Eagle Softball Holds At No. 9 In Midwest Rankings

Eagle Softball Holds At No. 9 In Midwest Rankings

LINK – ASHLAND UNIVERSITY SOFTBALL PAGE

LINK – NCAA DIVISION II SOFTBALL REGIONAL RANKINGS

For the third consecutive week, Ashland University's softball team is in the No. 9 spot in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional rankings, the latest of which were released on Wednesday (May 2) afternoon.

The Eagles (23-23) will begin 2018 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament play on Friday (May 4) at 12:30 p.m. vs. Saginaw Valley State (25-23), the No. 10 team in the Midwest.

The first two sets of regional rankings were released on April 18 and 25. The 2018 NCAA Division II postseason selection show will be Monday (May 7) at 10 a.m. on NCAA.com, and the top eight teams in the Midwest Region will play in two split regionals on May 10-12 at sites to be determined.

A 64-team field (the top eight teams from each of eight regions), the Division II softball tournament will begin on May 10 with 16 split regionals. The D-II national championships will be May 24-28 at the Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Va.

In the Midwest Region, automatic qualifiers come from the GLIAC, Great Lakes Valley Conference and Great Midwest Athletic Conference. The other five teams are chosen as at-large entries. There are 38 teams in the Midwest – nine in the GLIAC, 15 in the GLVC, 13 in the GMAC, and one independent (Oakland City).

Ashland is 20-26 all-time in the NCAA postseason, having qualified in 1996-99, 2002-03 and 2009-15.

 

2018 NCAA DIVISION II MIDWEST REGION RANKINGS

 

TEAM

3RD RANKING

2ND RANKING

1ST RANKING

Grand Valley State

1

1

1

Illinois-Springfield

2

2

2

McKendree

3

4

4

Indianapolis

4

3

3

Missouri-St. Louis

5

5

5

Southern Indiana

6

7

7

William Jewell

7

8

N/A

Truman

8

10

N/A

ASHLAND

9

9

9

Saginaw Valley State

10

6

6

Cedarville

N/A

N/A

8

Ohio Dominican

N/A

N/A

10

 

 

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