Softball in Florida this weekend for five-game tournament

EMU Madeira Beach Spring Invitational
Friday-Sunday, Feb. 16-18
Madeira Beach, Fla.
 
ABILENE – Abilene Christian softball continues tournament play this weekend at the EMU Madeira Beach Spring Invitational.
 
The Wildcats will face UMKC, Jacksonville State, Monmouth and Georgia Southern between Friday and Saturday with games slated to begin at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET. On Sunday ACU will battle George Mason, with the first pitch is set for 11:30 a.m. ET.
 
ACU went 1-3 last weekend with a dominating 9-0 win over Southern Illinois on Saturday during which senior pitcher Hannah Null tossed her third career no-hitter behind six strikeouts.
 
Senior Brianna Barnhill collected four hits, two of which were home runs, plus four runs and three RBI. Peyton Hedrick and Donelle Johnson also blasted home runs for the Wildcats. Hedrick got hers in the first game against Southern Illinois, while Johnson collected hers in the second game against the Salukis.
 

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Quick Hits:

• Hannah Null is one no-hitter away from tying the school record of four.
• Null has struck out 19 batters in 18 innings.
• Freshmen Kayla Keeling, Briana Tijerina and Katelyn Belch and transfer Shelby Craig picked up their first career starts in a Wildcat uniform.
• Brianna Barnhill leads the team with two homers.
• Both Peyton Hedrick and Barnhill have four hits to lead the team.
• This is head coach Bobby Reeves eighth season leading the Wildcats

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Coach's Quote:
"We didn't have a very good record last week but we are going to take what we did well and we worked on what we didn't," head coach Bobby Reeves said. "It will be nice to play some different teams we have not played this weekend. It is a good opportunity to play some games and get some work in."
 

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Game Schedule:
Friday, Feb. 09
UMKC vs. Abilene Christian – 4 p.m. ET
Abilene Christian vs. Jacksonville State – 6:30 p.m. ET
 
Saturday, Feb. 10
Monmouth vs. Abilene Christian – 4 p.m. ET
Georgia Southern vs. Abilene Christian – 6:30 p.m. ET
 
Sunday, Feb. 11
Abilene Christian vs. George Mason – 11:30 a.m. ET
 
*Home team listed first