2000 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament Teams 48 Finals site ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Champions Oklahoma (1st title)Runner-up UCLA (17th WCWS Appearance) Winning coach Patty Gasso (1st title)MOP (Oklahoma )
The 2000 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the nineteenth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball . Held during May 2000, forty-eight Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of six teams, each in a double elimination format. The 2000 Women's College World Series was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 25 through May 29 and marked the conclusion of the 2000 NCAA Division I softball season . Oklahoma won their first NCAA championship by defeating UCLA 3–1 in the final game. Oklahoma pitcher was named Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player .[1] [2]
Qualifying [ ]
Regionals [ ]
Regional No. 1 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Semi-finals
Finals
Washington
5
Army
0
Washington
6
Western Illinois
0
Mississippi State
6
Washington
4
Chattanooga
1
Mississippi State
1
Mississippi State
11 6
Washington
9 5
—
Utah
3
Utah
0
—
Utah
1 8
Mississippi State
1
Western Illinois
0
Utah
2
Utah
4
Army
4
Chattanooga
1
Chattanooga
6 9
Washington qualifies for WCWS.
Regional No. 2 [ ]
Arizona
8 6
Middle Tennessee
0
Arizona
10 6
UMass
0
Nebraska
8 5
Arizona
13 5
Illinois State
0
Nebraska
0
Nebraska
11 6
Arizona
5
South Carolina
1
Nebraska
0
South Carolina
10 6
Nebraska
9 5
UMass
0
South Carolina
7
South Carolina
0
Middle Tennessee
1
Illinois State
4
Illinois State
3
Arizona qualifies for WCWS.
Regional No. 3 [ ]
Oklahoma
11 5
Harvard
0
Oklahoma
2
Cal State Northridge
1
Oregon State
1 10
Oklahoma
5
Northwestern
0
Oregon State
3
Oregon State
4
Oklahoma
3
—
Arkansas
1
Oregon State
2
—
Arkansas
5
Oregon State
4
Cal State Northridge
0
Arkansas
0
Northwestern
0
Harvard
6
Northwestern
5
Northwestern
9
Oklahoma qualifies for WCWS.
Regional No. 4 [ ]
UCLA
8 5
Canisius
0
UCLA
10
Long Beach State
1
Iowa
9 5
UCLA
6
Bethune-Cookman
1
Florida State
1
Iowa
1
UCLA
7
—
Florida State
4
Florida State
1
—
Florida State
2
Florida State
4
Long Beach State
0
Iowa
2 9
Iowa
2
Canisius
3 10
Canisius
1
Bethune-Cookman
2
UCLA qualifies for WCWS.
Regional No. 5 [ ]
Alabama qualifies for WCWS.
Regional No. 6 [ ]
Fresno State
10 5
UMBC
1
Fresno State
0
Florida
1
Florida
5 8
Texas
2
Florida
1
UMBC
0
California
2
Texas
6
Cal State Fullerton
2
California
2
Texas
1
Fresno State
0
Cal State Fullerton
2
California
3
California
2
California
0
Florida
0
Fresno State
2
Fresno State
4
Cal State Fullerton
3
California qualifies for WCWS.
Regional No. 7 [ ]
LSU
7
Northwestern State
1
LSU
1
Louisiana–Lafayette
4
Louisiana–Lafayette
3
Oregon
4
Oregon
1
Northwestern State
1
Southern Miss
3
Oregon
4
Southern Miss
3
Southern Miss
1 9
Oregon
0
LSU
0
Southern Miss
14
Hofstra
1
Hofstra
2
Southern Miss
0
Louisiana–Lafayette
1
LSU
1 13
LSU
2
Hofstra
1
Southern Miss qualifies for WCWS.
Regional No. 8 [ ]
Central Michigan
2 13
Stanford
1
Central Michigan
0
UIC
2
UIC
1
Michigan
3
Michigan
5
Stanford
4
Notre Dame
2
Michigan
0
—
UIC
0
DePaul
3
—
Notre Dame
0
DePaul
1
DePaul
8 6
DePaul
5
Michigan
0
Central Michigan
0
Central Michigan
2
Notre Dame
1
DePaul qualifies for WCWS.
Women's College World Series [ ]
Participants [ ]
Results [ ]
Bracket [ ]
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Washington
3
DePaul
2
Washington
2
UCLA
3
UCLA
4
Alabama
1
UCLA
6
—
Southern Miss
0
—
DePaul
4
Alabama
6
Southern Miss
3
Alabama
0
UCLA
1
Oklahoma
3
Oklahoma
2
California
1
Oklahoma
3
Southern Miss
1
Southern Miss
1
Arizona
0
Oklahoma
1
—
Arizona
0
—
California
0
Arizona
6
Washington
2
Arizona
4
Championship Game [ ]
[3]
All-Tournament Team [ ]
The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.[4]
Position
Player
School
P
Courtney Blades
Southern Miss
Amanda Freed
UCLA
Jennifer Stewart
Oklahoma
C
Julie Marshall
UCLA
1B
Lisa Carey
Oklahoma
Tairia Mims
UCLA
SS
Kelli Braitsch
Oklahoma
3B
Erin Johnson
Southern Miss
Toni Mascarenas
Arizona
OF
Jaime Clark
Washington
Shavaughne Desecki
DePaul
Kelly Kretschman
Alabama
References [ ]
NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
1999–2000 NCAA Division I championships
† Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship