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March 8, 2007
Cullowhee, N.C. - On Friday, March 16 through Sunday, March 19, Western Carolina and Catamount Softball will host the 2007 Best Western Catamount Classic in Cullowhee. All 10 games of the three-day event will be played at WCU's on-campus Catamount Softball Complex.
Inaugural tournament champion, UNC Wilmington, returns to defend their 2006 crown and will be joined by a repeat visit from the Detroit Titans. The Radford Highlanders from the Big South will join the host Catamounts, who were the tourney runners-up to the Seahawks in '06, to round out the four-team field.
This year's tournament features a different look as each team is guaranteed to play five games. After playing each other through Friday and Saturday's round-robin format, the teams will be seeded for Saturday night's contests with the top seed facing the fourth, and two versus three. A true one-through-four finishing order will be determined with consoliation and championship games to be played on Sunday.
Western Carolina will offer full coverage of the tournament on CatamountSports.com, with live GameTracker -- presented by Carolina West Sports Medicine and WestCare Health Systems -- available online for each game.
Complete Best Western Catamount Classic Schedule:
| Friday, March 16, 2007 | |||
| Game 1 | Radford 12, Detroit 4 | 5:00 pm | Gametracker |
| Game 2 | UNC Wilmington 6, Western Carolina 5 | 7:00 pm | Gametracker |
| Saturday, March 17, 2007 | |||
| Game 3 | Radford 11, UNC Wilmington 10 | 9:00 am | Gametracker |
| Game 4 | Detroit 8, UNC Wilmington 7 | 11:00 am | Gametracker |
| Game 5 | Western Carolina 11, Detroit 9 | 1:00 pm | Gametracker |
| Game 6 | Radford 5, Western Carolina 4 | 3:00 pm | Gametracker |
| Game 7 | Radford 10, Detroit 5 | 7:20 pm | Gametracker |
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 | |||
| Game 8 | Western Carolina 11, UNC-Wilmington 3 | 10:00 am | Gametracker |
| Game 9 | Detroit 7, UNC-Wilmington 1 | 12:10 pm | Gametracker |
| Game 10 | Western Carolina 6, Radford 3 | 2:20 pm | Gametracker |
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Related Tournament Links:
Western Carolina Visitor's Guide
Best Western River Escape Inn & Suites - Official Host Hotel
Driving Directions to Western Carolina University
