The 2014 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 15 through June 5, 2014 as the final part of the 2014 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64

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teams were selected out of an eligible 293 teams on May 11, 2014. 32 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 32 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Softball Selection Committee. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2014

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This season the number of automatic bids increased from 31 to 32. The change occurred after the original Big East Conference

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. Also new this season was the WCC, which began sponsoring softball after the

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returned to the conference. The WCC replaced the

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, which dissolved after all its members joined either the WCC or the WAC.

Automatic bids

The Big 12, Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference bids went to the regular season champion. All other conferences had the automatic bid go to the conference tournament winner.

National seeds

Teams in italics advanced to super regionals. Teams in bold advanced to

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Regionals and super regionals

The Regionals took place May 15–18 with Seattle being May 15–17 and all other regionals May 16–18. The super regionals took place from May 22–25.

Eugene Super Regional

Tallahassee Super Regional

Gainesville Super Regional

Athens Super Regional

Los Angeles Super Regional

Lafayette Super Regional

Norman Super Regional

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

Women's College World Series

The Women's College World Series was held May 29 through June 4, 2014 in Oklahoma City.

Participants

* † = ''From NCAA Division I Softball Championship Results''

Bracket

Championship Series

Media coverage

Radio

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provided nationwide radio coverage of the championship series, which was streamed online at westwoodsports.com and through TuneIn. Kevin Kugler and Leah Amico provided the call for Westwood One.

Television

ESPN carried every game from the Women's College World Series across the ESPN Networks (

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). The ESPN Networks also carried select regional matches and every super regional match utilizing ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and

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. Outside of the ESPN Networks Regional matches,

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picked up all Oregon matches in the Eugene region and BTN picked up the Sunday championship games in the Minneapolis Region.

Broadcast assignments

''Regionals'' * Ann Schatz & Tammy Blackburn - Eugene, OR (Oregon games) * Cara Capuano & Leah O'Brien-Amico - Tuscaloosa, AL * Tracy Warren &

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- Los Angeles, CA * Melissa Lee & Kayla Braud - Lafayette, LA * Mark Neely & Jenny Dalton-Hill - Norman, OK * Pam Ward & Michele Mary Smith - Tallahassee, FL * Beth Mowins & Jessica Mendoza - Tempe, AZ * Adam Amin & Amanda Scarborough - Tucson, AZ * Lisa Byington & Jennie Ritter - Minneapolis, MN (Games 6 & 7) ''Women's College World Series'' *Pam Ward or Beth Mowins; Jessica Mendoza or Michele Smith; Holly Rowe ''Super regionals'' *

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& Leah O'Brien-Amico - Eugene, OR *Adam Amin & Amanda Scarborough - Tuscaloosa, AL * Holly Rowe & Amanda Freed - Los Angeles, CA *Cara Capuano & Cheri Kempf - Athens, GA *Mark Neely & Jenny Dalton-Hill - Gainesville, FL *Melissa Lee & Kayla Braud - Lafayette, LA *Beth Mowins & Jessica Mendoza - Norman, OK *Pam Ward & Michele Mary Smith - Tallahassee, FL ''Women's College World Series championship series'' *Beth Mowins, Michele Smith, Jessica Mendoza, Holly Rowe

References

External links

Women's College World Series 2014 official home pageWomen's College World Series 2014 official bracket
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