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The Lincoln Memorial softball team is set to play No. 1 seed Wingate in the South Atlantic Conference Tournament championship series on Wednesday and Thursday in North Carolina.
 
The No. 3 seed Lady Railsplitters (34-22) are coming off a weekend when they beat No. 6 seed Catawba (8-6) and No. 2 seed Lenoir-Rhyne twice (10-5 and 4-1) to win the opening round pod hosted by the Bears.
 
Lincoln Memorial and Wingate are scheduled to begin the best-of-3 series on Wednesday at 1 p.m. The Railsplitters and Bulldogs are then scheduled for a noon first pitch on Thursday before another game following that if they split the first two games.
 
Wingate (43-12), ranked No. 17 in Tuesday's NFCA national poll, won the SAC regular season crown with an 18-6 conference record and advanced to the championship series thanks to a win over Anderson and two wins over Carson-Newman last weekend.
 
The two teams squared off in Harrogate to wrap up the regular season, as the Railsplitters took the first game 4-1 thanks to strong efforts from the battery duo of Hayley Tamaro (complete game, no earned runs) and McKenzie Henry (2-for-2, 4 RBI). Wingate pulled away in the second contest to win 8-2.
 
Head coach Ritchie Richardson's group is looking to defend its 2022 SAC Tournament title when they down Queens, Anderson and Carson-Newman at Dorothy Neely Field.
 
All-SAC Performers in the Championship Series
 
1^st Team
McKenzie Henry, C (LMU)
Savannah Brooks, 2B (Wingate)
 
2^nd Team
Madison Henry, OF (LMU)
Kaylee Hobgood, OF (Wingate)
Heaven Maness, SS (Wingate)
Ragan Liles, 3B (Wingate)
Raechel Cutcher, P (Wingate)
 
3^rd Team
Katie Tuggle, DP (LMU)
Emma Frost, P (LMU)
Hannah Stevens, UTL/Non-P (Wingate)
Raelynn Kramer, C (Wingate)