COLUMBUS, Ga. – Playing in the top 25 NFCA Classic, the #4 East Texas Baptist University softball team took on #17 Berry College and #6 Eastern Connecticut State on day one. ETBU fell in both games, 9-3, to Berry, and 13-5, to ECSU and now are 9-5 on the year.
 
Berry 9, ETBU 3
Berry took a 4-0 lead in the first two innings before ETBU cut it to one, 4-3, in the third. Berry then scored three in the fourth and two in the sixth for their nine runs. Kathryn Reed went four innings dropping to 4-1 on the year recording five strikeouts. Courtney White went 3-of-4 with one RBI while Sarah Bledsoe was 2-of-3 with a RBI. Tauryn Cummings also added a RBI.
 
ECSU 13, ETBU 5
An eight-run third inning for ECSU sent them to the win over ETBU. ETBU scored one in the first inning and then two in the third and fifth innings. Ashley Croft received the loss and recorded three strikeouts.
 
White went 3-of-3 with one RBI while Corley Carpenter was 1-of-3 with two RBI. Delanie Loya also added a RBI.
 
ETBU will take on #16 Trine Univesity at 9 a.m. and #2 Virginia Wesleyan at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.