2018 NCAA Division I softball season

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
← 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.

Conference standings

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2018 American Athletic Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Florida  ‍†‍‍y 14 – 7   .667 39 – 23   .629
Houston  ‍‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 37 – 22   .627
UCF  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 34 – 22   .607
Wichita State  ‍‍‍y 12 – 9   .571 32 – 23   .582
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 37 – 21   .638
Tulsa ‍‍‡‍y 10 – 11   .476 34 – 25   .576
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 23 – 32   .418
UConn  ‍‍‍ 5 – 16   .238 20 – 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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Atlantic
No. 1 Florida State  x‍‍‡‍y 21 – 3 – 0   .875 58 – 12 – 0   .829
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 13 – 10 – 0   .565 34 – 23 – 0   .596
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10 – 0   .565 30 – 23 – 0   .566
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 10 – 12 – 0   .455 33 – 20 – 0   .623
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12 – 0   .429 30 – 20 – 0   .600
NC State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18 – 0   .217 23 – 31 – 0   .426
Coastal
Pittsburgh  x‍‍‍ 16 – 6 – 0   .727 33 – 18 – 1   .644
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 15 – 8 – 0   .652 30 – 26 – 0   .536
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 28 – 26 – 0   .519
Duke  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 29 – 27 – 0   .518
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 7 – 16 – 0   .304 23 – 30 – 0   .434
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21 – 0   .125 12 – 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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma ‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 0   1.000 57 – 5   .919
No. 19 Baylor ‍‍‍y 12 – 6   .667 38 – 18   .679
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 12 – 6   .667 39 – 22   .639
No. 25 Texas ‍‍‍y 10 – 8   .556 33 – 26   .559
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 31 – 28   .525
Iowa State ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 23 – 33   .411
Kansas ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111 27 – 25   .519
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [4]
2018 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 Michigan ‍†‍‍y 18 – 3   .857 43 – 11   .796
No. 25 Minnesota ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 4   .810 36 – 15   .706
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 17 – 6   .739 25 – 29   .463
Ohio State ‍‍‍y 14 – 8   .636 34 – 13   .723
Northwestern ‍‍‍y 14 – 8   .636 36 – 16   .692
Illinois ‍‍‍ 13 – 8   .619 36 – 17   .679
Wisconsin ‍‍‍y 11 – 9   .550 27 – 20   .574
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 12   .455 24 – 25   .490
Nebraska ‍‍‍ 9 – 13   .409 31 – 22   .585
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 7 – 15   .318 16 – 39   .291
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 7 – 16   .304 18 – 36   .333
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 6 – 16   .273 20 – 31   .392
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18   .217 9 – 41   .180
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 4 – 16   .200 19 – 31   .380
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 7, 2018[5]
Rankings from NFCA
2018 Pac-12 Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon ‍†‍‍y 21 – 3   .875 53 – 10   .841
No. 3 UCLA ‍‍‍y 20 – 4   .833 58 – 7   .892
No. 7 Arizona State ‍‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 48 – 13   .787
No. 2 Washington ‍‍‍y 15 – 8   .652 52 – 10   .839
No. 11 Arizona ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 43 – 16   .729
Oregon State ‍‍‍y 9 – 14   .391 30 – 28   .517
California ‍‍‍y 7 – 16   .304 35 – 21   .625
Stanford ‍‍‍ 3 – 21   .125 24 – 31   .436
Utah ‍‍‍ 2 – 21   .087 20 – 30   .400
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2018[6]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[7]
2018 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Florida ‍†‍‡‍y 20 – 4   .833 47 – 8   .855
No. 8 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 43 – 10   .811
No. 12 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 43 – 13   .768
No. 7 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 44 – 11   .800
No. 11 LSU ‍‍‍ 13 – 10   .565 40 – 13   .755
No. 14 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 40 – 15   .727
No. 18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 37 – 14   .725
No. 13 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 32 – 17   .653
No. 15 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 40 – 14   .741
No. 19 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348 31 – 18   .633
No. 25 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 35 – 20   .636
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 30 – 22   .577
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6 – 17   .261 28 – 27   .509
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of Mar. 25, 2018[8]
Rankings from NFCA
2018 Southland Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Nicholls ‍†‍‍ 21 – 6 – 0   .778 40 – 15 – 0   .727
McNeese State**  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 9 – 0   .667 41 – 21 – 0   .661
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 18 – 9 – 0   .667 38 – 21 – 0   .644
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 18 – 9 – 0   .667 31 – 24 – 0   .564
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11 – 0   .593 29 – 27 – 0   .518
Abilene Christian  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12 – 0   .556 23 – 26 – 0   .469
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 28 – 25 – 0   .528
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14 – 0   .481 24 – 33 – 0   .421
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16 – 0   .407 27 – 28 – 0   .491
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20 – 0   .259 15 – 34 – 0   .306
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21 – 0   .222 9 – 34 – 0   .209
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 5 – 22 – 0   .185 14 – 37 – 1   .279
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 19, 2018[9]
Rankings from NFCA
2018 Sun Belt Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 18 Louisiana  ‍†‍‍y 21 – 6   .778 41 – 16   .719
No. 25 Texas State  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 5   .783 43 – 16   .729
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍ 15 – 11   .577 31 – 27   .534
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 12   .520 30 – 25   .545
Troy  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 34 – 26   .567
South Alabama  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13   .500 29 – 27   .518
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 28 – 25   .528
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17   .370 24 – 29   .453
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍ 9 – 17   .346 26 – 28   .481
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20   .167 17 – 35   .327
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of February 27, 2019[10]
Rankings from NFCA

National Invitational Softball Championship

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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

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The 2018 Women's College World Series began on June 1–4 in Oklahoma City.[11]

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

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Batting

Pitching

Records

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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)[12]

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

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Rachel Garcia, UCLA Bruins[13]

Rachel Garcia, UCLA Bruins[14]

Rachel Garcia, UCLA Bruins[15]

  • espnW National Player of The Year:

Rachel Garcia, UCLA Bruins[16]

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[17]

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[18]

Cortni Emanuel, Georgia[19]

All America Teams

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The following players were members of the All-American Teams.[20]

First Team

Position Player Class School
P Kelly Barnhill JR. Florida Gators
Megan Kleist JR. Oregon Ducks
Giselle Juarez SO. Arizona State Sun Devils
C Gwen Svekis SR. Oregon Ducks
1B Alyssa Palomino SO. Arizona Wildcats
2B Aubrey Leach JR. Tennessee Lady Vols
3B Sydney Romero JR. Oklahoma Sooners
SS Sis Bates SO. Washington Huskies
OF Aaliyah Jordan FR. UCLA Bruins
Jessie Scroggins SR. Baylor Bears
Amanda Lorenz JR. Florida Gators
UT Rachel Garcia SO. UCLA Bruins
Jocelyn Alo FR. Oklahoma Sooners
AT-L Holly Speers JR. Kent State Golden Flashes
Paige Parker SR. Oklahoma Sooners
Vanessa Shippy SR. Oklahoma State Cowgirls
Meghan Beaubien FR. Michigan Wolverines
Ivie Drake SR. Georgia State Panthers

Second Team

Position Player Class School
P Miranda Elish SO. Oregon Ducks
Kylee Hanson SR. FSU Seminoles
Brittany Gray SR. Georgia Bulldogs
C Kendyl Lindaman SO. Minnesota Golden Gophers
1B Victoria Vidales SR. Texas A&M Aggies
2B Kylee Perez SR. UCLA Bruins
3B Nicole DeWitt SR. Florida Gators
SS Lili Piper JR. Ohio State Buckeyes
OF Kaylee Tow FR. Alabama Crimson Tide
Cortni Emanuel SR. Georgia Bulldogs
Annie Murphy SR. Boston College Eagles
UT Savannah Heebner JR. Houston Cougars
Taylor Rowland SO. Long Beach State 49ers
AT-L Allie Walljasper SR. LSU Tigers
Rachel Lewis FR. Northwestern Wildcats
Jessie Warren SR. FSU Seminoles
Janae Jefferson FR. Texas Longhorns
Taran Alvelo JR. Washington Huskies

Third Team

Position Player Class School
P Carly Hoover SR. LSU Tigers
Nicole Newman JR. Drake Bulldogs
Randi Rupp SR. Texas State Bobcats
C Libby Sugg JR. BYU Cougars
1B Jessica Hartwell JR. Texas Tech Red Raiders
2B Sydney Sherrill FR. FSU Seminoles
3B Jena Cozza SR. UMass Minutewomen
SS Alyssa DiCarlo JR. Georgia Bulldogs
OF Kara Shutt SR. Elon Phoenix
Kate Gordon SO. James Madison Dukes
Paige Murphy SR. Eastern Kentucky Colonels
UT Odicci Alexander SO. James Madison Dukes
Maddie Roth JR. Kennesaw State Owls
AT-L Meghan Gregg SR. Tennessee Lady Vols
Faith Canfield JR. Michigan Wolverines
Gabbie Plain FR. Washington Huskies
Katie Prebble FR. Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
Jenna Lilley SR. Oregon Ducks

References

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  1. ^ "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "2018 ACC Softball Standings". TheACC.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "2018 USA Today / NFCA DI Top 25 Coaches Poll (Final)". NFCA. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Softball". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  6. ^ 2020 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 53. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "2018 USA Today / NFCA DI Top 25 Coaches Poll (Final)". nfca.org. National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
  8. ^ "Softball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  9. ^ "Southland Conference Softball Standings". Southland.org. SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  10. ^ "Softball". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  11. ^ "2018 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  12. ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  13. ^ "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.[dead link]
  14. ^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  15. ^ "SCHUTT SPORTS / NFCA NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  16. ^ "From ERA to RBIs, espnW Player of The Year Rachel Garcia did a Number on UCLA's Opponents". Espn.com. May 23, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  17. ^ "OU's Alo named 2018 Schutt Sports/NFCA DI National Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  18. ^ "Fifty-four student-athletes named 2018 NFCA DI All-Americans". nfca.org. June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  19. ^ "Fifty-four student-athletes named 2018 NFCA DI All-Americans". nfca.org. May 30, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  20. ^ "2018 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
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