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#11 National Seed

Lubbock Regional

2026 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament · Regional Round

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#11 Seed·Lubbock Regional

Canady At Home — Don't Pencil It, Use Ink

Our Pick
Texas Tech
LOCK

NiJaree Canady (21-4, 1.24 ERA, 194 K) is the best pitcher in the country two years running. Glasco's Red Raiders are 50-5. Ole Miss freshman Madi George (21 HR, 56 RBI) is one of the great young bats in the country — but Canady has held SEC opponents to a .180 BAA. Lubbock is a wrap.

X-Factor

Whether George homers twice off Canady. She won't.

National Seed
#11
Host
Texas Tech
City
Lubbock, TX
Dates
May 15-17, 2026
Format
4-team double-elim

Bracket

Friday's first-round matchups

Winners meet Saturday at 2:30 PM ET. Losers play an elimination game at 12:00 PM ET. Regional championship Sunday at 12:00 PM ET, with an if-necessary game at 2:30 PM ET.

Schedule

All times Eastern
GameDateTimeMatchupTV
Game 1Fri, May 1512:00 PM ET#1 Texas Tech vs #4 MaristESPN+
Game 2Fri, May 152:30 PM ET#2 Ole Miss vs #3 Boston UniversityESPN+
Game 3Sat, May 1612:00 PM ETLoser G1 vs Loser G2 (Elimination)ESPN+
Game 4Sat, May 162:30 PM ETWinner G1 vs Winner G2ESPN+
Game 5Sat, May 165:00 PM ETWinner G3 vs Loser G4 (Elimination)ESPN+
Game 6Sun, May 1712:00 PM ETRegional ChampionshipESPN2
Game 7Sun, May 172:30 PM ETRegional Championship (if necessary)ESPN2

Path Forward

Super Regional pairing
The Lubbock Regional winner advances to face the winner of the Gainesville Regional (#11 vs #6) in the Super Regional round May 21-24, hosted at the higher national seed (Florida). Super Regionals are best-of-three; the winner advances to the Women’s College World Series at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, May 28 - June 5.

About the Host

Texas Tech

Texas Tech hosts the Lubbock Regional in Lubbock, TX as the #11 national seed of the 2026 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. Hosting rights are awarded to the top 16 seeds, and the Texas Tech program earned its bid on the strength of its regular-season resume.

All games at this regional are played at the Texas Tech home softball venue, with first pitch on Friday, May 15 and the championship round on Sunday, May 17.

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