2000 NCAA Division I softball tournament

The 2000 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held 18 through May 29, 2000, as the final part of the 2000 NCAA Division I softball season. The tournament culminated with the 2000 Women's College World Series at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

2000 NCAA Division I
softball tournament

Teams	48
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City
Champions	Oklahoma (1st title)
Runner-up	UCLA (17th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Patty Gasso (1st title)
MOP	Jennifer Stewart (Oklahoma)
← 1999 NCAA Division I softball tournament 2001 →

Format

A total of 48 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

Automatic

Conference	School	Best finish	Last NCAA appearance
Big 12	Nebraska	Runners-up (1985)	1999
Big Ten	Michigan		1999

At-large

Regionals

Regional No. 1

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Washington	5
	6	Army	0			Washington		6
						Western Illinois		0
	2	Mississippi State	6								Washington		4
	5	Chattanooga	1								Mississippi State		1
						Mississippi State		116													Washington		95	—
						Utah		3													Utah		0	—
	3	Utah	18													Mississippi State		1
	4	Western Illinois	0								Utah		2			Utah		4
						Army		4			Chattanooga		1
						Chattanooga		69

Washington qualifies for WCWS.

Regional No. 2

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Arizona	86
	6	Middle Tennessee	0			Arizona		106
						UMass		0
	2	Nebraska	85								Arizona		135
	5	Illinois State	0								Nebraska		0
						Nebraska		116													Arizona		5	—
						South Carolina		1													Nebraska		0	—
	3	South Carolina	106													Nebraska		95
	4	UMass	0								South Carolina		7			South Carolina		0
						Middle Tennessee		1			Illinois State		4
						Illinois State		3

Arizona qualifies for WCWS.

Regional No. 3

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Oklahoma	115
	6	Harvard	0			Oklahoma		2
						Cal State Northridge		1
	2	Oregon State	110								Oklahoma		5
	5	Northwestern	0								Oregon State		3
						Oregon State		4													Oklahoma		3	—
						Arkansas		1													Oregon State		2	—
	3	Arkansas	5													Oregon State		4
	4	Cal State Northridge	0								Arkansas		0			Northwestern		0
						Harvard		6			Northwestern		5
						Northwestern		9

Oklahoma qualifies for WCWS.

Regional No. 4

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	UCLA	85
	6	Canisius	0			UCLA		10
						Long Beach State		1
	2	Iowa	95								UCLA		6
	5	Bethune-Cookman	1								Florida State		1
						Iowa		1													UCLA		7	—
						Florida State		4													Florida State		1	—
	3	Florida State	2													Florida State		4
	4	Long Beach State	0								Iowa		29			Iowa		2
						Canisius		310			Canisius		1
						Bethune-Cookman		2

UCLA qualifies for WCWS.

Regional No. 5

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Arizona State	96
	6	Coastal Carolina	1			Arizona State		4
						Texas A&M		2
	2	Alabama	19								Arizona State		1
	5	Florida Atlantic	0								Alabama		4
						Alabama		59													Alabama		3	—
						Penn State		4													Arizona State		1	—
	3	Penn State	3													Arizona State		2
	4	Texas A&M	2								Penn State		1			Coastal Carolina		1
						Coastal Carolina		4			Coastal Carolina		3
						Florida Atlantic		2

Alabama qualifies for WCWS.

Regional No. 6

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
						Fresno State		0
						Florida		1
	1	Fresno State	105								Florida		58
	6	UMBC	1								Texas		2			Florida		1
						UMBC		0
																California		2
						Texas		6
	2	Cal State Fullerton	2
																					California		2
	5	Texas	1
						Cal State Fullerton		2													Fresno State		0
						California		3
	3	California	2								California		0
	4	Florida	0								Fresno State		2
						Fresno State		4
						Cal State Fullerton		3

California qualifies for WCWS.

Regional No. 7

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
						LSU		1
						Louisiana–Lafayette		4
	1	LSU	7								Louisiana–Lafayette		3
	6	Northwestern State	1								Oregon		4			Oregon		1
						Northwestern State		1
																Southern Miss		3
						Oregon		4
	2	Southern Miss	3
																					Southern Miss		19
	5	Oregon	0
						Southern Miss		14													LSU		0
						Hofstra		1
	3	Hofstra	2								Southern Miss		0
	4	Louisiana–Lafayette	1								LSU		113
						LSU		2
						Hofstra		1

Southern Miss qualifies for WCWS.

Regional No. 8

	First round					Second round					Third round					Final
						Central Michigan		0
						UIC		2
	1	Central Michigan	213								UIC		1
	6	Stanford	1								Michigan		3
						Michigan		5
						Stanford		4
	2	Notre Dame	2													Michigan		0	—
	5	UIC	0													DePaul		3	—
						Notre Dame		0
						DePaul		1
	3	DePaul	86								DePaul		5
	4	Michigan	0								Central Michigan		0
						Central Michigan		2
						Notre Dame		1

DePaul qualifies for WCWS.

Women's College World Series

The Women's College World Series was held 24 through May 28 in Oklahoma City.

Participants

• Alabama
• Arizona
• California
• DePaul
• Oklahoma
• Southern Miss
• UCLA
• Washington

Bracket

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals						Finals
		Washington	3
		DePaul	2
							Washington	2
							UCLA	3
		UCLA	4
		Alabama	1
												UCLA	6	—
												Southern Miss	0	—
		DePaul	4
		Alabama	6
							Southern Miss	3
							Alabama	0
																		UCLA	1
																		Oklahoma	3
		Oklahoma	2
		California	1
							Oklahoma	3
							Southern Miss	1
		Southern Miss	1
		Arizona	0
												Oklahoma	1	—
												Arizona	0	—
		California	0
		Arizona	6
							Washington	2
							Arizona	4

Game results

Date[1]	Game	Winning team	Score	Losing team	Winning pitcher	Losing pitcher	Save	Notes
May 28	Game 11	UCLA	6–0	Southern Miss			–	Southern Miss eliminated
	Game 12	Oklahoma	1–0	Arizona			–	Arizona eliminated
Finals
May 29	Game 13	Oklahoma	3–1	UCLA	Jennifer Stewart	Amanda Freed	–	Oklahoma wins WCWS

Final

National championship
Oklahoma	v.	UCLA

May 29, 2000 – 12:15 p.m. (CDT) at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Oklahoma	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	8	1
UCLA	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	1
WP: Jennifer Stewart (–)   LP: Amanda Freed (28–8) Home runs: OKLA: Lisa Carey UCLA: None Attendance: 8,049 Boxscore

All-tournament Team

The following players were members of the Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team.^[2]

Position	Player	School
P	Courtney Blades	Southern Miss
	Amanda Freed	UCLA
	Jennifer Stewart (MOP)	Oklahoma
1B	Lisa Carey	Oklahoma
2B	Tairia Mims	UCLA
SS	Kelli Braitsch	Oklahoma
OF	Jaime Clark	Alabama
	Shavaughne Desecki	Washington
	Kelly Kretschman	DePaul
C	Julie Marshall	UCLA
3B	Erin Johnson	Southern Miss
	Toni Mascarenas	Arizona

See also

• 2000 NCAA Division II softball tournament
• 2000 NCAA Division III softball tournament
• 2000 NAIA softball tournament
• 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament