ABILENE -- The ACU softball team opens the home portion of its season this weekend as it hosts the CBS Insurance Classic at Wells Field.
The Wildcats opened the 2008 season last weekend with a successful 4-1 run through the St. Mary's Tournament. ACU was led by transfer catcher Jessica Shiery (.500 batting average with one home run and five RBI) and senior pitcher Kim McDonald, who was named the Lone Star Conference South Division Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday after she threw a perfect game last Saturday in a 12-0 win over Delta State.
ACU will open the tournament with a pair of games Thursday against Emporia State (4 p.m.) and St. Mary's (6 p.m.). The Lady Hornets of Emporia State finished as the NCAA Division II national runner-up two seasons ago and entered the season ranked No. 11 in the nation. The Lady Rattlers also went 4-1 last weekend in their tournament and were named the tournament champion because of a better run differential than ACU (plus-16 for St. Mary's to plus-12 for ACU) and they are ranked No. 9 in the nation.
The Wildcats will play Cameron at 6 p.m. Friday, followed by an 8 p.m. game against Southeastern Oklahoma State. The Wildcats will close their portion of the tournament at 11 a.m. Saturday against Northeastern State. The final game of the tournament will be Saturday at 7 p.m. when Southeastern Oklahoma State takes on Cameron.
CBS INSURANCE CLASSIC
Wells Field / Abilene, Texas
THURSDAY, FEB. 7
2 p.m. -- St. Mary's vs. Emporia State
4 p.m. -- Emporia State vs. ACU
6 p.m. -- St. Mary's vs. ACU
FRIDAY, FEB. 8
10 a.m. -- Northeastern State vs. Emporia State
Noon -- St. Mary's vs. Cameron
2 p.m. -- SE Oklahoma State vs. Emporia State
4 p.m. -- St. Mary's vs. Northeastern State
6 p.m. -- Cameron vs. ACU
8 p.m. -- SE Oklahoma State vs. ACU
SATURDAY, FEB. 9
9 a.m. -- Cameron vs. Emporia State
11 am. -- Northeastern State vs. ACU
1 p.m. -- SE Oklahoma State vs. St. Mary's
3 p.m. -- Cameron vs. Northeastern State
5 p.m. -- SE Oklahoma State vs. Northeastern State
7 p.m. -- SE Oklahoma State vs. Cameron
