Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State Softball Plays Host to NCAA Regional
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 16, 1999
The second-ranked Fresno State softball team (60-8) will play host to the NCAA Softball Regional Championships beginning Thursday, May 20 at Bulldog Diamond. Seeded number one in their regional, the Bulldogs will meet Florida A & M (34-29), a first-time participant in the NCAA championships, in the 7:30 p.m. game Thursday night.
The Southeastern Conference's South Carolina (47-19), the number-two seed, will play fifth-seeded Texas Tech (33-29). One of the eight Pac 10 teams to make the tournament, third-seeded Stanford (40-23) will meet fourth-seeded Pacific (37-20).
The NCAA proposed times for the games, are as follows:
Thursday, May 20 -
Game 3 Game 2 Game 1
Friday, May 21
2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 22
2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 23
1 p.m. (30 minutes later if necessary)
all times Pacific Daylight Time
Fresno State is the only school to have qualified for each of the 18 Division I softball championships and has played host to a regional on 15 occasions.
With the championship bracket expanded to 48 teams, 16 squads are making their first appearances in the Division I womens softball championship field, including Alabama, Colgate, Cornell, East Carolina, Florida A & M, Florida Atlantic, Long Island-Brooklyn, Manhattan, Maryland, Oregon State, Southern Mississippi, Southeast Missouri State, Southern University, Southwest Texas State, Tennessee and Texas Tech.
The entire bracket is as follows: (* indicates host institution)
May 20-23 at Los Angeles
No. 1 seed * UCLA (55-6)
No. 2 seed Missouri (38-19)
No. 3 seed Minnesota (44-18)
No. 4 seed Creighton (31-26)
No. 5 seed Cal State Northridge (29-22)
No. 6 seed Alabama (39-24)
May 20-23 at Tucson, Arizona
No. 1 seed * Arizona (47-13)
No. 2 seed Kansas (29-28)
No. 3 seed Maryland (47-20)
No. 4 seed Southwest Texas State (34-29)
No. 5 seed Southeast Missouri State (30-15)
No. 6 seed East Carolina (50-18)
May 20-23 at Seattle
No. 1 seed * Washington (44-17)
No. 2 seed Hawaii (32-31)
No. 3 seed Tennessee (44-25)
No. 4 seed Cal State Fullerton (34-27)
No. 5 seed Texas A & M (40-20)
No. 6 seed Colgate (23-23)
May 20-23 at Fresno, Calif.
No. 1 seed * Fresno State (60-8)
No. 2 seed South Carolina (47-19)
No. 3 seed Stanford (40-23)
No. 4 seed Pacific (37-20)
No. 5 seed Texas Tech (33-29)
No. 6 seed Florida A & M (34-29)
May 20-23 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
No. 1 seed * LSU (53-8)
No. 2 seed Oklahoma (38-13)
No. 3 seed Oregon State (44-23)
No. 4 seed Southern Mississippi (48-6)
No. 5 seed Long Beach State (33-19)
No. 6 seed Southern University (31-12)
May 20-23 at Ann Arbor, Mich.
No. 1 seed * Michigan (51-11-1)
No. 2 seed Nebraska (31-19)
No. 3 seed Arizona State (37-25)
No. 4 seed Central Michigan (41-16)
No. 5 seed Notre Dame (41-18)
No. 6 seed Florida Atlantic (47-18)
May 20-23 at Amherst, Massachusetts
No. 1 seed Southwestern Louisiana (51-9)
No. 2 seed * Massachusetts (41-8)
No. 3 seed California (44-19)
No. 4 seed Hofstra (40-17)
No. 5 seed Long Island - Brooklyn (27-21)
No. 6 seed Manhattan (23-23)
May 20-23 at Chicago (DePaul hosting at Illinois-Chicago)
No. 1 seed * Texas (44-15)
No. 2 seed DePaul (48-12)
No. 3 seed Illinois-Chicago (64-15)
No. 4 seed Oregon (39-27)
No. 5 seed Michigan State (39-21)
No. 6 seed Cornell (39-9)
In 1998, Fresno State defeated two-time defending champion Arizona 1-0 in the final game of the series May 25 at Oklahoma City.
A four-day tournament pass for box seats is $45 with the upper seats at $40. Single day tickets for box seats is $20 and $15 for upper seats. Riser seating is $30 for a four-day tournament pass or $13 per day. General Admission four-day tournament passes are $20 and $10 per day. Seniors and students can obtain a four-day tournament pass for $10 or a single day pass for $6.
For more information on tickets, please call (559) 278-DOGS.
