rely on awesome hitting to get itself to the district tournament again. If we get there again, one more hit is all we want," Wallace said. "It's been over 10 years since we went to the Series, and all we needed was one more hit last year. This year's motto has been: one more hit. "We've gotten to the district championship in three of the last five years, but we haven't been able to advance to the World Series." Last year's club came within one hit of a trip to the World Series. "We want to win the national championship," Wallace said. Avoiding elimination again would send SMC to the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colo. A region championship would send the Pioneers to New York on June 17-18 for a three-team tournament. Hopefully, we'll do what we're capable of and advance to the district," Wallace said. Pitt Community College, 17-5 in the region, is the No. 2 seed in the tournament with a 15-5 region record. While the Pioneers are ranked sixth in the country, SMC is the No. game against South Carolina-Salkehatchie, which SMC swept a four-game series from this spring. The Pioneers open the double-elimination competition with a 1 p.m. The next hurdle is the Region X championship, which is decided in a tournament that begins today at Duncan Park. "If we would have played all of our games, we would have broken some regular-season win records," SMC coach Tim Wallace said. The Pioneers (41-8) reached the 40-win mark, despite having eight games rained out. Every season, the Spartanburg Methodist College baseball team begins with three goals.
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