The Ohio Northern softball team will face Case Western Reserve in the first round of the St. Mary's Regional on Thursday in the NCAA III Softball Tournament.
Times for the four-team, double elimination Regional in South Bend, Ind., will be announced on Tuesday.
No. 10-ranked tournament host Saint Mary's (Ind.) will face Mount Aloysius (Pa.) in the other first round contest on Thursday.
The Polar Bears (30-9 overall) earned the Ohio Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA III Championships by winning the OAC Tournament last weekend.
The NCAA Tournament is a 62-team field with 14 four-team Regional and two three-team Regional double-elimination tournaments this weekend.
The 16 Regional champions then play in eight Super Regionals next weekend with those eight champions advancing to the NCAA III Softball World Series May 24-29 at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex at Oklahoma City, Okla.
Check back to ONUSports.com for more tournament details as they become available.
