ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Georgia has been named a host site for NCAA Softball Super Regional play according to an announcement made by the NCAA Monday morning.

The No. 6 national-seed Georgia Bulldogs (42-10) will play host to the No. 11 national-seed Ohio State Buckeyes (47-9) in a best-of-three game series this Thursday and Friday at the UGA Softball Stadium. The opening game of the series will take place Thursday at 7 p.m. ET while game two will be Friday at 4:30 p.m. The 'if necessary' game three would follow game two on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

The Bulldogs, in their eighth consecutive NCAA Softball Championship, will be making their third Super Regional appearance but will be hosting a Super Regional for the first time. Georgia's previous two Super Regionals came in 2005 and 2008 in Los Angeles against UCLA. Georgia earned its spot in this year's Athens Super Regional by winning the Chapel Hill Regional with a perfect 3-0 mark that included a win over Radford and a pair of wins over host North Carolina.

The Buckeyes, in their sixth trip to the NCAA Softball Championships, will be playing in their first Super Regional. Ohio State advanced to Athens after hosting and winning the Columbus Regional where it went a perfect 3-0 with wins over Canisius, BYU and Kentucky.

A total of 64 teams were selected to the 28th-Annual NCAA Division I Softball NCAA Championship with just 16 advancing to the Super Regional round of play. The eight Super Regional winners will advance to the NCAA Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City May 28-June 3. Both the Bulldogs and Buckeyes will be vying to make their first-ever trip to the WCWS.

NCAA Athens Super Regional Schedule
Thursday, May 21
7 p.m. - Game One

Friday, May 22
4:30 p.m. - Game Two
6:30 p.m. - Game Three (If Necessary)

*All times Eastern. All games to be televised by ESPN2/ESPN360.com.