Bowling Green State University Athletics
The Season Continues! Falcons Chosen to Participate in NISC
May 15, 2022 | Softball
BGSU heads to Fort Collins, Colo., for 12-team, double-elimination tournament
The Bowling Green State University softball team has been invited to national postseason play. The Falcons will head to Fort Collins, Colo., for the 2022 National Invitational Softball Championships.
BGSU will open play in the 12-team, double-elimination tournament on Friday morning (May 20). The Falcons, seeded ninth for the tournament, will face eighth-seeded Stephen F. Austin.
Tournament officials announced the field for the NISC on Sunday evening (May 15). THe NISC is a Division-I postseason softball event that includes four Power 5 programs and eight mid-majors with action set to begin on Friday (May 20) and run through May 26. All games will take place at the TC Colorado Field, just outside the offices of Triple Crown Sports in Fort Collins, Colo.
The NISC began in 2017 and ran through 2019 before stepping aside because of the COVID-19 pandemic for two years.
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The top-four seeds each have a first-round bye and will start on Saturday (May 21); the No. 1 seed for the 2022 NISC is Virginia (27-24). Baylor (28-24) is the No. 2 seed, UNLV (38-13) is seeded third and No. 4 is Central Arkansas (35-20). The rest of the field includes...
No. 5 George Washington (36-15)
No. 6 North Alabama (38-18)
No. 7 Rutgers (25-28)
No. 8 Stephen F. Austin (31-25)
No. 9 Bowling Green (32-19)
No. 10 UC San Diego (27-26)
No. 11 Tarleton State (29-23)
No. 12 Kansas (16-34)
To be eligible for consideration for the 2022 NISC, teams had to have an RPI in the national top 100 or have a winning record if its RPI was greater than 100. Conference record, results against the RPI Top 50, last 10 games, notable wins, upset losses and player injuries also were taken into consideration.
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This year's NISC features a double-elimination format. The schedule for the first two rounds is as follows (home team listed second)...
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Friday, May 20 (all times Mountain):
Bowling Green vs. Stephen F. Austin, 8:30 a.m.
Kansas vs. George Washington, 11 a.m.
UC San Diego vs. Rutgers, 1:30 p.m.
Tarleton State vs. North Alabama, 4 p.m.
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Saturday, May 21
TBA vs. Virginia, 8:30 a.m.
TBA vs. Central Arkansas, 11 a.m.
TBA vs. Baylor, 1:30 p.m.
TBA vs. UNLV, 4 p.m.
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The event concludes with the Championship Round on May 25-26, with the last four teams competing for the title.
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"We've been waiting to get this back on the calendar; it's the last Triple Crown event to return after the pandemic. The NISC will deliver a terrific group of teams, all making a highly competitive push to earn a national championship," said event director and Triple Crown founder David King. "We're super excited for the opportunity to help grow the sport even more."
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The 2017 NISC was won by Liberty; the 2018 crown went to Loyola Marymount, and the 2019 title went to UT Arlington.
Check back to BGSUFalcons.com later this week for much more information about the Falcons' trip to Colorado.
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BGSU will open play in the 12-team, double-elimination tournament on Friday morning (May 20). The Falcons, seeded ninth for the tournament, will face eighth-seeded Stephen F. Austin.
Tournament officials announced the field for the NISC on Sunday evening (May 15). THe NISC is a Division-I postseason softball event that includes four Power 5 programs and eight mid-majors with action set to begin on Friday (May 20) and run through May 26. All games will take place at the TC Colorado Field, just outside the offices of Triple Crown Sports in Fort Collins, Colo.
The NISC began in 2017 and ran through 2019 before stepping aside because of the COVID-19 pandemic for two years.
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The top-four seeds each have a first-round bye and will start on Saturday (May 21); the No. 1 seed for the 2022 NISC is Virginia (27-24). Baylor (28-24) is the No. 2 seed, UNLV (38-13) is seeded third and No. 4 is Central Arkansas (35-20). The rest of the field includes...
No. 5 George Washington (36-15)
No. 6 North Alabama (38-18)
No. 7 Rutgers (25-28)
No. 8 Stephen F. Austin (31-25)
No. 9 Bowling Green (32-19)
No. 10 UC San Diego (27-26)
No. 11 Tarleton State (29-23)
No. 12 Kansas (16-34)
To be eligible for consideration for the 2022 NISC, teams had to have an RPI in the national top 100 or have a winning record if its RPI was greater than 100. Conference record, results against the RPI Top 50, last 10 games, notable wins, upset losses and player injuries also were taken into consideration.
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This year's NISC features a double-elimination format. The schedule for the first two rounds is as follows (home team listed second)...
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Friday, May 20 (all times Mountain):
Bowling Green vs. Stephen F. Austin, 8:30 a.m.
Kansas vs. George Washington, 11 a.m.
UC San Diego vs. Rutgers, 1:30 p.m.
Tarleton State vs. North Alabama, 4 p.m.
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Saturday, May 21
TBA vs. Virginia, 8:30 a.m.
TBA vs. Central Arkansas, 11 a.m.
TBA vs. Baylor, 1:30 p.m.
TBA vs. UNLV, 4 p.m.
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The event concludes with the Championship Round on May 25-26, with the last four teams competing for the title.
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"We've been waiting to get this back on the calendar; it's the last Triple Crown event to return after the pandemic. The NISC will deliver a terrific group of teams, all making a highly competitive push to earn a national championship," said event director and Triple Crown founder David King. "We're super excited for the opportunity to help grow the sport even more."
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The 2017 NISC was won by Liberty; the 2018 crown went to Loyola Marymount, and the 2019 title went to UT Arlington.
Check back to BGSUFalcons.com later this week for much more information about the Falcons' trip to Colorado.
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