Reinhardt Eagles Softball Crowned AAC CHAMPIONS!!!

Kingsport, TN - After a week of playing solid softball, the Eagles have been crowned the Top Team in the Land!  The 2024 Reinhardt Eagles Softball team is the AAC Champions for both the regular season and the AAC Tournament.  They took down Bryan to lead off the tournament, 5-3.  Then they shutout Brenau 8-0 before moving to the semi-final and final to beat Tennessee Wesleyan twice.  The semi-final game was 7-6 Eagles which moved them to the championship game where the Eagles took care of business and ended the game early 9-1 over the Bulldogs.

Whitney Shepherd pitched in every game - starting three of the games and picking up 4 wins total. She was named the Top Pitcher in the AAC Tournament!  In the championship game, she only allowed one run to help the Eagles' offense to do their thing. Shepherd pitched six innings striking out one batter and spreading out six hits.  The offense did the rest.

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Emily Loveless showed why she was an All-American player last year and the top player in the AAC this season.  She cranked a first-inning home run that set the tone for the game. She ended the game on a single that scored Taylor Wade and Eryn Lee. She was 2 for 3 in the game with 3 RBIs and two runs scored.

Taylor Wade had an outstanding tournament as well helping the Eagles along the way when the top-of-the-order bats were silent.  In the final game, she was 3 for 4 with an RBI and 2 runs scored.  Kyra Lightner had a good game as well hitting 2 for 2 with a run scored.  Ansley Evans was 2 for 3 with a run scored and Alesix Teems was 2 for 4 with an RBI.  Molly Stevens had 2 RBIs going 1 for 3 and joining Loveless as the multi-RBI producer in the game.

The Eagles will wait to see what opening round site they will go to and the opponents that will join them.  It is going to be a fun national playoff with the Eagles playing red hot right now.  More info to come as it is released by the NAIA.

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