2012 NCAA Division I softball tournament

2012 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium; Oklahoma City;
Champions	Alabama (1st title)
Runner-up	Oklahoma (7th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Patrick Murphy (1st title)
MOP	Jackie Traina (Alabama)
	← 2011 ; NCAA Division I softball tournament; 2013 →;

The 2012 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 18 through June 6, 2012 as the final part of the 2012 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 284 teams on May 13, 2012. 30 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Softball Selection Committee. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2012 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

Alabama won the national title, defeating Oklahoma 2–1 in the best-of-three final to win the program's first national championship, and also the first softball title for any Southeastern Conference school.

Automatic bids

Conference	School
ACC	Georgia Tech
America East	Boston University
Atlantic 10	UMass
Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast
Big 12	Oklahoma
Big East	Louisville
Big South	Coastal Carolina
Big Ten	Michigan
Big West	Long Beach State
Colonial	Hofstra
Conference USA	Tulsa
Horizon	Valparaiso
Ivy	Harvard
Mid-American	Miami (OH)
Metro Atlantic	Iona
Mid-Eastern	Bethune–Cookman
Missouri Valley	Illinois State
Mountain West	San Diego State
Northeast	Long Island
Ohio Valley	UT Martin
Pac–12	California
Pacific Coast	Portland State
Patriot	Lehigh
SEC	Alabama
Southern	Georgia Southern
Southland	Texas State
SWAC	Mississippi Valley State
Summit	North Dakota State
Sun Belt	South Alabama
WAC	BYU

National seeds

Teams in "italics" advanced to super regionals. Teams in "bold" advanced to Women's College World Series.

Regionals and super regionals

Berkeley Super Regional

First round			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

1	California	8

	Iona	0
			1	California	2

				Arkansas	3
	Boston University	2

	Arkansas	3
							Arkansas	2	0
Berkeley Regional
						1	California	10	7
	Iona	3

	Boston University	4
			1	California	8

				Boston University	0



										1	California	5	2	—

										16	Washington	0	0	—
16	Washington	2

	Harvard	0
			16	Washington	2

				Texas Tech	0
	Texas Tech	6

	Maryland	1
						16	Washington	4	—
Seattle Regional
							Harvard	0	—
	Harvard	3

	Maryland	2
				Texas Tech	0

				Harvard	2

Columbia Super Regional

First round			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

8	Texas A&M	11

	Bethune–Cookman	0
			8	Texas A&M	0

				LSU	2
	LSU	1

	Texas State	0
							LSU	2	—
College Station Regional
						8	Texas A&M	1	—
	Bethune–Cookman	3

	Texas State	5
			8	Texas A&M	7

				Texas State	4



											LSU	6	1	3

										9	Missouri	1	5	1
9	Missouri	6

	Illinois State	0
			9	Missouri	1

				DePaul	0
	UMass	0

	DePaul	3
						9	Missouri	2	—
Columbia Regional
							Illinois State	1	—
	Illinois State	1

	UMass	0
				DePaul	0

				Illinois State	3

Tampa Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

5	Florida	1

	Florida Gulf Coast	2
				Florida Gulf Coast	3

				South Florida	8
	South Florida	1

	UCF	0
							South Florida	1	—
Gainesville Regional
						5	Florida	0	—
5	Florida	7

	UCF	1
			5	Florida	6

				Florida Gulf Coast	2



											South Florida	1	2	2

											Hofstra	2	1	1
12	UCLA	2

	Hofstra	7
				Hofstra	2

				San Diego State	0
	Florida State	0

	San Diego State	1
							Hofstra	2	—
Los Angeles Regional
							San Diego State	1	—
12	UCLA	1

	Florida State	2
				San Diego State	1

				Florida State	0

Norman Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

4	Oklahoma	19

	Lehigh	3
			4	Oklahoma	7

				Tulsa	1
	Oregon State	7

	Tulsa	9
						4	Oklahoma	6	—
Norman Regional
							Oregon State	0	—
	Lehigh	2

	Oregon State	9
				Tulsa	1

				Oregon State	2



										4	Oklahoma	6	7	—

										13	Arizona	0	1	—
13	Arizona	11

	North Dakota State	0
			13	Arizona	7

				Notre Dame	2
	Hawaii	3

	Notre Dame	7
						13	Arizona	8	—
Tucson Regional
							Notre Dame	3	—
	North Dakota State	9

	Hawaii	7
				Notre Dame	8

				North Dakota State	4

Tempe Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

3	Arizona State	9

	Long Island	0
			3	Arizona State	3

				Syracuse	1
	Syracuse	4

	Long Beach State	2
						3	Arizona State	0	4
Tempe Regional
							Syracuse	1	0
	Long Island	4

	Long Beach State	5
				Syracuse	2

				Long Beach State	1



										3	Arizona State	0	9	8

										14	Louisiana–Lafayette	6	2	0
14	Louisiana–Lafayette	8

	Mississippi Valley State	0
			14	Louisiana–Lafayette	9

				Stanford	3
	Stanford	1

	Baylor	0
						14	Louisiana–Lafayette	6	—
Lafayette Regional
							Stanford	2	—
	Mississippi Valley State	0

	Baylor	5
				Stanford	6

				Baylor	2

Austin Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

6	Texas	0

	Northwestern	2
				Northwestern	13

				Houston	9
	Auburn	1

	Houston	2
							Northwestern	0	0
Austin Regional
						6	Texas	5	5
6	Texas	6

	Auburn	1
				Houston	1

			6	Texas	10



										6	Texas	4	4	6

										11	Oregon	2	5	10
11	Oregon	7

	Portland State	3
			11	Oregon	6

				BYU	4
	BYU	4

	Mississippi State	3
						11	Oregon	4	—
Eugene Regional
							BYU	1	—
	Portland State	2

	Mississippi State	0
				BYU	2

				Portland State	0

Knoxville Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

7	Tennessee	0

	Miami (OH)	1
				Miami (OH)	0

				Virginia Tech	6
	Virginia Tech	4

	UAB	1
							Virginia Tech	1	2
Knoxville Regional
						7	Tennessee	2	10
7	Tennessee	8

	UAB	0
				Miami (OH)	0

			7	Tennessee	8



										7	Tennessee	3	0	2

										10	Georgia	2	1	0
10	Georgia	13

	Coastal Carolina	3
			10	Georgia	3

				North Carolina	2
	North Carolina	2

	Georgia Southern	1
						10	Georgia	2	—
Athens Regional
							North Carolina	1	—
	Coastal Carolina	2

	Georgia Southern	1
				North Carolina	5

				Coastal Carolina	3

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional finals				Super regionals

2	Alabama	5

	UT Martin	1
			2	Alabama	5

				South Alabama	2
	Georgia Tech	3

	South Alabama	4
						2	Alabama	6	—
Tuscaloosa Regional
							South Alabama	0	—
	UT Martin	1

	Georgia Tech	9
				South Alabama	10

				Georgia Tech	1



										2	Alabama	4	4	—

											Michigan	1	3	—
15	Louisville	6

	Valparaiso	4
			15	Louisville	1

				Michigan	2
	Michigan	3

	Kentucky	2
							Michigan	4	—
Louisville Regional
						15	Louisville	0	—
	Valparaiso	4

	Kentucky	5
			15	Louisville	3

				Kentucky	2

Women's College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	WCWS appearances† (including 2012 WCWS)	WCWS best finish†	WCWS W–L record† (excluding 2012 WCWS)
Alabama	Southeastern	55–7 (19–6)	Patrick Murphy	8 (last: 2011)	3rd (2008, 2009, 2011)	8–14
Arizona State	Pac-12	51–9 (18–4)	Clint Myers	10 (last: 2011)	1st (2008, 2011)	16–14
California	Pac-12	56–5 (21–3)	Diane Ninemire	12 (last: 2011)	1st (2002)	19–19
LSU	Southeastern	39–23 (15–13)	Beth Torina	3 (last: 2004)	3rd (2001, 2004)	5–4
Oklahoma	Big 12	50–8 (19–5)	Patty Gasso	7 (last: 2011)	1st (2000)	7–10
Oregon	Pac-12	44–16 (16–8)	Mike White	2 (last: 1989)	5th (1989)	1–2
South Florida	Big East	50–12 (17–5)	Ken Erickson	1 (last: – )	– ()	0–0
Tennessee	Southeastern	52–12 (22–6)	Ralph Weekly/ Karen Weekly	5 (last: 2010)	2nd (2007)	12–8

† Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.

Results

Bracket

All times are Central Time Zone

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	California	5

	LSU	3
			1	California	0

			4	Oklahoma	3
4	Oklahoma	5

	South Florida	1
						4	Oklahoma	5	—

						3	Arizona State	3	—
	LSU	1

	South Florida	0
				LSU	0

			3	Arizona State	6



										4	Oklahoma	4	6	4

										2	Alabama	1	8	5
3	Arizona State	3

11	Oregon	1
			3	Arizona State	1

			2	Alabama	2
2	Alabama	5

7	Tennessee	3
						2	Alabama	5	—

						1	California	2	—
11	Oregon	3

7	Tennessee	1
			11	Oregon	3

			1	California	6

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Attendance	Notes
May 31, 2012	Game 1	Oklahoma	5–1	South Florida	8,149	Lauren Chamberlain homered in the 4th inning to give Oklahoma the lead in their first WCWS win since 2004.
	Game 2	California	5–3	LSU	8,149	After falling behind 2-0, Cal rallied and finally took the lead with a 3-run 6th inning.
	Game 3	Alabama	5–3	Tennessee	8,235	Alabama took control early with 4 runs in the 1st inning en route to Jackie Traina's 38th victory of the season, tying the school's single-season mark.
	Game 4	Arizona State	3–1	Oregon	8,235	Both pitchers were effective; a costly 2-run error by Oregon was the difference.
June 1, 2012	Game 5	Oklahoma	3–0	California	9,209	Keilani Ricketts struck out 16 batters in a two-hit shutout.
June 1, 2012	Game 6	Alabama	2–1	Arizona State	9,209	An 11-strikeout performance from Jackie Traina and a game-clinching solo home run in the 6th inning from senior Amanda Locke propelled Alabama to their fourth straight semifinals. With the victory, Traina took sole possession of Alabama's single-season record for wins.
June 2, 2012	Game 7	LSU	1–0	South Florida	8,504	LSU's A.J. Andrews scored the game's only run on a sacrifice popup to the shortstop.
	Game 8	Oregon	3–1	Tennessee	8,504
	Game 9	Arizona State	6–0	LSU	9,310	ASU's Alix Johnson and Sam Parlich combined for five RBIs.
	Game 10	California	6–3	Oregon	9,310
June 3, 2012	Game 11	Oklahoma	5–3	Arizona State
June 3, 2012	Game 12	Alabama	5–2	California		Jackie Traina, Kaila Hunt and Jazlyn Lunceford each hit solo home runs for Alabama. Alabama scored in every inning except for the first inning.
June 4, 2012	Finals game 1	Oklahoma	4–1	Alabama
June 5, 2012	Finals game 2	Alabama	8–6	Oklahoma
June 6, 2012	Finals game 3	Alabama	5–4	Oklahoma		After trailing 3-0, Alabama scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 4th, one before and three after a thirteen-minute rain delay, to take the lead. Alabama wins 2012 WCWS.

Championship game

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School	Top Batter	Stats.
Alabama Crimson Tide	Amanda Locke (DP)	2-3 RBI
Oklahoma Sooners	Lauren Chamberlain (1B)	2-3 3RBIs 2HRs BB

School	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF
Alabama Crimson Tide	Jackie Traina (W)	7.0	5	4	4	3	6	27	31
Oklahoma Sooners	Keilani Ricketts (L)	6.0	7	5	3	2	7	26	28

Final standings

Place	School	WCWS record
1st	Alabama	5–1
2nd	Oklahoma	4–2
3rd	California	2–2
3rd	Arizona State	2–2
5th	LSU	1–2
5th	Oregon	1–2
7th	South Florida	0–2
7th	Tennessee	0–2

All-Tournament Team

Amber Freeman, Arizona State
Samantha Pappas, Oregon
Alexa Peterson, Oregon
Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma
Destinee Martinez, Oklahoma
Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma
Jessica Shults, Oklahoma
Brianna Turang, Oklahoma
Kayla Braud, Alabama
Jennifer Fenton, Alabama
Amanda Locke, Alabama
Jackie Traina, Alabama (Most Valuable Player)

Post-series notes

Jackie Traina was named the Women's College World Series MVP. Traina pitched 42 innings, surrendering 18 earned runs on 35 hits and 24 walks while striking out 45 to lead Alabama to its first national softball title. It was also the first national softball title for the SEC.

External links

References

^ "National Championships: Alabama Rallies To Take First Softball Title". Rolltide.com. June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2018.

[1] "National Championships: Alabama Rallies To Take First Softball Title". Rolltide.com. June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2018.

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