Sun Belt Softball begins Wednesday!

[wkuhillhound]

The Lady Toppers will be one of the Top 8 seeds in the Sun Belt Softball tournament beginning Wed. 5/6/09!

WKU earned the 3 seed with a (14 - 9) conference record as they will take on South Alabama in the Round 1 Wed afternoon at 3:00 PM CST. This is a double elimination tournament so good luck Lady Tops! The rest of the tournament teams are:

(1) Louisiana-Lafayette (18 - 5) vs. (8) Louisiana-Monroe (7 - 15)
(4) Florida International (13 - 11) vs. (5) North Texas (11 - 12)
(3) Western Kentucky (14 - 9) vs. (6) South Alabama (10 - 12)
(2) Troy (15 - 8) vs. (7) Florida Atlantic (10 - 13)

Source: http://www.sunbeltsports.org/pdf5/40320 ... PSID=22282

[wkuhillhound]

Update on the Sun Belt Softball Tournament.

Wednesday: LOTS of upsets on this day as 3 out of the 4 top seeds lose. Louisiana-Lafayette, Troy, and WKU lost their games, with Florida International being the lone winner. Louisiana-Lafayette lost to Louisiana-Monroe 1 - 0, South Alabama beats WKU 6 - 1, and Florida Atlantic stops Troy 6 - 4.

Thursday: North Texas is eliminated by Louisiana-Lafayette 8 - 3, WKU eliminates Troy 6 - 2, FIU continues their winning streak in the conference with a 10 - 2 victory over Louisiana-Monroe, Florida Atlantic beats South Alabama 7 - 1

Friday: Louisiana-Lafayette eliminates Louisiana-Monroe 9 - 1, WKU eliminates South Alabama with a 3 - 1 victory. Louisiana-Lafayette wins another game by blanking Florida International 3 - 0, and WKU avoids elimination by beating Florida Atlantic 6 - 0

Saturday: These same four teams play each other for the right to play in the SBC Championship game.

(1) Louisiana-Lafayette vs. (4) Florida International started at 9:00 AM
(3) Western Kentucky vs. (7) Florida Atlantic after the 1st game!

Good luck Lady Toppers!

[dbackjon]

Good luck to the Toppers!

[wkuhillhound]

If WKU defeats Florida Atlantic they will play for the championship at 3:00 PM CST. If The Lady Toppers win this will be their 1st ever Sun Belt Championship. This will be another sport that Toppers have won a championship in.

[wkuhillhound]

Heartbreak for WKU (35 - 19) as they lost to Florida Atlantic on a bloop single in the bottom of the 7th to score the winning run.

Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Florida Atlantic for the SBC championship.

Great season for the Lady Tops!

Louisiana-Lafayette defeats Florida International 8 - 0 to advance to the championship game. The Ragin' Cajuns are going for their 2nd consecutive Sun Belt Championship and their 9th in 10 years.

[wkuhillhound]

Louisiana-Lafayette wins the Sun Belt Softball Championship after losing the first game. They defeated Florida Atlantic 8 - 3 to capture their 9th championship in 10 years! Maybe WKU can be in the at-large field. They do have a decent record and finished 3rd in the regular season, but it is highly unlikely so great season Lady Tops!