INDIANAPOLIS --- The Tusculum women's tennis team will participate in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional after earning an automatic bid by winning the South Atlantic Conference Championship tournament last weekend, following the release of the bracket Tuesday night.

NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championship selections

The Pioneers (20-6) are the seventh seed in the Southeast Region and will play two-time defending national champion Armstrong State on Monday, May 1 at 2 p.m. in Savannah, Georgia. The Pirates (22-4) were the runner-up in the Peach Belt Conference after falling 5-3 to Columbus State in the league finals, and have won seven of the last nine Division II championships.

Tusculum is making its eighth trip to the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championship after defeating Wingate 5-4 in the SAC Championship finals on Saturday. The Pioneers' last appearance in the NCAA Tournament came in 2014, when Tusculum lost to Armstrong 5-0 in the only previous meeting between the schools.

The other portion of the regional bracket will feature third-seeded Flagler against sixth-seeded Georgia College, which will also be played Monday at 2:00 at Armstrong State. The winners will play Tuesday at 2:00 for a chance to advance to the Division II Round of 16 in Altamonte Springs, Florida from May 10-13.

Columbus State is the top seed in the Southeast Region and will host the other half of the bracket next week, facing eighth-seeded Mount Olive in the first round while fourth-seeded Francis Marion squares off with fifth-seeded North Georgia.