NCAA Div I Championship Softball Threat

[TexasTerror]

SHSU, Cal Poly, Southern Utah, Hofstra, Albany and Furman among those representing in the NCAA tournament...

DATES/SITES/PAIRINGS:
* Indicates host institution

Tucson Regional - May 18-20 at Tucson, Arizona
*No. 1 seed Arizona (39-12-1) vs. N.C. A&T/ Howard
Pacific (34-22) vs. Mississippi St. (34-25)

Columbus Regional - May 18-20 at Columbus, Ohio
*Ohio St. (38-16) vs. Canisius (27-19)
Cal St. Fullerton (34-20) vs. No. 16 seed Virginia Tech (47-14)

Ann Arbor Regional - May 18-20 at Ann Arbor, Michigan
*No. 9 seed Michigan (43-11) vs. Eastern Mich. (27-20)
Louisville (36-23) vs. Oregon St. (39-21)

Hempstead Regional - May 18-20 at Hempstead, New York
*Hofstra (40-13) vs. Harvard (31-13)
Albany (N.Y.) (33-15) vs. No. 8 seed Baylor (45-13)

Knoxville Regional - May 18-20 at Knoxville, Tennessee
No. 5 seed Tennessee (54-5) vs. Furman (21-34-1)
Winthrop (48-16) vs. North Carolina (45-19)

Los Angeles Regional - May 18-20 at Los Angeles, California
Hawaii (46-11) vs. UC Santa Barb. (30-21)
Loyola Marymount (45-16) vs. *No. 12 seed UCLA (36-16)

Gainesville Regional - May 18-20 at Gainesville, Florida
*No. 13 seed Florida (46-20) vs. Stetson (44-20)
Texas (33-18) vs. Georgia Tech (53-13)

College Station Regional - May 18-20 at College Station ,Texas
Houston (42-16) vs. La.- Lafayette (46-16)
Sam Houston St. (37-24) vs. *No. 4 seed Texas A&M (40-10)

Amherst Regional - May 18-20 at Amherst, Massachusetts
No. 3 seed Oklahoma (52-6) vs. Colgate (25-22)
Long Island (33-20) vs. *Massachusetts (37-12-1)

Carbondale Regional - May 18-20 at Carbondale, Illinois
Missouri (38-22) vs. *Southern Ill. (40-14)
Mississippi Valley (29-26) vs. No. 14 seed DePaul (41-11)

Tuscaloosa Regional - May 18-20 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama
*No. 11 seed Alabama (51-7) vs. Tennessee Tech (48-17)
California (33-30) vs. Florida St. (44-23)

Lincoln Regional - May 18-20 at Lincoln, Nebraska
*Nebraska (37-18) vs. Georgia (43-26)
Creighton (39-12-1) vs. No. 6 seed Washington (35-16)

Provo Regional - May 17-19 at Provo, Utah
No. 7 seed Arizona St. (49-15) vs. Southern Utah (29-29)
*Brigham Young (41-18) vs. Cal Poly (39-15)

Palo Alto Regional - May 17-19 at Palo Alto, California
*Stanford (33-19-1) vs. Fresno State (46-16)
Cal St. Northridge (23-21) vs. No. 10 seed LSU (52-10)

Columbia Regional - May 18-20 at Columbia, South Carolina
No. 15 seed North Carolina St. (41-19) vs. *South Carolina (34-23)
Penn St. (26-23) vs. Oregon (42-17)

Evanston Regional - May 18-20 at Evanston, Illinois
Illinois St. (42-15-1) vs. Notre Dame (31-22)
Wright St. (25-33) vs. *No. 2 seed Northwestern (45-11)

[PaladinFan]

Great to see the Lady Paladins in there. Their program has struggled in years past, but this is a great step forward. Bring on the Vols.

[dbackjon]

Also - MEAC winner, Harvard, Colgate, UMass, SIU, MVSU, Tn Tech, and Illinois State.

[Grizalltheway]

Where's the threat? :p :D

[griz37]

I am hoping Michigan can make it back to Oklahoma City after just missing out last year.

[AppGuy04]

Bracket: http://www.ncaasports.com/softball/womens/brackets/viewable/special64/2007/DI_64

[Go...gate]

Nice to see Colgate in there. Sooners a tall order, though.

[TexasTerror]

FCS schools...games from today

Oklahoma 6-2 Colgate
Illinois St 2-1 Notre Dame
Baylor 8-2 Albany
DePaul 6-0 Mississippi Valley State Top 6

http://www.ncaasports.com/softball/womens/scoreboard/div1/20070518