CLAREMORE, Okla. – Rogers State softball heard their name called on Monday morning as the No. 3-seed in the NCAA Division II Central Regional and travel to Joplin, Mo. to compete at the Missouri Southern-hosted regional site. This is the second-straight season the Hillcats have made a regional after hosting last season and eventually claimed the 2022 National Championship, the first national title in school history.
 
The Central Region is made up of teams from the MIAA, Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and Great American Conference.
 
The Hillcats will be joined in Joplin by host and fellow MIAA school Missouri Southern, NSIC member Minnesota-Duluth and GAC member Southern Arkansas. No. 3-seed Rogers State will take on No. 6 Southern Arkansas on Thursday, May 11. Game times will be announced later this week.
 
The tournament will feature two games on Thursday, three games on Friday, with the Championship game on Saturday.