The Kaskaskia College Blue Angels historic run to the D1 World Series will begin on Tuesday afternoon in Oxford, Alabama after the brackets were released earlier today. The Angels will open up as the 14th seed against 3rd seeded Wallace State out of Hanceville, Alabama.
Wallace State softball is among the premier programs in the Alabama Community College Conference and the NJCAA winning 14 Region titles and 2 National Titles in 2008 and the latest in 2013. They have also finished 2nd or 3rd three other times. They enter the National Tournament having lost only 5 games all year and are riding a 26 game win streak.
First pitch from Choccolocco Park will be at 4pm with the winner advancing to Wednesday’s 2nd round game at 4pm against either #6 Grayson or #11 Bossler Parrish. The loser’s will play in an elimination game at noon Wednesday.
Also on the KC side of the bracket 7th seed Seminole State will play 10th seed Indian Hills and 2nd seed Florida Southwestern will take on 15th seed Gaston.
On the other side of the 16-team bracket, tournament #1 seed Odessa opens with Gordon State. In the 8/9 matchup it’s Butler playing Southern Idaho. 5th seed Northwest Florida takes on 12th seed Eastern Arizona and 4th seed Walters State will take on Angelina.
The tournament will be played all week with the National Championship on Saturday, May 27th. Look for tournament updates, photos and more on our Website at WJBDradio.com as we will be there covering all the action on and off the diamond.
