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The 2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 20 through June 9, 2022, as the final part of the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The tournament culminated with the 2022 Women's College World Series at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.[1][2]

2022 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams64
Finals site
ChampionsOklahoma (6th title)
Runner-upTexas (6th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coachPatty Gasso (6th title)
MOPJocelyn Alo (Oklahoma)
TelevisionABC
ESPN
ESPN2
ESPNU
ACCN
SECN
LHN
ESPN+

Format

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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 issued at-large, with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

Bids

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The 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.[3]

Automatic

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Conference School Best finish Last NCAA appearance
America East UMBC Regionals
(2002, 2019, 2021) 		2021
American UCF Regionals
(2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021) 		2021
ACC Florida State National Champion
(2018) 		2021
Atlantic 10 Fordham Regionals
(2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) 		2019
ASUN Liberty Regionals
(2002, 2011, 2018, 2021) 		2021
Big 12 Oklahoma State Third Place
(1989, 1990, 1994, 1998) 		2021
Big East Villanova Regionals
(2021) 		2021
Big Sky Weber State Regionals
(2015, 2016, 2019) 		2019
Big South Campbell Regionals
(1995, 2008, 2009, 2021) 		2021
Big Ten Nebraska Third Place
(1984, 1987) 		2016
Big West Cal State Fullerton National Champion
(1986) 		2019
CAA UNC Wilmington First appearance First appearance
Conference USA North Texas First appearance First appearance
Horizon Oakland Regionals
(2002, 2003, 2015) 		2015
Ivy League Princeton Women's College World Series
(1995, 1996) 		2017
MAC Miami (OH) Regionals
(2005, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2021) 		2021
MAAC Canisius Regionals
(1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009) 		2009
MEAC Howard Regionals
(2007) 		2007
MVC Missouri State National Champion
(1974) 		2011
Mountain West San Diego State Regionals
(2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) 		2015
Northeast Saint Francis (PA) Regionals
(2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) 		2021
OVC Murray State First appearance First appearance
Pac-12 Arizona State National Champion
(1972, 1973, 2008, 2011) 		2019
Patriot Lehigh Regionals
(2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017) 		2017
SEC Arkansas Super Regionals
(2018, 2021) 		2021
SoCon Chattanooga Regionals
(2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2019) 		2019
Southland McNeese State Regionals
(1994, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021) 		2021
SWAC Prairie View A&M Regionals
(2018) 		2018
Summit League South Dakota State Regionals
(2021) 		2021
Sun Belt Louisiana Third Place
(1993) 		2021
WAC Grand Canyon First appearance First appearance
WCC Loyola Marymount Regionals
(2005, 2007) 		2007

At-large

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Team Conference
Alabama SEC
Arizona Pac-12
Auburn SEC
Clemson ACC
Duke ACC
Florida SEC
Georgia SEC
Georgia Tech ACC
Illinois Big Ten
Kentucky SEC
LSU SEC
Michigan Big Ten
Minnesota Big Ten
Mississippi State SEC
Missouri SEC
Northwestern Big Ten
Notre Dame ACC
Ohio State Big Ten
Oklahoma Big 12
Ole Miss SEC
Oregon Pac-12
Oregon State Pac-12
South Florida American
Stanford Pac-12
Tennessee SEC
Texas Big 12
Texas A&M SEC
UCLA Pac-12
Virginia Tech ACC
Washington Pac-12
Wichita State American
Wisconsin Big Ten

By conference

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Conference Total Schools
SEC 12 Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M
Big Ten 7 Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Wisconsin
Pac-12 7 Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, Washington
ACC 6 Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech
American 3 South Florida, UCF, Wichita State
Big 12 3 Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas
ASUN 1 Liberty
America East 1 UMBC
Atlantic 10 1 Fordham
Big East 1 Villanova
Big Sky 1 Weber State
Big South 1 Campbell
Big West 1 Cal State Fullerton
Colonial 1 UNC Wilmington
Conference USA 1 North Texas
Horizon 1 Oakland
Ivy League 1 Princeton
MAAC 1 Canisius
Mid-American 1 Miami (OH)
Mid-Eastern 1 Howard
Missouri Valley 1 Missouri State
Mountain West 1 San Diego State
Northeast 1 Saint Francis (PA)
Ohio Valley 1 Murray State
Patriot 1 Lehigh
SoCon 1 Chattanooga
Southland 1 McNeese State
Southwestern 1 Prairie View A&M
Summit 1 South Dakota State
Sun Belt 1 Louisiana
WAC 1 Grand Canyon
West Coast 1 Loyola Marymount

National seeds

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16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show, on Sunday, May 15 at 7 p.m. EDT on ESPN2. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the Women's College World Series.[4]

Regionals and Super Regionals

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The Regionals took place May 20–22. The Super Regionals took place May 26–29.

Norman Super Regional

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Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
1 Oklahoma 14(5)
Prairie View A&M 0
1 Oklahoma 3
Texas A&M 2
Minnesota 1
Texas A&M 5
1 Oklahoma 20(5) —
Norman Regional – OU Softball Complex
Texas A&M 0 —
Prairie View A&M 1
Minnesota 13(5)
Texas A&M 10
Minnesota 7
1 Oklahoma 8(5) 7 —
16 UCF 0 1 —
16 UCF 6
Villanova 0
16 UCF 3(11)
Michigan 2
South Dakota State 1
Michigan 2
16 UCF 9 —
Orlando Regional – UCF Softball Complex
Michigan 4 —
Villanova 4
South Dakota State 5(9)
Michigan 4
South Dakota State 1

Tempe Super Regional

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Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
8 Arizona State 5
Cal State Fullerton 2
8 Arizona State 11
San Diego State 8
San Diego State 10
LSU 5
8 Arizona State 8 —
Tempe Regional – Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium
San Diego State 4 —
Cal State Fullerton 3
LSU 2
San Diego State 8
Cal State Fullerton 5
8 Arizona State 3 7(8) 6
9 Northwestern 4(11) 4 8
9 Northwestern 9
Oakland 2
9 Northwestern 17(5)
McNeese State 3
McNeese State 11(5)
Notre Dame 1
9 Northwestern 10(5) —
Evanston Regional – Sharon J. Drysdale Field
McNeese State 2 —
Notre Dame 16(5)
Oakland 1
McNeese State 3
Notre Dame 1

Los Angeles Super Regional

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Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
5 UCLA 12(5)
Grand Canyon 1
5 UCLA 7
Loyola Marymount 1
Loyola Marymount 4
Ole Miss 2
5 UCLA 9(5) —
Los Angeles Regional – Easton Stadium
Ole Miss 1 —
Grand Canyon 5
Ole Miss 9
Loyola Marymount 2
Ole Miss 4
5 UCLA 3 8 —
12 Duke 2 2 —
12 Duke 4
UMBC 0
12 Duke 5
Liberty 0
Liberty 2
Georgia 0
12 Duke 3 13(6)
Durham Regional – Duke Softball Stadium
Georgia 5 5
UMBC 3
Georgia 6
Liberty 2
Georgia 7

Fayetteville Super Regional

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Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
4 Arkansas 11(5)
Princeton 0
4 Arkansas 6
Oregon 2
Wichita State 2
Oregon 10(5)
4 Arkansas 9 —
Fayetteville Regional – Bogle Park
Oregon 3 —
Princeton 4
Wichita State 5
Oregon 8
Wichita State 1
4 Arkansas 7 1 0
Texas 1 3 3
13 Washington 9
Lehigh 2
13 Washington 2
Texas 8
Weber State 0
Texas 6
Texas 1 3
Seattle Regional – Husky Softball Stadium
13 Washington 2 2
Lehigh 5
Weber State 4
13 Washington 6
Lehigh 1

Blacksburg Super Regional

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Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
3 Virginia Tech 4
Saint Francis (PA) 0
3 Virginia Tech 4
Kentucky 5
Miami (OH) 1
Kentucky 15
Kentucky 2 4
Blacksburg Regional – Tech Softball Park
3 Virginia Tech 9 5
Miami (OH) 4
Saint Francis (PA) 0
3 Virginia Tech 5
Miami (OH) 4
3 Virginia Tech 6 2 0
14 Florida 0 7 12
14 Florida 10(5)
Canisius 1
14 Florida 7
Georgia Tech 1
Wisconsin 1
Georgia Tech 2
14 Florida 11(5) —
Gainesville Regional – Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium
Wisconsin 0 —
Canisius 0
Wisconsin 3
Georgia Tech 6
Wisconsin 7

Stanford Super Regional

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Played at Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium in Stanford, California

Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
6 Alabama 3
Chattanooga 0
6 Alabama 0
Stanford 6
Murray State 1
Stanford 3
Stanford 0 6
Tuscaloosa Regional – Rhoads Stadium
6 Alabama 4 0
Chattanooga 1(8)
Murray State 0
6 Alabama 6
Chattanooga 2
Stanford 1 0 –
Oregon State 3 2 –
11 Tennessee 9(6)
Campbell 1
11 Tennessee 3
Oregon State 0
Oregon State 4
Ohio State 3
11 Tennessee 3 1
Knoxville Regional – Sherri Parker Lee Stadium
Oregon State 8 3
Campbell 0
Ohio State 10(6)
Oregon State 5
Ohio State 1

Stillwater Super Regional

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Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
7 Oklahoma State 12(5)
Fordham 0
7 Oklahoma State 7
Nebraska 4
North Texas 0
Nebraska 3
7 Oklahoma State 2 —
Stillwater Regional – Cowgirl Stadium
North Texas 0 —
Fordham 3
North Texas 5
Nebraska 0
North Texas 3
7 Oklahoma State 2 5 —
10 Clemson 0 1 —
10 Clemson 9(5)
UNC Wilmington 0
10 Clemson 1
Auburn 0
Louisiana 3
Auburn 4
10 Clemson 8 —
Clemson Regional – McWhorter Stadium
Louisiana 0 —
UNC Wilmington 1
Louisiana 3(11)
Auburn 3
Louisiana 4

Starkville Super Regional

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Played at Nusz Park in Starkville, Mississippi

Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
2 Florida State 8(5)
Howard 0
2 Florida State 8(5)
South Florida 0
South Florida 4
Mississippi State 0
2 Florida State 0 3
Tallahassee Regional – JoAnne Graf Field
Mississippi State 5 4
Howard 3
Mississippi State 6
South Florida 0
Mississippi State 6
Mississippi State 2 1 —
Arizona 3(8) 7 —
15 Missouri 3
Missouri State 1
15 Missouri 0
Arizona 2
Arizona 8
Illinois 3
Arizona 1 —
Columbia Regional – Mizzou Softball Stadium
15 Missouri 0 —
Missouri State 2
Illinois 0
15 Missouri 2
Missouri State 0

Women's College World Series

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The Women's College World Series was held June 2 through June 9 in Oklahoma City.

Participants

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School Conference Record (conference) Head coach WCWS appearances†
(including 2022 WCWS) 		WCWS best finish†* WCWS W–L record†
(excluding 2022 WCWS)
Arizona Pac-12 38–20 (8–16) Caitlin Lowe 25
(last: 2021)		 1st
(1991, 1993, 1994, 1996
1997, 2001, 2006, 2007)		 62–36
Florida SEC 48–17 (13–11) Tim Walton 11
(last: 2019)		 1st
(2014, 2015)		 26–18
Northwestern Big Ten 45–11 (19–4) Kate Drohan 6
(last: 2007)		 2nd
(2006)		 14–11
Oklahoma Big 12 57–3 (17–1) Patty Gasso 15
(last: 2021)		 1st
(2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021)		 38–22
Oklahoma State Big 12 46–12 (14–4) Kenny Gajewski 10
(last: 2021)		 3rd
(1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2022)		 13–18
Oregon State Pac-12 39–20 (9–15) Laura Berg 2
(last: 2006)		 8th
(2006)		 0–2
Texas Big 12 43–19–1 (12–6) Mike White 6
(last: 2013)		 3rd
(2003, 2005, 2013)		 7–10
UCLA Pac-12 48–8 (19–5) Kelly Inouye-Perez 31
(last: 2021)		 1st
(1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990,
1992, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2019)		 104–38

Bracket

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First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
1 Oklahoma 13(5)
9 Northwestern 2
1 Oklahoma 7
Texas 2
5 UCLA 2
Texas 7
1 Oklahoma 3 15(5)
5 UCLA 7 0
9 Northwestern 1
5 UCLA 6
14 Florida 0
5 UCLA 8(6)
1 Oklahoma 16 10 —
Texas 1 5 —
14 Florida 7
Oregon State 1
14 Florida 0
7 Oklahoma State 2
7 Oklahoma State 4
Arizona 2
7 Oklahoma State 0 5
Texas 5 6
Oregon State 1
Arizona 3
Texas 5
Arizona 2

Game results

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Date[5] Game Winning team Score Losing team Winning pitcher Losing pitcher Save Notes
June 2 Game 1 Texas 7–2 UCLA Hailey Dolcini (23–10) Megan Faraimo (22–5) – –
Game 2 Oklahoma 13–2 (5) Northwestern Hope Trautwein (19–1) Danielle Williams (31–5) – –
Game 3 Florida 7–1 Oregon State Natalie Lugo (12–5) Sarah Haendiges (13–7) – –
Game 4 Oklahoma State 4–2 Arizona Kelly Maxwell (19–4) Hanah Bowen (13–11) – –
June 3 Game 5 UCLA 6–1 Northwestern Megan Faraimo (23–5) Danielle Williams (31–6) – Northwestern eliminated
Game 6 Arizona 3–1 Oregon State Hanah Bowen (14–11) Mariah Mazon (17–12) – Oregon State eliminated
June 4 Game 7 Oklahoma 7–2 Texas Hope Trautwein (20–1) Hailey Dolcini (23–11) – –
Game 8 Oklahoma State 2–0 Florida Kelly Maxwell (20–4) Lexie Delbrey (15–4) – –
June 5 Game 9 UCLA 8–0 (6) Florida Holly Azevedo (21–2) Elizabeth Hightower (17–9) – Florida eliminated
Game 10 Texas 5–2 Arizona Estelle Czech (12–1) Hanah Bowen (14–12) – Arizona eliminated
June 6 Game 11 UCLA 7–3 Oklahoma Megan Faraimo (24–5) Nicole May (15–1) Holly Azevedo (2) –
Game 12 Oklahoma 15–0 (5) UCLA Hope Trautwein (21–1) Holly Azevedo (21–3) – UCLA eliminated
Game 13 Texas 5–0 Oklahoma State Estelle Czech (13–1) Morgan Day (13–5) – –
Game 14 Texas 6–5 Oklahoma State Hailey Dolcini (24–11) Kelly Maxwell (20–5) – Oklahoma State eliminated
Texas: First unseeded team in WCWS history to advance to the finals[6]
Finals
June 8 Game 1 Oklahoma 16–1 Texas Hope Trautwein (22–1) Hailey Dolcini (24–12) – Oklahoma 1–0
June 9 Game 2 Oklahoma 10–5 Texas Jordy Bahl (22–1) Estelle Czech (13–2) – Oklahoma wins WCWS

Finals

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June 8, 2022 – 7:30 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
Texas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
Oklahoma 5 1 4 2 2 2 x 16 16 1
WP: Hope Trautwein (22–1)   LP: Hailey Dolcini (24–12)
Home runs:
TEX: None
OKLA: Jocelyn Alo, Tiare Jennings, Taylon Snow, Jana Johns
Attendance: 12,234
Boxscore
June 9, 2022 – 6:30 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
Oklahoma 0 0 0 2 4 4 0 10 13 0
Texas 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 6 2
WP: Jordy Bahl (22–1)   LP: Estelle Czech (13–2)
Home runs:
OKLA: Grace Turk, Kinzie Hansen
TEX: Mia Scott
Attendance: 12,257
Boxscore

All-tournament Team

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

Position Player School
P Estelle Czech Texas
Megan Faraimo UCLA
Kelly Maxwell Oklahoma State
Hope Trautwein Oklahoma
1B Courtney Day Texas
2B Tiare Jennings Oklahoma
OF Rylie Boone Oklahoma
Bella Dayton Texas
C Delanie Wisz UCLA
U Jocelyn Alo (MOP) Oklahoma
Maya Brady UCLA
Jayda Coleman Oklahoma

Record by conference

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Conference # of Bids Record Win % RF SR WS NS F NC
Big 12 3 26–8 .765 3 3 3 3 2 1
Pac-12 7 32–16 .667 7 5 3 1 – –
SEC 12 31–26 .544 10 3 1 – – –
Big Ten 7 11–13 .458 3 1 1 – – –
ACC 6 11–13 .458 4 3 – – – –
American 3 5–6 .455 1 1 – – – –
Conference USA 1 2–2 .500 1 – – – – –
Mountain West 1 2–2 .500 1 – – – – –
Sun Belt 1 2–2 .500 1 – – – – –
Southland 1 2–2 .500 1 – – – – –
ASUN 1 1–2 .333 – – – – – –
Big West 1 1–2 .333 – – – – – –
MAC 1 1–2 .333 – – – – – –
Missouri Valley 1 1–2 .333 – – – – – –
Patriot 1 1–2 .333 – – – – – –
Southern 1 1–2 .333 – – – – – –
Summit 1 1–2 .333 – – – – – –
West Coast 1 1–2 .333 – – – – – –
America East 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
Atlantic 10 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
Big East 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
Big Sky 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
Big South 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
Colonial 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
Horizon 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
Ivy League 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
Metro Atlantic 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
Mid-Eastern 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
Northeast 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
Ohio Valley 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
SWAC 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –
WAC 1 0–2 .000 – – – – – –

Media coverage

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Radio

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For the second consecutive year Westwood One provided nationwide radio coverage of every game in the Women's College World Series. Ryan Radtke and Leah Amico returned as two of the broadcasters. Chris Plank and Destinee Martinez worked select games, while Radtke and Amico called the Championship Series.[7]

Television

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ESPN held exclusive rights to the tournament. The network aired games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, SEC Network, Longhorn Network, and ACC Network. For just the fifth time in the history of the women's softball tournament, ESPN covered every regional.[8]

Broadcast assignments

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References

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  1. ^ "Softball Division I Championship". NCAA.com. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 Women's College World Series schedule". NCAA.com. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 college softball: TV schedule, results, auto-bids for conference tournaments". NCAA.com. May 15, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 NCAA softball bracket: WCWS schedule, bracket for Oklahoma City". NCAA.com. May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 NCAA softball bracket: Scores, schedule, TV times for college softball championship". NCAA.com. May 28, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  6. ^ Scarborough, Alex (June 7, 2022). "Texas Longhorns first unseeded team to reach Women's College World Series finals". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "Westwood One expands audio coverage of NCAA women's championships". NCAA.com. April 7, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  8. ^ a b c Brooks, Amanda (May 18, 2022). "The Road to Oklahoma City Continues: Every Second of NCAA DI Softball Super Regionals Live Across ESPN Networks". espnpressroom.com. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  9. ^ a b Brooks, Amanda (May 25, 2022). "The Road to Oklahoma City Continues: Every Second of NCAA DI Softball Super Regionals Live Across ESPN Networks". espnpressroom.com. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  10. ^ a b Elchlepp, Kimberly (June 1, 2022). "All Eyes on OKC: ESPN to Showcase Every Pitch of NCAA Softball Women's College World Series". espnpressroom.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
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