The Minnesota Gophers softball team found out their NCAA Tournament fate on Sunday evening when the 2023 brackets were released. Minnesota is the #2 seed in the Seattle regional which features the host and #7 national seed Washington Huskies, the McNeese Cowgirls, and the Northern Colorado Bears. Minnesota will open play on Friday evening against McNeese at 5:30 CDT on ESPN+.
The Gophers saw their conference schedule end on Friday with a 5-2 loss to Indiana in the Big Ten Semifinals. The Hoosiers would go on to lose to #1 seed Northwestern in the Championship Game 2-1 on Saturday.