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2017 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams64
Finals site
ChampionsOklahoma (4th title)
Runner-upFlorida (8th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coachPatty Gasso (4th title)
MOPShay Knighten (Oklahoma)

The 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament is being held from May 18 through June 7, 2017 as the final part of the 2017 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 participating NCAA Division I college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 293 teams on May 14, 2017. 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 2017 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma would repeat as National Champions, defeating Florida in 2 games.

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 Albany Regionals
(2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014)
American Tulsa Regionals
(2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014)		 [1]
ACC Florida State WCWS
(1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2016)		 [2]
A-10 Fordham Regionals
(2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
ASUN USC Upstate Regionals
(2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)		 [3]
Big 12 Oklahoma 1st
(2000, 2013, 2016)		 [4]
Big East DePaul WCWS
(1999, 2000, 2005, 2007)		 [5]
Big Sky Montana 1st Appearance [6]
Big South Longwood Regionals
(2013, 2015, 2016)		 [7]
Big Ten Minnesota WCWS
1976, 1978		 [8]
Big West Cal State Fullerton 1st
(1986) 		[9]
Colonial James Madison Super Regionals
(2016)		 [10]
Conference USA Louisiana Tech WCWS
(1983, 1985, 1986)		 [11]
Horizon League UIC WCWS
(1994)		 [12]
Ivy League Princeton WCWS
(1995, 1996)		 [13]
MAC Kent State WCWS
(1990)		 [14]
MAAC Fairfield Regionals
(2015)
MEAC Florida A&M Regionals
(1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016)
MVC Southern Illinois WCWS
(1970, 1977, 1978, 1991)		 [15]
Mountain West San Jose State Regionals
(2013)		 [16]
Northeastern Saint Francis (PA) 1st Appearance [17]
OVC Jacksonville State Super Regionals
(2009)		 [18]
Pac-12 Arizona 1st
(1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007)		 [19]
Patriot League Lehigh Regionals
(1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015)
SEC Ole Miss Regionals
(2016)		 [20]
SoCon East Tennessee State 1st Appearance [21]
Southland McNeese State Regionals
(1994, 2005, 2010, 2016)		 [22]
SWAC Texas Southern Regionals
(2014, 2015)		 [23]
Summit League North Dakota State Super Regionals
(2009)		 [24]
Sun Belt Louisiana–Lafayette WCWS
(2008, 2014)		 [25]
WAC New Mexico State Regionals
(2011, 2015)		 [26]
WCC BYU Super Regionals
(2010)		 [27]

National seeds

16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show Sunday, May 14 at 10 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.

Regionals and Super Regionals

The Regionals took place May 18–21. One regional, Salt Lake City, took place May 18–20 because of BYU's no-Sunday-play policy; all other regionals occurred May 19–21. The Super Regionals took place from May 25–28.

Gainesville Super Regional

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Knoxville Super Regional

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Los Angeles Super Regional

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Tallahassee Super Regional

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Eugene Super Regional

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Seattle Super Regional

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Auburn Super Regional

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Tucson Super Regional

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Women's College World Series

The Women's College World Series will be held June 1 through June 7, 2017, in Oklahoma City.

Participants

School Conference Record (Conference) Head Coach WCWS Appearances†
(including 2017 WCWS) 		WCWS Best Finish†* WCWS W-L Record†
(excluding 2017 WCWS)
UCLA Pac-12 47-13 (16-8) Kelly Inouye-Perez 27
(last: 2016)		 1st
(1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995*, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010)		 95–32
Oklahoma Big 12 56-9 (17-1) Patty Gasso 11
(last: 2016)		 1st
(2000, 2013, 2016)		 23-15
Florida SEC 55-8 (20-3) Tim Walton 8
(last: 2015)		 1st
(2014, 2015)		 22-12
Oregon Pac-12 52-6 (17-6) Mike White 5
(last: 2015)		 3rd
(2014)		 4-8
LSU SEC 47-20 (12-12) Beth Torina 6
(last: 2016)		 3rd
(2001, 2004, 2015, 2016)		 8-10
Texas A&M SEC 47-11 (16-7) Jo Evans 8
(last: 2008)		 1st
(1983, 1987)		 19-13
Baylor Big 12 48-13 (13-5) Glenn Moore 4
(last: 2014)		 3rd
(2011, 2014)		 5-6
Washington Pac-12 48-12 (16-8) Heather Tarr 12
(last: 2013)		 1st
(2009)		 19-17

† = From NCAA Division I Softball Championship Results

Bracket

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Championship Game

[28]

School Top Batter Stats.
Oklahoma Sooners Shay Knighten (1B) 1-3 3RBIs 2B K
Florida Gators Sophia Reynoso (SS) &

Chelsea Herndon (RF)

1-3 RBI HR
School Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Oklahoma Sooners Paige Parker 1.2 4 3 3 3 0 8 12
Oklahoma Sooners Mariah Lopez (W) 2.1 1 1 1 0 2 8 9
Oklahoma Sooners Nicole Mendes 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4
Oklahoma Sooners Paige Lowary (SV) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 6 6
Florida Gators Aleshia Ocasio (L) 1.1 4 4 4 1 0 8 9
Florida Gators Delanie Gourley 4.2 4 1 1 1 5 18 19

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Thursday, June 1
1 11:00 a.m. #9 Texas A&M vs. #1 Florida ESPN 8,428
2 1:30 p.m. #5 UCLA vs. #13 LSU
3 6:00 p.m. #6 Washington vs. #3 Oregon ESPN2 8,874
4 8:30 p.m. #10 Oklahoma vs. #15 Baylor
Friday, June 2
5 6:00 p.m. #1 Florida vs. #13 LSU ESPN 9,658
6 8:30 p.m. #6 Washington vs. #10 Oklahoma
Saturday, June 3
7 11:00 a.m. #9 Texas A&M vs. #5 UCLA ESPN 8,696
8 1:30 p.m. #3 Oregon vs. #15 Baylor
9 6:00 p.m. #5 UCLA vs. #6 Washington 9,076
10 8:30 p.m. #3 Oregon vs. #13 LSU
Sunday, June 4
11 12:00 p.m. #1 Florida vs. #6 Washington ESPN 9,419
12 2:30 p.m. #10 Oklahoma vs. #3 Oregon
13* 6:00 p.m.* Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11* ESPN2 -
14* 8:30 p.m.* Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12*
Monday, June 5
Finals, G1 6:00 p.m. #1 Florida vs. #10 Oklahoma ESPN 8,337
Tuesday, June 6
Finals, G2 7:00 p.m. #1 Florida vs. #10 Oklahoma ESPN 8,507
Wednesday, June 7*
Finals, G3* 7:00 p.m.* Winner Game 11 or 13 vs. Winner Game 12 or 14* ESPN -
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.* = if necessary CS= Championship Series

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % RF SR WS NS F NC
Big 12 4 23-10 .697 4 2 2 1 1 1
SEC 13 39–27 .591 10 8 3 1 1 –
Pac-12 8 30–15 .667 6 5 3 2 – –
ACC 3 7–6 .538 2 1 – – – –
Big Ten 5 8–10 .444 4 – – – – –
American 1 2–2 .500 1 – – – – –
Sun Belt 2 3–4 .429 1 – – – – –
Big South 1 2–2 .500 1 – – – – –
Big West 1 2–2 .500 1 – – – – –
CAA 1 2–2 .500 1 – – – – –
WCC 1 2–2 .500 1 – – – – –
C-USA 3 3–6 .333 – – – – – –
MWC 2 2–4 .333 – – – – – –
Other 19 8–38 .174 – – – – – –

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 provided nationwide radio coverage of the championship series. It will once again be streamed online at westwoodsports.com, through TuneIn, and on SiriusXM. Kevin Kugler and Leah Amico will once again provide the call for Westwood One.

Television

ESPN holds exclusive rights to the tournament. They will air games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ESPN3 and Longhorn Network. For the first time in the history of the women's softball tournament ESPN will cover every single regional. [29]

Broadcast assignments

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  29. ^ a b c "ESPN Covers Every Game from All 16 NCAA Division I Softball Championship Regionals For the First Time". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  30. ^ a b "NCAA Division I Softball Championship: ESPN Televises All Eight Super Regionals". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  31. ^ a b "ESPN Presents the Women's College World Series from Oklahoma City". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
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