The 2017 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 18 through June 7, 2017, as the final part of the 2017 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 participating

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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 culminated with eight teams playing in the 2017

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. Oklahoma would repeat as National Champions, defeating Florida in 2 games and 17 innings in the first game. Oklahoma became the lowest seeded team to ever win the National Championship, winning as the 10 seed.

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.

National seeds

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

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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

Knoxville Super Regional

Los Angeles Super Regional

Tallahassee Super Regional

Eugene Super Regional

Seattle Super Regional

Auburn Super Regional

Tucson Super Regional

Women's College World Series

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

Participants

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

Bracket

Game results

Championship game

All-tournament Team

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

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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and Leah Amico provided the call for Westwood One.

Television

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holds exclusive rights to the tournament. They aired games across ESPN,

, ESPNU,

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, ESPN3 and

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. For the first time in the history of the women's softball tournament ESPN covered every regional.

Broadcast assignments

''Regionals'' *Salt Lake: Alex Perlman & Megan Turk *Gainesville: Melissa Lee & Lee Dakich *Lexington: Jenn Hildreth & Carol Bruggeman *Norman: Alex Loeb & Megan Willis *Baton Rouge: Lyn Rollins &

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*Knoxville: Lisa Byington & Jennie Ritter *Auburn: Mark Neely & Jenny Dalton-Hill *Tuscaloosa: Pam Ward & Cheri Kempf ''Super Regionals'' *Gainesville: Eric Collins & Amanda Scarborough *Los Angeles: Beth Mowins,

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, &

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*Auburn: Mark Neely & Jenny Dalton-Hill *Tallahassee: Jenn Hildreth & Carol Bruggeman ''Women's College World Series'' *Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough, &

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(afternoons, early Fri) *Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, & Holly Rowe (evenings minus early Fri) ''Regionals'' *Tallahassee: Eric Frede & Leah Amico *Waco: Brenda VanLengen & Francesca Enea *College Station: Tyler Denning & Erin Miller *Oxford:

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& Amanda Scarborough *Tucson: Dean Linke & Kenzie Fowler *Eugene: Trey Bender &

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 ...

*Los Angeles: Tracy Warren & Amanda Freed *Seattle:

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& Michele Smith ''Super Regionals'' *Knoxville: Alex Loeb & Megan Willis *Eugene: Trey Bender & Danielle Lawrie *Tucson: Pam Ward & Cheri Kempf *Seattle: Courtney Lyle & Lee Dakich ''Women's College World Series Finals'' *Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, & Holly Rowe

References

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