The St. Thomas Aquinas College Softball team has earned the #3 seed in the East Regional of the 2025 NCAA Division II Softball Tournament and will take on #6 Southern New Hampshire University.

Selection Show Video Archive | 2026 NCAA Division II Softball Tournament Bracket

St. Thomas Aquinas qualified for its fourth consecutive trip to the field of 64 on the strength of a 33-12 overall record. The Spartans made it to the East Coast Conference Tournament Championship round for the fifth time in the last six seasons, and captured their third conference crown in program history. Eight bids were awarded in the region with champions from the ECC (St. Thomas Aquinas), Northeast-10 (Assumption), and Central Atlantic (Bridgeport) capturing automatic bids and the others issued on an at-large basis.

The Spartans (33-12, 18-2 ECC) and Penmen (33-21, 22-13 NE10) did not meet during the 2026 regular season. The sides last played on March 8, 2024 in Winter Haven, Florida with SNHU defeating STAC, 5-4.

First Round games will begin on Thursday, May 14 with one East Region Bracket being held at top-seed Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire and the other taking place at No. 2 Adelphi University in Garden City, New York.

The winners from each East Region bracket will battle in super regional competition, May 21 & 22. The East Region Champion will then make their way to Frost Stadium at Warner Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee for the Division II Finals, May 28 to June 3.

2026 NCAA Division II Softball Championship -- East 2 Regional (May 14-16)
at Janet L. Ficke Field - Garden City, N.Y.

Thursday, May 14
Game 1: #7 Bridgeport vs. #2 Adelphi - 12 p.m.
Game 2: #6 So. New Hampshire vs. #3 St. Thomas Aquinas - 2:30 p.m.

Friday, May 15
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner - 10 a.m.
Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser - 12:30 p.m.
Game 5: Game 4 winner vs. Game 3 loser - 3 p.m.

Saturday, May 16
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner - 12 a.m.
Game 7 (if necessary): Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner - 2:30 p.m.