2017 NCAA Division I softball tournament


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 NCAA Division I 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 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. 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.
ConferenceSchoolBest finishReference
America EastRegionals
AmericanRegionals
ACCWCWS
A-10Regionals
ASUNRegionals
Big 12Oklahoma1st
Big EastWCWS
Big Sky1st Appearance
Big SouthRegionals
Big TenWCWS
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Big West1st
ColonialSuper Regionals
Conference USAWCWS
Horizon LeagueWCWS
Ivy LeagueWCWS
MACWCWS
MAACRegionals
MEACRegionals
MVCWCWS
Mountain WestRegionals
Northeastern1st Appearance
OVCSuper Regionals
Pac-121st
Patriot LeagueRegionals
SECRegionals
SoCon1st Appearance
SouthlandRegionals
SWACRegionals
Summit LeagueSuper Regionals
Sun BeltLouisiana–LafayetteWCWS
WACRegionals
WCCBYUSuper Regionals

National seeds

16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show Sunday, May 14 at 10 p.m. EDT on ESPN2. The 16 national seeds host the Regionals. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advance to Women's College World Series.
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16. ''Alabama''

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.

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


All-tournament Team

The following players were members of the Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team.
PositionPlayerSchool
PKelly BarnhillFlorida
PDelanie GourleyFlorida
PPaige LowaryOklahoma
PPaige ParkerOklahoma
IFShay Knighten Oklahoma
IFAli AguilarWashington
IFMia CamusoOregon
IFAlexis MackOregon
OFAmanda LorenzFlorida
OFJustine McLeanFlorida
UNicole MendesOklahoma
UAleshia OcasioFlorida

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

Westwood One provided nationwide radio coverage of the championship series. It was streamed online at westwoodsports.com, through TuneIn, and on SiriusXM. Kevin Kugler and Leah Amico provided the call for Westwood One.

Television

ESPN holds exclusive rights to the tournament. They aired games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ESPN3 and Longhorn Network. For the first time in the history of the women's softball tournament ESPN covered every regional.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals
Super Regionals
Women's College World Series
Regionals
Super Regionals
Women's College World Series Finals
  • Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, & Holly Rowe