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2014 NCAA Division I softball tournament

The 2014 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 15 through June 5, 2014 as the final part of the 2014 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 293 teams on May 11, 2014. 32 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 32 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Softball Selection Committee. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2014 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.[1]

New to the tournament

This season the number of automatic bids increased from 31 to 32. The change occurred after the original Big East Conference split along football lines into a new non-football Big East Conference and the football-sponsoring American Athletic Conference. Also new this season was the WCC, which began sponsoring softball after the Pacific Tigers returned to the conference.[2] The WCC replaced the Pacific Coast Softball Conference, which dissolved after all its members joined either the WCC or the WAC.

Automatic bids

The Big 12, Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference bids went to the regular season champion. All other conferences had the automatic bid go to the conference tournament winner.

National seeds

Teams in italics advanced to super regionals. Teams in bold advanced to Women's College World Series.

  1. Oregon
  2. Alabama
  3. UCLA
  4. Georgia
  5. Florida
  6. Louisiana–Lafayette
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Florida State
  9. Arizona State
  10. Tennessee
  11. Arizona
  12. Washington
  13. Baylor
  14. Kentucky
  15. Missouri
  16. Minnesota

Regionals and super regionals

The Regionals took place May 15–18 with Seattle being May 15–17 and all other regionals May 16–18. The super regionals took place from May 22–25.

Eugene Super Regional

Tallahassee Super Regional

Gainesville Super Regional

Athens Super Regional

Los Angeles Super Regional

Lafayette Super Regional

Norman Super Regional

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

Women's College World Series

The Women's College World Series was held May 29 through June 4, 2014 in Oklahoma City.

Participants

Bracket

Championship game

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Media coverage

Radio

Westwood One provided nationwide radio coverage of the championship series, which was streamed online at westwoodsports.com and through TuneIn. Kevin Kugler and Leah Amico provided the call for Westwood One.[30]

Television

ESPN carried every game from the Women's College World Series across the ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU). The ESPN Networks also carried select regional matches and every super regional match utilizing ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3. Outside of the ESPN Networks Regional matches, Pac-12 Network picked up all Oregon matches in the Eugene region and BTN picked up the Sunday championship games in the Minneapolis Region.

Broadcast assignments

References

  1. ^ "Committee releases 64 teams in 2014 Division I softball championship" (Press release). NCAA. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "WCC Softball Begins Competition in 2014" (Press release). West Coast Conference. September 13, 2012. Archived from the original on June 4, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  3. ^ "Louisville upsets Central Florida in AAC softball final". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  4. ^ "Florida State wins 12th ACC softball championship". News Herald. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "Stetson beats Mercer 1-0, wins Atlantic Sun softball crown". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  6. ^ "Sooners win third straight Big 12 title". 247 Sports. Archived from the original on May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  7. ^ "DePaul softball downs St. John's 3-0 in Big East championship". The DePaulia. Archived from the original on May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  8. ^ "T-Birds take 8-5 win over ISU in title game". St. George Daily Spectrum. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  9. ^ "Minnesota beats Michigan to win Big Ten Tournament on walk-off hit". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  10. ^ "Long Beach State wins thriller to claim Big West softball title". Long Beach Press-Telegram. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  11. ^ "Clean Sweep! Softball Wins Second CAA Championship". WHSV-TV. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  12. ^ "Tulsa wins C-USA Tournament, earns NCAA bid". Tulsa World. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  13. ^ "UWGB rolls to Horizon softball title". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  14. ^ "Dartmouth defeats Penn 7-3, captures first Ivy League championship". NCAA. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  15. ^ "Ohio wins first MAC Championship since '95". The Post. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  16. ^ "Florida A&M tops Bethune-Cookman 4-2 to claim MEAC softball championship". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  17. ^ "Bradley softball wins Valley tournament, earns automatic NCAA bid". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  18. ^ "www.fresnobee.com/2014/05/10/3920562/fresno-state-softball-bulldogs.html?sp=/99/330/336/". The Fresno Bee. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  19. ^ "Bryant wins NEC Title Punching Ticket to First Ever NCAA softball tournament". WLNE-TV. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  20. ^ "Cougars Rout Murray State for OVC Title". The Telegraph (Alton). Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  21. ^ "Oregon Ducks softball picks up opener against Arizona 7-3". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  22. ^ "Boston U. Wins 2014 Patriot League Softball Championship". YouTube. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  23. ^ "Georgia softball wins first SEC tournament title". Athens Banner-Herald. Archived from the original on May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  24. ^ "UTC wins SoCon softball title". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  25. ^ "UL Defeats S. Alabama to Win Sunbelt Conference Title". The Advertiser. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  26. ^ "Utah Valley wins 2014 WAC Tournament title". Deseret News. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  27. ^ "Cougars down Saint Mary's, earn WCC title with doubleheader sweep". Deseret News. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  28. ^ "Division I Softball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  29. ^ "National Champs: Gators Roll Over Bama To Win WCWS". Floridagators.com. June 4, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  30. ^ "Women's College World Series Championship series, Game 1". Westwood One. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  31. ^ "ESPN to Present the 2014 NCAA Division I Softball Championship". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  32. ^ a b "ESPN to Televise Women's College World Series". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  33. ^ "NCAA Division I Softball Championship: Super regionals Begin Thursday, Jennie Finch Joins Coverage". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved May 21, 2014.

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