Английская Википедия:2008 NCAA Division I softball tournament

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The 2008 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 15 through June 4, 2008. 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2008 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

National seeds

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1. Florida
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6. Arizona State
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Regionals and super regionals

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Women's College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	WCWS appearances† (including 2008 WCWS)	WCWS best finish†	WCWS W–L record† (excluding 2008 WCWS)
Шаблон:Csb link	SEC	56–5 (25–3)	Patrick Murphy	5 (last: 2006)	5th (2000, 2005)	2–8
Шаблон:Csb link	Pac-10	41–16 (13–8)	Larry Ray (acting coach)	20 (last: 2007)	1st (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007)	57–25
Arizona State	Pac-10	61–5 (18–3)	Clint Myers	7 (last: 2007)	3rd (1982, 2002)	5–12
Florida	SEC	67–3 (27–1)	Tim Walton	1	—	0–0
Louisiana–Lafayette	Sun Belt	51–12 (19–3)	Michael Lotief Stefni Lotief	5 (last: 2003)	3rd (1993)	5–8
Шаблон:Csb link	Big 12	54–7 (17–1)	Jo Evans	7 (last: 2007)	1st (1983, 1987)	18–10
Шаблон:Csb link	ACC	49–17 (16–5)	Scot Thomas	1	—	0–0
Шаблон:Csb link	Pac-10	48–6 (17–4)	Kelly Inouye-Perez	24 (last: 2006)	1st (1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004)	88–27

† Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.

Tournament notes

• Florida and Virginia Tech were the first teams in their respective school histories to reach the WCWS in the NCAA era.

Results

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 29, 2008	Game 1	Louisiana–Lafayette	3–2	Florida	In 8th inn., ULL pitcher Ashley Brignac threw 21 straight pitches after reaching a count of 3 balls, 2 strikes before the batter was retired.
	Game 2	Шаблон:Csb link	1–0	Шаблон:Csb link	A throwing error allowed Texas A&M to score an unearned run in the 6th inning.
	Game 3	Arizona State	3–1	Шаблон:Csb link	ASU erased a 0-1 deficit and scored 3 runs in the 7th inning.
	Game 4	Шаблон:Csb link	1–0	Шаблон:Csb link	Two errors in the first inning helped UCLA score their only run.
May 30, 2008	Game 5	Шаблон:Csb link	2–1	Louisiana–Lafayette	Louisiana–Lafayette tied the game in the bottom of the 6th inning; Texas A&M scored the winning run in the top of the 7th inning.
	Game 6	Arizona State	4–0	Шаблон:Csb link	Arizona State scored 2 runs in both 3rd and 5th innings; UCLA had 4 hits and Arizona State had 3 hits.
May 31, 2008	Game 7	Florida	2–0	Шаблон:Csb link	VT eliminated in 9 innings; UF scored 2 runs in top of the 9th, VT pitcher Angela Tincher missed tying WCWS record for SO in extra-inning game by 1.
	Game 8	Шаблон:Csb link	5–1	Шаблон:Csb link	Alabama scored 4 runs in the 6th inning to knock out 2-time defending champion Arizona.
	Game 9	Florida	2–0	Шаблон:Csb link	Florida scored on a pitching error and an RBI single in the first and sixth inning, respectively, to eliminate UCLA. UCLA's class became the first in school history to not win a WCWS title.
	Game 10	Шаблон:Csb link	3–1	Louisiana–Lafayette	Louisiana–Lafayette eliminated; Alabama scored the winning runs in the 5th inning.
June 1, 2008	Game 11	Florida	6–1	Шаблон:Csb link	Florida used 3 unearned runs in the 4th inning aided by a catcher's error to break a 1–1 tie and a 2-run HR extended the lead in the 7th inning.
	Game 12	Arizona State	3–1	Шаблон:Csb link	ASU scored on a three-run home run. ASU advances to the National Championship series, and Alabama is eliminated.
	Game 13	Шаблон:Csb link	1–0	Florida	Texas A&M advances to the National Championship series. Macie Morrow scored on Kelsey Spittler's triple in the top of the 9th inning.
June 2, 2008	Finals game 1	Arizona State	3–0	Шаблон:Csb link	Arizona State had a run in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th innings. Krista Donnenwirth hit a home run.
June 3, 2008	Finals game 2	Arizona State	11–0	Шаблон:Csb link	Arizona State scored 7 runs in the 7th inning to make the game an 11-run game, blanking the Aggies and taking home the national championship trophy.

Championship game

School	Top Batter	Stats.
Arizona State Sun Devils	Kaitlin Cochran (CF)	1-2 3RBIs HR 2BBs
Texas A&M Aggies	Megan Gibson (P)	1-2 2B BB SB

School	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF
Arizona State Sun Devils	Katie Burkhart (W)	7.0	4	0	0	1	13	25	26
Texas A&M Aggies	Megan Gibson (L)	7.0	10	11	10	3	5	31	35

Final standings

Place	School	WCWS record
1st	Arizona State	5–0
2nd	Texas A&M	3–3
3rd	Florida	3–2
	Alabama	2–2
5th	UCLA	1–2
	Louisiana–Lafayette	1–2
7th	Arizona	0–2
	Virginia Tech	0–2

All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team:

• Francesca Enea, Florida
• Charlotte Morgan, Alabama
• Stacey Nelson, Florida
• Holly Tankersley, La.-Lafayette
• Angela Tincher, Virginia Tech
• Megan Gibson, Texas A&M
• Jami Lobpries, Texas A&M
• Kaitlin Cochran, Arizona State
• Krista Donnenwirth, Arizona State
• Lesley Rogers, Arizona State
• Jackie Vasquez, Arizona State
• Katie Burkhart, Arizona State (Most Outstanding Player)

WCWS records tied or broken

• 6,240 Session 1 (Games 1 and 2) total attendance — WCWS record
• 8,230 Session 3 (Games 5 and 6) total attendance — WCWS record
• In Game 11, Florida left fielder Francesca Enea hit two home runs to allow her team to defeat Texas A&M 6–1. She tied the WCWS record for the most home runs in a game in the NCAA era that was set by UCLA's Yvonne Gutierrez in 1992 and tied by Arizona's Lindsey Collins in 1999 and UCLA's Andrea Harrison in 2010.
• Arizona State's 11-0 victory over Texas A&M was the largest margin of victory in an NCAA championship clinching game.

Post-series notes

• At the conclusion of their run in the series, Florida compiled a 70–5 overall record, becoming the first NCAA team to record 70 wins.
• The 2008 WCWS marked the first time that Arizona did not return to the championship game/series while defending one of their eight national championships.

See also

• NCAA Division I Softball Championship

External links

• Official NCAA bracket
• Schedule/results at ESPN
• NCAA Softball