Softball Regionals

[ISUMatt]

Northwestern Regional

ILLINOIS STATE 2
Notre Dame 1
-Final

ISU plays the winner of #2 Northwestern /Wright St tomorrow at 11am

[PantherRob82]

Way to rep the valley! xthumbsupx

[ISUMatt]

Also in the Valley, Creighton lost to Washington and SIU lost to Mizzou

[poly51]

Cal Poly was 2 and out in the Provo Regional.

[umassfan]

UMass won game one vs Long Island... they are also hosting for the second year in a row.

[PantherRob82]

Also in the Valley, Creighton lost to Washington and SIU lost to Mizzou

xsmhx xsmhx xbawlingx

[saint0917]

Amherst Regional

Oaklahoma- 5
Colgate- 2

Umass-4
Long Island- 3



AMHERST, Mass. - Mental toughness was on full display in Friday's NCAA Division I Softball Championship regional at the UMass.

Top-seeded Oklahoma displayed it by coming from behind - an unfamiliar position - to beat No. 4 Colgate 5-2. Both No. 2 UMass and No. 3 Long Island University displayed it by playing nine innings in temperatures that dipped into the 30's, with the Minutewomen eventually winning, 4-3.

"That was an epic war between two teams," UMass coach Elaine Sortino said. "They (LIU) really showed up and did what they needed to do, but our kids held on."

The Minutewomen (38-12-1), who own the longest winning streak in the country at 27 games, will face the Sooners (53-6), the No. 3 overall seed in the tournament, at noon Saturday, with LIU (33-21) taking on Colgate (25-23) at 2:30 p.m. ET. The loser of the UMass-Oklahoma game will play the winner of the LIU-Colgate game at 5 p.m.

Sooners come from behind to advance, next face UMass (http://http://www.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/stories/051807abm.html)

[ISUMatt]

11am Saturday

Illinois State
#2 Northwestern

[ISUMatt]

Northwestern 5
ILLINOIS STATE 2
-Final


ISU plays Notre Dame again tonight for a shot at NW again tomorrow

[dbackjon]

FCS-sponsoring teams yesterday:

OKLA 5, Colgate 2
UMass 4, LIU 3
MO 8, SIU 0
DePaul 10, MVSU 0
Texas A&M 9, SHSU 5
Illinois State 2, Notre Dame 1
Baylor 8, Albany 2
Hofstra 3, Harvard 2
Tennessee 8, Furman 0
SUU 9, Cal Poly 4
BYU 10, SUU 5
Arizona 9, Howard 0
Tn Tech 4, Alabama 2

[dbackjon]

Today's scores
Colgate 5, LIU 1
Oklahoma 2, UMass 0
SIU 7, MVSU 0
Northwestern 5, Illinois State 2
Baylor 7, Hofstra 2
Albany 1, Harvard 0
Tn Tech 3, Cal 1

[dbackjon]

More scores from today:
Illinois State 3, Notre Dame 1
ULL 2, SHSU 1 (8 innings)
Albany 4, Hofstra 2
Winthrop 11, Furman 1

[kardplayer]

Here's how FCS sponsoring schools stand now:

Albany squares off vs. Baylor at Hofstra, needs to win twice, and has lost 8-2 to Baylor in the opener.

UMass vs. Oklahoma at UMass, needs to win twice, lost 2-0 to OU today

Tennessee Tech vs. Alabama at Alabama, needs to win once, beat bama 4-2 in the opening game

Illinois State vs. Northwestern at Northwestern, needs 2, lost 5-2 to NW already

[PantherRob82]

FCS still alive. Good to see some representation.

[dbackjon]

UMass, Albany and Illinois State lost first games, both out.

[dbackjon]

Alabama creamed TTU, will play again for regional title starting now.