ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY

ATHLETICS 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2008
Contact: Ben Greenberg, SID (479) 968-0645

RAIN FORCES POSTPONEMENT OF FRIDAY'S HOME GSC SOFTBALL DOUBLEHEADER WITH CHRISTIAN BROTHERS

        RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas – For the second time this week, the rainy weather in the River Valley Area has forced Arkansas Tech Softball to make a change to its schedule.   

Thanks to an overnight rain storm and a forecast that calls for nearly a 90 percent chance of rain over the next 24 hours, the Golden Suns have been forced to postpone its home Gulf South Conference doubleheader against Christian Brothers scheduled for Friday at Chartwells Women’s Sports Complex. The doubleheader was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. On Tuesday, Tech had to cancel its home non-conference doubleheader with Central Baptist due to rain.

“The rain continues to play havoc with our home schedule,” Golden Suns Head Coach Gidget Pambianchi said Thursday.

Pambianchi said that a decision has not been made when Friday’s doubleheader will be rescheduled. The two teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader in Memphis, Tenn., on Sunday, April 6.

“I’m hopeful we’ll be able to make these two home games up sometime in the next week, but we’ll have to wait and see,” the third-year Tech coach added.

Tech, who is 27-9 overall on the season and 9-3 in the GSC, haven’t played since dropping a doubleheader last Saturday at Delta State. Tech lost the first

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