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SALEM, Va. - Christopher Newport University begins play Thursday morning at the Moyer Sports Complex as the top-ranked Captains head into the NCAA Division III Softball National Finals. CNU, the top seed, will play eighth-seeded WPI in the opening game scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m.
Keith Parr's Captains have a record of 42-1, and have already matched the program's mark for most victories in a season. The hard-hitting squad has also set a new single-season record for home runs with 70, led by senior
Kaitlyn Hasty's 18, most in the nation. Hasty, who was named All-America Tuesday for the third time in her career, became the first CNU softball student-athlete to become a three-time All-American. Freshman
Jamie Martin and senior
Caitlin Abernethy also were recognized as All-Americans.
The Captains are riding a 19-game winning streak, and earlier this season opened the 2022 campaign with 23 consecutive victories, also a new program record. Thursday's contest will be the first ever with WPI. The The Engineers are 35-15 on the season. The other six schools in the field include second-seeded Salisbury, a fellow member of the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference. The Sea Gulls will play Thursday at 4:00 PM vs. Millikin, the seventh seed. The third seed is Eastern Connecticut State, who will open play Thursday at 6:30 PM vs. sixth-seeded Trine. The fourth and fifth seeds, Texas Lutheran and Berry, will play Thursday at 1:30 PM.
All games will be played at the Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, and contests are scheduled to continue until a champion is crowned on Tuesday, May 31st.
The links above this story will help you follow the Captains' progress, whether you're planning on traveling to Salem or watching and reading on your computer screen. Live video of the games will be produced by Turner Sports and the NCAA, and there will be live stats as well of all games. The complete Captains game notes package features notes and stats on CNU's amazing season, and there is also a tournament website and schedule page with detailed information on every game throughout the finals.
