Eagles jump to seventh in NCAA Region Rankings
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - RV Carson-Newman is ranked seventh in the third and final batch of region rankings the NCAA posted Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles were "under consideration" in the first release, before dropping out of the top 10 last week.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - RV Carson-Newman is ranked seventh in the third and final batch of region rankings the NCAA posted Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles were "under consideration" in the first release, before dropping out of the top 10 last week.
This is the final set of rankings before the NCAA selection show on Monday, May 11.
The rankings are the official poll utilized by the NCAA in the championship selection process released each week by the NCAA Division II Softball Committee up to the NCAA Championship selections.
The field for the Southeast Region is comprised of the conference tournament champions from the South Atlantic Conference, Conference Carolinas and the Peach Belt Conference, as well as the top five teams in the region rankings who aren't tournament champions.
C-N is one of four South Atlantic Conference teams listed, along with Lenoir-Rhyne, which came in at No. 3, Anderson at No. 6 and Wingate as the first team out at No. 9. C-N and Anderson square off tomorrow in the first round of the SAC Championship Series, hosted by Lenoir-Rhyne.
Representing the Peach Belt, the top team in the region, North Georgia, is Columbus State at No. 4, Lander at No. 5, and Georgia College rounds out the top eight. While Conference Carolinas Champion Francis Marion takes the No. 2 spot, Mount Olive, the conference runner-up, is at No. 10.
Carson-Newman has the sixth-best RPI in the region. Its 17-6 mark against teams with a winning record is the second-best in the Southeast Region. The Eagles have the 34th-best KPI in the nation, which equates to the sixth-best mark in the region.
Carson-Newman and Anderson come together tomorrow afternoon, as both sides look to bolster their tournament resume. Thursday's contest is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. in Hickory, North Carolina, but could shift back depending on the length of the day's first game. Fans can watch the game on FloSports with a subscription, listen to the game on cneagles.com/live or tune in to the In The Booth Cam on Carson-Newman's Eagle Sports Network YouTube Channel.
| 1 | North Georgia | 42-8 | 40-7 |
| 2 | Francis Marion | 44-11 | 41-11 |
| 3 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 39-11 | 39-11 |
| 4 | Columbus St. | 33-20 | 32-20 |
| 5 | Lander | 32-18 | 32-18 |
| 6 | Anderson (SC) | 36-11 | 36-11 |
| 7 | Carson-Newman | 37-10 | 29-10 |
| 8 | Georgia College | 28-19 | 28-19 |
| 9 | Wingate | 27-20 | 24-19 |
| 10 | Mount Olive | 31-25 | 31-21 |
