Coming off its sweep of the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament, the Drake University softball team will play Georgia Friday at 6 p.m. in the 2019 NCAA Tournament in Minneapolis, Minn. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.
In the Minneapolis Regional, Drake (42-13) and Georgia (40-17) are joined by the tournament's No. 7 seed and regional host Minnesota (41-12) and North Dakota State (42-14).
Drake and Georgia have previously played twice with the Georgia Bulldogs winning both games. The two games took place in Athens, Ga., with Georgia winning 2-0 and 1-0.
Drake is the first-ever MVC team to sweep back-to-back MVC regular season and tournament titles.