1982 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
| Softball Tournament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 8 | ||
| WCWS Site | Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE | ||
| Champions | UCLA (1st NCAA (2nd overall) WCWS title) | ||
| Runner-Up | Fresno State (1st WCWS Appearance) | ||
| Winning coach | Sharron Backus (1st NCAA (2nd overall) WCWS title) | ||
NCAA Softball Tournaments
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The finals of the 1982 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament were held from May 27 through May 30.[1] 16 Division I college softball teams met in the NCAA tournament's first round at campus sites. After having played their way through the regular season and first round (and for Oklahoma State, a conference tournament, an AIAW regional title and double losses to Texas A&M in the AIAW Women's College World Series final on May 25), the eight advancing teams played in the NCAA Women's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
Teams
These eight teams met at Seymour Smith Park to decide the 1982 NCAA Division I Softball Championship:
- Arizona State
- Cal State-Fullerton
- Creighton
- Nebraska
- Oklahoma State
- UCLA
- Fresno State
- Western Michigan
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Winners' Bracket
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| Gm | Arizona State | 2 ° | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 2
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| 1 | Cal State-Fullerton | 0 ° | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Game 5 (loser to Game 11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gm | Creighton | 2 ^ | Game 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 0
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| 2 | Nebraska | 3 ^ | UCLA | 1 § | ||||||||||||||||
| Cal State-Fullerton | 0 § | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gm | Oklahoma State | 1 † | Game 9 (loser to Game 13) | |||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 1
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| 3 | UCLA | 2 † | ||||||||||||||||||
| Game 6 (loser to Game 10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gm | Fresno State | 0 | Championship | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Western Michigan | 5 | UCLA | 2 ^ | * | |||||||||||||||
| Losers' Bracket | Fresno State | 0 ^ | * | |||||||||||||||||
| Cal State-Fullerton | 4 ^ | Game 10 (winner to Game 12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State-Fullerton | 1 ^ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Game 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 0 ^ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 1 ^ | Game 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 0 ‡ | Game 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Game 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 1 ‡ | |||||||||||||||||||
- ° 9 innings
- ^ 8 innings
- † 13 innings[2]
- ‡ 14 innings
- § 10 innings
- * A second final game was not necessary.
- Note: Game numbers shown above do not necessarily indicate the order of the games' starting times.
Championship Game
| School | Top Batter | Stats. |
|---|---|---|
| UCLA Bruins | Debbie Hauer (1B) | 0-3 RBI 2Ks |
| Fresno State Bulldogs | Sandi Taylor (2B) | 1-2 BB |
| School | Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | AB | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA Bruins | Debbie Doom | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 27 |
| Fresno State Bulldogs | Wende Ward | 8.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 |
See also
References
- ↑ "NCAA Championship Archives, 1982 Softball Women's Division I". Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "Cowgirls Lose 2-1 to Bruins". 28 May 1982. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
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