2009 NCAA Division II Softball Tournament


 

NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Softball
Super Regional

Lock Haven takes Game Two, wins Super Regional
LHU 2 - Kutztown 1 (11 inn.)
Boxscore

Friday & Saturday, May 15-16
at Lock Haven University
Lawrence Field

Best of three series

#2/#11 Kutztown vs. #1/#2 Lock Haven
Atlantic Region seed/National Ranking

Schedule
Friday May 15 - noon
Saturday May 16 - noon
If necessary game, Sat. @ 2:30

Ticket Prices:
Adult - $8
Students - $5
Senior Citizens/Children under 12 - $3

Live Audio

Results - Boxscores

Game 1 - Friday May 15: #2 LHU vs. #11 Kutztown
LHU W, 1-0 (9 inn.)
Boxscore

#2 Lock Haven edges #11 KU 1-0 in nine inning thriller

LHU leads best-of-three series 1-0; Game 2 set for noon tomorrow (Saturday May 16)

Recap:

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Atlantic Region 1 First Round Championship Game
Game 6: LHU vs. California (Pa.)

LHU 3 - Cal 0
Boxscore

2009 NCAA Division II Softball Tournament
Atlantic Region First Round

at Lock Haven University
Lock Haven, Pa.
Lawrence Field

Adult Tickets: $10
Student Tickets:
$5
Children Under 12: $3

Tournament Information (active links listed below)

Schedule (PDF)

SCHEDULE OF PLAY:

Friday, May 8, 2009

11 AM – Game #1 – (#8) Bowie State vs. (#1) Lock Haven
1:30 PM – Game #2 – (#5) Shippensburg vs. (#4) California (Pa.)

Saturday, May 9, 2009
10 AM – Game #3 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2
12:30 PM - Game #4 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2
3 PM - Game #5 - Winner of Game 4 vs. Loser of Game 3

Sunday, May 10, 2009
12 PM – Game #6 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 5
2:30 PM - Game #7 - if necessary to complete double elimination

Atlantic Region 1 bracket - at Lock Haven

Atlantic Region 2 bracket at Kutztown

Full NCAA D-II Bracket

Local info (Directions/food/lodging) (pdf format)

Live Audio

Results - Recaps - Boxscores

Game 1: No. 1 LHU vs. No. 8 Bowie State: LHU W, 8-0 (5 inn.)
Boxscore

Erb's perfect game helps LHU down Bowie State 8-0 in five innings

Kristin Erb hurled perfect game to lead LHU past Bowie State 8-0 in five innings in the opening game of the 2009 NCAA Atlantic Region 1 Softball Tournament.

Erb retired 12-of-15 BSU batters by way of strikeout on the way to the perfect game.

Amanda Roosa and Nancy O’Connor led Lock Haven at the plate, as each went 2-for-3.

The Lady Eagles eight runs came off 10 hits and six different players drove in a run for LHU.

Bowie’s Faline Brown got the start in the circle and took the loss.

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Game 2: No. 4 California (Pa.) vs. No. 5 Shippensburg: Cal W, 3-2 (17 inn.)
Boxscore

Cal downs Shippensburg 3-1 in 17-inning thriller

The California (Pa.) University Vulcans out dueled the Raiders of Shippensburg University in a 17-inning marathon game that lasted nearly four hours. Cal eventually won 3-2 in the bottom of the 17th inning.

California’s Julia MacKenzie got things started early, as she hit a home run to center field in the bottom of the first. The two teams remained scoreless until MacKenzie came through again in the bottom of the fourth with a RBI-single.

Shippensburg University would score their two runs in the top of the sixth on RBIs by Courtney Steele and Lori Knopf.

The teams would hold each other scoreless until the bottom of the 17th inning when Julia Miller hit a RBI-single up the middle scoring Kristen McKenzie.

Cal will meet LHU at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday, May 8) morning. Bowie State and Shippensburg will play at 12:30 p.m.

Results from Kutztown

At the Atlantic Region’s other site host-Kutztown University downed Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division foe West Chester University 5-1. KU was the No. 2 seed, while WCU came in as the seven-seed.  In game two at KU, No. 6 West Virginia Wesleyan took down No. 3 Bloomsburg University 2-1.

Day 2:

Game 3: LHU vs. California (Pa.): LHU W, 3-0
Boxscore

Lock Haven shuts out Cal 3-0 in first game two at Atlantic Region Championships

Lock Haven downed Cal 3-0, thanks in large part to two-run top of the second innings.

LHU scored its three runs off of five hits and Kristin Erb threw a four-hit shutout to help the Lady Eagles pick up the win.

The win puts Lock Haven in tomorrow's championship game.

Erb struck out five over seven innings of action.

Sarah Norris was The Haven's big bat, as she went 2-for-4 at the plate.

Cal will wait to meet to the winner of the Shippensburg-Bowie game.

Game 4: Shippensburg vs. Bowie State: SHIP W, 2-0
Boxscore

Shippensburg sinks Bowie 2-0

Shippensburg downed Bowie 2-0, eliminating BSU from the tournament.

Leading Shippensburg today was Lori Knopf, who threw a two-hit shutout. Knopf went the distance and struck out four over seven innings of action.

Hope Cornell and Lisamarie Ramagli both went 2-for-3 with a RBI apiece.

Ship's two runs came off seven hits, as they advance to meet to California in the day's final game.

Game 5: Shippensburg vs. California (Pa.)
Boxscore

California wins another extra inning thriller

California and Shippensburg once again needed extra innings to solve their differenences, but it was Cal downing Ship 2-0 in nine innings.

With the win Cal advances to take on LHU in tomorrow's championship game.

Results from Kutztown

KU cruised past West Virginia Wesleyan 9-0 in the day's first game at Kutztown, the site of the Atlantic Region 2 bracket. In game two of the day, Bloomsburg downed West Chester 2-0 to eliminate the Golden Rams. In the third game of the day West Virginia Wesleyan downed Bloomsburg to eliminate the Huskies. KU and Wesleyan will meet in tomorrow's championship.

Game 6: LHU vs. California (Pa.) Atlantic Region 1 First Round Championship
Boxscore

Lock Haven downs Cal 3-0 to win Atlantic Region First Round Champions, LHU will host winner of KU & West Virginia Wesleyan next weekend

Recap:

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