Softball team enters FCSAA D1 Championships as No. 5 seed

The Eastern Florida State College softball team will be the No. 5 seed at the FCSAA Division I Softball Championship in Clearwater beginning Wednesday.

The Titans come into the postseason with a program-record 41 wins and are ranked 11^th in the final NJCAA Division I National Tournament.

Eastern Florida State College will face Indian River State College in the first round on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the final game of the day. The teams both finished the conference 27-13 but the River won the season series and will be the home team.

The Titans come into the tournament as one of the top offensive teams in the FCSAA, hitting .383 and have scored 474 runs this season which are both second to Northwest Florida State College, who is the No. 2 seed in the tournament. Northwest Florida State College will open the tournament against Chipola, the 7 seed.

Florida Southwestern State College comes in as the No. 1 seed in the tournament, winning the Citrus Conference title with a 37-3 record and have won 51 games this season. The Bucs will open the tournament against Tuesday night's play-in game winner between Seminole State College and Gulf Coast College on Wednesday.

Santa Fe College is the No. 3 seed and will play 6 seed Miami Dade in the first round.

All games will be played on Field 8 at the Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater. Fans can purchase tickets online by clicking here. General admission tickets are $12 daily.

Head coach Andrew Zeger talks about the season and the tournament