Kentucky Softball Selected For 15th-Straight NCAA Championship
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Softball team was selected for its 15th-straight NCAA Tournament appearance Sunday night, as it received an at large bid into the field of 64, where it will compete in the 2024 Stillwater Regional hosted by Oklahoma State University, who earned the No. 5 overall national seed.
Kentucky finished the regular season with a 30-22 overall record, receiving an at large bid out of the Southeastern Conference. The Wildcats finished the year with 10 “quad 1” (RPI 1-25) wins, just one of 12 teams in the NCAA to have 10 or more wins in that category. The SEC got a tournament high 13 NCAA bids, as every team received a spot in the field for the fourth time in the last five seasons, a new NCAA record.
The action for Kentucky kicks off Friday with the Wildcats facing the Michigan Wolverines at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Each regional is double-elimination with the winner of the Stillwater Regional advancing to face the winner of the Fayetteville Regional in the super regional round over Memorial Day Weekend for a spot in the 2024 Women’s College World Series.
Ticket information for the weekend will be announced later in the week by the host institutions, and that will be available at UKathletics.com when tickets go on sale.
Every game of the 2024 NCAA Softball Regionals will be broadcasted by the ESPN family of networks with games on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ACC Network and ESPN+. Television assignments will be announced day by day as the tournament unfolds and fans can find that information on UKathletics.com after it is released by ESPN.
2024 NCAA Stillwater Regional
Friday, May 18
Game 1: 3 p.m. ET – (2) Kentucky vs. (3) Michigan [ESPN2]
Game 2: 5:30 p.m. ET – (1) Oklahoma State vs. (4) Northern Colorado [ESPN+]
Saturday, May 19
Game 3: 1 p.m. ET – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 4: 3:30 p.m. ET – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 (Elimination Game)
Game 5: 6 p.m. ET – Loser Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 (Elimination Game)
Sunday, May 20
Game 6: TBA – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5 (Regional Final, Elimination game for 2-1 team)
Game 7 (if necessary) TBA – Loser Game 6 vs. Winner Game 6 (Winner to Super Regional)
NEW for 2024 – The Kentucky Softball Designated Players Club
The Designated Players is the Official Booster Program of Kentucky Softball. Financial contributions and community support through The Designated Players program, Kentucky Softball will be able to continue to develop our student-athletes on and off the field. To join The Designated Players, you can join online or click here to download the membership form and mail to the address listed. For more information, email Kristine Himes at kentuckysoftball@uky.edu or Larry Cash at Larry.Cash@uky.edu.
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