University of Southern Indiana Softball will receive its 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship rings at halftime of the USI-Bellarmine men’s basketball game Saturday night at the Physical Activities Center.
The Screaming Eagles captured the program’s first-ever national championship this past May when they swept through the NCAA II Championship series. It was the first national title for a women’s team in school history and was the first NCAA national title at any level in the State of Indiana.
USI finished the 2018 season with a 41-23 overall record, including a 14-1 mark in the post-season. USI won the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament title for the first time since 1998 before winning the NCAA II Midwest Region #1 Tournament and NCAA II Midwest Super Regional.
USI Men’s Basketball, which hosts Oakland City University Tuesday night, welcomes a Bellarmine team that is ranked No. 1 in the nation. The Eagles are currently 3-1 and are fresh off a 110-88 Midwest Region victory over Lake Superior State University last Friday in Indianapolis.
Senior guard Alex Stein (Evansville, Indiana) scored a career-high 48 points and was just two shy of the all-time single-game record.
Prior to Saturday night’s 7:30 p.m. tip-off, USI Women’s Basketball hosts Bellarmine at 5:30 p.m. Both games as well as the National Championship Ring Ceremony will be streamed live on the GLVC Sports Network.
