BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell's softball team (3-1) has another busy week on tap this week. The Camels will start the week hosting a doubleheader against College of Charleston on Feb. 15 starting at 4 p.m. CU will then hit the road and travel to Auburn, Ala. to participate in the Tiger Invitational from Feb. 18-20.

The others teams in this year's Tiger Invitational include Southern Miss, Auburn, McNeese State and Western Illinois. CU is slated to kick off the tournament and play against Southern Miss at 10 a.m. CT on Feb. 18 at Jane B. Moore Field. The Camels will then take on the host institution, Auburn, at 3 p.m. CT on Feb. 18. Campbell continues play and takes on McNeese State on Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. CT before wrapping up the tournament with an 11:30 a.m. CT game against Western Illinois on Feb. 20.

The Camels have won three of the team's first four games in 2011 and earned the Hampton Inn Tournament title with a 6-1 victory over Southern Illinois Edwardsville on Feb. 12. Junior Lizzie Goldbach was named the tournament's most outstanding player after she led the Camels with a .500 batting average, six hits and five RBIs. She also scored three runs, had an on-base percentage of .538 and a slugging percentage of .833. Joining Goldbach on the all-tournament team was senior Amanda Miller and Keeli Michael, junior Christina Melton and sophomore Brittany Arnn. Miller hit .333 with a team-best five runs scored in the tournament. Michael hit .357 with three doubles and RBIs against the weekend competition. Melton produced four hits and RBIs to go along with a .500 batting average. Arnn won the team's opening game of the tournament over Virginia and came back to win the Hampton Inn Tournament Championship Game the following evening with a 5.2 inning and seven strikeout performance against SIUE. On the year the Danville, Va. Native is 2-0 with a 1.45 ERA plus 10 strikeouts in 9.2 innings worked.

College of Charleston went 24-27 and 10-13 in the Southern Conference in 2010. The top returning performer for CofC is junior Amanda Lonergan. Lonergan hit .310 with nine doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 29 RBIs in as a sophomore. The team's top returning pitcher is senior pitcher Alexa Datko. Datko sported a 7-10 record with a 2.62 ERA in 117.2 innings worked last season. The Camels lead the all-time series with the Cougars by a 22-7 count. The two schools split the team's doubleheader last season. College of Charleston won the first game 8-7 and lost the second game 7-5. CU's Katie Woodcock was the big hero in the game as she has a key two-run double and picked up the win in relief in the second game.

Southern Miss is a team that split its four games in its home hosted tournament over the weekend. The Eagles defeated Central Arkansas twice, but fell to Campbell's conference rival Kennesaw State in both of the team's two contests. Senior Jill Mathis was the team's top performer over the weekend with five hits, three runs and four RBIs. Junior outfielder Leslie LeJune also had four RBIs during the team's first four games. Sophomore Beth Dietrich has been the busiest member of the pitching staff with 10 innings worked and a win. The Eagles are coming off a 2010 season where they went 25-28 and 7-17 in Conference USA. The Camels and Eagles have never squared off with each other.

Auburn (4-0) has started the season on a hot streak and won all four games at the All-Alabama Classic over the weekend in Birmingham. Leading the offense for Auburn is Morgan Estell, who is hitting .571 with eight hits, eight runs scored and two home runs for 15 total bases on the year. Sophomore Kelsey Cartwright has hit two early season home runs among her four hits. Redshirt junior Lauren Schmaltz is 2-0 with a 0.58 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 12 innings thrown on the year. Redshirt junior Angela Bunner has also been impressive in the circle for Auburn and is 1-0 with only four hits allowed and no earned runs in nine innings of work. The Tigers are slated to take on McNeese State on Thursday before the tournament gets going on Friday morning. Auburn went 31-26 and 11-17 in Southeastern Conference in 2010 and made the NCAA's Atlanta Regional.

McNeese State (1-4) started the season dropping four of the team's first five games at the Getteman Classic in Waco, Texas. McNeese State lost twice to Baylor and fell once to No. 24 Illinois. The Cowgirls are being led by junior outfielder Claire Terracina, who is hitting .385, with five hits, four runs, three walks and eight total bases. Senior Molly Guidry and senior Lindsey Langner lead the team with three RBIs each. Sophomore Megan Bond has been the team's top hurler with a win and 15 strikeouts in 16.1 innings worked. Last year McNeese State went 38-27 and 17-13 in the Southland Conference and made the NCAA's Baton Rouge Regional. The Cowgirls lead the all-time series with Campbell by a 2-0 count. The two schools haven't faced each other though since 1996.

The Leathernecks (0-5) started the 2011 season with five losses at the Iowa State Cyclone Invitational last weekend. Leading WIU this season is sophomore Kelsey Michelini, who is hitting .364 with four hits. Freshman Hailey Bickford has scored two of the team's five runs on the year. Michelini has also been the team's most durable pitcher with 18.1 innings thrown and 15 strikeouts. Last year Western Illinois went 35-19 and 19-2 against Summit League opponents. Campbell has never faced WIU, but are 3-0 all-time against Summit League teams.

After this weekend's action, the Camels head off to the Pirate Clash to take on Lehigh, Towson, Fairfield and East Carolina from Feb. 25-27 in Greenville, N.C.