2009 NCAA Division I softball tournament

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.

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 →

National seeds

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

1. Florida
2. UCLA
3. Washington
4. Alabama
5. Michigan
6. Georgia
7. Oklahoma
8. Stanford
9. Arizona
10. Arizona State
11. Ohio State
12. Northwestern
13. Tennessee
14. Georgia Tech
15. DePaul
16. Florida State

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.
	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

^[3]

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
	Alabama	2-2
5th	Michigan	1-2
	Arizona State	1-2
7th	Missouri	0-2
	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).

See also

• NCAA Division I Softball Championship