KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Kutztown softball will continue to play in 2026. For the sixth straight season, KU earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament, as it heard its name called Monday morning in the 2026 NCAA Selection Show. KU will head to Creekview Park in Stroudsburg later this week for a four-team Atlantic Regional pod.
 
The Golden Bears (35-20 overall) are the third seed and will take on the sixth seed, West Chester, this Thursday, May 14, at a time still to be determined. The second seed, East Stroudsburg, is the host of the regional pod and will take on the seventh seed, Fairmont State, in the other matchup Thursday.
 
The Maroon and Gold have played in the Super Regional Round each of the last two seasons and three of the last four overall. They enter NCAAs coming off a 1-2 showing at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships this past week, defeating Slippery Rock and falling to West Chester and IUP.
 
Head coach Judy Lawes, in her 39th season at the helm, is six victories shy of surpassing Jan Hutchinson for the PSAC's career wins leader with 1,215. She has led Kutztown to NCAAs 24 times, including this season, and have an overall record of 50-49 and have a national runner-up finish in 2013 and a third-place finish in 2012.
 
In the other pod, PSAC Tournament Champion and top seed Shippensburg (38-16), earned the right to host the other half of the Atlantic Regional Tournament and will open its campaign against CIAA Champion, Claflin (30-11), while MEC teams in Glenville State (45-14) and Charleston (45-16) are the fourth and fifth seeds in the Tournament.
 
Winners of the two pods will meet in Super Regionals, a best-of-three series on Thursday, May 21, and Friday, May 22, at the highest remaining seed, for a trip to Chattanooga, Tenn., and the championship tournament at Frost Stadium at Warner Park.
 
A full preview will be provided later this week.