May 16, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS -
2010 NCAA Bracket in PDF Format
The San Diego State softball team earned a trip to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship for the third consecutive season and the sixth time in 10 years, the NCAA announced Sunday. The Aztecs (33-14) will play Fresno State (39-19) Friday on the campus of UCLA (40-11), the tournament's No. 5 overall seed. Saint Mary's (30-21) is the other team in the double-elimination regional.
It is the first time in program history that SDSU has been selected to three straight NCAA tournaments. San Diego State has won 25 of its last 31 contests and is 9-8 against teams who made this year's tournament.
This year's national tournament features 64 teams, with four teams participating at 16 regional sites in a double-elimination tournament. The regional winners will advance to super regional competition for a best-of-three series from May 28-29 at eight campus sites. The remaining eight teams will advance to the Women's College World Series (WCWS), an eight-team, double-elimination tournament with the championship final being a best-of-three series. The WCWS will be conducted June 3-9 at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.
The Aztec softball team is the university-record eighth San Diego State program to earn a postseason trip (team or individual) this year, joining women's soccer (NCAA), men's basketball (NCAA), women's basketball (NCAA), swimming and diving (NCAA), indoor track and field (NCAA), women's golf (NCAA Regionals) and men's golf (NCAA Regionals).
2010 NCAA Division I Softball Championship
Regionals: Easton Stadium - Los Angeles, Calif. (UCLA)
Friday, May 21, 2010
Game 1: San Diego State (33-14) vs. Fresno State (39-19), 1 p.m. PT
Game 2: No. 5 seed UCLA (40-11) vs. Saint Mary's (30-21), 3:30 p.m. PT
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 1 p.m. PT
Game 4: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 3:30 p.m. PT
Game 5: Loser of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 6 p.m. PT
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Game 6: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 5, Noon PT
Game 7: If necessary, 2:30 p.m. PT