LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Lindsey Wilson and University of Mobile each picked up two more wins and are the two remaining undefeated teams (4-0) at the 2026 NFCA NAIA Leadoff Classic at the South Commons Complex. The teams will meet tomorrow, March 1 at 9:00 a.m. in a winner-take-all matchup.
The Blue Raiders did it in dramatic fashion, walking off not one but two teams on Saturday. In its opener, Atavya Fowler’s eighth-inning sac fly lifted LWC to a 6-5 win over Truett McConnell. A six-run seventh inning, capped off by Nora Epley’s RBI single, erased a 7-2 deficit and lifted the Blue Raiders to an 8-7 victory over Brenau.
Mobile stayed perfect on the weekend behind a strong showing from its pitching staff, blanking Georgia Gwinnett, 2-0 and Campbellsville, 4-1. Avery Harrell went the distance against the Grizzlies, striking out five, walking one and allowing four hits in her complete-game shutout. Katelynn Kempton earned the win in game two, allowing a run on three hits with a strikeout in four innings of work. Harrell earned the save with three innings of shutout ball, fanning four, including the side in the fifth.
William Carey and Faulkner joined the previous two as two-win teams on Saturday. Both programs improved to 3-1 at the tournament. The Crusaders edged Freed Hardeman, 7-5, and defeated Georgia Gwinnett, 13-2, breaking open a 2-1 game with an 11-run top of the seventh, which included a grand slam off the bat of Jayden Sawyer and a three-run homer by Kinley Hogue.
Faulkner’s bats came alive on day two scoring 24 runs on 20 hits as they defeated Reinhardt, 8-1, and Campbellsville, 16-8 in five innings. Abrianna Davis and Sarah Williams each hit three-run homers in the win over Campbellsville, finishing with four and five RBI respectively.
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Stillman, United State Sports University, Brenau and Freed-Hardeman earned their first wins of the tournament. Avary Lumpkin’s heroics won it for the Tigers as she blasted a walk-off three-run homer in an 8-7 win over Johnson. The Eagles picked up a six-inning 13-4 triumph over Louisiana Christian as Aralee Beene emphatically ended it with a no-doubt grand slam in the bottom of the sixth.
Brenau rallied from an 8-3 deficit to edge USSU, 9-8. The Golden Tigers scored a run in the bottom of the fifth and five more in the sixth, highlighted by Ava Moon’s bases-loaded triple, to pick up their first win of the tournament. FHU also walked it off, rallying with three runs in the seventh to defeat Johnson, 7-6. Briley Wigginton provided the heroics with a two-out walk off single to left center.
Also earning wins on Saturday were Thomas, Coastal Georgia, Cumberlands, Truett McConnell, Rio Grande and Louisiana Christian.
The tournament concludes tomorrow, March 1 with seven games, the first three at 9:00 a.m. ET. Catch all the games live through the South Commons Complex video stream. . Click on the tournament central link to view the streaming details.
