The NCAA Division II Women's Softball Committee has selected the 48 teams that will participate in the NCAA Division II Softball Regionals beginning Thursday, May 8.
Six teams will participate in each of eight on-campus regional sites in double-elimination tournaments to determine the eight participants in the 2003 NCAA Division II Women's Softball Championship, to be held May 15-19 at the Wallace Sports Complex in Salem, Oregon. Twenty-three of the 25 teams ranked in the last NFCA Division II Top 25 received bids to regional play. Top-ranked Barry will host the South Regional, No. 2 North Florida is hosting the South Atlantic Regional. Third-ranked North Dakota State will host the North Central Regional while defending national champion and fourth-ranked St. Mary's will host the South Central Regional in San Antonio. No. 6 Grand Valley State is hosting the Great Lakes Regional and No. 9 LeMoyne plays host to the Northeast Regional. Cal State-Bakersfield, ranked 13th in the latest poll, and No. 24 Shippensburg will host the West and Mid-Atlantic Regionals, respectively. Below is a list of the eight regionals with seeds and team records. Ê North Central Regional, Fargo, N.D. Hosted by North Dakota State University South Central Regional, San Antonio, Texas Hosted by St. Mary's University Great Lakes Regional, Allendale, Mich. Hosted by Grand Valley State University South Atlantic Regional, Jacksonville, Fla. Hosted by University of North Florida South Regional, Miami Shores, Fla. Hosted by Barry University West Regional, Bakersfield, Calif. Hosted by California State University, Bakersfield Northeast Regional, Syracuse, N.Y. Hosted by LeMoyne College Mid-Atlantic Regional, Shippensburg, Pa. Hosted by Shippensburg University
1.
North Dakota State
38-8
2.
Nebraska-Omaha
38-10
3.
St. Cloud State
41-14
4.
Augustana (S.D.)
43-19
5.
Truman State
39-14
6.
Winona State
40-11-1
1.
St. Mary's (Texas)
45-10
2.
Angelo State
47-8
3.
Tarleton State
39-18
4.
Southeastern Oklahoma State
43-13
5.
Texas A&M-Kingsville
32-19
6.
Fort Hays State
35-18
1.
Grand Valley State
46-4
2.
Wayne State
36-12
3.
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
43-9
4.
West Virginia Wesleyan
45-8
5.
Northern Kentucky
35-15
6.
Ashland
38-16
1.
North Florida
44-8
2.
Georgia College and State
36-7
3.
Columbus State
40-11
4.
Armstrong Atlantic State
38-11
5.
Longwood
36-4
6.
Wingate
33-13
1.
Barry
49-8
2.
West Florida
47-9
3.
Alabama-Huntsville
43-16
4.
Valdosta State
47-19
5.
Arkansas-Monticello
42-10
6.
Kentucky State
24-9
1.
Cal State Bakersfield
50-17
2.
Western New Mexico
52-8
3.
California-Davis
44-14
4.
Humboldt State
41-17
5.
Cal State Domiguez Hills
36-15-1
6.
Western Washington
26-20
1.
LeMoyne
43-8
2.
Long Island-C.W. Post
34-10
3.
American International
33-14
4.
Adelphi
32-15
5.
Queens (N.Y.)
28-15
6.
Massachusetts-Lowell
28-16-1
1.
Shippensburg
33-12
2.
Bloomsburg
35-11
3.
California (Pa.)
24-6
4.
Kutztown
21-16
5.
Indiana (Pa.)
25-16
6.
Shaw
30-12
