Orangeburg, SC – The South Carolina State University women's softball team will open its 2010 season this weekend at the 3rd Annual Tiny Laster's Fastpitch Softball Tournament.
The tournament, which is scheduled for Friday – Sunday, Feb. 12-14 in Atlanta, GA, will feature eight teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and five teams from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). In addition to South Carolina State participants from the MEAC include Morgan State, Hampton University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Norfolk State, Florida A&M, Winston Salem State and North Carolina A&T. The teams representing the SWAC are Grambling State University, Tennessee State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Alabama A&M University, and Alcorn State University.
SC State, who finished 2009 7-30 overall and 0-12 in the MEAC, will play its first game of the tournament at 2 p.m. on Saturday against Tennessee State. The Lady Bulldogs will then face Mississippi Valley State at 4 p.m. South Carolina State will face Grambling State at 12 noon on Sunday and will close out the tournament against Morgan State at 2 p.m.
The Lady Bulldogs will host Gardner- Webb in its first home game of the 2010 season on Feb.16. First pitch of the double-header is set for 1 p.m. at Lady Bulldog Field on the campus of South Carolina State.
