Slugs Play Host for First Round of NCAA Regionals

(schedule)

The teams will play a single-elimination tournament with the first, second and third rounds played at non-predetermined regional sites. The quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds will be played at Washington University in St. Louis. Finals competition will also be held at the Washington U. in St. Louis, May 15-20.

The selection of teams for the championships is based on won-lost record, strength of schedule and eligibility and availability of student-athletes.

The committee selected teams from the following:

Pool A – 25 teams from conferences with automatic qualifiers.
Pool B – nine teams from independents or conferences without automatic qualifiers.
Pool C – seven additional teams from conferences with or without automatic qualifiers and independents.

The selection committee considered team results in collegiate matches play from September 5, 2006, until the time of final selections.

DATES/SITES:

First, second and third-round competition will be held at the following sites:

Site #1:  UC Santa Cruz

										
										
Teams:
1.  UC Santa Cruz (16-5)

										
										
2.  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (25-6)

										
										
3.  Pacific Lutheran (16-9)

										
										
4.  Redlands (12-14)

										
										
5.  Hardin-Simmons (17-6)

										
										
Site #2:  Gustavus Adolphus 

										
										
Teams:
1.  Gustavus Adolphus (26-8)

										
										
2.  Carthage (17-5)

										
										
3.  Wisconsin-Whitewater (24-3)

										
										
4.  Luther (28-6)

										
										
5.  Grinnell (19-4)

										
										
Site #3:  Kalamazoo

										
										
Teams:
1.  Washington U in St. Louis (18-4)

										
										
2.  Kalamazoo (16-10)

										
										
3.  Kenyon (19-5)

										
										
4.Calvin (17-5)

										
										
5.  Ohio Northern (14-7)

										
										
Site #4:  DePauw

										
										
Teams:
1.  DePauw (18-4)

										
										
2.  Whitman (22-7)

										
										
3.  Albion (13-6)

										
										
4.  Transylvania (15-4)

										
										
5.  Westminster (Missouri) (10-7)

										
										
Site #5:  Mary Washington

										
										
Teams:
1.  Trinity (Texas) (14-3)

										
										
2.  Washington and Lee (20-2)

										
										
3.  Johns Hopkins (17-2)

										
										
4.  Mary Washington (21-8)

										
										
5.  Methodist (11-8)

										
										
6.  Messiah (15-2)

										
										
Site #6:  Swarthmore

										
										
Teams: 
1.  Emory (14-7)

										
										
2.  The College of New Jersey (11-2)

										
										
3.  Swarthmore (6-9)

										
										
4.  Baruch (11-4)

										
										
5.  Alvernia (8-1)

										
										
Site #7:  Drew

										
										
Teams:
1.  Williams (14-5)

										
										
2.  Bowdoin (15-4)

										
										
3.  Drew (7-5)

										
										
4.  Stevens Institute of Technology (16-7)

										
										
5.  Salve Regina (14-5)

										
										
Site #8:  Middlebury

										
										
Teams:
1.  Middlebury (18-1)

										
										
2.  Amherst (13-5)

										
										
3.  MIT (9-5)

										
										
4.  Ithaca (9-12)

										
										
5.   Southern Maine (6-2)

									
									

In the 2006 championship, Emory defeated Middlebury 4-1 to claim the title.