COLLEGE SOFTBALL: NORTHRIDGE SENT TO FRESNO AS NO. 2.Byline: Rizza Yap Daily News Staff Writer Although the Cal State Northridge softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team lost the Big West title to Long Beach State, it reigned over the 49ers in postseason rankings. The NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association announced Sunday evening that the conference rivals will be meeting in the first round of the Division I softball championships Friday at Fresno. Northridge (34-20-2), second place in the Big West, was seeded No. 2 of four teams in the Fresno regional while conference champion Long Beach (43-18-1) was No. 3. ``This is our chance to redeem ourselves,'' said Northridge coach Janet Sherman. ``This is our chance to get back. They may have won conference, but it's all about the show at the end.'' Top-seeded Fresno State (49-12) will face No. 4 California (33-23) in the same regional. UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX (41-11), which appealed the NCAA decision that would have kept it out of postseason play, will compete against Nicholls State (48-21) as the No. 1-seeded team in the Lafayette, La., regional. After closing out the regular season with three straight losses, Sherman said she was unsure of her team's postseason fate. Northridge could only hope for an at-large berth; Long Beach earned an automatic bid by winning the conference title. Of 215 teams in the nation, 32 were selected to compete in eight regional double-elimination tournaments A double-elimination tournament is a competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches. . Each regional champion will advance to the Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Women's Softball Tournament for college softball in the United States. The tournament is conducted in an eight-team, double-elimination format. in Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm . Northridge is 1-0 against Fresno State this year and split the conference series with Long Beach. |
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