Edmond, Okla. - The nine seeded Missouri Southern Softball team (32-21, 12-14 MIAA) will travel to Edmond, Oklahoma for round one of the MIAA Softball Championship to take on the number eight seeded Central Missouri Jennies in a single elimination contest. The winner of this game will take on number one seeded Rogers State on Thursday, May 2 at 11:00 AM. The bracket for the MIAA Softball Championship is linked to this release.
Date: May 1
Opponent: #8 seed Central Missouri
First Pitch: 3:00 PM
Location: Edmond, Okla.
Site: Gerry Pinkston Stadium
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Scouting the Lions
The Missouri Southern softball program finished their regular season with a 32-21 (12-14 MIAA) record. The Lions wrapped up their regular season at home with two split series against #5 Central Oklahoma (5-3 and 0-6) and Newman (12-0 /5inn. And 5-6). The Lions returned to Joplin after a 1-9 record over a month-long road trip. The Lions previously hosted the Jennies in March where they lost the first game 2-1, but turned around and run-ruled them in game two, 8-0 /6 innings.
Kylee Jacks leads the Lions in batting average with a .376, hits with 64 and runs with 49. The Lions RBI leader is
Taylor Nuckolls with 46. In the circle,
Kiki Pickens has thrown the most innings with 111.2 and has a 2.01 ERA and has 105 strikeouts.
Scouting the JenniesÂ
The Jennies of Central Missouri wrapped up their regular season with a 23-26 (12-14 MIAA) record. Previously, the Jennies hosted three straight doubleheaders where they were swept by Maryville (10-17 and 2-4), split with Missouri Western (2-5 and 3-2) and split with Northwest Missouri (1-2 and 5-0).
Taylor Thompson leads the Jennies in batting average (.308), hits (44), runs (26) and RBIs (34). In the circle, Brooke Weimer has thrown the most innings with 119.2 and has a 1.99 ERA and has 109 strikeouts.
