FAMU softball captures first SWAC title to clinch NCAA Tournament berth
FAMU softball beat Southern for the SWAC Tournament championship.
That elusive Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Championship is coming to The Highest of Seven Hills. Florida A&M softball defeated Southern in walkoff fashion with a 2-1 victory to hoist the trophy at Saturday, May 9's winner-takes-all game. Braxtyn Battle singled to left field, advanced Samantha Smith, and scored Kiara Beltre to earn the win at the bottom of the seventh inning.
The run earned the Rattlers their first SWAC Championship title since joining the league in 2021. FAMU had appeared in the last two SWAC Tournament championship rounds, but lost both years to Jackson State . FAMU outhit Southern 7-2 on Saturday.
Beltre led the team with two hits. Smith pitched the entire seven-inning game and earned the SWAC Tournament Championship win. Gerald Thomas, III, is a multi-time national award-winning reporter for his coverage of the Florida A&M Rattlers at the Tallahassee Democrat.
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