May 9, 2007

Daytona Beach, Fla. - Bethune-Cookman University will enter the upcoming Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament with a #7-seed after finishing the conference season with a record of 5-9. This marks the first time in the new millennium that B-CU has been ranked out of the top five in the final regular season conference standings.

B-CU (21-34) has drawn the second-seeded Norfolk State University who completed their conference season with a 13-1 record. Their only loss came to cross-bridge rival Hampton during the MEAC Round-Up in Lexington, S.C.

The Wildcats dropped both contests to the Spartans earlier in the year ... marking the first time in school history the `Cats were be felled by their conference foes from Virginia.

The annual end-of-year tournament is taking place on May 11-13 at the Randazzo Softball Park in Severn, Md. The city is located just minutes away from the beautiful downtown harbor area of Baltimore, Md.

B-CU and Norfolk State will hook up on Friday, May 11 at 10 a.m. in the Game #2 of the tournament. The winner of that game will return to Randazzo Park later in the evening [7:00] to face the winner of Game #4--Florida A&M (#6) vs. Delaware State (#3).

The loser, however, will move into the loser's bracket to face-off against the loser of Game #1 which pits top-seeded Hampton against #8-seeded Morgan State at 3:30 pm. This will mark the first exit for someone from the tournament.

B-CU may be an underdog in the seedings, but two players are batting above .400 for the Wildcats in the form of Christina Trimble [.420] and Holly Bussey [.404] ... both of whom are underclassmen set to return for the Chris Cochran coached Wildcats next season. Meanwhile, Brandi Holley, Breanna Shaw and Shaterra Davis all are seeing the ball well lately with a .300-average or above.

Senior Andrea Thomas leads the `Cats behind the dish as the catcher, while she has slid down the batting charts a bit as of late with a .295 average. That, however, should not fool anyone as Thomas has some of the best powers numbers in B-CU history, and looks to break out against the MEAC in her last conference tournament.

For more information and up-to-date coverage on the entire MEAC Softball Tournament, please log on to www.MEACsports.com.