2009 NCAA Division I softball tournament

2009 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium; Oklahoma City;
Champions	Washington (1st title)
Runner-up	Florida (2nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Heather Tarr (1st title)
MOP	Danielle Lawrie (Washington)
	← 2008 ; NCAA Division I softball tournament; 2010 →;

The 2009 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 15 through June 3, 2009 as part of the 2009 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 284 teams on May 10, 2009. 30 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Softball Selection Committee. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2009 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

National seeds

Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals. Teams in bold have advanced to the Women's College World Series.

Regionals and Super Regionals

Gainesville Super Regional

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

1	Florida	12

	Florida A&M	0
			1	Florida	7

				Texas A&M	1
	Lehigh	0

	Texas A&M	1
						1	Florida	9	—
Gainesville Regional
							Lehigh	0	—
	Florida A&M	0

	Lehigh	9
				Texas A&M	2

				Lehigh	3



										1	Florida	2	2	—

											California	0	1	—
16	Florida State	0

	Oklahoma State	1
				Oklahoma State	0

				California	2
	California	8

	Mississippi State	3
							California	2	—
Tallahassee Regional
							Oklahoma State	1	—
16	Florida State	5

	Mississippi State	0
				Oklahoma State	1

			16	Florida State	0

Stanford Super Regional

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

8	Stanford	10

	Portland State	3
			8	Stanford	9

				Nevada	1
	Cal Poly	1

	Nevada	4
						8	Stanford	4	—
Stanford Regional
							Cal Poly	0	—
	Portland State	0

	Cal Poly	5
				Nevada	1

				Cal Poly	6



										8	Stanford	6	3	5

										9	Arizona	4	7	6
9	Arizona	9

	Tennessee–Martin	3
			9	Arizona	18

				Louisville	4
	Purdue	1

	Louisville	4
						9	Arizona	4	—
Louisville Regional
							Purdue	2	—
	Tennessee-Martin	2

	Purdue	6
				Purdue	5

				Louisville	4

Ann Arbor Super Regional

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

5	Michigan	11

	Miami (OH)	3
			5	Michigan	2

				Notre Dame	1
	Cleveland State	1

	Notre Dame	3
						5	Michigan	4	—
Ann Arbor Regional
							Notre Dame	0	—
	Miami (OH)	5

	Cleveland State	4
				Notre Dame	5

				Miami (OH)	3



										5	Michigan	8	7	—

											Baylor	1	1	—
12	Northwestern	0

	Texas State	8
				Texas State	4

				Baylor	7
	Louisiana–Lafayette	1

	Baylor	2
							Baylor	6	—
Waco Regional
							Louisiana–Lafayette	1	—
12	Northwestern	2

	Louisiana–Lafayette	3
				Texas State	0

				Louisiana–Lafayette	5

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

4	Alabama	12

	Mississippi Valley State	3
			4	Alabama	10

				Texas	1
	Texas	1

	Chattanooga	0
						4	Alabama	7	—
Tuscaloosa Regional
							Texas	0	—
	Mississippi Valley State	1

	Chattanooga	0
				Mississippi Valley State	0

				Texas	4



										4	Alabama	9	9	—

											Jacksonville State	0	0	—
13	Tennessee	4

	James Madison	3
				Nebraska	2

			13	Tennessee	5
	Nebraska	4

	Jacksonville State	2
						13	Tennessee	1	1
Knoxville Regional
							Jacksonville State	6	2
	James Madison	0

	Jacksonville State	6
				Nebraska	1

				Jacksonville State	4

Atlanta Super Regional

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

3	Washington	9

	Sacred Heart	1
			3	Washington	3

				UMass	1
	Cornell	0

	UMass	8
						3	Washington	1	6
Amherst Regional
							UMass	5	1
	Sacred Heart	3

	Cornell	1
				UMass	8

				Sacred Heart	0



										3	Washington	7	7	—

										14	Georgia Tech	1	0	—
14	Georgia Tech	5

	Boston University	1
			14	Georgia Tech	4

				Auburn	1
	Iowa	0

	Auburn	1
						14	Georgia Tech	7	—
Atlanta Regional
							Boston University	2	—
	Boston University	3

	Iowa	0
				Auburn	0

				Boston University	5

Athens Super Regional

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

6	Georgia	3

	Radford	1
			6	Georgia	6

				North Carolina	0
	North Carolina	21

	Campbell	2
						6	Georgia	4	—
Chapel Hill Regional
							North Carolina	2	—
	Campbell	5

	Radford	9
				North Carolina	9

				Radford	4



										6	Georgia	6	7	—

										11	Ohio State	4	6	—
11	Ohio State	3

	Canisius	2
			11	Ohio State	5

				BYU	4
	BYU	6

	Kentucky	2
						11	Ohio State	7	—
Columbus Regional
							Kentucky	2	—
	Canisius	0

	Kentucky	7
				BYU	2

				Kentucky	4

Tempe Super Regional

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

7	Oklahoma	0

	North Dakota State	1
				North Dakota State	3

				Tulsa	2
	Tulsa	6

	Arkansas	0
							North Dakota State	4	—
Norman Regional
							Tulsa	1	—
7	Oklahoma	21

	Arkansas	2
				Tulsa	5

			7	Oklahoma	3



										10	Arizona State	3	11	—

											North Dakota State	0	0	—
10	Arizona State	5

	San Diego State	0
			10	Arizona State	2

				LSU	10
	LSU	3

	Cal State Fullerton	2
							LSU	4	0
Tempe Regional
						10	Arizona State	6	5
	San Diego State	2

	Cal State Fullerton	8
			10	Arizona State	7

				Cal State Fullerton	0

Los Angeles Super Regional

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

2	UCLA	4

	Long Beach State	2
			2	UCLA	4

				Fresno State	2
	Fresno State	2

	UNLV	1
						2	UCLA	9	—
Los Angeles Regional
							Fresno State	5	—
	Long Beach State	3

	UNLV	1
				Fresno State	12

				Long Beach State	2



										2	UCLA	1	5	1

											Missouri	2	2	9
15	DePaul	0

	Bradley	1
				Missouri	2

				Bradley	1
	Illinois	1

	Missouri	5
							Missouri	1	—
Columbia Regional
						15	DePaul	0	—
15	DePaul	6

	Illinois	0
			15	DePaul	2

				Bradley	1

Automatic bids

Women's College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	WCWS appearances† (including 2009 WCWS)	WCWS best finish†	WCWS W–L record† (excluding 2009 WCWS)
Alabama	Southeastern	52–9 (21–6)	Patrick Murphy	6 (last: 2008)	3rd (2008)	4–10
Arizona	Pacific-10	46–15 (13–7)	Mike Candrea	21 (last: 2008)	1st (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007)	57–27
Arizona State	Pacific-10	46–17 (10–11)	Clint Myers	8 (last: 2008)	1st (2008)	10–12
Florida	Southeastern	60–3 (26–1)	Tim Walton	2 (last: 2008)	3rd (2008)	3–2
Georgia	Southeastern	44–10 (18–7)	Lu Harris-Champer	1	-	-
Michigan	Big Ten	46–10 (17–3)	Carol Hutchins	9 (last: 2005)	1st (2005)	7–16
Missouri	Big 12	50–10 (12–6)	Ehren Earleywine	4 (last: 1994)	5th (1991)	1–6
Washington	Pacific-10	46–11 (14–7)	Heather Tarr	9 (last: 2007)	1st (2009)	15–14

† Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.

Tournament notes

Alabama advanced to the Women's College World Series after sophomore pitcher Kelsi Dunne, threw back-to-back no-hitters in the Tuscaloosa Super Regional, an NCAA record.^[1]
The SEC advanced three teams to the Women's College World Series for the first time in conference history; it was also the first time a conference outside the Pac-10 had done it.^[2]

Bracket and Results

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Florida	3

9	Arizona	0
			1	Florida	1

			5	Michigan	0
4	Alabama	1

5	Michigan	6
						1	Florida	6	—

						4	Alabama	5	—
9	Arizona	0

4	Alabama	14
			10	Arizona State	2

			4	Alabama	6



										1	Florida	0	2	—

										3	Washington	8	3	—
3	Washington	3

6	Georgia	1
			3	Washington	1

			10	Arizona State	0
10	Arizona State	7

	Missouri	3
						3	Washington	8	9

						6	Georgia	9	3
6	Georgia	5

	Missouri	2
			5	Michigan	5

			6	Georgia	7

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 28, 2009	Game 1	Washington	3-1	Georgia	Niki Williams hit a 2-run HR; Danielle Lawrie allowed 6 hits in a complete game victory.
	Game 2	Arizona State	7-3	Missouri
	Game 3	Michigan	6-1	Alabama	Including this game, Alabama has gone 0-6 on opening day of the WCWS.
	Game 4	Florida	3-0	Arizona	Against the top home-run-hitting team in the history of college softball, Florida pitcher Stacey Nelson gave up only two singles.
May 29, 2009	Game 5	Washington	1-0	Arizona State	Washington won on a walk-off single from Morgan Stuart in the bottom of the 8th that scored Kimi Pohlman.
May 29, 2009	Game 6	Florida	1-0	Michigan	Florida pitcher Stacey Nelson threw 71 pitches, only 14 of which were balls, in a complete game.
May 30, 2009	Game 7	Georgia	5-2	Missouri
	Game 8	Alabama	14-0	Arizona	Alabama broke the record for largest margin of victory in WCWS history.
	Game 9	Georgia	7-5	Michigan	Georgia broke the record for home runs in a game at the World Series with four.
	Game 10	Alabama	6-2	Arizona State	Jazlyn Lunceford hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the bottom of the fourth to propel Alabama to a 6-2 win.
May 31, 2009	Game 11	Georgia	9-8	Washington	After 4h15m, the game ended in the bottom of the 9th inning when UW's Danielle Lawrie walked a batter with bases loaded.
	Game 12	Florida	6-5	Alabama	Ali Gardiner's walk-off grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the 7th inning clinched Florida's spot in the finals.
	Game 13	Washington	9-3	Georgia	With Washington's victory, the Pac-10 has sent at least one team to the WCWS finals 23 consecutive times.
June 1, 2009	Finals Game 1	Washington	8-0	Florida	Danielle Lawrie struck out 12 in a 2-hit shutout; Ashley Charters & Jenn Salling both had 2 RBIs and scored 2 runs.
June 2, 2009	Finals Game 2	Washington	3-2	Florida	Washington won its first softball national title and became the fifth Pac-10 team to win the WCWS.

Championship game

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School	Top Batter	Stats.
Washington	Danielle Lawrie (P)	2-3 RBI
Florida	Francesca Enea (LF)	2-3 2B SB K

School	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF
Washington	Danielle Lawrie (W)	7.0	7	2	1	3	8	27	33
Florida	Stacey Nelson (L)	6.0	6	3	2	1	5	24	26

Final standings

Place	School	WCWS Record
1st	Washington	5-1
2nd	Florida	3-2
3rd	Georgia	3-2
3rd	Alabama	2-2
5th	Michigan	1-2
5th	Arizona State	1-2
7th	Missouri	0-2
7th	Arizona	0-2

All-Tournament Team

The 2009 Women's College World Series All-Tournament team:^[4]
Kelley Montalvo, Alabama
Charlotte Morgan, Alabama
Brittany Rogers, Alabama
Alisa Goler, Georgia
Taylor Schlopy, Georgia
Megan Bush, Florida
Stacey Nelson, Florida
Ashley Charters, Washington
Kimi Pohlman, Washington
Morgan Stuart, Washington
Niki Williams, Washington
Danielle Lawrie, Washington (Most Outstanding Player)

Breakdown by school:
Washington: 5
Alabama: 3
Florida: 2
Georgia: 2

WCWS records tied or broken

In Game 8, Alabama broke the record for largest margin of victory in an NCAA-era WCWS game by defeating Arizona 14-0. The record was previously set by Arizona's 12-0 victory over Fresno State in the 1989 WCWS.
In Game 9, Georgia broke the NCAA-era home run record in a single WCWS game with four: two from Taylor Schlopy, one from Brianna Hesson, and one from Ashley Pauly. Schlopy became only the fourth player in NCAA-era WCWS history to hit two home runs in one game.
In game 11, Washington's Niki Williams broke the NCAA-era WCWS single-game RBI record with seven RBIs, including a fifth inning grand slam.

Post-Series Notes

Despite having 3 teams advance to the semifinals, the SEC failed to win its first ever WCWS, and Washington continued the West Coast's dominance in college softball. As of 2009, only two teams east of the Mississippi River have won the WCWS (Michigan in 2005 and Michigan State in 1976, the latter in the pre-NCAA era).

References

^ "Dunne Keeps Jacksonville State Hitless Again; Alabama Softball Advances to Women's College World Series". University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations. May 23, 2009. Archived from the original on July 8, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
^ AWakefield. "SEC Advances 3 Teams to WCWS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 30, 2006. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
^ "Dawgs Fetch A Championship!". Gohuskies.com. June 2, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
^ "Softball has Three Named to WCWS All-Tournament Team". University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations - RollTide.com. June 2, 2009. Archived from the original on June 25, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2009.

External links

[1] "Dunne Keeps Jacksonville State Hitless Again; Alabama Softball Advances to Women's College World Series". University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations. May 23, 2009. Archived from the original on July 8, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009.

[2] AWakefield. "SEC Advances 3 Teams to WCWS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 30, 2006. Retrieved May 30, 2009.

[3] "Dawgs Fetch A Championship!". Gohuskies.com. June 2, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2018.

[4] "Softball has Three Named to WCWS All-Tournament Team". University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations - RollTide.com. June 2, 2009. Archived from the original on June 25, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2009.

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