The college softball season is coming to a close in Oklahoma City. On May 31st, the 2018 Women’s College World Series begins and is set to be a true clash of the Titans. The University of Oregon and the University of Florida lead the way as the number 1 and number 2 seeds, respectively.
The Pac-12 conference is the heavy favorite to take home the national championship, as they represent four of the eight schools in OKC. There were no upsets in any of the regional rounds, as all of the top seeds advanced. Watch out for the University of Washington this year, as they started the season 28-0 and were the number one team in the country for nine straight weeks. All game times shown are eastern standard time.
Full bracket can be found here.
Thursday, May 31
Game 1: No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 8 Arizona State/ 12:00 p.m./ ESPN
Game 2: No. 4 Oklahoma vs. No. 5 Washington/ 2:30 p.m./ ESPN
Game 3: No. 2 Florida vs. No. 7 Georgia/ 7 p.m./ ESPN2
Game 4: No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 6 Florida State/ 9:30 p.m./ ESPN2
Friday, June 1
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner/ 7 p.m./ ESPN
Game 6 : Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner/ 9:30 p.m./ ESPN
Saturday, June 2
Game 7 (elimination game): Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser /12:00 p.m./ ESPN
Game 8 (elimination game): Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser/ 2:30 p.m./ ESPN
Game 9 (elimination game): Game 5 loser vs. Game 7 loser /7 p.m./ ESPN
Game 10 (elimination game): Game 6 loser vs. Game 8 winner/ 9:30 p.m./ ESPN
Sunday, June 3
Game 11 (elimination game): Game 5 winner vs. Game 9 winner/ 1 p.m./ ESPN
Game 12 (elimination game): Game 6 winner vs. Game 10 winner/ 3:30 p.m.
Game 13 (if necessary): 7 p.m./ ESPN2
Game 14 (if necessary): 9:30 p.m./ ESPN2
Women’s College World Series Finals (Best of 3) All Games on ESPN
Monday, June 4
Game 1: 7 p.m.
Tuesday, June 5
Game 2: 8 p.m.
Wednesday, June 6
Game 3 (if necessary): 8 p.m.