Jacks to Fayetteville for NCAA Softball Regional

Jacks to Fayetteville for NCAA Softball Regional

(KCCR) – FAYETTEVILLE – The South Dakota State University softball team now knows its destination for the NCAA Softball Championship. The Jacks will be in the Fayetteville, Arkansas, regional and will face Stanford in the opening round of the tournament on Friday.

The Jackrabbits, 42-6 overall and the Summit League regular season and tournament champions, are making their first-ever NCAA appearance at the Division I level. Stanford enters the tournament with a 31-20 overall record. Game time is set for 2:30 p.m. at Bogle Park on the University of Arkansas campus.

The four-team regional will feature a double-elimination format with host Arkansas, 40-9 overall, as the No. 6 overall seed and is scheduled to begin the tournament against Manhattan on Friday with first pitch at noon.

Head Coach of the Jackrabbit Softball team, Krista Wood says she was proud of her team fighting back through the tournament…

South Dakota state, after losing the first game of the tournament won the next four games including beating Omaha back-to-back to win the Summit League title. Wood says she told the girls it was nothing new…

And Wood says she can’t be happier with the Summit League championship…

The winner of the four-team regional will advance to the Super Regionals slated for May 28-30.