NAIA National Qualifiers
Kansas City, MO – The Patriots earn the number one seed in the Williamsburg Bracket for the 2025 NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Rounds, NAIA officials announced on Wednesday evening. The top ranked Pats will welcome Texas A&M – Texarkana as the No. two seed and the University of Mobile as the three. Cornerstone University will represent the fourth seed and round out the four-team Williamsburg Bracket.
 
There will be two Opening Round sites that will feature four teams while the remaining eight will host five team brackets, each playing double elimination format. The winner of each site will advance to the NAIA Softball World Series in Columbus, GA May 22-28.
 
UC enter as the top-seed after running through conference play undefeated to earn their third straight MSC Regular Season Title. The Pats them claimed their second MSC Tournament Championships in three years to earn an automatic bid to the national tournament. Cumberlands has compiled a 37-7 overall record and finished 18-0 in MSC play. UC will take on fourth-seed Cornerstone to start the Opening Round on Monday May 12^th at 1 PM ET.
 
The second seeded Eagles of A&M Texarkana come to Williamsburg from the Red River Athletic Conference where they put together a 39-10 record on the year after an impressive 24-4 showing in RRAC contests. Texarkana were ranked 22^nd in the final NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Ratings and earn the first appearance in the NAIA opening round in three years. TAMU will face off against the No. 3 seed Mobile on Monday May 12^th at 3:30 PM ET.
 
Mobile enters this year's Opening Round as the third seed in the Williamsburg bracket and have now made seven appearances at the national tournament. The Rams earned an at-large bid out of the Southern States Athletic Conference and have compiled a 32-18 record on the season. The Rams will take on the Eagles of TAMU Monday May 12^th at 3:30 PM ET in the second game of the Williamsburg Opening Round Bracket.
 
The final team making the trip to Williamsburg for the Opening Round are the Cornerstone University Golden Eagles. CU are members of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference and enter the tournament with a 35-14 record and are 18-6 in the WHAC. The Eagles are making their first appearance in the NAIA Softball National Tournament since 2014 after earning an at-large bid. The Golden Eagles and the Patriots will play the first game of the opening round on Monday the 12^th at 1 PM ET.
 
Tournament passed for the Opening Round can be purchased at the gate or online for $20. For all online ticket purchases, click here. All games will be available on live stream for free on the UCSN watch page here.
 
Also representing the Mid-South Conference in the NAIA Opening Round are the Tigers of Campbellsville and the Lions of Freed Hardeman. CU will make the trip to Fayette, Mo as the fourth seed to take on No. five seed UT Southern. FHU is set to take on Grand View as the three seed in the Chichasha Bracket. 
 
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