Category Archives: National Championship

MICHIGAN WINS WORLD SERIES; CHATLOSH MVP

The Michigan Wolverines are the 2025 NCSA Division I National Champions!  The defeated the University of California-Davis Aggies, 8-7 to claim their first ever National Championship.  They were down 6-0 but clawed their way back making it 7-6 heading into the top of the 7th.  UC Davis evened the score at 7-7 in the top of the 7th, but Michigan’s Shaylin Ciaramitaro hit a walk off single to drive in Taylor Daniels to win the game 8-7.  Ava Chatlosh was named Most Valuable Player after putting the Wolverines ahead 7-6 in the bottom of the 6th.  In total, she had a double, triple and 4 RBI’s in the Championship game helping lead the Wolverines to the Championship!

FINALIZED BRACKET HERE

DOUBLE ELIMINTAION HAS BEGUN

The double elimination portion of the 2025 NCSA DI World Series has begun.  Click HERE for updated scores and matchups.

POOL PLAY FINISHED; DOUBLE ELIM FINALIZED

Pool Play has finished and the Double Elimination Portion of the Tournament will be underway at 3:00pm EST here at South Commons Softball Complex.  Your pool play #1 Michigan goes 3-0 in pool play and heads into the double elimination portion of the tournament as the #1 overall seed.  Check out the updated bracket HERE.

NCSA DI WORLD SERIES DAY 1

Day 1 of the 2025 NCSA DI World Series is in the books.  Lots of great action from South Commons but so much more to come.  Pool Play will conclude tomorrow morning and the double elimination portion of the tournament will start at 3pm.  Check out the updated pool play scores HERE.

NCSA DI WORLD SERIES POOL PLAY SCHEDULE RELEASED

The 2025 NCSA DI Opening Round Pool Play Schedule has been released.  The 2025 NCSA DI World Series will begin on Thursday, May 15th with the first two rounds of pool play for each team. The third round of pool play will be played the morning of Friday, May 16th. After the conclusion of Pool Play, teams will be re-seeded and the Double-Elimination portion of the tournament will begin in the afternoon of Friday, May 16th and continue until a National Champion is declared on Sunday, May 18th.

Be sure to go to the NCSA DI World Series Page for more information.

DI WORLD SERIES TICKETS NOW ON SALE

All fans interested in attending the 2025 NCSA DI World Series will need to purchase online tickets prior to arrival.  No worries, we still offer day passes and full tournament passes through the online ticketing platform.  Should you arrive at the entry gate without an online ticket, you will be directed to this very online ticketing platform as there will be NO ON-SITE TICKET SALES.  These new procedures should help with expediting entry into the complex for all spectators.

Programs can be purchased on the online ticketing platform and can be picked up at the front gate upon your arrival.  Programs will also be available for purchase at the souvenir stand for the duration of the tournament – while supplies last.

CLICK HERE to purchase tickets!

REGIONALS DAY 2: WS FIELD SET!

It wasn’t how we drew it up, but with hard work and determination, all 8 NCSA DI Regional Tournaments, we played and Champions were crowned!  Huge shoutout to our Regional Directors, Umpires and Field Crews for making this weekend possible.  Congratulations to the following teams for winning their respective Regional and punching their ticket to the NCSA DI World Series.  They’ll have a opportunity to become National Champions in just a couple weeks.

  • University of Illinois  – Great American Regional Champion
  • University of Michigan – Great Lakes Regional Champion
  • University of North Carolina – Mid-Atlantic Regional Champion
  • U.S. Air Force Academy – Mid-America Regional Champion
  • Sacred Heart University – New England Regional Champion
  • St. Bonaventure – North Atlantic Regional Champion
  • University of California-Davis – Pacific Regional Champion
  • University of South Carolina – South Atlantic Regional Champion

Luckily for the runner-up’s at this years regionals, they too will have an opportunity to win a National Championship.  Congrats are in order for Ohio University, Wisconsin, NC State, Colorado, Cornell, TCNJ, Oregon and Florida State.

It was an action packed weekend of softball, so be sure to click HERE to see how everything went down at the 2025 NCSA DI Regional Tournaments.

Tomorrow, the opening round pool play bracket for the NCSA DI World Series will be released, so be sure to stay tuned and check back often!

NCSA DI REGIONALS: DAY 1

Huge shoutout to all the Regional Directors that put on a show today!  Mother Nature is an absolute STUD!  She’s undefeated and threw a lot of curveballs our way today, but our Regionals Directors, Field Crews, Umpires and Teams we’re up to the task!

While the North Atlantic Regional did not get played today, it will be picked up tomorrow, bright and early at 9am!  Fields look great and weather should cooperate!  We had a delayed start in the New England, but are almost on schedule there heading into tomorrow and we also have a Regional Champion after Day 1.  Our defending National Champs, Air Force were forced to play their Championship Game today due to inclement weather forecasted through the night and into tomorrow in the Mid-America Region.  They defeated their conference rival Colorado in the Championship Game.  That said, Colorado also punched their ticket to the World Series.

Since we on that note, we also want to congratulate the following teams for qualifying for the NCSA DI World Series: University of Illinois, Ohio University, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, North Carolina State University, Sacred Heart University, University of California – Davis, University of Oregon, University of South Carolina and Florida State University.  They’ve all punched their tickets to the World Series.  Four spots still up for grabs and Regional Championships still to play for.  Regional Championship Sunday starts bright and early!

Click HERE for the updated Regional Brackets!

RAWLINGS FINAL NCSA DI TOP 20

It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish and the United States Air Force Academy is the #1 team in the country when it matters the most.  They claim the top spot unanimously in the Rawlings Final NCSA DI Top 20. and now will be the team to beat in 24/25.

This is the first time Air Force claims the #1 spot after sitting at #2 in the previous polls.  The lowest position they ever were was #12 in the Week 3 Top 20.  They consistently rose in the rankings from each week culminating at the top spot in the Final Top 20 Poll of the 23-24 season.

Hats off to all the NCSA Teams from the 2023-2024 season.  See you all next year as were just a few short months away from first pitch of the 2024-2025 season!

WEBER WINS MVP!

Your 2024 NCSA Division I World Series MVP is Senior Lindsey Weber from the U.S. Air Force Academy!  Not only did Lindsey excel all tournament long, she hit a game tying single with two outs in the bottom of the 7th inning to tie the game up at 1.  Air Force eventually finished the job in the bottom of the 8th to claim the National Championship.