MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Three SSAC teams are still fighting after two days of action at the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round.
 
Middle Georgia State fought back for a pair of victories, including a 1-0 nine-inning victory, while UT Southern won its only game of the day to stay alive. Games in Mobile’s bracket were pushed to Wednesday due to weather.
 
Wednesday
11:30 am | #3 Mobile v. #4 Cornerstone
12 pm | #3 Middle Georgia v. #1 Our Lady of the Lake
12 pm | #5 UT Southern v. #1 LSU Alexandria 
2:30 pm | UTS/LSUA v. #2 Central Methodist 
3:00 pm | Mobile/Cornerstone v. Cumberlands/Texas A&M Texarkana
TBA | MGA/OLLU v. #2 Eastern Oregon
 
#3 Middle Georgia State def. #5 Central Baptist 9-1

• The Knights took control by scoring in each of the final four turns at bat, including a four-run fifth
• Emily Proctor tossed six innings of five-hit, one-run ball, while Mel Bullock homered and drove in three

 
#3 Middle Georgia State def. #4 Embry-Riddle 1-0

• Proctor again starred in a pitchers’ duel with nine innings of three-hit, eight-strikeout shutout ball
• In the bottom of the ninth, Alexis Cosgrove started with a single, and after moving around to third, Gabbie Haas delivered a sac fly

 
#5 UT Southern def. #3 British Columbia 4-1

• Stella Gilbreath got the win with four innings of five-hit, shutout relief
• UTS did the bulk of the scoring with a three-run third inning, capped by Marie Bodily’s RBI hit

 
#3 William Carey def. #4 Houston-Victoria 7-1

• The Crusaders pounded out 12 hits, with Julia Shaw driving in four and Albanie Fussell delivering three hits
• Seven different Crusaders recorded a hit

 
#5 Morningside def. #3 William Carey 8-4

• Morningside plated four runs in both the third and fourth innings to take control, totaling nine hits between the two frames
• Liz Cross led the Crusaders with a two-hit day

 
#3 Evangel def. #4 Thomas 7-0

• Evangel played four runs in the first and never looked back
• Thomas got two-hit days from Ansley Eason and Sierra Ussery