where it will take on Florida International (35-21) in the opening round of the Gainesville Regional May 21, hosted by No. 4 overall seed Florida. Game times are yet to be determined.<\/p>\n
“In eighteen years of coaching, this is the first time I have had a team earn an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament,” head coach Renee Luers-Gillispie said. “It is so great to see C-USA being recognized as a strong Division I conference by having three teams make the tournament.”<\/p>\n
The host Gators (43-8) and Bethune-Cookman (32-22) will also participate in the four-team regional which follows a double-elimination format.<\/p>\n
The at-large selection to the tournament is the first for the Black and Gold in its nine-year history, while it will be the third time in three appearances in the NCAA Tournament that the Knights will be playing at Katie Seashole Pressley Softball Stadium.<\/p>\n
The last time UCF made an appearance was in 2008, when it won the C-USA Championship title game against then No. 9 Houston in Houston, Texas. During their impressive run at the Gainesville Regional that year, the Knights posted a 3-2 record, defeating USF, Georgia Tech and then-No. 1 Florida, before falling to the Gators in the Regional final to end their record-breaking season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"where it will take on Florida International (35-21) in the opening round of the Gainesville Regional May 21, hosted by No. 4 overall seed Florida. Game times are yet to be determined. “In eighteen years of coaching, this is the first time I have had a team earn an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament,” head coach Renee Luers-Gillispie said.…","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":12940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[3346,3946,4337],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-12939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-ncaa","tag-renee-luers-gillispie","tag-softball"],"yoast_head":"\n