ALFRED, N.Y. – The Alfred University softball team, 2021 Empire 8 Tournament Champions, are officially in the NCAA Division III Softball Tournament and will head to Eau Claire, Wisc. for the NCAA Regionals, beginning on Friday, May 21.
 
The second-seeded Saxons (31-9) will face USA-South Conference champions Piedmont (22-11) in the first round. Joining the two teams in the regional bracket are top seed and host Wisconsin-Oshkosh (24-11), third-seeded Linfield (36-7), fourth-seeded Southern Maine (31-4), and sixth-seeded Illinois College (25-12) in the double-elimination format. The regional champion will head to Salem, Va., joining seven other regional winners for the NCAA Championship May 27-June 1.
 
Alfred captured the Empire 8 title this past Saturday after a 7-5 victory over top seed and 12^th-ranked St. John Fisher College. Alfred has won 11 of the last 13 contests and eclipsed the 30-win plateau for just the third time in program history, joining the 2010 (37-8) and 2015 (40-9) squads.
 
A full NCAA Regional preview will be available later in the week.