Mid-South Conference Softball Tournament Opening Round matchups announced

Softball | Tue, Apr. 27, 2021 at 7:10 AM

MSC Softball Tournament Bracket

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Mid-South Conference officials announced the opening-round pairings for the 2021 MSC Softball Tournament on Tuesday following Monday’s regular-season finale.

Campbellsville (Ky.) earned the top seed in the 11-team tournament and receives a bye into next weekend’s six-team double-elimination tournament. The bracketed tournament begins on Thursday, May 6, at Sparks Park in Columbia, Ky.

Campbellsville will host a pair of consolation tournament games on Friday in addition to Friday’s winner’s bracket games at Sparks Park. The remainder of the tournament, including the championship game is scheduled to be contested at Sparks Park.

The Tigers (37-11, 27-5 in the MSC) and Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) shared the regular-season title with Campbellsville earning the top seed based on the conference’s tie-breaker.

The remaining five spots will be determined this week as 10 teams compete in five opening-round best two-out-of-three series. The opening-round series will be played at the higher seeds beginning on Tuesday and run throughout the week.

• No. 11-seed Pikeville (Ky.) (13-29, 5-25) at No. 2-seed Lindsey Wilson (35-7, 27-5)
• No. 10- seed Shawnee State (Ohio) (8-26, 6-24) at No. 3-seed Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (35-9, 23-7)
• No. 9-seed Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (9-27, 7-25) at No. 4-seed Cumberlands (Ky.) (40-14, 21-9)
• No. 8-seed Thomas More (Ky.) (17-26, 10-22) at No. 5-seed Bethel (Tenn.) (24-14, 18-14)
• No. 7-seed Cumberland (Tenn.) (15-21, 11-17) at No. 6-seed Georgetown (Ky.) (21-17, 13-15)

The tournament will be reseeded for the final site once the six teams have been determined.

The double-elimination tournament begins on Thursday, May 6 with the championship game slated for Saturday, May 8. There is a scheduled if necessary game on Sunday if the team that emerges from the consolation bracket wins the first championship game.

The two teams that reach the championship game will earn the Mid-South Conference’s two automatic bids into the NAIA National Tournament field.