Cal U’s PSAC champion women’s basketball team has earned the top seed and will host the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional March 13, 14 and 16 in Hamer Hall.
Under the direction of fourth-year head coach Jess Strom, the Vulcans (26-4) will play eighth seed Virginia State (20-9) at 7:30 p.m. March 13.
In other first-round games on March 13, third-seeded Bloomsburg (24-4) will play sixth-seeded Gannon (21-7) at noon, followed by second-seeded IUP (25-3) facing seventh-seeded Shepherd (21-9) at 2:30 p.m. Fourth-seeded West Chester (24-5) plays fifth-seeded West Liberty (23-8) at 5 p.m.
The Atlantic Regional semifinal games will be at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. March 14, with the championship game set for 7 p.m. March 16.
The winning team will advance to the NCAA Division II “Elite Eight” National Championship Tournament, to be held March 24-27 in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Cal U is making its 12th NCAA Division II Tournament Appearance in 14 years. The Vulcans have won four NCAA Regional championships, and they took the NCAA Division II national title in 2004.
Regionals feature 9 Pennsylvania schools
Nine universities from Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education— including the top-seeded women’s team from Cal U — will compete this weekend at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional basketball championships.