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Tigers Open 2008 Softball Campaign This Weekend

LIVINGSTON, Ala. —The University of West Alabama softball team will usher in the 2008 campaign on Friday, Feb. 8, hosting the UWA Invitational at the UWA Softball Complex.  The two-day event will have three games per day on Friday and Saturday.

The Tigers will open with Gulf South Conference foe Ouachita Baptist at 3 p.m. on Friday.  The Tigers of OBU will open the three-team tournament against North Georgia College & State at 1 p.m.  NGCSU, preseason ranked No. 16 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Preseason Poll, and UWA will close out the opening day with a 5 p.m. contest.  The Saints of NGCSU finished last season with a 36-19 record and was picked to finish second in the Peach Belt Conference this season.

This weekend will also mark the debut of first-year UWA head coach Will Atkinson.  For the first time in 19 years, a new head coach will be in the third base coaching box.  Former Tiger softball coach Janet Montgomery assumed Assistant Athletic Director duties last fall and Atkinson was promoted from assistant to the top spot.  Paige Jones enters her first season as assistant coach after serving in the capacity of graduate assistant coach a year ago.  The Tigers return ten players off of last year’s squad and welcome seven newcomers to the program.  UWA pitcher Emily White was tabbed to the 2008 Preseason All-Gulf South Conference team announced earlier this year.

GSC foe OBU is coming off a 28-25 campaign in 2007 and returns three starters, including All-Gulf South Conference Haley Chambers.  UWA and OBU will square off four times throughout the season, including the final game of the weekend and a pair of games in the GSC Crossover in Decatur, Ala.

Following this weekend’s activity, the Tigers host Miles College on Tuesday, Feb. 12.  First pith of the doubleheader is set for 1 p.m.

2008 UWA Invitational Schedule

Friday, Feb. 8

1 p.m.                      North Georgia College & State vs. Ouachita Baptist

3 p.m.                      West Alabama vs. Ouachita Baptist

5 p.m.                      West Alabama vs. North Georgia College & State

 

Saturday, Feb. 9

10 a.m.                    Ouachita Baptist vs. North Georgia College & State

Noon                       West Alabama vs. North Georgia College & State

2 p.m.                      West Alabama vs. Ouachita Baptist

 
 
 

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