BELLINGHAM, Wash. – For the second consecutive season the Western Washington University softball team is headed to the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament.

 

The Vikings carry a 16-game winning streak and perfect 6-0 postseason record into the best-of-three super regional series beginning Thursday against Cal State San Marcos. WWU entered regional play as the No. 4 seed and CSUSM the No. 3 seed. The opening game of the series is scheduled for noon Thursday at CSUSM Softball Field. A FREE webcast will be provided via FloCollege.

 

WWU advanced to the Super Regional as one of 16 teams remaining in the 64-team national bracket, earning three wins last week at the Hayward pod defeating No. 5 Concordia Irvine and No. 1 Cal State East Bay (twice). This marks the second consecutive trip to the super regional round for the Vikings, defeating Cal State Dominguez Hills in walk-off fashion last year at Viking Field to punch their ticket to the World Series in Longwood, Florida. WWU went on to play in the national championship series earning runner-up honors falling to UT Tyler.

 

The Vikings enter the Super Regional round with a 43-10 overall record, winning 22 of their last 23 games, including a current 16-game winning streak. During the three-game regional last weekend the Vikings out-scored opponents 16-3 with the pitching staff maintaining a 1.00 ERA (3 ER, 21.0 IP) and the defense not committing an error for a perfect fielding percentage. Senior Emma Andrewjeski-Ramirez led the way on offense batting .556 (5-for-9) while homering in all three games. Overall Andrewjeski-Ramirez is batting .386 (56-for-145) with a team-best nine home runs and is hitting .579 (11-for-19, 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 4 BB) in six postseason games.

 

Sophomore third baseman Maleah Andrews leads the team batting .475 overall (77-for-162) with a .585 on-base percentage to rank 4th in the nation. The consensus First Team All-West Region selection and D2CCA West Region Player of the year carries a streak of reaching base safely in 50 consecutive games into the Super Regional.

 

The Vikings are led by one of the best pitching staffs in the nation with the team boasting a 1.89 ERA to rank 9th and 1.09 WHIP to rank 11th in the nation. WWU features three pitchers with 100.0 or more innings pitched, led by sophomore All-West Region selection and GNAC Pitcher of the Year Kaiana Kong with a 12-0 record, 1.47 ERA and seven saves. Sophomore Alli Kimball (16-3, 1.93 ERA) and senior Joie Baker (14-7, 2.10 ERA) also garnered All-Region and All-GNAC honors to round out the starting group.

 

The Vikings offense averages 6.55 runs per game (16th in NCAA II) with a .336 batting average (15th in NCAA II), while the defense has maintained a .973 fielding percentage to rank No. 13 in the nation. WWU's defense has played error-free in 27 of 53 games, including 11 of the last 16 games.

 

WWU is led by seventh-hear head coach Sheryl Gilmore, who has a 210-113 (.650) record at the helm of the program.

 

Here is a look at the West Super Regional Schedule with the best-of-three series played at CSUSM Softball Field on the campus of Cal State San Marcos. The winner of the series advances to the D2 College Softball World Series held May 22-28 at Frost Stadium at Warner Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee:

 

• Thursday, May 15 (Game 1): No. 4 Western Washington at No. 3 Cal State San Marcos, 12 pm
• Friday, May 16 (Game 2): No. 4 Western Washington at No. 3 Cal State San Marcos, 11 am
• Friday, May 16 (Game 3): No. 4 Western Washington at No. 3 Cal State San Marcos, 1:30 pm (if necessary)

 

Here are links on how to follow the 64-team field in the 2025 NCAA Division II Softball Championships:

 

• Super Regional Website
• Live Stats
• Webcast via FloCollege (FREE)
• Tickets
• NCAA Tournament Scoreboard
• NCAA Bracket
• Digital Gameday Program
• NCAA Softball

 

The Vikings (43-10) advance to the best-of-three West Super Regional in the round of 16 of the NCAA II Softball Championships. No. 4 seed WWU will remain on the road traveling to play No. 3 Cal State San Marcos (42-21) Friday-Saturday (May 15-16) at CSUSM Softball Field in San Marcos, California. Links to watch all the action will be made available at wwuvikings.com/Live. The complete 2025 schedule can be viewed online at wwuvikings.com/Team33 with links to season statistics, photo galleries and program history.

 

Here is a look at the Vikings record breakdown for the 2025 season:

 

 

WWU emerged as winner of the Hayward Pod regional going 3-0 with wins over CUI (8-0) and Cal State East Bay (2-1 & 6-2). The Vikings entered the regional as the No. 4 seed, taking down the No. 1 seed and host Pioneers twice to advance to the Super Regional against Cal State San Marcos. WWU advances to face the Cougars in the best-of-three Super Regional played Thursday-Friday in San Marcos, California, with the winner advancing to the NCAA II Championship Finals May 22-28 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

 

 

Thursday, May 8:

Game 1 – No. 1 Cal State East Bay 3, No. 8 Sonoma State 0

Game 2 – No. 4 Western Washington 8, No. 5 Concordia Irvine 0 (6 inn.)

 

Friday, May 9:

Game 3 – No. 4 Western Washington 2, No. 1 Cal State East Bay 1 (8 inn.)

Game 4 – No. 5 Concordia Irvine 6, No. 8 Sonoma State 4 (Sonoma State eliminated)

Game 5 – No. 1 Cal State East Bay 3, No. 5 Concordia Irvine 1 (CUI eliminated)

 

Saturday, May 10:

Game 6 – No. 4 Western Washington 6, No. 1 Cal State East Bay 2 (CSUEB eliminated)

 

 

Thursday, May 8:

Game 1 – No. 2 San Francisco State 5, No. 7 Saint Martin's 3

Game 2 – No. 3 Cal State San Marcos 3, No. 6 Biola 2

Friday, May 9:

Game 3 – No. 2 San Francisco State 13, No. 3 Cal State San Marcos 9

Game 4 – No. 6 Biola 4, No. 7 Saint Maritn's 3 (SMU eliminated)

Game 5 – No. 3 Cal State San Marcos 5, No. 6 Biola 2 (BU eliminated)

Saturday, May 10:

Game 6 – No. 3 Cal State San Marcos 3, No. 2 San Francisco State 2

Game 7 – No. 3 Cal State San Marcos 16, No. 2 San Francisco State 4 (SFSU eliminated)

 

WWU is making its seventh appearance in the NCAA Division II Softball Championships and second consecutive after the historic run to the NCAA II World Series in 2024. Entering the 2024 postseason with one NCAA Tournament victory, the Vikings went 10-5 during the run to the national championship series. Prior to moving to the NCAA level in 1999, WWU won the NAIA World Series in 1998 for the first team national championship in WWU Athletics history. Here is a look at the Vikings game-by-game listing in the NCAA Championships with the regional host site listed next to the year:

 

2003 (Bakersfield, CA):

Lost to UC Davis, 4-2

Lost to Humboldt State, 7-1

 

2007 (Turlock, CA):

Lost to Stanislaus State, 2-0

Lost to Sonoma State, 3-1

 

2011 (Chico, CA):

Lost to Chico State, 3-1

Lost to Central Washington, 8-4

 

2017 (Seaside, CA):

Defeated Cal State Monterey Bay, 5-3

Lost to Dixie State, 5-0

Lost to Sonoma State, 6-4

 

2021 (Irvine, CA):

Lost to Hawai'i Hilo, 3-0

Lost to Central Washington, 9-5

 

2024 (Bellingham, WA):

Defeated Azusa Pacific, 1-0

Lost to Cal State San Marcos, 4-3

Defeated Azusa Pacific, 3-0

Defeated Cal State San Marcos, 7-1

Defeated Cal State San Marcos, 2-1

Defeated Cal State Dominguez Hills, 4-3 (Super Regional)

Lost to Cal State Dominguez Hills, 3-2 (Super Regional)

Defeated Cal State Dominguez Hills, 7-6 (West Region Champions) – 8 innings

Defeated Wilmington (DE), 2-1 (NCAA Championship Finals) – Longwood, FL

Lost to UT Tyler, 10-1 (NCAA Championship Finals) – Longwood, FL

Defeated Auburn Montgomery, 7-1 (NCAA Championship Finals) – Longwood, FL

Defeated UIndy, 2-1 (9 inn.) (NCAA Championship Finals) – Longwood, FL

Defeated UIndy, 7-0 (NCAA Championship Finals) – Longwood, FL

Lost to UT Tyler, 3-0 (NCAA Championship Series) – Longwood, FL

Lost to UT Tyler, 10-1 (NCAA Championship Series) – Longwood, FL

 

2025 (Hayward, CA):

Defeated Concordia Irvine, 8-0

Defeated Cal State East Bay, 2-1

Defeated Cal State East Bay, 6-2

 

WWU extended its winning streak to 16 consecutive games Saturday's 6-2 victory over No. 1 seed Cal State East Bay, improving the 2nd-longest winning streak in program history. It is the second double-digit winning streak this season. The Vikings set the club record twice last season with winning streaks of 13 games (in February) and 17 games (in March/April). Here is a look at the longest winning streaks in the 33 years of WWU Softball:

 

 

The WWU softball program is in its 33rd season in 2025 while coming off a historic 52-12 season in 2024. The Vikings won the 2025 GNAC regular-season title with a 21-3 league record and have won back-to-back GNAC Tournament titles in 2024 and 2025. WWU advanced to the NCAA Division II Championships for the sixth time in program history in 2024, playing on its home field in the NCAA postseason for the first time. WWU won its first West Regional title defeating Cal State San Marcos in the sub-regional and Cal State Dominguez Hills in the Super Regional. The historic season ended playing in the national championship series as part of the NCAA Division II Spring Sports Festival in Longwood, Florida. WWU has posted a winning record 21 times during the 32-year history of the program, which won the 1998 NAIA National Championship in only its sixth season to record the school's first ever team national title.