Fresh off its sweep of the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament, the Drake University softball team will play Brigham Young Thursday at 5 p.m. in the 2018 NCAA Softball Tournament. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3.
 
In the Eugene Regional, Drake (43-10) and BYU (35-20) are joined by Albany (30-24) and the No. 1 overall team in the tournament, Oregon (47-7).
 
Drake is making its third-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament and first since 2008. The Bulldogs dominated in the MVC regular season with a 24-1 overall record and then defeated Valparaiso and Southern Illinois to win the MVC Tournament title. Drake and BYU have previously played twice with the Cougars winning both games.