Kirkwood ousted from NJCAA tourney
CLINTON, Miss. - The Kirkwood softball team went into a batting slump at the absolute worst time of the year this week.
The sixth-ranked Eagles were shut out by Labette, 4-0, Friday in the loser's bracket of the NJCAA Division II national tournament and were eliminated from the double-elimination event.
Kirkwood tied for seventh in the national tournament and finished the year with a 47-10 record. The Eagles went 2-2 in the tournament.
Kirkwood led the nation in home runs this season and batted more than .400 as a team, but the Eagles struggled to score runs in Mississippi. Kirkwood was averaging approximately 10 runs per game heading into the national tournament, but the Eagles scored a total of only eight runs in four games in the event.
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