INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - It's now official as the Frostburg State softball team was selected to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the program's history, earlier today. The Bobcats were placed in the Newport News Regional hosted by Christopher Newport and FSU will play Susquehanna at 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 13 in the opening round.
The 60-team bracket for the 2010 tournament was released by the NCAA this morning and the eight teams in the regional include host CNU (36-8), Eastern Mennonite University (19-16), Frostburg State University (29-14), Greensboro College (27-13-1), defending national champion Messiah College (35-7), Piedmont College (29-10), top seed Salisbury University (33-2) and Susquehanna University (32-11).
The Bobcats take on the Crusaders in the third contest of the opening round and the meeting will be the first ever between the two squads. FSU won just its second AMCC Tournament title yesterday morning and will make its second-straight post appearance after playing in the ECAC Tournament last year.
If the sixth seeded Bobcats advance past Susquehanna, they will take on the winner of Piedmont and Christopher Newport. The Lady Lions and Captains square off on Thursday at 4:00 pm, directly following FSU's game.
The other first round games include Salisbury and Eastern Mennonite at 10:00 am and Greensboro vs. Messiah at 12:00 pm.
The winner of the regional tournament will advance to the National Final next weekend in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
2010 NCAA Regional Tournament Seedings
No. 1 Salisbury (33-2)
No. 2 Christopher Newport (36-8)
No. 3 Susquehanna (32-11)
No. 4 Messiah (35-7)
No. 5 Greensboro (27-13-1)
No. 6 Frostburg State (29-14)
No. 7 Piedmont (29-10)
No. 8 Eastern Mennonite (19-16)
Regional Tournament page
Regional Bracket - pdf