King and Francis Marion to Represent Conference Carolinas in NCAA Division II Softball Championship
INDIANAPOLIS – King and Francis Marion will represent Conference Carolinas in the 2022 NCAA Division II Softball Championship.
The two teams will be part of the double-elimination Southeast Region #1 hosted by Anderson.
The Conference Carolinas co-regular season champion and Tournament champion, King is the No. 4 seed and will face off against No. 5 Lincoln Memorial at 2:30 p.m. at the AU Softball Complex on Thursday, May 12.
King, who is making its third NCAA Tournament appearance, and Lincoln Memorial split their regular-season meeting with the Tornado taking a 13-5 second game road win at then No. 11 Lincoln Memorial on Feb. 23.
As the eighth seed, Conference Carolinas Tournament finalist Francis Marion will take on nationally 16
th-ranked and regionally top-seeded Anderson at 12 p.m. at the AU Softball Complex on Thursday.
Francis Marion is making its third-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament. A Division II World Series participant in 2008, Francis Marion leads the all-time series with Anderson, 8-2. The two programs have not met since the 2006 season.
The winners from Thursday's contests will play at noon on Friday, while the losers will play at 2:30 p.m. A second elimination game will follow at 5 p.m. The championship game is set for Saturday at noon.
The 64-team NCAA Tournament field, which includes 23 automatic qualifiers and 41 at-large selections, was announced on Monday, May 9.
Four teams will participate at each of 16 sub-regional sites in double-elimination tournaments, with all competition taking place May 12-14.
The tournament at Anderson is one of two host sites in the Southeast Region, as second-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne will host four teams as well.
The two winners will advance to a two-out-of-three Super Regional, slated for May 19-20. The teams that advance from the super regionals to the final site — the Assembly Athletic Complex in Denver — will compete for the national championship from May 26-31.
To learn more about all of the selections to the 2022 NCAA Division II Softball Championship, please visit
here.
2022 NCAA Division II Southeast Region #1 Schedule
Thursday May 12
Game 1: #1 Anderson vs. #8 Francis Marion, 12 p.m.
Game 2: #4 King vs. #5 Lincoln Memorial, 2:30 p.m.
Friday May 13
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 12 p.m.
Game 4: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 2:30 p.m.
Game 5: Loser of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 5 p.m.
Saturday May 14
Game 6: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 5, 12 p.m.
Game 7: Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 6 (If Winner of Game 5 Wins Game 6), 2:30 p.m.