The 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 21 through June 10, 2021 as the final part of the

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. 31 teams were awarded automatic bids as champions of their conferences after the

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opted out of the 2021 softball season. The remaining 33 were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I softball selection committee on May 16, 2021. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2021

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Bids

Automatic bids

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

At-large

By conference

National seeds

16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show, on Sunday, May 16 at 9 p.m. EDT on

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. 15 of the 16 national seeds hosted Regionals. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the

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Regionals and Super Regionals

The Regionals took place May 20–23. The Super Regionals took place May 27–30.

Norman Super Regional

Columbia Super Regional

Stillwater Super Regional

Gainesville Super Regional

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

Fayetteville Super Regional

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Los Angeles Super Regional

Women's College World Series

The Women's College World Series was held June 3 through June 10 in Oklahoma City.

Participants

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

Bracket

Game results

Finals

All-tournament Team

The following players were members of the Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team.

Record by conference

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, F, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semi-Finals, Finals, and National Champion.

Media coverage

Radio

For the first time ever

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will provide nationwide radio coverage of every game in the Women's College World Series. It was streamed online at westwoodsports.com, through

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and Leah Amico return as the broadcast team.

Television

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held exclusive rights to the tournament. The network aired games across ESPN,

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, Longhorn Network, ACC Network and

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. For just the fourth time in the history of the women's softball tournament, ESPN covered every regional.

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will air a super regional game for the first time in

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Broadcast assignments

''Regionals'' *Norman: Courtney Lyle & Kayla Braud *Los Angeles: Mark Neely & Kenzie Fowler *Tuscaloosa: Eric Frede & Madison Shipman *Gainesville: Beth Mowins & Michele Smith *Stillwater: Clay Matvick & Natasha Watley *Fayetteville: Mike Corey & Leah Amico *Baton Rouge: Alex Loeb & Megan Willis *Columbia: Tyler Denning & Tori Vidales ''Super Regionals'' *Norman: Beth Mowins,

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, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe *Columbia: Mike Couzens & Carol Bruggeman *Stillwater: Tiffany Greene & Erin Miller *Gainesville: Courtney Lyle & Kayla Braud ''Women's College World Series'' *Kevin Brown, Amanda Scarborough & Jalyn Johnson (afternoons, early Fri) *Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe (evenings minus early Fri) ''Regionals'' *Knoxville: Tiffany Greene & Erin Miller *Tallahassee: Jenn Hildreth & Brittany McKinney *Tucson: Jonathan Yardley &

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*Austin: Kevin Brown, Amanda Scarborough & Jalyn Johnson *Athens: Alex Perlman & Francesca Enea *Lexington: Mike Couzens & Carol Bruggeman *Tempe: John Schriffen & Jennie Ritter *Seattle: Pam Ward & Jenny Dalton-Hill ''Super Regionals'' *Tuscaloosa: Eric Frede & Madison Shipman *Fayetteville: Pam Ward & Jenny Dalton Hill *Baton Rouge: Kevin Brown, Amanda Scarborough & Jalyn Johnson *Los Angeles: Mark Neely & Kenzie Fowler ''Women's College World Series Finals'' *Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe

References

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