INDIANAPOLIS – The reigning South Atlantic Conference Tournament Champion, Lincoln Memorial University softball program (35-18, 15-9 SAC) has been selected as the No. 5-seed for this year's NCAA DII Southeast Regional Softball Championship. The Lady Railsplitters will take on the No. 4-seed and Conference Carolina champion, King University.
 
The regular season SAC champions, Anderson University have been selected as the No. 1 overall-seed for this year's Southeast Regional, hosting the tournament on the Trojan campus.  
 
First pitch of Lincoln Memorial's first-round regional contest against the Tornado will begin following the conclusion of host Anderson's clash against Francis Marion University, as the Blue & Grey are tentatively scheduled to get underway at 2:30 p.m. EST this Thursday, May. 12.
 
Head coach Ritchie Richardson's squad, who battled through a two-month period that saw a 13-game win-streak, immediately followed by an 11-game skid will enter their third-consecutive regional in a fresh frame of mind.
 
The Lady Railsplitters responded excellently two weekends ago, winning the program's first South Atlantic Conference Tournament Championship thanks to victories over Queens, Anderson and Carson-Newman.
 
Lincoln Memorial and King have met this season for a doubleheader on Feb. 23, that saw a split between the Tornado and the Lady Railsplitters. LMU won game one of the series with junior ace Emma Frost in the circle, pitching a seven-inning complete game, striking out 10 on the afternoon.
 
Frost will be Thursday's projected started, as the junior boasts a 21-8 overall record. The righty ace won all three games in the circle in the SAC tournament for LMU, deservingly named the tournament-MVP.
 
King's Nikole Counts will be the projected starter LMU could expect to face, as the junior has racked up a 19-7 overall record, including 98 strikeouts this spring.
 
One major footnote to follow this weekend regards RBI machine and graduate first baseman, Emma Webb. She currently sits with 159-career runs-batted-in, needing just three RBI to break the all-time program-record mark of 161.
 
Ticket Information
All-session passes and daily tickets will not be available in advance, but may be purchased at the gate using cash or credit cards.
All-session pass: $20 for adults and $10 for students, children, seniors and military.
Daily tickets: $10 for adults and $5 for students, children, seniors, and military.
 
Thursday, May 12
Game 1 12:00 PM #1 Anderson University (SC) vs. #8 Francis Marion University
Game 2 2:30 PM #4 King University vs. #5 Lincoln Memorial University
 
Friday, May 13
Game 3 12:00 PM Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2
Game 4 2:30 PM Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2
Game 5 5:00 PM Loser of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4
 
Saturday, May 14
Game 6 12:00 PM Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 5
Game 7 2:30 PM Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 6 (If Winner of Game 5 Wins Game 6)
 
The other half of the double-elimination event features second-seeded and nationally 25th-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne (37-14) playing host to seventh-seeded Wingate (35-17) in Hickory, N.C. Third-seeded and nationally 17th-ranked North Georgia (42-15) face sixth-seeded Carson-Newman (35-16).

The two winners will advance to a two-out-of-three Super Regional, slated for May 19-20. The teams that advance from the super regionals to the final site — the Assembly Athletic Complex in Denver — will compete for the national championship from May 26-31.
 
UP NEXT…
The South Atlantic Conference Tournament Champion Lady Railsplitters will face off in the opening round of the 2022 NCAA DII Southeast Regional Softball Championship against the No. 4-seed King Tornado on Thursday, May 12. First pitch is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. EST.
 
Stay tuned to LMURailsplitters.com, as well as LMU's social media platforms —@LMURailsplitter on Twitter, @LMURailsplitters on Facebook and @lmurailsplitters on Instagram — for complete coverage of Lady Railsplitter softball through the 2022 season.