[Softball] Softball Opening Round for Davenport, Madonna

KANSAS CITY - (Qualifiers Release  |  Pairings Release) - Davenport and Madonna found out their opponents for the Opening Round of the 2017 NAIA Softball National Championship. Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Tournament champion Davenport is one of 10 host sites and WHAC Tournament runner-up Madonna travels to Kentucky.

The 40-team field is comprised of 31 automatic qualifiers and nine at-large berths with the 18 conferences receiving one berth per six teams and two berths per ten teams. In addition, one Unaffiliated Group (Association of Independent Institutions / Gulf Coast) earns two berths. At-large teams were determined using the final regular-season Coaches' Top 25 Poll.