INDIANAPOLIS - For the 16th consecutive season, the UIndy softball team will be among the 64-team field at the NCAA Division II Softball Championship. The Greyhounds (53-4) earned the top seed in the Midwest and will host the first of two Midwest Regionals this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May 9-11.
The Hounds will open the regional on Thursday versus eight-seeded Missouri S&T. UIndy is looking for revenge against the Miners, who defeated the Greyhounds in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship game Sunday. On the other side of the bracket is the 4/5 matchup featuring GLVC-rival Lewis and the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference-champ Saginaw Valley.
All seven games of the regional will be streamed at NCAA.com. The other Midwest regional will be hosted by No. 2-seeded Trevecca Nazarene (43-13). The Trojans will face G-MAC-champ Northwood, Ohio Dominican, and Grand Valley State.
Both double-elimination Midwest Regionals will be played concurrently this week, with the winners facing off in a best-of-three showdown at the Midwest Super Regional May 14-15 for the right go to the NCAA DII Championships in the Longwood, Fla., May 19-25.
