After eliminating three top-25 teams from the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament last Friday and Saturday, the Forester softball team will host Alma College in the Super Regionals this weekend. The best-of-three series will begin Friday at 4:00 p.m. and game two is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 1:00. If necessary, a decisive third game will be played Saturday at 3:30.
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 Thursday, the Foresters defeated the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater by the same score in 11 innings on Friday. 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 of 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 was 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 on Saturday. 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), 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 16
Game 2: Lake Forest (home team) vs. Alma, 1:00 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