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teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2008 Women's College World Series at

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National seeds

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Regionals and super regionals

Bold indicates winner. * indicates host.

Gainesville Super Regional

Houston Super Regional

College Station Super Regional

Ann Arbor Super Regional

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

Tempe Super Regional

Tucson Super Regional

Los Angeles Super Regional

Automatic bids

Women's College World Series

Participants

† Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.

Tournament notes

*Florida and Virginia Tech were the first teams in their respective school histories to reach the WCWS in the NCAA era.

Results

Bracket

Game results

Championship game

Final standings

All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team: *Francesca Enea, Florida *Charlotte Morgan, Alabama *

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, Florida *Holly Tankersley, La.-Lafayette *

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, Virginia Tech * Megan Gibson, Texas A&M *Jami Lobpries, Texas A&M *Kaitlin Cochran, Arizona State * Krista Donnenwirth, Arizona State *Lesley Rogers, Arizona State *Jackie Vasquez, Arizona State * Katie Burkhart, Arizona State (Most Outstanding Player)

WCWS records tied or broken

*6,240 Session 1 (Games 1 and 2) total attendance — WCWS record *8,230 Session 3 (Games 5 and 6) total attendance — WCWS record *In Game 11, Florida left fielder Francesca Enea hit two

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to allow her team to defeat Texas A&M 6–1. She tied the WCWS record for the most home runs in a game in the NCAA era that was set by UCLA's Yvonne Gutierrez in 1992 and tied by Arizona's Lindsey Collins in 1999 and UCLA's Andrea Harrison in 2010. *Arizona State's 11-0 victory over Texas A&M was the largest margin of victory in an NCAA championship clinching game.

Post-series notes

*At the conclusion of their run in the series, Florida compiled a 70–5 overall record, becoming the first NCAA team to record 70 wins.Gators' NCAA run ends
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did not return to the championship game/series while defending one of their eight national championships.

References

External links

Official NCAA bracketSchedule/results
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