SCIAC softball teams go 0-3 at West Regional
SCIAC coaches were elated at qualifying three teams for the Division III West region softball tournament at East Texas Baptist. But some of the luster of that accomplishment will be lost if those three can't beat anyone but themselves.
That is in danger of happening.
All three lost their first round games on Thursday with SCIAC champion Redlands being the first team in the seven-team field eliminated. The Bulldogs lost a tossup game to Texas-Tyler 2-1, then got beat by the No. 1 team in the country - Linfield (Ore,) 8-5.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the SCIAC tournament runner-up, got walloped 9-0 by East Texas Baptist and La Verne lost a 4-3 nine-inning heart-breaker to Louisiana College.
CMS and La Verne will play a noon game on Friday with the loser going home and the winner playing another game later in the day.
About Michelle
Michelle Gardner has been a staff writer for The Sun and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin since 2002 and has covered the local college sports scene since 2004. She ventured West after working at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale for eight years and is a graduate of the University of Florida.
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