1983 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

1983 NCAA Division I
Softball Tournament
Teams 8
WCWS Site Seymour Smith Park
Omaha, NE
Champions Texas A&M (1st NCAA (2nd overall) WCWS title)
Runner-Up Cal State Fullerton (2nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach Bob Brock (1st NCAA (2nd overall) WCWS title)
Attendance 16,174
NCAA Softball Tournaments
«1982  1984»

The 1983 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament were held in May at the end of the 1983 NCAA Division I softball season. Sixteen Division I college softball teams competed in the NCAA tournament's first round, which consisted of eight regionals with two teams each. The winner of each region, a total of eight teams, advanced to the 1983 Women's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The 1983 Women's College World Series was the second NCAA-sponsored championship in the sport of college softball at the Division I level. The event was held in Omaha, Nebraska from May 25 through May 29 and marked the conclusion of the 1983 NCAA Division I softball season. Texas A&M won the championship by defeating Cal State Fullerton 2–1 in the final game.[1][2]

Regionals

West Regional
Cal State Fullerton 6 0 6
New Mexico 0 4 0
  • Cal State Fullerton qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

Mideast Regional
Indiana 3 0 6
Cal Poly Pomona 2 1 1
  • Indiana qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

South Regional
South Carolina 110 3 3
Central Michigan 0 48 0
  • South Carolina qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

Central Regional
Texas A&M 5 1
Kansas 0 0
  • Texas A&M qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Midwest Regional
Missouri 1 3 1
SW Missouri State 3 0 0
  • Missouri qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

Northeast Regional
UCLA 19 111
Rhode Island 0 0
  • UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Northwest Regional
Pacific 3 0 312
Fresno State 1 2 0
  • Pacific qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

Atlantic Regional
Louisiana Tech 2 9
Penn State 0 1
  • Louisiana Tech qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Women's College World Series

Participants

Game results

Bracket

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
   Cal State Fullerton 3  
   Indiana 2    
       Cal State Fullerton 2  
       South Carolina 0    
   South Carolina 2          
   Texas A&M 0        
       Cal State Fullerton 6
       UCLA 1
   UCLA 1        
   Missouri 0          
       UCLA 8    
       Louisiana Tech 0  
   Louisiana Tech 7    
   Pacific 0  
  Loser's Bracket
   Indiana 0  
   Texas A&M 1      Louisiana Tech 0
     Texas A&M 2
   Missouri 0  
   Pacific 112      South Carolina 2
     Pacific 1
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
   Cal State Fullerton 0        Cal State Fullerton 0
   Texas A&M 1            Texas A&M 212
       Texas A&M 114    
       UCLA 0  
   UCLA 217    
   South Carolina 1  

Game log

Date Game Winning team Score Losing team Notes
May 25 Game 1 Cal State Fullerton 3–2 Indiana
Game 2 South Carolina 2–0 Texas A&M
May 26 Game 3 UCLA 1–0 Missouri
Game 4 Louisiana Tech 7–0 Pacific
May 27 Game 5 Texas A&M 1–0 Indiana Indiana eliminated
Game 6 Pacific 1–012 Missouri Missouri eliminated
Game 7 Cal State Fullerton 2–0 South Carolina
Game 8 UCLA 8–0 Louisiana Tech
May 28 Game 9 South Carolina 2–1 Pacific Pacific eliminated
Game 10 Texas A&M 2–0 Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech eliminated
Game 11 Cal State Fullerton 6–1 UCLA
Game 12 UCLA 2–117 South Carolina South Carolina eliminated
Game 13 Texas A&M 1–0 Cal State Fullerton
May 29 Game 14 Texas A&M 1–017 UCLA
Game 15 Texas A&M 12 Cal State Fullerton Texas A&M wins WCWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team[3]

Pos Name School
1B Sheila Cornell UCLA
2B Patti Holthaus Texas A&M
3B Cindy Cooper Texas A&M
SS Dot Richardson UCLA
OF Iva Jackson Texas A&M
OF Elise King Cal St. Fullerton
OF Mary Ricks UCLA
OF Vera Bahr Cal St. Fullerton
P Susan LeFebvre Cal St. Fullerton
P Lori Stoll Texas A&M
C Gay McNutt Texas A&M
DH Cindy Long South Carolina

See also

References

  1. 2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  2. 2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  3. 2014 WCWS Records: All-Time Tournament Records and Results (PDF). NCAA. p. 2. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
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