1988 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

The 1988 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the seventh annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1988, twenty Division I college softball teams contested the championship, an expansion of four teams from the previous year. The tournament featured eight regionals of either two or three teams. The regions of two teams consisted of a simple best-of-three series whereas the regions of three teams consisted of a double elimination tournament of four or five games. The 1988 Women's College World Series was held in Sunnyvale, California from May 25 through May 29 and marked the conclusion of the 1988 NCAA Division I softball season. UCLA won the championship by defeating Fresno State 3–0 in the final game.[1][2]

1988 NCAA Division I
Softball Tournament
Teams20
Finals site
ChampionsUCLA (4th (5th overall) title)
Runner-upFresno State (4th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coachSharron Backus (4th (5th overall) title)
MOP,

The 1988 event was the first WCWS played in Sunnyvale.

Qualifying
Main article: 1988 NCAA Division I softball season

Regionals


Women's College World Series

Participants

Bracket
  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
  UCLA 1  
  Northern Illinois 0    
      UCLA 6  
      Fresno State 1    
  Fresno State 3          
  Texas A&M 0        
      UCLA 5
      Arizona 0
  Arizona 1        
  Adelphi 0          
      Arizona 4    
      Cal State Pomona 1  
  Cal Poly Pomona 3    
  Nebraska 0  
  Loser's Bracket
  Northern Illinois 0  
  Texas A&M 3     Cal Poly Pomona 1
    Texas A&M 0
  Adelphi 1  
  Nebraska 5     Fresno State 19
    Nebraska 0
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  UCLA 4       Fresno State 0
  Cal Poly Pomona 1           UCLA 3
      UCLA 1    
      Fresno State 2  
  Arizona 0    
  Fresno State 4  

Game log
DateGameWinning teamScoreLosing teamNotes
May 20Game 1UCLA1–0Northern Illinois
Game 2Fresno State3–0Texas A&M
May 21Game 3Arizona1–0Adelphi
Game 4Cal Poly Pomona3–0Nebraska
May 22Game 5Texas A&M3–0Northern IllinoisNorthern Illinois eliminated
Game 6Nebraska5–1AdelphiAdelphi eliminated
Game 7UCLA6–1Fresno State
Game 8Arizona4–1Cal Poly Pomona
May 23Game 9Fresno State1–09NebraskaNebraska eliminated
Game 10Cal Poly Pomona1–0Texas A&MTexas A&M eliminated
Game 11UCLA5–0Arizona
Game 12Fresno State4–0ArizonaArizona eliminated
Game 13UCLA4–1Cal Poly PomonaCal Poly Pomona eliminated
May 24Game 14Fresno State2–1UCLA
Game 15UCLA3–0Fresno StateUCLA wins WCWS

Championship Game

[3]

School Top Batter Stats.
UCLA Bruins Janice Parks (3B) 2-2 2RBIs 2B BB
Fresno State Bulldogs RaeAnn Pifferini (LF) 2-4
School Pitcher IPHRERBBSOABBF
UCLA Bruins Lisa Longaker (W) 7.0600332730
Fresno State Bulldogs Carie Dever (L) 7.0932132429

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PCarie DeverFresno St.
Lisa LongakerUCLA
CStacy SunnyUCLA
1BKerry DieneltUCLA
2BMissy PhillipsUCLA
3BJulie StanderingArizona
SSHeidi LievensArizona
OFShanna FlynnUCLA
Margie OgrodowiczNebraska
RaeAnn PifferiniFresno State
ALGena StrangFresno State
Karin RichterFresno State

See also

References
  1. 2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  2. 2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  3. "1988 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. 3. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
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