University of Southern Indiana Softball moved up four spots to No. 21 in the latest NFCA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll Wednesday morning before landing at No. 3 in the first NCAA Division II Midwest Region ranking of the year.
The Screaming Eagles (30-14, 16-4 GLVC) have six games remaining to their regular season slate, beginning with a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader against rival Bellarmine University Friday at 11 a.m. (CDT) in Louisville, Kentucky.
Live stats and GLVC Sports Network coverage can be accessed at GoUSIEagles.com.
USI, which has a 25-7 record in regional action this year, finishes the regular season with a GLVC doubleheaders at Lewis University and the University of Indianapolis.
The Eagles, who have a two-game lead in the win column over UIndy for first-place in the conference standings, are one of two GLVC teams listed in this week’s Top 25 and one of five GLVC teams list in the regional rankings.
Joining USI in the Top 25 is No. 9 UIndy, while the Greyhounds are currently No. 2 in the region. The University of Missouri-St. Louis and the University of Illinois Springfield are regionally No. 5 and No. 6, respectively, while Drury University is ranked No. 10 in the region.
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference member Grand Valley State University, ranked No. 15 nationally, holds the top spot in the region, while Wayne State University (No. 4) and Ashland University (No. 8) represented the GLIAC in the first regional ranking.
The Great Midwest Athletic Conference is represented in the region ranking by No. 7 Ohio Dominican University and No. 9 Trevecca Nazarene University.
Eight teams—five at-large and three automatic bids—qualify for the NCAA II Midwest Region Tournament, which is hosted on the campus sites of the top two seeds either May 9-11 or May 10-12.
The NCAA II Midwest Super regional is hosted by the highest remaining seed of the two advancing teams May 16-17.
