Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Will Head to Ann Arbor for NCAA Regional
May 16, 2004 | Softball
May 16, 2004
Region No. 6 Bracket in PDF Format
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The NCAA Division I Softball Committee has selected the 64 teams that will compete in the championship, and Bowling Green State University has earned the automatic bid from the Mid-American Conference. The Falcons will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., to compete in Region No. 6, and BGSU's first opponent will be Oregon State University. The Falcons and Beavers will play in the first game of the eight-team, double-elimination regional on Thursday (May 20) at 10:00 a.m.
The University of Michigan, the sixth seed nationally, is the top-seeded team and host of the regional, which will be held at Alumni Field from Thursday through Sunday (May 20-23). The host Wolverines enter the tournament with an overall record of 50-10. The rest of the field, in order of seeding, includes Tennessee (53-14), OSU (40-26), Notre Dame (48-18), DePaul (29-29-1), BGSU (34-28), Illinois-Chicago (38-21) and Canisius (23-28).
The Falcons of head coach Leigh Ross-Shaw are participating in the NCAA Regionals for the fourth time in school history, and the first time in 11 years. BGSU made regional appearances in 1982, 1988 and 1993.
This year's BGSU team earned the right to advance to the NCAA Regionals by winning the MAC Tournament in Akron, Ohio. The Falcons, seeded sixth for that six-team tourney, lost the opening game, then reeled off five consecutive wins to capture the title. BGSU eliminated each of the top-four seeds en route to the first MAC Tournament championship in school history.
The regional commences with five games on Thursday, and runs through Sunday (May 23). The complete bracket, plus some additional NCAA selection information, follows. More information will be posted on BGSUFalcons.com as it becomes available.
REGION NO. 6 -- ANN ARBOR, MICH.
Thursday, May 20 Game 1 -- #3 Oregon State (40-26) vs. #6 Bowling Green (34-28), 10 a.m. Game 2 -- #2 Tennessee (53-14) vs. #7 Ill.-Chicago (38-21), 12:30 p.m. Game 3 -- #4 Notre Dame (48-18) vs. #5 DePaul (29-29-1), 3 p.m. Game 4 -- #1 Michigan (50-10) vs. #8 Canisius (23-28), 5:30 p.m. Game 5 -- Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 8 p.m.Friday, May 21 Game 6 -- Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 10 a.m. Game 7 -- Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 12:30 p.m. Game 8 -- Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 3 p.m. Game 9 -- Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 loser, 5:30 p.m. Game 10 -- Game 5 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 22 Game 11 -- Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, Noon Game 12 -- Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 2:30 p.m. Game 13 -- Game 11 loser vs. Game 12 winner, 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 23 Game 14 -- Game 11 winner vs. Game 13 winner, Noon Game 15 (if necessary) -- Game 14 winner vs. Game 14 loser, 2:30 p.m.
Times are Eastern Daylight Time; schedule subject to change
Ticket Information
Tickets will be sold on site each day of the tournament at both entrances, on the northwest corner of the Alumni Field parking lot, near the Track Building and near Schembechler Hall/Oosterbaan Field House on the east side of Alumni Field.
Daily ticket prices are $8 for adults and $5 for senior citizens, college students with ID and under 18. An all-session pass, available for sale on Thursday, will be $25 for adults and $15 for senior citizens, college students with ID and under 18. The University of Michigan Ticket Office's number is (734) 764-0247.
Spectator Parking
The lot between Schembechler Hall and Yost Ice Arena, just to the east of Alumni Field is readily accessible. Additional parking is near the Track Building. More information can be found on the University of Michigan's athletics web site, mgoblue.com.
Eight teams will participate at each of eight regional sites in a double-elimination tournament. Eight teams will be seeded and each of the seeded teams will be placed at one of the regional sites. The regional winners advance to the Women's College World Series (WCWS), an eight-team, double-elimination tournament. (Note: The championship final is a single-game final.) Regionals will be conducted May 20-23. The WCWS will be conducted May 27-31 at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.
The NCAA Division I Softball Committee selected teams from the following eight regions to participate in the championship: Central, East, Northeast, South, Mideast, Midwest, West and Pacific. Twenty-seven conferences were granted automatic qualification for the 2004 championship.
The top eight teams were seeded in order. The remainder of the teams were placed in regional brackets to create balanced competition and avoid conference match ups when possible. Teams hosting regionals, which were named two weeks prior to team selections, were not guaranteed a bid to the championship.
The dates, sites and pairings are as follows:
DATES/SITES/PAIRINGS:
Region No. 1 - May 20-23 at Tucson, Arizona
*No. 1 seed Arizona (53-4)
No. 2 seed Oklahoma (39-19-1)
No. 3 seed Northwestern (32-18)
No. 4 seed South Carolina (27-22)
No. 5 seed Louisiana-Lafayette (55-6)
No. 6 seed UC Santa Barbara (32-29)
No. 7 seed Temple (29-16)
No. 8 seed Centenary (Louisiana) (35-28)
Region No. 2 - May 20-23 at Los Angeles
*No. 1 seed UCLA (39-9)
No. 2 seed Alabama (42-18)
No. 3 seed Long Beach State (48-11)
No. 4 seed Louisville (40-17)
No. 5 seed Missouri (27-24)
No. 6 seed Cornell (39-11)
No. 7 seed Central Michigan (32-17)
No. 8 seed Mississippi Valley (31-13)
Region No. 3 - May 20-23 at Waco, Texas
No. 1 seed LSU (50-10)
No. 2 seed Illinois (41-19-1)
* No. 3 seed Baylor (45-14)
No. 4 seed Seton Hall (44-17)
No. 5 seed Houston (38-22)
No. 6 seed North Carolina (43-20)
No. 7 seed Texas-San Antonio (37-15)
No. 8 seed Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (39-19)
Region No. 4 - May 20-23 at Tallahassee, Florida
*No. 1 seed Florida State (40-18)
No. 2 seed Oregon (38-19)
No. 3 seed South Florida (57-12)
No. 4 seed Florida (40-18)
No. 5 seed Cal State Northridge (33-17)
No. 6 seed Ohio State (34-23)
No. 7 seed Bethune-Cookman (44-26)
No. 8 seed Long Island (27-26)
Region No. 5 - May 20-23 at Lincoln, Nebraska
No. 1 seed California (46-11)
* No. 2 seed Nebraska (40-15)
No. 3 seed Florida Atlantic (54-16)
No. 4 seed Mississippi State (38-24)
No. 5 seed Iowa (36-22)
No. 6 seed Creighton (39-15-1)
No. 7 seed Lehigh (40-15-2)
No. 8 seed Maine (27-21)
Region No. 6 - May 20-23 at Ann Arbor, Michigan
*No. 1 seed Michigan (50-10)
No. 2 seed Tennessee (53-14)
No. 3 seed Oregon State (40-26)
No. 4 seed Notre Dame (48-18)
No. 5 seed DePaul (29-29-1)
No. 6 seed Bowling Green (34-28)
No. 7 seed Illinois-Chicago (38-21)
No. 8 seed Canisius (23-28)
Region No. 7 - May 20-23 at Stanford, California
*No. 1 seed Stanford (43-16)
No. 2 seed Auburn (42-15)
No. 3 seed Fresno State (47-18)
No. 4 seed Pacific (California) (34-21)
No. 5 seed Southern Mississippi (32-24)
No. 6 seed Southern Illinois (42-15)
No. 7 seed Hofstra (34-19)
No. 8 seed Utah (23-31)
Region No. 8 - May 20-23 at Athens, Georgia
No. 1 seed Washington (36-17)
*No. 2 seed Georgia (51-14)
No. 3 seed Georgia Tech (45-16)
No. 4 seed Texas A&M (32-20)
No. 5 seed Michigan State (33-23)
No. 6 seed Massachusetts (33-15)
No. 7 seed Eastern Kentucky (41-15)
No. 8 seed Chattanooga (45-23)
*Host institution.
Teams advancing to the Women's College World Series (WCWS), May 27-31 at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City will advance into the WCWS bracket according to the overall regional seeding (i.e., regional No. 1 winner will be seed No.1).
(Some information for this story courtesy mgoblue.com and www.ncaasports.com)
