2011 NCAA Division I softball tournament

2011 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium; Oklahoma City;
Champions	Arizona State (2nd NCAA (4th overall) title)
Runner-up	Florida (4th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Clint Myers (2nd title)
MOP	Dallas Escobedo and Michelle Moultrie (Arizona State and Florida)
	← 2010 ; NCAA Division I softball tournament; 2012 →;

The 2011 NCAA Division 1 softball tournament was held from May 19 through June 8, 2011 as part of the 2011 NCAA Division 1 softball season. The 64 NCAA Division 1 college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 284 teams on May 15, 2011. 30 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division 1 Softball Selection Committee. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2011 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Automatic bids

Conference	School
ACC	Florida State
America East	Albany
Atlantic 10	Fordham
Atlantic Sun	Jacksonville
Big 10	Michigan
Big 12	Missouri
Big East	Syracuse
Big South	Liberty
Big West	Pacific
Colonial	Georgia State
Conference USA	East Carolina
Horizon	UIC
Ivy	Harvard
Mid-American	Western Michigan
Metro Atlantic	Iona
Mid-Eastern	Bethune–Cookman
Missouri Valley	Missouri State
Mountain West	BYU
Northeast	Sacred Heart
Ohio Valley	Jacksonville State
Pac-10	Arizona State
Pacific Coast	Portland State
Patriot	Lehigh
SEC	Tennessee
Southern	Chattanooga
Southland	Texas State
SWAC	Jackson State
Summit	North Dakota State
Sun Belt	Louisiana–Lafayette
WAC	New Mexico State

National seeds

Teams in "italics" advanced to super regionals. Teams in "bold" advanced to Women's College World Series.

Regionals and super regionals

Tempe Super Regional

First round			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

1	Arizona State	10

	North Dakota State	0
			1	Arizona State	8

				Long Beach State	0
	San Diego State	2

	Long Beach State	6
						1	Arizona State	6	—
Tempe Regional
							San Diego State	1	—
	North Dakota State	4

	San Diego State	5
				Long Beach State	4

				San Diego State	6



										1	Arizona State	3	4	—

										16	Texas A&M	2	2	—
16	Texas A&M	10

	Sacred Heart	2
			16	Texas A&M	13

				Syracuse	5
	LSU	0

	Syracuse	3
						16	Texas A&M	3	—
College Station Regional
							LSU	1	—
	Sacred Heart	0

	LSU	10
				Syracuse	0

				LSU	5

Tucson Super Regional

First round			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

8	Arizona	10

	Harvard	0
			8	Arizona	8

				New Mexico State	0
	Texas Tech	0

	New Mexico State	9
						8	Arizona	10	—
Tucson Regional
							Texas Tech	2	—
	Harvard	0

	Texas Tech	7
				New Mexico State	4

				Texas Tech	6



										8	Arizona	0	2	—

										9	Oklahoma	6	5	—
9	Oklahoma	7

	Iona	1
			9	Oklahoma	6

				Tulsa	0
	Missouri State	7

	Tulsa	9
						9	Oklahoma	3	5
Norman Regional
							Tulsa	4	0
	Iona	2

	Missouri State	4
				Tulsa	11

				Missouri State	0

Columbia Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

5	Missouri	12

	Illinois State	3
			5	Missouri	1

				DePaul	2
	DePaul	2

	Indiana	1
							DePaul	3	0
Columbia Regional
						5	Missouri	7	8
	Illinois State	3

	Indiana	1
			5	Missouri	8

				Illinois State	4



										5	Missouri	4	6	—

										12	Washington	0	3	—
12	Washington	6

	Portland State	2
			12	Washington	4

				BYU	1
	Auburn	1

	BYU	2
						12	Washington	7	—
Seattle Regional
							BYU	5	—
	Portland State	1

	Auburn	2
				Auburn	3

				BYU	4

Gainesville Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

4	Florida	8

	Bethune–Cookman	0
			4	Florida	4

				UCLA	2
	UCLA	2

	Jacksonville	0
						4	Florida	2	11
Gainesville Regional
							UCLA	3	3
	Bethune–Cookman	0

	Jacksonville	8
				UCLA	12

				Jacksonville	4



										4	Florida	9	7	—

										13	Oregon	1	0	—
13	Oregon	3

	Albany	1
			13	Oregon	2

				Fordham	0
	Fordham	2

	Penn State	0
						13	Oregon	3	—
University Park Regional
							Penn State	1	—
	Albany	1

	Penn State	6
				Fordham	2

				Penn State	5

Stillwater Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

3	Texas	2

	Texas State	0
			3	Texas	0

				Houston	1
	Houston	7

	Louisiana–Lafayette	2
							Houston	4	—
Austin Regional
							Louisiana–Lafayette	1	—
	Texas State	2

	Louisiana–Lafayette	11
				Louisiana–Lafayette	5

			3	Texas	3



											Houston	0	1	5

											Oklahoma State	3	0	6
14	Tennessee	8

	Liberty	0
			14	Tennessee	1

				Oklahoma State	6
	Oklahoma State	2

	Georgia Tech	1
							Oklahoma State	6	—
Knoxville Regional
						14	Tennessee	5	—
	Liberty	3

	Georgia Tech	4
				Georgia Tech	0

			14	Tennessee	7

Athens Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

6	Georgia	8

	Georgia State	0
			6	Georgia	9

				UAB	2
	Florida State	0

	UAB	2
						6	Georgia	10	—
Athens Regional
							Florida State	2	—
	Georgia State	1

	Florida State	6
				UAB	1

				Florida State	13



										6	Georgia	1	14	2

										11	Baylor	5	2	9
11	Baylor	4

	Lehigh	0
			11	Baylor	2

				East Carolina	0
	East Carolina	5

	Maryland	2
						11	Baylor	1	—
College Park Regional
							East Carolina	0	—
	Lehigh	0

	Maryland	11
				East Carolina	2

				Maryland	0

Berkeley Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

7	California	6

	Jacksonville State	3
			7	California	4

				Louisville	0
	UIC	2

	Louisville	5
						7	California	3	—
Louisville Regional
							Louisville	0	—
	Jacksonville State	1

	UIC	0
				Louisville	12

				Jacksonville State	0



										7	California	1	0	9

											Kentucky	0	8	0
10	Michigan	5

	Western Michigan	0
			10	Michigan	6

				Kentucky	7
	Notre Dame	0

	Kentucky	8
							Kentucky	2	—
Ann Arbor Regional
						10	Michigan	1	—
	Western Michigan	0

	Notre Dame	4
			10	Michigan	9

				Notre Dame	8

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

2	Alabama	8

	Jackson State	0
			2	Alabama	7

				Memphis	1
	Chattanooga	1

	Memphis	4
						2	Alabama	11	—
Tuscaloosa Regional
							Chattanooga	1	—
	Jackson State	1

	Chattanooga	8
				Memphis	1

				Chattanooga	2



										2	Alabama	2	10	1

										15	Stanford	5	0	0
15	Stanford	3

	Pacific	0
			15	Stanford	3

				Fresno State	1
	Fresno State	1

	Nebraska	0
						15	Stanford	4	—
Stanford Regional
							Nebraska	1	—
	Pacific	1

	Nebraska	11
				Fresno State	0

				Nebraska	5

Women's College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	WCWS appearances† (including 2011 WCWS)	WCWS best finish†	WCWS W–L record† (excluding 2011 WCWS)
Alabama	Southeastern	51–9 (19–6)	Patrick Murphy	7 (last: 2009)	3rd (2008, 2009)	6–12
Arizona State	Pacific-10	55–6 (17–4)	Clint Myers	9 (last: 2009)	1st (2008)	11–14
Baylor	Big 12	45–13 (11–7)	Glenn Moore	2 (last: 2007)	5th (2007)	1–2
California	Pacific-10	44–11 (15–6)	Diane Ninemire	11 (last: 2005)	1st (2002)	18–17
Florida	Southeastern	52–10 (21–7)	Tim Walton	4 (last: 2010)	2nd (2009)	7–6
Missouri	Big 12	51–8 (15–3)	Ehren Earleywine	6 (last: 2010)	5th (1991)	1–10
Oklahoma	Big 12	43–17 (10–8)	Patty Gasso	6 (last: 2004)	1st (2000)	7–8
Oklahoma State	Big 12	42–17 (8–10)	Rich Wieligman	7 (last: 1998)	3rd (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994)	11–12

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

Notes

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State both advanced to the Women's College World Series, held in Oklahoma, for the first time ever.

Bracket and results

Bracket

All times are Central Time Zone

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Arizona State	3

9	Oklahoma	1
			1	Arizona State	6

			4	Florida	5
4	Florida	6

5	Missouri	2
						1	Arizona State	4	—

						11	Baylor	0	—
9	Oklahoma	1

5	Missouri	4
			11	Baylor	1

			5	Missouri	0



										1	Arizona State	14	7	—

										4	Florida	4	2	—
11	Baylor	1

	Oklahoma State	0
			11	Baylor	0

			2	Alabama	3
2	Alabama	1

7	California	0
						2	Alabama	2	2

						4	Florida	16	9
	Oklahoma State	2

7	California	6
			4	Florida	5

			7	California	2

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Attendance	Notes
June 2, 2011	Game 1	Alabama	1 – 0	California	7,280	Alabama's first WCWS opening round win; Kelsi Dunne struck out 11 Bear batters
	Game 2	Baylor	1 – 0 (8 inn)	Oklahoma State	7,280	Kelsi Kettler hit a walk-off HR for Baylor; Whitney Canion struck out ten Cowgirl batters
	Game 3	Arizona State	3 – 1	Oklahoma	8,152	Katelyn Boyd hit a HR for Arizona State
	Game 4	Florida	6 – 2	Missouri	8,152	Michelle Moultrie and Megan Bush hit HRs for Florida
June 3, 2011	Game 5	Alabama	3 – 0	Baylor	8,672	Alabama has held opponents scoreless for 30 1/3 straight innings
June 3, 2011	Game 6	Arizona State	6 – 5	Florida	8,672	Mandy Urfer and Annie Lockwood hit HRs for Arizona State; Tiffany Defelice and Moultrie hit HRs for Florida; Lockwood hit walk-off bases loaded infield single; Dallas Escobedo struck out 12 Gator batters
June 4, 2011	Game 7	California	6 – 2	Oklahoma State	8,161	Elia Reid hit HR and Ashley Decker hit 3-RBI triple for California
	Game 8	Missouri	4 – 1	Oklahoma	8,161	Catherine Lee and Nicole Hudson had two hits each for Mizzou Three of Missouri's four runs were unearned Dani Dobbs hit 7th-inning HR for Oklahoma's lone run
	Game 9	Florida	5 – 2	California	8,477	Aja Paculba singled to score Megan Bush in the third inning to collect the game-winning RBI
	Game 10	Baylor	1 – 0 (13 inn)	Missouri	8,477	Holly Holl hit a walk-off HR for Baylor; Chelsea Thomas struck out 19 Bears batters, second most in WCWS history; pitchers combined to throw 367 total pitches
June 5, 2011	Game 11	Florida	16 – 2 (5 inn)	Alabama		Jazlyn Lunceford and Whitney Larsen hit a HR for Alabama; Ensley Gammel, Cheyenne Coyle, and Moultrie hit HRs, and Brittany Schutte hit GS for Florida; Florida scored inning-record 11 runs in first; Florida collected single-game record 15 RBI
	Game 12	Arizona State	4 – 0	Baylor		Urfer hit a HR for Arizona State
	Game 13	Florida	9 – 2	Alabama		Kelsey Bruder, Paculba, and Schutte hit HRs for Florida
June 6, 2011	Finals game 1	Arizona State	14 – 4	Florida		Sam Parlich and Lockwood hit HRs and Krista Donnenwirth hit 2 HRs for Arizona State; Bruder, Coyle, and Moultrie hit HRs for Florida; first Series Championship game with two freshmen starting pitchers (Dallas Escobedo v. Hannah Rogers)
June 7, 2011	Finals game 2	Arizona State	7 – 2	Florida		Lockwood hit a HR for Arizona State

Championship game

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School	Top Batter	Stats.
Arizona State Sun Devils	Katelyn Boyd (SS)	2-4 3RBIs
Florida Gators	Tiffany DeFelice (C)	2-3 RBI

School	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF
Arizona State Sun Devils	Dallas Escobedo (W)	7.0	4	2	2	5	5	23	30
Florida Gators	Stephanie Brombacher (L)	3.0	6	5	5	2	2	16	19
Florida Gators	Hannah Rogers	4.0	3	2	2	3	1	13	17

Final standings

Place	School	WCWS record
1st	Arizona State	5-0
2nd	Florida	4-3
3rd	Alabama	2-2
3rd	Baylor	2-2
5th	Missouri	1-2
5th	California	1-2
7th	Oklahoma	0-2
7th	Oklahoma State	0-2

All-Tournament Team

Whitney Larsen, Alabama
Holly Holl, Baylor
Whitney Canion, Baylor
Chelsea Thomas, Missouri
Cheyenne Coyle, Florida
Kelsey Bruder, Florida
Brittany Schutte, Florida
Krista Donnenwirth, Arizona State
Annie Lockwood, Arizona State
Mandy Urfer, Arizona State

WCWS records

Runs, game (team), 16 - tied with UCLA (3 June 2010)

In Game 11, Florida scored 16 runs against Alabama

Runs, inning (team), 11 - new record, surpassing former record of 9 (UCLA, May 24, 1992)

In Game 11, Florida scored 11 runs in the first inning of a 16-2 victory over Alabama

Runs, Series (team), 45 - new record, surpassing former record of 31 (UCLA in 1992)

In Game 11, Florida scored its 32nd run of the Series in a 16-2 victory over Alabama

RBI, game (team), 15 - new record, surpassing former record of 11 (Arizona, May 25, 1989; Arizona State, 3 June 2008)

In Game 11, Florida batted in 15 runs in 16-2 victory over Alabama

Margin of victory, 14 runs - tied with Alabama (30 May 2009)

In Game 11, Florida defeated Alabama 16-2

Home runs, game (team), 4 - tied with Georgia (30 May 2009) and UCLA (8 June 2010)

In Game 11, Michelle Moultrie, Brittany Schutte, Ensley Gammel, and Cheyenne Coyle hit home runs for the Florida Gators

In Game 14, Sam Parlich and Annie Lockwood hit home runs and Krista Donnenwirth hit two home runs for the Arizona State Sun Devils

Runs, Series (individual), 10 - new record, surpassing former record of 8 (Caitlin Lowe in 2006)

In Game 13, Kelsey Bruder scored her 7th, 8th, and 9th runs of the Series in Florida's 9-2 victory over Alabama

Home runs, game (individual), 2 - tied with Gutierrez (UCLA, 1992), Collins (Arizona, 1999), Enea (Florida, 2008), Harrison (UCLA, 2010), Schutte (Florida, 2010), Langenfeld (UCLA, 2010), & Chambers (Arizona, 2010)

In Game 14, Krista Donnenwirth hit two home runs in Arizona State's 14-4 win over Florida

Home runs, Series (individual), 4 - tied with Megan Langenfeld, Andrea Harrison, and Stacie Chambers (2010)

Michelle Moultrie hit home runs in Game 4, Game 6, Game 11, and Game 14

Home runs, Series (team), 14 by Florida - tied with UCLA (2010)

In Game 14, Michelle Moultrie hit Florida's 14th home run of the Series

Home runs (total), 7 - tied with UCLA & Arizona (8 June 2010)

In Game 14, Arizona State hit four home runs and Florida hit three

Total bases, game (individual), 8 - tied

In Game 14, Krista Donnenwirth went 2-for-4 with two home runs

Total bases, game (team), 26 - new record, surpassing former record of 20 (UCLA, May 24, 1992; Arizona, May 26, 1996; Northwestern, 1 June 2006)

In Game 14, Arizona State collected eight singles, a double, and four home runs

Total bases, game (both teams), 41 - new record

In Game 14, Florida collected one single, one double, and three home runs in addition to Arizona State's 26 total bases

Hits, Series (individual), 13 - tied

In Game 15, Michelle Moultrie collected her 13th hit with a leadoff double

Total bases, Series (individual), 26 - new record

In Game 15, Michelle Moultrie collected her 25th and 26th bases with a leadoff double

Fewest errors, Tournament (team), 0 - tied with UCLA (1988 and 1982)

The Arizona State Sun Devils completed the Tournament without making an error in the field

Note: The above records exclude those of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.

Post-series notes

Dallas Escobedo and Michelle Moultrie won co-MVP honors. Moultrie batted .542, going 13-for-24 with four home runs and seven RBI; Escobedo pitched 35 innings, surrendering 12 earned runs on 27 hits and 19 walks while striking out 38 to become the fourth freshman to win the WCWS in the NCAA era and the first since 1990.

External links

References

^ "National Championships: Arizona State Defeats Florida 7-2". Thesundevils.com. June 7, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2018.

[1] "National Championships: Arizona State Defeats Florida 7-2". Thesundevils.com. June 7, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2018.

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