The 2006 NCAA Division I softball tournament was the twenty-fifth annual tournament to determine the national champion of

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women's collegiate softball. Held during May and June 2006, 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 2006 Women's College World Series was held in

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from June 1 through June 6 and marked the conclusion of the

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won their seventh championship by defeating two games to none in the championship series. Arizona pitcher

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was named

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Qualifying

Regionals

Austin Super Regional

Corvallis Super Regional

Evanston Super Regional

Knoxville Super Regional

Los Angeles Super Regional

Tempe Super Regional

Tucson Super Regional

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

Women's College World Series

Bracket

Game results

Championship game

All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team. *

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, Tennessee * Eileen Canney, Northwestern * Autumn Champion, Arizona * Garland Cooper, Northwestern * Andrea Duran, UCLA * Kristi Durant, Tennessee *

, Arizona * Caitlin Lowe, Arizona * Heidi Knabe, Arizona State * Taryne Mowatt, Arizona *

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, Texas * Tammy Williams, Northwestern

References

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