GRAPEVINE, Texas - Wednesday morning, the National Christian College Athletic Association announced the full field for next week's NCCAA Softball World Series, including seeds, matchups and start times. The University of Northwestern, participating in the tournament for the first time, drew the No. 6 seed of eight as the North Central Region representative, and will open the event by taking on No. 3 Arlington Baptist University at 3:30 PM on field three of the Oak Grove Softball Complex on Monday, May 18th.

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The Patriots, whose only affiliation is with the NCCAA, own a 21-10 record this season. Hailing from Arlington, Texas, ABU qualified for the tournament as an at-large selection from the Central Region. In the Central Region Tournament, Arlington Baptist played all three of its games against other NCCAA World Series teams, defeating eight-seed Dallas Christian, 6-2, before losing 12-2 to No. 2 Southwestern Christian and 13-7 to No. 4 Wayland Baptist. The Patriots, who closed out the regular season on a 10-game winning streak, also played five games against NCAA Division I schools in 2026, going 1-4. The lone win came on February 7th against Grambling, whom ABU defeated 4-3.

The three-day, 15-game, double-elimination tournament will begin on Monday, May 18th. The winner of the Northwestern-Arlington Baptist game will play immediately at 6:00 PM against the winner of the No. 2 Southwestern Christian vs. No. 7 Kentucky Christian contest. The loser will have the rest of the night off before playing at 1:00 PM on Tuesday in an elimination game against the 2 vs. 7 loser. For more coverage, stay tuned to unweagles.com, and follow @unweagles and @unwsoftball on social media platforms.