2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament

College softball tournament

The 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 31 to June 4, 2019, as the final part of the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season. Thirty-two teams were awarded automatic bids as champions of their conferences, and the remaining 32 were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I softball selection committee. The 64-team, double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2019 Women’s College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. The UCLA Bruins won their 13th championship, defeating the Oklahoma Sooners in two games.

Automatic bids[edit]

The Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference bids were awarded to the regular-season champion. All other conferences have the automatic bid go to the conference tournament winner.

Conference	School	Best finish	Reference
America East	UMBC	Regionals (2002)
American	South Florida	WCWS (2012)
ACC	Florida State	Champions (2018)
A-10	Fordham	Regionals (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
ASUN	Lipscomb	Regionals (2010, 2014)
Big 12	Oklahoma	Champions (2000, 2013, 2016, 2017)
Big East	DePaul	WCWS (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007)
Big Sky	Weber State	Regionals (2015, 2016)
Big South	Longwood	Regionals (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Big Ten	Michigan	Champions (2005)
Big West	Cal State Fullerton	Champions (1986)
Colonial	James Madison	Super Regionals (2016)
Conference USA	Louisiana Tech	WCWS (1983, 1985, 1986)
Horizon League	Detroit Mercy	1st Appearance
Ivy League	Harvard	Regionals (1998, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2018)
MAC	Toledo	WCWS (1989)
MAAC	Monmouth	Regionals (2018)
MEAC	Bethune–Cookman	Super Regionals (2005)
MVC	Drake	Regionals (2008, 2018)
Mountain West	Colorado State	Regionals (1997, 2003)
Northeast	Saint Francis (PA)	Regionals (2017, 2018)
OVC	Southeast Missouri State	Regionals (1999)
Pac-12	UCLA	Champions (1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010)
Patriot League	Boston University	Regionals (1996, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
SEC	Florida	Champions (2014, 2015)
SoCon	Chattanooga	Regionals (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015)
Southland	Sam Houston State	Regionals (2007)
SWAC	Alabama State	Regionals (2016)
Summit League	North Dakota State	Super Regionals (2009)
Sun Belt	Louisiana	WCWS (1993, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2008, 2014)
WAC	Seattle	1st Appearance
West Coast	BYU	Super Regionals (2010)

At-large[edit]

By conference[edit]

National seeds[edit]

16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show, on Sunday, May 12 at 9 p.m. EDT on ESPN2.^[1] The 16 national seeds host the Regionals. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advance to Women’s College World Series.

Regionals and Super Regionals[edit]

The Regionals were held May 16–20, 2019. The Super Regionals were held May 23–26, 2019.

Norman Super Regional[edit]

	Round 1					Round 2					Regional Finals						Super Regionals
	1	Oklahoma	12
		UMBC	0(5)
						1	Oklahoma	4
							Wisconsin	0
		Wisconsin	4
		Notre Dame	2
											1	Oklahoma	1	2
	Norman Regional – OU Softball Complex
												Wisconsin	2	0
		UMBC	0
		Notre Dame	2
							Wisconsin	5
							Notre Dame	4
																	1	Oklahoma	3	8	—
																	16	Northwestern	0	0	—
	16	Northwestern	15
		Detroit Mercy	1(5)
						16	Northwestern	1
							Louisville	2
		Southern Illinois	5
		Louisville	9
												Louisville	0	3
	Evanston Regional – Sharon J. Drysdale Field
											16	Northwestern	7	4
		Detroit Mercy	1
		Southern Illinois	2
						16	Northwestern	8
							Southern Illinois	1

Tuscaloosa Super Regional[edit]

Gainesville Super Regional[edit]

Tallahassee Super Regional[edit]

Seattle Super Regional[edit]

Tucson Super Regional[edit]

Minneapolis Super Regional[edit]

Los Angeles Super Regional[edit]

Women’s College World Series[edit]

The Women’s College World Series was held May 30 through June 4, 2019, in Oklahoma City.

Participants[edit]

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	WCWS appearances† (including 2019 WCWS)	WCWS best finish†*	WCWS W–L record† (excluding 2019 WCWS)
Alabama	SEC	57–8 (18–6)	Patrick Murphy	12 (last: 2016)	1st (2012)	17–21
Arizona	Pac-12	47–12 (19–5)	Mike Candrea	23 (last: 2010)	1st (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007)	61–32
Florida	SEC	49–16 (12–12)	Tim Walton	10 (last: 2018)	1st (2014, 2015)	26–16
Minnesota	Big Ten	46–12 (20–2)	Jamie Trachsel	1	—	—
Oklahoma	Big 12	54–3 (18–0)	Patty Gasso	13 (last: 2018)	1st (2000, 2013, 2016, 2017)	29–17
Oklahoma State	Big 12	44–15 (13–5)	Kenny Gajewski	8 (last: 2011)	3rd (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994)	11–14
UCLA	Pac-12	51–6 (20–4)	Kelly Inouye-Perez	29 (last: 2018)	1st (1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010)	98–36
Washington	Pac-12	50–7 (20–4)	Heather Tarr	14 (last: 2018)	1st (2009)	24–21

† = From NCAA Division I Softball Championship Results

Bracket[edit]

	Opening Round					Second Round					Semifinals						Championship Series
	1	Oklahoma	3
	8	Alabama	2
						1	Oklahoma	6
						13	Oklahoma State	1
	5	Florida	1
	13	Oklahoma State	2
											1	Oklahoma	0(8)	7
											8	Alabama	1	3
	8	Alabama	15
	5	Florida	3(5)
						8	Alabama	2
						6	Arizona	0
																	1	Oklahoma	3	4	—
																	2	UCLA	16	5	—
	3	Washington	1(8)
	6	Arizona	3
						6	Arizona	2
						2	UCLA	6
	7	Minnesota	2
	2	UCLA	7
											2	UCLA	3	—
											3	Washington	0(10)	—
	3	Washington	5
	7	Minnesota	3
						13	Oklahoma State	0
						3	Washington	1

All-tournament Team[edit]

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

Championship game[edit]

School	Top Batter	Stats.
UCLA Bruins	Brianna Tautalafua	3-3 HR RBI
Oklahoma Sooners	Sydney Romero	2-3 HR RBI

School	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF
UCLA Bruins	Rachel Garcia (W)	7.0	8	4	4	3	4	38	33
Oklahoma Sooners	Giselle Juarez (L)	6.2	10	5	5	3	7	38	35

Game results[edit]

Record by conference[edit]

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, F, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semi-Finals, Finals, and National Champion.

Media coverage[edit]

Radio[edit]

Westwood One provided nationwide radio coverage of the championship series. It was streamed online at westwoodsports.com, through TuneIn, and on SiriusXM. Ryan Radtke made his softball radio debut and joined returning analyst Leah Amico.

Television[edit]

ESPN held exclusive rights to the tournament. The network aired games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, and ESPN3. For just the third time in the history of the women’s softball tournament, ESPN covered every regional.

Broadcast assignments[edit]

References[edit]