KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Kutztown softball heard its name called Monday morning during the NCAA Division II softball tournament selection show. KU received the four seed in the Atlantic Region and will head to the top seed and host East Stroudsburg later this week for Regionals.
 
The Golden Bears (33-22 overall) will meet the fifth seed, Shippensburg (33-19), in their first game, scheduled for Thursday, May 9. Regionals is set to run through Saturday, May 11.

It is the fourth straight trip to NCAAs for Kutztown.
 
The Warriors (45-15), the runners-up in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference following last week's PSAC Tournament, will open with the eighth seed, Bowie State, out of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
 
In the other four team regional pod, the third seed, Charleston, the winners of the Mountain East Conference, will host. Second-seeded West Chester, the PSAC champions, is the two seed. Bloomsburg, the sixth seed, and Gannon, the seventh seed, round up that pod.
 
Winners of the two pods will meet in the Super Regional round, a best-of-three game series on Wednesday, May 15, and Thursday, May 16.
 
Information on game schedule, tickets and streaming, along with championship central will be posted at a later time. Follow kubears.com for updates.