The 2024 DIII softball finals are here. Bellhaven and East Texas Baptist will compete for a chance at a national title.
The 2024 DIII softball championship began with the selection show on Monday, May 13, streamed live on krikya18.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) at Bell Park at Taylor Field in Marshall, TX.
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2024 NCAA DIII softball championship bracket
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2024 NCAA DIII softball championship schedule
All times in ET.
- 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 2:30 p.m. | Watch live
Selection show | Monday, May 13
Regionals | Thursday, May 16 — Saturday, May 18
- East Texas Baptist Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Friday, May 17
- Saturday, May 18
- Husson Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Game 1 — No. 4 Framingham State 3, No. 1 Husson 1
- Game 2 — No. 3 Williams 9, No. 2 Rensselaer 0
- Friday, May 17
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 3 Williams 4, No. 1 Husson 0
- Thursday, May 16
- Trine Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Friday, May 17
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 1 Trine 8, No. 3 Mount Union 0
- Oshkosh Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Friday, May 17
- Saturday, May 18
- Christopher Newport Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- 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
- 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
- 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
- DePauw Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- 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
- 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 Greenville 4
- Saturday, May 18
- Game 6 — No. 2 Belhaven 2, No. 1 WashU 1
- Thursday, May 16
- Virginia Wesleyan Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Friday, May 17
- Saturday, May 18
- Central Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Friday, May 17
- Saturday, May 18
- Huntingdon Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Saturday, May 18
- Sunday, May 19
- Game 5 — No. 1 Berry 5, No. 3 Transylvania 0
- Game 6 — No. 1. Berry 7, No. 4 Maryville (TN) 6
- Tufts Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Friday, May 17
- 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
- Salisbury Regional
- Thursday, May 16
- Friday, May 17
- Saturday, May 18
- 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, Belhaven 1
- Game 3 if necessary — Belhaven 3, Berry 2
- Belhaven advances
- Thursday, May 23
- Trine Super Regional
- Thursday, May 23
- Game 1 — Trine 9, Wis.-Oshkosh 0
- Friday, May 24
- Game 2 — Wis.-Oshkosh 3, Trine 1
- Game 3 if necessary — Wis.-Oshkosh 5, Trine 2
- Wis. -Oshkosh advances
- Thursday, May 23
- Salisbury Super 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 Baptist Super 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 3 if 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 Wesleyan Super 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
- Sunday, June 2
- 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 — (6) Belhaven 4, (2) East Texas Baptist 3 | 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 |
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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. |
Check out the full list of DIII softball champions since 1982.