SOFTBALL GOES 4-1 AT METHODIST INV.
  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The softball team began its 2000 season strong, going 4-1 at the Methodist Invitational Friday and Saturday.
  The Lady Captains started with a 3-2 win over Gwynedd Mercy as Tammi Perok went 2-4, Andi McKenney 3-3. Kim Messick and Jennifer Nowacki each had triples. Donna Cerami got the win on the mount.
  CNU then defeated Bethany, 4-1, as Nowacki went 3-4 with a double and Lesley Jenkins was 2-4 with a double. B.J. Biringer limited Berthany to five hits and got the win.
  In Friday's last game of the day CNU topped Lynchburg, 3-2, with Stacey Hundley going 2-3, Crystal Bryant-Nelson had the game-winning hit, a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh. Cerami was again the winning pitcher.
  Saturday CNU edged N.C. Wesleyan in the winners bracket, 2-1. Cerami went 2-3 and got her third win, while Nowacki had another triple.
  But in the final game Averett scored in the bottom of the eighth for a 2-1 win.
  CNU hosts Gwynedd Mercy at 1:30 Monday