Softball: Southern Miss tourney

After a rain out last night, the ladies took a tough 9 inning 6-5 loss in this morning to Rhode Island. We outhit them 11-6, but we had five errors. Pitcher Kelsie Armstrong was lights out, but the four unearned runs cost her the win. Unfortunately for Armstrong, three of those errors were her own.

However, they followed that up with a good 7-1 win against the host team. It was Cami Newsome in the circle for that one, and she gave up just four hits in the game. Ashley Boswell was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI in the game.

Melanie Bryant had a great day at the plate, going a combined 5-for-9.

The tournament continues tomorrow when the Bears will take on the same two teams – Rhode Island at 9 a.m. and Southern Miss at 1 p.m.

FCS Players invited to the NFL Combine

No Bears were invited to attend the combine this year, but some FCS names familiar to Bear fans were invited.

• Trumaine Johnson, Defensive back from Montana
• Caleb McSurdy, Linebacker from Montana
• Tim Benford, Wide receiver from Tennessee Tech
• Janzen Jackson, Free safety from McNeese State

In all, 22 FCS players were invited among the 325 total.