Michigan Headed to Washington for NCAA Regional, Matched Against Seattle
5/16/2021 10:22:00 PM | Softball
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The University of Michigan earned its 26th consecutive -- and 28th overall -- selection to the NCAA Softball Championship and will head to the Seattle Regional to open play against Seattle at 5 p.m. PDT on Friday (May 21) at Husky Softball Stadium. ESPN2 will televise the game.
No. 16 seed Washington will serve as the host school and face Portland State at 7:30 p.m. PDT on Friday on the other side of the regional bracket. The regional round is a four-team, double-elimination tournament played over three days.
The winner of the Seattle Regional will move on to a super regional against the winner of the regional being hosted by Oklahoma in Norman. That regional consists of No. 1 overall seed Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Wichita State and Morgan State. The super regional is a best-of-three format with the winner advancing to the eight-team Women's College World Series, scheduled for June 3-9 in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Michigan (36-6), the 2021 Big Ten Conference champion, is making its 28th NCAA Tournament appearance (1992-93, '95-2021) and has earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament every season since 1995. It is just the seventh time in program history that U-M will play a regional round on the road. Michigan previously traveled to Seattle in 2017. The Wolverines are 84-19 all-time in the NCAA Regional round and have won 18 regional titles.
Seattle Regional Schedule
Friday, May 21
Game 1 -- #2 seed Michigan vs. #3 seed Seattle, 5 p.m. PDT
Game 2 -- #1 seed Washington vs. #4 seed Portland State, 7:30 p.m. PDT
Saturday, May 22
Game 3 -- Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 3 p.m. PDT
Game 4 -- Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 5:30 p.m. PDT
Game 5 -- Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 8 p.m. PDT
Sunday, May 23
Game 6 -- Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 5 p.m. PDT
Game 7 (if necessary) -- Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser, 7:30 p.m. PDT
