This Week: Notre Dame College softball is the two seed in the North Division and will play the three seed from the South, Davis & Elkins College, on May 5, at 12 p.m. The tournament will take place at the Botetourt Sports Complex in Troutville, Va.
 
MEC Tournament: In the double-elimination style tournament, the Falcons know they will be playing twice on Friday. The winner of the NDC-D&E matchup will play at 5 p.m. against the winner of the Charleston-West Liberty matchup. The loser of the NDC-D&E matchup will battle the loser of the Charleston-West Liberty matchup.
 
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Records: Notre Dame has a record of 29-25 (18-14 MEC) this season. Davis & Elkins enters the tournament with an overall record of 26-24, while going 20-12 in MEC play. Charleston clinched the top record in the MEC standings, sitting at 27-5 in the conference, with a 34-8 overall record. West Liberty is 16-36 (12-20 MEC).

Coaches Corner: Kelsey Stopp is now in her fifth season as head coach of the Falcons. She has a record of 90-118 (55-71 MEC). Elle Fracker is in her third season with D&E with a record of 63-72. Charleston is led by Michelle Frew, in her second season, and West Liberty's head coach is Herb Minch, in his 25th campaign.

Rankings: Neither team is receiving votes in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II top 25 poll.

Series History: NDC traveled to Elkins, W.Va. for a matchup with the Senators on April 3 and the Falcons split the doubleheader with the Senators. These two teams first met in 2014, but did not start playing in the same conference until 2021. The Falcons hold an all-time record of 6-4 against the Senators. Notre Dame dropped a pair of games to Charleston on April 16, and now have a record of 4-15 against the Golden Eagles, since 2014. NDC went 1-3 versus West Liberty, in 2023, and have an all-time record of 19-17 against the Hilltoppers.

Noting the Falcons: Notre Dame had a busy end to its season last week, going 2-6 over eight games. The Falcons were able to clinch the No. 2 seed in the North Division by winning the tie-breaker with three-seed Frostburg State. NDC has gone 4-0 this season against Frostburg.
 
The two-seed is the highest that Notre Dame has ever been in a Mountain East Conference tournament.

This season, Notre Dame finished the regular season with the most total wins in a season, and the best conference record, in the program's Division II era. The team is looking for its first 30-win season since 2009.
 
Danielle Fick is second in NDC single-season history with 22 stolen bases. Started the year 22-22, before being thrown out in the final game of the regular season. Fick ranks fourth in the MEC in that category. Emma Gumont is fifth in the MEC with 48 RBI on the season. Gumont leads the team with a .339 batting average, 59 hits, six home runs, 48 RBI, 91 total bases and a .523 slugging percentage.

Grace Fisher is third in program single-season history with 134 strikeouts. Allison Weilnau is the first NDC pitcher since 2008 to have over 14 wins. Her 15 wins this season ranks fourth in program history. In the pitching circle, Notre Dame has been solid with a 3.52 team ERA, which ranks sixth in the conference. Allison Weilnau is second in the MEC, and 31st in NCAA Division II, with 27 games started. Grace Fisher is third in the MEC with 26 starts and ranks fourth with 134 strikeouts. Weilnau and Fisher each have four shutouts.