2021 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

College softball tournament

2021 NCAA Division I
Softball TournamentTeams| 64

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Finals site|

* USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium
* Oklahoma City

Champions| Oklahoma (5th title)
Runner-up| Florida State (11th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach| Patty Gasso (5th title)
MOP| Giselle Juarez (Oklahoma)
Television| ESPN
ESPN2
ESPN3
ABC

* ← 2019
* NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
* 2022 →

The 2021 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was held from May 21 through June 10, 2021 as the final part of the 2021 NCAA Division I softball season. 31 teams were awarded automatic bids as champions of their conferences after the Ivy League opted out of the 2021 softball season. The remaining 33 were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I softball selection committee on May 16, 2021. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2021 Women's College World Series at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Bids
* 1.1 Automatic bids
* 1.2 At–large
* 1.3 By Conference
* 2 National seeds
* 3 Regionals and Super Regionals
* 3.1 Norman Super Regional
* 3.2 Columbia Super Regional
* 3.3 Stillwater Super Regional
* 3.4 Gainesville Super Regional
* 3.5 Tuscaloosa Super Regional
* 3.6 Fayetteville Super Regional
* 3.7 Baton Rouge Super Regional
* 3.8 Los Angeles Super Regional
* 4 Women's College World Series
* 4.1 Participants
* 4.2 Bracket
* 4.3 Championship game
* 4.4 All-tournament Team
* 4.5 Game results
* 5 Record by conference
* 6 Media coverage
* 6.1 Radio
* 6.2 Television
* 6.2.1 Broadcast assignments
* 7 References

## Bids[edit]

### Automatic bids[edit]

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

Conference | School | Best Finish | Reference

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America East | UMBC | Regionals
(2002, 2019) |
American | Wichita State | Regionals
(1989, 2005, 2016, 2018) |
ACC | Duke | First appearance |
A-10 | George Washington | First appearance |
ASUN | Liberty | Regionals
(2002, 2011, 2018) |
Big 12 | Oklahoma | Champions
(2000, 2013, 2016, 2017) |
Big East | Villanova | First appearance |
Big Sky | Portland State | Regionals
(2013) |
Big South | Campbell | Regionals
(1995, 2008, 2009) |
Big Ten | Michigan | Champions
(2005) |
Big West | Long Beach State | WCWS
(1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) |
CAA | James Madison | Super Regionals
(2016, 2019) |
Conference USA | Western Kentucky | Regionals
(2013, 2015) |
Horizon League | UIC | WCWS
(1994) |
Ivy League | Ivy League season canceled
MAC | Miami (OH) | Regionals
(2005, 2009, 2012, 2016) |
MAAC | Manhattan | Regionals
(1999) |
MEAC | Morgan State | First appearance |
MVC | Southern Illinois | WCWS
(1970, 1977, 1978) |
Mountain West | Fresno State | Champions
(1998) |
Northeast | Saint Francis (PA) | Regionals
(2017, 2018, 2019) |
OVC | Eastern Kentucky | Regionals
(2002, 2004) |
Pac-12 | UCLA | Champions
(1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2019) |
Patriot League | Boston University | Regionals
(1996, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019) |
SEC | Alabama | Champions
(2012) |
SoCon | UNC Greensboro | Regionals
(1997, 2018) |
Southland | McNeese State | Regionals
(1994, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018) |
SWAC | Alabama State | Regionals
(2016, 2019) |
Summit League | South Dakota State | First appearance |
Sun Belt | Louisiana | WCWS
(1993, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2008, 2014) |
WAC | Seattle | Regionals
(2019) |
West Coast | BYU | Super Regionals
(2010) |

### At–large[edit]

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Arizona | Pac-12
Arizona State | Pac-12
Arkansas | SEC
Auburn | SEC
Baylor | Big 12
Clemson | ACC
Florida | SEC
Florida State | ACC
Georgia | SEC
Iowa State | Big 12
Kentucky | SEC
Kennesaw State | ASUN
LSU | SEC
Minnesota | Big Ten
Mississippi State | SEC
Missouri | SEC
Northern Iowa | MVC
Northwestern | Big Ten
Notre Dame | ACC
Oklahoma State | Big 12
Ole Miss | SEC
Oregon | Pac-12
South Alabama | Sun Belt
South Florida | American
Stanford | Pac-12
Tennessee | SEC
Texas | Big 12
Texas A&M | SEC
Texas State | Sun Belt
Troy | Sun Belt
UCF | American
Virginia Tech | ACC
Washington | Pac-12

### By Conference[edit]

Conference  | Total  | Schools

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SEC | 12  | Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M
Pac-12 | 6  | Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, Washington
ACC | 5  | Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech
Big 12 | 5  | Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas
Sun Belt | 4  | Louisiana, South Alabama, Texas State, Troy
American | 3  | South Florida, UCF, Wichita State
Big Ten | 3  | Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern
ASUN | 2  | Liberty, Kennesaw State
Missouri Valley | 2  | Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois
Mountain West | 1  | Fresno State
America East | 1  | UMBC
Atlantic 10 | 1  | George Washington
Big East | 1  | Villanova
Big Sky | 1  | Portland State
Big South | 1  | Campbell
Big West | 1  | Long Beach State
Colonial | 1  | James Madison
Conference USA | 1  | Western Kentucky
Horizon | 1  | UIC
MAAC | 1  | Manhattan
Mid-American | 1  | Miami (OH)
Mid-Eastern | 1  | Morgan State
Northeast | 1  | Saint Francis (PA)
Ohio Valley | 1  | Eastern Kentucky
Patriot | 1  | Boston University
SoCon | 1  | UNC Greensboro
Southland | 1  | McNeese State
Southwestern | 1  | Alabama State
Summit | 1  | South Dakota State
WAC | 1  | Seattle
West Coast | 1  | BYU

## National seeds[edit]

16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show, on Sunday, May 16 at 9 p.m. EDT on ESPN2. 15 of the 16 national seeds hosted Regionals. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the Women's College World Series.

1\. Oklahoma
2\. UCLA
3\. Alabama
4\. Florida
5\. Oklahoma State
6\. Arkansas
7\. LSU
8\. Missouri

9\. Tennessee
10\. Florida State
11\. Arizona
12\. Texas
13\. Duke (not a host)
14\. Kentucky
15\. Arizona State
16\. Washington

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## Regionals and Super Regionals[edit]

The Regionals took place May 20–23. The Super Regionals took place May 27–30.

### Norman Super Regional[edit]

| Round 1 | | | Round 2 | | | Regional Finals | | | Super Regionals |

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| 1 | Oklahoma | 19(5) | | | |
|  | Morgan State | 0 |
| | 1 | Oklahoma | 7 |
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| | |  | Wichita State | 5 |
|  | Texas A&M | 7 |

|  | Wichita State | 9 |
| | 1 | Oklahoma | 24 | — |
| Norman Regional – OU Softball Complex |
| | |  | Wichita State | 7 | — |
|  | Morgan State | 3 | |

|  | Texas A&M | 10 |
| |  | Wichita State | 9 |
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| | | 16 | Washington | 2 | 1 | — |
| 16 | Washington | 3 | | |

|  | Portland State | 0 |
| | 16 | Washington | 1 |
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| | |  | Michigan | 2 |
|  | Seattle | 0 |

|  | Michigan | 2 |
| |  | Michigan | 0 | 5 |
| Seattle Regional – Husky Softball Stadium |
| | | 16 | Washington | 2 | 10 |
|  | Portland State | 5 | |

|  | Seattle | 6 |
| | 16 | Washington | 8(5) |
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### Columbia Super Regional[edit]

| Round 1 | | | Round 2 | | | Regional Finals | | | Super Regionals |

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| 8 | Missouri | 8(6) | | | |
|  | UIC | 0 |
| | 8 | Missouri | 4 |
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| | |  | Northern Iowa | 0 |
|  | Northern Iowa | 8(5) |

|  | Iowa State | 0 |
| | 8 | Missouri | 5 | — |
| Columbia Regional – Mizzou Softball Stadium |
| | |  | Iowa State | 0 | — |
|  | Iowa State | 4 | |

|  | UIC | 0 |
| |  | Northern Iowa | 3 |
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| | |  | Iowa State | 4 |
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| | 8 | Missouri | 1 | 7 | 2 |
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| | |  | James Madison | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 8 | | |

|  | Eastern Kentucky | 1 |
| | 9 | Tennessee | 1 |
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| | |  | James Madison | 3 |
|  | James Madison | 4(10) |

|  | Liberty | 3 |
| |  | James Madison | 8 | — |
| Knoxville Regional – Sherri Parker Lee Stadium |
| | |  | Liberty | 5 | — |
|  | Liberty | 5 | |

|  | Eastern Kentucky | 1 |
| | 9 | Tennessee | 1 |
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| | |  | Liberty | 3 |

### Stillwater Super Regional[edit]

| Round 1 | | | Round 2 | | | Regional Finals | | | Super Regionals |

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| 5 | Oklahoma State | 10(5) | | | |
|  | Campbell | 0 |
| | 5 | Oklahoma State | 9 |
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| | |  | Mississippi State | 3 |
|  | Boston University | 1 |

|  | Mississippi State | 3 |
| | 5 | Oklahoma State | 10(5) | — |
| Stillwater Regional – Cowgirl Stadium |
| | |  | Mississippi State | 2 | — |
|  | Campbell | 7 | |

|  | Boston University | 1 |
| |  | Mississippi State | 12(5) |
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| | | 12 | Texas | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Texas | 12(5) | | |

|  | Saint Francis (PA) | 0 |
| | 12 | Texas | 6 |
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| | |  | Texas State | 0 |
|  | Texas State | 5 |

|  | Oregon | 1 |
| | 12 | Texas | 2 | 1 |
| Austin Regional – Red and Charline McCombs Field |
| | |  | Oregon | 3(8) | 0 |
|  | Oregon | 7 | |

|  | Saint Francis (PA) | 0 |
| |  | Texas State | 0 |
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| | |  | Oregon | 2 |

### Gainesville Super Regional[edit]

| Round 1 | | | Round 2 | | | Regional Finals | | | Super Regionals |

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| 4 | Florida | 1 | | | |
|  | South Florida | 0 |
| | 4 | Florida | 10 |
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| | |  | South Alabama | 0 |
|  | South Alabama | 2 |

|  | Baylor | 0 |
| | 4 | Florida | 8 | — |
| Gainesville Regional – Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium |
| | |  | South Florida | 0 | — |
|  | Baylor | 0 | |

|  | South Florida | 5 |
| |  | South Alabama | 0 |
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| | |  | Georgia | 4 | 6 | — |
| 13 | Duke | 2 | | |

|  | UNC Greensboro | 0 |
| | 13 | Duke | 0 |
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| | |  | Georgia | 1 |
|  | Western Kentucky | 3 |

|  | Georgia | 11(6) |
| |  | Georgia | 10 | — |
| Athens Regional – Jack Turner Stadium |
| | | 13 | Duke | 9 | — |
|  | UNC Greensboro | 4 | |

|  | Western Kentucky | 8 |
| | 13 | Duke | 4(12) |
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### Tuscaloosa Super Regional[edit]

| Round 1 | | | Round 2 | | | Regional Finals | | | Super Regionals |

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| 3 | Alabama | 9(6) | | | |
|  | Alabama State | 0 |
| | 3 | Alabama | 6 |
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| | |  | Clemson | 0 |
|  | Troy | 0 |

|  | Clemson | 8(5) |
| | 3 | Alabama | 5 | — |
| Tuscaloosa Regional – Rhoads Stadium |
| | |  | Clemson | 0 | — |
|  | Alabama State | 0 | |

|  | Troy | 8(6) |
| |  | Clemson | 4 |
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| | | 14 | Kentucky | 3 | 1 | — |
| 14 | Kentucky | 3 | | |

|  | Northwestern | 2 |
| | 14 | Kentucky | 3 |
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| | |  | Notre Dame | 12(5) |
|  | Miami (OH) | 2 |

|  | Notre Dame | 3 |
| |  | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 |
| Lexington Regional – John Cropp Stadium |
| | | 14 | Kentucky | 7 | 4 |
|  | Northwestern | 7 | |

|  | Miami (OH) | 1 |
| | 14 | Kentucky | 7 |
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| | |  | Northwestern | 2 |

### Fayetteville Super Regional[edit]

| Round 1 | | | Round 2 | | | Regional Finals | | | Super Regionals |

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| 6 | Arkansas | 8(5) | | | |
|  | Manhattan | 0 |
| | 6 | Arkansas | 4 |
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| | |  | South Dakota State | 0 |
|  | South Dakota State | 7 |

|  | Stanford | 1 |
| | 6 | Arkansas | 7 | — |
| Fayetteville Regional – Bogle Park |
| | |  | Stanford | 3 | — |
|  | Stanford | 11 | |

|  | Manhattan | 2 |
| |  | South Dakota State | 1 |
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| | | 11 | Arizona | 10 | 4 | — |
| 11 | Arizona | 7 | | |

|  | UMBC | 0 |
| | 11 | Arizona | 12 |
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| | |  | Ole Miss | 6 |
|  | Villanova | 1 |

|  | Ole Miss | 5 |
| | 11 | Arizona | 12 | — |
| Tucson Regional – Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium |
| | |  | Ole Miss | 6 | — |
|  | UMBC | 3 | |

|  | Villanova | 4 |
| |  | Ole Miss | 6 |
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### Baton Rouge Super Regional[edit]

| Round 1 | | | Round 2 | | | Regional Finals | | | Super Regionals |

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|  | McNeese State | 2 |
| | 7 | LSU | 10 |
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|  | George Washington | 0 |

|  | Louisiana | 1(11) |
| | 7 | LSU | 0 | 8 |
| Baton Rouge Regional – Tiger Park |
| | |  | Louisiana | 2 | 5 |
|  | McNeese State | 12(5) | |

|  | George Washington | 0 |
| |  | Louisiana | 4 |
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| 10 | Florida State | 6 | | |

|  | Kennesaw State | 2 |
| | 10 | Florida State | 3 |
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|  | UCF | 5 |

|  | Auburn | 4 |
| | 10 | Florida State | 2 | — |
| Tallahassee Regional – JoAnne Graf Field |
| | |  | UCF | 0 | — |
|  | Auburn | 0 | |

|  | Kennesaw State | 1 |
| |  | UCF | 2 |
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### Los Angeles Super Regional[edit]

| Round 1 | | | Round 2 | | | Regional Finals | | | Super Regionals |

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| 2 | UCLA | 8(5) | | | |
|  | Long Beach State | 0 |
| | 2 | UCLA | 5(8) |
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| | |  | Fresno State | 4 |
|  | Fresno State | 3 |

|  | Minnesota | 0 |
| | 2 | UCLA | 2 | — |
| Los Angeles Regional – Easton Stadium |
| | |  | Minnesota | 1 | — |
|  | Minnesota | 11 | |

|  | Long Beach State | 0 |
| |  | Fresno State | 3 |
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| | |  | Virginia Tech | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Arizona State | 7 | | |

|  | Southern Illinois | 4 |
| | 15 | Arizona State | 2 |
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| | |  | Virginia Tech | 8 |
|  | BYU | 2 |

|  | Virginia Tech | 5 |
| |  | Virginia Tech | 11(5) | — |
| Tempe Regional – Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium |
| | |  | BYU | 3 | — |
|  | Southern Illinois | 2 | |

|  | BYU | 7 |
| | 15 | Arizona State | 8 |
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## Women's College World Series[edit]

The Women's College World Series was held June 3 through June 10 in Oklahoma City.

### Participants[edit]

School | Conference | Record (Conference) | Head Coach | WCWS Appearances†
(including 2021 WCWS)  | WCWS Best Finish†* | WCWS W-L Record†
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Alabama | SEC | 50–7 (18–6) | Patrick Murphy | 13
(last: 2019) | 1st
(2012) | 20–23
Arizona | Pac-12 | 41–13 (12–10) | Mike Candrea | 24
(last: 2019) | 1st
(1991, 1993, 1994, 1996
1997, 2001, 2006, 2007) | 62–34
Florida State | ACC | 44-10-1 (26–5-1) | Lonni Alameda | 11
(last: 2018) | 1st
(2018) | 13–18
Georgia | SEC | 34–21 (7–17) | Lu Harris-Champer | 5
(last: 2018) | 3rd
(2009, 2010) | 5–8
James Madison | CAA | 39–2 (17–1) | Loren LaPorte | 1 | — | —
Oklahoma | Big 12 | 50–2 (16–1) | Patty Gasso | 14
(last: 2019) | 1st
(2000, 2013, 2016, 2017) | 32–20
Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 47–10 (15–3) | Kenny Gajewski | 9
(last: 2019) | 3rd
(1989, 1990, 1993, 1994) | 12–16
UCLA | Pac-12 | 46–5 (19–2) | Kelly Inouye-Perez | 30
(last: 2019) | 1st
(1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2019) | 103–36

† = From NCAA Division I Softball Championship Results

### Bracket[edit]

| First round | | | Second round | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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|  | James Madison | 4(8) |
| |  | James Madison | 2 |
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| 5 | Oklahoma State | 3 |

|  | Georgia | 2 |
| |  | James Madison | 3 | 1 |
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| 1 | Oklahoma | 8(6) | |

|  | Georgia | 0 |
| | 2 | UCLA | 3 |
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| | | 10 | Florida State | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Alabama | 5 | | |

| 11 | Arizona | 1 |
| | 3 | Alabama | 6 |
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| 10 | Florida State | 0 |

| 2 | UCLA | 4 |
| | 3 | Alabama | 0 | 5 |
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| 11 | Arizona | 3 | |

| 10 | Florida State | 4 |
| | 5 | Oklahoma State | 2 |
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### Championship game[edit]

National Championship

Florida State Seminoles  | vs.  | Oklahoma Sooners
June 10, 2021, 2:00 p.m. (CDT) at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E

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Florida State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0
Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 5 | 5 | 0
WP: Giselle Juarez (23–1)  LP: Danielle Watson (12–2)
Home runs:
FSU: None
OKLA: Jocelyn Alo, Jayda Coleman
Attendance: 10,830
Boxscore

### All-tournament Team[edit]

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

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P | Giselle Juarez (MOP) | Oklahoma
Odicci Alexander | James Madison
Montana Fouts | Alabama
Kathryn Sandercock | Florida State
2B | Tiare Jennings | Oklahoma
OF | Mackenzie Donihoo | Oklahoma
Kate Gordon | James Madison
Nicole Mendes | Oklahoma
Kaley Mudge | Florida State
C | Kinzie Hansen | Oklahoma
U | Jocelyn Alo | Oklahoma
Bailey Hemphill | Alabama

### Game results[edit]

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June 3  | Game 1  | James Madison | 4–3 (8) | Oklahoma | Odicci Alexander (17–1) | Shannon Saile (17–1) | – | –
Game 2  | Oklahoma State | 3–2 | Georgia | Carrie Eberle (26–3) | Mary Wilson Avant (20–11) | – | –
Game 3  | Alabama | 5–1 | Arizona | Montana Fouts (26–3) | Hanah Bowen (11–3) | – | –
Game 4  | UCLA | 4–0 | Florida State | Rachel Garcia (18–1) | Kathryn Sandercock (24–3) | – | –
June 4  | Game 5  | James Madison | 2–1 | Oklahoma State | Odicci Alexander (18–1) | Carrie Eberle (26–4) | – | JMU: First unseeded team in WCWS history to advance to the semifinals[3]
Game 6  | Alabama | 6–0 | UCLA | Montana Fouts (27–3) | Rachel Garcia (18–2) | – | Montana Fouts perfect game; sixth in WCWS history[4][5]: 64
June 5  | Game 7  | Oklahoma | 8–0 (6) | Georgia | Giselle Juarez (19–1) | Mary Wilson Avant (20–12) | – | Georgia eliminated
Game 8  | Florida State | 4–3 | Arizona | Kathryn Sandercock (25–3) | Mariah Lopez (9–3) | – | Arizona eliminated
Game 9  | Oklahoma | 10–3 | UCLA | Giselle Juarez (20–1) | Rachel Garcia (18–3) | – | UCLA eliminated
Game 10 | Florida State | 4–2 | Oklahoma State | Kathryn Sandercock (26–3) | Kelly Maxwell (15–5) | – | Oklahoma State eliminated
June 6  | Game 11  | Oklahoma | 6–3 | James Madison | Nicole May (15–1) | Odicci Alexander (18–2) | – | –
Game 12  | Florida State | 2–0 | Alabama | Kathryn Sandercock (27–3) | Lexi Kilfoyl (14–3) | – | –
June 7  | Game 13  | Oklahoma | 7–1 | James Madison | Giselle Juarez (21–1) | Odicci Alexander (18–3) | – | James Madison eliminated
Game 14  | Florida State | 8–5 | Alabama | Danielle Watson (11–1) | Montana Fouts (27–4) | – | Alabama eliminated
Finals
June 8  | Game 1  | Florida State | 8–4 | Oklahoma | Danielle Watson (12–1) | Nicole May (15–2) | – | Florida State 1–0
June 9  | Game 2  | Oklahoma | 6–2 | Florida State | Giselle Juarez (22–1) | Kathryn Sandercock (27–4) | – | Tied 1–1
June 10 | Game 3  | Oklahoma | 5–1 | Florida State | Giselle Juarez (23–1) | Danielle Watson (12–2) | – | Oklahoma wins WCWS

## Record by conference[edit]

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Big 12 | 5  | 23–12  | .657  | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1
ACC | 5  | 19–11  | .633  | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | –
SEC | 12  | 35–25  | .583  | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | –
CAA | 1  | 7–3  | .700  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | –
Pac-12 | 6  | 21–14  | .600  | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | – | –
American | 3  | 6–6  | .500  | 3 | – | – | – | – | –
Big Ten | 3  | 5–6  | .455  | 2 | – | – | – | – | –
ASUN | 2  | 3–4  | .429  | 1 | – | – | – | – | –
Sun Belt | 4  | 6–8  | .429  | 1 | – | – | – | – | –
WCC | 1  | 2–2  | .500  | 1 | – | – | – | – | –
Other  | 22  | 8–44  | .154  | – | – | – | – | – | –

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[edit]

### Radio[edit]

For the first time ever Westwood One will provide nationwide radio coverage of every game in the Women's College World Series. It was streamed online at westwoodsports.com, through TuneIn, and on SiriusXM. Ryan Radtke and Leah Amico return as the broadcast team.

### Television[edit]

ESPN held exclusive rights to the tournament. The network aired games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, Longhorn Network, ACC Network and ESPN3. For just the fourth time in the history of the women's softball tournament, ESPN covered every regional. ABC will air a super regional game for the first time in tournament history.[6]

#### Broadcast assignments[edit]

Regionals

* Norman: Courtney Lyle & Kayla Braud
* Los Angeles: Mark Neely & Kenzie Fowler
* Tuscaloosa: Eric Frede & Madison Shipman
* Gainesville: Beth Mowins & Michele Smith
* Stillwater: Clay Matvick & Natasha Watley
* Fayetteville: Mike Corey & Leah Amico
* Baton Rouge: Alex Loeb & Megan Willis
* Columbia: Tyler Denning & Tori Vidales

Super Regionals

* Norman: Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe
* Columbia: Mike Couzens & Carol Bruggeman
* Stillwater: Tiffany Greene & Erin Miller
* Gainesville: Courtney Lyle & Kayla Braud

Women's College World Series

* Kevin Brown, Amanda Scarborough & Jalyn Johnson (afternoons, early Fri)
* Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe (evenings minus early Fri)

Regionals

* Knoxville: Tiffany Greene & Erin Miller
* Tallahassee: Jenn Hildreth & Brittany McKinney
* Tucson: Jonathan Yardley & Amanda Freed
* Austin: Kevin Brown, Amanda Scarborough & Jalyn Johnson
* Athens: Alex Perlman & Francesca Enea
* Lexington: Mike Couzens & Carol Bruggeman
* Tempe: John Schriffen & Jennie Ritter
* Seattle: Pam Ward & Jenny Dalton-Hill

Super Regionals

* Tuscaloosa: Eric Frede & Madison Shipman
* Fayetteville: Pam Ward & Jenny Dalton Hill
* Baton Rouge: Kevin Brown, Amanda Scarborough & Jalyn Johnson
* Los Angeles: Mark Neely & Kenzie Fowler

Women's College World Series Finals

* Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "2021 Women's College World Series schedule". NCAA.com. May 4, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
2. ^ Chester, Michella (May 30, 2021). "2021 Women's College World Series: Bracket, schedule, scores". NCAA.com. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
3. ^ Adelson, Andrea (June 5, 2021). "College softball: Inside Odicci Alexander, James Madison's Cinderella WCWS run". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
4. ^ Brunt, Cliff (June 5, 2021). "Fouts throws perfect game, leads Alabama past UCLA in WCWS". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
5. ^ Plummer III, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013). A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. p. 64\. ISBN 978-0-9893007-0-4. In the AIAW 1982 WCWS, Jenny Stallard of USIU pitched an 8-inning perfect game against top-seeded Texas A&M, winning 1-0.
6. ^ Elchlepp, Kimberly (May 26, 2021). "The Road to the WCWS: ESPN Networks to Televise Every Game of the NCAA Division I Softball Super Regionals". espnpressroom.com. Retrieved May 26, 2021.

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