UPDATED: Ferris State Women's Basketball Receives Program's Eighth All-Time NCAA Tourney Berth!
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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's basketball squad has earned the program's eighth NCAA Division II Tournament berth as the Bulldogs were among the eight regional selections announced late Sunday night by the NCAA.
Ferris State, which is 21-11 overall this year, will be the number seven seed for the NCAA D2 Midwest Regional Tourney and will face second-seeded Ashland on Friday, March 14, at 2:30 p.m. (ET) in Allendale on the campus of Grand Valley State University.
The women's D2 regional at GVSU begins on Friday with four quarterfinal-round games. The winners will meet in semifinal round action on Saturday (March 15) evening with the regional title game slated for Monday, March 17.
Ticket information along with broadcast coverage plans and other details will be announced soon.
The single-elimination national tournament field includes eight regions of eight teams apiece. The Midwest Regional champion will advance to the NCAA Division Elite Eight with quarterfinal-round play on March 24 and the semifinals on March 26 in Pittsburgh, Pa. This year, the national championship game will be contested on March 28 at the UMPC Cooper Fieldhouse.
On the women's side, the Bulldogs were among four teams picked from the GLIAC in addition to top-seeded Grand Valley State, third-seeded Northern Michigan and fourth-seeded Wayne State.
Ferris State will be making its eighth NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament appearance in the program's history. The Bulldog women's squad advanced to the field in 2020 before the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That year marked FSU's first berth since 2011-12 when FSU reached the Midwest Regional semifinals. The Bulldogs also made berths in 1999-00, 2003-04 and 2006-07 when FSU made its deepest run by reaching the regional final and the NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen. Finally, FSU made the field three years ago in 2021-22 and again last season when they won their first-ever regional crown to advance to the D2 Elite Eight and the national semifinals, making this the Bulldogs' third trip to the big dance in the past four seasons.
Stay tuned to FerrisStateBulldogs.com for additional postseason information as it becomes available.
Below are the complete Midwest Regional matchups:
Friday, March 14
(3) Northern Michigan vs. (6) Hillsdale | 12 pm
(2) Ashland vs. (7) Ferris State | 2:30 pm
(1) Grand Valley State vs. (8) Quincy | 5 pm
(4) Wayne State vs. (5) Lewis | 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 15
NMU/HC winner vs FSU/AU winner | 5 pm
GVSU/QU winner vs WSU/LU winner | 7:30 pm
Monday, March 17
Regional Championship Game | 7 pm