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]

1984 NCAA Division I
Softball Tournament
Teams16
Finals site
ChampionsUCLA (2nd NCAA (3rd overall) WCWS title)
Runner-upTexas A&M (2nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning coachSharron Backus (2nd NCAA (3rd overall) WCWS title)
MOP()

Regionals

Women's College World Series

Participants

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 125        
  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 Semifinals
  Texas A&M 114       Texas A&M 0
  Northwestern 0           UCLA 113
      Texas A&M 0    
      UCLA 1  
  UCLA 18    
  Nebraska 0  

Game log
DateGameWinning teamScoreLosing teamNotes
May 23Game 1UCLA6–0Utah State
Game 2Northwestern1–0Adelphi
May 24Game 3Texas A&M1–025Cal Poly Pomona
May 25Game 4Nebraska2–0Fresno State
Game 5Adelphi1–0Utah StateUtah State eliminated
May 26Game 6Fresno State1–012Cal Poly PomonaCal Poly Pomona eliminated
Game 7UCLA1–09Northwestern
Game 8Nebraska5–2Texas A&M
May 27Game 9Northwestern3–08Fresno StateFresno State eliminated
Game 10Nebraska2–1AdelphiAdelphi eliminated
May 28Game 11Texas A&M2–08UCLA
Game 12UCLA1–08NebraskaNebraska eliminated
Game 13Texas A&M1–013NorthwesternNorthwestern eliminated
May 29Game 14UCLA1–0Texas A&M
Game 15UCLA1–014Texas A&MUCLA wins WCWS

Championship Game

[3]

School Top Batter Stats.
UCLA Bruins Tricia Ming (DP) 2-6 RBI HR
Texas A&M Aggies Pattie Holthaus (2B) 1-4
School Pitcher IPHRERBBSOABBF
UCLA Bruins Debbie Doom (W) 13.05001154447
Texas A&M Aggies Yvette Lopez 2.02000189
Texas A&M Aggies Shawn Andaya (L) 10.1511133639

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team[4]

PosNameSchool
PShawn AndayaTexas A&M
Debbie DoomUCLA
Lisa IshikawaNorthwestern
1BDenice FeldhausNebraska
2BJennifer SimmUCLA
3BAnne SchroederNebraska
SSLeslie RoverUCLA
OFPeg RichardsonNebraska
Regina DooleyAdelphi
Josie CarterTexas A&M
CGay McNuttTexas A&M
DHTricia MangUCLA

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. "1984 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 15". Ncaa.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
  4. 2014 WCWS Records: All-Time Tournament Records and Results (PDF). NCAA. p. 2. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
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