RSC Softball Championship Central: Bracket, Schedule, Live Coverage
RSC Softball Championship Central: Bracket, Schedule, Live Coverage
2021 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
BRACKET I WATCH LIVE I LIVE STATS
Thursday, May 6
Gm 1 -- No. 2 (West) Midway (Ky.) def. No. 3 (East) WVU Tech, 4-2 Box Score
Gm 2 -- No. 2 (East ) Carlow (Pa.) def. No. 3 (West) Asbury (Ky.), 2-1 Box Score
Friday, May 7
Gm 3 -- No. 1 (East) Rio Grande (Ohio) def. No. 2 (West) Midway (Ky.), 6-2 Box Score
Gm 4 -- No. 1 (West) IU Southeast def. No. 2 (East) Carlow, 8-0 (5 inn.) Box Score
Gm 5 -- No. 3 (West) Asbury (Ky.) def. No. 2 (West) Midway (Ky.), 16-11 Box Score
Gm 6 -- No. 3 (East) WVU Tech def. No. 2 (East) Carlow, 12-3 Box Score
Gm 7 -- No. 1 (East) Rio Grande def. No. 1 (West) IU Southeast, 6-2 Box Score
Gm 8 -- No. 3 (East) WVU Tech def. No. 3 (West) Asbury (Ky.), 1-0 Box Score
Saturday, May 8
Gm 9 -- No. 1 (West) IU Southeast def. No. 3 (East) WVU Tech, 5-4 (9 inn.) Box Score
Gm 10 -- No. 1 (West) IU Southeast def. No. 1 (East) Rio Grande (Ohio), 4-3 Box Score
Gm 11 -- No. 1 (East) Rio Grande (Ohio) def. No. 1 (West) IU Southeast, 6-5 Box Score
Rio Grande (Ohio) advances to NAIA Softball National Championship as RSC Regular Season Champion and RSC Championship winner. IU Southeast advances to NAIAs as RSC Championship runner-up.
CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- With the completion of the regular season on Monday, May 3, the qualifiers and bracket are set for the 2021 River States Conference Softball Championship. Six teams will compete May 6-8 at Jackson Memorial Park in Vienna, W.Va., for the conference crown.
The double-elimination tournament will advance the winner to the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round with an automatic bid from the RSC. University of Rio Grande (Ohio) has already secured a bid to nationals as the RSC regular-season champion. The RedStorm is 42-13 overall and 23-3 RSC and edged Indiana University Southeast (42-14, 22-4 RSC) for the regular-season title by one game.
The top three teams from each of the RSC East & West Divisions qualified for the championship. Rio Grande won the RSC East and is the No. 1 overall seed. IU Southeast won the RSC West and is the No. 2 overall seed. The RedStorm and Grenadiers both received byes into the second day of the tournament on Friday.
The championship begins on Thursday night with two opening games at 6:00 p.m. Midway (Ky.) University, the No. 2 seed from the RSC West, will play WVU Tech, the No. 3 seed from the RSC East. The winner of that matchup stays in the winner's bracket to play No. 1 overall Rio Grande on Friday at 10 a.m.
The other matchup Thursday night pits Carlow (Pa.) University, the No. 2 seed from the RSC East, versus Asbury (Ky.) University, the No. 3 seed from the RSC West. The winner will meet No. 2 overall IU Southeast in the winner's bracket on Friday at 10 a.m.
Friday's action also has Thursday night's loser's playing Friday morning's losers in a pair of elimination games at 12 p.m., the winner's bracket final at 2 p.m. and the 12 p.m. survivors playing in a loser's bracket elimination game at 4 p.m.
Saturday begins with the loser's bracket final at 10 a.m. followed by the championship round starting at 1 p.m. If necessary, a second championship game will be played 30 minutes later.
The RSC Game Central presented by Stretch Internet will broadcast live streaming video of all games of the championship. Subscribe for $7.95 per game or $19.99 for the entire tournament. Live stats will be provided on Dakstats.
Fans are permitted to attend the championship. Daily admission price is $6 for adults, $3 for students with ID, $3 for seniors 60 and over. Children under 10 are free. Masks are required when unable to social distance. Spectators may bring their own chairs and sit outside the fence down the baselines.
Click the link above for the complete championship bracket and schedule. Check back at this site for links to live coverage as well as scores, stats and updates throughout the championship.