Tusculum upsets No. 23 Lenoir-Rhyne in SAC Championship opener

WINGATE, N.C. --- The Tusculum University softball team upset a ranked Lenoir-Rhyne program for the second time this month, taking the opening round game of the South Atlantic Conference Championship, 6-4. The Pioneers have reached the 30-win marker for the first time in a decade. Tusculum (30-20) now faces the top seed in the tournament and No. 7 team in the country, the Wingate Bulldogs. The day one winners will square off at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday (Apr. 27), with the loser playing again at 5 p.m. to avoid elimination. Emily Sappington (14-5) won her ninth-straight start, outdueling fellow all-conference...