INDIANAPOLIS - 2026 CUNY Athletic Conference softball champion John Jay will travel to Virginia Beach, Va. for regional play in the 2026 NCAA Division III Softball Championship beginning Thursday. The Bloodhounds (18-20) will take on top-ranked and host Virginia Wesleyan (45-0) on Thursday, May 14.
The Virginia Beach regional also features Pfeiffer (38-9) and Manhattanville (35-8). The Bloodhounds defeated the Skyline Conference champion Valiants during the regular season.
The Bloodhounds claimed their fourth straight CUNYAC title after defeating Brooklyn 9-1, in the championship finale this past Saturday. Junior pitcher Lindsay Ogden was named Championship MVP for the third straight season. She posted a 2-0 record in the tournament striking out 16 in 11 innings of work. On Friday in the championship game she allowed four hits and one run in five innings and fanned nine.
Virginia Wesleyan finished as national runners-up last season and are currently 45-0 and the top-ranked team in Division III. The Marlins claimed the Old Dominion Athletic Conference tournament title with 1-0 and 12-2 wins over Bridgewater on Friday and Saturday.
Pfeiffer, the USA South champion, and Manhattanville meet in Thursday's other first-round game . The losers will meet in the first elimination game on Friday while the winners will matchup 50 minutes following the conclusion of that game with the winner advancing to Saturday's regional final. Friday's action concludes with a second elimination game between the winner of the day's first contest and the loser of the day's second game. That winner advances to Saturday's final and would need to win twice to advance to the super regionals the following weekend.
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