Watch The 2021 NCAA Division II Softball Selection Show At 10 PM Tonight-Sunday, May 16th

Bridgeport, Conn.-Coming off back-to-back East Coast Conference titles, the University of Bridgeport softball team will find out who the Purple Knights' opponent in the 2021 NCAA Division II Championship East Regional tonight (Sunday, May 16) at 10:00 p.m. when the entire NCAA field is announced on NCAA.com.  You can watch the NCAA selection show at www.ncaa.com 

This season's NCAA East Regional will be a six-team bracket beginning on Wednesday, May 19 hosted by Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.

The Purple Knights will head into the NCAA Tournament with a 22-7 overall record having defeated Mercy College, two games to one in the conference semifinals and sweeping St. Thomas Aquinas in the ECC Finals.  UB is led by ECC Tournament Most Outstanding Player, sophomore pitcher Kaite Burawski (Hartley, Del.), who won all four of her team's games in the ECC Championship.

This trip to the NCAAs will be the fourth in the history of Bridgeport softball, as UB's previous NCAA appearances came in 1988, 1989 and 2019.