G-MAC Softball Championship Page
GREENWOOD, Ind. – A circuitous path will attempt to be drawn up by six teams as they prepare to navigate the bracket for the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Softball Championship set to get underway on Thursday.
The Athletes in Action (AIA) Sports Complex in Xenia, Ohio, will serve as host for this year’s conference championship running through Saturday.
Admission will vary between Thursday/Friday ($10 adults, $5 students) and Saturday ($5 adults, $3 students). An all-tournament pass ($20 adults, $10 students) will also be available for purchase on site while kids 5 and under will be free.
G-MACsports.com will provide video/audio/live stat streaming for select games throughout the tournament with two different fields being utilized for the first day of competition.
Thursday’s live video/audio slate will feature No. 1 Trevecca Nazarene vs. No. 6 Salem International at 10:30 a.m., No. 3 Kentucky Wesleyan vs. No. 4 Davis & Elkins at 12:45 p.m. and the winner between KWC/D&E and No. 2 Cedarville vs. No. 5 Alderson Broaddus at 3 p.m.
Live stats will be provided for CED/AB at 10:30 a.m. Video/audio/live stats coverage continues on Friday and Saturday for all remaining games in the tournament
The six-team tournament bracket format is based off of the NCAA Regional with double elimination.
The G-MAC Championship bracket will be updated immediately following the conclusion of each game with new multimedia links generated.
A championship banquet will be conducted on Wednesday evening with a guest speaker from AIA, three-time softball Olympian Leah O’Brien Amico. All-conference awards will also be presented at that time and student-athletes will engage with kids from Xenia Christian Elementary School for a community service activity.
Trevecca Nazarene clinched the regular-season conference title and the top overall seed for this year’s tournament again. The Trojans were nearly perfect in the G-MAC at 20-1 and head into the postseason ranked fifth in the Midwest Region.
Both Cedarville and Kentucky Wesleyan matched each other with a 14-6 league record, but by virtue of tiebreak criteria, the Lady Jackets had the upper hand for seeding. Both CU and KWC have 25 or more wins with multiple dangerous offensive weapons.
Fourth-seeded Davis & Elkins closed the regular season at 11-8 in the conference followed by No. 5 Alderson Broaddus and No. 6 Salem International at 11-9 and 6-15, respectively.