Westmont Hilltop graduate Seda, Glenville State drop NCAA Division II Softball Championship opener
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Westmont Hilltop graduate Zailees Seda and her Glenville State teammates dropped a 5-3 decision to Central Missouri to begin the NCAA Division II Softball Championship in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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The Pioneers were held without a hit, but drew six walks.
No. 7 Glenville State scored on a wild pitch and a bases-loaded walk and hit batter.
Seda, a junior second baseman who played her freshman year at NCAA Division I St. Peter’s in 2024, went 0-for-2 with a walk.
No. 3 seed North Georgia and No. 6 McKendree are in the same bracket as Central Missouri and Glenville State.
The four teams in the other bracket are No. 1 St. Leo, No. 4 California State San Marcos, No. 5 West Texas A&M and No. 8 St. Thomas Aquinas.
There are eight squads in the event, which will be capped with a best-of-3 series for the title.
Glenville State (51-17) will play North Georgia at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in an elimination game.
The Pioneers defeated Kutztown in the super regional, winning 10-6, losing 7-3 and prevailing 7-3 in a best-of-3 series.
Seda went 5-for-10 with three doubles, a home run and five RBIs in the three games.
Seda is hitting .372 with a .436 on-base percentage and .512 slugging percentage in 68 games this season. She has 77 hits, including 12 doubles, one triple and five home runs.
Seda has driven in 48 runs and scored 28 times.
In two seasons at Glenville State, she has a .376 average with 139 hits, 18 doubles, three triples, seven home runs, eight stolen bases and 74 RBIs. She has walked 39 times compared to 13 strikeouts. Seda has a .447 on-base percentage and a .497 slugging percentage.
This is Glenville State’s first trip to the final eight.
Seda helped the Pioneers win the Mountain East Conference Tournament title this year for the first time in program history. Glenville State claimed its second straight South Division crown.
Seda was named to the MEC first team for the second year in a row. She has walked 24 times compared to six strikeouts this season. She has a .959 fielding percentage with 121 assists and 115 putouts this year.
During three college seasons, Seda has 176 hits. She batted .264 in 50 games, 49 starts, at St. Peter’s. She doubled six times, homered once and drove in 18 runs.