Sunday, May 07, 2006

DeLand, Fla. – Stetson softball downed Jacksonville 3-0 and 7-1 Saturday evening at the Stetson Softball Field to secure the 2006 Altantic Sun Conference regular season title.

With the sweep, the Hatters also claim the no. 1 seed in the 2006 A-Sun Championship. The sweep marks the seventh out of 10 league doubleheaders for Stetson this season. The Hatters improved to 41-13 overall and 16-4 in conference games.

The 16 regular season A-Sun wins set a new school record. In game one, senior Melissa Wiggins put Stetson on the board with a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning with a sacrifice fly to center field that scored senior Shawna Wiggs from third. The Hatters added two runs in the fifth inning for the 3-0 lead when Wiggs and junior Sherrel Fountain scored on a throwing error. Wiggs had reached on a walk and Fountain reached on a bunt single.

The win also helped set the seedings for the 2006 Atlantic Sun Tournament, held May 11-13 at the FAU Softball Complex in Boca Raton, Fla.

ETSU clinched the fifth spot Friday after a two-game sweep of Lipscomb. With Jacksonville falling to 6-14, the Dolphins left the door wide open for Gardner-Webb (7-13) to take the sixth spot in the double-elimination tournament.

Tournament Schedule
Thursday, May 11
#3 Mercer vs. #4 Campbell, 9:00 am
#2 Florida Atlantic vs. #5 ETSU, 11:00 am
#1 Stetson vs. #6 Gardner-Webb, 1:00 pm
Loser 1 vs. Loser 2, 4:00 pm
Winner 2 vs. Winner 3, 6:00 pm
Winner 1 vs. Loser 3, 8:00 pm

Friday, May 12
Game 7, 3:00 pm
Game 8, 5:00 pm
Game 9, 7:00 pm

Saturday, May 13
Game 10, 1:00 pm
Game 11, TBA (if necessary)