The Wildcats were on the bubble after being upset by Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament, but earned a postseason berth on Selection Sunday. Northwestern is set to play in the Clemson Regional, where the No. 11 Tigers will also host Kentucky and USC Upstate.

Clemson is paired with the Austin Regional, which features No. 6 Texas of the SEC. If both favorites advance, the Tigers would travel to Austin for a best-of-three super regional series against the Longhorns (46-10) from May 22-25.

Fresh off its first ACC tournament championship in program history, the Clemson softball team will host an NCAA tournament regional this weekend after earning the No. 11 overall seed for the 64-team tournament.