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. Seed No. 2, Atlanta, Ga. Seed No. 3, New Concord, Ohio Seed No. 4, Mahwah, N.J. Seed No. 5, Cortland, N.Y. Seed No. 6, Bloomington, Ill. Seed No. 7, Waverly, iowa Seed No. 8, Norton, Mass.
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
1.
Emory
33-4
2.
Methodist
36-8
3.
Mount St. Joseph
23-16
4.
Emory and Henry
21-10
5.
Millsaps
26-9
1.
Muskingum
39-3
2.
Alma
30-4
3.
Bethany (W. Va.)
31-6
4.
Wittenburg
24-19
5.
Cabrini
33-6
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
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
1.
Illinois Wesleyan
33-6
2.
Chicago
21-8
3.
Washington (Mo.)
30-7
4.
Fontbonne
21-12
5.
Wisconsin-Whitewater
22-16-1
1.
Gustavus Adolphus
26-9
2.
Wartburg
30-7
3.
Lake Forest
23-11
4.
Clarke
26-18
5.
Marian (Wisc.)
20-16
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
