Brenau University’s softball program won Pool A and advanced to the next stage of the NAIA Softball National Championship with a 2-0, eight-inning win over top-ranked Concordia (Calif.) on Saturday in Gulf Shores, Ala.. Brenau will play Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.), at 11 a.m. Monday, the first day of double-elimination bracket play. Golden Tigers pitcher Anna Maness blanked the Eagles on five hits in eight innings of work, striking out six and walking one to beat Concordia’s Katie Cotta in an extra-inning pitcher’s duel.