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The Lincoln Memorial softball team is the No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament's Southeast Regional hosted at No. 1 seed North Georgia and will first play No. 4 seed Columbus State on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in the double elimination bracket.
 
The Lady Railsplitters (36-23) earned the South Atlantic Conference's automatic bid by virtue of winning the SAC Tournament title last Thursday at No. 1 seed Wingate. This is Lincoln Memorial's fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament under the direction of head coach Ritchie Richardson.
 
Lincoln Memorial starts the postseason schedule against the Cougars before taking on either the NightHawks or No. 8 seed King on Friday. A complete bracket can be found at the link above.
 
SCOUTING COLUMBUS STATE
The Cougars enter the regional at 44-14 (24-3 Peach Belt), tying for first in the regular season with North Georgia but falling to the NightHawks in the tournament championship series. Lincoln Memorial and Columbus State squared off back on Feb. 24 at the NFCA Leadoff Classic where the Cougars won 8-0 in 5 innings.
 
Columbus State touts a potent offense that leads all of Division II in total walks with 262 while ranking second in home runs (99), fourth in total runs (418) and 10^th in scoring (7.21 runs per game). Senior Hannah Rose Corbin is deadly in the pitchers circle and at the plate, winning back-to-back Peach Belt Pitcher of the Year honors in 2022 and 2023 (22-8, 2.79 this year) and sporting a .475 batting average with 22 home runs and 69 RBI at the plate on the season.
 
SCOUTING NORTH GEORGIA
The NightHawks (54-6, 24-3 Peach Belt) enter the NCAA Tournament ranked No. 2 in the latest NFCA Coaches Poll after being ranked No. 1 nationally for the majority of the year. North Georgia came to Dorothy Neely Field on Apr. 19 and swept the Lady Railsplitters 11-0 and 11-1 in a midweek doubleheader.
 
Another dangerous offensive attack, the NightHawks have scored the most runs in Division II this year (475) and collected the most hits (594) while ranking fourth nationally in both runs per game (7.92) and batting average (.363). Sophie Mooney paces North Georgia with 84 hits and a .438 batting average while Hannah Forehand has notched 17 home runs and 72 RBI so far.
 
SCOUTING KING
The Tornado (37-22, 18-6 Conference Carolinas) won the regular season championship before being knocked out by Francis Marion in the tournament final. King hosted the Lady Railsplitters back on Feb. 15 in Bristol, sweeping a doubleheader 5-4 and 5-3.
 
King is notorious for being hit by pitches (56, fourth in Division II), while being a productive offense scoring the 30^th most runs nationally (323). Junior outfielder Jessica Campbell's 87 hits and 138 total bases are second and sixth nationally, respectively.
 
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The Lady Railsplitters will play at noon on Friday with a win or 2:30 p.m. on Friday with a loss against the Cougars.