TOURNAMENT: Dot Richardson National Collegiate Softball Invitational

DATES: Friday, Feb. 12 – Sunday, Feb. 14

TEAMS: Akron, Bethune-Cookman, Chattanooga, Liberty, Morgan State

LOCATION:  National Training Center • Clermont, Florida

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Bethune-Cookman University softball team opens its 2016 campaign at the Dot Richardson National Collegiate Softball Invitational, Friday, Feb. 12 – Sunday, Feb. 14 in Clermont, Florida.

The tournament field in includes Akron, B-CU, Chattanooga, Liberty and Morgan State.

The Cats open play with Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference north division foe, Morgan State on Friday at 1:30 p.m., closing opening day with Liberty at 6:30 p.m. During day two B-CU faces Chattanooga with an 11 a.m., first-pitch, while taking on Akron on 4 p.m., on Saturday.

Wrapping up the opening weekend, the Wildcats finish with Chattanooga on Sunday at 10 a.m.

All games will be played at the National Training Center.

Wildcat Facts

B-CU softball earned the preseason top spot in the MEAC Southern Division for the second-straight season, as the Wildcats were predicted to win the south, the conference announced Friday, Jan. 15.  All preseason honors were voted on by the conference's head softball coaches and sports information directors.

B-CU finished the 2015 season as the MEAC Championship Runner-Up, falling to the Florida A&M Rattlers 2-0 in a “if necessary” championship match-up, May 9, 2015 in Ormond Beach, Florida. The Wildcats posted a 22-29 overall record during head coach Laura Watten's first season back in the B-CU dugout, while finishing 11-3 during league action.

In addition to the preseason team accolades, junior hurler Sabrina Anguiano (Hacienda Heights, Calif.) was named the 2016 MEAC Preseason Pitcher of the Year while also landing a spot on the 2016 MEAC Preseason First Team, alongside B-CU sophomore Mariah Davis (Madera, Calif.).

Anguiano was selected as the 2015 MEAC Pitcher of the Year after appearing in 41 games and registering 15 wins and three shutouts in 218.0 innings pitched. A two-time MEAC Player of the Week selection last season, Anguiano ranked third in the MEAC in complete games (17), sixth in strikeouts (95), seventh in ERA (4.17) and ninth in opponents' batting average (.307).

Coverage

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