The 2019 National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC) began on May 16, 2019 and concluded on May 26.[1]
Season | 2019 |
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Teams | 19 |
Format | Double Elimination |
Finals site | TC Colorado Field, Fort Collins, Colorado |
Champions | UT Arlington (1st title) |
Runner-up | Iowa State (1st title game) |
Winning coach | Peejay Brun (1st title) |
MVP | Aileen Garcia (UT Arlington) |
Tournament play and team selection edit
The NISC tournament is designed to feature forty-eight teams in eight six-team regional tournaments with the regional champions advancing to a National Finals tournament. The regionals and the Finals are double-elimination competitions.[2]
For the inaugural tournament, only fifteen of the thirty-two NCAA conferences sent an automatic qualifier (AQ). Seven schools having non-losing records and RPIs in the top 100 entered the tournament with "National RPI" bids. Four other teams with non-losing records against challenging schedules were added as "At-large" teams. The twenty-six teams were placed in six regional tournaments of four or five teams. The six regional champions advanced to the national finals at Liberty University, a site that was determined after the regional competitions.[3]
Participants edit
Conference | School | Best finish | Reference |
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Sun Belt | Appalachian State | 1st Appearance | [4] |
OVC | Eastern Kentucky | Championship Round (2018) |
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Mountain West | Fresno State | 1st Appearance | [4] |
A-10 | George Washington | 1st Appearance | [4] |
Big 12 | Iowa State | 1st Appearance | [4] |
MAC | Kent State | 1st Appearance | [4] |
ASUN | Liberty | Champions (2017) |
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WCC | Loyola Marymount | Champions (2018) |
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Conference USA | Marshall | 1st Appearance | [4] |
Southland | McNeese State | 1st Appearance | [4] |
Conference USA | Middle Tennessee | 1st Appearance | [4] |
Mountain West | Nevada | Regionals (2017, 2018) |
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Big Ten | Purdue | 1st Appearance | [4] |
Big Ten | Rutgers | 1st Appearance | [4] |
Summit League | South Dakota | 1st Appearance | [4] |
Summit League | South Dakota State | Regionals (2018) |
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Southland | Stephen F. Austin | Regionals (2018) |
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Big West | UC Riverside | Championship Round (2018) |
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Sun Belt | UT Arlington | Championship Round (2018) |
Regionals edit
Sources:[5]
Nevada Regional edit
First round | Regional Semi-Finals | Regional finals | |||||||||||
Fresno State | 18 | ||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 10 | ||||||||||||
Fresno State | 3 | ||||||||||||
Nevada | 8 | ||||||||||||
Nevada | 4 | ||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 3 | ||||||||||||
Nevada | |||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | |||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
Fresno State | 5 | ||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 0 | Loyola Marymount | 8 | ||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 10 | ||||||||||||
Stephan F. Austin Regional edit
First round | Regional Semi-Finals | Regional finals | |||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 0 | ||||||||||||
UT Arlington | 7 | ||||||||||||
UT Arlington | 5 | ||||||||||||
McNeese State | 3 | ||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 3 | ||||||||||||
McNeese State | 7 | ||||||||||||
UT Arlington | |||||||||||||
McNeese State | |||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
McNeese State | 3 | ||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 4 | Stephen F. Austin | 1 | ||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 0 | ||||||||||||
Iowa State Regional edit
First round | Second Round | Regional semifinals | Regional finals | |||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 3 | Purdue | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Purdue | 4 | Iowa State | 7 | |||||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 1 | Purdue | 4 | |||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 2 | Purdue | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Liberty Regional edit
First round | Second Round | Regional semifinals | Regional finals | |||||||||||||||
Liberty | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 1 | Rutgers | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 2 | Liberty | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Kent State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 4 | Kent State | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Marshall | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Liberty | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 1 | Marshall | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Marshall | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Regional Standings edit
Source: [6]
The six regional tournaments were played May 16–18, 2019.
The regional and finals competitions were double-elimination tournaments.
NISC | Region († = host) | |||
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Place | 1 Reno, NV |
2 Nacogdoches, TX |
3 Ames, IA |
4 Lynchburg, VA |
1st | Loyola Marymount Lions | Texas–Arlington Mavericks | Iowa State Cyclones † | Liberty Lady Flames † |
2nd | Nevada Wolf Pack † | McNeese State Cowgirls | Purdue Boilermakers | Marshall Thundering Herd |
3rdt | Fresno State Bulldogs | Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks † | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | Kent State Golden Flashes |
4th | UC Riverside Highlanders | Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | Eastern Kentucky Colonels | George Washington Colonials |
5th | South Dakota Coyotes | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | ||
6th | Appalachian State Mountaineers |
Championship Bracket edit
Participants edit
School | Conference | Record (Conference) | Head Coach | Championship Round Appearances† (including 2019) |
Championship Round Best finish†* | Championship Round W-L Record† (excluding 2019) |
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Iowa State | Big 12 Conference | 35-23 (7-11) | Jamie Pinkerton | 1 (last: 2019) |
0-0 | |
Liberty | Atlantic Sun Conference | 40-20 (16-5) | Dot Richardson | 2nd (last: 2017) |
1st (2017) | 5-1 |
Loyola Marymount | West Coast Conference | 39-19 (11-4) | Sami Strinz-Ward | 2nd (last: 2018) |
1st (2018) | 5-1 |
UT Arlington | Sun Belt Conference | 33-27 (17-10) | Peejay Brun | 2nd (last: 2018) |
4th (2018) | 0-2 |
Bracket edit
The third annual National Invitational Softball Championship finals were played May 24–26, 2018 at TC Colorado Field in Fort Collins, Colorado. Teams were seeded by their RPIs.
First round | Semi-Finals | Championship | |||||||||||
Iowa State | 5 | ||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 6 | ||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 3 | ||||||||||||
UT Arlington | 6 | ||||||||||||
Liberty | 8 | ||||||||||||
UT Arlington | 9 | ||||||||||||
UT Arlington | |||||||||||||
Iowa State | |||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 2 | ||||||||||||
Iowa State | 7 | Iowa State | 5 | ||||||||||
Liberty | 2 | ||||||||||||
Championship Game edit
School | Top Batter | Stats. |
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UTA Mavericks | Aileen Garcia (1B) | 2-4 2RBIs |
Iowa State Cyclones | Taylor Nearad (CF) | 1-2 RBI |
School | Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | AB | BF |
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UTA Mavericks | Randi Phillips | 4.1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 19 |
UTA Mavericks | Allie Gardiner (W) | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
Iowa State Cyclones | Savannah Sanders | 3.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 18 |
Iowa State Cyclones | Emma Hylen (L) | 2.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
References edit
- ^ "Event Details". Women'sNISC.com. Triple Crown Sports. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
- ^ "Event Details". National Invitational Softball Championship/Triple Crown Sports. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Postseason NISC Tournament Bracket Announced". flosoftball.com. May 15, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Past Participants". WomensNISC.com. Triple Crown Sports. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
- ^ "Tournament Bracket". WomensNISC.com. Triple Crown Sports. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
- ^ "Regional & Championship Brackets". National Invitational Softball Championship/Triple Crown Sports. Retrieved November 26, 2017.