2018 NCAA Division I softball season

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.

2018 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending ChampionsOklahoma
Tournament
Women's College World Series
ChampionsFlorida State (1st title)
Runners-upWashington (13th WCWS Appearance)
Winning CoachLonni Alameda (1st title)
WCWS MOPJessie Warren (Florida State)
Seasons

Conference standings
2018 American Athletic Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
South Florida  ‍†‍‍y 14–7 .66739–23 .629
Houston  ‍‍‍y 13–8 .61937–22 .627
UCF  ‍‍‍ 12–9 .57134–22 .607
Wichita State  ‍‍‍y 12–9 .57132–23 .582
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 10–11 .47637–21 .638
Tulsa ‍‍‡‍y 10–11 .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‡‍y 21–3–0 .87558–12–0 .829
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 13–10–0 .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  x‍‍‍ 16–6–0 .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 ‍†‍‡‍y 18–0 1.00057–5 .919
No. 19 Baylor ‍‍‍y 12–6 .66738–18 .679
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 12–6 .66739–22 .639
No. 25 Texas ‍‍‍y 10–8 .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 ‍†‍‍y 18–3 .85743–11 .796
No. 25 Minnesota ‍‍‡‍y 17–4 .81036–15 .706
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 17–6 .73925–29 .463
Ohio State ‍‍‍y 14–8 .63634–13 .723
Northwestern ‍‍‍y 14–8 .63636–16 .692
Illinois ‍‍‍ 13–8 .61936–17 .679
Wisconsin ‍‍‍y 11–9 .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 ‍†‍‡‍y 20–4 .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**  ‍‍‡‍y 18–9–0 .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  ‍†‍‍y 21–6 .77841–16 .719
No. 25 Texas State  ‍‍‡‍y 18–5 .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
Main article: 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 Washington 6
4 Oklahoma 0
5 Washington 2
5 Washington 3 —
4 Oklahoma 0 —
8 Arizona State 0
4 Oklahoma 2
2 Florida 0
4 Oklahoma 2
5 Washington 0 3 —
6 Florida State 1 8 —
3 UCLA 7
6 Florida State 4
3 UCLA 6
2 Florida 5
2 Florida 11(5)
7 Georgia 3
3 UCLA 1 6
6 Florida State 3 12
6 Florida State 7
7 Georgia 2
1 Oregon 1
6 Florida State 4

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]

  • espnW National Player of The Year:

Rachel Garcia, UCLA Bruins[14]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2018 61 174 29 59 .339 54 11 0 6 98 .563% 23 26 0 0
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2018 29 4 39 27 21 9 2 208.0 104 48 39 48 315 1.31 0.73

Jocelyn Alo, Oklahoma Sooners[15]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2018 62 174 64 73 .445 72 30 0 7 170 .977% 49 19 4 5

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
PKelly BarnhillJR.Florida Gators
Megan KleistJR.Oregon Ducks
Giselle JuarezSO.Arizona State Sun Devils
CGwen SvekisSR.Oregon Ducks
1BAlyssa PalominoSO.Arizona Wildcats
2BAubrey LeachJR.Tennessee Lady Vols
3BSydney RomeroJR.Oklahoma Sooners
SSSis BatesSO.Washington Huskies
OFAaliyah JordanFR.UCLA Bruins
Jessie ScrogginsSR.Baylor Bears
Amanda LorenzJR.Florida Gators
UTRachel GarciaSO.UCLA Bruins
Jocelyn AloFR.Oklahoma Sooners
AT-LHolly SpeersJR.Kent State Golden Flashes
Paige ParkerSR.Oklahoma Sooners
Vanessa ShippySR.Oklahoma State Cowgirls
Meghan BeaubienFR.Michigan Wolverines
Ivie DrakeSR.Georgia State Panthers

Second Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
PMiranda ElishSO.Oregon Ducks
Kylee HansonSR.FSU Seminoles
Brittany GraySR.Georgia Bulldogs
CKendyl LindamanSO.Minnesota Golden Gophers
1BVictoria VidalesSR.Texas A&M Aggies
2BKylee PerezSR.UCLA Bruins
3BNicole DeWittSR.Florida Gators
SSLili PiperJR.Ohio State Buckeyes
OFKaylee TowFR.Alabama Crimson Tide
Cortni EmanuelSR.Georgia Bulldogs
Annie MurphySR.Boston College Eagles
UTSavannah HeebnerJR.Houston Cougars
Taylor RowlandSO.Long Beach State 49ers
AT-LAllie WalljasperSR.LSU Tigers
Rachel LewisFR.Northwestern Wildcats
Jessie WarrenSR.FSU Seminoles
Janae JeffersonFR.Texas Longhorns
Taran AlveloJR.Washington Huskies

Third Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
PCarly HooverSR.LSU Tigers
Nicole NewmanJR.Drake Bulldogs
Randi RuppSR.Texas State Bobcats
CLibby SuggJR.BYU Cougars
1BJessica HartwellJR.Texas Tech Red Raiders
2BSydney SherrillFR.FSU Seminoles
3BJena CozzaSR.UMass Minutewomen
SSAlyssa DiCarloJR.Georgia Bulldogs
OFKara ShuttSR.Elon Phoenix
Kate GordonSO.James Madison Dukes
Paige MurphySR.Eastern Kentucky Colonels
UTOdicci AlexanderSO.James Madison Dukes
Maddie RothJR.Kennesaw State Owls
AT-LMeghan GreggSR.Tennessee Lady Vols
Faith CanfieldJR.Michigan Wolverines
Gabbie PlainFR.Washington Huskies
Katie PrebbleFR.Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
Jenna LilleySR.Oregon Ducks

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