The University of Wisconsin softball team is headed back to the NCAA Tournament.
The Badgers earned an at-large bid into the tournament Sunday after reaching the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten tournament last week. They will head to Gainesville, Florida, where they will open at 1 p.m. Friday against Georgia Tech in the double-elimination regional. No. 14 seed Florida and Canisius will play in the regional’s other opener at 3:30 p.m. Friday.
The Badgers enter the tournament 28-19 and have lost seven of their last eight games. But senior pitcher Maddie Schwartz threw a shutout in that win, a 2-0 victory over Minnesota in the first round of the Big Ten tournament.