DECATUR, Illinois—The Millikin University Softball team won the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Regular Season Championship and earned the right to host the CCIW Tournament on May 5-6.  The conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Softball Tournament goes to the winner of the CCIW Tournament.  Millikin is 30-10 overall and 14-2 in the CCIW.
          Millikin will host the four team double elimination tournament at the Workman Family Softball Field where the Big Blue went 14-0 in the first season in its new home.
          Millikin is the number one seed in the tournament and will play its first game on Friday, May 5 at 2 p.m. against the fourth seed North Central College.  The tournament will open on Friday at 12 p.m. with the Illinois Wesleyan University facing Carthage College. 
          Admission to the tournament is $6 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students from non-conference member schools.  Children under five and students from CCIW schools are admitted for free with a valid school ID.
          Millikin will provide Live Stats and Live Video of all tournament games on the Millikin Athletics web site at http://athletics.millikin.edu/.
          Millikin and its media partner Neuhoff Media will provide additional live coverage of the games involving the Big Blue.  Millikin's first game at 2 p.m. on Friday will air online at http://www.nowdecatur.com/.  Click on the ESPNDecatur Live Stream link.  If the Big Blue play on Friday at 6 p.m. and/or if they qualify to the Championship game on Saturday at 12 p.m., those games will be carried live on ESPNDecatur 1050AM (WDZ) and on  http://www.nowdecatur.com/.
 
CCIW Tournament Schedule
Friday, May 5

Game	Teams	Time
Game No. 1	#3 Illinois Wesleyan vs. #2 Carthage	12 p.m.
Game No. 2	#4 North Central vs. #1 Millikin	2 p.m.
Game No. 3	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser	4 p.m.
Game No. 4	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner	6 p.m.

 
Saturday, May 6

Game	Teams	Time
Game No. 5	Game 4 Loser vs. Game 3 Winner	10 a.m.
Game No. 6	Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner	12 p.m.
Game No. 7	Necessary only if Game 4 Winner defeats Game 4 Winner in Game 6	2 p.m.