C-USA Softball Tournament Schedule Changes Due to Inclement Weather
May 14, 2004 | Softball
May 14, 2004
LOUISVILLE , Ky. - - Due to inclement weather, the 2004 Conference USA Softball Tournament has been postponed until Saturday.
Game seven featuring No. 3 seed USF and fifth-seeded Houston was halted on Friday evening in the bottom of the third inning and will resume Saturday at 9 a.m. at Ulmer Stadium. The Cougars are leading the Bulls, 5-0, with two outs in the bottom of the third.
No. 6 East Carolina and fourth-seeded DePaul will face off in game eight at 11 a.m. on Saturday, while game nine will follow at 2:05 p.m. Game nine will pit the loser of game seven against the winner of game eight and will be televised.
The championship game will be played on Sunday at a time to be determined.
The championship is a six-team double-elimination tournament, with the winner receiving the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. The 2 p.m. semifinal game (Game Nine) on May 15 will be televised by affiliates of the Conference USA Television Network. Don Russell will announce the play-by-play with Cheri Kempf providing the commentary. The game will be telecasted live on the following stations: Charter Communications (St. Louis), Comcast Charter Sports Southeast, Cox Sports TV (New Orleans), Fox Sports Net Chicago, UNC Charlotte Cable Television, WDRB-TV Fox 41 (Louisville) and WGSR-TV (Greensboro). The follwing stations will be telecasted on tape delay: College Sports Television (Direct TV, Ch. 610 - May 15, 6 p.m.), Fox Sports Net South (tape delay TBD), and Fox Sports Southwest (May 17, 1 p.m.)
C-USA Tournament (Louisville, Ky.) Thursday, May 13 Game 1 - (5) Houston 3, (4) DePaul 1 Game 2 - (3) USF 7, (6) East Carolina 1 Game 3 - (5) Houston 5, (1) Southern Miss 1 Game 4 - (3) USF 1, (2) Louisville 0
Friday, May 14 Game 5 - (6) East Carolina 6, (1) Southern Miss 0 Game 6 - (4) DePaul 5, (2) Louisville 3 (9 innings) Game 7 - (5) Houston vs. (3) USF (postponed)
Saturday, May 15 Game - 7 (5) Houston vs. (3) USF (resumes) 9:00a Game 8 - (6) East Carolina vs. (4) DePaul 11:00a Game 9 - Loser G7 vs. Winner of G8 2:05p Sunday, May 16 Game 10 - Championship 2:05p All Times Eastern.
