Softball season-opening tournament canceled

The Bellevue University softball team's season-opening tournament, the Oklahoma Baptist Spring Invitational, has been canceled due to poor field conditions. Snow and rain in the area will prevent any games from being completed. 

The Bruins will now open the season on March 1 in Daytona Beach, Fla. when they take on Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in a 12 p.m. doubleheader. 

The Bruins return seven starters and 12 letterwinners, including all three pitchers from last season's squad that finished with a 44-16 overall record and a 13-1 MCAC mark. Bellevue tied Central Baptist for the 2012 MCAC regular season title and finished second in the 2012 MCAC Tournament.