NAIA WORLD SERIES BRACKET

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NAIA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

WORLD SERIES HISTORYYear Location Champion Record Score Runner-Up1981 Conrue, Texas Sam Houston State (Texas) 32-11 1-0 Emporia State (Kan.)1982 Kearney, Neb. Missouri Western 29-14 5-0 St. Francis (Ill.)1983 Kearney, Neb. Emporia State (Kan.) 27-8 9-2 Kearney State (Neb.)1984 Indianapolis, Ind. 1Emporia State (Kan.) 32-5 1-0 Quincy (Ill.)1985 Indianapolis, Ind. Quincy (Ill.) n/a 1-0 Washburn (Kan.)1986 San Antonio, Texas St. Mary’s (Texas) n/a 2-1 (9) Oklahoma City1987 Kearney, Neb. Kearney State (Neb.) 42-15 1-0 Francis Marion (S.C.)1988 OklahomaCity,Okla. PacificLutheran(Wash.) n/a 2-0(10) Minnesota-Duluth1989 Midland, Mich. Saginaw Valley State (Mich.) 38-12-2 3-0 Kearney State (Neb.)1990 Pensacola,Fla. KearneyState(Neb.) 39-9 6-3(8) PacificLutheran(Mich.)1991 Columbia,Mo. HawaiiLoa 37-6 5-1 PugetSouth(Wash.)1992 Pensacola, Fla. 5PacificLutheran(Wash.) 34-13 3-2 KennesawState(Ga.)1993 Columbia, Mo. 4West Florida 60-20 4-2 Oklahoma City1994 Columbia, Mo. 2Oklahoma City 52-8 3-1 Athens State (Ala.)1995 Columbia, Mo. 1Oklahoma City 49-9 3-1 Puget Sound (Wash.)1996 Decatur,Ala. 1Oklahoma City 59-5 9-1 Shawnee State (Ohio)1997 Decatur,Ala. 2Oklahoma City 52-12 12-0 Athens State (Ala.)1998 Tulsa, Okla. Western Washington n/a 5-1 Simon Fraser (B.C.)1999 Jupiter, Fla. 1Simon Frasier (B.C.) 40-7 7-3 Oklahoma City 2000 Decatur,Ala. 2OklahomaCity 63-12 5-1 AzusaPacific(Calif.) 2001 Decatur,Ala. 1Oklahoma City 56-12 5-3 Simon Fraser (B.C.)2002 Decatur,Ala. 1OklahomaCity 57-10 2-1(8) PointLomaNaz.(Calif.)2003 Decatur,Ala. 2Simon Fraser (B.C) 37-4 3-1 Mobile (Ala.)2004 Decatur,Ala. 1Thomas(Ga.) 37-3 5-4 SimonFraser(B.C.)2005 Decatur,Ala. 5SimonFraser(B.C.) 38-8 7-0 CaliforniaBaptist2006 Decatur,Ala. 1Mobile(Ala.) 51-2 4-1 CaliforniaBaptist2007 Decatur,Ala. 2OklahomaCity 53-6 7-2 PointLomaNaz.(Calif.)2008 Decatur,Ala. 9LubbuckChristian(Texas) 60-10 2-1 Mobile(Ala.)2009 Decatur,Ala. 1CaliforniaBaptist 61-5 3-2 St.Gregory’s(Okla.)2010 Decatur,Ala. 14Simon Fraser (B.C.) 28-14 4-3 Oklahoma City2011 GulfShores,Ala. 18OregonTech 42-13 1-0 CaliforniaBaptist2012 GulfShores,Ala. 10Shorter(Ga.) 53-11 1-0(9) OklahomaCity2013 Columbus,Ga. 1Concordia(Calif.) 52-3 8-3 SpringHill(Ala.)2014 Columbus,Gla. 3Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.) 44-7 10-6 William Carey (Miss.)2015 Sioux City, Iowa

CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY

Campbellsville University was founded in 1906 by the Russell Creek Baptist AssociationasRussellCreekAcademyinCampbellsville,Ky. In1924the institutionbecameknownas CampbellsvilleJuniorCollege.Itmadethetransitiontoafour-yearcollegein1960andreacheduniversity status in 1996, changing the name once again to become Campbellsville University.

Now in her 108th year of service, Campbellsville continues to see unprecedented growthin terms of enrollment, construction of new facilities, renovation of existing facilities and producingsuccessfulgraduates.

Nestled between the Cumberland Plateau and the Appalachian Mountains, Taylor County and Campbellsville, Ky., serve as home to Campbellsville University. Taylor County, population 25,000,islocatedinthegeographicalcenterofKentucky,only85-90milesawayfromBowlingGreen,LexingtonandLouisville.Theuniversityfamilygivesbacktothecommunitythroughservice and time but also provides a more than $101 million economic impact to the area.

CUisranked69thontheU.S.News&WorldReport’slistoftopregionaluniversitiesintheSouth. It is also listed among America’s Best Christian Colleges, rated as a Military Friendly School and has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

Withastudentbodycomprisingmorethan3,600studentsfrom97Kentuckycounties,30U.S.statesand37foreigncountries,CampbellsvilleUniversityhasadiverseculturalmixonhercampus.

Theuniversityisalsonotedforastrongfacultywithover70percentofitsprofessorsholdingaPh.D.orthehighestdegreeintheirfieldofstudyandalowstudent/facultyratioof13to1.

Campbellsvilleofferscertificatesofstudyalongwith63undergraduateoptions,aswellas17master’sdegrees,fivepostgraduateareasandeightpre-professionalareas.

The101-acreuniversitycampusfeaturesatotalof45buildings.Inthepast18yearstherehave been more than 26 major renovations or new construction projects. The university also featuressatellitecenters inLouisvilleandSomersetaswellasdevelopingastrongonlinepresence.

CUholdsdualathleticmembershipintheNationalAssociationofIntercollegiateAthletics(NAIA)and theNationalChristianCollegeAthleticsAssociation (NCCAA)and isamemberof the Mid-SouthConference.Inadditiontotheseorganizations,CUsportsteamsalsocompeteinthe Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association, United States Bowling Congress and National CheerAssociation.Withmorethan700student-athletes,CUfields26teamsin16sports,and Campbellsville’s student-athletes and coaches are consistently being recognized for their success in the MSC and on the national level.

Find your Calling ...

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Thirty-twoCampbellsvilleUniversitycoaches,athleticstaff, student-athletesandsupportersspentaweek inCostaRica,July18-24,2014,onCU’sfirstathleticdepartment-widemission trip.SoftballcoachesShannonWathen and Bryce White were among those on the trip. The seven-day mission included sports clinics, visiting orphanagesandwomen’ssheltersandfeedingthehomeless.

COACHES TO COSTA RICA

Campbellsville University is an NAIA Five Star Champion of Character Institution and instills thecore values of integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership in its daily activities. Lady Tiger softball joined University of South Carolina Beaufort at the NAIA Opening Roundtowrite letters of loveandencouragement to ourarmedforcesinaneffortwith#OperationGratitude.

CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTERFIVE STAR INSTITUTION

SERVING THE COMMUNITY

MORE THAN A GAME

Throughout the year, Campbellsville University Atheltics looks to give back to Campbellsville and Taylor County with various community service activities. Starting in 2013, CU joined the annual September cleanup ofGreenRiverLake.CUalsostartedtheannualTigerFall Festivalin2013thatbringschildrenandfamiliesfromthecommunity on campus to play games with a Halloween costume theme.

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ON THE WEB

Each LadyTiger softball gameat theNAIAWorld Series can be listened to on the Campbellsville University Sports Network, WLCU 88.7 The Tiger. Also live radio canalso be heard on Comcast Channel 22 in Campbellsville and can be found on CU’sStretch Internet portal.

www.WLCUFM.com - 88.7 The Tigerwww.portal.stretchinternet.com/camp

CAMPBELLSVILLE SPORTS NETWORKINSIDE CU SPORTS

Every week, Campbellsville University head coach Shannon Wathen sits down with Jordan Alves for the “InsideCUSports”recapping the latest games and looking forward to the comingweek.

“InsideCUSports”airsWednes-days at 7:00 p.m. ET on 88.7 The Tiger in Campbellsville.

Campbellsville.eduCampbellsvilleTigers.com

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MEDIA COVERAGE

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ShannonWathenisinher14thseasonatCampbellsvilleand13thasheadcoachfortheLadyTiger softballprogram. Wathen, a 1999 graduate of Campbellsville, was a two-time NAIAAll-American and two-time KodakAll-AmericanfortheLadyTigerwomen’sbasketballprogram.Sheendedherplayingcareer in the Top 10 in numerous CU stat categories, including 1,365 points, 690 rebounds, 600 assists, 275 steals and 59 blocks. She began her coaching career as a women’s basketball graduate assistant. She decided to return toCampbellsvilleUniversityin2000asaLadyTigerassistantbasketballcoachunderformerHallof FameCoachDonnaWise. In2003,shetookoverasheadcoachoftheLadyTigersoftballprogram.Duringher13yearsas

headcoachshehasanoverallrecordof468-237-2. In2005theLadyTigersnotchedtheirfirstofthreestraightMid-SouthConferenceregularseasonchampionships.CUwon the MSC regular season again in 2009, co-champs in 2013 and this season in 2015. Wathen’s teams also won the Mid-SouthConferencetournamentin2005,2006and2008.HerteamshavebeentotheMSCtournamentfinalsineightofher13seasons. Theyear2015hasbeenoneforthebooks.Havingsometimesfivefreshmeninthestartinglineup,WathenhasledherteamtohersixthMSCregularseasonchampionship,theprogram’sfirst-everNAIAOpeningRoundchampionshipandalsotheirfirstWorldSeriesappearance. DuringWathen’stenure,shehasbeennamedMSCCoachoftheYearsixtimes(2005,2006,2007,2009,2013and2015).FourofherplayershavebeennamedMSCPlayeroftheYear,threeothershavebeennamedMSCPitcheroftheYearacombinedfourtimes,andhascoachedthreeMSCFreshmenoftheYear.

13th Season: 468-237-2 (.661)

Wathen’s Coaching CareerYear-by-Year

Year Position School Record MSC Postseason2003 Head Coach Campbellsville 25-21 2004 Head Coach Campbellsville 21-27 2005 HeadCoach Campbellsville 28-16 14-15 MSCRegularSeason&TournamentChamps2006 HeadCoach Campbellsville 38-14 15-5 MSCRegularSeason&TournamentChamps2007 HeadCoach Campbellsville 41-14 14-4 MSCRegularSeasonChamps2008 Head Coach Campbellsville 29-21 12-8 MSC Tournament Champs2009 HeadCoach Campbellsville 39-7-1 17-1-1 MSCRegularSeasonChamps2010 Head Coach Campbellsville 38-20 21-7 2011 Head Coach Campbellsville 34-27 18-7 2012 Head Coach Campbellsville 41-24 15-8 2013 Head Coach Campbellsville 42-17 25-52014 HeadCoach Campbellsville 44-21 26-10 MSCRegularSeasonCo-Champs2015 HeadCoach Campbellsville 38-8 22-2 MSCRegularSeasonChamps,NAIAWorldSeries

HEAD COACH SHANNON WATHEN

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CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY LADY TIGERS

(38-9, 22-2 MSC)Location......................................Campbellsville,Ky.Enrollment....................................................... 3,652Founded............................................................1906 Nickname...............................................LadyTigersColors...........................................MaroonandGreyPresident.................................Dr.MichaelV.CarterDirectorofAthletics..................RustyHollingsworthWebsite........................... CampbellsvilleTigers.comConference..............................................Mid-SouthHome Field........................ Veterans Memorial Park

SportsInfoDirector............................JordanAlves SportsInfoAsst............................RichardRoBardsAlves’ E-Mail ................ jtalves@campbellsville.edu Alves’OfficePhone..........................270-789-5276Alves’ Cell Phone ............................. 502-680-7005 RoBardsE-Mail...................rbrobards@gmail.comSportsInfoFax................................270-789-5048 MailingAddress..............1UniversityDr.UPO793....................................... Campbellsville, Ky. 42718

Head Coach ................................ Shannon WathenAlmaMater/Year.....................Campbellsville/1999CareerRecord.......................................468-237-2 Assistant Coach .................................. Bryce WhiteSoftballOfficePhone.......................270-789-5335

GENERAL INFORMATION

No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. Hometown / Previous School 1 AdreanJordan JR OF R/R 5-11 ChapelHill,Tenn./ForrestHS2 BriannaScott FR OF R/R 5-6 Summersville,Ky./GreenCo.HS3 KendylAhrens SR OF R/R 5-11 Poseyville,Ind./RendLakeCC4 VictoriaDecker JR P R/R 5-7 Leitchfield,Ky./GraysonCo.HS7 NeelyQuint FR P R/R 5-6 Brookport,Ill./McCrackenCo.HS8 HaileySzpila FR IF L/L 5-7 Shepherdsville,Ky./BullittCentralHS9 DestineyTaul JR UTIL R/R 5-9 Mt.Sterling,Ky./MontgomeryCo.HS10 AbbeySheets FR OF R/R 5-5 Frankfort,Ky./WesternHillsHS11 KennedyShutter JR OF R/R 5-10 Kankakee,Ill./BishopMcNamaraHS13 ReaganKingrey SO IF R/R 6-0 CaveCity,Ky./CavernaHS14 KristinBenton SR OF L/R 5-11 Flaherty,Ky./MeadeCo.HS15 ErinBenton SR C/3B R/R 5-7 Flaherty,Ky./MeadeCo.HS19 ShelbyRay JR UTL R/R 5-3 Glasgow,Ky./GlasgowHS20 JacquelineRoof FR IF R/R 5-7 Paducah,Ky./McCrackenCo.HS21 BrittanyRippy SO SS R/R 5-7 Scottsville,Ky./AllenCo.ScottsvilleHS22 RebeccaMiller FR IF R/R 5-5 Louisville,Ky./HolyCrossHS23 MarkieSmith SO C R/R 5-7 Greenville,Ky./MuhlenbergCo.HS25 AshleyNeal SR C R/R 5-7 Cincinnati,Ohio/LocklandHS

Head Coach - Shannon Wathen (13th Season, 468-237-2; Campbellsville, 1999)Assistant Coach - Bryce White (7th Season; Campbellsville, 2008)

SPORTS INFORMATION

COACHING STAFF

NAME GP GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF SB SBAJacquelineRoof 42 42 0.363 135 35 49 5 0 9 34 81 0.600 14 5 3 0.4420 4 6 8

Brianna Scott 47 46 0.336 125 41 42 10 2 7 25 77 0.616 15 16 27 0.468 0 9 8 9

Markie Smith 35 32 0.316 95 22 30 3 1 8 33 59 0.621 9 4 20 0.394 1 0 0 0

Kristin Benton 47 47 0.296 142 33 42 7 3 4 40 67 0.472 20 7 15 0.408 0 1 5 6

RebeccaMiller 46 46 0.278 126 20 35 4 1 2 18 47 0.373 12 2 10 0.3500 8 2 3

Erin Benton 47 47 0.276 123 23 34 4 0 4 23 50 0.407 17 0 15 0.359 2 7 0 0

ReaganKingrey 14 2 0.267 15 4 4 1 0 0 3 5 0.333 2 0 6 0.3530 0 0 0

Adrean Jordan 35 33 0.250 92 10 23 5 0 1 11 31 0.337 1 1 23 0.263 1 7 0 0

Hailey Szpila 47 47 0.246 130 31 32 8 1 7 36 63 0.485 27 2 36 0.384 0 2 5 8

ShelbyRay 45 42 0.243 103 18 25 0 1 0 6 27 0.262 5 1 6 0.2821 11 3 4

Kendyl Ahrens 33 27 0.224 76 11 17 3 1 2 13 28 0.368 11 0 7 0.322 0 2 1 1

DestineyTaul 13 6 0.217 23 2 5 1 0 0 2 6 0.261 0 0 3 0.2170 2 0 0

Kennedy Shutter 19 1 0.200 5 12 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.200 1 0 1 0.333 0 0 1 1

Ashley Neal 2 0 0.500 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0.500 0 0 1 0.500 0 0 0 0

BrittanyRippy 5 5 0.364 11 2 4 1 0 1 2 8 0.727 2 1 1 0.5000 0 0 0

Abbey Sheets 1 0 0.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 1 0.000 0 0 0 0

Campbellsville 47 0.286 1208 272 345 52 10 45 249 552 0.457 136 39 177 0.364 5 53 36 45

Opponents 47 0.229 1220 98 279 22 2 10 86 335 0.275 63 27 188 0.276 1 28 32 34

NAME ERA W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR TBF B/Avg. WP HBP SFA SHA

VictoriaDecker 1.52 19 4 26 23 19 5 0 157.0 118 43 34 42 111 10 1 4 661 0.200 1 13 2 14

Neely Quint 1.65 19 5 27 24 20 6 1 156.2 146 53 37 22 77 10 1 5 659 0.240 1 14 0 15

ReganKingrey 3.50 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 17 0.375 0 0 0 1

Campbellsville 1.61 38 9 55 39 11 2 317.2 270 98 73 64 189 20 2 10 1337 0.222 2 27 2 30

Opponents 5.10 9 38 77 27 4 0 300.1 352 270 219 136 175 53 8 43 1447 0.289 12 39 6 50

2015 LADY TIGER SOFTBALL

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RADIO / TELEVISION CHART

#1 Adrean Jordan #2 Brianna Scott #3 Kendyl Ahrens #4 Victoria Decker

#7 Neely Quint #8 Hailey Szpila #9 Destiney Taul #10 Abbey Sheets

#11 Kennedy Shutter #13 Reagan Kingrey #14 Kristin Benton #15 Erin Benton

#19 Shelby Ray #20 Jacqueline Roof #21 Brittany Rippy #22 Rebecca Miller

#23 Markie Smith #25 Ashley Neal HC-Shannon Wathen AC-Bryce WhIte

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2015 SCHEDULE / RESULTS

Date Opponent Site W/LFebruary14 vs.GraceCollege^ Pulaski,Tenn. W,13-1February 14 vs. RVBryanCollege^ Pulaski,Tenn. W,3-0February27 vs.Lindenwood-Belleville@ Columbus,Ga. W,5-1February 27 vs. RVGeorgiaGwinnettCollege@ Columbus,Ga. W,2-0February 28 vs. 24Univ.ofSouthCarolinaBeaufort@ Columbus,Ga. L,3-0February 28 vs. William Woods University@ Columbus,Ga. W,4-2March 1 vs. 2William Carey University@ Columbus,Ga. W,5-3March 1 vs. Belhaven University@ Columbus,Ga. W,9-0March 6 vs. 1Aubun University Montgomery% GulfShores,Ala. L,1-0March 6 vs. RVWilliam Penn University% GulfShores,Ala. L,6-5March 7 vs. 11Belhaven University% GulfShores,Ala. W,7-6March 7 vs. 16Central Methodist College% GulfShores,Ala. W,9-2March 8 vs. RVColumbia College% GulfShores,Ala. L,3-0March 21 vs. 2LindseyWilsonCollege* Campbellsville,Ky. W,5-4March 21 vs. 2LindseyWilsonCollege* Campbellsville,Ky. W,1-0March 22 vs. 2LindseyWilsonCollege* Campbellsville,Ky. W,4-3March 22 vs. 2LindseyWilsonCollege* Campbellsville,Ky. L,5-3March24 vs.St.CatharineCollege* Campbellsville,Ky. W,3-2March24 vs.St.CatharineCollege* Campbellsville,Ky. W,10-1March27 atShawneeStateUniversity* Portsmouth,Ohio W,6-2March27 atShawneeStateUniversity* Portsmouth,Ohio W,15-1March28 atShawneeStateUniversity* Portsmouth,Ohio W,10-1March28 atShawneeStateUniversity* Portsmouth,Ohio W,1-0March31 atCumberlandUniversity* Lebanon,Tenn. W,5-3March31 atCumberlandUniversity* Lebanon,Tenn. W,7-4April4 vs.UniversityofPikeville* Campbellsville,Ky. W,3-0April4 vs.UniversityofPikeville* Campbellsville,Ky. W,7-0April11 vs.UniversityoftheCumberlands* Williamsburg,Ky. W,11-1April11 vs.UniversityoftheCumberlands* Williamsburg,Ky. W,14-5April12 vs.UniversityoftheCumberlands* Williamsburg,Ky. W,7-4April12 vs.UniversityoftheCumberlands* Williamsburg,Ky. W,8-0April17 vs.GeorgetownCollege* Campbellsville,Ky. W,8-0April17 vs.GeorgetownCollege* Campbellsville,Ky. W,9-3April18 vs.GeorgetownCollege* Campbellsville,Ky. W,5-3April18 vs.GeorgetownCollege* Campbellsville,Ky. W,10-0April23 vs.UniversityofPikeville* Campbellsville,Ky. W,12-1April23 vs.UniversityofPikeville* Campbellsville,Ky. L,4-2April 30 vs. Shawnee State University# BowlingGreen,Ky. W,7-2April 30 vs. St. Catharine College # BowlingGreen,Ky. L1-0May1 vs.UniversityoftheCumberlands# BowlingGreen,Ky. W,4-0May1 vs.GeorgetownCollege# BowlingGreen,Ky. W,8-0May 2 vs. St. Catharine College # BowlingGreen,Ky. L,4-3May 11 vs. RVUniversityofRioGrande$ Beaufort,S.C. L,4-3May 12 vs. Indiana Wesleyan University $ Beaufort,S.C. W,5-1May 12 vs. RVUniversityofRioGrande$ Beaufort,S.C. W,3-2May 13 vs. 16UniversityofSouthCarolinaBeaufort$ Beaufort,S.C. W,6-5May 13 vs. 16UniversityofSouthCarolinaBeaufort $ Beaufort,S.C. W,7-2May 22-28 NAIA World Series Sioux City, Iowa

^MartinMethodistMeltdown-Pulaski,Tenn.|@ NAIALeadoffClassic-Columbus,Ga. %GulfCoastInvitational-GulfShores,Ala.|$ NAIAOpeningRound-Beaufort,S.C.|*

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MEET THE LADY TIGERS2015 IS ONE FOR THE BOOKS

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JuniorVictoriaDeckerwasnamedtheMid-SouthConferencePitcheroftheYear,leadingthe conferenceinopponentsbattingaverage(.200),innings pitched per game (6.04), hits allowed per game (5.26), and wins (19). She was also second inERA(1.52).FreshmanteammateNeelyQuintwasnamedfirst-teamAll-MSCandisrightbehindDeckerwithanERAof1.65.Opponentshit.240offthefreshmanfromBrockport,Illgoodforseventhintheconference.Quintwasalsothirdininningspitched per game (5.80) and total innings pitched (156.2)andalsotiedwithDeckerforaMSClead,19 wins.

TWO PITCHERS - 38 WINS

Campbellsville’s trek to a 38-9 record and a 4-seed inthe2015NAIASoftballWorldSerieshasplayedoutinthreeparts,butnotbefore20gameswerecancelled due to cold or rain. First,therewasapre-conferenceschedulethatsawayoungLadyTigerteamgo14-5againstsometop-linecompetitionattheNAIALeadoffClassicandattheGulfShoresInvitational. ThentherewastheheartoftheMid-South ConferenceschedulethatsawCUdefeatthenNo.2LindseyWilsonCollegethreeoffourgames.AfterlosingtoLindseyonMarch22inthefinalgameofafour-gameseries,Campbellsvillewentona 19-gamewinstreakandwonitsfirstoutright regular-seasonconferencechampionshipsince2009.ButthentheLadyTigerssufferedthroughaswoon,losingthreeofsixbeforebeingbouncedfromtheMSCTournamentandthenbeingplacedintheBeaufortBracketoftheNAIAOpeningRound.AfterlosingitsfirstgameinHardeeville,S.C.,CUthenwentonafour-gamewinstreaktosealabidtoSioux City, Iowa.

LTS HEADS TO FIRST-EVER WORLD SERIES

Youthhasbeenservedonthisyear’sLadyTigerteamasfourfreshmenhaveplayedsignificantrolesintheteam’soffensivesuccess.Attimesplayingasmanyasfivefirst-yearplayers(includingpitcherNeely Quint), coach Shannon Wathen has worked her magic juggling a lineup while dodging injuries. Mid-SouthConferenceFreshmanoftheYearJacquelineRoofleadstheteaminseveraloffensive categories, including batting average (.363), hits (49), and home runs (9). Her eight stolen bases and 35runsscoredarealsogoodforsecondandher34RBIsaregoodenoughforthird.RoofhasreceivedamplesupportfromfellowfreshmanBriannaScottwho is second on the team in batting average (.336),firstinrunsscored(41),tiedforsecondinhits (42), leads the team with 10 doubles and 77 total bases. HaileySzpila,alsoafreshman,has36RBIsand 63 total bases to go along with seven homers. RebeccaMillercaughteveryinningintheOpeningRoundrunbecauseofaninjurytosophomore Markie Smith. Miller has seen action in 46 games as either a catcher or designated player. She’s added 35 hits.

FOUR FRESHMAN MAKE IMPACTS ON OFFENSE

Upperclassmen Kristin and Erin Benton lead the rookiesonandoffthefield.ThetwinsfromFlaherty,Ky.haveaccountedfor177ofheadcoachShannon Wathen’s 468 wins (38 percent). Kristin, a 2014 NAIAAll-American,gotofftoaslowstartin2015buthascomeonasoflate-hittingsafelyin 13-of-20gamessinceApril11.Her40RBIsalsoleadtheLadyTigers.Erin,whoisjustminutesyounger than Kristin, was named Second-Team All-MSCforthefirsttimeinhercareer,hitting.276,fourhomerunsanddrivingin23runs.Thetwinshavestartedinall47gamesforCampbellsvillein2015,alongwithfreshman1BHaileySzpila.

BENTON TWINS LEAD LADY TIGERS

CampbellsvillewiggleditswayintotheTop10forthefirsttimeinprogramhistoryonTuesday,April7,whentheLadyTigerscameinatNo.9inthefourthregular-seasoneditionofthe2015NAIASoftballCoaches’ Top 25 Poll. TheLadyTigershavebeenmakingasteadyclimb up the rankings list since the preseason when they received nine voting points. In the regular- seasonrankings,CUhasrisenfrom24thto19th,19th to 12th, 12th to ninth, ninth to eighth and eighthtoseventh.Inthefinalregularseasonpole,theLadyTigersremainedatNo.7eventhough beingeliminatedfromtheMSCTournamentearly.CU picked up 462 votings points - the third most in LTShistory.

LTS MOVES INTO TOP 10 FOR FIRST TIME

19 innings - two wins Beaufort Bracket

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AfterlosingitsfirstgameoftheBeaufortOpeningRound,Campbellsvillewonfourconsecutiveelimi-nationgamesandcarriedawayitsfirst-evertriptothe NAIA World Series. TheLadyTigershelda3-1leadintothetopoftheseventhagainstRioGrande(Ohio),butcouldnot hold that advantage and lost 4-3 in the opener. TheremainderoftheOpeningRoundprovidedsomeofCU’smostdramaticsoftballoftheseason. AfterbeatingIndianaWesleyan5-1initsfirst elimination game, a game in which Neely Quint and VictoriaDeckerheldtheWildcatshitless,CUgotintoanothernip-and-tuckbattlewithRioGrande,eventually winning, 3-2. It was a run-scoring single inthefifthbyKristinBentonthatprovidedthe difference. Quintpickedupbothwinsinthefirsttwo eliminationgames,oneinreliefofDeckerandtheotheronatwo-hitteragainstRioGrandethatsetupthefirstchampionshipmatchupwithhost— UniversityofSouthCarolinaBeaufort. That’swhenfreshmanJacquelineRoofcaughtfire.Shewas6-for-10withtwohomerunsandfiveRBIsinthe6-5(12innings)and7-2winsovertheSand Sharks. Goingintothebottomofthe12thinning, Hailey Szpila worked a one-out walk and Kendyl Ahrensreachedonaninfieldsinglesettingupthefireworks.SeniorErinBentonsingledtoleftfieldtoplateSzpilaforthegame-winner,forcingthefinalgame. Deckerpitchedtoallbuttwobattersinthe 12-inninggamevs.USCBeaufort,throwingatotalof172pitches-123strikesand49balls. The championship game was all Campbellsville. CU never trailed, scoring three times in the third, bolsteredbyJacquelineRoof’sleadoffhomerun. ThreeofCU’sfivefreshmenstarterscameupbigattheplate.Roofwas2-for-4withthreeRBIsandscoredtwice;BriannaScottwas2-for-2witharunscored;andRebeccaMiller,whocaughtall19inningsinthetwogamestoday,was1-for-3withanRBI. Thefourthfreshman-Quint-wonher19thgamein 24 decisions and worked her way around a nine-hitter while striking out two. She stranded nine run-ners and had the bases loaded with two outs in the thirdandthefourthinningsbutworkedoutofthejam. Campbellsvilleputthegameoutofreachwitha four-runfifth,aidedbytwoUSCBeauforterrorsandthree CU hits.

LTS WON FOUR-STRAIGHT ELIMINATION GAMES

THREE PICK-UP MSC AWARDS

COACH OF THE YEAR

PITCHER OF THE YEAR

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

SHANNON WATHEN

VICTORIA DECKER - RHP

JACQUELINE ROOF - SS

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