BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell's softball team (2-12-1), after twice having home doubleheaders weathered out over the last few weeks, will again attempt to play their third and fourth home games of the season at the Eakes Athletic Complex this week. The Camels are slated to take on regional neighbor N.C. State on Wednesday, March 10 starting at 4 p.m. CU is then slated to travel to Tennessee to participate in the Tennessee Invitational over the weekend from March 13-14. The other teams in the tournament are Liberty, Tennessee and Tennessee Tech.

The Camels are again looking to snap a sizable winless streak this week and enter the week having dropped their last five games. CU's offensive attack is being spearheaded by junior Lauren Stephan. Stephan is hitting .333 with three home runs and nine RBIs. Freshman Sarah Forgacs is hitting .375 with six hits and two runs scored in her last five games and was named to the Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team. Sophomore Christina Melton pitched well in the tournament and took No. 16 LSU into extra frames with her four hit and one earned run performance. On the year, the Charlotte native is 1-4 with a solid 2.86 ERA. She leads the team with 36.1 innings pitched and 30 strikeouts.

North Carolina State (12-8) went 3-1 last weekend to win the Wolfpack Challenge. Junior Bridget Desbois, sophomore Landon Warren and senior Lindsay Campana were all named to the all-tournament team, with Desbois picking up tournament MVP honors after hitting .545 throughout the weekend. Warren leads the team with a .397 batting average on the season. Sophomore Stephanie Call has been the top power threat with seven home runs and 19 RBIs. Campana is 8-2 on the season with a 0.52 ERA and 101 strikeouts in 67 innings pitched. The Wolfpack have already hit 19 home runs while only surrendered nine. N.C. State have already taken on Atlantic Sun Conference rival North Florida and defeated the Osprey by a 7-0 margin in the team's first tournament of the season. North Carolina State has been receiving top 25 votes over the last few weeks including this week. The Camels have yet to defeat N.C. State in six previous tries with the last games coming during the 2007 season.

Liberty (7-3) has won six of its last seven games over the last few weekends with the only loss coming to then No. 23 Kentucky. Liberty has a busy week on the docket and will take on Tennessee Tech on Thursday and Tennessee on Friday before taking on Campbell on Saturday. Sophomore Kelly Strickland leads the offensive charge for LU with a .400 batting average, 12 hits and nine runs. Sophomore Danielle Howard is heating up and is hitting .370 with four home runs and 13 RBIs. Freshman Katrina Johnson has been the team's top pitcher with a 3.60 ERA. Junior Tiffani Smith leads the team with three wins and 28 strikeouts. In neutral site games this year the Flames are 6-2. Liberty has already taken on and defeated Atlantic Sun opponent USC Upstate by a 12-2 count earlier this season. LU has used a strong offensive attack in the second and third innings to defeat teams and are outscoring opponents 27-9 in those two innings. The Camels own a 4-2 all-time record against the Flames with the last meeting coming in 2004.

No. 19 Tennessee (13-4) has won seven in a row including all five at the tournament the team hosted last weekend. The Lady Volunteers open SEC play this week and takes on Mississippi State for three games during the midweek. Tennessee is also scheduled to take on Liberty on Friday on the first day of the tournament. Freshman Raven Chavanne has started the season with a bang and leads the team in batting average (.508), runs (20), hits (31), total bases (41) and triples (2)...she is second in stolen bases (8). Chavanne was named the SEC Player of the Week on Feb. 22 and Freshman of the Week on March 1. Sophomore Jessica Spigner is the team's leading home run (5) and RBI hitter (18). Tennessee has a team batting average of .330 and currently has five regular members of the team that are batting over .300. Freshman Ivy Renfroe has won six games with a 2.47 ERA and 46 strikeouts in 45.1 innings thrown. Renfroe was just named the SEC Freshman of the Week after posting a 0.81 ERA in 17.1 innings last week. Sophomore Cat Hosfield leads the team with seven wins. The Camels have never taken on Tennessee but the Lady Vols are the third member of the Southeastern Conference that CU is playing this season. The Camels own an all-time record of 2-20 all-time against SEC opponents.

Tennessee Tech (8-7) went 3-2 over the weekend at the Buzz Classic. The Golden Eagles have already played five games against teams on Campbell's schedule this season including four against Atlantic Sun Conference teams. TTU split its two games with Mercer, were able to defeat Kennesaw State and ETSU and lost to Kansas. Sophomore Whitney Cummings has been the team's top hitter with a .366 batting average, four home runs and 12 RBIs. Junior Callie Schmidt has also played well with a .311 batting average, three home runs and 12 RBIs. Sophomore Holly Thomas has won five games with a 1.60 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 48 innings worked. Junior Maddie Schmissrauter has won three games with a 1.48 ERA and 32 strikeouts. The Golden Eagles are scheduled to take on Lipscomb in a doubleheader on Tuesday and Liberty on Thursday before the Tennessee Invitational. The Camels trail the all-time series with TTU by a 2-1 margin. CU did defeat the Golden Eagles by an 8-4 score on opening day last season at the Chattanooga Challenge. Since graduated senior Karlie Love led the offensive charge with two home runs and five RBIs.

After this weekend the Camels return home briefly and take on Hampton for a doubleheader on March 16 starting at 4 p.m. CU is then schedule to hit the road to take on Winston Salem State on Friday, March 19 and North Carolina Central on Saturday, March 20.