MEC Tournament Central

SALEM, Va. – The Wheeling Jesuit softball team earned the No. 4 seed in this weekend's Mountain East Conference Championship Tournament at the Moyer Complex in Salem, Va.
 
The Lady Cardinals finished the MEC regular season with a 16-8 conference record and fourth-place finish for the Friday through Sunday, May 1-3, tournament. No. 19-ranked nationally West Virginia Wesleyan is the top seed with a 22-2 MEC mark. Concord (19-7) and University of Charleston (20-8) claimed the second and third spots.
 
Wheeling Jesuit opens its first game of the double-elimination, eight-team tournament on Friday at noon against No. 5 seed West Virginia State. WJU will play either the winner or loser of the other noon contest between No. 1 West Virginia Wesleyan/No. 8 Shepherd at 5 p.m.
 
Wheeling Jesuit is trying to better its run to the MEC semifinals of a year ago. The Lady Cardinals rattled off three straight victories after losing its opening contest for a 3-2 weekend.
 
WJU (20-18/16-8 MEC) secured its first non-losing season in eight seasons since they posted a 27-18-1 record in 2008. The 2015 season is also the program's third year in a row with at least 19 victories.
 

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, MAY 1
Game #	Time
G1	Noon	#1 W.Va. Wesleyan vs. #8 Shepherd
G2	Noon	#4 Wheeling Jesuit vs. #5 W.Va. State
G3	2:30	#3 Charleston vs. #6 Fairmont State
G4	2:30	#2 Concord vs. #7 Notre Dame
G5	5:00	Loser G1 vs. Loser G2
G6	5:00	Winner G1 vs. Winner G2
G7	7:30	Loser G3 vs. Loser G4
G8	7:30	Winner G3 vs Winner G4
SATURDAY, MAY 2
Game #	Time
G9	Noon	Loser G8 vs. Winner G5
G10	Noon	Loser G6 vs. Winner G7
G11	2:30	Winner G6 vs. Winner G8
G12	2:30	Winner G9 vs. Winner G10
G13	5:00	Loser G11 vs. Winner G12
SUNDAY, MAY 3
Game #	Time
G14	1:00	Winner G11 vs. Winner G13
G15	3:00	If necessary