AVERETT EDGES SOFTBALL, 5-4, AT DIXIE TOURNAMENT
  SALEM, Va. – The softball team suffered a 5-4 loss to Averett in the second round of the Dixie Conference Tournament at the Moyer Sports Complex Friday.
  Up 2-0, the Lady Captains saw Averett tie the game on a two-run homer by Vanessa Tinsley. The Cougars moved in front, 5-2, with three in the sixth, the big blow a two-run double by LaToya Thomas.
  CNU rallied in the sixth with two runs on a Jenise Wade single, but could get no closer.
  The loss dropped CNU into the losers’ bracket where it met Ferrum at 5 p.m.