IRVINE, Calif.---The Biola softball team begins their first round of the NCAA Division II West Regional tomorrow Thursday, May 11 at Concordia's Eagles Field. 

The Biola Eagles were the eighth seed overall in the West Region and will play the first seed, CUI, at 2:30 p.m. 

The last time Biola played Concordia in the West Regionals was 2021 where the Eagles were in the winner's bracket and split with the Golden Eagles on Championship Saturday to win the West Regional and advance to the NCAA DII Softball Finals.

This season, Biola and Concordia were pretty evenly matched with All-PacWest honors. Biola had two special awards while Concordia had three. Colby McClinton represented Biola as the PacWest Player and Freshman of the Year and CUI had the PacWest Pitcher, Newcomer and Coach of the Year.

Biola had eight all-conference selections and Concordia had 10. CUI had three NFCA All-Region selections while Biola had one, McClinton who was a First Team All-Region shortstop.

Biola will play Concordia on Thursday for the sixth time this season. Head coach Kristin Halte commented, "The beauty of the regional tournament is that everyone comes in essentially 0-0 and your past records don't matter. We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to compete in regionals again." 

Halte continued, "We are incredibly grateful to God for this opportunity to compete for him and display our God given gifts on this stage. I'm excited to see what our team does this weekend and I wouldn't choose any other team to compete with this week." 

The other two teams in Biola's West Regional bracket are No. 5 Cal State San Bernardino and No. 4 Northwest Nazarene.

If Biola wins they will play the winner of CSU San Bernardino and Northwest Nazarene at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 12. If the Eagles lose they will enter the loser's bracket and face the loser of the Yotes and Nighthawks game.

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