SALEM, Va. – The Roanoke College softball team enters the 2025 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament seeded No. 7 and will face Bridgewater College to open play Saturday at 5 p.m.
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The ODAC Softball Tournament moves into its third season of its dual-weekend tournament format, but this will be the first time the league's traditional home for championship play is involved.
ODAC regular season champion and top seed Virginia Wesleyan University and second-seeded Bridgewater lead a pair of four-team pods slated to be played at the newly renovated James I. Moyer Sports Complex in Salem. The regional-style competition - similar to that played in the early round of the Division III Tournament - will feature double-elimination competition before the two pod winners square off for the championship in a best-of-three series the following weekend at the highest remaining seed. The second weekend also follows the NCAA's super-regional setup. All eight teams will feature on day one, with competition continuing on Sunday and Monday with a maximum of seven games for each pod.
The Maroons enter the tournament on a high note, winning five of their last six games, including four ODAC victories and a win over the No. 3 team in the nation, Christopher Newport University.
Carsyn Michaels was dubbed the ODAC Player of the Week this week after hitting .571 in those six games with three doubles, a triple and two home runs with two walks. Michaels scored six times, had five RBI and boasted an on base percentage of .625 and a slugging percentage of 1.357. For the season, Michaels is hitting .311 with six doubles, three triples and two doubles. She has a team-high 16 RBI with 12 runs.
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Madison Cooke leads the team with a .365 batting average and is one of three Maroons to play all 40 games. Senior right-hander
Maggie McCray has led RC in the pitching circle and has a 1.69 ERA and an 11-7 record. She has a program-record 177 strikeouts, second in the conference and opponents are hitting just .177 against her this season.
Bridgewater defeated RC this season in two tight games on April 5, 2-0 and 1-0.
