INDIANAPOLIS – After advancing to championship game of the Sun Belt Conference tournament, the University of South Alabama softball team received an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament, marking the fifth regional appearance for the program, on Sunday evening.
South Alabama (30-19) – the third seed – will open up play at the Gainesville Regional hosted by Florida (42-9) – the No. 4 overall national seed – at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium versus Baylor (27-21) who is the second seed at the regional at 3:30 p.m. (CT) on Friday.
Also in the regional is South Florida (29-17) – the fourth seed – who will face the Gators, who will face each other prior to South's game.