Feb 06, 2019
SCHEDULE
Friday, February 8: Hillsdale College vs. Lenoir-Rhyne, 10:00 - Field 2
Friday, February 8: Hillsdale College vs. West Chester, 12:00 - Field 1
Saturday, February 9: Hillsdale College vs. University of Indianapolis, 10:00 - Field 3
Saturday, February 9: Hillsdale College vs. North Georgia, 2:30 - Field 1
Sunday, February 10: Hillsdale College vs. Eckerd, 9:00 - Field 1
All games played in Clearwater, Florida
Bold indicates the home team
LINKS
NFCA Leadoff Classic Tournament Central
OVERVIEW
- TThe 2019 season opens in warm and sunny Florida for the Charger softball team this weekend...Hillsdale will play five games in 47 hours, starting Friday morning in Clearwater
- The NFCA Leadoff Classic is set up as an elite early-season tournament...Four of Hillsdale's five opponents were NCAA regional qualifiers last year
- The schedule is challenging...Here are the 2018 won-loss records for Hillsdale's five opponents: Lenoir-Rhyne (45-10); West Chester (45-15); Indianapolis (39-20); North Georgia (62-4); Eckerd (20-27)
- The Chargers begin their season earlier than any other G-MAC program, except for Ursuline, who played four games earlier this month
- Hillsdale brings a ton of experience to the diamond in 2019, with all eight position player starters returning...Junior Dana Weidinger will start the season in the pitchers' circle for the Chargers...When Weidinger was a freshman in 2017, she set the school's single-season innings pitched record with 185
- Hillsdale is the defending G-MAC Tournament champions, but was picked to finish 4th in the conference by G-MAC coaches
- In 2018, OF Katie Kish became the second Division II All-American in program history...Kish batted .481 with 65 hits and had a .976 fielding percentage
- After this weekend's slate of games, the team will be off for four weeks until it returns to Florida for its traditional Spring Break trip starting March 8