1985 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

The 1985 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the fourth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1985, sixteen Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of two teams with the winner of each region (a total of 8 teams) advancing to the 1985 Women's College World Series at Seymour Smith Park in Omaha, Nebraska. The event held from May 22 through May 26 marked the conclusion of the 1985 NCAA Division I softball season. UCLA won the championship by defeating Nebraska 2–1 in the final game. Nebraska's appearance was later vacated due to NCAA infractions.[1][2]

1985 NCAA Division I
Softball Tournament
Teams16
Finals site
ChampionsUCLA (3rd NCAA (4th overall) WCWS title)
Runner-upNebraska (3rd WCWS Appearance)
Winning coachSharron Backus (3rd NCAA (4th overall) WCWS title)
MOP,

Regionals

Women's College World Series

Participants

Bracket
  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
  Cal State Fullerton 18  
  Adelphi 0    
      Cal State Fullerton 2  
      UCLA 0    
  Utah 0          
  UCLA 1        
      Cal State Fullerton 1
      Nebraska 5
  Northwestern 3        
  Cal Poly Pomona 6          
      Cal Poly Pomona 0    
      Nebraska 2  
  Louisiana Tech 0    
  Nebraska 6  
  Loser's Bracket
  Adelphi 1  
  Utah 0     Cal Poly Pomona 18
    Adelphi 0
  Northwestern 18  
  Louisiana Tech 0     UCLA 1
    Northwestern 0
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  Nebraska 0       Nebraska 1
  UCLA 3           UCLA 29
      UCLA 1    
      Cal State Fullerton 0  
  Cal State Fullerton 28    
  Cal Poly Pomona 1  

Game log
DateGameWinning teamScoreLosing teamNotes
May 22Game 1Cal State Fullerton1–08Adelphi
Game 2UCLA1–0Utah
May 23Game 3Cal Poly Pomona6–3Northwestern
Game 4Nebraska6–0Louisiana Tech
May 24Game 5Adelphi1–0UtahUtah eliminated
Game 6Northwestern1–08Louisiana TechLouisiana Tech eliminated
Game 7Cal State Fullerton2–0UCLA
Game 8Nebraska2–0Cal Poly Pomona
May 25Game 9UCLA1–0NorthwesternNorthwestern eliminated
Game 10Cal Poly Pomona1–08AdelphiAdelphi eliminated
Game 11Nebraska5–1Cal State Fullerton
Game 12Cal State Fullerton2–18Cal Poly PomonaCal Poly Pomona eliminated
Game 13UCLA3–0Nebraska
May 26Game 14UCLA1–0Cal State FullertonCal State Fullerton eliminated
Game 15UCLA2–19NebraskaUCLA wins WCWS

Championship Game

[3]

School Top Batter Stats.
UCLA Bruins Chris Olivie (RF) 2-3 RBI BB
Nebraska Cornhuskers Ginger Cannon (2B) 0-3 RBI BB
School Pitcher IPHRERBBSOABBF
UCLA Bruins Debbie Doom (W) 9.06104103238
Nebraska Cornhuskers Lori Sippel (L) 8.1721482835

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PDebbie DoomUCLA
Tracy ComptonUCLA
Lori SippelNebraska
CLisa BusbyNebraska
1BGinger CannonNebraska
2BLori RichinsNebraska
3BJo Ann FerrieriCal State Fullerton
SSLeslie RoverUCLA
OFStacy SunnyNebraska
Regina DooleyAdelphi
Alison StowellCal Poly Pomona
UChris OlivieUCLA

See also

References
  1. 2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  2. 2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  3. "1985 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 15". Ncaa.org. 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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