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BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Riding a seventh-game winning streak, Campbell University will host the Big South Conference Softball Championship Thursday through Sunday, May 7-10, at Amanda Littlejohn Stadium.
View the 2015 Big South Championship bracket (PDF) here
Campbell (28-25, 8-15) will meet Coastal Carolina in a first round game Thursday at 5:00 p.m.
Longwood is the No. 1 seed in the 2015 Big South Softball Championship presented by Musco Sports Lighting. The Lancers finished 2015 with a 20-4 Big South record to win the outright regular-season championship and tie the conference record for most league victories.
Coastal Carolina secured the No. 2 seed with its record of 16-7 in Big South play, while Winthrop received the No. 3 seed with its 14-9 league record. Liberty earned the No. 4 spot with a league mark of 12-12. Charleston Southern finished Big South play at 11-12 and is the No. 5 seed. Presbyterian finished its conference campaign with a record of 10-12 to finish sixth and Campbell was the seventh seed following an 8-15 finish. Radford's 7-15 record was good for the No. 8 seed, while Gardner-Webb rounded out the field in the No. 9 spot with a 6-18 conference mark.
Play begins Thursday with five games scheduled and concludes with a "winner-take-all" Championship contest next Sunday, May 10 at 2:00pm.
All games Thursday and Friday will be carried on the Big South Network. ESPN3 will air 2-4 games on Saturday, May 9 as well as Sunday's Championship game. The Big South's champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Softball Championship. In-game statistics will be available on www.BigSouthSports.com and www.gocamels.com.
The Big South Championship schedule is as follows and is subject to change.
Thursday, May 7 (Games 1-5)
Game 1: No. 8 Radford vs. No. 9 Gardner-Webb, 9:00am (single elimination)
Game 2: No. 4 Liberty vs. No. 5 Charleston Southern, 12:00pm
Game 3: No. 1 Longwood vs. 8/9 Winner, 2:30pm
Game 4: No. 2 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 7 Campbell, 5:00pm
Game 5: No. 3 Winthrop vs. No. 6 Presbyterian College, 7:30pm
Friday, May 8 (Games 6-11)
Game 6: Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3, 9:00am
Game 7: Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 5, 11:30am
Game 8: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 2:00pm
Game 9: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 4:30pm
Game 10: Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 7:00pm
Game 11: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 9, 9:30pm
Saturday, May 9 (Games 12-13 [14-15])
Game 12: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 10:00am (ESPN3)
Game 13: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 11, 12:30pm (ESPN3)
Game 14: if necessary, 5:00pm ** (ESPN3)
Game 15: if necessary, 7:30pm ** (ESPN3)
Sunday, May 10 (Championship Game)
2:00pm (ESPN3)
** - Game 14 will be necessary if the winner of Game 10 defeats the winner of Game 9. Game 15 will be necessary if the winner of Game 11 defeats the winner of Game 8. If both games are played, they will both be played on Saturday.
