University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Cajuns Going to A&M for NCAA Regional
5/13/2007 5:00:00 AM | Softball
No. 23 Louisiana (46-16) will play
No. 7 Texas A&M (40-10) earned the NCAA's No. 4 national seed and will meet
The Cajuns boast a better record vs. the Top 25 than any of the three other teams in their region, but have the least experience against their regional foes. UL is 5-3 vs. the Top 25, while TAMU is 7-6, UH is 1-10 and SHS is 0-4. UL had just the two games vs. UH on their schedule, but the Cougars met all three regional opponents twice, losing to the Cajuns and Aggies both times, but defeating the Bearkats twice. The Aggies and Bearkats met once during the season with TAMU prevailing by a 9-0 score.
The winner of the region will advance to a super-regional to face the NCAA's No. 13 region consisting of No. 17 Georgia Tech, No. 18 Texas, No. 19 Florida, and Stetson.
The Cajuns have made the NCAA Tournament every season under head coach
DATES/SITES/PAIRINGS:
*No. 1 seed
Pacific (34-22) vs.
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*No. 9 seed
*Hofstra (40-13) vs. Harvard (31-13)
Albany (N.Y.) (33-15) vs. No. 8 seed Baylor (45-13)
No. 5 seed
Loyola Marymount (45-16) vs. *No. 12 seed UCLA (36-16)
*No. 13 seed
College Station Regional - May 18-20 at College Station ,Texas
Houston (42-16) vs. La.- Lafayette (46-16)
Sam Houston St. (37-24) vs. *No. 4 seed Texas A&M (40-10)
No. 3 seed
*No. 11 seed
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Creighton (39-12-1) vs. No. 6 seed
No. 7 seed
*Brigham Young (41-18) vs. Cal Poly (39-15)
*Stanford (33-19-1) vs.
Cal St. Northridge (23-21) vs. No. 10 seed LSU (52-10)
No. 15 seed
Evanston Regional - May 18-20 at Evanston, Illinois
Illinois St. (42-15-1) vs. Notre Dame (31-22)
Wright St. (25-33) vs. *No. 2 seed Northwestern (45-11)
* Indicates host institution
CHAMPIONSHIP STRUCTURE:
The Division I championship provides for a field of 64 teams. The championship will be three weekends of competition. Four teams will participate at each of 16 regional sites in a double-elimination tournament. Sixteen teams were seeded and placed at one of the regional sites. The regional winners will advance to super regional competition for a best-of-three series May 25-26 (Memorial Day Weekend) at eight campus sites. The remaining eight teams will advance to the WCWS, an eight-team, double-elimination tournament. The championship final will be a best-of-three-series. The WCWS will be conducted May 31 to June 6 at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in
SELECTION PROCESS:
The NCAA Division I Softball Committee selected teams from the following eight regions to participate in the championship: Central, East, Northeast, South,
SEEDING, SITES:
Teams were selected to the field of 64 teams. The top 16 teams were seeded in order, and the remaining teams were placed in regional brackets to create balanced competition and avoid conference match-ups, when possible.
CONFERENCES RECEIVING AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATION:
America East Conference ? Albany (N.Y.)
Atlantic Coast Conference ?Virginia Tech
Atlantic-10 Conference ? Massachusetts
Atlantic Sun Conference ? Stetson
Big East Conference ? Louisville
Big South Conference ?Winthrop
Big Ten Conference ? Ohio St.
Big 12 Conference ? Oklahoma
Big West Conference ? Cal Poly
Colonial Athletic Conference ? Hofstra
Conference USA Conference ? Houston
Horizon League Conference ? Wright St.
Ivy Group ? Harvard
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference ? Canisius
Mid-American Athletic Conference ? Eastern Mich.
Mid-Continent Conference ?Southern Utah
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference ? Winner of N.C. A&T /Howard
Missouri Valley Conference ? Creighton
Mountain West Conference ? Brigham Young
Northeast Conference ? Long Island
Ohio Valley Conference ? Tennessee Tech
Pacific Coast Softball Conference ? Loyola Marymount
Pacific-10 Conference ? Arizona
Patriot League Conference ? Colgate
Southeastern Conference ? LSU
Southern Conference ? Furman
Southland Conference ? Sam Houston St.
Southwestern Athletic Conference ? Mississippi Valley
Western Athletic Conference ? Fresno St.
