The 2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 14 through June 3, 2015 as the final part of the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64

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college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 293 teams on May 10, 2015. Thirty-two teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and thirty-two teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I softball selection committee. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2015

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Automatic bids

The Big 12, 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.

National seeds

Teams in italics advanced to super regionals. Teams in bold advanced to

. 1. ''

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'' (50–6)
2. ' (46–6)
3. ''

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'' (51–6)
4. '' Auburn'' (49–9)
5. ' (44–11)
6. ''

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'' (42–12)
7. ' (45–10)
8. ' (42–14) 9. ' (45–12)
10. ' (39–14)
11. ' (45–7)
12. ' (38–17)
13. '' Louisiana–Lafayette'' (39–9)
14. ' (40–14)
15. (47–8)
16. (40–13)

Regionals and super regionals

The Regionals took place May 14–17. The Eugene Region was held from May 14 through 16. All other regionals were held from May 15 through 17. The super regionals took place from May 21 through 24.

Gainesville Super Regional

Knoxville Super Regional

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Auburn Super Regional

Ann Arbor Super Regional

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

Los Angeles Super Regional

Eugene Super Regional

Women's College World Series

The Women's College World Series was held May 28 through June 3, 2015, in Oklahoma City.

Participants

Bracket

Championship game

Record by conference

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the regional finals, super regionals, College World Series teams, national semifinals, championship series, and national champion.

Media coverage

Radio

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provided nationwide radio coverage of the championship series. It was streamed online at westwoodsports.com and through TuneIn.

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and Leah Amico provided the call for Westwood One.

Television

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held exclusive rights to the tournament, with games airing across ESPN,

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, and ESPNU. Regional and super-regional games were broadcast additionally using

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, ESPN3, and SEC Network Plus.

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simulcast coverage of games involving the Texas Longhorns. Coverage of the tournament was highly viewed; the LSU/Michigan and UCLA/Auburn games drew the largest viewership of the bracket round games, coverage of game 3 of the championship series was seen by 2.27 million viewers, and all three games in the championship series had an average viewership of 1.85 million. Viewership of the Women's College World Series was 31% higher than that of the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament held later in the month.

Broadcast assignments

''Regionals'' *Ann Arbor: Adam Amin &

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*Athens: Kaleb Frady & Maya Branch *Auburn:

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*Baton Rouge:

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Jessica Mendoza Jessica Ofelia Mendoza (born November 11, 1980) is an American sportscaster and former softball player. Currently, she serves as a color commentator and analyst for ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball and Los Angeles Dodgers coverage on ...

, & Michele Smith *Columbia: Ben Arnet & Ashley Moore *Gainesville:

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& Jenny Dalton-Hill *Knoxville:

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Amanda Freed Amanda Louise Freed (born December 26, 1979) is an American, former professional softball utility player and pitcher. She played college softball for UCLA, winning the national title for the Bruins in the 1999 Women's College World Series. In ...

*Lafayette:

Pam Ward Pam Ward is an on-air personality for the cable sports television network ESPN, serving as one of the play-by-play announcers for ESPN's coverage of the 2012 and 2013 Women's College World Series of Softball. She is a graduate of the University of ...

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*Los Angeles:

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Danielle Lawrie Danielle Elaine Lawrie (born April 11, 1987) is a Canadian, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, professional All-Star softball pitcher and current sports commentator. Lawrie played college softball at Washington, in which sh ...

*Norman: Thad Anderson & Carol Bruggeman *Tallahassee:

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, Karleigh Rafter or Robin Ahrberg *Tuscaloosa:

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& Leah Amico ''Super regionals'' *Ann Arbor: Adam Amin & Amanda Scarborough *Knoxville: Sam Gore & Amanda Freed *Auburn: Cara Capuano & Leah Amico *Eugene: Melissa Lee & Jennie Ritter *Tuscaloosa: Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, & Michele Smith *Baton Rouge: Pam Ward & Cheri Kempf *Gainesville: Mark Neely & Jenny Dalton-Hill *Los Angeles: Holly Rowe & Danielle Lawrie ''Women's College World Series'' *Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough, &

Laura Rutledge Laura Rutledge ( née McKeeman; born October 2, 1988) is a reporter and host for ESPN and the SEC Network. She is an American beauty pageant titleholder from St. Petersburg, Florida, who was named Miss Florida 2012. Biography She won the title o ...

(afternoons) *Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, & Holly Rowe (evenings & championship series) *

Curt Schilling Curtis Montague Schilling (born November 14, 1966) is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who is a commentator for conservative media outlet BlazeTV. He helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a World Series appearance ...

(championship series)

References

External links

Women's College World Series 2015 official home pageWomen's College World Series 2015 official bracket
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