1979 Women's College World Series

The 1979 AIAW Women's College World Series (WCWS) was held in Omaha, Nebraska on May 24–27. Sixteen fastpitch softball teams emerged from regional tournaments to meet in the national collegiate softball championship.A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series William Plummer III Larry C. Floyd 2013 Turnkey Communications Inc. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States 978-0-9893007-0-4 Teams The double-elimination tournament included these teams: 25em Arizona Arizona State Cal Poly–Pomona Chapman College (California) Emporia State (Kansas) Indiana Kansas Nebraska–Omaha Northern Colorado Oregon State Rutgers (New Jersey) South Carolina Texas A&M Texas Woman's UCLA Western Illinois Texas Woman's University, newly named the Pioneers in February after years as the Tessies, won its first national championship behind the pitching of Kathy Arendsen, emerging from the losers' bracket to defeat defending champion UCLA with a pair of 1–0 wins in the final. On the final day, Arendsen pitched all 21 innings in three games. UCLA pitchers had posted shutouts in all of its games until the finals, a streak of nine games over two WCWS. Bracket 2 no Cal Poly–Pomona 6 Nebraska–Omaha 0 Western Illinois 4 Emporia State 0 Arizona State 2 Oregon State 0 Texas Woman's 4 South Carolina 2 Kansas 2 Arizona 0 UCLA 5 Texas A&M 0 Indiana 8 Chapman College 1 Northern Colorado 3(11) Rutgers 2 Cal Poly–Pomona 1 Western Illinois 0 Arizona State 0 Texas Woman's 1(18) Kansas 0 UCLA 2 Indiana 1 Northern Colorado 4 Cal Poly–Pomona 1 Texas Woman's 0 UCLA 2 Northern Colorado 0 Cal Poly–Pomona 0 UCLA 1 UCLA 0 0 Texas Woman's 1 1 Nebraska–Omaha 4 Emporia State 3 Oregon State 1(8) South Carolina 0 Arizona 2 Texas A&M 6 Chapman College 0 Rutgers 1 Indiana 4 Nebraska–Omaha 2 Kansas 0 Oregon State 1 Arizona State 0 Texas A&M 2 Western Illinois 3 Rutgers 2 Indiana 2 Oregon State 1 Texas A&M 4 Western Illinois 2 Texas Woman's 2(11) Indiana 1 Northern Colorado 2 Texas A&M 0 Texas Woman's 1 Northern Colorado 0 Cal Poly–Pomona 0 Texas Woman's 2no-hitter Source:http://findingaids.eku.edu/files/1983-010-b21-f18.pdf aiaw/asa women's college world series 4-28 May 29, 1979 Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives 2017-02-25 2017-03-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20170308220429/http://findingaids.eku.edu/files/1983-010-b21-f18.pdf dead Ranking Place School WCWS Record 1st Texas Woman's7-1 2nd UCLA4-2 3rd Cal Poly–Pomona3-2 4th Northern Colorado3-25th Indiana3-2 Texas A&M3-27th Oregon State 2-2 Western Illinois2-29th Arizona State1-2 Rutgers1-2 Kansas1-2 Nebraska–Omaha1-213th Chapman College0-2 Emporia State0-2 Arizona0-2 South Carolina0-2 See also AIAW Champions#Fastpitch Softball References Category:Women's College World Series Soft Women's College World Series Women's College World Series Women's College World Series Category:Women's sports in Nebraska Category:Sports competitions in Omaha, Nebraska Category:20th century in Omaha, Nebraska Category:College sports tournaments in Nebraska