Lady Bison Start SAC Tournament Friday

May 2, 2008

Oklahoma Baptist opens the Sooner Athletic Conference softball tournament Friday at Hall of Fame Stadium against St. Gregory's.

The Lady Bison are 22-32 on the season and lost all four games to St. Gregory's this season. The Lady Cavaliers feature All-America pitcher Sharon Bell, a junior who broke the NAIA career strikeout record this season. SGU is 45-10 and ranked sixth in the nation.

OBU is the No. 7 seed, while St. Gregory's is the No. 2.

The winner takes on the Lubbock Christian-Oklahoma Christian winner at 2 p.m. while the loser battles that game's loser at 2 p.m. The first day concludes with two losers bracket games at 7 p.m.

Other first round match-ups pair top-seeded Oklahoma City with USAO and fourth-seeded Northwestern Oklahoma State with Rogers State.

Action resumes at noon Saturday and the championship begins at 6 p.m.