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

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. The

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won their 13th championship, defeating the

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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.

At-large

By conference

National seeds

16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show, on Sunday, May 12 at 9 p.m. EDT on

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. The 16 national seeds host the Regionals. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advance to

. 1. (49–2)
2.

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(46–5)
3. (45–7)
4. ' (51–8)
5. (44–15)
6. (42–12)
7. (41–12)
8.

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(52–7)
9. ' (41–14)
10. ' (40–16)
11. '' Ole Miss'' (37–17)
12. ' (39–14)
13. (39–14)
14. ' (33–22)
15. (43–11)
16. ' (43–10)

Regionals and Super Regionals

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

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

The Women's College World Series was held May 30 through June 4, 2019, in Oklahoma City.

Participants

† = ''From NCAA Division I Softball Championship Results''

Bracket

All-tournament Team

The following players were members of the Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team.

Championship game

Game results

Record by conference

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

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

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, and on

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Ryan Radtke
made his softball radio debut and joined returning analyst Leah Amico.

Television

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held exclusive rights to the tournament. The network aired games across ESPN,

, ESPNU,

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, 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,

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, & 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:

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& Michele Smith *Minneapolis: Courtney Lyle & Amanda Scarborough *Baton Rouge: Matt Schumacker & Leigh Dakich *Ann Arbor: Mark Neely &

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*Los Angeles: Trey Bender & Leah Amico ''Super Regionals'' *Seattle: Mark Neely, Danielle Lawrie, &

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*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)

References

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