2023 NCAA Softball Tournament

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https://www.ncaa.com/sports/softball/d1

Website I use during the season you can also see the bracket for the tournament.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/softball/article/2023-05-12/2023-womens-college-world-series-dates-bracket-schedule-ncaa-softball-championship#:~:text=Each regional tournament will be,%2C or May 26-28.

Thought I would also provide the format for how the tournament works. I believe it is top 16 that get to host a regional.

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Only 3 Big Ten teams got in Northwestern, Indiana, and Minnesota. 

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My apologies 4 I forgot Nebraska. Alabama as the five is interesting to me.

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After 3 1/2 innings Hoosiers hold a 4-1 lead after Copeland escaped from a bases loaded situation unscathed.  Louisville scored its run on a solo HR by the very first batter Copeland faced.  Stone with an RBI single in our first tied it up.  We picked up another run in the 2nd on a Benson RBI single.  We picked up 2 more in the 3rd on consecutive solo HRs from Stone and Copeland.  

 

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6 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

After 3 1/2 innings Hoosiers hold a 4-1 lead after Copeland escaped from a bases loaded situation unscathed.  Louisville scored its run on a solo HR by the very first batter Copeland faced.  Stone with an RBI single in our first tied it up.  We picked up another run in the 2nd on a Benson RBI single.  We picked up 2 more in the 3rd on consecutive solo HRs from Stone and Copeland.  

 

Been a fun game so far 

[LamarCheeks 18,946]

I feel like we're a marathoner who's hit the wall and is struggling to finish those final .2 miles. 

Just two more outs ... 

[maharkn 1,736]

Copeland chokes again

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HOOSIERS WIN!!!

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

4-3 Hoosiers win and advance.

Louisville got a run in the 6th and a leadoff HR in its 7th.  Copeland got the next batter to ground out but then walked the tying run  and that brought Macy Montgomery in to pitch.  A force out at second and a ground out ended the game.

We had 10 hits in the game as Stone and Benson each went 2-3.  

We play tomorrow at 1:00 against the winner of Northern KY vs Tennessee

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1 minute ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

4-3 Hoosiers win and advance.

Louisville got a run in the 6th and a leadoff HR in its 7th.  Copeland got the next batter to ground out but then walked the tying run  and that brought Macy Montgomery in to pitch.  A force out at second and a ground out ended the game.

We had 10 hits in the game as Stone and Benson each went 2-3.  

We play tomorrow at 1:00 against the winner of Northern KY vs Tennessee

Thought a couple pitches on that walk were awfully close ... Regardless, we got out of it. 

Winners' bracket -- it's like, better than the losers' bracket! (paraphrasing Nuke LaLoosh). 

[kreigh8 2,060]

First IU softball game I’ve ever seen but that Copeland HR was absolutely smoked. Was surprised to hear where IU racks up in team HRs nationally

[Hoosierfan1901 6,301]

L’s down

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

Tennessee (45-8) defeated Northern KY 12-0 and will be our 1:00 Saturday opponent.

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Mother Nature may not be in a very cooperative mood today,.  Current forecast indicates rain moving in around 1:30 and hanging around until 10:00 pm. and radar indicates quite a wide band of rain located just west of Knoxville.

We're going with Copeland again today.  Game to be televised on ESPN+.

Audio

ESPN Gamecast

 

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Great start.  Kern with a first inning solo HR, her 23rd of the season.

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Well this sucks.  Just like last night, the leadoff batter cracks a HR off Copeland and our lead was all too brief.

And TN crushes another first inning HR off Copeland and it's 3-1. 

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Rain delay in the 3rd with Copeland at bat with 2 outs and the bases loaded and trailing 5-1.