2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament


The 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 17 through June 6, 2024, as the final part of the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The tournament ended with the 2024 Women's College World Series at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. [2024 2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball team|Oklahoma Sooners softball team|Oklahoma] won the 2024 Women's College World Series, becoming the first team in college softball history to four-peat.
Dayton, Siena and Southeastern Louisiana made their NCAA Division I softball tournament debuts.
All 13 softball playing schools of the Southeastern Conference were selected for the tournament. This marked the fourth time in conference history that all 13 programs qualified for the NCAA tournament.

Format

A total of 64 teams entered the tournament, with 32 of them receiving an automatic bid by either winning their conference's tournament or by finishing in first place in their conference. The remaining 32 bids were at-large, with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

Bids

The Big West 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.

National seeds

Sixteen national seeds were announced on the Selection Show, on Sunday, May 12 at 7 p.m. EDT on ESPN2 and ESPN+. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the Women's College World Series.
1. Texas


2. Oklahoma


3. Tennessee


4. Florida


5. Oklahoma State


6. UCLA


7. Missouri


8. Stanford


9. LSU


10. Duke


11. Georgia


12. Arkansas


13. Louisiana


14. Alabama


15. Florida State


16. ''Texas A&M''

Regionals and Super Regionals

The Regionals took place May 17–19. The Super Regionals took place May 23–26.

Women's College World Series

The Women's College World Series was held May 30 through June 6 in Oklahoma City.

Bracket


''Game times are based on the local time in Oklahoma City''

All-tournament Team

The following players were members of the Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team.
PositionPlayerSchool
PNiJaree CanadyStanford
PTeagan KavanTexas
PKelly Maxwell Oklahoma
PKeagan RothrockFlorida
INFTiare JenningsOklahoma
INFMia ScottTexas
INFKatie StewartTexas
OFKasidi PickeringOklahoma
CJocelyn EricksonFlorida
CKinzie HansenOklahoma
DPElla ParkerOklahoma
DPRegan WalshFlorida

Media coverage

Radio

For the fourth consecutive year Westwood One will provide nationwide radio coverage of every game in the Women's College World Series. Ryan Radtke and Leah Amico returned as two of the broadcasters.

Television

ESPN holds exclusive rights to the tournament. The network will air games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, SEC Network, Longhorn Network, and ACC Network. For just the seventh 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