COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The University of South Carolina (USC) softball team will be hosting the Columbia Regional as the No. 8 seed for the NCAA Tournament.

Officials with USC Athletics said this is the program’s first national top-8 seed in modern history and its 25th all-time bid to the tournament.

The Regional will take place from May 16-18 at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field and will host Virginia, North Florida and Elon.

The Gamecocks are 3-1 all-time against Elon, 7-1 all-time against North Florida and 34-5 all-time against Virginia. On May 16, the Ospreys will face the Cavaliers at 3 p.m. while the Gamecocks will face the Phoenix at 5:30 p.m.

Complete game times and more information on the regional will be announced later.

Tickets for the Regional go on sale Monday at 10 a.m. You can find them by clicking here .

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