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

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
American
ACC
A-10
ASUN
Big 12
Big East
Big Sky
Big South
Big Ten
Big West
Colonial
Conference USA
Horizon League
Ivy League
MAC
MAAC
MEAC
MVC
Mountain West
Northeastern
OVC
Pac-12
Patriot League
SEC
SoCon
Southland
SWAC
Summit League
Sun Belt
WAC
WCC

National seeds

16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show 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.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

Regionals and Super Regionals

The Regionals took place May 17–19, 2019. The Super Regionals took place from May 23–26, 2019.

Women's College World Series

The Women's College World Series was held May 31 through June 6, 2018, in Oklahoma City.

Participants

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	WCWS Appearances† (including 2018 WCWS)	WCWS Best Finish†*	WCWS W-L Record† (excluding 2018 WCWS)

† = 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.
2	1:30 p.m.
3	6:00 p.m.
4	8:30 p.m.
Friday, May 31
5	6:00 p.m.
6	8:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
7	11:00 a.m.
8	1:30 p.m.
9	6:00 p.m.
10	8:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
11	12:00 p.m.
12	2:30 p.m.
13*	6:00 p.m.*	If Necessary
14*	8:30 p.m.*	If Necessary
Monday, June 3
Finals, G1	6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 4
Finals, G2	7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 6*
Finals, G3*	7:00 p.m.	If Necessary
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.* = if necessary CS= Championship Series

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.

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 will cover every single regional.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals

Super Regionals

Women's College World Series

• Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough, & Laura Rutledge (afternoons, early Fri)
• Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza (minus Sunday), Michele Smith, & Holly Rowe (evenings minus early Fri)

Regionals

Super Regionals

Women's College World Series Finals

• Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, & Holly Rowe (TV)
• Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough, Kayla Braud, & Laura Rutledge (ESPN3 Second Screen Experience)

References

Category:NCAA Division I Softball Tournament Tournament