Watch The 2019 NCAA Division II Softball Selection Show At 10 AM On Monday, May 6th
ECC Champion Purple Knights Will Be Making The Program's Third NCAA Appearance In History And First Since 1989
Bridgeport, Conn.-Coming off the program's first-ever East Coast Conference title, the University of Bridgeport softball team will find out where the Purple Knights are headed in the 2019 NCAA Division II Championship East Regional on Monday, May 6 at 10:00 a.m. when the entire NCAA field is announced on NCAA.com. You can watch the NCAA selection show at www.ncaa.com or click here.
The Purple Knights will head into the NCAA Tournament with a 33-14 overall record and winners of five straight contests, as the team swept three games in the ECC Championship Tournament led by the ECC tourney's Most Outstanding player pitcher Amanda Staheli (Grad. Student, Pecatonica, Ill.), who earned all three of Bridgeport's wins including firing two shutouts of against powerful and top-seeded LIU Post in the Pioneers' home park.
This trip to the NCAAs will be the third in the history of Bridgeport softball, and the first in 30 years, as UB's previous NCAA appearances came in 1988 and 1989.