2019_Women's_College_World_Series

2019 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium; Oklahoma City;
Champions	UCLA (13th NCAA (14th overall) 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
	← 2018 ; NCAA Division I softball tournament; 2021 →;

2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament

College softball tournament

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.

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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.

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Conference	School	Best finish
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)

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

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

Round 1			Round 2			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

1	Oklahoma	12

	UMBC	0⁽⁵⁾
			1	Oklahoma	4

				Wisconsin	0
	Wisconsin	4

	Notre Dame	2
						1	Oklahoma	1	2
Norman Regional – OU Softball Complex
							Wisconsin	2	0
	UMBC	0

	Notre Dame	2
				Wisconsin	5

				Notre Dame	4



										1	Oklahoma	3	8	—

										16	Northwestern	0	0	—
16	Northwestern	15

	Detroit Mercy	1⁽⁵⁾
			16	Northwestern	1

				Louisville	2
	Southern Illinois	5

	Louisville	9
							Louisville	0	3
Evanston Regional – Sharon J. Drysdale Field
						16	Northwestern	7	4
	Detroit Mercy	1

	Southern Illinois	2
			16	Northwestern	8

				Southern Illinois	1

Round 1			Round 2			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

8	Alabama	8

	Alabama State	2
			8	Alabama	7

				Arizona State	4
	Lipscomb	3

	Arizona State	4
						8	Alabama	9	—
Tuscaloosa Regional – Rhoads Stadium
							Arizona State	8	—
	Alabama State	0

	Lipscomb	14⁽⁵⁾
				Arizona State	10⁽⁶⁾

				Lipscomb	1



										8	Alabama	3	5	8

										9	Texas	0	7	5
9	Texas	1

	Sam Houston State	2
				Sam Houston State	0

				Houston	5
	Houston	3

	Texas A&M	1
							Houston	2	0
Austin Regional – Red & Charline McCombs Field
						9	Texas	5	7
9	Texas	3⁽⁸⁾

	Texas A&M	2
				Sam Houston State	0

			9	Texas	3

2019_Women's_College_World_Series

2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament

Bids

Automatic bids

At-large

By conference

National seeds

Regionals and Super Regionals

Norman Super Regional

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

Gainesville Super Regional

Tallahassee Super Regional

Seattle Super Regional

Tucson Super Regional

Minneapolis Super Regional

Los Angeles Super Regional

Women's College World Series

Participants

Bracket

All-tournament Team

Championship game

Game results

Record by conference

Media coverage

Radio

Television

Broadcast assignments

References

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Teams	64
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City
Champions	UCLA (13th NCAA (14th overall) 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
← 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament 2021 →

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)	29–17
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, 2010)	98–36
Washington	Pac-12	50–7 (20–4)	Heather Tarr	14 (last: 2018)	1st (2009)	24–21

Opening Round			Second Round			Semifinals				Championship Series

1	Oklahoma	3

8	Alabama	2
			1	Oklahoma	6

			13	Oklahoma State	1
5	Florida	1

13	Oklahoma State	2
						1	Oklahoma	0⁽⁸⁾	7

						8	Alabama	1	3
8	Alabama	15

5	Florida	3⁽⁵⁾
			8	Alabama	2

			6	Arizona	0



										1	Oklahoma	3	4	—

										2	UCLA	16	5	—
3	Washington	1⁽⁸⁾

6	Arizona	3
			6	Arizona	2

			2	UCLA	6
7	Minnesota	2

2	UCLA	7
						2	UCLA	3	—

						3	Washington	0⁽¹⁰⁾	—
3	Washington	5

7	Minnesota	3
			13	Oklahoma State	0

			3	Washington	1

Position	Player	School
P & MOP	Rachel Garcia	UCLA
P	Taran Alvelo	Washington
	Montana Fouts	Alabama
	Samantha Show	Oklahoma State
2B	Kinsley Washington	UCLA
3B	Sydney Romero	Oklahoma
OF	Jocelyn Alo	Oklahoma
	Aaliyah Jordan	UCLA
	Nicole Mendes	Oklahoma
	Bubba Nickles	UCLA
	Sami Reynolds	Washington
U	Bailey Hemphill	Alabama

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

Date	Game	Winning team	Score	Losing team	Winning pitcher	Losing pitcher	Save	Notes
May 30	Game 1	UCLA	7–2	Minnesota	Rachel Garcia (25–1)	Amber Fiser (31–8)	–
	Game 2	Arizona	3–1 ⁽⁸⁾	Washington	Taylor McQuillin (24–7)	Taran Alvelo (25–5)	–
	Game 3	Oklahoma State	2–1	Florida	Samantha Show (22–8)	Kelly Barnhill (34–13)	–
	Game 4	Oklahoma	3–2	Alabama	Giselle Juarez (27–1)	Montana Fouts (19–6)	–
May 31	Game 5	UCLA	6–2	Arizona	Rachel Garcia (26–1)	Taylor McQuillan (24–8)	–
May 31	Game 6	Oklahoma	6–1	Oklahoma State	Giselle Juarez (28–1)	Samantha Show (22–9)	–
June 1	Game 7	Washington	5–3	Minnesota	Gabbie Plain (24–2)	Amber Fiser (31–9)	Taran Alvelo (3)	Minnesota eliminated
	Game 8	Alabama	15–3 ⁽⁵⁾	Florida	Sarah Cornell (22–1)	Kelly Barnhill (34–14)	–	Florida eliminated
	Game 9	Washington	1–0	Oklahoma State	Taran Alvelo (26–5)	Samantha Show (22–10)	–	Oklahoma State eliminated
	Game 10	Alabama	2–0	Arizona	Montana Fouts (20–6)	Alyssa Denham (13–6)	–	Arizona eliminated
June 2	Game 11	UCLA	3–0 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Washington	Rachel Garcia (27–1)	Taran Alvelo (26–5)	–	Washington eliminated
	Game 12	Alabama	1–0 ⁽⁸⁾	Oklahoma	Montana Fouts (21–6)	Giselle Juarez (28–2)	–
	Game 13	Oklahoma	7–3	Alabama	Mariah Lopez (19–1)	Krystal Goodman (11–1)	–	Alabama eliminated
Finals
June 3	Game 1	UCLA	16–3	Oklahoma	Rachel Garcia (28–1)	Giselle Juarez (28–3)	–	UCLA 1–0
June 4	Game 2	UCLA	5–4	Oklahoma	Rachel Garcia (29–1)	Giselle Juarez (28–4)	–	UCLA wins WCWS

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	–	–	–	–	–	–