Four Softball Teams Ranked In NCAA Region Poll

INDIANAPOLIS -- Four South Atlantic Conference softball teams are ranked in the first NCAA Division II Southeast Region poll.

Lenoir-Rhyne University is ranked second. The Bears are currently 25-6 on the year including a 4-0 mark in the South Atlantic Conference and are in the midst of a 10-game winning streak. The Bears are 24-6 against DII competition and 24-5 against in-region opponents.

Tusculum College is ranked eighth. The Pioneers entered the week with a 20-9 overall record against NCAA schools and 15-8 against regional opponents.

Carson-Newman is ranked ninth. The Eagles are 25-10-1 overall and 20-10-1 in the region. Wingate University is tenth. The Bulldogs are 20-11 overall and in the region.

North Georgia is ranked first in the region with a 30-8 overall record (23-8 region).

The rankings are through games of Sunday, March 27.

The 2011 NCAA Tournament will have a field of 64 teams competing in 16 regional sites in a four-team double-elimination tournament. The sixteen teams advancing from regional competition will participate in a two-team, best-of-three super regional at eight sites. The finals will include the eight super regional winners and will be held May 26-30 in Salem, Va.

Tournament champions from the South Atlantic Conference, Peach Belt Conference and Conference Carolinas will earn automatic bids into the NCAA Tournament.

NCAA Division II Softball Southeast Region Ranking

Through March 27, 2011
Rk. School Overall In-Region
1. North Georgia 30-8 23-8
2. Lenoir-Rhyne 24-6 24-5
3. Armstrong Atlantic 16-6 13-6
4. Columbus State 26-6 14-3
5. South Carolina Aiken 21-11 21-11
6. Augusta State 24-10 18-9
7. Flagler 26-12 25-11
8. Tusculum 20-9 15-8
9. Carson-Newman 25-10-1 20-10-1
10. Wingate 20-11 20-11