The NCAA Division II Softball Committee has selected the 64 teams that will participate in the 2006 NCAA Division II Softball Regional Championships. Eight teams will participate at each of eight regional sites in double-elimination tournaments to determine the final eight championship participants. Regional competition will be held May 11-15. Winners will advance to the finals to be held May 18-22, at the James I. Moyer Softball Complex in Salem, Virginia. 

A list of teams by region follows. 


SITES/PAIRINGS: 
*Host Institution 

Great Lakes Regional at Edwardsville, Illinois 
1.-* Southern Illinois Edwardsville-46-8-0 
2.- Gannon-39-16-0 
3.- Southern Indiana-37-16-0 
4.- Lewis-39-13-0 
5.- Northern Kentucky -38-19-0 
6.- Wayne State (Michigan)-32-24-0 
7.- West Virginia Wesleyan-43-22-0 
8.- Grand Valley State-34-19-0 

Mid-Atlantic Regional at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania 
1.- Lock Haven-46-3-0 
2.-* Shippensburg-40-18-0 
3.- Kutztown-32-17-0 
4.- Bloomsburg-35-17-0 
5.- California (Pennsylvania)-24-15-0 
6.- East Stroudsburg-26-25-0 
7.- Millersville-29-19-0 
8.- North Carolina Central-34-14-0 

North Central Regional at Emporia, Kansas 
1.-* Emporia State-54-4-0 
2.- Southwest Minnesota State-41-10-0 
3.- Nebraska-Omaha-45-11-0 
4.- Northwest Missouri State-39-13-0 
5.- Concordia-St. Paul-39-15-0 
6.- Missouri Western State-39-18-0 
7.- Augustana (South Dakota)-29-19-0 
8.- Washburn-36-19-0 

Northeast Regional at Smithfield, Rhode Island 
1.- C.W. Post-42-10-0 
2.- Adelphi-31-16-0 
3.-* Bryant-29-16-0 
4.- Caldwell-36-15-0 
5.- Massachusetts-Lowell-31-20-0 
6.- Queens (New York)-27-20-0 
7.- Le Moyne-29-19-0 
8.- Southern New Hampshire-21-21-0 

South Regional at Lakeland, Florida 
1.-* Florida Southern-49-5-0 
2.- Barry-37-11-0 
3.- Alabama-Huntsville-48-15-0 
4.- North Alabama-39-18-0 
5.- Florida Gulf Coast-57-7-0 
6.- Saint Leo-37-18-0 
7.- Valdosta State-38-22-0 
8.- Kentucky State-26-8-0 

South Atlantic Regional at Columbus, Georgia 
1.-* Columbus State-38-13-0 
2.- GC&SU-40-11-0 
3.- Wingate-45-9-0 
4.- Lenoir-Rhyne-49-10-1 
5.- South Carolina Upstate-41-16-1 
6.- Carson-Newman-40-13-0 
7.- Armstrong Atlantic State-37-25-0 
8.- Queens (North Carolina)-33-22-0 

South Central Regional at Wichita Falls, Texas 
1.-* Midwestern State-44-13-0 
2.- Abilene Christian-41-17-0 
3.- Regis (Colorado)-48-13-0 
4.- Southeastern Oklahoma State-41-12-0 
5.- St. Mary's (Texas)-46-23-0 
6.- St. Edward's-43-20-0 
7.- Central Oklahoma-26-15-0 
8.- Incarnate Word-43-17-0 

West Regional at Bakersfield, California 
1.- Humboldt State-52-4-0 
2.-* Cal State Bakersfield-46-10-0 
3.- San Francisco State-40-14-0 
4.- Cal State Dominguez Hills-42-9-0 
5.- Cal State Stanislaus-32-21-0 
6.- Hawaii-Hilo-29-17-0 
7.- Seattle-33-20-0 
8.- Hawaii Pacific-27-18-0 

For more information about the Division II softball championship, log on to www.ncaasports.com.