SAN FRANCISCO — Led by 2021 Conference champion UCLA, the Pac-12 saw six of its softball programs punch tickets to this year’s NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, as announced by the NCAA Division I Softball Committee on Sunday evening.
It was an odd series of events considering the strong play from the OREGON team during the regular season, but instead of an automatic berth, the Ducks were named an at-large selection.
Both OREGON (37-15) and STANFORD (31-20) received their bids to the tournament as at-large selections in the Austin and Fayetteville Regionals, respectively. The Ducks will square off against Texas State (38-12) in their opening matchup, while the Cardinal are slated to take on Summit League champion South Dakota State (42-6).
Regionals for the Championship will be held May 21-23 on 16 campus sites, where a four-team, double-elimination tournament will be conducted and 16 teams will advance to the Super Regionals to be held May 27-30. Eight Super Regional winners will advance to the Women’s College World Series to take place June 3-9 in Oklahoma City, Okla. 32 teams received automatic qualification to the tournament, while 32 programs were selected as at-large bids by the Division I Softball Committee.
The Bruins (41-4), one of the 32 automatic bids and winners in 15 of their past 16 games, enter the dance as the No. 2 overall seed, one of 16 national seeds in the field of 64 teams. The defending national champions will face Big West champion Long Beach State (30-9) in the Los Angeles Regional matchup, a quartet that also features Minnesota (29-11) and Fresno State (36-10). UCLA’s 36 total NCAA Tournament selections are the most by any program in the nation.
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The No. 15 overall seed is ARIZONA STATE (32-14), which will host Southern Illinois (37-14), BYU (36-15) and Virginia Tech (33-13) in the Tempe Regional (May 20-22). The Sun Devils will open play on Thursday, May 20 against the Salukis, the Missouri Valley Conference champions.
WASHINGTON (41-11), led by Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year Gabbie Plain and Defensive Player of the Year Sis Bates, will be the No. 16 seed in the Seattle Regional. The Huskies’ regional features in-state opponent Seattle (29-19), along with Big Sky Conference champion Portland State (15-24) and Big-Ten at-large Michigan (36-6).
Historically, Pac-12 softball has dominated the NCAA postseason, winning 24 of a possible 38 NCAA Softball championships. The Conference of Champions will seek to build on that total and secure a back-to-back champion after UCLA won it all in 2019.
