1984 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
The 1984 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the third annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball for the 1984 NCAA Division I softball season. Held during May 1984, sixteen Division I college softball teams contested the NCAA tournament's first round. Featuring eight regionals with two teams each, the winner of each region, a total of eight teams, advanced to the 1984 Women's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The 1984 Women's College World Series was the third NCAA-sponsored championship in the sport of college softball at the Division I level. The event was held in Omaha, Nebraska from May 23 through May 29 and marked the conclusion of the 1984 NCAA Division I softball season. UCLA won the championship by defeating Texas A&M 1–0 in the final game.[1][2]
Teams | 16 |
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Champions | UCLA (2nd NCAA (3rd overall) WCWS title) |
Runner-up | Texas A&M (2nd WCWS Appearance) |
Winning coach | Sharron Backus (2nd NCAA (3rd overall) WCWS title) |
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Regionals
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Women's College World Series
Participants
- Adelphi
- Cal Poly Pomona
- Fresno State
- Nebraska
- Northwestern
- Texas A&M
- UCLA
- Utah State
Game results
Bracket
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | |||||||||||
Winner's Bracket | |||||||||||||
UCLA | 6 | ||||||||||||
Utah State | 0 | ||||||||||||
UCLA | 19 | ||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | ||||||||||||
Northwestern | 1 | ||||||||||||
Adelphi | 0 | ||||||||||||
UCLA | 0 | ||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 28 | ||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 120 | ||||||||||||
Cal Poly Pomona | 0 | ||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 5 | ||||||||||||
Nebraska | 2 | ||||||||||||
Nebraska | 2 | ||||||||||||
Fresno State | 0 | ||||||||||||
Loser's Bracket | |||||||||||||
Utah State | 0 | ||||||||||||
Adelphi | 1 | Nebraska | 2 | ||||||||||
Adelphi | 1 | ||||||||||||
Cal Poly Pomona | 0 | ||||||||||||
Fresno State | 1 | Northwestern | 3 | ||||||||||
Fresno State | 0 |
Semifinals | Finals | if needed | |||||||||||
Re-ordered Semi-finals | |||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 113 | Texas A&M | 0 | ||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | UCLA | 113 | ||||||||||
Texas A&M | 0 | ||||||||||||
UCLA | 1 | ||||||||||||
UCLA | 18 | ||||||||||||
Nebraska | 0 |
Game log
Date | Game | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Notes |
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May 23 | Game 1 | UCLA | 6–0 | Utah State | |
Game 2 | Northwestern | 1–0 | Adelphi | ||
May 24 | Game 3 | Texas A&M | 1–020 | Cal Poly Pomona | |
May 25 | Game 4 | Nebraska | 2–0 | Fresno State | |
Game 5 | Adelphi | 1–0 | Utah State | Utah State eliminated | |
May 26 | Game 6 | Fresno State | 1–012 | Cal Poly Pomona | Cal Poly Pomona eliminated |
Game 7 | UCLA | 1–09 | Northwestern | ||
Game 8 | Nebraska | 5–2 | Texas A&M | ||
May 27 | Game 9 | Northwestern | 3–08 | Fresno State | Fresno State eliminated |
Game 10 | Nebraska | 2–1 | Adelphi | Adelphi eliminated | |
May 28 | Game 11 | Texas A&M | 2–08 | UCLA | |
Game 12 | UCLA | 1–08 | Nebraska | Nebraska eliminated | |
Game 13 | Texas A&M | 1–013 | Northwestern | Northwestern eliminated | |
May 29 | Game 14 | UCLA | 1–0 | Texas A&M | |
Game 15 | UCLA | 1–013 | Texas A&M | UCLA wins WCWS |
Championship Game
School | Top Batter | Stats. |
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UCLA Bruins | Tricia Ming (DP) | 2-6 RBI HR |
Texas A&M Aggies | Pattie Holthaus (2B) | 1-4 |
School | Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | AB | BF |
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UCLA Bruins | Debbie Doom (W) | 13.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 44 | 47 |
Texas A&M Aggies | Yvette Lopez | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
Texas A&M Aggies | Shawn Andaya (L) | 10.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 39 |
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team[4]
Pos | Name | School |
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P | Shawn Andaya | Texas A&M |
Debbie Doom | UCLA | |
Lisa Ishikawa | Northwestern | |
1B | Denice Feldhaus | Nebraska |
2B | Jennifer Simm | UCLA |
3B | Anne Schroeder | Nebraska |
SS | Leslie Rover | UCLA |
OF | Peg Richardson | Nebraska |
Regina Dooley | Adelphi | |
Josie Carter | Texas A&M | |
C | Gay McNutt | Texas A&M |
DH | Tricia Mang | UCLA |
See also
- NCAA Division I Softball Championship
- Women's College World Series
- NCAA Division II Softball Championship
- NCAA Division III Softball Championship
- College World Series
References
- 2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- 2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- "1984 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 15". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- 2014 WCWS Records: All-Time Tournament Records and Results (PDF). NCAA. p. 2. Retrieved February 13, 2015.