University of Southern Indiana Softball earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament in an announcement on NCAA.com Monday morning.
The Screaming Eagles (33-19) are the No. 4 seed and will take on the No. 5 seed, Wayne State University (33-23), in the opening round of the NCAA II Midwest Region #1 Tournament Thursday at 1:30 p.m. (CDT) in Allendale, Michigan.
Grand Valley State (44-8) will host the regional for the second consecutive year as the top seed in the regional and will take on the No. 8 seed, Hillsdale College (23-26), in the opening round Thursday at 11 a.m.
The winners from Thursday’s games will meet in the winner’s bracket on Friday at 10 a.m., while the losers of Thursday’s games will meet in the first elimination game Friday at 12:30 p.m. The second elimination game is Friday at 3 p.m., while the championship is Saturday at 11 a.m., with the “if necessary game” scheduled for Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
USI was won of five Great Lakes Valley Conference teams to make the NCAA II Tournament as the University of Missouri-St. Louis (35-17) earned the right to host the NCAA II Midwest Region #2 Tournament as the No. 2 seed Thursday through Saturday in St. Louis, Missouri. The University of Indianapolis (45-14) is the No. 3 seed and will face the No. 6 seed, Truman State University (31-17), while the University of Illinois Springfield (27-24) is the No. 7 seed and will take on Missouri-St. Louis in the opening round.
The winners of the two NCAA II Midwest Region Tournaments will meet in a best-of-three NCAA II Midwest Super Regional May 16-17 at the site of the highest remaining seed. The NCAA II Softball Championship is May 23-27 in Denver, Colorado.
All of USI’s games this weekend will be aired on 95.7 The Spin, while live stats, audio and video coverage can be accessed at GoUSIEagles.com. Additional details, including ticket information, will be added to GoUSIEagles.com later in the week.
