2009 NCAA Division I softball tournament

The 2009 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 15 through June 3, 2009 as part of the 2009 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 284 teams on May 10, 2009. 30 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Softball Selection Committee. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2009 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

National seeds

Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals.
Teams in bold have advanced to the Women's College World Series.

[2009 2009 Florida Gators softball team|Florida Gators softball team|Florida]
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[2009 2009 Washington Huskies softball team|Washington Huskies softball team|Washington]
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Women's College World Series

Participants

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

Tournament notes

Alabama advanced to the Women's College World Series after sophomore pitcher Kelsi Dunne, threw back-to-back no-hitters in the Tuscaloosa Super Regional, an NCAA record.
The SEC advanced three teams to the Women's College World Series for the first time in conference history; it was also the first time a conference outside the Pac-10 had done it.

Bracket and Results

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 28, 2009	Game 1	Washington	3-1		Niki Williams hit a 2-run HR; Danielle Lawrie allowed 6 hits in a complete game victory.
May 28, 2009	Game 2		7-3
May 28, 2009	Game 3		6-1		Including this game, Alabama has gone 0-6 on opening day of the WCWS.
May 28, 2009	Game 4	Florida	3-0		Against the top home-run-hitting team in the history of college softball, Florida pitcher Stacey Nelson gave up only two singles.
May 29, 2009	Game 5	Washington	1-0		Washington won on a walk-off single from Morgan Stuart in the bottom of the 8th that scored Kimi Pohlman.
May 29, 2009	Game 6	Florida	1-0		Florida pitcher Stacey Nelson threw 71 pitches, only 14 of which were balls, in a complete game.
May 30, 2009	Game 7		5-2
May 30, 2009	Game 8		14-0		Alabama broke the record for largest margin of victory in WCWS history.
May 30, 2009	Game 9		7-5		Georgia broke the record for home runs in a game at the World Series with four.
May 30, 2009	Game 10		6-2		Jazlyn Lunceford hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the bottom of the fourth to propel Alabama to a 6-2 win.
May 31, 2009	Game 11		9-8	Washington	After 4h15m, the game ended in the bottom of the 9th inning when UW's Danielle Lawrie walked a batter with bases loaded.
May 31, 2009	Game 12	Florida	6-5		Ali Gardiner's walk-off grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the 7th inning clinched Florida's spot in the finals.
May 31, 2009	Game 13	Washington	9-3		With Washington's victory, the Pac-10 has sent at least one team to the WCWS finals 23 consecutive times.
June 1, 2009	Finals Game 1	Washington	8-0	Florida	Danielle Lawrie struck out 12 in a 2-hit shutout; Ashley Charters & Jenn Salling both had 2 RBIs and scored 2 runs.
June 2, 2009	Finals Game 2	Washington	3-2	Florida	Washington won its first softball national title and became the fifth Pac-10 team to win the WCWS.

Championship game

School	Top Batter	Stats.
Washington	Danielle Lawrie	2-3 RBI
Florida	Francesca Enea	2-3 2B SB K

School	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF
Washington	Danielle Lawrie	7.0	7	2	1	3	8	27	33
Florida	Stacey Nelson	6.0	6	3	2	1	5	24	26

Final standings

Place	School	WCWS Record
1st	Washington	5-1
2nd	Florida	3-2
3rd	Georgia	3-2
3rd	Alabama	2-2
5th	Michigan	1-2
5th	Arizona State	1-2
7th	Missouri	0-2
7th	Arizona	0-2

All-Tournament Team

The 2009 Women's College World Series All-Tournament team:
Kelley Montalvo, Alabama
Charlotte Morgan, Alabama
Brittany Rogers, Alabama
Alisa Goler, Georgia
Taylor Schlopy, Georgia
Megan Bush, Florida
Stacey Nelson, Florida
Ashley Charters, Washington
Kimi Pohlman, Washington
Morgan Stuart, Washington
Niki Williams, Washington
Danielle Lawrie, Washington
Breakdown by school:
Washington: 5
Alabama: 3
Florida: 2
Georgia: 2

WCWS records tied or broken

In Game 8, Alabama broke the record for largest margin of victory in an NCAA-era WCWS game by defeating Arizona 14-0. The record was previously set by Arizona's 12-0 victory over Fresno State in the 1989 WCWS.
In Game 9, Georgia broke the NCAA-era home run record in a single WCWS game with four: two from Taylor Schlopy, one from Brianna Hesson, and one from Ashley Pauly. Schlopy became only the fourth player in NCAA-era WCWS history to hit two home runs in one game.
In game 11, Washington's Niki Williams broke the NCAA-era WCWS single-game RBI record with seven RBIs, including a fifth inning grand slam.