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The final two doubleheaders of the 2012 regular season are on tap this weekend for the Truman softball team, as the Bulldogs travel to Northwest Missouri State University for a key MIAA doubleheader on Friday before hosting the University of Sioux Falls (S.D.) for on Sunday for Senior Day.

Games are scheduled to start at 3:00 pm at Northwest and 1:00 pm on Sunday.
 
It’s make-or-break for the Bulldogs on Friday in Maryville, as Truman (21-26, 5-13 MIAA) sits one game out of the MIAA’s eighth and final postseason tournament slot.

However, with a sweep at 7th-place Northwest Missouri (16-28, 6-12 MIAA), the Bulldogs can leapfrog the Bearcats and put themselves in a better position to wait out the remainder of the MIAA weekend schedule.
 
Neither two wins nor a split solidifies the squad in either direction on its own; however, should the Bulldogs lose both, they would be eliminated from postseason contention.
 
Place Team MIAA Record Remaining Schedule:
6th Washburn 7-9 vs. PSU (Fri); vs. MSSU (Sat)
7th Northwest Missouri 6-12 vs. TSU (Fri)
8th Southwest Baptist 6-12 at LU (Sat)
9th TRUMAN 5-13 at NWMSU (Fri)
10th Missouri Southern 4-12 at WU (Sat); at FHSU (Sun)
11th Lincoln 3-13 vs. UCM (Fri); vs. SBU (Sat)

Following Friday’s games, the Bulldogs will return to Kirksville to close out the regular season portion of the slate and celebrate Senior Day against Sioux Falls at 1:00 pm.

The program will recognize its four seniors prior to the game one first pitch.

Courtesy Truman State University