2000 NCAA Division II softball tournament
{{Infobox NCAA Softball Conference Tournament
| Year=2000
| Conference=NCAA Division II
| ShortConference=NCAA Division II
| Division=II
| Gender=Women's
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| Teams=
| Format= Double-elimination tournament
| Ballpark=South Commons Softball Complex
| City={{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)|1956}} Columbus, Georgia
| Champions=North Dakota State
| TitleCount=1st
| RunnerUp=Kennesaw State
| RunnerUpGameCount=3rd
| Coach=Mitch Hanson
| CoachCount=1st
| MVP=
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| Attendance=6,227
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The 2000 NCAA Division II softball tournament was the 19th annual postseason tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of softball among its Division II members in the United States, held at the end of the 2000 NCAA Division II softball season.{{cite web |title=DIVISION II SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK |url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/SB_Records/D2champs.pdf |website=NCAA.org |publisher=NCAA |access-date=23 July 2024}}
The final, eight-team double elimination tournament, also known as the Division II Women's College World Series, was played at the South Commons Softball Complex in Columbus, Georgia.
Emerging from the winner's bracket, North Dakota State defeated Kennesaw State in a single game championship series, 3–1, to capture the Bison's first Division II national title.
Bracket
=College World Series=
{{8TeamBracket-2Elim|style = 2
| RD1=First Round
| RD2=Second Rounda
| RD2b=Second Round
| RD3=Third Round
| RD3b=Third Round
| RD4=Semifinals
| RD5=Championship
| seeds=no
| team-width=155
| score-width=30
| boldwinner=high
| byes=no
| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01=Lewis (IL)
| RD1-score01=1
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02=North Dakota State
| RD1-score02=9
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03=Bloomsburg
| RD1-score03=6
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04=Merrimack
| RD1-score04=0
| RD1-seed05=
| RD1-team05=UC Davis
| RD1-score05=11
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06=West Florida
| RD1-score06=10
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07=Kennesaw State
| RD1-score07=6
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08=Mesa State
| RD1-score08=3
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01=North Dakota State
| RD2-score01=3
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02=Bloomsburg
| RD2-score02=1
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03=UC Davis
| RD2-score03=0
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04=Kennesaw State
| RD2-score04=1
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05=Lewis (IL)
| RD2-score05=0
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06=Merrimack
| RD2-score06=3
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07=West Florida
| RD2-score07=12
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08=Mesa State
| RD2-score08=4
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01=North Dakota State
| RD3-score01=10
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02=Kennesaw State
| RD3-score02=5
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03=UC Davis
| RD3-score03=4
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04=Merrimack
| RD3-score04=3
| RD3-seed05=
| RD3-team05=Bloomsburg
| RD3-score05=6
| RD3-seed06=
| RD3-team06=West Florida
| RD3-score06=4
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01=North Dakota State
| RD4-score01=6
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02=UC Davis
| RD4-score02=1
| RD4-seed03=
| RD4-team03=Kennesaw State
| RD4-score03=7
| RD4-seed04=
| RD4-team04=Bloomsburg
| RD4-score04=1
| RD5-seed01=
| RD5-team01=North Dakota State
| RD5-score01=3
| RD5-seed02=
| RD5-team02=Kennesaw State
| RD5-score02=1
| RD6-seed01=
| RD6-team01=
| RD6-score01=
| RD6-seed02=
| RD6-team02=
| RD6-score02=
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All-tournament team
- Liza Pepper, 1B, Bloomsburg
- Tanya Heath, 2B, Bloomsburg
- Nikki Flynn-Gregg, SS, North Dakota State
- Christine Hochdorfer, 3B, Kennesaw State
- Michelle Wiest, OF, North Dakota State
- Sheryl Marshall, OF, Merrimack
- Shyamala White, OF, UC Davis
- Julie Fromm, P, North Dakota State
- Lacey Gardner, P, Kennesaw State
- Melanie Anderson, C, Bloomsburg
- Gerice Olson, DP, North Dakota State
- Audra Thomas, AL, Kennesaw State
- Seeley Bair, AL, UC Davis
See also
References
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