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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 SeriesatUSA Softball Hall of Fame StadiuminOklahoma City.[1][2]

2022 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams64
Finals site
  • Oklahoma City
  • ChampionsOklahoma (6th title)
    Runner-upTexas (6th WCWS Appearance)
    Winning coachPatty Gasso (6th title)
    MOPJocelyn Alo (Oklahoma)
    TelevisionABC
    ESPN
    ESPN2
    ESPNU
    ACCN
    SECN
    LHN
    ESPN+
  • NCAA Division I softball tournament
  • 2023
  • 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. EDTonESPN2. 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
                   
    1Oklahoma 14(5)
    Prairie View A&M0
    1Oklahoma 3
    Texas A&M2
    Minnesota 1
    Texas A&M 5
    1Oklahoma 20(5)
    Norman Regional – OU Softball Complex
    Texas A&M0
    Prairie View A&M1
    Minnesota 13(5)
    Texas A&M 10
    Minnesota 7
    1Oklahoma 8(5) 7
    16UCF 0 1
    16UCF 6
    Villanova 0
    16UCF 3(11)
    Michigan 2
    South Dakota State 1
    Michigan 2
    16UCF 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
                   
    8Arizona State 5
    Cal State Fullerton 2
    8Arizona State 11
    San Diego State 8
    San Diego State 10
    LSU 5
    8Arizona 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
    8Arizona State 37(8) 6
    9Northwestern 4(11) 48
    9Northwestern 9
    Oakland 2
    9Northwestern 17(5)
    McNeese State 3
    McNeese State 11(5)
    Notre Dame 1
    9Northwestern 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
                   
    5UCLA 12(5)
    Grand Canyon 1
    5UCLA 7
    Loyola Marymount 1
    Loyola Marymount 4
    Ole Miss 2
    5UCLA 9(5)
    Los Angeles Regional – Easton Stadium
    Ole Miss 1
    Grand Canyon 5
    Ole Miss 9
    Loyola Marymount 2
    Ole Miss 4
    5UCLA 3 8
    12Duke 22
    12Duke 4
    UMBC 0
    12Duke 5
    Liberty 0
    Liberty 2
    Georgia 0
    12Duke 313(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
                   
    4Arkansas 11(5)
    Princeton 0
    4Arkansas 6
    Oregon 2
    Wichita State 2
    Oregon 10(5)
    4Arkansas 9
    Fayetteville Regional – Bogle Park
    Oregon 3
    Princeton 4
    Wichita State 5
    Oregon 8
    Wichita State 1
    4Arkansas 7 10
    Texas 13 3
    13Washington 9
    Lehigh 2
    13Washington 2
    Texas 8
    Weber State 0
    Texas 6
    Texas 13
    Seattle Regional – Husky Softball Stadium
    13Washington 2 2
    Lehigh 5
    Weber State 4
    13Washington 6
    Lehigh 1

    Blacksburg Super Regional

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    Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
                   
    3Virginia Tech 4
    Saint Francis (PA) 0
    3Virginia Tech 4
    Kentucky 5
    Miami (OH) 1
    Kentucky 15
    Kentucky 24
    Blacksburg Regional – Tech Softball Park
    3Virginia Tech 9 5
    Miami (OH) 4
    Saint Francis (PA) 0
    3Virginia Tech 5
    Miami (OH) 4
    3Virginia Tech 6 20
    14Florida 0 7 12
    14Florida 10(5)
    Canisius 1
    14Florida 7
    Georgia Tech 1
    Wisconsin 1
    Georgia Tech 2
    14Florida 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
                   
    6Alabama 3
    Chattanooga 0
    6Alabama 0
    Stanford 6
    Murray State 1
    Stanford 3
    Stanford 0 6
    Tuscaloosa Regional – Rhoads Stadium
    6Alabama 4 0
    Chattanooga 1(8)
    Murray State 0
    6Alabama 6
    Chattanooga 2
    Stanford 10
    Oregon State 3 2
    11Tennessee 9(6)
    Campbell 1
    11Tennessee 3
    Oregon State 0
    Oregon State 4
    Ohio State 3
    11Tennessee 31
    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
                   
    7Oklahoma State 12(5)
    Fordham 0
    7Oklahoma State 7
    Nebraska 4
    North Texas 0
    Nebraska 3
    7Oklahoma State 2
    Stillwater Regional – Cowgirl Stadium
    North Texas 0
    Fordham 3
    North Texas 5
    Nebraska 0
    North Texas 3
    7Oklahoma State 2 5
    10Clemson 0 1
    10Clemson 9(5)
    UNC Wilmington 0
    10Clemson 1
    Auburn 0
    Louisiana 3
    Auburn 4
    10Clemson 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
                   
    2Florida State 8(5)
    Howard 0
    2Florida State 8(5)
    South Florida 0
    South Florida 4
    Mississippi State 0
    2Florida 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 21
    Arizona 3(8) 7
    15Missouri 3
    Missouri State 1
    15Missouri 0
    Arizona 2
    Arizona 8
    Illinois 3
    Arizona 1
    Columbia Regional – Mizzou Softball Stadium
    15Missouri 0
    Missouri State 2
    Illinois 0
    15Missouri 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
                   
    1Oklahoma 13(5)
    9Northwestern 2
    1Oklahoma 7
    Texas 2
    5UCLA 2
    Texas 7
    1Oklahoma 315(5)
    5UCLA 7 0
    9Northwestern 1
    5UCLA 6
    14Florida 0
    5UCLA 8(6)
    1Oklahoma 16 10
    Texas 15
    14Florida 7
    Oregon State 1
    14Florida 0
    7Oklahoma State 2
    7Oklahoma State 4
    Arizona 2
    7Oklahoma 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 StadiuminOklahoma 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 StadiuminOklahoma 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.
  • ^ "2022 Women's College World Series schedule". NCAA.com. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  • ^ "2022 college softball: TV schedule, results, auto-bids for conference tournaments". NCAA.com. May 15, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  • ^ "2022 NCAA softball bracket: WCWS schedule, bracket for Oklahoma City". NCAA.com. May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  • ^ "2022 NCAA softball bracket: Scores, schedule, TV times for college softball championship". NCAA.com. May 28, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  • ^ Scarborough, Alex (June 7, 2022). "Texas Longhorns first unseeded team to reach Women's College World Series finals". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  • ^ "Westwood One expands audio coverage of NCAA women's championships". NCAA.com. April 7, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ 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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