1987 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

1987 NCAA Division I
Softball Tournament

Teams

WCWS Site

Seymour Smith Park
Omaha, NE

Champions

Texas A&M (2nd (3rd overall) title)

Runner-Up

UCLA (5th WCWS Appearance)

Winning coach

Bob Brock (2nd title)

NCAA Softball Tournaments

«1986

1988»

The 1987 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was held in May as the conclusion of the 1987 NCAA Division I sofbtall 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 1987 Women's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The event, held from May 20 to 24, was the sixth NCAA-sponsored championship in the sport of college softball at the Division I level. Texas A&M won the championship by defeating UCLA 4–1 in the final game.^[1]^[2]

Regionals

At-Large Regional
–	Arizona State	5	5	—
–	Arizona	3	0	—

Arizona State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Northwest Regional
–	UCLA	1	2	—
–	Long Beach State	0	0	—

UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Northeast Regional
–	Fresno State	3	5	—
–	California	0	2	—

Fresno State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Midwest Regional
–	Nebraska	6	3⁹	—
–	Utah	0	2	—

Nebraska qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

West Regional
–	Cal State Fullerton	2	3	—
–	Cal Poly Pomona	1	0	—

Cal State Fullerton qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

South Regional
–	Florida State	1⁹	3¹³	—
–	Adelphi	0	1	—

Florida State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Central Regional
–	Texas A&M	4	2	—
–	Louisiana Tech	0	1	—

Texas A&M qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Mideast Regional
–	Central Michigan	0	7	5¹¹
–	Northwestern	2	0	4

Central Michigan qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Women's College World Series

Participants

Game results

Bracket

First Round			Second Round			Third Round

Winner's Bracket
	UCLA	1⁹
	Arizona State	0
				UCLA	3
				Nebraska	0
	Nebraska	1
	Fresno State	0
							UCLA	1
							Texas A&M	0
	Cal State Fullerton	3
	Florida State	0
				Cal State Fullerton	1
				Texas A&M	2¹³
	Texas A&M	3
	Central Michigan	0
			Loser's Bracket
				Arizona State	0
				Fresno State	3		Cal State Fullerton	2
							Fresno State	1
				Florida State	0
				Central Michigan	1		Nebraska	2
							Central Michigan	1

Semifinals			Finals			if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals
	UCLA	2					Texas A&M	4
	Cal State Fullerton	1					UCLA	1
				UCLA	0
				Texas A&M	1
	Texas A&M	4
	Nebraska	0

Game log

Date	Game	Winning team	Score	Losing team	Notes
May 20	Game 1	UCLA	1–0⁹	Arizona State
May 20	Game 2	Nebraska	1–0	Fresno State
May 21	Game 3	Cal State Fullerton	3–0	Florida State
May 21	Game 4	Texas A&M	3–0	Central Michigan
May 22	Game 5	Fresno State	3–0	Arizona State	Arizona State eliminated
	Game 6	Central Michigan	1–0	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 7	UCLA	3–0	Nebraska
	Game 8	Texas A&M	2–1¹³	Cal State Fullerton
May 23	Game 9	Nebraska	2–1	Central Michigan	Central Michigan eliminated
	Game 10	Cal State Fullerton	2–1	Fresno State	Fresno State eliminated
	Game 11	UCLA	1–0	Texas A&M
	Game 12	Texas A&M	4–0	Nebraska	Nebraska eliminated
	Game 13	UCLA	1–0	Cal State Fullerton	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
May 24	Game 14	Texas A&M	1–0	UCLA
May 24	Game 15	Texas A&M	4–1	UCLA	Texas A&M wins WCWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos	Name	School
P	Shawn Andaya	Texas A&M
P	Lisa Longaker	UCLA
1B	Gena Strang	Fresno State
2B	Julie Smith	Texas A&M
3B	Janice Parks	UCLA
SS	Liz Mizera	Texas A&M
OF	Karen Walker	UCLA
OF	Sandra Arledge	UCLA
OF	Chenita Rogers	Cal State Fullerton
C	Kris Tipmore	Central Michigan
AL	Lisa Hankerd	UCLA
AL	Shauna Wattenberg	UCLA

References

↑ 2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
↑ 2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
↑ 2014 WCWS Records: All-Time Tournament Records and Results (PDF). NCAA. p. 3. Retrieved April 20, 2015.

NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and Women's College World Series

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1986–87 NCAA Division I championships

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