Kansas City, Mo. – (Bracket) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the official seeds and bracket for the 2017 NAIA Softball World Series that runs May 26 – June 1 in Clermont, Fla. The 10-team, double-elimination event will be played out at the Legends Way Ballfields. PFX Athletics serves as official hosts for the first year. Advanced World Series tickets may be purchased by clicking here.

Columbia College, who is the second overall seed, advanced to its 16th all-time NAIA World Series, the second-most appearances behind Oklahoma City. The Cougars are tied with Oklahoma City for the longest NAIA active season-winning streak with 17-straight victories. They will play their first game of the World Series on Saturday, May 25^th when they take on the winner of game one between Warner (Fla.) and Ottawa (Kan.) at 5 p.m.

There will be up to 19 games played during a seven-day span on one championship stadium field. There are four games on each of the first three days (May 28^th is off day), three contests on May 30^th, two games on May 31^st and the championship final on June 1^st.

The qualifiers are comprised of 10 NAIA National Championship Opening Round champions, which were completed today. To see those champions, click here.

NAIANetwork.com, the NAIA's official video-streaming platform of NAIA national championship events powered by Stretch Internet, will be broadcasting all 19 games of the 2017 NAIA Softball World Series. The All-World Series package can be purchased for $29.95 or the day package for $9.95. For more information, including how to register for an account, click here.

For more information on the 2017 NAIA Softball World Series, follow along with live updates on the NAIA social media accounts on Twitter (@NAIA), Facebook (@PlayNAIA) and Instagram (@playnaia) using #NAIASBWorldSeries.

For more information on the 2017 NAIA Softball World Series, click here.