NCCU Softball prepares for first trip to NCAA Playoffs
May 8, 2006
DURHAM, NC -- North Carolina Central University will participate
in the NCAA Division II Softball Regional Championship for the
first time in school history on Thursday (May 11) when the No. 8
seed Lady Eagles play the top-seeded team in the Mid-Atlantic
Region, Lock Haven University, at 4 p.m. in Shippensburg, Pa.
NCCU (35-14) qualified for the eight-team, double-elimination
regional tournament by winning the Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association (CIAA) Championship, the school's first league title
since 1999.
Lock Haven (46-3) set a school record with 46 victories en route
to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship,
snapping a 24-year drought since the school's first softball crown
in 1982.
The other Mid-Atlantic regional match-ups, all teams from the
PSAC, include No. 2 Shippensburg University (40-18) versus No. 7
Millersville University (29-19), No. 3 Kutztown University (32-17)
against No. 6 East Stroudsburg University (26-25), and No. 4
Bloomsburg University (35-17) versus No. 5 California University
(24-15).
Thursday, May 11, 2006
10:00 a.m. - Game 1 -
Kutztown University (#3 Seed) vs. East Stroudsburg
University (#6 seed)
12:00 noon - Game 2 -
Shippensburg University (#2 Seed) vs.
Millersville University (#7Seed)
2:00 p.m. - Game 3 -
Bloomsburg University (#4 Seed) vs. California
University (#5 Seed)
4:00 p.m. - Game 4 -
Lock Haven University (#1 Seed) vs. North Carolina
Central University #8 Seed)
Friday, May 12, 2006
10:00 a.m. - Game 5 - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
12:00 noon - Game 6 Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
2:00 p.m. - Game 7 - Winner Game 1 vs. inner Game 2
4:00 p.m. - Game 8 - Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Saturday, May 13, 2006
10:00 a.m. - Game 9 -Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8
12:00 p.m. - Game 10 Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 5
2:00 p.m. - Game 11 - Winner Game 7 vs.Winner Game 8
4:00 p.m. - Game 12 - Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 9
Sunday, May 14, 2006
11:00 a.m. - Game 13 - Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 11
1:00 p.m. - Game 14 - Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 11
Monday, May 15, 2006
11:00 a.m. - Game 15 - Necessary Only If Winner Game 13 Defeats
Winner Game 11