FOREST, Va. - The Emory & Henry College Softball Team has earned a trip to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament, ODAC officials announced Wednesday night. The Wasps finished seventh in the ODAC regular season after being picked 10th in the preseason poll. E&H earns its second postseason berth in the past three years.
Emory & Henry will take on #2 Lynchburg College on Friday at 2:00 p.m., at Field 1 of the James I. Moyer Softball Complex in Salem, Va.
Under first-year Head Coach Tommy Forrester, E&H (23-13) has posted a 20-win season for the first time since 2007 and only the sixth time in program history. Emory & Henry is on pace to have its best season since 2004, when it went 28-14.
Currently, eight of the Wasps' starters are batting over .300, with freshman Jordan Chrisley (Dublin, Va.) and sophomore Taylor Doss (Damascus, Va.) eclipsing the .400 mark. Doss also leads the team in extra-base hits with nine doubles, three triples and five home runs.
Junior Brandy Bryant (Salem, Va.) has nine wins and three saves in the circle with a 3.13 ERA and 48 strikeouts. Sophomore Taylor Banner (Castlewood, Va.) has also won nine games and has a 3.03 ERA, striking out 37.
With a win in their first contest, the Wasps will play the winner of #3 Randolph and #6 Guilford at 6:00 p.m. A loss will see E&H take on the loser of the Randolph-Guilford game at 4:00 p.m.
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2014 ODAC SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
James I. Moyer Sports Complex - Salem, Va.
Friday, April 25
Game 1: #1 Virginia Wesleyan vs. #8 Bridgewater - Field 1 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 2: #4 Randolph-Macon vs. #5 Eastern Mennonite - Field 3 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 3: #2 Lynchburg vs. #7 Emory & Henry - Field 1 - 2:00 p.m.
Game 4: #3 Randolph vs. #6 Guilford - Field 3 - 2:00 p.m.
Game 5: Loser G1 vs. Loser G2 - Field 1 - 4:00 p.m.
Game 6: Loser G3 vs. Loser G4 - Field 3 - 4:00 p.m.
Game 7: Winner G1 vs. Winner G2 - Field 1 - 6:00 p.m.
Game 8: Winner G3 vs. Winner G4 - Field 3 - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 26
Game 9: Winner G5 vs. Loser G8 - Field 1 - 11:00 a.m.
Game 10: Winner G6 vs. Loser G7 - Field 3 - 11:00 a.m.
Game 11: Winner G7 vs. Winner G8 - Field 1 - 2:00 p.m.
Game 12: Winner G9 vs. Winner G10 - Field 1 - 5:00 p.m.
Game 13: Winner G12 vs. Loser G11 - Field 1 - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 27
Championship Game
Game 14: Winner G11 vs. Winner G13 - Field 1 - 1:00 p.m.
If necessary...
Game 15: Rematch of Game 14 - Field 1 - 4:00 p.m.