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Sparks Park will be a 2018 NAIA Softball Opening Round site

Marilyn D. Sparks Park, 928 Russell Road, Columbia, KY, will host opening round of NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round. Three day event will bring a four-team, double elimination tournament to town. LWC, the host school, is guaranteed at least an at-large invitation to the NAIA World Series in May. Kentucky hosts two of the 10 Opening Round tournaments. The other one will be in Bowling Green, KY.
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By Anthony Latessa
News from Lindsey Wilson College

COLUMBIA, KY - (Wed 24 Apr 2018) - For the sixth-straight year, Lindsey Wilson has been selected as a host site for the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round, the national office announced on Wednesday.



The Blue Raiders, along with Oklahoma City, are the lone institutions to serve as an Opening Round host all six years since the format was adopted. Lindsey Wilson fell in the Opening Round last season.

The NAIA Opening Round takes place from May 14-16 and features 10 four-team, double elimination tournaments. The 40 qualifiers and pairings for the National Championship Opening Round will be announced May 8.

Other host institutions in 2018 include: Bowling Green (KY) Convention and Visitor's Bureau (CVB), Central Methodist (MO), City of Dodge City, Kansas and the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (Co-hosts), Georgia Gwinnett, Medford (OR) Convention and Visitor's Bureau and Southern Oregon (co-hosts), Mobile (AL), Oklahoma City and William Carey (MS). Each host school is guaranteed at least an at-large host berth in the National Championship Opening Round.

The site selection process takes into account geography, facilities, student-athlete experience and host qualification.

The champion of each Opening Round will advance to play in the 38th annual NAIA Softball World Series, at Legend Ways Ball Fields, 2350 Legends Way,Clermont, FL, that runs May 25 - 31. The World Series is a 10-team double elimination tournament with the championship and if-necessary games taking place on Thursday, May 31. The World Series bracket will be announced on Wednesday, May 16.


This story was posted on 2018-04-26 04:22:33
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