The NCAA Division III Women's Softball Committee has selected the 48 teams that will participate in the NCAA Division IIISoftball Regionals beginning Friday, May 9.

Five teams will compete at five first-round sites and six teams will compete at three other first-round sites for a total of eight first-round sites. All first-rounds will use a double-elimination format. The eight first-round site winners will advance to the Division III Softball Championships, to be held May 16-20 at the Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Va.

Thirty-three conferences have been granted automatic qualification and eight independents were selected for the 2003 championship. The two remaining teams were selected on an at-large basis from automatic qualifying conferences.

Seed No. 1, Tacoma, Wash.

1. Pacific Lutheran 30-1
2. Central (Iowa) 32-4-1
3. East Texas Baptist 30-11
4. Cal Lutheran 22-18
5. Chapman 29-8

Seed No. 2, Atlanta, Ga.

1. Emory 33-4
2. Methodist 36-8
3. Mount St. Joseph 23-16
4. Emory and Henry 21-10
5. Millsaps 26-9

Seed No. 3, New Concord, Ohio

1. Muskingum 39-3
2. Alma 30-4
3. Bethany (W. Va.) 31-6
4. Wittenburg 24-19
5. Cabrini 33-6

Seed No. 4, Mahwah, N.J.

1. Ramapo 30-5
2. Salisbury 37-3-1
3. Moravian 29-8
4. Hunter 22-11-1
5. Muhlenburg 14-19
6. Merchant Marine 16-23

Seed No. 5, Cortland, N.Y.

1. SUNY-Cortland 38-6-1
2. Union (N.Y.) 23-5
3. Ithaca 28-9
4. William Patterson 27-10-1
5. Elms 28-5
6. King's (Pa.) 24-9

Seed No. 6, Bloomington, Ill.

1. Illinois Wesleyan 33-6
2. Chicago 21-8
3. Washington (Mo.) 30-7
4. Fontbonne 21-12
5. Wisconsin-Whitewater 22-16-1

Seed No. 7, Waverly, iowa

1. Gustavus Adolphus 26-9
2. Wartburg 30-7
3. Lake Forest 23-11
4. Clarke 26-18
5. Marian (Wisc.) 20-16

Seed No. 8, Norton, Mass.

1. Tufts 25-11
2. Wheaton (Mass.) 33-7
3. Endicott 34-3
4. Western New England 28-5
5. Keene State 25-12
6. Fitchburg State 19-13

 

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