{"id":1859,"date":"2016-05-04T10:33:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T15:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2016-05-04T10:36:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T15:36:15","slug":"maryville-softball-earns-programs-first-ncaa-division-ii-tournament-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/maryville-softball-earns-programs-first-ncaa-division-ii-tournament-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPSoftball Earns First NCAA Division II Tournament Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"
Reading time: Less than a minute<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP softball team earned the program’s first appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Saints will stay close by and face host and conference-rival University of Missouri-St. Louis Thursday, May 5, at 2:30 p.m. The last time the Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPsoftball program earned an NCAA Tournament bid was 2008 when the program played at the DIII level. This is Maryville’s third NCAA Tournament appearance.<\/p>\n The No. 7-seeded Saints face the No. 2 seed Tritons Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the UMSL Softball Field.<\/p>\n