It’s now or never for the BG softball team as they travel north this weekend to face Central Michigan in a doubleheader today, before squaring off against Eastern Michigan in a two game series tomorrow and Sunday. The Falcons (11-29, 6-13) enter the weekend locked in a three-way tie with Toledo and Buffalo for the eighth and final spot in the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Eastern Michigan, with a 5-13 conference mark, is lurking just one game back. The scenario for the Falcons is a complicated one. Should they end up tied with Toledo at weekend’s end, the Falcons, by virtue of owning the tie-breaker, would be in. However, should BG end up tied with Buffalo, they would need Kent State to win the No. 1 seed. If this were to happen, the Falcons would be in due to having a better record against the Golden Flashes than the Bulls. However, if the two teams are tied and Miami gets the No. 1 seed, then Buffalo would get the nod for the exact same reason. Coach Shannon Salsburg said that tiebreak scenarios are the furthest thing from her team’s mind as they prepare for play this weekend. ‘We can’t waste our time worrying about all that stuff [tiebreakers]. We just have to go out and take care of our business. If we win all of our games [this weekend], I am confident we will be in.’ Standing in the Falcons’ way will be a Central Michigan squad that has a league worst 1-16 record but will be looking to play spoiler, as well as an Eastern Michigan team that, with a sweep of the Falcons, could vault themselves right back into the tournament picture. ‘They [Central and Eastern Michigan] are both teams that have power in the middle of their lineups,’ Salsburg said. ‘We can’t take either of them for granted.’ Eastern Michigan, in particular, is especially potent with the bat. The Eagles are anchored by the hard-hitting duo of Stacie Skodinski, whose .426 batting average is second in the MAC, and Jenny Scherer, who has cranked out 11 home runs. ‘Scherer is one of the better hitters we have in the MAC,’ Salsburg said. ‘She is really a good all-around player and someone we will have to be very careful with.’ The Falcons come into the weekend fresh off a doubleheader with Wright State in which the Falcons received consecutive drubbings of 14-3 and 8-3. Salsburg sloughed it off however; instead taking encouragement from her team’s split with Kent State a week ago. ‘I think how we played against Kent State really made our girls realize that we were capable of playing at a totally different level when we wanted to,’ Salsburg said. ‘I am very happy overall with where we are at mentally right now, and I can tell you that this team is very focused and ready to go this weekend.’