2010 NCAA Division I softball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 2010 64 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City UCLA 12th NCAA (13th overall) Arizona 22nd Kelly Inouye-Perez 1st Megan Langenfeld UCLA The 2010 NCAA Division 1 softball tournament was held from May 20 through June 8, 2010 and is part of the 2010 NCAA Division 1 softball season. The 64 NCAA Division 1 college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 284 teams on May 16, 2010. 30 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division 1 Softball Selection Committee. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2010 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. UCLA won their record 11th championship, defeating Arizona in the final. Automatic bids Conference Champion ACC 2010 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech America East 2010 Boston University Terriers Boston University Atlantic 10 2010 UMass Minutewomen UMass Atlantic Sun 2010 Lipscomb Bisons Lipscomb Big 10 2010 Michigan Wolverines Michigan Big 12 2010 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma Big East 2010 Syracuse Orange Syracuse Big South 2010 Radford Highlanders Radford Big West 2010 UC Davis Aggies UC Davis Colonial 2010 Hofstra Pride Hofstra Conference-USA 2010 East Carolina Pirates East Carolina Horizon 2010 Wright State Raiders Wright State Ivy 2010 Cornell Big Red Cornell Mid-American 2010 Ball State Cardinals Ball State Metro Atlantic 2010 Iona Gaels Iona Mid-Eastern 2010 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Bethune–Cookman Missouri Valley 2010 Creighton Bluejays Creighton Mountain West 2010 BYU Cougars BYU Northeast 2010 Long Island Blackbirds Long Island Ohio Valley 2010 Jacksonville State Gamecocks Jacksonville State Pac-10 2010 Washington Huskies Washington Pacific Coast 2010 Saint Mary's Gaels Saint Mary's Patriot 2010 Bucknell Bison Bucknell SEC Alabama Southern 2010 Elon Phoenix Elon Southland 2010 McNeese State Cowgirls McNeese State SWAC 2010 Alcorn State Lady Braves Alcorn State Summit 2010 North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State Sun Belt Louisiana–Lafayette WAC 2010 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Hawaii National seeds Teams in "italics" advanced to super regionals. Teams in "bold" advanced to Women's College World Series. 22em Alabama 2010 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 2010 Washington Huskies Washington Florida UCLA 2010 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 2010 Texas Longhorns Texas 2010 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech 2010 Missouri Tigers Missouri Arizona 2010 California Golden Bears California 2010 LSU Tigers LSU 2010 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State 2010 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma 2010 Tennessee Lady Volunteers Tennessee 2010 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Hawaii Regionals and super regionals Tuscaloosa Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Tuscaloosa Regional Stanford Regional 1 Alabama 9 2010 Alcorn State Lady Braves Alcorn State 0 2010 Lipscomb Bisons Lipscomb 4 2010 UAB Blazers UAB 1 Alcorn State 1 UAB 10 16 2010 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Hawaii 10 2010 UC Davis Aggies UC Davis 2 2010 Stanford Cardinal Stanford 5 2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech 4 UC Davis 0 Texas Tech 1 1 Alabama 5 Lipscomb 2 Lipscomb 7 UAB 6 16 Hawaii 6 Stanford 3 Stanford 3 Texas Tech 6 1 Alabama 6 — Lipscomb 0 — 16 Hawaii 7 — Texas Tech 1 — 1 Alabama 8 7 4 16 Hawaii 0 8 5 Columbia Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Atlanta Regional Columbia Regional 8 2010 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech 5 2010 Jacksonville State Gamecocks Jacksonville State 3 2010 Oregon Ducks Oregon 1 2010 Auburn Tigers Auburn 0 Jacksonville State 1 Auburn 15 9 2010 Missouri Tigers Missouri 3 2010 Creighton Bluejays Creighton 2 2010 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul 2 2010 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 4 Creighton 2 DePaul 3 8 Georgia Tech 2 Oregon 11 8 Georgia Tech 4 Auburn 1 9 Missouri 3 Illinois 1 Illinois 9 DePaul 1 Oregon 4 — 8 Georgia Tech 3 — 9 Missouri 4 — Illinois 2 — Oregon 0 2 — 9 Missouri 1 7 — Los Angeles Super Regional 1/1/2/3 Round 1 Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Los Angeles Regional Baton Rouge Regional 5 UCLA 11 2010 Saint Mary's Gaels Saint Mary's 4 2010 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 2 2010 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 3 Saint Mary's 0 Fresno State 6 12 2010 LSU Tigers LSU 6 2010 McNeese State Cowgirls McNeese State 0 2010 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M 0 Louisiana–Lafayette 5 McNeese State 0 Texas A&M 2 5 UCLA 4 San Diego State 3 San Diego State 3 Fresno State 4 12 LSU 0 Louisiana–Lafayette 1 12 LSU 0 Texas A&M 1 5 UCLA 7 — Fresno State 2 — Louisiana–Lafayette 6 — Texas A&M 1 — 5 UCLA 10 10 — Louisiana–Lafayette 2 1 — Gainesville Super Regional 1/1/2/3 Round 1 Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Gainesville Regional Amherst Regional 4 Florida 6 2010 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Bethune–Cookman 0 2010 UCF Knights UCF 7 2010 FIU Panthers FIU 1 Bethune–Cookman 0 FIU 2 13 2010 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State 6 2010 Boston University Terriers Boston University 1 2010 Long Island Blackbirds Long Island 3 2010 UMass Minutewomen UMass 1 Boston University 10 UMass 4 4 Florida 6 UCF 0 UCF 0 FIU 7 13 Arizona State 3 Long Island 2 Long Island 5 Boston University 4 4 Florida 13 — FIU 3 — 13 Arizona State 9 — Long Island 1 — 4 Florida 8 5 — 13 Arizona State 0 2 — Seattle Super Regional 1/1/2/3 Round 1 Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Seattle Regional College Park Regional 3 2010 Washington Huskies Washington 3 2010 North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State 0 2010 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska 0 2010 North Carolina Tar Heels North Carolina 1 North Dakota State 1 Nebraska 5 14 2010 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma 10 2010 Syracuse Orange Syracuse 0 2010 Fordham Rams Fordham 2 2010 Maryland Terrapins Maryland 1 Syracuse 1 Maryland 4 3 Washington 1 North Carolina 0 North Carolina 1 Nebraska 0 14 Oklahoma 1 Fordham 0 Fordham 5 Maryland 2 3 Washington 2 — North Carolina 1 — 14 Oklahoma 2 — Fordham 0 — 3 Washington 1 3 4 14 Oklahoma 6 0 0 Athens Super Regional 1/1/2/3 Round 1 Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Athens Regional Columbus Regional 6 2010 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 10 2010 Elon Phoenix Elon 4 2010 Florida State Seminoles Florida State 10 2010 Radford Highlanders Radford 1 Elon 0 Radford 8 11 2010 California Golden Bears California 10 2010 Bucknell Bison Bucknell 0 2010 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky 6 2010 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 5 Bucknell 0 Ohio State 6 6 Georgia 5 Florida State 2 Florida State 2 Radford 3 11 California 1 Kentucky 0 Kentucky 3 Ohio State 5 6 Georgia 8 — Radford 1 — 11 California 7 — Ohio State 0 — 6 Georgia 7 10 — 11 California 0 1 — Tucson Super Regional 1/1/2/3 Round 1 Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Austin Regional Tucson Regional 7 2010 Texas Longhorns Texas 6 2010 Iona Gaels Iona 0 2010 East Carolina Pirates East Carolina 0 2010 BYU Cougars BYU 1 Iona 0 East Carolina 3 10 Arizona 9 2010 Cornell Big Red Cornell 0 2010 Oklahoma State Cowgirls Oklahoma State 6 2010 Hofstra Pride Hofstra 8 Cornell 0 Oklahoma State 7 7 Texas 8 BYU 9 7 Texas 0 East Carolina 1 10 Arizona 6 Hofstra 0 Hofstra 5 Oklahoma State 2 BYU 8 — East Carolina 3 — 10 Arizona 10 — Hofstra 6 — BYU 1 2 — 10 Arizona 2 10 — Ann Arbor Super Regional 1/1/2/3 Round 1 Round 2 Regional finals Super regionals Ann Arbor Regional Knoxville Regional 2 2010 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 11 2010 Wright State Raiders Wright State 2 2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame 1 2010 Illinois State Redbirds Illinois State 0 Wright State 10 Illinois State 8 15 2010 Tennessee Lady Volunteers Tennessee 5 2010 Ball State Cardinals Ball State 0 2010 Virginia Cavaliers Virginia 1 2010 Louisville Cardinals Louisville 0 Ball State 1 Louisville 5 2 Michigan 8 Notre Dame 0 Notre Dame 6 Wright State 5 15 Tennessee 11 Virginia 2 Virginia 4 Louisville 7 2 Michigan 12 — Notre Dame 2 — 15 Tennessee 3 — Louisville 1 — 2 Michigan 0 3 — 15 Tennessee 5 4 — Women's College World Series Rule changes Field dimensions Whereas in previous years, the outfield fence was set at 190 feet from home plate and standing four feet in height, the fence was moved back to 200 feet and raised to a height of six feet for this year's tournament. Despite the change, the 2010 Series saw a record-breaking number of home runs resulting from "some of the power brought into the game by composite-barreled bats.""UCLA Powers Its Way To 11th National Title, Rout Arizona 15-9August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes ," 8 June 2010 Illegal pitching The 2010 WCWS was marked by a proliferation of illegal pitch calls, following a memo by NCAA Softball Secretary Rules Editor Dee Abrahamson outlining an increased emphasis on legal pitching.6-3-10 NCAA on Illegal Pitches https://web.archive.org/web/20100716053550/http://www.spysoftball.com/6-3-10-ncaa-on-illegal-pitches 2010-07-16 , Dee Abrahamson Arizona Wildcats pitcher Kenzie Fowler, in particular, was cited for eight illegal pitches in Arizona's first-round 9-0 loss to Tennessee, and a further eight illegal pitches in Arizona's second-round 4-3 win over Washington; Fowler was cited for 16 of the 22 illegal pitches called in the first eight games of the tournament. Wildcats coach Mike Candrea reacted by saying that "the officials were way too involved in [the Tennessee] game," and that the citation of illegal pitches was "sporadic.""Arizona's Candrea slams WCWS umps," 4 June 2010 Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach WCWS appearances† (including 2010 WCWS) WCWS best finish† WCWS W–L record† (excluding 2010 WCWS) Arizona Pacific-10 48–11 (13–8) Mike Candrea 22 (last: 2009) 1st(1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007) 57–29 Florida Southeastern 48–8 (20–4) Tim Walton 3 (last: 2009) 2nd (2009) 6–4 2010 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia Southeastern 48–11 (18–8) Lu Harris-Champer 2 (last: 2009) 3rd (2009) 3–2 2010 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Hawaii WAC 49–15 (19–1) Bob Coolen 1 - - 2010 Missouri Tigers Missouri Big 12 56–11 (11–7) Ehren Earleywine 5 (last: 2009) 5th (1991) 1–8 2010 Tennessee Lady Volunteers Tennessee Southeastern 47–13 (17–8) Ralph WeeklyKaren Weekly 4 (last: 2007) 2nd (2007) 10–6 UCLA Pacific-10 45–11 (14–7) Kelly Inouye-Perez 25 (last: 2008) 1st (1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004) 89–29 2010 Washington Huskies Washington Pacific-10 50–7 (17–4) Heather Tarr 9 (last: 2009) 1st (2009) 20–15 † Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981. Results Bracket 1/1/2/3 16 2010 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Hawaii 3 9 2010 Missouri Tigers Missouri 2 4 Florida 3 5 UCLA 16 9 Missouri 0 4 Florida 5 3 2010 Washington Huskies Washington 3 6 2010 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 6 10 Arizona 0 15 2010 Tennessee Lady Volunteers Tennessee 9 10 Arizona 4 3 Washington 3 16 Hawaii 2 5 UCLA 5 6 Georgia 3 4 Florida 2 6 Georgia 5 15 Tennessee 7 16 Hawaii 1 10 Arizona 5 5 UCLA 5 — 6 Georgia 2 — 15 Tennessee 0 2 10 Arizona 8 5 5 UCLA 6 15 — 10 Arizona 5 9 — Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 3, 2010 Game 1 2010 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Hawaii 3–2 2010 Missouri Tigers Missouri Alexandra Aguirre and Traci Yoshikawa homered for HIRhea Taylor homered for MO Game 2 UCLA 16–3(6 inn) Florida Andrea Harrison homered twice andMegan Langenfeld homered for UCLA Game 3 2010 Tennessee Lady Volunteers Tennessee 9–0(5 inn) Arizona Kenzie Fowler called for eight illegal pitches;Ivy Renfroe pitched a 3-hit shutout Game 4 2010 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 6–3 2010 Washington Huskies Washington Kristyn Sandberg and Megan Wiggins homered for GA June 4, 2010 Game 5 UCLA 5–2 2010 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Hawaii Samantha Camuso, Julie Burney, and Andrea Harrison hithome runs for UCLA; Alexandra Aguirre homered for HI Game 6 2010 Tennessee Lady Volunteers Tennessee 7–5 2010 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia Erinn Webb hit a grand slam for TN;Ashley Razey homered for GA June 5, 2010 Game 7 Florida 5–0 2010 Missouri Tigers Missouri Brittany Schutte homered twice andKelsey Bruder homered for FL Game 8 Arizona 4–3 2010 Washington Huskies Washington Kenzie Fowler called for eight illegal pitches;Danielle Lawrie's final collegiate performance Game 9 2010 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 3–2 Florida Alisa Goler homered for GA;Brittany Schutte homered for FL;Kristyn Sandberg left with knee sprain Game 10 Arizona 5–1 2010 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Hawaii Kenzie Fowler called for five illegal pitches;Traci Yoshikawa homered for HI June 6, 2010 Game 11 UCLA 5–2 2010 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia B. B. Bates and Samantha Camuso homered for UCLA Game 12 Arizona 8–0(5 inn) 2010 Tennessee Lady Volunteers Tennessee Game ended by run-ahead rule Game 13 Arizona 5–2 2010 Tennessee Lady Volunteers Tennessee Stacie Chambers and K'Lee Arredondo homered for AZ June 7, 2010 Finals game 1 UCLA 6–5(8 inn) Arizona Seventh World Series between UCLA and ArizonaMegan Langenfeld homered twice for UCLA;K'Lee Arredondo and Stacie Chambers homered for AZ June 8, 2010 Finals game 2 UCLA 15–9 Arizona Andrea Harrison hit a grand slam and Megan Langenfeld,Julie Burney and Samantha Camuso homered for UCLA;Stacie Chambers homered twice and Lini Koria homered for AZ Championship game http://uclabruins.com/news/2010/6/8/207899165.aspx Bruins Pound The Wildcats To Win National Championship! Uclabruins.com 2010-06-08 2018-06-09 School Top Batter Stats. UCLA Julie Burney (3B) 3-5 3RBIs HR K Arizona Stacie Chambers (C) 2-3 4RBIs 2HRs BB K School Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO AB BF UCLA Aleah Macon (W) 4.1 6 6 6 3 7 18 23 UCLA Donna Kerr 2.2 4 3 3 2 4 12 15 Arizona Kenzie Fowler (L) 1.0 2 3 3 3 0 5 9 Arizona Sarah Akamine 4.0 15 11 11 3 3 27 31 Arizona Ashley Ralston 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 8 9 Final standings Place School WCWS record 1st UCLA 5–0 2nd Arizona 4–3 3rd Tennessee 2–2 Georgia 2–2 5th Florida 1–2 Hawaii 1–2 7th Washington 0–2 Missouri 0–2 WCWS records Home runs, game (individual), 2 - tied with Yvonne Gutierrez (UCLA, 1992), Lindsey Collins (Arizona, 1999), & Francesca Enea (Florida, 2008) In Game 2, Andrea Harrison hit two home runs in UCLA's 16-3 win over Florida. In Game 7, Brittany Schutte hit two home runs in Florida's 5-0 win over Missouri. In Game 14, Megan Langenfeld hit two home runs in UCLA's 8-inning 6-5 win over Arizona. In Game 15, Stacie Chambers hit two home runs in Arizona's game against UCLA. Home runs, Series (individual), 4 - new record, surpassing former record of 3 (Gutierrez in 1992; Toni Mascarenas in 2001; Tairia Mims in 2003) Megan Langenfeld hit one home run in Game 2, two home runs in Game 14, and one home run in Game 15. Andrea Harrison hit two home runs in Game 2, one home run in Game 5, and a grand slam in Game 15. Stacie Chambers hit one home run in Game 13, one home run in Game 14, and two home runes in Game 15. Multi-home run games, Series (total), 4 - new record, surpassing former record of one (Gutierrez in 1992, Collins in 1999, & Enea in 2008) Multi-home run games, Series (team), 2 by UCLA - new record, surpassing former record of one (UCLA in 1992, Arizona in 1999, Florida in 2008) Home runs, Series (team), 14 by UCLA - new record Samantha Camuso hit UCLA's 14th home run of the Series in Game 15. Home runs, Series (total), 35 - new record, surpassing former record of 24 (2009) K'Lee Arredondo hit the 24th home run of the Series in Game 13 Megan Langenfeld hit the 25th home run of the Series in Game 14. Stacie Chambers hit the 35th home run of the Series in Game 15. RBI, Series (individual), 11 - new record, surpassing former record of 7 (Niki Williams in 2009) In Game 15, Andrea Harrison hit a grand slam to collect her 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th RBI Runs, Series (total), 141 - new record, surpassing former record of 120 (2010) In Game 15, UCLA scored the Tournament's 120th, 121st, 122nd and 123rd runs in a 4-run second inning, while Arizona scored the Tournament's 141st run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Championship game records Home runs (total), 7 by UCLA and Arizona (4 and 3 in Game 2) - new record, surpassing former record of 3 Grand slams (individual), 1 (Andrea Harrison in Game 2) - new record Grand slams (team), 1 (UCLA in Game 2) - new record Runs (team), 15 by UCLA (Game 2) - new record, surpassing former record of 11 (ASU, 2008 Game 2) Runs (total), 24 by UCLA and Arizona (15 and 9 in Game 2) - new record, surpassing former record of 19 Hits (team), 19 by UCLA (Game 2) - new record, surpassing former record of 17 (Iowa, May 27, 1995) RBI (team), 15 by UCLA (Game 2) - new record, surpassing former record of 11 (ASU, 2008 Game 2) Note: The above records exclude those of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981. Most Outstanding Player Megan Langenfeld was unanimously voted the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. She batted .705, going 12-for-17 with four home runs and nine RBIs, as well as reaching base in 18 of 23 plate appearances for an OBP of .782 with four walks and two hit by pitch."UCLA Powers Its Way To 11th National Title, Rout Arizona 15-9August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes ," 8 June 2010 References External links http://www.ncaa.com/brackets/2010/ncaa_bracket_DI_softball.html http://www.ncaa.com/sports/ncaa-w-softbl-body.htmlSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Category:NCAA Division I softball tournament NCAA Division I softball tournament, 2010 NCAA Division I softball tournament NCAA Division I softball tournament NCAA Division I softball tournament Category:Women's sports in Oklahoma