Dayton, Miami heading to NCAA softball regional at Tennessee
May 12—The Dayton Flyers and Miami RedHawks earned NCAA tournament berths in the same regional in Knoxville, Tenn.
Dayton (33-19), which will play in the NCAA tournament for the first time, drew a first-round game at 2:30 p.m. Friday against the tournament's No. 3 seed, Tennessee (40-10). The Flyers watched the selection show at UD Arena on Sunday night.
Dayton clinched a NCAA tournament berth by winning the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. Dayton beat Saint Louis 3-0 in the championship game Saturday at Fordham's Bahoshy Softball Complex in Bronx, N.Y. Dayton also won the regular-season title for the first time since 2015.
The other game in the regional matches Miami (48-7) against Virginia (32-18) at noon Friday.
Miami won the Mid-American Conference tournament for the third straight year Saturday, beating Ball State 8-0 in the championship game. This will be the eighth NCAA tournament berth for Miami. All have come in the last 20 years.
Tennessee will host the double-elimination regional at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. Both games Friday will air on ESPN+.
