Softball gets #3 seed in NCAA Regional Tournament; will play #6 St. Joseph's (ME)
2011 NCAA DIVISION III SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTIONS
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division III Softball Committee has announced the 60 teams that will compete in the Division III Softball Championship.
Six teams will compete at two regional sites and eight teams will compete at six regional sites for a total of eight regional sites. All sites will use a double-elimination format.
The six-team regional rounds will be held May 13-16 on the campuses of competing institutions. The eight-team regional rounds will be held May 12-16 on the campuses of competing institutions. The finals, hosted by the City of Salem and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, will be held May 20-24 at the Moyer Complex in Salem, Va.
Forty-one conferences received automatic qualification (Pool A). Two institutions were selected from Pool B, which includes independent institutions and institutions from conferences that do not meet the automatic qualification criteria. The 17 remaining teams were selected on an at-large basis from automatic qualifying conferences and the remaining institutions in Pool B.
| Conference | School |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | D’Youville |
| American Southwest Conference | East Texas Baptist |
| Capital Athletic Conference | Salisbury |
| Centennial Conference | Muhlenberg |
| City University of New York Athletic Conference | College of Staten Island |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | North Central College |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Centenary College (N.J.) |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Endicott |
| Commonwealth Conference | Messiah |
| Empire 8 | St. John Fisher |
| Freedom Conference | King’s College (Pa.) |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | St. Joseph’s College (Maine) |
| Great South Athletic Conference | Piedmont College |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Anderson (Ind.) |
| Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Luther |
| Landmark Conference | Moravian |
| Little East Conference | Eastern Connecticut State |
| Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference | Worcester State |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Trine |
| Midwest Conference | Ripon |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | St. Thomas (Minn.) |
| New England Collegiate Conference | Lesley |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Middlebury |
| New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference | U.S. Coast Guard |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | Kean |
| North Atlantic Conference | Husson |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Hiram |
| North Eastern Athletic Conference | Keuka |
| Northern Athletics Conference | Benedictine (Ill.) |
| Northwest Conference | Linfield |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Ohio Northern |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Virginia Wesleyan |
| Presidents’ Athletic Conference | Bethany (W.Va.) |
| Skyline Conference | SUNY-Farmingdale |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Redlands |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | DePauw |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Fontbonne |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | SUNY-Cortland |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | St. Scholastica |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Shenandoah |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | UW-River Falls |
| School |
|---|
| Emory University |
| Washington University in St. Louis |
| School |
|---|
| Alma |
| Baldwin-Wallace |
| Central (Iowa) |
| Christopher Newport |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| Coe |
| Ithaca |
| Louisiana College |
| Mississippi College |
| Montclair State |
| Rhode Island College |
| Rowan |
| Texas-Tyler |
| Western Connecticut State |
| UW-Eau Claire |
| UW-La Crosse |
| UW-Whitewater |
| Regional/School | Location/Record |
|---|---|
| Regional at Adrian | Mich. (*Adrian) |
| Alma | (33-6) |
| Baldwin-Wallace | (27-9) |
| Bethany (W.Va.) | (29-14) |
| D’Youville | (21-8) |
| DePauw | (27-8-1) |
| Hiram | (25-12) |
| Ohio Northern | (26-12) |
| Trine | (27-11) |
| Regional at Cortland | N.Y. (*SUNY-Cortland) |
| King’s (Pa.) | (18-11) |
| Montclair State | (27-10) |
| Moravian | (35-7) |
| Piedmont | (27-13) |
| Staten Island | (26-11) |
| SUNY-Cortland | (36-3-1) |
| Regional at Eau Claire | Wis. (*UW-Eau Claire) |
| Luther | (37-4) |
| North Central (Ill.) | (26-12) |
| Ripon | (24-8) |
| St. Scholastica | (28-13) |
| St. Thomas (Minn.) | (39-4) |
| UW-Eau Claire | (29-14) |
| UW-La Crosse | (27-14) |
| UW-River Falls | (26-13) |
| Regional at Ithaca | N.Y. (*Ithaca) |
| Centenary (N.J.) | (29-11) |
| Ithaca | (27-12) |
| Keuka | (20-3-1) |
| Messiah | (35-5) |
| Middlebury | (29-6) |
| Muhlenberg | (25-15) |
| St. John Fisher | (28-12-1) |
| Western Connecticut State | (27-12) |
| Regional at Pella | Iowa (*Central (Iowa)) |
| Anderson (Ind.) | (28-13) |
| Benedictine (Ill.) | (37-6) |
| Central (Iowa) | (35-7) |
| Coe | (34-9) |
| Fontbonne | (29-8) |
| Linfield | (41-2) |
| Washington U. in St. Louis | (30-9-1) |
| UW-Whitewater | (26-10) |
| Regional at Providence | R.I. (*Rhode Island College) |
| Coast Guard | (36-2) |
| Eastern Connecticut State | (30-4) |
| Endicott | (35-6) |
| Husson | (25-17) |
| Lesley | (29-6) |
| Rhode Island College | (33-11) |
| St. Joseph’s (Maine) | (35-8) |
| Worcester State | (28-9) |
| Regional at Salisbury | Md. (*Salisbury College) |
| Christopher Newport | (31-10) |
| Emory | (40-2-1) |
| Farmingdale State | (32-5) |
| Kean | (16-25) |
| Rowan | (28-11) |
| Salisbury | (33-4) |
| Shenandoah | (30-15) |
| Virginia Wesleyan | (29-9) |
| Regional at Tyler | Texas (*Texas-Tyler) |
| Claremont-Mudd Scripps | (34-10) |
| East Texas Baptist | (36-7) |
| Louisiana College | (28-10) |
| Mississippi College | (32-13) |
| Redlands | (34-9) |
| Texas-Tyler | (34-11) |
| *Indicates host institution |
In 2010, East Texas Baptist scored two runs in the seventh inning to capture its first Division III Softball Championship title with a 5-4 victory against Linfield in Eau Claire, Wis.