Michigan Headed to Orlando for NCAA Regional, Matched Against South Dakota State – University of Michigan Athletics

Michigan Headed to Orlando for NCAA Regional, Matched Towards South Dakota State

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The College of Michigan softball group earned its twenty seventh consecutive — and twenty ninth general — choice to the NCAA Event and can head to the Orlando Regional to open play towards South Dakota State at 3:30 p.m. on Friday (Might 20) at UCF Softball Complicated. The sport shall be streamed reside on ESPN+.

No. 16 seed UCF will function the host faculty and face Villanova at 6 p.m. on Friday on the opposite aspect of the regional bracket. The regional spherical is a four-team, double-elimination event performed over three days.

The winner of the Orlando Regional will transfer on to an excellent regional towards the winner of the regional being hosted by Oklahoma in Norman. That regional consists of No. 1 general seed Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Minnesota and Prairie View A&M. The tremendous regional is a best-of-three format with the winner advancing to the eight-team Ladies’s Faculty World Sequence, scheduled for June 2-8 in Oklahoma Metropolis, Okla.

Michigan (36-16) is making its twenty ninth NCAA Event look (1992-93, ’95-2022) and has earned a spot within the NCAA Event each season since 1995. It’s simply the eighth time in program historical past that U-M will play a regional spherical on the street. The Wolverines are 86-21 all-time within the NCAA Regional spherical and have gained 18 regional titles.

Orlando Regional Schedule

Friday, Might 20
Recreation 1 — #2 seed Michigan vs. #3 seed South Dakota State, 3:30 p.m.
Recreation 2 — #1 seed UCF vs. #4 seed Villanova, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Might 21
Recreation 3 — Recreation 1 winner vs. Recreation 2 winner, Midday
Recreation 4 — Recreation 1 loser vs. Recreation 2 loser, 2:30 p.m.
Recreation 5 — Recreation 3 loser vs. Recreation 4 winner, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Might 22
Recreation 6 — Recreation 3 winner vs. Recreation 5 winner, 2 p.m.
Recreation 7 (if vital) — Recreation 6 winner vs. Recreation 6 loser, 4:30 p.m.