Western Connecticut State University’s softball team earned an at large bid to the NCAA Division III tournament, one day after the Colonials mens lacrosse team reached their’s by winning the Little East championship.

The Colonials softball team will travel to the seven-team regional at Rowan University this Thursday, and makes its ninth appearance in the NCAA Tournament. They will take on the bracket’s fourth-seed, Kean University, at 10 a.m.

Offensively, senior second baseman Kristen Lugovich leads the team in batting with a .417 average. The lefty slap hitter has six doubles and 17 runs batted in. Classmates Cortney Romyns and Stacey DiMaggio follow with .383 and .375 batting averages, respectively. Romyns, who has a 6-3 record from the mound, has four home runs, three triples and seven doubles. She is third on the team with 27 RBI. DiMaggio has five home runs and is second on the club with 33 RBI.

In 2002, Western advanced to the NCAA Division III College World Series in Eau Claire, WI. The Colonials last appeared in the NCAAs in 2006 and advanced to the third round.

The mens lacrosse team will travel to Western New England College and take on the Golden Bears Wednesday at 4 p.m. The Colonials, 13-6, defeated Plymouth State University, 18-7 on Saturday to win their first Little East Conference championship and the automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

The winner of Wednesday’s first round match will travel to St. Lawrence University to take on the 11-2 Saints on Saturday, May 10 at North Country Field in upstate New York in the tournament’s second round. The NCAA Division III Finals will be at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA on Sunday, May 25.