Trine wins 2023 DIII softball championship
Trine wins 2023 DIII softball championship
Champions! @TrineAthletics #d3sb | #WhyD3 pic.twitter.com/r9PJcRtpNi
— NCAA Division III (@NCAADIII) June 7, 2023
Trine's Carolyn Biel hits a walk-off single to win the 2023 DIII softball championship 1-0 over No. 1 Salisbury.
Alexis Michon threw a complete game shutout for the Thunder, allowing just two hits on 79 pitches. Both teams struggled offensively until Emma Beyer lead off the bottom of the seventh with a single. She then advanced to second, before scoring on Biel's walk-off single down the left field line.
This is Trine's first title in DIII softball, just one year after finishing as the runner-up in the tournament.
DIII softball champion to be crowned today
It all comes down to this. Trine and Salisbury will battle for the DIII softball national title today after Salisbury took a 1-0 lead in Game 1 on Tuesday. Trine responded Wednesday afternoon with a 6-2 victory. Game 3 will be for all the marbles. You can watch live coverage of Game 3 at 5:25 p.m. ET Wednesday, at Taylor Field in Marshall, TX, here on ncaa.com.
Here is today's schedule
- Game 3| Trine 1, Salisbury 0
Click or tap here to view the interactive bracket
Here are the results from Game 1
- Game 1 | Salisbury 4, Trine 2
- Game 2 | Trine 6, Salisbury 2
Trine, Salisbury to meet for DIII softball title
Always the runner-up, never the champion. That changes on Wednesday.
Trine and Salisbury have advanced to the DIII softball championship finals, which is a best-of-three series taking place on June 6 and 7. Neither Trine nor Salisbury have ever won the softball championship, but they have come close.
Trine is the current runner-up, falling short to last year's champion, Chris. Newport last spring. Salisbury has been the runner-up three times, most recently in 2014.
The series will stream live on NCAA.com. Here's a look at the finals schedule and results:
- Tuesday, June 6
- Game 1 | Salisbury 4, Trine 2
- Wednesday, June 7
- Game 2 | Trine vs. Salisbury, 12 p.m. ET
- Game 3| Trine vs. Salisbury, 2:30 p.m. ET (If Trine wins Game 2)
Complete schedule for the DIII softball finals
Only eight teams make it to the DIII softball finals, which start Thursday, June 1 and go to June 7. The last two teams will compete in a three-game championship series. You can watch every game right here on NCAA.com.
Here's how to follow along.
Final scores, stats for DIII super regionals
The 2023 DIII softball championship continued with super regionals on May 26 and 27. The eight winners advance to the finals, which are set for June 1-7 in Marshall, Texas.
Below, get caught up on super regional action:
- ➡️ Follow every game live via our full scoreboard
- ➡️ Click or tap here for the full DIII softball bracket
The super regional winners: Berry, Christopher Newport, Coe, Linfield, Moravian, Rowan, Salisbury and Trine.
Championship selections announced
The NCAA Division III Softball Committee has announced the 62 teams that will compete in the Division III Softball Championship.
The regional round will be held May 18-20. Four teams will compete at 15 regional sites and two teams will compete at one regional site. The team advancing from each regional will compete in the super regional round May 26 and 27. The finals, hosted by East Texas Baptist University, will be held June 1-June 7 at Bell Park at Taylor Field in Marshall, Texas. All rounds will use a double-elimination format, and the two-team regional will play a best of five series.
Forty-three conferences received an automatic qualification (Pool A). One institution was selected from Pool B, which includes independent institutions and schools from conferences that do not meet the automatic qualification criteria. The 18 remaining teams were selected on an at-large basis from automatic qualifying conferences and institutions included in Pool B.
The conferences and teams that received automatic qualification were:
- Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference – Penn State- Altoona
- American Rivers Conference – Wartburg
- American Southwest Conference – East Texas Baptist
- Atlantic East Conference – Cabrini
- Centennial Conference – Swarthmore
- City University of New York Athletic Conference – John Jay
- College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Millikin
- Colonial States Athletic Conference – Rosemont
- Commonwealth Coast Conference – Endicott
- Empire 8 – St. John Fisher
- Great Northeast Athletic Conference – Simmons
- Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Transylvania
- Landmark Conference – Moravian
- Liberty League – Rochester
- Little East Conference – UMass Dartmouth
- Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference – Framingham State
- Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Trine
- Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth – York (PA)
- Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom – Misericordia
- Midwest Conference – Grinnell College
- Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Bethel (Minnesota)
- New England Collegiate Conference – Eastern Nazarene
- New England Small College Athletic Conference – Williams
- New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference –MIT
- New Jersey Athletic Conference – The College of New Jersey
- North Atlantic Conference – Husson
- North Coast Athletic Conference – Hiram
- Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference – Concordia Wisconsin
- Northwest Conference – Linfield
- Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union
- Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Randolph-Macon
- Presidents' Athletic Conference – Waynesburg
- Skyline Conference – Manhattanville
- Southern Athletic Association – Berry
- Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands
- Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – St. Thomas (TX)
- St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference –Spalding
- State University of New York Athletic Conference – SUNY Geneseo
- University Athletic Association- Case Western Reserve
- United East Conference – Penn State-Berks
- Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Wisconsin-Superior
- USA South Athletic Conference – Pfeiffer
- Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin-La Crosse
The 1 institution selected from Pool B was:
Salisbury
The 18 institutions selected from Pool C were:
- Belhaven
- Central (IA)
- Christopher Newport
- Coe
- Eastern Connecticut State
- Lebanon Valley
- Luther
- Mary Hardin-Baylor
- Marietta
- Ramapo
- Roanoke
- Rensselaer
- Rowan
- Texas Lutheran
- Tufts
- Virginia Wesleyan
- Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- Wisconsin-Whitewater
REGIONAL SITES AND HOST INSTITUTIONS (16):
- Angola, Indiana – Trine
- Annville, Pennsylvania- Lebanon Valley
- Ashland, Virginia – Randolph-Macon
- Belton, Texas- Mary-Hardin Baylor
- Cambridge, Massachusetts- MIT
- Cleveland, Ohio – Case Western Reserve
- Marshall, Texas – East Texas Baptist
- Marietta, Ohio- Marietta College
- McMinnville, Oregon- Linfield
- Medford, Massachusetts – Tufts
- Newport News, Virginia – Christopher Newport
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin- Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- Pella, Iowa- Central College (IA)
- Salisbury, Maryland – Salisbury
- Virginia Beach, Virginia- Virginia Wesleyan
- Whitewater, Wisconsin- Wisconsin-Whitewater
Selections are May 15
The field and bracket for the 2023 NCAA DIII softball championship will be announced in a video stream here on NCAA.com at 1 p.m. ET on May 15 and published to the site shortly after that.
The championship is June 1-7 at Taylor Field in Marshall, Texas. Here is the schedule:
Day | DATE | TIME | GAME |
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Thursday | June 1 | noon | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 1 -- TEAMS TBD (Seed # 8 vs. Seed # 1) |
Thursday | June 1 | 2:30 p.m. | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 2 -- TEAMS TBD (Seed # 5 vs. Seed # 4) |
Thursday | June 1 | 5:00 p.m. | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 3 -- TEAMS TBD (Seed # 7 vs. Seed # 2) |
Thursday | June 1 | 7:30 p.m. | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 4 -- TEAMS TBD (Seed # 6 vs. Seed # 3) |
Friday | June 2 | noon | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 5 -- Game No. 1 Loser vs. Game No. 2 Loser |
Friday | June 2 | 2:30 p.m. | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 6 -- Game No. 3 Loser vs. Game No. 4 Loser |
Friday | June 2 | 5 p.m. | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 7 -- Game No. 3 Winner vs. Game No. 4 Winner |
Friday | June 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 8 -- Game No. 1 Winner vs. Game No. 2 Winner |
Saturday | June 3 | noon | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 9 -- Game No. 5 Winner vs. Game No. 8 Loser |
Saturday | June 3 | 2:30 p.m. | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 10 -- Game No. 6 Winner vs. Game No. 7 Loser |
Sunday | June 4 | 1 p.m. | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 11 -- Game No. 7 Winner vs. Game No. 9 Winner |
Sunday | June 4 | 3:30 p.m. | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 12 -- Game No. 8 Winner vs. Game No. 10 Winner |
Sunday | June 4 | 6 p.m. (tentative) | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 13 (if necessary) -- TEAMS TBD (Same Teams as Game No. 11) |
Sunday | June 4 | 8:30 p.m. (tentative) | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 14 (if necessary) -- TEAMS TBD (Same Teams as Game No. 12) |
Tuesday | June 6 | noon | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 15 -- TEAMS TBD (Game No. 11 / 13 Winner vs. Game No. 12 / 14 Winner) |
Wednesday | June 7 | noon | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 16 -- TEAMS TBD (Series Best Two of Three) |
Wednesday | June 7 | 2:30 p.m. (tentative) | Division III Softball Finals - Game No. 17 (If Necessary) -- TEAMS TBD (Series Best Two of Three) |
Past champions
Year | Champion (Record) | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
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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. |
1999 | Simpson (47-4-1) | Henry Christowski | 6-0 | Chapman | Eau Claire, Wisc. |
1998 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point (43-15) | Dean Shuda | 3-1 | Chapman | Salem Va. |
1997 | Simpson (39-7) | Henry Christowski | 2-1 | Montclair State | Eau Claire, Wisc. |
1996 | *TCNJ (41-3) | Sally Miller | 7-2 | Chapman | Salem Va. |
1995 | *Chapman (43-5) | Lesle Lloyd | 4-2 | TCNJ | Storm Lake, Iowa |
1994 | *TCNJ (48-4) | June Walker | 6-5 | Bridgewater State | Salem Va. |
1993 | *Central (Iowa) (38-2) | George Wares | 7-3 | TCNJ | Decatur, Ill. |
1992 | *TCNJ (48-2) | June Walker | 4-0 | Buena Vista | Pella, Iowa |
1991 | *Central (Iowa) (42-6) | George Wares | 4-0 | Eastern Connecticut State | Willimantic, Conn. |
1990 | Eastern Connecticut State (34-5) | Jeff Anderson | 1-0 | TCNJ | Storm Lake, Iowa |
1989 | *TCNJ (46-3) | June Walker | 8-7 | Eastern Connecticut State | Ewing, N.J. |
1988 | Central (Iowa) (35-10) | George Wares | 3-2 | Allegheny | Elmherst, Ill. |
1987 | *TCNJ (46-3) | June Walker | 1-0 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Willimantic, Conn. |
1986 | Eastern Connecticut State (36-11) | Clyde Washburne | 1-0 | Central (Iowa) | Storm Lake, Iowa |
1985 | Eastern Connecticut State (39-9) | Clyde Washburne | 1-0 | TCNJ | Willimantic, Conn. |
1984 | *Buena Vista (29-8-1) | Marge Willadsen | 3-1 | TCNJ | De Pere, Wisc. |
1983 | TCNJ (41-7) | June Walker | 7-0 | Buena Vista | Willimantic, Conn. |
1982 | *Eastern Connecticut State (27-10) | Clyde Washburne | 2-0 | TCNJ | Ewing, N.J. |
*Indicates undefeated teams in finals series