MCC Softball places third in Florida Tourney

The Meridian Community College fast-pitch softball team wound up third in the Okaloosa-Walton Community College Tournament this past weekend.

The Lady Eagles, who won two-of-three contest in pool play on Friday, won their first game Saturday in the single-elimination bracket with a 7-0 victory over Johnson County (KS) College. MCC Then fell 5-4 to Gadsden State in the semifinal round.

“We just left too many runners stranded,” MCC coach Robert Eakins said.

“We out-hit them. But we didn’t put together our hits until the last inning.”

MCC, which is now 8-8 on the season, opens up Central Division play Tuesday with a doubleheader at East Mississippi.