1982 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

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1982 NCAA Division I
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
  1983»

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                    
   
 Gm  Arizona State  2 °  
 Arizona State  2
  1  Cal State-Fullerton  0 °        
 
   Arizona State  0
 Game 5 (loser to Game 11)      
 Gm  Creighton  2 ^    Game 12
 Nebraska  0
  2  Nebraska  3 ^      UCLA  1 §
     
   Cal State-Fullerton  0 §  
       
 Gm  Oklahoma State  1 †  Game 9 (loser to Game 13)  
 UCLA  1
  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

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See also: 1982 AIAW Women's College World Series and AIAW Champions § Fastpitch Softball

References

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