Updated at 12:50 p.m., Monday, May 7, 2007
Rainbows open WAC softball tournament on Thursday
Advertiser Staff
Top-seed Hawai'i will open the Western Athletic Conference softball tournament Thursday against the winner of Wednesday's Utah State-Louisiana Tech game at Fresno, Calif.The Rainbow Wahine, the WAC regular season champions, received a first-round bye. They'll open play in the double-elimination tournament at 8 a.m. Thursday at Bulldog Diamond.
In other opening round games on Wednesday, Fresno State plays San Jose State and New Mexico State faces Nevada.
The championship game is scheduled for Saturday.
WAC Softball Tournament
At Bulldog Diamond, Fresno, Calif.
Hawai'i times
Seeds in parentheses
Wednesday
Game 1: (6) Utah State vs. #7 Louisiana Tech, noon
Game 2: (2) Fresno State vs. #5 San Jose State, 2:30 p.m.
Game 3: (3) New Mexico State vs. No. 4 Nevada, 5 p.m.
Thursday
Game 4: (1) Hawai'i vs. Winner Game 1, 8 a.m.
Game 5: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, noon
Game 6: Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 1, 1 p.m.
Game 7: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 3:15 p.m.
Game 8: Loser Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 5:30 p.m.
Friday
Game 9: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 11 a.m.
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 7, 1:30 p.m.
Game 11: Loser Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Game 12:Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11, 11 a.m.
Game 13: Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12, if necessary, 2 p.m.
