Tiger Softball Team Selected for Iowa City, Iowa NCAA Regional
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May 11, 2008
2008 NCAA Softball Championship Bracket
Columbia, Mo. -The Missouri softball team was one of 64 squads selected to compete in an NCAA Regional Tournament and will travel to Iowa City, Iowa, to take on No. 14 seed Long Beach State, Missouri Valley Conference Champions Creighton and host school Iowa. Missouri will begin tournament action against Iowa, Friday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. (CST) at Bob Pearl Softball Field. Missouri (44-15) enters the three-day tournament as the No. 2 seed, while Iowa (40-18) enters as the No. 3 and Creighton (43-15), the No. 4. The Tigers were one of only four Big 12 teams to make the tournament. Conference Champions Texas A&M, Big 12 runner-up Oklahoma and Texas were also selected to compete in a regional tournament, with Texas A&M serving as host in College Station, Texas. The 2008 campaign marks the 12th time in program history that the Tigers have been selected for an NCAA Regional Tournament and fourth time in five years. Last season, Big 12 Coach of the Year Ehren Earleywine guided his squad to the Championship game of the Carbondale, Ill. regional. Missouri went 2-2 at the tournament earning wins over Southern Illinois but suffering losses to DePaul. The Tigers have played in two regional title games over the past five seasons. The Tigers own a 23-19 all-time record against the teams in the Iowa City, Iowa regional. Missouri is 12-11 in games against Creighton, 10-6 against Iowa and 1-2 against Long Beach State. The last time a Missouri team took on one of the three teams selected for the Iowa City regional was 2005 when the Tigers bested Iowa, 3-1 at the Louisville Courtyard Red and Black Tournament in Louisville, Ky. The winner of the Iowa City, Iowa Regional will take on the winner of the Tuscaloosa, Ala., regional in a Super Regional Tournament, May 23-24. Teams in the Tuscaloosa, Ala., regional include third seeded Alabama, Chattanooga, Jacksonville State and Florida State.
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