AKRON, Ohio – The Great Midwest Athletic Conference softball championships will be played in Northeast Ohio today through Saturday, May 2-4.

Eight Division II college teams will compete at Firestone Stadium in Akron and Walsh University in North Canton.

The championships are expected to bring in hundreds of athletes from Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee to compete. The conference was established in 2011 and consists of 14 private colleges.

This year’s tournament teams and their seeds:

• 1. Ohio Dominican University - Columbus

• 2. Trevecca Nazarene University - Nashville

• 3. Tiffin University - Tiffin, Ohio

• 4. Cedarville University - Cedarville, Ohio

• 5. Kentucky Wesleyan College - Owensboro, Kentucky

• 6. Malone University - Canton

• 7. University of Findlay - Findlay, Ohio

• 8. Hillsdale College - Michigan

Games begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at both venues. Subsequent rounds will be played at Firestone with the championship game set for noon Saturday.

The conference championships had been played in Xenia for the past four years.

Firestone Stadium previously was the home of the National Pro Fastpitch team, the Akron Racers.

Admission

Kids 5 and under are admitted free.

• All-Tournament pass: $25 ($15 for students with ID).

• Thursday and Friday: $12 ($10 for students with ID).

• Saturday: $6 ($5 for students with ID)