Ferris State Softball Makes NCAA Midwest Regional Rankings
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The Ferris State University softball team is ranked 10th in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional rankings which were released on Wednesday (April 14) by the NCAA-II Softball Committee.
The top eight teams in each of the eight NCAA-II regions will qualify for NCAA Regional Tournament competition. The top two teams within each region will have an opportunity to host a sub-regional tournament on May 14-16. The winners of each sub-regional will play each other in the super regional (May 21-22) with the winner advancing to the 2010 NCAA-II Softball Championships (May 27-31) at Heritage Park in St. Joseph, Mo.
The eight regions consist of Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West.
Ferris State, which is currently 16-11 overall and 7-4 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) this season under head coach Keri Becker, will host a pair of doubleheaders this weekend (April 17-18) at the FSU Varsity Softball Field in Big Rapids, Mich. The Bulldogs take on the Tiffin Dragons this Saturday (April 17) before wrapping up their six-game league homestand on Sunday (April 18) against the Ashland Eagles.
The top 10 teams in each region are listed in rank order with records as of April 12.
| Midwest Region | Division II | In-Region |
| 1. Saginaw Valley State | 18-4 | 14-3 |
| 2. Ashland | 21-9 | 20-7 |
| 3. Wayne State (Mich.) | 31-8 | 18-5 |
| 4. Lewis | 19-7 | 16-3 |
| 5. Indianapolis | 26-11 | 21-5 |
| 6. Northern Kentucky | 21-10 | 20-9 |
| 7. Quincy | 23-8 | 20-6 |
| 8. Tiffin | 16-13 | 14-10 |
| 9. Northwood | 12-9 | 10-6 |
| 10. Ferris State | 15-10 | 13-7 |
