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The conference softball tournament kicks off today at Firestone Stadium in Akron. WMU-NIU are scoreless in the second inning of game 1.

Wednesday 5.11.16
Game 1 - No. 4 Northern Illinois vs. No. 5 Western Michigan @ 10:30 AM
Game 2 - No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 8 Central Michigan @ 1:00 PM
Game 3 - No. 2 Miami vs. No. 7 Toledo @ 3:30 PM
Game 4 - No. 3 Ohio vs. No. 6 Akron @ 6:00 PM

Thursday 5.12.16
Game 5 - Western Michigan vs. Central Michigan @ 10:30 AM
Game 6 - Northern Illinois vs. Kent State @ 1:00 PM
Game 7 - Miami vs. Ohio @ 3:30 PM
Game 8 - Toledo vs. Akron @ 6:00 PM

Friday 5.13.16
Game 9 - Western Michigan vs. Ohio @ 10:30 AM
Game 10 - Akron vs. Kent State @ 1:00 PM
Game 11 - Northern Illinois vs. Miami @ 3:30 PM
Game 12 - Ohio vs. Kent State @ 6:00 PM

Saturday 5.14.16
Game 13* - Ohio vs. Northern Illinois @ 10:30 AM
Game 14** - Ohio vs. Miami @ 1:00 PM
Game 15*** - Game 14 Loser vs. Game 14 Winner @ 3:30 PM

* Game 13 will act as a semifinal contest with the winner advancing to the Championship (Game 14) against the Game 11 Winner.
** Game 14 will act as the Championship game.
*** Replay Game: Game 15 will be necessary if the loser of Game 14 had not been previously defeated in the tournament.

http://mac-sports.com/tournaments/?id=52

NIU 3, WMU 1 final.
Huskies will play the winner of the KSU-CMU on Thursday. KSU leads CMU 1-0 batting in the bottom of the 3rd. WMU will play the loser of that game to start tomorrow's action.

#1 KSU gets the 1-0 win and will play #4 NIU tomorrow at 1 p.m. #8 CMU will play #5 WMU at 10:30 in the first elimination game.

Weather might be all that cooperative for this tournament.

Miami beats Toledo 5-2 in game 3. Ohio up 1-0 on Akron Top 2 in the nightcap.

Ohio beats Akron 3-1. Chalk across the bracket.

#5 WMU eliminates #8 CMU 2-0.

#1 KSU and #4 NIU about to start.

NIU beats Kent 2-0. Ohio and Miami to start shortly.

Miami beats OU 3-0 in 14 innings.

Ohio scored 4 in the top of the 7th incl. a 3-run HR to take a 5-2 lead on WMU, but WMU scored 3 with 2-outs to tie in the bottom of the 7th. They are going extras in Akron tied at 5.

Flashes eliminate the Zips 13-6 and will face Ohio after the winners' bracket game which is about to get under way.

Miami beats NIU to advance to the championship game. Ohio beats Kent 2-1.

Ohio beat NIU in game 1 today, but Miami won the next to take the championship.

Congrats to Miami softball - great finish to a strong season. MU has a good young coach developing along with the program and the best softball park in the league - should add up to contention in the MAC every season.