Softball Opens Fall Schedule With Kay Brechtelsbauer Southern Classic
09/11/2002 | 12:00:00 | Softball
Sept. 11, 2002
Carbondale, Ill. - The Southern Illinois University softball team will open its fall season by hosting the annual Kay Brechtelsbauer Southern Classic September 14-15 at Carbondale High School.
"The fall season is so invaluable to us because it lets everyone work together for the first time. We have seven new athletes and we are so excited to see them play. We have a lot of depth, we've increased team speed and a lot of people are going to get playing time. We're looking forward to playing someone else after all the intrasquad scrimmages," said SIU head coach Kerri Blaylock.
The two-day tournament, features six teams, including SIU, the University of Tennessee-Martin, SIU-Edwardsville, John A. Logan College, Rend Lake College and St. Mary's (Indiana) College. All games will be played at the Carbondale High School Fields due to the construction of the new SIU softball stadium. The following is the tournament schedule:
Saturday, September 14
9 a.m. - John A. Logan vs. Rend Lake
11 a.m. - John A. Logan vs. St. Mary's
1 p.m. - SIU-Edwardsville vs. Rend Lake
3 p.m. - SIU-Edwardsville vs. Tennessee-Martin
5 p.m. - SIU-Carbondale vs. St. Mary's
7 p.m. - SIU-Carbondale vs. Tennessee-Martin
Sunday, September 15
9 a.m. - St. Mary's vs. Rend Lake
11 a.m. - Tennessee-Martin vs. Rend Lake
1 p.m. - St. Mary's vs. SIU-Edwardsville
3 p.m. - SIU-Carbondale vs. SIU-Edwardsville
5 p.m. - Tennessee-Martin vs. John A. Logan
7 p.m. - SIU-Carbondale vs. John A. Logan