Texas State 7, Louisville 3 - Game 1
Auburn 3, Texas State 1 - Game 2
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State continued a strong start of the season when the Bobcats won their first game of the day before going down to the wire with a nationally-ranked team for the second straight day at the 2020 NCFA Division Leadoff Classic.The Bobcats opened Saturday with a 7-3 victory over Louisville before falling 3-1 against No. 23-ranked Auburn.
Iowa 2, Coastal Carolina 1 (8 inn.) - Game 1
?Coastal Carolina 8, East Carolina 1 - Game 2
CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina split a pair of games on Saturday with the East Carolina Pirates and the Iowa Hawkeyes and end the second day of the Residence Inn Kickin' Chicken Classic with a season overall record of 1-2.
Appalachian State 1, Virginia 0 - Game 1
Charlotte 9, Appalachian State 5 - Game 2
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Appalachian State split its opening day, beating Virginia, 1-0 before falling to Charlotte, 9-5. The first game of the day was a pitcher's duel, as Sydney Holland went all seven to get her first win of the season.
ULM 5, Southern 0 - Game 1
Stephen F. Austin 12, ULM 0 (5 inn.) - Game 2
MONROE, La. – ULM concluded the Mardi Gras Invitational by splitting its two games against Southern and Stephen F. Austin on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the ULM Softball Complex. Sophomore pitcher Murphy Williams threw a complete game shut out to top the Jaguars, 5-0. The Warhawks (2-2) stumbled in their second game and lost to the Ladyjacks 12-0 in five innings.
Western Kentucky 3, Troy 2 (8 inn.)
TROY, Ala. – The Trojans dropped an extra inning heartbreaker, 3-2, to Western Kentucky before seeing the night game against Lipscomb canceled due to visibility concerns Saturday at the Troy Softball Complex.
Minnesota 10, South Alabama 0 - Game 1
Illinois 5, South Alabama 4 - Game 2
CLEARWATER, Fla. – South Alabama fell 10-0 to seventh-ranked Minnesota in game one of the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic presented by Rawlings, and then dropped a 5-4 decision to Illinois in the nightcap on Saturday at the Eddie C. Moore Complex.
North Texas 2, Louisiana 1 - Game 1
Louisiana 11, UTSA 1 (5 inn.) - Game 2
LAFAYETTE, La. – Top-10 ranked Louisiana experienced a narrow defeat in a classic pitcher's duel and enjoyed a run-away victory with fireworks on Saturday in its final action of the opening weekend of the 2020 season. The Ragin' Cajuns (3-1) fell to North Texas in a 2-1 contest decided on a late-inning home run to start the day, but bounced back immediately when an eight-run explosion in the fourth inning catapulted the squad to an 11-1 (5 inn.) win over UTSA.
UTA 5, Texas A&M 4 (8 inn.) - Game 1
Abilene Christian 4, UTA 2 - Game 2
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – After splitting a pair of games against Texas A&M on its season-opening day Friday, UTA (2-2) split another pair of games Saturday by coming back from a 4-0 deficit against the Aggies to rally late and win in extras, 5-4, before falling to Abilene Christian, 4-2.
Georgia Southern 9, East Tennessee State 3 - Game 1
Georgia Southern 9, Rutgers 1 (5 inn.) - Game 2
STATESBORO, Ga. – Behind big bats and strong arms, Georgia Southern rolled to a pair of wins Saturday night at Eagle Field on the second day of the Bash in the Boro. In the first game, the Eagles downed East Tennessee State 9-3 and then blew past Rutgers in the nightcap, 9-1 in five innings.
Georgia State 10, Illinois State 2 (6 inn.)
TAMPA, Fla. – Georgia State earned its first win of 2020 Saturday with a six-inning run-rule victory over Illinois State, defeating the Redbirds 10-2. Due the how late the games started at the USF-Rawlings Invite, GSU's contest against USF was canceled.