2018 NCAA Division I softball season

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2018 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions Oklahoma
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions Florida State (1st title)
Runners-up Washington (13th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach Lonni Alameda (1st title)
WCWS MOP Jessie Warren (Florida State)
Seasons
←  2017
2019  →

The 2018 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2018. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2018 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 4, 2018.

Contents

Conference standings

2018 American Athletic Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
South Florida  ‍†‍‍y14–7 .66739–23 .629
Houston  ‍‍‍y13–8 .61937–22 .627
UCF  ‍‍‍12–9 .57134–22 .607
Wichita State  ‍‍‍y12–9 .57132–23 .582
Memphis  ‍‍‍10–11 .47637–21 .638
Tulsa  ‍‍‡‍y10–11 .47634–25 .576
East Carolina  ‍‍‍8–13 .38123–32 .418
UConn  ‍‍‍5–16 .23820–35 .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 31, 2018 [1]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches
2018 Atlantic Coast Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Atlantic
No. 1 Florida State  x‍‍‡‍y21–3–0 .87558–12–0 .829
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y13–10–0 .56534–23–0 .596
Boston College  ‍‍‍13–10–0 .56530–23–0 .566
Louisville  ‍‍‍10–12–0 .45533–20–0 .623
Syracuse  ‍‍‍9–12–0 .42930–20–0 .600
NC State  ‍‍‍5–18–0 .21723–31–0 .426
Coastal
Pittsburgh  x‍‍‍16–6–0 .72733–18–1 .644
North Carolina  ‍‍‍15–8–0 .65230–26–0 .536
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍13–11–0 .54228–26–0 .519
Duke  ‍‍‍13–11–0 .54229–27–0 .518
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍7–16–0 .30423–30–0 .434
Virginia  ‍‍‍3–21–0 .12512–41–0 .226
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 13, 2018 [2]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today [3]
2018 Big 12 Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‡‍y18–0 1.00057–5 .919
No. 19 Baylor  ‍‍‍y12–6 .66738–18 .679
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y12–6 .66739–22 .639
No. 25 Texas  ‍‍‍y10–8 .55633–26 .559
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍5–13 .27831–28 .525
Iowa State  ‍‍‍4–14 .22223–33 .411
Kansas  ‍‍‍2–16 .11127–25 .519
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [4]
2018 Big Ten Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 17 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y18–3 .85743–11 .796
No. 25 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y17–4 .81036–15 .706
Indiana  ‍‍‍17–6 .73925–29 .463
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y14–8 .63634–13 .723
Northwestern  ‍‍‍y14–8 .63636–16 .692
Illinois  ‍‍‍13–8 .61936–17 .679
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y11–9 .55027–20 .574
Michigan State  ‍‍‍10–12 .45524–25 .490
Nebraska  ‍‍‍9–13 .40931–22 .585
Purdue  ‍‍‍7–15 .31816–39 .291
Maryland  ‍‍‍7–16 .30418–36 .333
Iowa  ‍‍‍6–16 .27320–31 .392
Penn State  ‍‍‍5–18 .2179–41 .180
Rutgers  ‍‍‍4–16 .20019–31 .380
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 7, 2018 [5]
Rankings from NFCA
2018 Southeastern Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Florida  ‍†‍‡‍y20–4 .83347–8 .855
No. 8 Georgia  ‍‍‍16–8 .66743–10 .811
No. 12 South Carolina  ‍‍‍15–9 .62543–13 .768
No. 7 Tennessee  ‍‍‍14–10 .58344–11 .800
No. 11 LSU  ‍‍‍13–10 .56540–13 .755
No. 14 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍13–11 .54240–15 .727
No. 18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍12–12 .50037–14 .725
No. 13 Alabama  ‍‍‍12–12 .50032–17 .653
No. 15 Auburn  ‍‍‍11–12 .47840–14 .741
No. 19 Kentucky  ‍‍‍8–15 .34831–18 .633
No. 25 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍7–17 .29235–20 .636
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍7–17 .29230–22 .577
Missouri  ‍‍‍6–17 .26128–27 .509
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of Mar. 25, 2018 [6]
Rankings from NFCA
2018 Southland Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Nicholls  ‍†‍‍21–6–0 .77840–15–0 .727
McNeese State**  ‍‍‡‍y18–9–0 .66741–21–0 .661
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍18–9–0 .66738–21–0 .644
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍18–9–0 .66731–24–0 .564
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍16–11–0 .59329–27–0 .518
Abilene Christian  ‍‍‍15–12–0 .55623–26–0 .469
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍14–13–0 .51928–25–0 .528
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍13–14–0 .48124–33–0 .421
Lamar  ‍‍‍11–16–0 .40727–28–0 .491
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍7–20–0 .25915–34–0 .306
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍6–21–0 .2229–34–0 .209
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍5–22–0 .18514–37–1 .279
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 19, 2018 [7]
Rankings from NFCA
2018 Sun Belt Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 18 Louisiana  ‍†‍‍y21–6 .77841–16 .719
No. 25 Texas State  ‍‍‡‍y18–5 .78343–16 .729
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍15–11 .57731–27 .534
Georgia State  ‍‍‍13–12 .52030–25 .545
Troy  ‍‍‍14–13 .51934–26 .567
South Alabama  ‍‍‍13–13 .50029–27 .518
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍12–15 .44428–25 .528
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍10–17 .37024–29 .453
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍9–17 .34626–28 .481
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍4–20 .16717–35 .327
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of February 27, 2019 [8]
Rankings from NFCA

National Invitational Softball Championship

Loyola Marymount Lions defeated the UC Riverside Highlanders in the championship; Hannah Bandimere was named MVP for the series.

Women's College World Series

The 2018 Women's College World Series began on June 1–4 in Oklahoma City. [9]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
1 Oregon 11
8 Arizona State 6
1 Oregon 2
5 Washington6
4 Oklahoma 0
5 Washington 2
5 Washington3—
4 Oklahoma 0 —
8 Arizona State 0
4 Oklahoma2
2 Florida 0
4 Oklahoma2
5 Washington 0 3 —
6 Florida State18—
3 UCLA 7
6 Florida State 4
3 UCLA6
2 Florida 5
2 Florida 11(5)
7 Georgia 3
3 UCLA 1 6
6 Florida State312
6 Florida State7
7 Georgia 2
1 Oregon 1
6 Florida State4

Season leaders

Batting

Pitching

Records

NCAA Division I single game combined strikeouts:46 – Brianna Jones, Southern Illinois Salukis (20) & Morgan Florey, Evansville Purple Aces (26); April 28, 2018 (16 innings) [10]

Senior class single game walks:6 – Ivie Drake, Georgia State Panthers; April 18, 2018

Senior class 7 inning single game strikeouts:21 – Alexis Osorio, Alabama Crimson Tide; March 10, 2018

Freshman class doubles:29 – Sydney Sherrill, Florida State Seminoles

Freshman class saves:15 – Taylor Bauman, Florida Gulf Coast Eagles

Team walks:360 – Florida Gators

Awards

Rachel Garcia, UCLA Bruins [11]

Rachel Garcia, UCLA Bruins [12]

Rachel Garcia, UCLA Bruins [13]

Rachel Garcia, UCLA Bruins [14]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2018611742959.33954110698.563%232600
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
201829439272192208.01044839483151.310.73

Jocelyn Alo, Oklahoma Sooners [15]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2018621746473.445723007170.977%491945

Gwen Svekis, Oregon [16]

Cortni Emanuel, Georgia [17]

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams. [18]

First Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
P Kelly Barnhill JR. Florida Gators
Megan KleistJR. Oregon Ducks
Giselle Juarez SO. Arizona State Sun Devils
C Gwen SvekisSR. Oregon Ducks
1B Alyssa PalominoSO. Arizona Wildcats
2B Aubrey LeachJR. Tennessee Lady Vols
3B Sydney Romero JR. Oklahoma Sooners
SS Sis Bates SO. Washington Huskies
OF Aaliyah JordanFR. UCLA Bruins
Jessie ScrogginsSR. Baylor Bears
Amanda Lorenz JR. Florida Gators
UT Rachel Garcia SO. UCLA Bruins
Jocelyn Alo FR. Oklahoma Sooners
AT-LHolly SpeersJR. Kent State Golden Flashes
Paige Parker SR. Oklahoma Sooners
Vanessa ShippySR. Oklahoma State Cowgirls
Meghan Beaubien FR. Michigan Wolverines
Ivie DrakeSR. Georgia State Panthers

Second Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
P Miranda ElishSO. Oregon Ducks
Kylee HansonSR. FSU Seminoles
Brittany Gray SR. Georgia Bulldogs
C Kendyl LindamanSO. Minnesota Golden Gophers
1B Victoria VidalesSR. Texas A&M Aggies
2B Kylee PerezSR. UCLA Bruins
3B Nicole DeWittSR. Florida Gators
SS Lili PiperJR. Ohio State Buckeyes
OF Kaylee TowFR. Alabama Crimson Tide
Cortni EmanuelSR. Georgia Bulldogs
Annie MurphySR. Boston College Eagles
UT Savannah HeebnerJR. Houston Cougars
Taylor RowlandSO. Long Beach State 49ers
AT-LAllie WalljasperSR. LSU Tigers
Rachel LewisFR. Northwestern Wildcats
Jessie Warren SR. FSU Seminoles
Janae Jefferson FR. Texas Longhorns
Taran Alvelo JR. Washington Huskies

Third Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
P Carly HooverSR. LSU Tigers
Nicole Newman JR. Drake Bulldogs
Randi RuppSR. Texas State Bobcats
C Libby SuggJR. BYU Cougars
1B Jessica HartwellJR. Texas Tech Red Raiders
2B Sydney SherrillFR. FSU Seminoles
3B Jena CozzaSR. UMass Minutewomen
SS Alyssa DiCarloJR. Georgia Bulldogs
OF Kara ShuttSR. Elon Phoenix
Kate GordonSO. James Madison Dukes
Paige MurphySR. Eastern Kentucky Colonels
UT Odicci Alexander SO. James Madison Dukes
Maddie RothJR. Kennesaw State Owls
AT-LMeghan GreggSR. Tennessee Lady Vols
Faith CanfieldJR. Michigan Wolverines
Gabbie Plain FR. Washington Huskies
Katie PrebbleFR. Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
Jenna LilleySR. Oregon Ducks

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