Top Seeds victorious in Day One of CIAA Softball Championships
Top Seeds victorious in Day One of CIAA Softball Championships
April 15, 2010
Top seeds Bowie State and Chowan were winners in their first two games of the 2010 CIAA Softball Championships at the Petersburg (VA) Sports Complex.
Defending champion and Eastern Division top seed BSU knocked off Shaw, 8-0, and Johnson C. Smith, 5-3, to advance to a winners bracket showdown with Chowan. The Hawks, top seed in the Western Division, only allowed one run in their wins over Elizabeth City State (12-0) and Virginia State (11-1).
BSU and CU will meet at 12:30pm Friday at the softball field on the campus of Virginia State University.
Shaw and Fayetteville State survived their first elimination games with wins over St. Paul's (SU 14, SPC 5) and Elizabeth City State (FSU 9, ECSU 1)). The Lady Bears meet Johnson C. Smith while the Lady Broncos face Virginia State in elimination games Friday morning at the Petersburg Sports Complex. The winners of those two games will meet at 12:30 to determine who faces the loser of the Bowie State vs. Chowan contest.
CIAA Softball Championship Results and Schedule
Day One - April 15
Game 1: Bowie St 8, Shaw 0
Game 2: Johnson C. Smith 6, St. Paul's 5
Game 3: Chowan 12, Elizabeth City St 0
Game 4: Virginia St 2, Fayetteville St 1
Game 5: Shaw 14, St. Paul's 5 (SPC eliminated)
Game 6: Fayetteville St 9, Elizabeth City St 1 (ECSU
eliminated)
Game 7: Bowie St 5, Johnson C. Smith 3
Game 8: Chowan 11, Virginia St 1
Day Two - April
16
Game 9: Virginia St vs. Fayetteville St @ 10am (PSC)
Game 10: Johnson C. Smith vs. Shaw @ 10am (PSC)
Game 11: Bowie State vs. Chowan @ 12:30 (VSU)
Game 12: JCSU/SU winner vs. VSU/FSU winner @ 12:30 (PSC)
Game 13: Game 11 loser vs. Game 12 winner @5:30 (VSU)
Day Three - April
17
Game 14: Championship Game @ 12:00pm (VSU)
Game 11 winner vs. Game 13 winner
If tiebreaker is necessary, it will begin 30 minutes after Game 14
PSC - Petersburg Sports Complex
VSU - Softball Field, Virginia State University
