The 2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 14 through June 3, 2015 as the final part of the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 293 teams on May 10, 2015. Thirty-two teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and thirty-two teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I softball selection committee. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2015 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

Automatic bids The Big 12, 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. Conference School America East American ACC Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Michigan Big West Colonial Hofstra Conference USA Horizon Ivy Mid-American Metro Atlantic Mid-Eastern Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac–12 Patriot SEC Auburn Southern Southland SWAC Summit Sun Belt WAC WCC BYU

National seeds Teams in italics advanced to super regionals. Teams in bold advanced to Women's College World Series.

1. Florida (50–6) 2. (46–6) 3. Michigan (51–6) 4. Auburn (49–9) 5. (44–11) 6. Alabama (42–12) 7. UCLA (45–10) 8. (42–14)

9. (45–12) 10. (39–14) 11. (45–7) 12. (38–17) 13. Louisiana–Lafayette (39–9) 14. (40–14) 15. (47–8) 16. (40–13)

Regionals and super regionals The Regionals took place May 14–17. The Eugene Region was held from May 14 through 16. All other regionals were held from May 15 through 17. The super regionals took place from May 21 through 24.

Gainesville Super Regional

Knoxville Super Regional

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Auburn Super Regional

Ann Arbor Super Regional

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

Los Angeles Super Regional

Eugene Super Regional

Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series was held May 28 through June 3, 2015, in Oklahoma City.

Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach WCWS appearances† (including 2015 WCWS) WCWS best finish†* WCWS W–L record† (excluding 2015 WCWS) Alabama SEC 47–13 (17–7) Patrick Murphy 10(last: 2014) 1st(2012) 16–17 Auburn SEC 54–9 (18–6) Clint Myers 1 — 0–0 Florida SEC 55–6 (18–5) Tim Walton 7(last: 2014) 1st(2014) 17–11 SEC 50–12 (15–9) Beth Torina 4 (last: 2012) 3rd (2004) 6–6 Michigan Big Ten 56–6 (21–2) Carol Hutchins 11 (last: 2013) 1st (2005) 9–20 Pac-12 51–6 (21–3) Mike White 4 (last: 2014) 3rd (2014) 5–6 SEC 47–15 (15–9) Ralph and Karen Weekly 7 (last: 2013) 2nd(2007, 2013) 15–12 UCLA Pac-12 50–10 (19–5) Kelly Inouye-Perez 26(last: 2010) 1st(1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 19901992, 1995*, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010) 94–29

Bracket

Championship game

School Top Batter Stats. Florida Taylor Schwarz (1B) 1–4 2RBI 2Ks Michigan Sierra Romero (2B) 1–3 RBIs BB

School Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Florida Lauren Haeger (W) 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 26 30 Michigan Haylie Wagner (L) 2.0 4 4 4 0 0 8 12 Michigan Megan Betsa 4.0 1 0 0 3 8 13 21

Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin % Southeastern 11 50–25 9 8 5 3 1 1 Big Ten 4 13–8 2 1 1 1 1 Pac-12 7 21–15 6 3 2 Atlantic Coast 7 12–14 4 2 Big 12 4 10–8 3 1 Sun Belt 2 5–5 2 1 Colonial 2 2–4 Conference USA 2 4–4 2 Mountain West 2 2–4 1 Other 23 14–46 3

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the regional finals, super regionals, College World Series teams, national semifinals, championship series, and national champion.

Media coverage

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

Television ESPN held exclusive rights to the tournament, with games airing across ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU. Regional and super-regional games were broadcast additionally using SEC Network, ESPN3, and SEC Network Plus. Longhorn Network simulcast coverage of games involving the Texas Longhorns.

Coverage of the tournament was highly viewed; the LSU/Michigan and UCLA/Auburn games drew the largest viewership of the bracket round games, coverage of game 3 of the championship series was seen by 2.27 million viewers, and all three games in the championship series had an average viewership of 1.85 million. Viewership of the Women's College World Series was 31% higher than that of the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament held later in the month.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals Ann Arbor: Adam Amin & Amanda Scarborough Athens: Kaleb Frady & Maya Branch Auburn: Jennie Ritter & Melissa Lee Baton Rouge: Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, & Michele Smith Columbia: Ben Arnet & Ashley Moore Gainesville: Jonathan Yardley & Jenny Dalton-Hill Knoxville: Sam Gore & Amanda Freed Lafayette: Pam Ward & Cheri Kempf Los Angeles: Holly Rowe & Danielle Lawrie Norman: Thad Anderson & Carol Bruggeman Tallahassee: Jonathan Schillace, Karleigh Rafter or Robin Ahrberg Tuscaloosa: Cara Capuano & Leah Amico

Super regionals Ann Arbor: Adam Amin & Amanda Scarborough Knoxville: Sam Gore & Amanda Freed Auburn: Cara Capuano & Leah Amico Eugene: Melissa Lee & Jennie Ritter Tuscaloosa: Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, & Michele Smith Baton Rouge: Pam Ward & Cheri Kempf Gainesville: Mark Neely & Jenny Dalton-Hill Los Angeles: Holly Rowe & Danielle Lawrie Women's College World Series Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough, & Laura Rutledge (afternoons) Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, & Holly Rowe (evenings & championship series) Curt Schilling (championship series)

References

External links Women's College World Series 2015 official home page Women's College World Series 2015 official bracket