#RSCSOFTBALL Games of the Week: Point Park at IU Southeast -- Fri @ 1 pm ET
#RSCSOFTBALL Games of the Week: Point Park at IU Southeast -- Fri @ 1 pm ET
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NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- A key doubleheader in a tight conference race is featured for the River States Conference Softball Games of the Week as Point Park University visits IU Southeast on Friday at 1 p.m. (DH) in New Albany, Ind.
IU Southeast (21-18, 9-5 RSC) and Point Park (18-17, 9-5 RSC) are tied for second place in the RSC standings entering the weekend, the final one of the regular season for all teams. It's a tight race with four teams in a virtual tie for second place. In addition to IU Southeast and Point Park involved in that tie, Midway (Ky.) (10-6 RSC) and WVU Tech (10-6 RSC) are also in the four-way deadlock.
All teams play 18 conference games in the regular season, meaning that IU Southeast and Point Park have four games this weekend whereas the other two have two games apiece. Midway plays Ohio Christian and WVU Tech plays No. 19 Rio Grande.
IU Southeast and Point Park finish up by playing home to Carlow and at Brescia, respectively, on Saturday. But before that, they have a key showdown in Friday's doubleheader, which will play a big factor in how things shake out for playoff seeding.
IU Southeast has won eight in a row, which includes five straight conference wins, to vault up into a tie for second place currently. The Grenadiers are second in the conference hitting .310 as a team. The IU Southeast fielding is ranked fourth in the league at .947.
Point Park lost three of four games last weekend to Rio Grande and WVU Tech to fall back into a tie for second but has four big road games left. The Pioneers have one of the best pitching staffs in the conference ranking second in team ERA at 2.10 and first in opponent's batting average at .216. Point Park hits .291 as a team to rank fifth in the RSC.
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