The Husson University softball and baseball teams will both be facing Endicott College from Beverly, Massachusetts, in their NCAA Division III Tournament openers later this week.
The softball team will be hosting a four-team, double-elimination tournament at the Robert and Frances O’Keefe Softball Field in Bangor beginning Thursday.
The 36-4 Eagles will entertain 26-13 Endicott in the tourney opener at 11 a.m. with second seed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (33-9) taking on Waterville’s Colby College (26-11) at 1:30 p.m.
The 24-16 Husson baseball team will travel to New Jersey and will face 35-9 Endicott on Friday at a time yet to be determined. Montclair State University (30-9) is the host and will be meeting 28-14 Whitworth University from Washington in the other first-round game.
Both Husson teams will take long winning streaks into the regionals.
Third-year head coach Rick Roberts’ softball team is currently riding a 15-game winning streak, while first-year head coach Zach Sugar’s baseball team has won its last 13.
The University of Southern Maine’s baseball team and Bowdoin College’s softball squad will also be playing in regionals.
They are the only other Maine teams involved in the regionals.
USM will be hosting a regional with Rowan University in New Jersey being the top seed.
Second seed USM (30-10) will face 26-13 Babson College in Massachusetts on Friday and Rowan (32-5) will meet the Rochester Institute of Technology (24-13) in the other first round game.
The 27-9 Bowdoin softball team will head to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to take on host Moravian (32-10) on Thursday at 1:30 after top seed Westfield State (38-1) tangles with SUNY-Cortland (25-15).
