The St. Thomas Aquinas College Softballl team has earned the #5 seed in the East Regional of the 2025 NCAA Division II Softball Tournament and will take on #4 Bentley University.

Selection Show Video Archive | 2025 NCAA Division II Softball Tournament Bracket

St. Thomas Aquinas qualified for its third consecutive trip to the field of 64 on the strength of a 30-19 overall record. The Spartans made it to the East Coast Conference Tournament Championship round for the fourth time in the last five season, but were denied a their third consecutive title by D'Youville University (GM1: 5-1/GM2: 1-0). Eight bids were awarded in the region with champions from the ECC (D'Youville), Northeast-10 (Pace), and Central Atlantic (Wilmington) capturing automatic bids and the others issued on an at-large basis.

The Spartans (30-19, 16-4 ECC) and Falcons (24-19, 12-8 NE10) met twice during 2025 regular season, with the squads facing off on the diamond in Clermont, Florida in a doubleheader on March 9. Each side registered a victory over the other, with Bentley taking a 4-2 extra innings decision in the opener, before STAC responded with a 7-3 triumph in the game two.

First Round games will begin on Thursday, March 8 with one East Region Bracket being held at top-seed Pace University in Pleasantville, New York and the other taking place at No. 3 Goldey Beacom College in Wilmington, Delaware. 

The winners from each East Region bracket will battle in super regional competition, May 15 & 16. The East Region Champion will then make their way to Frost Stadium at Warner Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee for the Division II Finals, May 22-28.

NCAA DIVISION II SOFTBALL - EAST REGIONAL (MAY 8-10)

• East 1 Region (At Pace University - Pleasantville, N.Y.)
  • May 8 
    • Game 1: No. 1 Pace vs. No. 8 D’Youville, 12 p.m.
    • Game 2: No. 4 Bentley vs. No. 5 St. Thomas Aquinas, 3 p.m.
• East 2 Region (At Goldey-Beacom College - Wilmington, Del.)
  • May 8 
    • Game 1: No. 2 Wilmington (DE) vs. No. 7 Southern N.H., 11 a.m.
    • Game 2: No. 3 Goldey-Beacom vs. No. 6 Bridgeport, 1:30 p.m.