College softball: Lady Chaps head to D-I national tournament

Midland College will play Northeastern Oklahoma A&M at 10 a.m. Thursday in the first round of the NJCAA Division I National Tournament in Plant City, Fla.

Midland College (41-17) was seeded eighth in the 16-team field for the double-elimination tournament. The Lady Chaps beat Odessa College twice on May 4 to win the Region 5-West Tournament and to claim the berth in the national tournament.

Region 2 champion Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (36-11) was seeded ninth.

Region 14-23 winner San Jacinto-South and Region 5-East champion McLennan also qualified for the tournament.

No. 12-seed San Jacinto-South (37-15) will play No. 5 Tallahassee, Fla. (28-22) at 10 a.m. Thursday and No. 11 McLennan (39-17) will play No. 6 Southern Idaho (45-20) at 1 p.m. Thursday in the first round.

First-round winners will play again at 7 p.m. Thursday, while first-round losers will play at 5 p.m. Thursday.
The tournament continues Friday and Saturday.

Chipola, Fla., won the 2007 national title, but the Indians were eliminated by Tallahassee in the Region 8A Tournament.

NJCAA D-I National Tournament

At Plant City. Fla.
Double Elimination

Thursday's Games
Game 1 - (1) Santa Fe, Fla. (56-3-1) vs. (16) Spartanburg Methodist, S.C. (34-11), 10 a.m.
Game 2 - (8) Midland College (41-17) vs. (9) Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (36-11), 10 a.m.
Game 3 - (5) Tallahassee, Fla. (28-22) vs. (12) San Jacinto-South, Texas (37-15), 10 a.m.
Game 4 - (4) Wallace State-Hanceville, Ala. (64-8) vs. (13) Western Nebraska (54-8), 10 a.m.
Game 5 - (3) Yavapai, Ariz. (46-16) vs. (14) Iowa Western (51-11), 1 p.m.
Game 6 - (6) Southern Idaho (45-20) vs. (11) McLennan, Texas (39-17), 1 p.m.
Game 7 - (7) Wabash Valley, Ill. (46-3) vs. (10) Butler County, Kan. (48-6), 1 p.m.
Game 8 - (2) Chattanooga State Tech, Tenn. (56-7) vs. (15) South Georgia, Ga. (33-19), 1 p.m.
Game 9 - Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 5 p.m.
Game 10 - Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 5 p.m.
Game 11 - Game 5 loser vs. Game 6 loser, 5 p.m.
Game 12 - Game 7 loser vs. Game 8 loser, 5 p.m.
Game 13 - Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7 p.m.
Game 14 - Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 7 p.m.
Game 15 - Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 7 p.m.
Game 16 - Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 7 p.m.

Friday's Games
Game 17 - Game 12 winner vs. Game 13 loser, 10 a.m.
Game 18 - Game 11 winner vs. Game 14 loser, 10 a.m.
Game 19 - Game 10 winner vs. Game 15 loser, 10 a.m.
Game 20 - Game 9 winner vs. Game 16 loser, 10 a.m.
Game 21 - Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner, noon
Game 22 - Game 15 winner vs. Game 16 winner, noon
Game 23 - Game 19 winner vs. Game 20 winner, noon
Game 24 - Game 17 winner vs. Game 18 winner, noon
Game 25 - Game 23 winner vs. Game 22 loser, 3 p.m.
Game 26 - Game 24 winner vs. Game 21 loser, 5 p.m.
Game 27 - Game 21 winner vs. Game 22 winner, 7 p.m.

Saturday's Games
Game 28 - Game 25 winner vs. Game 26 winner, 9 a.m.
Game 29 - Game 28 winner vs. Game 27 loser, 11 a.m.
Game 30 - Championship I, Game 27 winner vs. Game 29 winner, Noon
Game 31 - Championship II, Game 30 winner vs. Game 30 loser, 2 p.m., if necessary.

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