WICHITA, Kan. – Fresh off an American Athletic Conference Tournament title, Wichita State learned its NCAA Regional fate Sunday night and will be the No. 2 seed in the Norman Regional.
The Shockers are joined by the No. 1 overall seed, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Morgan State. Wichita State opens tournament play vs. Texas A&M Friday, May 21 at 5 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
Friday's winners will square off in the first of three games Saturday, while Friday's losing teams will face off in an elimination game for game two of Saturday's tripleheader. The loser of Saturday's first game will take on the winner of the day's second game in an elimination game later Saturday night. The winner of Saturday's final game will take on the winner of the day's first game on Sunday with an if-necessary rematch scheduled for later on Sunday.
The winner of this weekend's regional will advance to the NCAA Super Regional round against the winner of the Seattle regional, hosted by Washington, the following weekend with the ultimate goal of reaching the 2021 Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.
Wichita State is 0-9 all-time vs. the Aggies, but the two programs haven't met since 2016. Texas A&M is 31-21 this season, while finishing 8-16 in the SEC.
Wichita State (39-11-1) is making its fifth NCAA Regional appearance in school history and first since 2018. Three of the Shockers' five NCAA Regional berths have come during the
Kristi Bredbenner era.
The Shockers swept both the American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles for just the second time in program history, joining the 2016 Shockers.
Wichita State enters NCAA Tournament play ranked No. 24 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll, No. 23 in the ESPN/USA Softball Top 25 and No. 25 in the Softball America Top 25.
Wichita State is one of three teams from the American Athletic Conference in the field of 64, joining UCF and USF.
