The University of Georgia softball team will host an NCAA Regional that begins Friday and wraps up Sunday at the Jack Turner Softball and Soccer Complex off South Milledge Avenue. UGA, Virginia Tech, Boston University, and North Carolina Central will compete in the four-team, double elimination regional.
From Sean Stevenson, UGA Sports Communications...
The University of Georgia softball team has been selected to host the 2023 NCAA Athens Regional May 19-21 at Jack Turner Stadium, the 12th NCAA Regional to be held in the Classic City.
The 14th-seeded Bulldogs will host Virginia Tech, Boston University, and North Carolina Central in the four-team, double elimination tournament beginning Friday, May 19. Georgia will play NC Central Friday at 4:30 p.m., ET, on ESPN+. The tournament will kick off Friday between Virginia Tech and Boston University at 2 p.m. on ACC Network.
Tickets are on sale now. All-session tickets will be sold for $25 each and will only be sold online in advance of the tournament. An all-session ticket grants admission to every game of the Athens Regional. All-session tickets will only be sold until Thursday, May 18 at 12 p.m., ET.
Daily tickets can be purchased online for $10 each. Daily tickets will go on sale Thursday, May 18 at 12 p.m.
All seating is general admission. Gates will open one hour prior to the first game each day.
The winner of the Athens Regional will advance to the NCAA Super Regional round against the winner of the Tallahassee Regional featuring No. 3 Florida State, South Carolina, UCF, and Marist.
Georgia will make its 21st-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and the second under head coach Tony Baldwin. Georgia is 74-41 all-time in the NCAA Tournament advancing to 11 Super Regionals and five Women’s College World Series, most recently in 2021.
The Bulldogs enter the NCAA Tournament with a 39-13 record and finished second in the SEC with a 16-7 record, its best finish since 2018. A total of six Bulldogs earned All-SEC honors.
2023 NCAA ATHENS REGIONAL TICKET INFORMATION General Admission Tickets: $25 all session / $10 daily All Session Tickets Only sold in advance of the tournament online. All-Session tickets will be sold until Thursday, May 18 at 12 p.m., ET. Daily Tickets Available for purchase online beginning Thursday, May 18 at 12 p.m., ET.
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A total of 64 teams were selected to the NCAA Tournament with 32 conferences being awarded automatic qualification, while the remaining 32 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the bracket. In Super Regional action, eight sites play host to a best-of-three game series with the winners earning one of eight spots in the NCAA Division I Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City.