The Middlebury softball team has earned the second seed in the NESCAC West Division and will travel to Massachusetts next weekend in search of its second conference crown. Tufts earned the No. 1 seed in the NESCAC East Division and will host the 2022 NESCAC Softball Championship set for May 6-8, in Medford, Massachusetts. The top four seeds from each division will play an 8-team, single-elimination tournament for the first time since 2019 and the current format has been used since the 2018 campaign. The NESCAC Champion will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship.
 
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2022 NESCAC Softball Championship
Friday-Sunday, May 6-8 - All games played at Tufts
 
Day 1: Friday, May 6
Game 1 - 2:30 p.m.       Tufts (East #1) vs. Wesleyan (West #4)
Game 2 - 5:00 p.m.       Amherst (West #1) vs. Bowdoin (East #4)
 
Day 2: Saturday, May 7
Game 3 - 9:30 a.m.       Middlebury (West #2) vs. Colby (East #3)
Game 4 - 12:00 p.m.     Trinity (East #2) vs. Williams (West #3)
Game 5 - 2:30 p.m.       Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3
Game 6 - 5:00 p.m.       Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4
 
Day 3: Sunday, May 8
Game 7 - 10:00 a.m.     Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6
 
#1 EAST – Tufts Jumbos
2022 Record: 30-9 / 11-1
NESCAC Tournament Appearances (including this year): 19
NESCAC Finals Appearances: 15 (last: 2021)
NESCAC Titles Won: 12 (last: 2021)
Notes: Tufts is the defending NESCAC Champion … The Jumbos won the 2021 title with a two-game sweep over Williams … In 2021, the top teams from the East and West Divisions squared off in a best-of-three series as the season was modified due to COVID protocols …The Jumbos are the top seed out of the East for the 17th time in program history and 15th straight tournament … The Jumbos will open the NESCAC Championship facing the West No. 4 seed Wesleyan … Tufts is 6-2 in the NESCAC Tournament against the Cardinals and earned a 7-1 win in the last meeting in the 2018 tournament … The Jumbos carry a 10-game win streak into the tournament … Tufts' lone conference loss was a 3-0 decision in the opening game of the Colby series.
 
#2 EAST – Trinity Bantams
2022 Record: 18-13 / 8-4 NESCAC
NESCAC Tournament Appearances (including this year): 10 (5th consecutive)
NESCAC Finals Appearances: 1 (2007)
NESCAC Titles Won: 0
Notes: Trinity is the No. 2 seed in the East for the first time since 2017 and is making its fifth straight tournament appearance … The Bantams earned the No. 2 seed by winning the series against Colby in the last weekend of the regular season … Trinity will face Williams, the No. 3 seed in the West, in its opening game of the NESCAC Championship … The Bantams are 2-6 against Williams having most recently lost to the Ephs, 4-1, in the 2018 tournament.
 
#3 EAST – Colby Mules
2022 Record: 19-14 / 7-5 NESCAC
NESCAC Tournament Appearances (including this year): 2
NESCAC Finals Appearances: 0
NESCAC Titles Won: 0
Notes: Colby is making its first appearance in the NESCAC Championship since 2003 and second overall … The Mules are the No. 3 seed in the East for the first time in program history … The Mules will face the West No. 2 seed Middlebury in their opening game of the tournament … Colby is 1-0 against the Panthers, winning 4-0 in the 2003 tournament.
 
#4 EAST – Bowdoin Polar Bears
2022 Record: 14-17 / 3-9 NESCAC
NESCAC Tournament Appearances (including this year): 12 (4th consecutive)
NESCAC Finals Appearances: 4 (last: 2018)
NESCAC Titles Won: 0
Notes: Bowdoin is making its 12th NESCAC Tournament appearance … The Polar Bears are the No. 4 seed in the East for the first time in program history … Bowdoin will meet Amherst, the top seed in the West, in its opening game of the tournament … Bowdoin is 3-4 in the seven meetings between the two schools in the NESCAC Tournament … The Polar Bears dropped a 4-0 decision to the Mammoths when they last met in the 2019 championship.

#1 WEST – Amherst Mammoths
2022 Record: 21-7 / 9-3 NESCAC
NESCAC Tournament Appearances (including this year): 8 (5th consecutive)
NESCAC Finals Appearances: 1 (2017)
NESCAC Titles Won: 0
Notes: The Mammoths are the top seed in the West for the first time since 2018 … Amherst earned the top seed with a sweep of Wesleyan in the final series of the regular season … The Mammoths will play Bowdoin, the No. 4 seed in the East in its first game of the championship … Amherst improved to 4-3 against the Polar Bears with a 4-0 victory in the 2019 championship … Amherst enters the tournament having won eight of its last nine games.

#2 WEST - Middlebury Panthers
2022 Record: 17-9 / 8-4 NESCAC
NESCAC Tournament Appearances (including this year): 11 (3rd consecutive)
NESCAC Finals Appearances: 3 (last: 2012)
NESCAC Titles Won: 1 (2011)
Notes: Middlebury is the No. 2 seed in the West for the first time since 2015 and will face the East No. 3 seed Colby … Middlebury is 0-1 against the Mules, falling 4-0 in the 2003 championship … The Panthers won their only NESCAC title in 2011.

#3 WEST – Williams Ephs
2022 Record: 23-13 / 7-5 NESCAC
NESCAC Tournament Appearances (including this year): 18 (7th consecutive)
NESCAC Finals Appearances: 11 (last: 2021)
NESCAC Titles Won: 6 (last: 2018)
Notes: Williams, the 2021 NESCAC Runner-up, has qualified for the NESCAC Championship for the seventh straight season and 18th time overall … The Ephs are the No. 3 seed in the East for the first time in program history … Williams will be matched up against Trinity, the No. 2 seed in the East … The Ephs are 6-2 against the Bantams in the NESCAC postseason, winning the last meeting, 7-1, in the 2018 tournament … Williams has won six NESCAC titles, including three straight between 2004 to 2006 and again between 2016 and 2018 … Williams enters the tournament riding an eight-game win streak.

#4 WEST – Wesleyan Cardinals
2022 Record: 13-18 / 4-8 NESCAC
NESCAC Tournament Appearances (including this year): 7
NESCAC Finals Appearances: 3 (last: 2010)
NESCAC Titles Won: 1 (2010)
Notes: Wesleyan is making its seventh appearance in the NESCAC Tournament and is the No. 4 seed in the West for the first time since 2018 … The Cardinals open the 2022 championship facing East No. 1 seed and host Tufts … Wesleyan is 2-6 in eight meetings with the Jumbos, including a 7-1 loss in the 2018 tournament … The Cardinals won their lone NESCAC title in 2010.