2011 NCAA Division I softball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 2011 64 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City Arizona State 2nd NCAA (4th overall) Florida 4th Clint Myers 2nd Dallas Escobedo and Michelle Moultrie Arizona State and Florida The 2011 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 19 through June 8, 2011 as part of the 2011 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 284 teams on May 15, 2011. 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 2011 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Automatic bids Conference School ACC 2011 Florida State Seminoles Florida State America East 2011 Albany Great Danes Albany Atlantic 10 2011 Fordham Rams Fordham Atlantic Sun 2011 Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville Big 10 2011 Michigan Wolverines Michigan Big 12 2011 Missouri Tigers Missouri Big East 2011 Syracuse Orange Syracuse Big South 2011 Liberty Lady Flames Liberty Big West 2011 Pacific Tigers Pacific Colonial 2011 Georgia State Panthers Georgia State Conference USA 2011 East Carolina Pirates East Carolina Horizon 2011 UIC Flames UIC Ivy 2011 Harvard Crimson Harvard Mid-American 2011 Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan Metro Atlantic 2011 Iona Gaels Iona Mid-Eastern 2011 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Bethune–Cookman Missouri Valley 2011 Missouri State Lady Bears Missouri State Mountain West 2011 BYU Cougars BYU Northeast 2011 Sacred Heart Pioneers Sacred Heart Ohio Valley 2011 Jacksonville State Gamecocks Jacksonville State Pac-10 Arizona State Pacific Coast 2011 Portland State Vikings Portland State Patriot 2011 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Lehigh SEC 2011 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee Southern 2011 Chattanooga Mocs Chattanooga Southland 2011 Texas State Bobcats Texas State SWAC 2011 Jackson State Lady Tigers Jackson State Summit 2011 North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State Sun Belt Louisiana–Lafayette WAC 2011 New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State National seeds Teams in "italics" advanced to super regionals. Teams in "bold" advanced to Women's College World Series. 22em Arizona State Alabama 2011 Texas Longhorns Texas Florida 2011 Missouri Tigers Missouri 2011 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 2011 California Golden Bears California 2011 Arizona Wildcats Arizona 2011 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma 2011 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 2011 Baylor Lady Bears Baylor 2011 Washington Huskies Washington 2011 Oregon Ducks Oregon 2011 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee 2011 Stanford Cardinal Stanford 2011 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M Regionals and super regionals Tempe Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Tempe Regional College Station Regional 1 Arizona State 10 2011 North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State 0 2011 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 2 2011 Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State 6 North Dakota State 4 San Diego State 5 16 2011 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M 10 2011 Sacred Heart Pioneers Sacred Heart 2 2011 LSU Lady Tigers LSU 0 2011 Syracuse Orange Syracuse 3 Sacred Heart 0 LSU 10 1 Arizona State 8 Long Beach State 0 Long Beach State 4 San Diego State 6 16 Texas A&M 13 Syracuse 5 Syracuse 0 LSU 5 1 Arizona State 6 — San Diego State 1 — 16 Texas A&M 3 — LSU 1 — 1 Arizona State 3 4 — 16 Texas A&M 2 2 — Tucson Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Tucson Regional Norman Regional 8 2011 Arizona Wildcats Arizona 10 2011 Harvard Crimson Harvard 0 2011 Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech 0 2011 New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State 9 Harvard 0 Texas Tech 7 9 2011 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma 7 2011 Iona Gaels Iona 1 2011 Missouri State Lady Bears Missouri State 7 2011 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Tulsa 9 Iona 2 Missouri State 4 8 Arizona 8 New Mexico State 0 New Mexico State 4 Texas Tech 6 9 Oklahoma 6 Tulsa 0 Tulsa 11 Missouri State 0 8 Arizona 10 — Texas Tech 2 — 9 Oklahoma 3 5 Tulsa 4 0 8 Arizona 0 2 — 9 Oklahoma 6 5 — Columbia Super Regional 1/1/2/3 Round 1 Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Columbia Regional Seattle Regional 5 2011 Missouri Tigers Missouri 12 2011 Illinois State Redbirds Illinois State 3 2011 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul 2 2011 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 1 Illinois State 3 Indiana 1 12 2011 Washington Huskies Washington 6 2011 Portland State Vikings Portland State 2 2011 Auburn Tigers Auburn 1 2011 BYU Cougars BYU 2 Portland State 1 Auburn 2 5 Missouri 1 DePaul 2 5 Missouri 8 Illinois State 4 12 Washington 4 BYU 1 Auburn 3 BYU 4 DePaul 3 0 5 Missouri 7 8 12 Washington 7 — BYU 5 — 5 Missouri 4 6 — 12 Washington 0 3 — Gainesville Super Regional 1/1/2/3 Round 1 Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Gainesville Regional University Park Regional 4 Florida 8 2011 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Bethune–Cookman 0 2011 UCLA Bruins UCLA 2 2011 Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville 0 Bethune–Cookman 0 Jacksonville 8 13 2011 Oregon Ducks Oregon 3 2011 Albany Great Danes Albany 1 2011 Fordham Rams Fordham 2 2011 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 0 Albany 1 Penn State 6 4 Florida 4 UCLA 2 UCLA 12 Jacksonville 4 13 Oregon 2 Fordham 0 Fordham 2 Penn State 5 4 Florida 2 11 UCLA 3 3 13 Oregon 3 — Penn State 1 — 4 Florida 9 7 — 13 Oregon 1 0 — Stillwater Super Regional 1/1/2/3 Round 1 Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Austin Regional Knoxville Regional 3 2011 Texas Longhorns Texas 2 2011 Texas State Bobcats Texas State 0 2011 Houston Cougars Houston 7 Louisiana–Lafayette 2 Texas State 2 Louisiana–Lafayette 11 14 2011 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee 8 2011 Liberty Lady Flames Liberty 0 2011 Oklahoma State Cowgirls Oklahoma State 2 2011 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech 1 Liberty 3 Georgia Tech 4 3 Texas 0 Houston 1 Louisiana–Lafayette 5 3 Texas 3 14 Tennessee 1 Oklahoma State 6 Georgia Tech 0 14 Tennessee 7 Houston 4 — Louisiana–Lafayette 1 — Oklahoma State 6 — 14 Tennessee 5 — Houston 0 1 5 Oklahoma State 3 0 6 Athens Super Regional 1/1/2/3 Round 1 Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Athens Regional College Park Regional 6 2011 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 8 2011 Georgia State Panthers Georgia State 0 2011 Florida State Seminoles Florida State 0 2011 UAB Blazers UAB 2 Georgia State 1 Florida State 6 11 2011 Baylor Lady Bears Baylor 4 2011 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Lehigh 0 2011 East Carolina Pirates East Carolina 5 2011 Maryland Terrapins Maryland 2 Lehigh 0 Maryland 11 6 Georgia 9 UAB 2 UAB 1 Florida State 13 11 Baylor 2 East Carolina 0 East Carolina 2 Maryland 0 6 Georgia 10 — Florida State 2 — 11 Baylor 1 — East Carolina 0 — 6 Georgia 1 14 2 11 Baylor 5 2 9 Berkeley Super Regional 1/1/2/3 Round 1 Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Louisville Regional Ann Arbor Regional 7 2011 California Golden Bears California 6 2011 Jacksonville State Gamecocks Jacksonville State 3 2011 UIC Flames UIC 2 2011 Louisville Cardinals Louisville 5 Jacksonville State 1 UIC 0 10 2011 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 5 2011 Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan 0 2011 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame 0 2011 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky 8 Western Michigan 0 Notre Dame 4 7 California 4 Louisville 0 Louisville 12 Jacksonville State 0 10 Michigan 6 Kentucky 7 10 Michigan 9 Notre Dame 8 7 California 3 — Louisville 0 — Kentucky 2 — 10 Michigan 1 — 7 California 1 0 9 Kentucky 0 8 0 Tuscaloosa Super Regional 1/1/2/3 Round 1 Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Tuscaloosa Regional Stanford Regional 2 Alabama 8 2011 Jackson State Lady Tigers Jackson State 0 2011 Chattanooga Mocs Chattanooga 1 2011 Memphis Tigers Memphis 4 Jackson State 1 Chattanooga 8 15 2011 Stanford Cardinal Stanford 3 2011 Pacific Tigers Pacific 0 2011 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 1 2011 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska 0 Pacific 1 Nebraska 11 2 Alabama 7 Memphis 1 Memphis 1 Chattanooga 2 15 Stanford 3 Fresno State 1 Fresno State 0 Nebraska 5 2 Alabama 11 — Chattanooga 1 — 15 Stanford 4 — Nebraska 1 — 2 Alabama 2 10 1 15 Stanford 5 0 0 Women's College World Series Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach WCWS appearances† (including 2011 WCWS) WCWS best finish† WCWS W–L record† (excluding 2011 WCWS) Alabama Southeastern 51–9 (19–6) Patrick Murphy 7 (last: 2009) 3rd (2008, 2009) 6–12 Arizona State Pacific-10 55–6 (17–4) Clint Myers 9 (last: 2009) 1st (2008) 11–14 2011 Baylor Lady Bears Baylor Big 12 45–13 (11–7) Glenn Moore 2 (last: 2007) 5th (2007) 1–2 2011 California Golden Bears California Pacific-10 44–11 (15–6) Diane Ninemire 11 (last: 2005) 1st (2002) 18–17 Florida Southeastern 52–10 (21–7) Tim Walton 4 (last: 2010) 2nd (2009) 7–6 2011 Missouri Tigers Missouri Big 12 51–8 (15–3) Ehren Earleywine 6 (last: 2010) 5th (1991) 1–10 2011 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma Big 12 43–17 (10–8) Patty Gasso 6 (last: 2004) 1st (2000) 7–8 2011 Oklahoma State Cowgirls Oklahoma State Big 12 42–17 (8–10) Rich Wieligman 7 (last: 1998) 3rd (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994) 11–12 † Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981. Notes Oklahoma and Oklahoma State both advanced to the Women's College World Series, held in Oklahoma, for the first time ever. Bracket and results Bracket All times are Central Time Zone 1/1/2/3 1 Arizona State 3 9 2011 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma 1 4 Florida 6 5 2011 Missouri Tigers Missouri 2 9 Oklahoma 1 5 Missouri 4 11 2011 Baylor Lady Bears Baylor 1 2011 Oklahoma State Cowgirls Oklahoma State 0 2 Alabama 1 7 2011 California Golden Bears California 0 Oklahoma State 2 7 California 6 1 Arizona State 6 4 Florida 5 11 Baylor 1 5 Missouri 0 11 Baylor 0 2 Alabama 3 4 Florida 5 7 California 2 1 Arizona State 4 — 11 Baylor 0 — 2 Alabama 2 2 4 Florida 16 9 1 Arizona State 14 7 — 4 Florida 4 2 — Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Attendance Notes June 2, 2011 Game 1 Alabama 1 – 0 2011 California Golden Bears California 7,280 Alabama's first WCWS opening round win;Kelsi Dunne struck out 11 Bear batters Game 2 2011 Baylor Lady Bears Baylor 1 – 0(8 inn) 2011 Oklahoma State Cowgirls Oklahoma State Kelsi Kettler hit a walk-off HR for Baylor;Whitney Canion struck out ten Cowgirl batters Game 3 Arizona State 3 – 1 2011 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma 8,152 Katelyn Boyd hit a HR for Arizona State Game 4 Florida 6 – 2 2011 Missouri Tigers Missouri Michelle Moultrie and Megan Bush hit HRs for Florida June 3, 2011 Game 5 Alabama 3 – 0 2011 Baylor Lady Bears Baylor 8,672 Alabama has held opponents scoreless for 30 1/3 straight innings Game 6 Arizona State 6 – 5 Florida Mandy Urfer and Annie Lockwood hit HRs for Arizona State;Tiffany Defelice and Moultrie hit HRs for Florida;Lockwood hit walk-off bases loaded infield single;Dallas Escobedo struck out 12 Gator batters June 4, 2011 Game 7 2011 California Golden Bears California 6 – 2 2011 Oklahoma State Cowgirls Oklahoma State 8,161 Elia Reid hit HR and Ashley Decker hit 3-RBI triple for California Game 8 2011 Missouri Tigers Missouri 4 – 1 2011 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma Catherine Lee and Nicole Hudson had two hits each for MizzouThree of Missouri's four runs were unearnedDani Dobbs hit 7th-inning HR for Oklahoma's lone run Game 9 Florida 5 – 2 2011 California Golden Bears California 8,477 Aja Paculba singled to score Megan Bush in thethird inning to collect the game-winning RBI Game 10 2011 Baylor Lady Bears Baylor 1 – 0(13 inn) 2011 Missouri Tigers Missouri Holly Holl hit a walk-off HR for Baylor;Chelsea Thomas struck out 19 Bears batters, second most in WCWS history;pitchers combined to throw 367 total pitches June 5, 2011 Game 11 Florida 16 – 2(5 inn) Alabama Jazlyn Lunceford and Whitney Larsen hit a HR for Alabama; EnsleyGammel, Cheyenne Coyle, and Moultrie hit HRs,and Brittany Schutte hit GS for Florida;Florida scored inning-record 11 runs in first;Florida collected single-game record 15 RBI Game 12 Arizona State 4 – 0 2011 Baylor Lady Bears Baylor Urfer hit a HR for Arizona State Game 13 Florida 9 – 2 Alabama Kelsey Bruder, Paculba, and Schutte hit HRs for Florida June 6, 2011 Finals game 1 Arizona State 14 – 4 Florida   Sam Parlich and Lockwood hit HRs and Krista Donnenwirth hit 2 HRs for Arizona State; Bruder, Coyle,and Moultrie hit HRs for Florida; first SeriesChampionship game with two freshmen startingpitchers (Dallas Escobedo v. Hannah Rogers) June 7, 2011 Finals game 2 Arizona State 7 – 2 Florida   Lockwood hit a HR for Arizona State Championship game https://thesundevils.com/news/2011/6/7/207818257.aspx National Championships: Arizona State Defeats Florida 7-2 Thesundevils.com 2011-06-07 2018-06-09 School Top Batter Stats. Arizona State Sun Devils Katelyn Boyd (SS) 2-4 3RBIs Florida Gators Tiffany DeFelice (C) 2-3 RBI School Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Arizona State Sun Devils Dallas Escobedo (W) 7.0 4 2 2 5 5 23 30 Florida Gators Stephanie Brombacher (L) 3.0 6 5 5 2 2 16 19 Florida Gators Hannah Rogers 4.0 3 2 2 3 1 13 17 Final standings Place School WCWS record 1st Arizona State 5-0 2nd Florida 4-3 3rd Alabama 2-2 2011 Baylor Lady Bears Baylor 2-2 5th 2011 Missouri Tigers Missouri 1-2 2011 California Golden Bears California 1-2 7th 2011 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma 0-2 2011 Oklahoma State Cowgirls Oklahoma State 0-2 All-Tournament Team Whitney Larsen, Alabama Holly Holl, Baylor Whitney Canion, Baylor Chelsea Thomas, Missouri Cheyenne Coyle, Florida Kelsey Bruder, Florida Brittany Schutte, Florida Krista Donnenwirth, Arizona State Annie Lockwood, Arizona State Mandy Urfer, Arizona State WCWS records Runs, game (team), 16 - tied with UCLA (3 June 2010) In Game 11, Florida scored 16 runs against Alabama Runs, inning (team), 11 - new record, surpassing former record of 9 (UCLA, May 24, 1992) In Game 11, Florida scored 11 runs in the first inning of a 16-2 victory over Alabama Runs, Series (team), 45 - new record, surpassing former record of 31 (UCLA in 1992) In Game 11, Florida scored its 32nd run of the Series in a 16-2 victory over Alabama RBI, game (team), 15 - new record, surpassing former record of 11 (Arizona, May 25, 1989; Arizona State, 3 June 2008) In Game 11, Florida batted in 15 runs in 16-2 victory over Alabama Margin of victory, 14 runs - tied with Alabama (30 May 2009) In Game 11, Florida defeated Alabama 16-2 Home runs, game (team), 4 - tied with Georgia (30 May 2009) and UCLA (8 June 2010) In Game 11, Michelle Moultrie, Brittany Schutte, Ensley Gammel, and Cheyenne Coyle hit home runs for the Florida Gators In Game 14, Sam Parlich and Annie Lockwood hit home runs and Krista Donnenwirth hit two home runs for the Arizona State Sun Devils Runs, Series (individual), 10 - new record, surpassing former record of 8 (Caitlin Lowe in 2006) In Game 13, Kelsey Bruder scored her 7th, 8th, and 9th runs of the Series in Florida's 9-2 victory over Alabama Home runs, game (individual), 2 - tied with Gutierrez (UCLA, 1992), Collins (Arizona, 1999), Enea (Florida, 2008), Harrison (UCLA, 2010), Schutte (Florida, 2010), Langenfeld (UCLA, 2010), & Chambers (Arizona, 2010) In Game 14, Krista Donnenwirth hit two home runs in Arizona State's 14-4 win over Florida Home runs, Series (individual), 4 - tied with Megan Langenfeld, Andrea Harrison, and Stacie Chambers (2010) Michelle Moultrie hit home runs in Game 4, Game 6, Game 11, and Game 14 Home runs, Series (team), 14 by Florida - tied with UCLA (2010) In Game 14, Michelle Moultrie hit Florida's 14th home run of the Series Home runs (total), 7 - tied with UCLA & Arizona (8 June 2010) In Game 14, Arizona State hit four home runs and Florida hit three Total bases, game (individual), 8 - tied In Game 14, Krista Donnenwirth went 2-for-4 with two home runs Total bases, game (team), 26 - new record, surpassing former record of 20 (UCLA, May 24, 1992; Arizona, May 26, 1996; Northwestern, 1 June 2006) In Game 14, Arizona State collected eight singles, a double, and four home runs Total bases, game (both teams), 41 - new record In Game 14, Florida collected one single, one double, and three home runs in addition to Arizona State's 26 total bases Hits, Series (individual), 13 - tied In Game 15, Michelle Moultrie collected her 13th hit with a leadoff double Total bases, Series (individual), 26 - new record In Game 15, Michelle Moultrie collected her 25th and 26th bases with a leadoff double Fewest errors, Tournament (team), 0 - tied with UCLA (1988 and 1982) The Arizona State Sun Devils completed the Tournament without making an error in the field Note: The above records exclude those of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981. Post-series notes Dallas Escobedo and Michelle Moultrie won co-MVP honors. Moultrie batted .542, going 13-for-24 with four home runs and seven RBI; Escobedo pitched 35 innings, surrendering 12 earned runs on 27 hits and 19 walks while striking out 38 to become the fourth freshman to win the WCWS in the NCAA era and the first since 1990. External links http://www.ncaa.com/brackets/softball/d1/2011 http://www.ncaa.com/sports/ncaa-w-softbl-body.htmlSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes References Category:NCAA Division I softball tournament Tournament NCAA Division I softball tournament NCAA Division I softball tournament NCAA Division I softball tournament Category:Women's sports in Oklahoma