Teams 15 | ||
Finals Site Seymour Smith Park
Omaha, NE Champions Cal State Fullerton (1st title) Runner-Up Texas A&M(3rd WCWS Appearance) Winning coach Judi Garman (1st WCWS title) | ||
The 1986 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the fifth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1986 to mark the conclusion of the 1986 NCAA Division I softball season, fifteen Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured seven regionals of two teams (the last team, Creighton, qualified automatically) with the winner of each region (a total of 7 teams plus Creighton) advancing to the 1986 Women's College World Series at Seymour Smith Park in Omaha, Nebraska. Cal State Fullerton won the championship by defeating Texas A&M 1–0 in the final game.
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Participants
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team
References
1986 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA