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1982 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

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Teams
  
8

Finals Site
  
Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE

Champions
  
UCLA (1st NCAA (2nd overall) WCWS title)

Runner-Up
  
Fresno State(1st WCWS Appearance)

Winning coach
  
Sharron Backus (1st NCAA (2nd overall) WCWS title)

The finals of the 1982 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament were held from May 27 through May 30. 16 Division I college softball teams met in the NCAA tournament's first round at campus sites. After having played their way through the regular season and first round (and for Oklahoma State, a conference tournament, an AIAW regional title and double losses to Texas A&M in the AIAW Women's College World Series final on May 25), the eight advancing teams played in the NCAA Women's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Teams

These eight teams met at Seymour Smith Park to decide the 1982 NCAA Division I Softball Championship:

  • Arizona State
  • Cal State-Fullerton
  • Creighton
  • Nebraska
  • Oklahoma State
  • UCLA
  • Fresno State
  • Western Michigan
  • Bracket

    ° 9 innings ^ 8 innings † 13 innings ‡ 14 innings § 10 innings * A second final game was not necessary. Note: Game numbers shown above do not necessarily indicate the order of the games' starting times.

    References

    1982 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament Wikipedia