FLORENCE, S.C. – The Coker College women’s softball team will be competing the annual Francis Marion University Patriot Invitational Tournament, Friday through Sunday (March 10-12) at the Freedom Florence Softball Complex.

The 33-team field includes three nationally ranked squads. Coker enters the tournament with a record of 11-5.

Games will start at 4, 6, and 8 p.m. on Friday; 11 a.m., 1, 3, 5, and 7 p.m. on Saturday; and 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Daily admission will be $5 for adults, $3 for youth (ages 6-12), and children under six will be admitted free.

On Friday, Coker will play Mars Hill College at 8 p.m. on Field 4. On Saturday, the Cobras will meet Augusta State at 11 a.m. on Field 8 and Columbus State at 5 p.m. on Field 3, while on Sunday; Coker will play Goldey-Beacom at 9 a.m. on Field 9 and Chowan at 11 a.m. on Field 9.

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Francis Marion University Patriot Invitational Tournament (Women’s Softball)
March 10-12, 2006, at the Freedom Florence Softball Complex in Florence, SC

Friday, March 10 (Field number)
4 pm
USC Aiken vs Fairmont State College (1)
Armstrong Atlantic State University vs Clarion University (2)
Presbyterian College vs West Virginia State University (3)
Benedict College vs Mars Hill College (4)
Francis Marion University vs Newberry College (5)
North Carolina Central University vs Kutztown University (6)
Lander University vs Belmont Abbey College (7)
Gannon University vs Catawba College (8)
Augusta State University vs Lenoir-Rhyne College (9)
6 pm
Wingate University vs West Liberty State College (1)
USC Aiken vs Clarion University (2)
Georgia College & State University vs Presbyterian College (3)
Columbus State University vs Mount Olive College (4)
Goldey-Beacom College vs Newberry College (5)
USC Upstate vs Belmont Abbey College (7)
St. Andrews Presbyterian College vs Catawba College (8)
8 pm
Georgia College & State University vs Wingate University (1)
Lenoir-Rhyne College vs Benedict College (2)
Gannon University vs West Virginia State University (3)
Coker College vs Mars Hill College (4)
Francis Marion University vs Ashland University (5)
Kutztown University vs UNC Pembroke (6)
Chowan College vs Goldey-Beacom College (7)
St. Andrews Presbyterian College vs Lander University (8)

Saturday, March 11 (Field number)
11 am
UNC Pembroke vs Clarion University (2)
Mercyhurst College vs West Liberty State College (3)
Bloomsburg University vs USC Upstate (6)
Armstrong Atlantic State University vs Chowan College (7)
Coker College vs Augusta State University (8)
1 pm
Fairmont State College vs Gannon University (1)
Mount Olive College vs Ashland University (2)
Belmont Abbey College vs West Virginia State University (3)
Francis Marion University vs Mars Hill College (5)
Bloomsburg University vs Georgia College & State University (6)
Anderson University vs Chowan College (7)
Kutztown University vs Columbus State University (8)
Benedict College vs St. Andrews Presbyterian College (9)
3 pm
Fairmont State College vs Mercyhurst College (1)
Newberry College vs West Liberty State College (3)
Goldey-Beacom College vs Mars Hill College (5)
Lander University vs Wingate University (6)
Armstrong Atlantic State University vs Kutztown University (7) 

USC Upstate vs Catawba College (8)
5 pm
UNC Pembroke vs Presbyterian College (1)
Belmont Abbey College vs USC Aiken (2)
Columbus State University vs Coker College (3)
Francis Marion University vs Gannon University (5)
Clarion University vs Wingate University (6)
North Carolina Central University vs Anderson University (7)
Augusta State University vs Catawba College (8)
Lenoir-Rhyne College vs Bloomsburg University (9)
7 pm
Chowan College vs Presbyterian College (1)
Lander University vs Goldey-Beacom College (2)
Mount Olive College vs Benedict College (5)
Mars Hill College vs Anderson University (7)
West Virginia State University vs Mercyhurst College (8)
West Liberty State College vs Ashland University (9)

Sunday, March 12 (Field number)
9 am
Mercyhurst College vs Georgia College & State University (1)
Presbyterian College vs Armstrong Atlantic State University (2)
Clarion University vs Augusta State University (3)
Newberry College vs UNC Pembroke (4)
Columbus State University vs Lenoir-Rhyne College (5)
USC Aiken vs Kutztown University (6)
Chowan College vs St. Andrews Presbyterian College (8)
Goldey-Beacom College vs Coker College (9)
11 am
Newberry College vs Georgia College & State University (1)
Wingate University vs Armstrong Atlantic State University (2)
Clarion University vs North Carolina Central University (3)
Mercyhurst College vs Belmont Abbey College (4)
Francis Marion University vs Lenoir-Rhyne College (5)
Mount Olive College vs USC Upstate (6)
Anderson University vs Lander University (7)
West Liberty State College vs Gannon University (8)
Chowan College vs Coker College (9)
1 pm
Presbyterian College vs Kutztown University (1)
Wingate University vs West Liberty State College (2)
West Virginia State University vs Columbus State University (4)
Francis Marion University vs Bloomsburg University (5)
Goldey-Beacom College vs USC Upstate (6)
Catawba College vs Fairmont State College (7)
Mount Olive College vs USC Aiken (8)
Augusta State University vs Benedict College (9)
3 pm
North Carolina Central University vs Bloomsburg University (5)
Anderson University vs UNC Pembroke (3)
West Virginia State University vs Ashland University (4)