2000 NCAA Division II softball tournament
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
|---|---|
| Finals site | |
| Champions | North Dakota State (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Kennesaw State (3rd title game) |
| Winning coach | Mitch Hanson (1st title) |
| Attendance | 6,227 |
The 2000 NCAA Division II softball tournament was the 19th annual postseason tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of softball among its Division II members in the United States, held at the end of the 2000 NCAA Division II softball season.[1]
The final, eight-team double elimination tournament, also known as the Division II Women's College World Series, was played at the South Commons Softball Complex in Columbus, Georgia.
Emerging from the winner's bracket, North Dakota State defeated Kennesaw State in a single game championship series, 3–1, to capture the Bison's first Division II national title.
Bracket
[edit]College World Series
[edit]| First Round | Second Rounda | Third Round | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||
| Lewis (IL) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bloomsburg | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bloomsburg | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Merrimack | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kennesaw State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| West Florida | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 0 | UC Davis | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Kennesaw State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kennesaw State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mesa State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Second Round | Third Round | Kennesaw State | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lewis (IL) | 0 | Merrimack | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Kennesaw State | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Merrimack | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bloomsburg | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bloomsburg | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| West Florida | 12 | West Florida | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Mesa State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
All-tournament team
[edit]- Liza Pepper, 1B, Bloomsburg
- Tanya Heath, 2B, Bloomsburg
- Nikki Flynn-Gregg, SS, North Dakota State
- Christine Hochdorfer, 3B, Kennesaw State
- Michelle Wiest, OF, North Dakota State
- Sheryl Marshall, OF, Merrimack
- Shyamala White, OF, UC Davis
- Julie Fromm, P, North Dakota State
- Lacey Gardner, P, Kennesaw State
- Melanie Anderson, C, Bloomsburg
- Gerice Olson, DP, North Dakota State
- Audra Thomas, AL, Kennesaw State
- Seeley Bair, AL, UC Davis
See also
[edit]- 2000 NCAA Division I softball tournament
- 2000 NCAA Division III softball tournament
- 2000 NAIA softball tournament
- 2000 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "DIVISION II SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 23 July 2024.