ROCHESTER, Mich. – The 2022 #HLSB Champions, the Oakland University Softball program, will be headed to Evanston, Illinois for the first round of the 2022 NCAA Softball Tournament.
Oakland clinched an auto berth into the 2022 NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015 following a sweep of every opponent the Golden Grizzlies faced in Green Bay, Northern Kentucky, and Robert Morris in the championship game.
The Golden Grizzlies will battle with three other teams in the Evanston region in host Northwestern as well as Notre Dame and McNeese.
The No. 9 Wildcats finished 40-10 in the 2022 campaign with a loss to Michigan in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament. Notre Dame received an at-large bid as the Fighting Irish dropped out of the ACC Tournament in the first round via Clemson while McNeese is the other auto bid out of the Southland Conference.
The first game of the Evanston region will be held on Friday, May 20 at 4:30 p.m. where the No. 4 seed Golden Grizzlies will clash with Northwestern.
