FGCU Softball: A-Sun Conference Torunament Update 3

After a hard fought tournament, FGCU fell to USC Upstate in the championship game of the A-Sun Conference Softball Tournament.

FGCU (30-30) fell to Upstate (44-11) 8-0 in five innings via the mercy rule.

Upstate claimed their third consecutive A-Sun Championship title and will be going to the regionals of the national tournament.

It was upsetting to hear FGCU lost to Upstate, but they fought hard throughout the whole tournament and was named runner-up in the end.

Four players from Upstate, four players from FGCU and one player each from Kennesaw, UNF and Lipscomb were all named to the All-Tournament Team.

Representing Upstate were senior A-Sun Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-Conference member Holly McKinnon, junior A-Sun Second Team All-Conference member, All-Academic Team member and Scholar-Athlete of the Year Lexi Shubert, sophomore Kayla Hussey and sophomore A-Sun First Team All-Conference member and All-Academic Team member Ansley Gilstrap. Gilstrap was also named the MVP for the All-Tournament Team.

Representing FGCU were senior All-Academic Team member Jeanie Verderese, junior LuLu Newmark, senior Bree Tourtillott and sophomore Riley Randolph.

redshirt sophomore Jessie Mullen from Kennesaw, sophomore First Team All-Conference member and All-Academic Team member Navia Penrod from UNF, and sophomore Second Team All-Conference member and All-Academic Team member Mandy Jordan from Lipscomb were also named members of the All-Tournament Team, but were not in attendance due to being eliminated from the tournament.

It is upsetting that FGCU did not make it to the regionals for the national tournament, but working their butts off to make it that far is worth being a winner.

I wish Upstate the best of luck to represent the A-Sun in regionals and the possibility of making it to the national tournament.