COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The University of Maryland softball team (36-17) has received the top overall seed in the 2023 National Invitational Softball Tournament (NISC) and will face Cal-State Northridge (CSUN). All games in the tournament will be played at the Triple Crown Sports Facility in Fort Collins, CO.

The Terps will face the Matadors on Thursday, May 18 at Noon ET/10 a.m. MT. All games in the event will air on FloSports.

This will be Maryland's first postseason since NCAA Regionals in 2012 and fifth National Postseason Tournament. 

CSUN finished the season with a 28-22 record overall and 19-8 record in the Big West conference. 

Maryland has had their most successful season since 2011, recording 36 wins, the most in over a decade. The Terps notched 11 conference wins, their third straight 10+ win season in the Big Ten.
 
Maryland is matched up with the bracket including San Jose State and BYU. 

Full Release from Triple Crown Sports

Tournament officials have announced the 8-team field that will head to Colorado for the 2023 National Invitational Softball Championships, a Division-I postseason softball event with action set to begin Thursday, May 18.
 
All games will take place on the two fields at Triple Crown Sports in Fort Collins, CO, Red Rocks Field and Horsetooth Field. Tournament format features two four-team pods that will play a double-elimination slate, with winners of the two winner's brackets and loser's brackets advancing to a single-elim championship bracket.
 
The semifinals are set for 9 a.m. and noon on May 20, with the championship game scheduled for 3 p.m. – all those games are on Red Rocks Field. Maryland (36-17) earned the top seed for the 2023 NISC. May 21 is available for NISC games, if needed, pending weather or other unforeseen delays. Here are the other seven teams in the field in alphabetical order:
 
BYU (32-16)
CSUN (28-22)
Iowa (31-27)
San José State (26-28)
South Dakota State (37-17)
Tarleton State (30-27)
UC Davis (29-20)
 
"We have added a second competitive diamond at Triple Crown in Colorado to add to the excitement that Baylor and Central Arkansas brought in 2022," said Dave King, NISC director and founder of Triple Crown Sports. "This should create one of the most unique environments in the college game."
 
Here's the schedule for the first two rounds:
 
Thursday, May 18 (all times Mountain):
Maryland vs. CSUN, 10 a.m. (Red Rocks Field)
Iowa vs. UC Davis, 10 a.m. (Horsetooth Field)
San José State vs. BYU, 1 p.m. (RR)
Tarleton State vs. South Dakota State, 1 p.m. (HT)
 
Friday, May 19
Loser's bracket, both fields, 9 a.m.
Winner's bracket, both fields, noon
Loser's bracket, both fields, 3 p.m.
 
The 2017 NISC was won by Liberty; the 2018 crown went to Loyola Marymount, and the 2019 title went to UT Arlington. The event was suspended for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Baylor winning the 2022 championship.