INDIANAPOLIS - The Saginaw Valley State University softball team fresh off its 2009 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament Championship was selected by the by the NCAA Division II Softball Committee along with 63 other teams to participate in the 2009 NCAA Division II Softball Regional Championships.

Four teams will participate at each of 16 regional sites in double-elimination tournaments. The Cardinals will host the Midwest 2 Region the will feature; Ferris State, Lewis and Northern Kentucky. The regional competition will be held May 8-10. This marks the first time in school history that Saginaw Valley State University has been selected to host a NCAA Regional for softball.

Winners of the two sub-regionals will advance to the super regionals on May 15-16. Host school will be determined by the NCAA.

The finals will be held May 21-25 in Salem, Virginia, at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex.

In 2008 the Cardinals were also selected as one of the eight teams to compete in the Midwest Regional, falling in their first two games in Edwardsville, Ill.

Saginaw Valley State University finished the 2009 regular season with a 35-9 record overall and 18-4 in the GLIAC. This past weekend the Cardinals sweep through the GLIAC Tournament in four games to capture back-to-back titles for the first time since 1990 when the Cardinals won their third straight conference championship.