2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament

2019 NCAA Division I
softball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City
Television	ESPN ESPN2 ESPN3 SEC Network Longhorn Network

The 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament is being held from May 17 through June 5, 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 tournament culminates with eight teams playing in the 2019 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

Automatic bids

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
WCC	BYU	Super Regionals (2010)

National seeds

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

1. Oklahoma (49–2)
2. UCLA (46–5)
3. Washington (45–7)
4. Florida State (51–8)
5. Florida (44–15)
6. Arizona (42–12)
7. Minnesota (41–12)
8. Alabama (52–7)

9. Texas (41–14)
10. LSU (40–16)
11. Ole Miss (37–17)
12. Tennessee (39–14)
13. Oklahoma State (39–14)
14. Kentucky (33–22)
15. Michigan (43–11)
16. Northwestern (43–10)

Regionals and Super Regionals

The Regionals will took place May 16–20, 2019. The Super Regionals took place from May 23–26, 2019.

Women's College World Series

The Women's College World Series will be held May 30 through June 5, 2019, in Oklahoma City.

Participants

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)	30–17
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)	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

Championship Game

School	Top Batter	Stats.

School	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Thursday, May 30
1	11:00 a.m.	No. 6 Arizona vs. No. 3 Washington	ESPN	8,439
2	1:30 p.m.	No. 7 Minnesota vs. No. 2 UCLA
3	6:00 p.m.	No. 13 Oklahoma State vs. No. 5 Florida	ESPN2	9,290
4	8:30 p.m.	No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 1 Oklahoma
Friday, May 31
5	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 6 Arizona	ESPN	9,820
6	8:30 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 13 Oklahoma State
Saturday, June 1
7	11:00 a.m.	No. 3 Washington vs. No. 7 Minnesota	ESPN
8	1:30 p.m.	No. 5 Florida vs. No. 8 Alabama
9	6:00 p.m.	No. 13 Oklahoma State vs. No. 3 Washington		8,971
10	8:30 p.m.	No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 6 Arizona
Sunday, June 2
11	12:00 p.m.	No. 3 Washington vs. No. 2 UCLA	ESPN
12	2:30 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 8 Alabama
13	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 1 Oklahoma	ESPN2
Monday, June 3
Finals, G1	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 1 Oklahoma	ESPN
Tuesday, June 4
Finals, G2	7:00 p.m.		ESPN
Wednesday, June 5*
Finals, G3*	7:00 p.m.	If Necessary	ESPN
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.* = if necessary

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	RF	SR	WS	NS	F	NC
Pac-12	5	24–9	.727	4	3	3	2	1
Big 12	4	21–10	.677	4	3	2	1	1
SEC	13	38–30	.559	11	6	2	1	–	–
Big Ten	6	16–13	.552	4	2	1	–	–	–
ACC	5	12–10	.545	5	1	–	–	–	–
CAA	1	4–3	.571	1	1	–	–	–	–
American	3	5–6	.455	1	–	–	–	–	–
Mountain West	2	3–4	.333	1	–	–	–	–	–
Sun Belt	1	2–2	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Other	24	10–48	.172	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Radio

Westwood One will provide nationwide radio coverage of the championship series. It will once again be streamed online at westwoodsports.com, through TuneIn, and on SiriusXM. Ryan Radtke will make his softball radio debut and will join returning analyst Leah Amico.

Television

ESPN holds exclusive rights to the tournament. They will air games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, and ESPN3. For the second time in the history of the women's softball tournament, ESPN covered every regional.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals

• Norman: Pam Ward & Jenny Dalton-Hill
• Evanston: Kevin Fitzgerald & Jennie Ritter
• Austin: Alex Loeb & Megan Willis
• Tuscaloosa: Tiffany Greene & Kayla Braud
• Gainesville: Eric Frede & Madison Shipman
• Knoxville: Jenn Hildreth & Carol Bruggeman
• Stillwater: Melissa Lee & Cheri Kempf
• Tallahassee: Mike Couzens & Erin Miller

Super Regionals

• Norman: Tiffany Greene & Kayla Braud
• Tuscaloosa: Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, & Michele Smith
• Gainesville: Eric Frede & Madison Shipman
• Tallahassee: Courtney Lyle & Amanda Scarborough

Women's College World Series

• Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough, & Tiffany Greene (afternoons, early Fri)
• Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza (Thurs, Fri, Championship series), Michele Smith, & Holly Rowe (evenings minus early Fri)

Regionals

• Seattle: Alex Perlman & Kenzie Fowler
• Lexington: Dave Baker & Francesca Enea
• Oxford: Seth Austin & Missy Dickerson
• Tucson: Beth Mowins & Michele Smith
• Minneapolis: Courtney Lyle & Amanda Scarborough
• Baton Rouge: Matt Schumacker & Leigh Dakich
• Ann Arbor: Mark Neely & Danielle Lawrie
• Los Angeles: Trey Bender & Leah Amico

Super Regionals

• Seattle: Mark Neely, Danielle Lawrie, & Holly Rowe
• Tucson: Mike Couzens & Erin Miller
• Minneapolis: Jenn Hildreth & Carol Bruggeman
• Los Angeles: Pam Ward & Jenny Dalton-Hill

Women's College World Series Finals

• Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, & Holly Rowe (TV)