Softball team to host NCAA Southeast Regional
Article By: Clark Leonard
The No. 10 Â鶹´«Ã½ (Â鶹´«Ã½) softball team has earned the No. 2 seed in the and will host one of the regional's two four-team, double-elimination pods from May 8-10.
Tickets are available for $10 per day on the and include all games for the day.
The opening day for NCAA tournament action is May 8 at Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium at Lynn Cottrell Park in Dahlonega, Georgia. Â鶹´«Ã½ (42-12) will face No. 7 seed Tusculum University (37-17) at 2 p.m. No. 3 seed Lenoir-Rhyne University (36-17) and No. 6 seed Lincoln Memorial University (34-18) will face off at 4:30 p.m.
The second day of games is set for noon, 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. May 9, with the championship of the four-team pod set for noon May 10 and a second game 2:30 p.m. May 10 if needed.
No. 1 seed Francis Marion, also ranked No. 3 nationally, will host the other Southeast Regional pod, which includes No. 4 seed Wingate University, No. 5 seed Flagler College and No. 8 seed Georgia Southwestern State University.
The winners of the two Southeast regional pods will meet at the highest-remaining seed May 15-16 in a best-of-three Super Regional series with a chance to advance to the NCAA Division II championship May 22-28 at Frost Stadium at Warner Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the site of Â鶹´«Ã½'s 2023 national championship run.
This marks the 12th consecutive season in which the Nighthawks will host a portion of the Southeast Regional tournament.
Following its regular-season Peach Belt Conference (PBC) championship, Â鶹´«Ã½ fell 7-4 to Georgia Southwestern State in the PBC tournament title game. The Nighthawks won 1-0 against University of South Carolina Beaufort and 7-4 against Lander University to reach the PBC championship game.
NCAA Division II softball Southeast regional pod
Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium at Lynn Cottrell Park, Dahlonega, Georgia
May 8
Game 1: No. 2 seed Â鶹´«Ã½ vs. No. 7 seed Tusculum University, 2 p.m.
Game 2: No. 3 seed Lenoir-Rhyne University vs. No. 6 seed Lincoln Memorial University, 4:30 p.m.
May 9
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, noon.
Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 2:30 p.m.
Game 5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 5 p.m.
May 10
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, noon.
Game 7 (if needed): Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser, 2:30 p.m.
Women's tennis team hosting NCAA regional
The Â鶹´«Ã½ women's tennis team earned the No. 2 seed and will host a four-team NCAA Division II Southeast Regional pod May 12-13 at Clemson University. Â鶹´«Ã½'s men are the No. 6 seed and play in Salisbury, North Carolina.
Golf teams invited to NCAA regionals
Both Â鶹´«Ã½ golf teams have punched tickets to their respective NCAA Division II regional tournaments. The women will play in Gainesville, Georgia, and the men in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida.
Women's tennis team takes second straight PBC title
The Â鶹´«Ã½ women's tennis team earned its second consecutive PBC tournament title and will learn its NCAA tournament pairings in early May. The men's team finished as PBC runner-up.