The 2003 NCAA Division I softball tournament was the twenty-second annual tournament to determine the national champion of

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women's collegiate softball. Held during May 2003, sixty-four Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of eight teams, each in a

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format. The 2003 Women's College World Series was held in

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from May 22 through May 25 and marked the conclusion of the 2003 NCAA Division I softball season.

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won their tenth NCAA championship and eleventh overall by defeating 1–0 in the final game. UCLA pitcher Keira Goerl, who threw a no-hitter in the final game, was named Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player.

Qualifying

Regionals

Regional No. 1 (Tucson, AZ)

''Opening Round''

Regional No. 2 (Fresno, CA)

Regional No. 3 (Austin, TX)

Regional No. 4 (Gainesville, FL)

Regional No. 5 (Lincoln, NE)

Regional No. 6 (Fullerton, CA)

Regional No. 7 (Ann Arbor, MI)

Regional No. 8 (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Women's College World Series

Participants

*: Excludes UCLA's vacated 1995 WCWS participation. †: Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.

Bracket

Game results

Championship game

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team:

Notes

References

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