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WESTERVILLE, Ohio - The Otterbein University softball team is headed to its first-ever NCAA Division III Tournament this Friday with a matchup against Illinois Wesleyan at 1 p.m. at the regional, hosted by Alma (Mich.) College.
The Cardinals, currently ranked No. 25 in the latest national poll, earned an automatic bid to the 62-team NCAA Tourney after capturing the program's first Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Tournament title this past Sunday after going 3-0 as the top-seed.
Illinois Wesleyan enters the tournament with a 31-12 record after winning the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) title last weekend to punch its sixth-straight ticket and 16th overall. Alma (27-8) and DePauw University (23-19) square off in the other regional game on Friday. A live video stream of each game will be made available through YouTube, courtesy of host Alma, with links posted on the Cards' schedule page.
The winner of the four-team double-elimination regional will advance to the best-of-three super regional series on May 19-20, with the winner of that slate of games moving on to the NCAA finals May 25-30 in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Following is the full schedule for the 2017 NCAA Division III Softball Regional:
Friday, May 12
1:00 p.m. - Game 1 - Illinois Wesleyan vs. Otterbein (Video | Live Stats)
3:30 p.m. - Game 2 - Alma vs. DePauw (Video | Live Stats)
Saturday, May 13
11:00 a.m. - Game 3 - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 (Video | Live Stats)
1:30 p.m. - Game 4- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 (Video | Live Stats)
4:00 p.m. - Game 5 - Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3 (Video | Live Stats)
Sunday, May 14
12:00 p.m. - Game 6 - Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5 (Video | Live Stats)
2:30 p.m. - Game 7 - Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 *if necessary (Video | Live Stats)
Tickets for the regional will be sold on a daily basis and priced as follows: $6 for adults, $4 for senior citizens and veterans and $3 for students and children under the age of 12. Children age 2 and under are admitted free with a paying adult, per NCAA rules.
