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 1^10 3 3 – Central Michigan 0 4^8 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 1^9 1^11 — – Rhode Island 0 0 — UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Northwest Regional – Pacific 3 0 3^12 – 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

• Cal State Fullerton
• Indiana
• South Carolina
• Texas A&M
• UCLA
• Missouri
• Louisiana Tech
• Pacific

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	1^12				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

2^12

Texas A&M

1^14

UCLA

0

UCLA

2^17

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	1–0^12	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	2–1^17	South Carolina	South Carolina eliminated
	Game 13	Texas A&M	1–0	Cal State Fullerton
May 29	Game 14	Texas A&M	1–0^17	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

• NCAA Division I Softball Championship
• Women's College World Series
• NCAA Division II Softball Championship
• NCAA Division III Softball Championship
• College World Series

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.