Lincoln Memorial softball earned their second consecutive South Atlantic Conference title at Wingate Thursday afternoon (May 4). The No. 3 Railsplitters defeated No. 1 Wingate in the best-of-three series.

The 2023 South Atlantic Conference softball season reaches its final destination on May 3 and 4, when Wingate hosts Lincoln Memorial in the league's championship series.

Wingate’s Heaven Maness was selected as the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Softball Player of the Week, while Catawba’s Alexandra Baquie was named the SAC Varsity Gems Softball Pitcher of the Week for games played during Week 10 of the 2023 season, the conference office announced Tuesday.

Wingate’s Savanna Brooks was selected as the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Softball Player of the Week, while Lenoir-Rhyne’s Morgan Beeler was named the SAC Varsity Gems Softball Pitcher of the Week for games played during Week 8 of the 2023 season, the conference office announced Tuesday.

Carson-Newman’s Macauley Bailey was selected as the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Softball Player of the Week, while Lenoir-Rhyne’s Morgan Beeler was named the SAC Varsity Gems Softball Pitcher of the Week for games played during Week 7 of the 2023 season, the conference office announced Tuesday.

Catawba’s Savanna Balderston was selected as the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Softball Player of the Week, while Coker’s Jenae Fedewa was named the SAC Varsity Gems Softball Pitcher of the Week for games played during Week 3 of the 2023 season, the conference office announced Tuesday.

In most conferences, one team enters the season as the odds-on favorite to win the league’s regular-season title, but in 2023, the South Atlantic League is shaping up to buck that trend on the softball diamond, with four teams tightly bunched at the top, according to the league’s coaches.