The 2019 National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC) began on May 16, 2019 and concluded on May 26.

Tournament play and team selection

The NISC tournament is designed to feature forty-eight teams in eight six-team regional tournaments with the regional champions advancing to a National Finals tournament. The regionals and the Finals are

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competitions. For the inaugural tournament, only fifteen of the thirty-two NCAA conferences sent an automatic qualifier (AQ). Seven schools having non-losing records and RPIs in the top 100 entered the tournament with "National RPI" bids. Four other teams with non-losing records against challenging schedules were added as "At-large" teams. The twenty-six teams were placed in six regional tournaments of four or five teams. The six regional champions advanced to the national finals at Liberty University, a site that was determined after the regional competitions.

Participants

Regionals

Sources:

Nevada Regional

Stephan F. Austin Regional

Iowa State Regional

Liberty Regional

Regional Standings

''Source:'' The six regional tournaments were played May 16–18, 2019. The regional and finals competitions were

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Championship Bracket

Participants

Bracket

The third annual National Invitational Softball Championship finals were played May 24–26, 2018 at TC Colorado Field in

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. Teams were seeded by their RPIs.

Championship Game

References

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