ncaa softball regionals 2010

UGA selected as host site for NCAA Softball Regional

Georgia has been selected as one of 16 regional host sites for the 2010 NCAA Division I Softball Championships, the NCAA announced on Sunday.
The 2010 NCAA Athens Regional at the UGA Softball Stadium will feature host Georgia (43-11) from the Southeastern Conference, Florida State (43-16) from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big South Champion Radford (36-15) and Southern Conference Champion Elon (38-19).
In addition to earning the top seed for the Athens Regional, Georgia is also the sixth-overall national seed. The regional round of play features a four-team double elimination bracket, and the Bulldogs opening round contest will come against Elon Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET. Florida State and Radford will play in the opening game of the Athens Regional Friday at 5 p.m.
Georgia is making its ninth-consecutive and ninth overall NCAA postseason appearance in school history, all under head coach Lu Harris-Champer. The Bulldogs are 29-16 overall in NCAA postseason play, and advanced to the Women’s College World Series for the first time in school history last season.
A total of 64 teams were selected to the NCAA Tournament with 30 conferences being awarded automatic qualification, while the remaining 34 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the bracket. The top 16 teams were seeded nationally with Georgia earning the sixth national seed. The SEC had a total of seven teams selected for the tournament, with five of those teams earning one of the 16 national seeds. Each of the 16 Regional winners will advance to the Super Regional round of play May 28-30. In Super Regionals, eight sites play host to a best-of-three game series with the winners earning one of eight spots in the 27th NCAA Division I Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City June 3-9.
2010 NCAA ATHENS REGIONAL SCHEDULE OF GAMES:
Friday, May 21
5 p.m.      Game 1: Florida State vs. Radford
7:30 p.m. Game 2: Georgia vs. Elon
Saturday, May 22
12 p.m.    Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
2:30 p.m. Game 4: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
5 p.m.      Game 5: Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3

Sunday, May 23
12 p.m.    Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5
2:30 p.m. Game 7 (If Necessary): Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6
Tickets for the 2010 NCAA Athens Regional will go on sale Monday morning at 9 a.m. ET. Tickets will be available online at www.georgiadogs.com, by phone at 706-542-1231 or 877-542-1231, and in person at the UGA Ticket Office. All-Session Tickets for the three-day tournament will be available. Online sales will end at 11:59 p.m. on May 20. All-Session chair-back seats will be $25, all-session bleacher adult seats will be $20 and all-session bleacher seats for students, senior citizens and groups will be $15. Daily tickets good for all games played on that day will also be available at $10 for a chair-back seat, $7 for an adult bleacher seat and $5 for a bleacher seat for students, senior citizens and groups. On May 20, will-call pickup for pre-ordered tickets will begin at 9 a.m. at the UGA Ticket Office. Will-call and ticket sales will move to the UGA Softball Stadium May 21-23, and will open two hours before the first game.

Seven Pac-10 Softball Teams Earn NCAA Postseason Bids

 

 

The top-ranked team in the nation, Washington is one of seven Pac-10 teams who earned NCAA Tournament bids

 

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - ARIZONA, ARIZONA STATE, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, STANFORD, UCLA and WASHINGTON earn bids to the field of 64 for the NCAA Division I Softball Championship. The Pac-10's seven bids are tied for the most of any Conference represented in the field. The championship will be three weekends of competition, with four teams participating at each of the 16 regional sites in a double-elimination tournament. Sixteen teams were seeded and placed at one of the regional sites. 

The No. 1 ranked Huskies and defending national champions were tabbed as the No. 3 seed for the championship, and will face host and face North Dakota State. Washington finished the regular season with a 45-6 record, and has been ranked No. 1 in both national polls every weekend since preseason. The squad is led by senior pitcher Danielle Lawrie, who leads the nation in 20 shutouts and broke the Pac-10 career strikeout record with nine strikeouts in her 35^th win of the season against Arizona State on Saturday.

UCLA earned a No. 5 seeding with a 40-11 record. The Bruins finished the season with a record of 40-11, earning a 2-1 series win over No. 3 ranked Arizona. Senior first baseman/pitcher Megan Langenfeld leads the Pac-10 with a .510 batting average, 1.020 slugging percentage and a .658 on base percentage.

The No. 10 seed went to Arizona, with a record of 43-11. Arizona has had a dynamic offense all season, leading the Conference with 406 runs scored and 94 home runs, 17 more than the next team.

California, with a 41-17 record, earned the No. 11 seed. The Bears are speedy on the base paths, leading the Conference with 122 stolen bases, an impressive 44 more than the next team in the league. SO OF Jamia Reid leads individually with 45 stolen bases, and is ranked in the top five nationally in the category.

After finishing the season 41-15, the Sun Devils earned the No. 13 seed. Sophomore Katelyn Boyd leads the squad with a .403 batting average, good for fourth overall in the Conference. As a team, Arizona State lead the league with 476 hits.

Oregon earned an at-large bid after getting back to winning ways in 2010 with a record of 33-19. The Ducks have been led by freshmen, with pitcher Jessica Moore tallying a record of 14-11 with a 1.87 ERA. On the offensive end, freshman outfielder Sam Pappas boasts a team-leading .392 batting average, with 46 RBI.

Stanford earned its 13^th consecutive postseason bid, finishing the regular season with a record of 36-17. The Cardinal has been led by senior outfielder Alissa Haber, who is ranked second in the Conference with a .442 batting average and 14 doubles. For her career, Haber has hit 71 doubles, setting a new Stanford career doubles record.

The regional winners will advance to super regional competition for a best-of-three series, May 28-29 at eight campus sites. The remaining eight teams will advance to the NCAA Women's College World Series, an eight-team, double elimination tournament, with the championship final being a best-of-three series. The WCWS will be conducted June 3-9 at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Okla. 

 Softball: Sooners, Cowgirls get regional assignments

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were named to the 2010 NCAA Division I Softball Championship field announced Sunday night.

The Big 12 champion Sooners (43-10) will travel to College Park, Md., and open against Syracuse (32-24). The other teams at the regional are Fordham (47-10) and host Maryland (33-22).

The Cowgirls will travel to Tucson, Ariz., and play Hofstra (43-10) in the first round on Friday. The other teams in the regional are host Arizona (43-11) and Cornell (37-13).

The double-elimination regional tournaments are scheduled for Friday through Sunday with the winner of the regional advancing to the super regional. Eight super-regional winners will advance to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.

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