So long, D2SS!!!

After seven years of covering NCAA Division II sports in the Southeast, this is the 700th (and sadly) final post of D-II South Sports.  To anyone who is reading this post, we say, thank you for your support during those seven seasons of coverage.

Still, the dismantling of D2SS doesn't mean we're discontinuing our coverage of small college sports in the South, not by a long shot.  Look for at least two new blogs covering sports of all sorts, whether it be minor league, small college, and/or even high school sports going online very soon.

For now, however, it's not goodbye, but "see you down the road."

 

Armstrong Atlantic State names new athletic director

Armstrong Atlantic State University has named Lisa Sweany as its new athletics director.  She comes to Savannah from Grand Valley State University in Michigan.  Her first day on the job at AASU is on July 18.

Click here to read the full story, courtesy of aasupirates.com.

Baseball: West Florida wins D-II National Championship!!!

Congrulations to the University of West Florida Argonauts!  They won their first-ever NCAA Division II baseball national championship with a 12-2 rout over Winona State (Minn.) in the title game at Cary, N.C. Saturday.  The Argos finished the 2011 season with an overall record of 52-9.

Click here for the full story, courtesy of goargos.com.

Softball: UAH falls short in title game

For the third straight year, the Gulf South Conference has fallen short of taking home a national championship.  In 2011, it was Alabama-Huntsville that came up empty, as the Chargers lost to UC San Diego, 10-3, in the title game on Monday.  UAH also lost the 2009 title game to Lock Haven (Pa.), while Valdosta State fell short against Hawaii Pacific in 2010.


Click here for the full story, courtesy of uahchargers.com.

 

NCAA Baseball Tournament Field Announced

The selections for the 2011 NCAA Division II baseball tournament are out, and eight teams from D-II South Nation made the field. 

In the Southeast Region, three teams from the Peach Belt Conference made the field, while in the South Region, the Gulf South Conference invited four teams, with West Florida serving as the host squad, while Stillman was the lone SIAC team to earn an NCAA bid, as the Tigers advanced as an automatic qualifier via winning the conference tournament.

In all, 48 teams nationwide earned berths to the NCAA tournament, with six teams selected from the Southeast Region, while eight teams advanced to the South Regional tourney.

Click on one of the following links to see the schedule for the NCAA regionals, which get underway Thursday for the Southeast Regional at Mount Olive, N.C., and Pensacola, Fla. for the South Regional.

Southeast Region

South Region

NCAA Softball Tournament Underway

The NCAA Division II softball tournament got underway at select campus sites throughout the nation Friday.  D-II South Nation was well represented, with five teams from the Peach Belt Conference advancing to the Southeast Regional, while three squads from the Gulf South Conference, as well as one from the SIAC, advanced to the South Regional.

Here are the pairings for both the Southeast and South Regionals, as follows:


Southeast Regional 1 (at Dahlonega, Ga.)


Southeast Regional 2 (at Hickory, N.C.)


South Regional 1 (at Huntsville, Ala.)


South Regional 2 (at Winter Park, Fla.)

Shorter applies for D-II status

It's official.  Shorter University in Rome, Georgia has applied to join the NCAA Division II ranks.  The current NAIA school plans to seek membership in the Gulf South Conference.  School officials have until June 1 to complete their application to the NCAA.


Click here for the full story, courtesy of the Rome (Ga.) News-Tribune, and Shorter University