Softball Team Earns Bid to NCAA Championships

BLOOMSBURG-- For the 27th consecutive year the Bloomsburg University softball team has earned a bid to the NCAA Division II softball championships. The Huskies will be the second seed in the Atlantic Region 2 bracket to be held at Kutztown University May 8-10.

In all the NCAA Division II Softball Committee has selected the 64 teams that will participate in the 2009 NCAA Division II Softball Regional Championships. Four teams will participate at each of 16 regional sites in double-elimination tournaments. Winners of the regional competition will advance to the super regionals May 15-16. The finals will be held May 21-25 in Salem, Virginia, at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex.

In the opener of the Atlantic region the Huskies (34-9) will face the third-seed West Virginia Wesleyan (40-13) at a time to be determined, while the other opening game will feature Kutztown (42-9-1) against fourth seeded West Chester (28-18). The tournament winner will advance to the super regional against the winner of the other Atlantic Regional featuring Lock Haven, California, Pa., Shippensburg and Bowie State.