Game One: Wednesday, March 29 at 3 p.m.
The App State softball team played the first game of a doubleheader against the USC Upstate Spartans (27-7, 2-1 Atlantic Sun) on Wednesday afternoon. The Spartans jumped out to an early lead on the Mountaineers, recording nine runs on seven hits. The game settled in the following innings but was unrecoverable, ending by mercy rule in the fifth inning, 12-1.
App State (12-16, 0-6 Sun Belt) started sophomore Annaleise Kennedy (2-4, 4.38 ERA) in the circle. USC Upstate bats were red-hot in the first inning, with nine of their first ten reaching base.