2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament

2019 NCAA Division I
softball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City
Champions	UCLA (13th title)
Runner-up	Oklahoma (13th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Kelly Inouye-Perez (2nd title)
MOP	Rachel Garcia (UCLA)
Attendance	8,373 (Final game)
Television	ESPN ESPN2 ESPN3 SEC Network Longhorn Network

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.

Bids

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
West Coast	BYU	Super Regionals (2010)

At–large

Team	Conference
Alabama	SEC
Arizona	Pac-12
Arizona State	Pac-12
Arkansas	SEC
Auburn	SEC
Boise State	Mountain West
Georgia	SEC
Houston	American
Illinois	Big Ten
Kentucky	SEC
LSU	SEC
Louisville	ACC
Minnesota	Big Ten
Mississippi State	SEC
Missouri	SEC
North Carolina	ACC
Northwestern	Big Ten
Notre Dame	ACC
Ohio State	Big Ten
Oklahoma State	Big 12
Ole Miss	SEC
South Carolina	SEC
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley
Stanford	Pac-12
Tennessee	SEC
Texas	Big 12
Texas A&M	SEC
Texas Tech	Big 12
Tulsa	American
Virginia Tech	ACC
Washington	Pac-12
Wisconsin	Big Ten

By Conference

Conference	Total	Schools
SEC	13	Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M
Big Ten	6	Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Wisconsin
ACC	5	Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech
Pac-12	5	Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford, UCLA, Washington
Big 12	4	Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech
American	3	Houston, South Florida, Tulsa
Missouri Valley	2	Drake, Southern Illinois
Mountain West	2	Boise State, Colorado State
America East	1	UMBC
Atlantic Sun	1	Lipscomb
Atlantic 10	1	Fordham
Big East	1	DePaul
Big Sky	1	Weber State
Big South	1	Longwood
Big West	1	Cal State Fullerton
Colonial	1	James Madison
Conference USA	1	Louisiana Tech
Horizon	1	Detroit Mercy
Ivy	1	Harvard
MAAC	1	Monmouth
Mid-American	1	Toledo
Mid-Eastern	1	Bethune-Cookman
Northeast	1	Saint Francis (PA)
Ohio Valley	1	Southeast Missouri State
Patriot	1	Boston University
SoCon	1	Chattanooga
Southland	1	Sam Houston State
Southwestern	1	Alabama State
Sun Belt	1	Louisiana
Summit	1	North Dakota State
WAC	1	Seattle
West Coast	1	BYU

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

Women's College World Series

The Women's College World Series was held May 30 through June 4, 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

All-tournament Team

• Bailey Hemphill, UT, Alabama
• Samantha Show, P/UT, Oklahoma St.
• Sami Reynolds, OF, Washington
• Taran Alvelo, P, Washington
• Nicole Mendes, CF, Oklahoma
• Sydney Romero, 3B, Oklahoma
• Rachel Garcia, P, UCLA
• Aaliyah Jordan, RF, UCLA
• Bubba Nickles, CF, UCLA
• Kinsley Washington, 2B, UCLA

Championship Game

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

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	9,046
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	7,242
Monday, June 3
Finals, G1	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 1 Oklahoma	ESPN	8,486
Tuesday, June 4
Finals, G2	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 2 UCLA	ESPN	8,373
Wednesday, June 5*
Finals, G3*	7:00 p.m.	If Necessary	ESPN	N/A
*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	26–9	.743	4	3	3	2	1	1
Big 12	4	22–12	.647	4	3	2	1	1	–
SEC	13	38–31	.551	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	–	–	–	–	–
Missouri Valley	2	2–4	.333	–	–	–	–	–	–
Other	22	8–44	.154	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 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

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

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)
• Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough, Kayla Braud, & Tiffany Greene (ESPN3 Second Screen Experience)