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. Conference School Best finish Reference America East Regionals(2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014) American Regionals(2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014) ACC WCWS(1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2016) A-10 Regionals(2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) ASUN Regionals(2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Big 12 Oklahoma 1st(2000, 2013, 2016) Big East WCWS (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007) Big Sky 1st Appearance Big South Regionals(2013, 2015, 2016) Big Ten WCWS 1976, 1978 Big West 1st (1986) Colonial Super Regionals (2016) Conference USA WCWS(1983, 1985, 1986) Horizon League WCWS(1994) Ivy League WCWS (1995, 1996) MAC WCWS (1990) MAAC Regionals(2015) MEAC Regionals(1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016) MVC WCWS(1970, 1977, 1978, 1991) Mountain West Regionals (2013) Northeastern 1st Appearance OVC Super Regionals (2009) Pac-12 1st(1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007) Patriot League Regionals(1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015) SEC Regionals (2016) SoCon 1st Appearance Southland Regionals (1994, 2005, 2010, 2016) SWAC Regionals(2014, 2015) Summit League Super Regionals(2009) Sun Belt Louisiana–Lafayette WCWS(1993, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2008, 2014) WAC Regionals (2011, 2015) WCC BYU Super Regionals (2010)

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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10. Oklahoma

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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.

Gainesville Super Regional

Knoxville Super Regional

Los Angeles Super Regional

Tallahassee Super Regional

Eugene Super Regional

Seattle Super Regional

Auburn Super Regional

Tucson Super Regional

Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series was held June 1 through June 7, 2017, in Oklahoma City.

Participants

School Conference Record (conference) Head coach WCWS appearances† (including 2025 WCWS) WCWS best finish†* WCWS W–L record† (excluding 2025 WCWS) Big 12 48–13 (13–5) Glenn Moore 4(last: 2014) 3rd(2011, 2014) 5–6 Florida SEC 55–8 (20–3) Tim Walton 8(last: 2015) 1st(2014, 2015) 22–12 SEC 47–20 (12–12) Beth Torina 6(last: 2016) 3rd(2001, 2004, 2015, 2016) 10–10 Oklahoma Big 12 56–9 (17–1) Patty Gasso 11(last: 2016) 1st(2000, 2013, 2016) 22–15 Pac-12 52-6 (17-6) Mike White 5(last: 2015) 3rd(2014) 4-8 SEC 47–11 (16–7) Jo Evans 8(last: 2008) 1st(1983, 1987) 19–13 UCLA Pac-12 47–13 (16–8) Kelly Inouye-Perez 27(last: 2016) 1st(1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 19901992, 1995*, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010) 95–32 Pac-12 48–12 (16–8) Heather Tarr 12(last: 2013) 1st(2009) 19–17 † = From NCAA Division I Softball Championship Results

Bracket

Game results GameTime*Matchup#Television Attendance Thursday, June 1 1 11:00 a.m. (9) Texas A&M vs. (1) Florida ESPN 8,428 2 1:30 p.m. (5) UCLA vs. (13) LSU 3 6:00 p.m. (6) Washington vs. (3) Oregon ESPN2 8,874 4 8:30 p.m. (10) Oklahoma vs. (15) Baylor Friday, June 2 5 6:00 p.m. (1) Florida vs. (13) LSU ESPN 9,658 6 8:30 p.m. (6) Washington vs. (10) Oklahoma Saturday, June 3 7 11:00 a.m. (9) Texas A&M vs. (5) UCLA ESPN 8,696 8 1:30 p.m. (3) Oregon vs. (15) Baylor 9 6:00 p.m. (5) UCLA vs. (6) Washington 9,076 10 8:30 p.m. (3) Oregon vs. (13) LSU Sunday, June 4 11 12:00 p.m. (1) Florida vs. (6) Washington ESPN 9,419 12 2:30 p.m. (10) Oklahoma vs. (3) Oregon Monday, June 5 Finals, G1 6:00 p.m. (1) Florida vs. (10) Oklahoma ESPN 8,337 Tuesday, June 6 Finals, G2 7:00 p.m. (1) Florida vs. (10) Oklahoma ESPN 8,507 *Game times in CDT. (#) – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Finals Game 1

Game 2

All-tournament Team The following players were members of the Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team. Position Player School P Kelly Barnhill Florida Delanie Gourley Florida Paige Lowary Oklahoma Paige Parker Oklahoma IF Shay Knighten (MOP) Oklahoma Ali Aguilar Washington Mia Camuso Oregon Alexis Mack Oregon OF Amanda Lorenz Florida Justine McLean Florida U Nicole Mendes Oklahoma Aleshia Ocasio Florida

Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin % Big 12 4 23–10 SEC 13 39–27 Pac-12 8 30–15 ACC 3 7–6 Big Ten 5 8–10 American 1 2–2 Sun Belt 2 3–4 Big South 1 2–2 Big West 1 2–2 CAA 1 2–2 WCC 1 2–2 C-USA 3 3–6 MWC 2 2–4 Other 19 8–38 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 Salt Lake: Alex Perlman & Megan Turk Gainesville: Melissa Lee & Lee Dakich Lexington: Jenn Hildreth & Carol Bruggeman Norman: Alex Loeb & Megan Willis Baton Rouge: Lyn Rollins & Yvette Girouard Knoxville: Lisa Byington & Jennie Ritter Auburn: Mark Neely & Jenny Dalton-Hill Tuscaloosa: Pam Ward & Cheri Kempf Super Regionals Gainesville: Eric Collins & Amanda Scarborough Los Angeles: Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, & Holly Rowe Auburn: Mark Neely & Jenny Dalton-Hill Tallahassee: Jenn Hildreth & Carol Bruggeman Women's College World Series Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough, & Laura Rutledge (afternoons, early Fri) Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, & Holly Rowe (evenings minus early Fri)

Regionals Tallahassee: Eric Frede & Leah Amico Waco: Brenda VanLengen & Francesca Enea College Station: Tyler Denning & Erin Miller Oxford: Eric Collins & Amanda Scarborough Tucson: Dean Linke & Kenzie Fowler Eugene: Trey Bender & Danielle Lawrie Los Angeles: Tracy Warren & Amanda Freed Seattle: Beth Mowins & Michele Smith Super Regionals Knoxville: Alex Loeb & Megan Willis Eugene: Trey Bender & Danielle Lawrie Tucson: Pam Ward & Cheri Kempf Seattle: Courtney Lyle & Lee Dakich Women's College World Series Finals Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, & Holly Rowe

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