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2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament

The 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 19 through June 8, 2023, as the final part of the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. The tournament culminated with the 2023 Women's College World Series at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.[1]

2023 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams64
Finals site
ChampionsOklahoma (7th title)
Runner-upFlorida State (12th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coachPatty Gasso (7th title)
MOPJordy Bahl (Oklahoma)

Charlotte, Eastern Illinois, George Mason, North Carolina Central, Northern Colorado, Northern Kentucky, and Omaha made their NCAA Division I softball tournament debuts.[2] Arizona failed to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1986, while Michigan failed to make the tournament for the first time since 1994.[3][4]

Format edit

A total of 64 teams will enter the tournament, with 32 of them receiving an automatic bid by either winning their conference's tournament or by finishing in first place in their conference. The remaining 32 bids will be at-large, with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.[5]

Bids edit

The Big West and West Coast Conference bids were awarded to the regular-season champion. All other conferences had their automatic bid go to the conference tournament winner.[6]

Automatic edit

Conference School Best finish Last NCAA appearance
America East UMBC Regionals
(2002, 2019, 2021, 2022)
2022
American UCF Super Regional
(2022)
2022
ASUN Central Arkansas Regionals
(2015)
2015
ACC Florida State National Champion
(2018)
2022
Atlantic 10 George Mason First appearance First appearance
Big 12 Oklahoma National Champion
(2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022)
2022
Big East Seton Hall Regionals
(2005)
2005
Big Sky Northern Colorado First appearance[a] First appearance[a]
Big South Campbell Regionals
(1995, 2008, 2009, 2021, 2022)
2022
Big Ten Northwestern WCWS
(1984, 1985, 1986, 2006, 2007, 2022)
2022
Big West Long Beach State WCWS
(1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
2021
CAA Hofstra Super Regionals
(2012)
2018
Conference USA Middle Tennessee Regionals
(2000)
2018
Horizon Northern Kentucky First appearance First appearance
Ivy League Harvard Regionals
(1998, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019)
2019
MAAC Marist Regionals
(2006, 2013, 2016)
2016
MAC Miami (OH) Regionals
(2005, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2021, 2022)
2022
MEAC North Carolina Central First appearance First appearance
Missouri Valley Southern Illinois WCWS
(1970, 1977, 1978)
2021
Mountain West San Diego State Regionals
(2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022)
2022
NEC LIU Regionals
(2008, 2012, 2016)
2016
Ohio Valley Eastern Illinois First appearance First appearance
Pac-12 Utah WCWS
(1985, 1991, 1994)
2017
Patriot Boston University Regionals
(1996, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019)
2021
SEC Tennessee WCWS Runner-Up
(2007, 2013)
2022
Southern UNC Greensboro Regionals
(1997, 2018, 2021)
2021
Southland McNeese Regionals
(1994, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
2022
SWAC Prairie View A&M Regionals
(2018, 2022)
2022
Summit Omaha First appearance[b] First appearance[b]
Sun Belt Louisiana Third Place
(1993)
2022
WAC Grand Canyon Regionals
(2022)
2022
West Coast Loyola Marymount Regionals
(2005, 2007)
2022
  1. ^ a b Northern Colorado appeared in the AIAW Women's College World Series 11 times from 1969—1979 prior to the NCAA sponsoring women's athletics. Its best finish was runner-up (3 times: in 1974, 1976, and 1978).
  2. ^ a b Omaha appeared in the AIAW Women's College World Series 10 times (1969—1973, 1975—1979) prior to the NCAA sponsoring women's athletics. Its best finish was a National Championship in 1975.

At-large edit

Team Conference
Alabama SEC
Arkansas SEC
Auburn SEC
Baylor Big 12
California Pac-12
Cal State Fullerton Big West
Charlotte Conference USA
Clemson ACC
Duke ACC
Florida SEC
Georgia SEC
Indiana Big Ten
Kentucky SEC
Liberty ASUN
Louisville ACC
LSU SEC
Minnesota Big Ten
Missouri SEC
Nebraska Big Ten
Notre Dame ACC
Oklahoma State Big 12
Ole Miss SEC
Oregon Pac-12
South Carolina SEC
Stanford Pac-12
Texas Big 12
Texas A&M SEC
Texas State Sun Belt
UCLA Pac-12
Virginia Tech ACC
Washington Pac-12
Wichita State American

By conference edit

Conference Total Schools
SEC 12 Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M
ACC 6 Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech
Pac-12 6 California, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, Utah, Washington
Big 12 4 Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas
Big Ten 4 Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern
American 2 UCF, Wichita State
ASUN 2 Central Arkansas, Liberty
Big West 2 Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State
Conference USA 2 Charlotte, Middle Tennessee
Sun Belt 2 Louisiana, Texas State
America East 1 UMBC
Atlantic 10 1 George Mason
Big East 1 Seton Hall
Big Sky 1 Northern Colorado
Big South 1 Campbell
CAA 1 Hofstra
Horizon 1 Northern Kentucky
Ivy League 1 Harvard
MAAC 1 Marist
Mid-American 1 Miami (OH)
MEAC 1 North Carolina Central
Missouri Valley 1 Southern Illinois
Mountain West 1 San Diego State
Northeast 1 LIU
Ohio Valley 1 Eastern Illinois
Patriot 1 Boston University
SoCon 1 UNC Greensboro
Southland 1 McNeese
Southwestern 1 Prairie View A&M
Summit 1 Omaha
WAC 1 Grand Canyon
West Coast 1 Loyola Marymount

National seeds edit

Sixteen national seeds were announced on the Selection Show, on Sunday, May 14 at 7 p.m. EDT on ESPN2. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the Women's College World Series.[7][8]

Regionals and Super Regionals edit

The Regionals took place May 19–21. The Super Regionals will take place May 25–28.

Norman Super Regional edit

Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
1 Oklahoma 11(5)
Hofstra 0
1 Oklahoma 11(6)
Missouri 0
California 1
Missouri 5(8)
1 Oklahoma 16(5)
Norman Regional – Marita Hynes Field
California 3
Hofstra 0
California 7
Missouri 5
California 7
1 Oklahoma 9 8(9)
16 Clemson 2 7
16 Clemson 17(5)
UNC Greensboro 2
16 Clemson 7
Auburn 0
Auburn 12(5)
Cal State Fullerton 2
16 Clemson 2 5
Clemson Regional – McWhorter Stadium
Auburn 5 1
UNC Greensboro 0
Cal State Fullerton 5
Auburn 5
Cal State Fullerton 0

Durham Super Regional edit

Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
8 Duke 2
George Mason 1
8 Duke 5
Charlotte 0
Charlotte 7
Campbell 2
8 Duke 4
Durham Regional – Duke Softball Stadium
Charlotte 2
George Mason 1
Campbell 7
Charlotte 6
Campbell 4
8 Duke 1 2
9 Stanford 3 7
9 Stanford 1
Long Beach State 0
9 Stanford 8(6)
Florida 0
Florida 3
Loyola Marymount 2
9 Stanford 11
Stanford Regional – Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium
Florida 2
Long Beach State 1
Loyola Marymount 2
Florida 10
Loyola Marymount 6

Tuscaloosa Super Regional edit

Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
5 Alabama 5
LIU 0
5 Alabama 12
Middle Tennessee 5
Central Arkansas 0
Middle Tennessee 8(5)
5 Alabama 1 1
Tuscaloosa Regional – Rhoads Stadium
Middle Tennessee 4 0
LIU 0
Central Arkansas 15(5)
Middle Tennessee 3
Central Arkansas 0
5 Alabama 1 2 3
12 Northwestern 3 1 2
12 Northwestern 2
Eastern Illinois 0
12 Northwestern 10
Kentucky 8
Kentucky 9(6)
Miami (OH) 1
12 Northwestern 5
Evanston Regional – Sharon J. Drysdale Field
Miami (OH) 4
Eastern Illinois 0
Miami (OH) 4
Kentucky 0
Miami (OH) 9(5)

Knoxville Super Regional edit

Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
4 Tennessee 12(5)
Northern Kentucky 0
4 Tennessee 9(5)
Indiana 1
Indiana 4
Louisville 3
4 Tennessee 7
Knoxville Regional – Sherri Parker Lee Stadium
Indiana 3
Northern Kentucky 1
Louisville 9(5)
Indiana 4
Louisville 2
4 Tennesssee 5 9
13 Texas 2 0
13 Texas 8(5)
Seton Hall 0
13 Texas 2
Texas A&M 1
Texas A&M 2(8)
Texas State 1
13 Texas 11
Austin Regional – Red and Charline McCombs Field
Texas A&M 5
Seton Hall 3
Texas State 4
Texas A&M 4
Texas State 2

Tallahassee Super Regional edit

Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
3 Florida State 9(5)
Marist 0
3 Florida State 5
UCF 1
South Carolina 1
UCF 6
3 Florida State 0 1
Tallahassee Regional – JoAnne Graf Field
South Carolina 4 0
Marist 1
South Carolina 2
UCF 1
South Carolina 10
3 Florida State 8 4
14 Georgia 1 2
14 Georgia 12(5)
North Carolina Central 0
14 Georgia 8
Virginia Tech 3
Virginia Tech 6
Boston University 1
14 Georgia 12(6)
Athens Regional – Jack Turner Stadium
Virginia Tech 3
North Carolina Central 0
Boston University 8(6)
Virginia Tech 9(5)
Boston University 0

Stillwater Super Regional edit

Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
6 Oklahoma State 9(6)
UMBC 0
6 Oklahoma State 6
Wichita State 0
Wichita State 6
Nebraska 5
6 Oklahoma State 5
Stillwater Regional – Cowgirl Stadium
Nebraska 2
UMBC 2
Nebraska 3
Wichita State 8
Nebraska 9(9)
6 Oklahoma State 8 9
Oregon 1 0
11 Arkansas 11(5)
Harvard 0
11 Arkansas 4
Oregon 10
Oregon 5
Notre Dame 4
Oregon 14(5)
Fayetteville Regional – Bogle Park
11 Arkansas 4
Harvard 2
Notre Dame 5
11 Arkansas 5
Notre Dame 0

Seattle Super Regional edit

Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
7 Washington 10(6)
Northern Colorado 2
7 Washington 3
McNeese 1
Minnesota 4
McNeese 5(13)
7 Washington 0 7
Seattle Regional – Husky Softball Stadium
McNeese 1 6
Northern Colorado 0
Minnesota 4
McNeese 1
Minnesota 0
7 Washington 8(5)2
Louisiana 0 0
10 LSU 12(5)
Prairie View A&M 2
10 LSU 4
Louisiana 0
Louisiana 5
Omaha 0
10 LSU 4 8
Baton Rouge Regional – Tiger Park
Louisiana 7 9
Prairie View A&M 0
Omaha 3
Louisiana 9(5)
Omaha 0

Salt Lake City Super Regional edit

Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
2 UCLA 2
Grand Canyon 3
Grand Canyon 0
San Diego State 6
Liberty 0
San Diego State 7
San Diego State 6
Los Angeles Regional – Easton Stadium
Liberty 3
2 UCLA 1
Liberty 2
Grand Canyon 1
Liberty 5
San Diego State 4 1 2
15 Utah 3 10(5)7
15 Utah 11
Southern Illinois 9
15 Utah 7
Ole Miss 1
Baylor 0
Ole Miss 3
15 Utah 4
Salt Lake City Regional – Dumke Family Softball Stadium
Ole Miss 1
Southern Illinois 9
Baylor 13(9)
Ole Miss 9
Baylor 2

Women's College World Series edit

The Women's College World Series will be held June 1 through June 9 in Oklahoma City.

Participants edit

School Conference Record (conference) Head coach WCWS appearances†
(including 2023 WCWS)
WCWS best finish†* WCWS W–L record†
(excluding 2023 WCWS)
Alabama SEC 44–20 (14–10) Patrick Murphy 14
(last: 2021)
1st
(2012)
22–25
Florida State ACC 55–8 (22–2) Lonni Alameda 12
(last: 2021)
1st
(2018)
18–20
Oklahoma Big 12 56–1 (18–0) Patty Gasso 16
(last: 2022)
1st
(2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022)
43–23
Oklahoma State Big 12 46–14 (10–8) Kenny Gajewski 11
(last: 2022)
3rd
(1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2022)
15–20
Stanford Pac-12 44–13 (14–10) Jessica Allister 3
(last: 2004)
4th
(2001, 2004)
4–4
Tennessee SEC 49–8 (19–5) Karen Weekly 8
(last: 2015)
2nd
(2007, 2013)
15–14
Washington Pac-12 43–13 (16–8) Heather Tarr 15
(last: 2019)
1st
(2009)
26–23
Utah Pac-12 42–14 (15–9) Amy Hogue 4
(last: 1994)
5th
(1994)
1–6

Bracket edit

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
1 Oklahoma 2
9 Stanford 0
1 Oklahoma 9(5)
4 Tennessee 0
4 Tennessee 10
5 Alabama 5
1 Oklahoma 4(9)
9 Stanford 2
9 Stanford 2
5 Alabama 0
7 Washington 0
9 Stanford 1
1 Oklahoma 5 3
3 Florida State 0 1
3 Florida State 8(6)
6 Oklahoma State 0
3 Florida State 3
7 Washington 1
7 Washington 4
15 Utah 1
3 Florida State 5
4 Tennessee 1
6 Oklahoma State 8(5)
15 Utah 0
4 Tennessee 3
6 Oklahoma State 1

Game times are based on the local time (CDT) in Oklahoma City

Game results edit

Date[9] Game Winning team Score Losing team Winning pitcher Losing pitcher Save Notes
June 1 Game 1 Tennessee 10–5 Alabama Ashley Rogers (19–1) Jaala Torrence (9–3) Payton Gottshall (3) Boxscore
Game 2 Oklahoma 2–0 Stanford Jordy Bahl (19–1) NiJaree Canady (16–2) Boxscore
Game 3 Florida State 8–0 (6) Oklahoma State Kathryn Sandercock (27–3) Kelly Maxwell (16–6) Boxscore
June 2 Game 4 Washington 4–1 Utah Lindsay Lopez (14–3) Mariah Lopez (23–7) Boxscore
Game 5 Stanford 2–0 Alabama Alana Vawter (21–8) Montana Fouts (25–11) NiJaree Canady (4) Alabama eliminated
Boxscore
Game 6 Oklahoma State 8–0 (5) Utah Lexi Kilfoyl (16–5) Sydney Sandez (13–6) Utah eliminated
Boxscore
June 3 Game 7 Oklahoma 9–0 (5) Tennessee Jordy Bahl (20–1) Karlyn Pickens (9–7) Boxscore
Game 8 Florida State 3–1 Washington Kathryn Sandercock (28–3) Ruby Meylan (18–6) Boxscore
June 4 Game 9 Stanford 1–0 Washington NiJaree Canady (17–2) Ruby Meylan (18–7) Washington eliminated
Boxscore
Game 10 Tennessee 3–1 Oklahoma State Ashley Rogers (20–1) Kelly Maxwell (16–7) Oklahoma State eliminated
Boxscore
June 5 Game 11 Oklahoma 4–2 (9) Stanford Jordy Bahl (21–1) NiJaree Canady (17–3) Stanford eliminated
Boxscore
Game 12 Florida State 5–1 Tennessee Makenna Reid (13–0) Payton Gottshall (16–2) Kathryn Sandercock (10) Tennessee eliminated
Boxscore
Finals
June 7 Game 1 Oklahoma 5–0 Florida State Jordy Bahl (22–1) Mack Leonard (2–2) Oklahoma 1–0
June 8 Game 2 Oklahoma 3–1 Florida State Alex Storako (19–0) Kathryn Sandercock (28–4) Jordy Bahl (4) Oklahoma wins WCWS

Finals edit

Game 1 edit

June 7, 2023 – 7:00 p.m. (CDT) at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Florida State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Oklahoma 0 0 0 3 1 1 x 5 9 2
WP: Jordy Bahl (22–1)   LP: Mack Leonard (2–2)
Attendance: 12,142
Boxscore

Game 2 edit

June 8, 2023 – 6:30 p.m. CDT at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 8 1
Florida State 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0
WP: Alex Storako (19–0)   LP: Kathryn Sandercock (28–4)   Sv: Jordy Bahl (4)
Home runs:
OKLA: Cydney Sanders, Grace Lyons
FSU: Mack Leonard
Attendance: 12,195
Boxscore

All-tournament Team edit

The following players were members of the Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team.

Position Player School
P Jordy Bahl (MOP) Oklahoma
NiJaree Canady Stanford
Kathryn Sandercock Florida State
2B Tiare Jennings Oklahoma
3B Zaida Puni Tennessee
OF Rylie Boone Oklahoma
Taylor Gindlesperger Stanford
Kiki Milloy Tennessee
Kaley Mudge Florida State
C Michaela Edenfield Florida State
Kinzie Hansen Oklahoma
U Jayda Coleman Oklahoma

Record by conference edit

Conference # of Bids Record Win % RF SR WS NS F NC
Big 12 4 20–6 .769 3 3 2 1 1 1
ACC 6 18–14 .563 4 3 1 1 1
Pac-12 6 23–14 .622 5 4 3 1
SEC 12 33–26 .559 10 3 2 1
Mountain West 1 4–2 .667 1 1
Big Ten 4 9–8 .529 3 1
Sun Belt 2 5–5 .500 1 1
Conference USA 2 5–4 .556 2
Southland 1 3–2 .600 1
MAC 1 2–2 .500 1
ASUN 2 3–4 .429 1
American 2 2–4 .333
Big South 1 1–2 .333
Patriot 1 1–2 .333
Summit 1 1–2 .333
WAC 1 1–2 .333
West Coast 1 1–2 .333
Big West 2 1–4 .200
America East 1 0–2 .000
Atlantic 10 1 0–2 .000
Big East 1 0–2 .000
Big Sky 1 0–2 .000
CAA 1 0–2 .000
Horizon 1 0–2 .000
Ivy League 1 0–2 .000
MAAC 1 0–2 .000
MEAC 1 0–2 .000
Missouri Valley 1 0–2 .000
NEC 1 0–2 .000
Ohio Valley 1 0–2 .000
SoCon 1 0–2 .000
SWAC 1 0–2 .000

Media coverage edit

Radio edit

For the third consecutive year Westwood One provided nationwide radio coverage of every game in the Women's College World Series. Ryan Radtke and Leah Amico returned as two of the broadcasters. Chris Plank and Destinee Martinez worked select games, while Radtke and Amico called the Championship Series while Taylor Davis worked as a field reporter.[10]

Television edit

ESPN held exclusive rights to the tournament. The network aired games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, SEC Network, Longhorn Network, and ACC Network. For just the sixth time in the history of the women's softball tournament, ESPN covered every regional.[11]

Broadcast assignments edit

References edit

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  3. ^ Brown, PJ (May 18, 2023). "Arizona's streak of 35 consecutive berths in NCAA Tournament comes to an end". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  4. ^ Zuke, Ryan (May 14, 2023). "Michigan softball misses NCAA Tournament for first time since 1994". MLive.com. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  5. ^ "College softball 2023: NCAA tournament scores, schedule, watch". ESPN.com. May 14, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 college softball conference tournaments: Schedules, brackets, auto-bids". NCAA.com. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  7. ^ "NCAA Division I Softball Committee announces 2023 championship field". NCAA.com. May 14, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  8. ^ Hale, David (May 14, 2023). "Oklahoma Sooners get No. 1 overall seed in NCAA softball tournament". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 NCAA softball bracket: Scores, schedule, TV times for college softball championship". NCAA.com. May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  10. ^ "Cumulus Media's Westwood One Presents Exclusive Full-Court Audio Coverage of the 2023 NCAA® Men's and Women's Final Four® and National Championship Games on Multiple Platforms". globenewswire.com. March 30, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
  11. ^ a b c Elchlepp, Kimberly (May 15, 2023). "#RoadtoWCWS: ESPN Platforms Present Every Pitch of the NCAA Softball Regionals". espnpressroom.com. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  12. ^ a b Elchlepp, Kimberly (May 22, 2023). "#RoadtoWCWS: ESPN Platforms Present Every Pitch of the NCAA Softball Super Regionals". espnpressroom.com. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  13. ^ a b Elchlepp, Kimberly (May 29, 2023). "#WCWS: ESPN Presents Comprehensive Coverage of NCAA Softball Women's College World Series". espnpressroom.com. Retrieved May 29, 2023.

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The 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 19 through June 8 2023 as the final part of the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season The tournament culminated with the 2023 Women s College World Series at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City 1 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournamentTeams64Finals siteUSA Softball Hall of Fame StadiumOklahoma CityChampionsOklahoma 7th title Runner upFlorida State 12th WCWS Appearance Winning coachPatty Gasso 7th title MOPJordy Bahl Oklahoma 2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament 2024 Charlotte Eastern Illinois George Mason North Carolina Central Northern Colorado Northern Kentucky and Omaha made their NCAA Division I softball tournament debuts 2 Arizona failed to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1986 while Michigan failed to make the tournament for the first time since 1994 3 4 Contents 1 Format 2 Bids 2 1 Automatic 2 2 At large 2 3 By conference 3 National seeds 4 Regionals and Super Regionals 4 1 Norman Super Regional 4 2 Durham Super Regional 4 3 Tuscaloosa Super Regional 4 4 Knoxville Super Regional 4 5 Tallahassee Super Regional 4 6 Stillwater Super Regional 4 7 Seattle Super Regional 4 8 Salt Lake City Super Regional 5 Women s College World Series 5 1 Participants 5 2 Bracket 5 3 Game results 5 4 Finals 5 4 1 Game 1 5 4 2 Game 2 5 5 All tournament Team 6 Record by conference 7 Media coverage 7 1 Radio 7 2 Television 7 2 1 Broadcast assignments 8 ReferencesFormat editA total of 64 teams will enter the tournament with 32 of them receiving an automatic bid by either winning their conference s tournament or by finishing in first place in their conference The remaining 32 bids will be at large with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee 5 Bids editThe Big West and West Coast Conference bids were awarded to the regular season champion All other conferences had their automatic bid go to the conference tournament winner 6 Automatic edit Conference School Best finish Last NCAA appearanceAmerica East UMBC Regionals 2002 2019 2021 2022 2022American UCF Super Regional 2022 2022ASUN Central Arkansas Regionals 2015 2015ACC Florida State National Champion 2018 2022Atlantic 10 George Mason First appearance First appearanceBig 12 Oklahoma National Champion 2000 2013 2016 2017 2021 2022 2022Big East Seton Hall Regionals 2005 2005Big Sky Northern Colorado First appearance a First appearance a Big South Campbell Regionals 1995 2008 2009 2021 2022 2022Big Ten Northwestern WCWS 1984 1985 1986 2006 2007 2022 2022Big West Long Beach State WCWS 1986 1990 1991 1992 1993 2021CAA Hofstra Super Regionals 2012 2018Conference USA Middle Tennessee Regionals 2000 2018Horizon Northern Kentucky First appearance First appearanceIvy League Harvard Regionals 1998 2000 2007 2011 2012 2018 2019 2019MAAC Marist Regionals 2006 2013 2016 2016MAC Miami OH Regionals 2005 2009 2012 2016 2021 2022 2022MEAC North Carolina Central First appearance First appearanceMissouri Valley Southern Illinois WCWS 1970 1977 1978 2021Mountain West San Diego State Regionals 2001 2003 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2022 2022NEC LIU Regionals 2008 2012 2016 2016Ohio Valley Eastern Illinois First appearance First appearancePac 12 Utah WCWS 1985 1991 1994 2017Patriot Boston University Regionals 1996 2002 2003 2009 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2019 2021SEC Tennessee WCWS Runner Up 2007 2013 2022Southern UNC Greensboro Regionals 1997 2018 2021 2021Southland McNeese Regionals 1994 2005 2010 2016 2017 2018 2021 2022 2022SWAC Prairie View A amp M Regionals 2018 2022 2022Summit Omaha First appearance b First appearance b Sun Belt Louisiana Third Place 1993 2022WAC Grand Canyon Regionals 2022 2022West Coast Loyola Marymount Regionals 2005 2007 2022 a b Northern Colorado appeared in the AIAW Women s College World Series 11 times from 1969 1979 prior to the NCAA sponsoring women s athletics Its best finish was runner up 3 times in 1974 1976 and 1978 a b Omaha appeared in the AIAW Women s College World Series 10 times 1969 1973 1975 1979 prior to the NCAA sponsoring women s athletics Its best finish was a National Championship in 1975 At large edit Team ConferenceAlabama SECArkansas SECAuburn SECBaylor Big 12California Pac 12Cal State Fullerton Big WestCharlotte Conference USAClemson ACCDuke ACCFlorida SECGeorgia SECIndiana Big TenKentucky SECLiberty ASUNLouisville ACCLSU SECMinnesota Big TenMissouri SECNebraska Big TenNotre Dame ACCOklahoma State Big 12Ole Miss SECOregon Pac 12South Carolina SECStanford Pac 12Texas Big 12Texas A amp M SECTexas State Sun BeltUCLA Pac 12Virginia Tech ACCWashington Pac 12Wichita State AmericanBy conference edit Conference Total SchoolsSEC 12 Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Missouri Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee Texas A amp MACC 6 Clemson Duke Florida State Louisville Notre Dame Virginia TechPac 12 6 California Oregon Stanford UCLA Utah WashingtonBig 12 4 Baylor Oklahoma Oklahoma State TexasBig Ten 4 Indiana Minnesota Nebraska NorthwesternAmerican 2 UCF Wichita StateASUN 2 Central Arkansas LibertyBig West 2 Cal State Fullerton Long Beach StateConference USA 2 Charlotte Middle TennesseeSun Belt 2 Louisiana Texas StateAmerica East 1 UMBCAtlantic 10 1 George MasonBig East 1 Seton HallBig Sky 1 Northern ColoradoBig South 1 CampbellCAA 1 HofstraHorizon 1 Northern KentuckyIvy League 1 HarvardMAAC 1 MaristMid American 1 Miami OH MEAC 1 North Carolina CentralMissouri Valley 1 Southern IllinoisMountain West 1 San Diego StateNortheast 1 LIUOhio Valley 1 Eastern IllinoisPatriot 1 Boston UniversitySoCon 1 UNC GreensboroSouthland 1 McNeeseSouthwestern 1 Prairie View A amp MSummit 1 OmahaWAC 1 Grand CanyonWest Coast 1 Loyola MarymountNational seeds editSixteen national seeds were announced on the Selection Show on Sunday May 14 at 7 p m EDT on ESPN2 Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals Teams in bold advanced to the Women s College World Series 7 8 1 Oklahoma 2 UCLA 3 Florida State 4 Tennessee 5 Alabama 6 Oklahoma State 7 Washington 8 Duke 9 Stanford 10 LSU 11 Arkansas 12 Northwestern 13 Texas 14 Georgia 15 Utah 16 ClemsonRegionals and Super Regionals editThe Regionals took place May 19 21 The Super Regionals will take place May 25 28 Norman Super Regional edit Round 1Round 2Regional FinalsSuper Regionals 1Oklahoma11 5 Hofstra01Oklahoma11 6 Missouri0California1Missouri5 8 1Oklahoma16 5 Norman Regional Marita Hynes FieldCalifornia3 Hofstra0California7Missouri5California71Oklahoma98 9 16Clemson27 16Clemson17 5 UNC Greensboro216Clemson7Auburn0Auburn12 5 Cal State Fullerton216Clemson25Clemson Regional McWhorter StadiumAuburn51UNC Greensboro0Cal State Fullerton5Auburn5Cal State Fullerton0Durham Super Regional edit Round 1Round 2Regional FinalsSuper Regionals 8Duke2George Mason18Duke5Charlotte0Charlotte7Campbell28Duke4 Durham Regional Duke Softball StadiumCharlotte2 George Mason1Campbell7Charlotte6Campbell48Duke12 9Stanford37 9Stanford1Long Beach State09Stanford8 6 Florida0Florida3Loyola Marymount29Stanford11 Stanford Regional Boyd amp Jill Smith Family StadiumFlorida2 Long Beach State1Loyola Marymount2Florida10Loyola Marymount6Tuscaloosa Super Regional edit Round 1Round 2Regional FinalsSuper Regionals 5Alabama5LIU05Alabama12Middle Tennessee5Central Arkansas0Middle Tennessee8 5 5Alabama11Tuscaloosa Regional Rhoads StadiumMiddle Tennessee40LIU0Central Arkansas15 5 Middle Tennessee3Central Arkansas05Alabama12312Northwestern31212Northwestern2Eastern Illinois012Northwestern10Kentucky8Kentucky9 6 Miami OH 112Northwestern5 Evanston Regional Sharon J Drysdale FieldMiami OH 4 Eastern Illinois0Miami OH 4Kentucky0Miami OH 9 5 Knoxville Super Regional edit Round 1Round 2Regional FinalsSuper Regionals 4Tennessee12 5 Northern Kentucky04Tennessee9 5 Indiana1Indiana4Louisville34Tennessee7 Knoxville Regional Sherri Parker Lee StadiumIndiana3 Northern Kentucky1Louisville9 5 Indiana4Louisville24Tennesssee59 13Texas20 13Texas8 5 Seton Hall013Texas2Texas A amp M1Texas A amp M2 8 Texas State113Texas11 Austin Regional Red and Charline McCombs FieldTexas A amp M5 Seton Hall3Texas State4Texas A amp M4Texas State2Tallahassee Super Regional edit Round 1Round 2Regional FinalsSuper Regionals 3Florida State9 5 Marist03Florida State5UCF1South Carolina1UCF63Florida State01Tallahassee Regional JoAnne Graf FieldSouth Carolina40Marist1South Carolina2UCF1South Carolina103Florida State84 14Georgia12 14Georgia12 5 North Carolina Central014Georgia8Virginia Tech3Virginia Tech6Boston University114Georgia12 6 Athens Regional Jack Turner StadiumVirginia Tech3 North Carolina Central0Boston University8 6 Virginia Tech9 5 Boston University0Stillwater Super Regional edit Round 1Round 2Regional FinalsSuper Regionals 6Oklahoma State9 6 UMBC06Oklahoma State6Wichita State0Wichita State6Nebraska56Oklahoma State5 Stillwater Regional Cowgirl StadiumNebraska2 UMBC2Nebraska3Wichita State8Nebraska9 9 6Oklahoma State89 Oregon10 11Arkansas11 5 Harvard011Arkansas4Oregon10Oregon5Notre Dame4Oregon14 5 Fayetteville Regional Bogle Park11Arkansas4 Harvard2Notre Dame511Arkansas5Notre Dame0Seattle Super Regional edit Round 1Round 2Regional FinalsSuper Regionals 7Washington10 6 Northern Colorado27Washington3McNeese1Minnesota4McNeese5 13 7Washington07Seattle Regional Husky Softball StadiumMcNeese16Northern Colorado0Minnesota4McNeese1Minnesota07Washington8 5 2 Louisiana00 10LSU12 5 Prairie View A amp M210LSU4Louisiana0Louisiana5Omaha010LSU48Baton Rouge Regional Tiger ParkLouisiana79Prairie View A amp M0Omaha3Louisiana9 5 Omaha0Salt Lake City Super Regional edit Round 1Round 2Regional FinalsSuper Regionals 2UCLA2Grand Canyon3Grand Canyon0San Diego State6Liberty0San Diego State7San Diego State6 Los Angeles Regional Easton StadiumLiberty3 2UCLA1Liberty2Grand Canyon1Liberty5San Diego State41215Utah310 5 715Utah11Southern Illinois915Utah7Ole Miss1Baylor0Ole Miss315Utah4 Salt Lake City Regional Dumke Family Softball StadiumOle Miss1 Southern Illinois9Baylor13 9 Ole Miss9Baylor2Women s College World Series editThe Women s College World Series will be held June 1 through June 9 in Oklahoma City Participants edit School Conference Record conference Head coach WCWS appearances including 2023 WCWS WCWS best finish WCWS W L record excluding 2023 WCWS Alabama SEC 44 20 14 10 Patrick Murphy 14 last 2021 1st 2012 22 25Florida State ACC 55 8 22 2 Lonni Alameda 12 last 2021 1st 2018 18 20Oklahoma Big 12 56 1 18 0 Patty Gasso 16 last 2022 1st 2000 2013 2016 2017 2021 2022 43 23Oklahoma State Big 12 46 14 10 8 Kenny Gajewski 11 last 2022 3rd 1989 1990 1993 1994 2022 15 20Stanford Pac 12 44 13 14 10 Jessica Allister 3 last 2004 4th 2001 2004 4 4Tennessee SEC 49 8 19 5 Karen Weekly 8 last 2015 2nd 2007 2013 15 14Washington Pac 12 43 13 16 8 Heather Tarr 15 last 2019 1st 2009 26 23Utah Pac 12 42 14 15 9 Amy Hogue 4 last 1994 5th 1994 1 6Bracket edit First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinals 1Oklahoma29Stanford01Oklahoma9 5 4Tennessee04Tennessee105Alabama51Oklahoma4 9 9Stanford2 9Stanford25Alabama07Washington09Stanford11Oklahoma53 3Florida State01 3Florida State8 6 6Oklahoma State03Florida State37Washington17Washington415Utah13Florida State5 4Tennessee1 6Oklahoma State8 5 15Utah04Tennessee36Oklahoma State1Game times are based on the local time CDT in Oklahoma City Game results edit Date 9 Game Winning team Score Losing team Winning pitcher Losing pitcher Save NotesJune 1 Game 1 Tennessee 10 5 Alabama Ashley Rogers 19 1 Jaala Torrence 9 3 Payton Gottshall 3 BoxscoreGame 2 Oklahoma 2 0 Stanford Jordy Bahl 19 1 NiJaree Canady 16 2 BoxscoreGame 3 Florida State 8 0 6 Oklahoma State Kathryn Sandercock 27 3 Kelly Maxwell 16 6 BoxscoreJune 2 Game 4 Washington 4 1 Utah Lindsay Lopez 14 3 Mariah Lopez 23 7 BoxscoreGame 5 Stanford 2 0 Alabama Alana Vawter 21 8 Montana Fouts 25 11 NiJaree Canady 4 Alabama eliminatedBoxscoreGame 6 Oklahoma State 8 0 5 Utah Lexi Kilfoyl 16 5 Sydney Sandez 13 6 Utah eliminatedBoxscoreJune 3 Game 7 Oklahoma 9 0 5 Tennessee Jordy Bahl 20 1 Karlyn Pickens 9 7 BoxscoreGame 8 Florida State 3 1 Washington Kathryn Sandercock 28 3 Ruby Meylan 18 6 BoxscoreJune 4 Game 9 Stanford 1 0 Washington NiJaree Canady 17 2 Ruby Meylan 18 7 Washington eliminatedBoxscoreGame 10 Tennessee 3 1 Oklahoma State Ashley Rogers 20 1 Kelly Maxwell 16 7 Oklahoma State eliminatedBoxscoreJune 5 Game 11 Oklahoma 4 2 9 Stanford Jordy Bahl 21 1 NiJaree Canady 17 3 Stanford eliminatedBoxscoreGame 12 Florida State 5 1 Tennessee Makenna Reid 13 0 Payton Gottshall 16 2 Kathryn Sandercock 10 Tennessee eliminatedBoxscoreFinalsJune 7 Game 1 Oklahoma 5 0 Florida State Jordy Bahl 22 1 Mack Leonard 2 2 Oklahoma 1 0June 8 Game 2 Oklahoma 3 1 Florida State Alex Storako 19 0 Kathryn Sandercock 28 4 Jordy Bahl 4 Oklahoma wins WCWSFinals edit Game 1 edit June 7 2023 7 00 p m CDT at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City Oklahoma Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EFlorida State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1Oklahoma 0 0 0 3 1 1 x 5 9 2WP Jordy Bahl 22 1 LP Mack Leonard 2 2 Attendance 12 142BoxscoreGame 2 edit June 8 2023 6 30 p m CDT at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City Oklahoma Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EOklahoma 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 8 1Florida State 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0WP Alex Storako 19 0 LP Kathryn Sandercock 28 4 Sv Jordy Bahl 4 Home runs OKLA Cydney Sanders Grace LyonsFSU Mack LeonardAttendance 12 195BoxscoreAll tournament Team edit The following players were members of the Women s College World Series All Tournament Team Position Player SchoolP Jordy Bahl MOP OklahomaNiJaree Canady StanfordKathryn Sandercock Florida State2B Tiare Jennings Oklahoma3B Zaida Puni TennesseeOF Rylie Boone OklahomaTaylor Gindlesperger StanfordKiki Milloy TennesseeKaley Mudge Florida StateC Michaela Edenfield Florida StateKinzie Hansen OklahomaU Jayda Coleman OklahomaRecord by conference editConference of Bids Record Win RF SR WS NS F NCBig 12 4 20 6 769 3 3 2 1 1 1ACC 6 18 14 563 4 3 1 1 1 Pac 12 6 23 14 622 5 4 3 1 SEC 12 33 26 559 10 3 2 1 Mountain West 1 4 2 667 1 1 Big Ten 4 9 8 529 3 1 Sun Belt 2 5 5 500 1 1 Conference USA 2 5 4 556 2 Southland 1 3 2 600 1 MAC 1 2 2 500 1 ASUN 2 3 4 429 1 American 2 2 4 333 Big South 1 1 2 333 Patriot 1 1 2 333 Summit 1 1 2 333 WAC 1 1 2 333 West Coast 1 1 2 333 Big West 2 1 4 200 America East 1 0 2 000 Atlantic 10 1 0 2 000 Big East 1 0 2 000 Big Sky 1 0 2 000 CAA 1 0 2 000 Horizon 1 0 2 000 Ivy League 1 0 2 000 MAAC 1 0 2 000 MEAC 1 0 2 000 Missouri Valley 1 0 2 000 NEC 1 0 2 000 Ohio Valley 1 0 2 000 SoCon 1 0 2 000 SWAC 1 0 2 000 Media coverage editRadio edit For the third consecutive year Westwood One provided nationwide radio coverage of every game in the Women s College World Series Ryan Radtke and Leah Amico returned as two of the broadcasters Chris Plank and Destinee Martinez worked select games while Radtke and Amico called the Championship Series while Taylor Davis worked as a field reporter 10 Television edit ESPN held exclusive rights to the tournament The network aired games across ABC ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU ESPN SEC Network Longhorn Network and ACC Network For just the sixth time in the history of the women s softball tournament ESPN covered every regional 11 Broadcast assignments edit Regionals 11 Norman Jenn Hildreth amp Carol Bruggeman Los Angeles Clay Matvick amp Natasha Watley Tallahassee Courtney Lyle amp Danielle Lawrie Knoxville Mike Couzens amp Kayla Braud Tuscaloosa Roy Philpott amp Aleshia Ocasio Stillwater Matt Schumaker amp Erin Miller Seattle Maura Sheldon amp Nicole Mendes Durham Angel Gray amp Raine WilsonSuper Regionals 12 Norman Eric Frede amp Madison Shipman Tallahassee Courtney Lyle amp Danielle Lawrie Knoxville Beth Mowins Jessica Mendoza Michele Smith amp Holly Rowe Tuscaloosa Mike Couzens amp Kayla BraudWomen s College World Series 13 Kevin Brown Amanda Scarborough amp Courtney Lyle afternoons amp late games Beth Mowins Jessica Mendoza Michele Smith amp Holly Rowe primetime Regionals 11 Stanford Mark Neely amp Amanda Scarborough Baton Rouge Alex Perlman amp Francesca Enea Fayetteville Drew Carter amp Jenny Dalton Hill Evanston Tyler Denning amp Jennie Ritter Austin Alex Loeb amp Cat Osterman Athens Chuckie Kempf amp Brittany McKinney Salt Lake City Kevin Fitzgerald amp Kenzie Fowler Clemson Eric Frede amp Madison ShipmanSuper Regionals 12 Stillwater Kevin Brown amp Amanda Scarborough Seattle Mark Neely amp Carol Bruggeman Durham Pam Ward amp Jenny Dalton Hill Salt Lake City Tiffany Greene amp Erin MillerWomen s College World Series Finals 13 Beth Mowins Jessica Mendoza Michele Smith amp Holly RoweReferences edit Softball Division I Championship NCAA com Retrieved May 8 2023 Becerra Jenna May 15 2023 2023 NCAA Softball Tournament Breakdown softballamerica com Retrieved May 15 2023 Brown PJ May 18 2023 Arizona s streak of 35 consecutive berths in NCAA Tournament comes to an end Arizona Daily Star Retrieved May 18 2023 Zuke Ryan May 14 2023 Michigan softball misses NCAA Tournament for first time since 1994 MLive com Retrieved May 14 2023 College softball 2023 NCAA tournament scores schedule watch ESPN com May 14 2023 Retrieved May 14 2023 2023 college softball conference tournaments Schedules brackets auto bids NCAA com May 12 2023 Retrieved May 12 2023 NCAA Division I Softball Committee announces 2023 championship field NCAA com May 14 2023 Retrieved May 14 2023 Hale David May 14 2023 Oklahoma Sooners get No 1 overall seed in NCAA softball tournament ESPN com Retrieved May 14 2023 2023 NCAA softball bracket Scores schedule TV times for college softball championship NCAA com May 26 2023 Retrieved May 26 2023 Cumulus Media s Westwood One Presents Exclusive Full Court Audio Coverage of the 2023 NCAA Men s and Women s Final Four and National Championship Games on Multiple Platforms globenewswire com March 30 2023 Retrieved May 29 2023 a b c Elchlepp Kimberly May 15 2023 RoadtoWCWS ESPN Platforms Present Every Pitch of the NCAA Softball Regionals espnpressroom com Retrieved May 15 2023 a b Elchlepp Kimberly May 22 2023 RoadtoWCWS ESPN Platforms Present Every Pitch of the NCAA Softball Super Regionals espnpressroom com Retrieved May 22 2023 a b Elchlepp Kimberly May 29 2023 WCWS ESPN Presents Comprehensive Coverage of NCAA Softball Women s College World Series espnpressroom com Retrieved May 29 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament amp oldid 1172090720, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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