Lake Forest to host NCAA Super-Regional
After eliminating three top-25 teams from the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament, the Forester softball team will host Alma College in the Super Regionals this weekend.
The best-of-three series will begin at 4 p.m. Friday, May 15. Game two is scheduled at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 16. If necessary, a decisive third game will be played at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Lake Forest enters the super regional round with a record of 35-9. The Foresters posted a 13-2 record in Midwest Conference play and earned a spot in the national tourney by winning the MWC Championship Tournament on May 2.
Lake Forest was a host site for last week’s NCAA Division III Regionals and, after falling 3-2 to North Central College in the opening round on May 7, the Foresters defeated the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater by the same score in 11 innings on May 8. A rematch with North Central was next and the home team came out on top 2-1, although the final two outs of the game did not occur until Saturday morning due to a weather delay. Lake Forest then knocked off Hope College 4-1 and 2-0 that afternoon to claim the regional tournament title.
Alma is 28-15 on the season and completed the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association portion of its 2015 schedule with a record of 12-4. The Scots reached the final of the MIAA Championship Tournament but were defeated in extra innings by Trine University. After receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, Alma swept through the Bloomington, Illinois Regional by defeating Illinois Wesleyan University 1-0 in eight innings and Simpson College 2-1. The Scots took on Simpson again in the championship and won 8-0.
The winners of the eight super regionals will advance to the national finals, which will be played May 21–26 in Salem, Virginia.
Super Regional Schedule (times CST)
Friday, May 15
Game 1: Lake Forest vs. Alma (home team), 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 16
Game 2: Lake Forest (home team) vs. Alma, 1 p.m.
Game 3: Lake Forest vs. Alma (if necessary, home team decided by coin flip), 3:30 p.m.
Single-Session Ticket Prices
$6 - Adults
$3 - Students, Senior Citizens, Children Age 2-11
$0 - Children Under 2