PINEVILLE – For the first time in three years, Louisiana College will play host to an NCAA Division III Softball Regional.
A trip to the Division III World Series will be on the line starting Friday at noon when Louisiana College, currently ranked No. 1 in the nation, plays host to five other teams in a three-day tournament.
Admission will be $5 for general admission and $12 for seat backs, daily. No three-day passes will be issued.
LC should have little trouble recognizing its opponents in this year's regional as three of the five visiting teams in the six-team regional hail not only from the Lady Wildcats' home conference, the American Southwest Conference, but also from Louisiana College's home Division.
Fellow ASC East teams Texas-Tyler (the nation's No. 2 team), East Texas Baptist (No. 10) and Mississipi College will vie for a berth in the World Series in Eu Claire, Wisc., alongside Southwestern (Texas) and La Verne (California).
The three-day tournament will begin at noon on Friday with the host team taking on La Verne in game one. Texas-Tyler and Southwestern will follow at 2 p.m. in game two and Mississippi College and East Texas Baptist at 4 p.m. in game three.
The losers of games one and two will square off in an elimination game at 6 p.m. in the fourth and final game of the first day.
Day two will start at noon with the LC-La Verne winner taking on the loser of the Mississippi College-East Texas Baptist game. The winners of the Texas-Tyler-Southwestern and MC-ETBU games will play at 2 p.m. with the remainder of the weekend's schedule being dependant upon the outcomes of the first six games.
The potential tournament schedule is as follows (game times TBA unless otherwise noted):
Friday
Game 1: Louisiana College vs. La Verne (noon)
Game 2: Texas-Tyler vs. Southwestern (2 p.m.)
Game 3: Mississippi College vs. East Texas Baptist (4 p.m.)
Game 4: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 (6 p.m.)
Saturday
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3 (noon)
Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 (2 p.m.)
Late Saturday and Sunday (Game Times and Participants TBA)
If four teams remain after Game 6
Game 7: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6
Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 6
Game 9: Loser game 7 vs. Winner Game 8
Game 10: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9
Game 11: Same teamas as Game 10
If five teams remain after Game 6
Game 7: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6
Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5
Game 9: Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7
If two teams remain after Game 9
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9
Game 11: Same teams as Game 10
If three teams remain after Game 9
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 9
Game 11: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10
