Softball slips to tenth in Southeast Region rankings

Scarlet and gray are among five SAC representations

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Newberry College softball team has dropped one spot to the No. 10 ranking in this week’s Division II softball regional polls, the NCAA Division II Softball Committee released on Wednesday.

Newberry, previously ranked No. 9, dropped a spot after going 1-2 in the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference championship.

No. 2 Lenoir-Rhyne, No. 5 Carson-Newman, No. 7 Mars Hill and No. 8 Wingate were the other schools representing the SAC.

The Southeast Region sends eight teams to the national tournament but regionally-unranked Queens University solidified one of the bids by virtue of winning the Conference Carolinas Tournament. Undefeated No. 1 North Georgia won the Peach Belt Conference Tournament and received that conference’s automatic bid. Lenoir-Rhyne held on to the No. 2 spot and secured its trip to the tournament by way of winning the SAC Tournament.

Tournament selections will be announced on Monday, May 10, at 10 a.m. via a webcast selection show on NCAA.com. The top 10 teams in the Southeast Region are listed in rank order with records as of April 26.