Softball Goes Dancing In The NCAA Tournament For The Third Time Program History

2024 NCAA DII SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT FIELD

MIDLAND, MICH. – The Northwood University softball team has been named the No.7 seed in the Midwest Region heading into the 2024 NCAA DII Softball Tournament. Regional competition begins May 9 and championship games occur May 19-25 in Boombah-Soldiers Creek Park in Longwood, FL.

The 2024 DII NCAA Tournament brackets were announced Monday morning (May 6). The Midwest Regionals are split into two locations, with top-seeded Indianapolis hosting No. 4 Lewis, No. 5 Saginaw Valley St., and No. 8 Missouri S&T. In the other regional,  No. 2 Trevecca Nazarene will host No. 3 Ohio Dominican, No. 6 Grand Valley St., and No. 7 Northwood. 

This marks Northwood's third trip to the NCAA Tournament in school history (2005, 2021, 2024) and the second trip under Head Coach Gregg Sauve.

Northwood earned an automatic bid, winning the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) tournament last weekend (May 1-4). Emily Cox, Delanie Gale, Elexia Fuentes, Ashlyn Lundquist, and Ashley Ziel were named to the All-Tournament team with Cox taking home Most Valuable Player honors. Cox led the Timberwolves to a 4-0 mark, pitching all 30 innings while allowing just three earned runs. Northwood won their opening-round matchup vs. Findlay, 5-2, before beating Trevecca in extras, 3-2, and shutting out Cedarville in the semis, 2-0, to advance to the title game. The Timbys would beat Findlay in extras again, 2-1, following a walk-off hit-by-pitch drawn by Madison Jordan to claim the 2024 G-MAC Title.

Northwood's opening game versus No. 2 Trevecca Nazarene is set for Thursday (May 9) at noon CT/ 1 p.m. ET. You can stay tuned to Gonorthwood.com for an updated schedule and times.

The NCAA Tournament Schedule is. as follows - 

Regionals

• ​​​​Thursday, May 9 - Saturday, May 11

Super Regionals

• Tuesday, May 14 - Wednesday, May 15

Championship

• Sunday, May 19 - Saturday, May 25