RSC Softball Tournament May 4-5 at Jackson Memorial Park (Vienna, W.Va.)
RSC Softball Tournament May 4-5 at Jackson Memorial Park (Vienna, W.Va.)
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2018 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
May 4-5 at Jackson Memorial Park (Vienna, W.Va.)
**Due to inclement weather, the tournament was not able to be completed. Rio Grande was declared the champion with the RedStorm winning the winner's bracket with a 3-0 record. Midway was declared the runner-up after coming through the loser's bracket. Rio Grande beat Midway when the teams met in the winner's bracket final. Rio Grande and Midway are the RSC's two national qualifiers.
VIENNA, W.Va. -- The 2018 River States Conference Softball Tournament returns to Jackson Memorial Park May 4-5 in Vienna, W.Va., with the top eight teams in the RSC competing for the conference championship. The eight-team, double-elimination tournament will have the winner automatically qualify for the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round.
Jackson Memorial Park is located at 634 Jackson Park Drive, Vienna, W.Va. 26105. The River States Conference and the City of Vienna welcome all fans, teams, players and community members for an exciting weekend of RSC softball!
The tournament features 10 games on Friday, May 4 and at least four more games on Saturday, May 5 for the semifinals and finals. The first pitch of the tournament is Friday at 10 a.m., and the championship round begins on Saturday at 3 p.m. There will be two fields in operation all day Friday and during the first two games on Saturday.
No. 1 seed University of Rio Grande (Ohio) (32-11, 16-2 RSC) gets the tournament underway on Friday, May 4 when it faces No. 8 seed Ohio Christian University (17-19, 5-13 RSC) at 10 a.m. Rio Grande claimed the RSC regular-season championship and with that has already clinched a bid to NAIA nationals. The conference tournament champion will also earn an automatic bid to the national tournament.
No. 4 seed Point Park (Pa.) University (14-18, 11-7 RSC) plays No. 5 seed WVU Tech (23-25, 10-8 RSC) in the other first-round game to be held at 10 a.m. The winners and losers of the top half of the bracket will play in the second round, and likewise for the bottom half of the bracket.
The bottom half of the bracket begins at 12 p.m. with No. 2 seed IU Southeast (24-12, 14-4 RSC) squaring off versus No. 7 seed Carlow (Pa.) University (18-15, 8-10 RSC). The other first-round matchup at 12 p.m. features No. 3 seed Midway (Ky.) University (19-18, 11-7 RSC) versus No. 6 Cincinnati Christian University (20-17, 9-9 RSC).
Three more tournament rounds will be held before play is through on Friday. The loser's bracket begins with the first elimination games at 2:30 p.m. The winner's bracket games are at 4:30 p.m., and the second round of the loser's bracket is Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Play begins on Saturday, May 5 at 10 a.m. with the winner's bracket final and the loser's bracket semifinal. The loser's bracket final will come next at 12 p.m. with the winner getting back to the championship round beginning at 3 p.m. and (if necessary) at 5 p.m.
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