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2024 DIII softball championship: day four recap
The 2024 DIII softball finals are here.
The 2024 DIII softball championship began with the selection show on Monday, May 13,streamed live on NCAA.com. Following the announcement of the 62-team field, competition kicked off with regionals on May 16-18 and continues through super regionals (May 23-24) and finals (May 30-June 5) atBell Park at Taylor Field in Marshall, TX.
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2024 NCAA DIII softball championship bracket
Championship Round bracket |Super Regional brackets |Regional brackets|Interactive bracket
2024 NCAA DIII softball championship schedule
All times in ET.
Championship | Thursday, May 30 — Wednesday, June 5
- Game 11 — (6) Belhaven 6, (1) Linfield 0
- Game 12 — (2) East Texas Baptist 5,(7) Rowan 2
- Game 13 (if necessary) —(6) Belhaven 4, (1) Linfield 3
- Tuesday, June 4 — Championship Final
- Game 15 — (2) East Texas Baptist vs. (6) Belhaven, 11 a.m.| Watch live
- Wednesday, June 5 — Championship Final
- Game 16 — (6) Belhaven vs. (2) East Texas Baptist, 11 a.m. | Watch live
- Game 17(if necessary) —(2) East Texas Baptist vs. (6) Belhaven 2:30p.m. | Watch live
Selection show | Monday, May 13
- Watch here
Regionals | Thursday, May 16 — Saturday, May 18
- East Texas Baptist Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 East Texas Baptist 10,No. 4 Simmons 0
- Game 2 — No. 2 Texas Lutheran 4,No. 3 Chapman 0
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 — No. 1 East Texas Baptist 12,No. 2 Texas Lutheran 0
- Game 4 — No. 3 Chapman 5, No. 4 Simmons1
- Game 5 — No. 2 Texas Lutheran3, No. 3 Chapman 1
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 1 East Texas Baptist 5, No. 2 Texas Lutheran 3
- Thursday, May 16
- Husson Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 4 Framingham State 3,No. 1 Husson 1
- Game 2 — No. 3 Williams 9,No. 2Rensselaer 0
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 — No. 3 Williams6,No. 4 Framingham State 1
- Game 4 — No. 1 Husson 2,No. 2 Rensselaer 1 (8)
- Game 5 — No. 1 Husson 2, No. 4 Framingham State 0
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 3 Williams 4, No. 1 Husson 0
- Thursday, May 16
- Trine Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 Trine 9,No. 4 Westminster (PA) 0
- Game 2 — No. 3 Mount Union 9, No. 2 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 0
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 — No. 1 Trine 2,No. 3 Mount Union 0
- Game 4 — No. 4 Westminster (PA) 2, No. 2 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 1
- Game 5 — No. 3 Mount Union 7,No. 4 Westminster (PA) 2
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 1 Trine 8, No. 3 Mount Union 0
- Thursday, May 16
- Oshkosh Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 4,No. 4 Saint Benedict 1
- Game 2 — No. 3 Illinois Wesleyan 4,No. 2 Wartburg 1
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 — No. 1 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 1,No. 3 Illinois Wesleyan 0
- Game 4 — No. 4 Saint Benedict 5, No. 2 Wartburg 3
- Game 5 — No. 4 Saint Benedict 8, No. 3 Illinois Wesleyan 3
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 1 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 8, No. 4Saint Benedict 3
- Thursday, May 16
- Christopher Newport Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 Christopher Newport 4,No. 4 John Jay 1
- Game 2 — No. 2 Ramapo 8,No. 3 Pfeiffer 4
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 — No. 1 Christopher Newport 7,No. 2 Ramapo 4
- Game 4 — No. 3 Pfeiffer 8,No. 4 John Jay 0
- Game 5 — No. 3 Pfeiffer 10, No. 2 Ramapo 3
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 1 Christian Newport 6, No. 3 Pfeiffer 4
- Thursday, May 16
- Rowan Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 Rowan 1,No. 4 Centenary (NJ) 0
- Game 2 — No. 2 MIT 4,No. 3 SUNY New Paltz 1
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 — No. 1 Rowan 6,No. 2 MIT 3
- Game 4 — No. 3 SUNY New Paltz 7,No. 4 Centenary (NJ) 2
- Game 5 — No. 2 MIT 7,No. 3 SUNY New Paltz, 1
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 1 Rowan 9, No. 2 MIT 1
- Thursday, May 16
- CWRU Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 CWRU 7,No. 4 Penn State Behrend 4
- Game 2 — No. 2 Calvin 4,No. 3 Dominican (IL) 2
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 —No. 2 Calvin 7, No. 1 CWRU 1
- Game 4 — No. 3 Dominican (IL) 1,No. 4 Penn State Behrend 0
- Game 5 — No. 1 CWRU 8, No. 3 Dominican (IL) 7
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 1 CWRU 4, No. 2 Calvin 0
- Game 7— No. 1 CWRU 3,No. 2 Calvin 1
- Thursday, May 16
- DePauw Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 Coe 4,No. 4 Baldwin Wallace 2
- Game 2 — No. 3 Saint Mary's (MN) 7,No. 2 DePauw 3
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 — No. 1 Coe 6,No. 3 Saint Mary's (MN) 3 (9)
- Game 4 — No. 2 DePauw 15,No. 4 Baldwin Wallace 3
- Game 5 — No. 2 DePauw 16,No. 3 Saint Mary's (MN) 8
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 1 Coe 12, No. 2 Depauw 9
- Thursday, May 16
- Moravian Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 Moravian 2, No. 4 Penn College 1 (8)
- Game 2 — No. 3 Muskingum 6,No. 2 Roanoke 3
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 —No. 3 Muskingum 3, No. 1 Moravian 1
- Game 4 — No. 2 Roanoke 8, No. 4 Penn College 0
- Game 5 — No. 2 Roanoke 3, No. 1 Moravian 1
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 2 Roanoke 3, No. 3 Muskingum 1
- Game 7— No. 3 Muskingum 4,No. 2 Roanoke 1
- Thursday, May 16
- WashU Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 4 Greenville 7, No. 1 WashU 5
- Game 2 — No. 2 Belhaven 4, No. 3 Grinnell 2
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 — No. 2 Belhaven 7,No. 4 Greenville 2
- Game 4 — No. 1 WashU 4,No. 3 Grinnell 1
- Game 5 — No. 1 WashU 11, No. 4 Greenville4
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 —No. 2 Belhaven 2, No. 1 WashU 1
- Thursday, May 16
- Virginia Wesleyan Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan 6,No. 4 Eastern Conn. State 1
- Game 2 — No. 2 Lebanon Valley 3,No. 3 Gettysburg 2
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 — No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan 9,No. 2 Lebanon Valley 0
- Game 4 — No. 4 Eastern Conn. State 6, No. 3 Gettysburg 3
- Game 5 — No. 2 Lebanon Valley 2,No. 4 Eastern Conn. State 1
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan 8, No. 2 Lebanon Valley 0
- Thursday, May 16
- Central Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 Central (IA) 10,No. 4 Wisconsin-Superior 2
- Game 2 — No. 2 Wisconsin-Whitewater 2,No. 3 Bethel (MN) 0
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 — No. 1 Central (IA) 6,No. 2 Wisconsin-Whitewater 1
- Game 4 — No. 3 Bethel (MN) 10,No. 4 Wisconsin-Superior 3
- Game 5 — No. 3 Bethel (MN) 3, No. 2 Wisconsin-Whitewater 1
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 3 Bethel (MN) 9, No. 1 Central (IA) 6 (10)
- Game 7— No. 1 Central (IA) 9,No. 3 Bethel (MN) 3
- Thursday, May 16
- Huntingdon Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 4 Maryville (TN) 2,No. 1 Berry 1 (8)
- Game 2 — No. 3 Transylvania 2, No. 2 Huntingdon 0
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 3 — No. 4 Maryville (TN) 1, No. 3 Transylvania 0
- Game 4 — No. 1 Berry 4, No. 2 Huntingdon 3
- Sunday, May 19
- Game 5 — No. 1 Berry 5, No. 3 Transylvania0
- Game 6 — No. 1. Berry 7,No. 4 Maryville (TN) 6
- Thursday, May 16
- Tufts Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 Tufts 8,No. 4 Western New England 4
- Game 2 — No. 2 Rochester (NY) 6,No. 3 St. John Fisher 2
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 — No. 2 Rochester (NY) 5,No. 1 Tufts 2
- Game 4 — No. 3St. John Fisher 2,No. 4 Western New England 1
- Game 5 — No. 1 Tufts 8,No. 3 St. John Fisher 0
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 1 Tufts 15, No. 2 Rochester (NY) 1
- Game 7— No. 1 Tufts 3, No. 2 Rochester (NY) 2
- Thursday, May 16
- Salisbury Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 Salisbury 9,No. 4 Manhattanville 0
- Game 2 — No. 3 Randolph-Macon 3,No. 2 Eastern 1 (10)
- Friday, May 17
- Game 3 — No. 1 Salisbury 7,No. 3 Randolph-Macon 1
- Game 4 — No. 4 Manhattanville 2, No. 2 Eastern 1
- Game 5 — No. 3 Randolph-Macon 6, No. 4 Manhattanville 4
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 1 Salisbury 4, No. 3 Randolph-Macon 3
- Thursday, May 16
- Linfield Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 1 Linfield 11,No. 2 Redlands 3
- Friday, May 17
- Game 2 — No. 2 Redlands 4, No. 1 Linfield 2
- Game 3 — No. 1 Linfield 17, No. 2 Redlands 7
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 4 — No. 1 Linfield 7,No. 2 Redlands 2
- Thursday, May 16
Super regionals | Thursday, May 23 —Friday, May 24
- Berry Super Regional
- Thursday, May 23
- Game 1 — Belhaven 10,Berry 1
- Friday, May 24
- Game 2 — Berry 3,Belhaven1
- Game 3if necessary—Belhaven 3, Berry 2
- Belhaven advances
- Thursday, May 23
- TrineSuper Regional
- Thursday, May 23
- Game 1 — Trine 9,Wis.-Oshkosh 0
- Friday, May 24
- Game 2 — Wis.-Oshkosh 3, Trine 1
- Game 3if necessary— Wis.-Oshkosh 5, Trine 2
- Wis. -Oshkosh advances
- Thursday, May 23
- SalisburySuper Regional
- Thursday, May 23
- Game 1 — Tufts 3, Salisbury 0
- Friday, May 24
- Game 2 — Tufts 4, Salisbury 1
- Tufts advances
- Thursday, May 23
- Case Western Reserve Super Regional
- Thursday, May 23
- Game 1 — CWRU 8, Coe 5
- Friday, May 24
- Game 2 — CWRU 8, Coe 3
- Case Western Reserve advances
- Thursday, May 23
- East Texas BaptistSuper Regional
- Thursday, May 23
- Game 1 — East Texas Baptist 8, Williams 0
- Friday, May 24
- Game 2 — East Texas Baptist 10, Williams 9
- East Texas Baptist advances
- Thursday, May 23
- Rowan Super Regional
- Thursday, May 23
- Game 1 —Christopher Newport 6, Rowan 0
- Friday, May 24
- Game 2 — Rowan 2, Christopher Newport 0
- Game 3if necessary— Rowan 6,Christopher Newport 3
- Rowan advances
- Thursday, May 23
- Linfield Super Regional
- Thursday, May 23
- Game 1 — Central 4, Linfield 2
- Friday, May 24
- Game 2 — Linfield 11, Central 0
- Game 3— Linfield 13, Central 1
- Linfield advances
- Thursday, May 23
- Virginia WesleyanSuper Regional
- Thursday, May 23
- Game 1 — Virginia Wesleyan 6,Muskingum 1
- Friday, May 24
- Game 2 — Virginia Wesleyan 6,Muskingum 1
- Virginia Wesleyan advances
- Thursday, May 23
Championship | Thursday, May 30 — Wednesday, June 5
- Thursday, May 30 | RECAP
- Game 1 — (1) Linfield 2, (8) Tufts 1| Full replay
- Game 2 — (4) Wis.-Oshkosh 4,(5) Virginia Wesleyan 1| Full replay
- Friday, May 31 | RECAP
- Game 3 — (2) East Texas Baptist 7,(7) Rowan 0| Full replay
- Game 4 — (6) Belhaven 5,(3) Case Western 2| Full replay
- Game 5 — (1) Linfield 4,(4) Wis.-Oshkosh 2| Full replay
- Game 6 — (8) Tufts 5, (5) Virginia Wesleyan 1| Full replay
- Game 7 — (2) East Texas Baptist 3,(6) Belhaven 2| Full replay
- Game 8 — (7) Rowan 4,(3) Case Western 2| Full replay
- Saturday, June 1 — Day 3 recap
- Game 9 — (6) Belhaven 3, (8) Tufts 0| Full replay
- Game 10 —(7) Rowan 7,(4) Wis.-Oshkosh 2| Full replay
2024 NCAA DIII softball championship history
The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) holds the most DIII softball national titles (6) but has not claimed a trophy or appeared in a final since 1996. The reigning champs, Trine will look to win their program's second-ever national title in this years tournament. Here's a look at the champions and runnerups over the past two decades.
| YEAR | CHAMPION (RECORD) | COACH | SCORE | RUNNER-UP | SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Trine (46-6) | Don Danklefsen | 1-0 | Salisbury | Marshall, Texas |
| 2022 | Christopher Newport (47-1) | Keith Parr | 3-0 | Trine | Salem, Va. |
| 2021 | Virginia Wesleyan (46-6-1) | Brandon Elliott | 9-1 | Texas Lutheran | Salem, Va. |
| 2020 | Canceled due to COVID-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Texas Lutheran(40-8) | Wade Wilson | 6-1 | Emory | Tyler, Texas |
| 2018 | Virginia Wesleyan (55-3) | Brandon Elliott | 3-1 | Illinois Wesleyan | Oklahoma City, Okla. |
| 2017 | Virginia Wesleyan (54-3) | Brandon Elliott | 1-0 | St. John Fisher | Oklahoma City, Okla. |
| 2016 | Texas-Tyler (49-5) | Mike Reed | 7-0 | Messiah | Salem, Va. |
| 2015 | Tufts (51-0) | Cheryl Milligan | 7-4 | Texas-Tyler | Salem, Va. |
| 2014 | Tufts (47-4) | Cheryl Milligan | 6-0 | Salisbury | Tyler, Texas |
| 2013 | *Tufts (46-3) | Cheryl Milligan | 6-5 | Cortland State | Eau Claire, Wis. |
| 2012 | *Pacific Lutheran (45-11) | Erin Van Nostrand | 3-0 | Linfield | Salem, Va. |
| 2011 | Linfield (51-3) | Jackson Vaughan | 6-2 | Christopher Newport | Salem Va. |
| 2010 | East Texas Baptist (40-12) | Janae Schlabs-Shirley | 5-4 | Linfield | Eau Claire, Wisc. |
| 2009 | *Messiah (43-4) | Amy Weaver | 2-0 | Coe | Montclair, N.J. |
| 2008 | *Wisconsin-Eau Claire (36-11) | Leslie Huntington | 4-3 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Salem Va. |
| 2007 | Linfield (45-7) | Jackson Vaughan | 10-2 | Washington-St. Louis | Salem Va. |
| 2006 | *Rutgers-Camden (47-5) | Carl Taylor | 3-2 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | Raleigh, N.C. |
| 2005 | *St. Thomas (Minn.) (43-6) | John Tschida | 9-3 | Salisbury | Raleigh, N.C. |
| 2004 | St. Thomas (Minn.) (46-3) | John Tschida | 2-0 | Moravian | Salem Va. |
| 2003 | Central (Iowa) (39-5-1) | George Wares | 5-3 | Salisbury | Salem Va. |
| 2002 | Ithaca (37-13) | Deb Pallozzi | 1-0 | Lake Forest | Eau Claire, Wisc. |
| 2001 | *Muskingum (47-6) | Donna Newberry | 4-1 | Central (Iowa) | Eau Claire, Wisc. |
| 2000 | *Saint Mary (Minn.) (40-6) | John Tschida | 5-0 | Chapman | Salem Va. |
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