FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Saint Augustine's University can clinch its first Southern Division title in recent memory in a CIAA softball doubleheader against Fayetteville State University on Sanders Field at Seabrook Park Monday, April 27, 2015. Game times are 1 p.m. and approximately 3 p.m.
The Lady Falcons lead the division at 7-1 with the two games left against Fayetteville State in the regular season. Winston-Salem State University is second at 8-2 and Fayetteville State University is third at 5-3 in the division.
A sweep of the Lady Broncos (15-11 overall) would give the Lady Falcons (17-11 overall) the division title outright. A split would give the Lady Falcons a share of the CIAA crown with the Lady Rams.
The Lady Falcons would gain the Southern Division No. 1 seed in the CIAA Tournament if they tied the Lady Rams. Both teams split the regular season meeting in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Friday, April 24, but the Lady Falcons won by a larger margin.
The Lady Falcons will lean on their stout pitching staff against the Lady Broncos. Meranda Zanni (So./Phoenix, OR) leads the CIAA in earned run average (1.75) and Hannah Stutts (Sr./Statesville, NC) ranks fourth (2.99). Korey Hill (So./Virginia Beach, VA) is fifth in the conference in strikeouts (51). Alex Wickham of Fayetteville State ranks second in the CIAA in batting average (.459). Carley Green of the Lady Broncos ranks fifth in the league in earned run average (3.14).
