Softball Heads to Plant City for Four

LAKELAND, Fla. – Southeastern softball began their season 1-1 on Saturday are now preparing for this coming weekend when they will play four games in Plant City at the springbreaksoftball.com NAIA Weekend.
 
Calumet took the Fire's season opener on Saturday 2-1. Down 2-0 on two solo shots in the second and the sixth innings, Southeastern scored their lone run in the bottom of the seventh with no outs. Three batters later, there were bases loaded with one out, but a controversial call at first ended game one.
 
Cat Maldonado responded with her own solo bomb in the first inning of game two to give the Fire their first lead of the day, then five runs on three hits and two errors made it 6-0 after two. The reigning conference player of the year homered again in the fourth, this time for two runs, then a three up three down top five sealed the deal.
 
Maldonado was 3-for-6 on the day while Annie Weaver was 2-for-4 with a triple in game one. Seven different Fire batters were responsible for 13 hits in two games.
 
Lindsie Scholwinski suffered the loss in game one, while Emily Bryant took game two, giving up two hits and striking out two in four innings.
 
UP NEXT:
Middle Georgia State University, Friday @ 5 pm, Plant City, Florida
Last Year: 14-29, 10-18 in the Southern States Athletic Conference…Lost to SEU 4-2 on February 6^th.
This Year: 4-2…Most recently split with Edward Waters losing 2-1 then winning 8-2…Currently hitting .258 as a team with 40 hits in 155 at bats.
 
Martin Methodist University, Friday @ 7 pm, Plant City, Florida
Last Year: 27-20, 14-14 in the Southern States Athletic Conference…#6 seed in postseason play…Beat #11 Coastal Georgia 3-2 in the opening round…Lost to Mobile 4-2 then Faulkner 4-3 to end the season.
This Year: 4-0…Most recently took two from Indiana Tech first 12-0 in five innings then 9-2…Senior Dharianna Familia leads the team hitting .538 through four games with a double, a triple, and a home run.
 
Cumberland University, Saturday @ 12:30 pm, Plant City, Florida
Last Year: 12-32, 8-18 in the Mid-South Conference…#7 seed in postseason play…Lost to #3 Georgetown 9-1 then to #6 Cumberlands (Ky.) 3-2 to end the season.
This Year: Kick off their season on Friday in Plant City against Warner and Ave Maria before taking on SEU.
 
Edward Waters College, Saturday @ 3 pm, Plant City, Florida
Last Year: 32-14, 8-1 in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference.
This Year: 2-6…Most recently split with Middle Georgia State winning 2-1 then losing 8-2…Currently hitting .209 as a team with 40 hits in 191 at bats.
 
All games this weekend will be played at the Randy L. Larson Softball Fourplex in Plant City and live stats will be available. Also, be sure to follow @SEUFireSoftball on Twitter for all things Fire softball including updates throughout the weekend.