1985 NCAA Division I softball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1985 16 Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE UCLA 3rd NCAA (4th overall) WCWS Nebraska 3rd Sharron Backus 3rd NCAA (4th overall) WCWS 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.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_rb/2014/10-80s.pdf 2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats NCAA February 28, 2015http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_rb/2014/06-Results.pdf NCAA 2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results February 28, 2015 Regionals West Regional–Cal State Fullerton55—–Central Michigan00— Cal State Fullerton qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 Mideast Regional–Northwestern36—–Indiana20— Northwestern qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 South Regional–Louisiana Tech051–Texas A&M300 Louisiana Tech qualifies for WCWS, 2–1 Central Regional–Utah13828–Arizona State2821 Utah qualifies for WCWS, 2–1 Midwest Regional–Nebraska†162–Kansas4910 Nebraska qualifies for WCWS, 2–1 † Nebraska's wins vacated Northeast Regional–Adelphi22—–Penn State00— Adelphi qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 Northwest Regional–Cal Poly Pomona41—–Fresno State00— Cal Poly Pomona qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 At-large Regional–UCLA132–Pacific300 UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–1 Women's College World Series Participants 1985 Adelphi Panthers Adelphi 1985 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona 1985 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton 1985 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters Louisiana Tech Nebraska 1985 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern UCLA 1985 Utah Utes Utah Game results Bracket 2 1985 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton 18 1985 Adelphi Panthers Adelphi 0 1985 Utah Utes Utah 0 UCLA 1 1985 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 3 1985 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona 6 1985 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters Louisiana Tech 0 Nebraska 6 Cal State Fullerton 2 UCLA 0 Cal Poly Pomona 0 Nebraska 2 Adelphi 1 Utah 0 Northwestern 18 Louisiana Tech 0 Cal State Fullerton 1 Nebraska 5 Cal Poly Pomona 18 Adelphi 0 UCLA 1 Northwestern 0 Nebraska 0 UCLA 3 Cal State Fullerton 28 Cal Poly Pomona 1 UCLA 1 Cal State Fullerton 0 Nebraska 1 UCLA 29 Game log Date Game Winning team Score Losing team Notes May 22 Game 1 1985 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton 1–08 1985 Adelphi Panthers Adelphi Game 2 UCLA 1–0 1985 Utah Utes Utah May 23 Game 3 1985 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona 6–3 1985 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Game 4 Nebraska 6–0 1985 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters Louisiana Tech May 24 Game 5 1985 Adelphi Panthers Adelphi 1–0 1985 Utah Utes Utah Utah eliminated Game 6 1985 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 1–08 1985 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech eliminated Game 7 1985 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton 2–0 UCLA Game 8 Nebraska 2–0 1985 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona May 25 Game 9 UCLA 1–0 1985 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Northwestern eliminated Game 10 1985 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona 1–08 1985 Adelphi Panthers Adelphi Adelphi eliminated Game 11 Nebraska 5–1 1985 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton Game 12 1985 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton 2–18 1985 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona Cal Poly Pomona eliminated Game 13 UCLA 3–0 Nebraska May 26 Game 14 UCLA 1–0 1985 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton Cal State Fullerton eliminated Game 15 UCLA 2–19 Nebraska UCLA wins WCWS Championship Game http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400008&division=400008400012&event=400159 1985 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 15 Ncaa.org 2018-06-08 2018-05-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20180515052729/http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400008&division=400008400012&event=400159 dead School Top Batter Stats. UCLA Bruins Chris Olivie (RF) 2-3 RBI BB Nebraska Cornhuskers Ginger Cannon (2B) 0-3 RBI BB School Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO AB BF UCLA Bruins Debbie Doom (W) 9.0 6 1 0 4 10 32 38 Nebraska Cornhuskers Lori Sippel (L) 8.1 7 2 1 4 8 28 35 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Teamhttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_rb/2014/02-Tourn.pdf NCAA 2014 WCWS Records: All-Time Tournament Records and Results 2 February 13, 2015 Pos Name School P Debbie Doom UCLA Tracy Compton UCLA Lori Sippel Nebraska C Lisa Busby Nebraska 1B Ginger Cannon Nebraska 2B Lori Richins Nebraska 3B Jo Ann Ferrieri Cal State Fullerton SS Leslie Rover UCLA OF Stacy Sunny Nebraska Regina Dooley Adelphi Alison Stowell Cal Poly Pomona U Chris Olivie UCLA See also 1985 NCAA Division II softball tournament 1985 NCAA Division III softball tournament 1985 NAIA softball tournament 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament References Category:1985 NCAA Division I softball season NCAA Division I softball tournament NCAA Division I softball tournament Category:NCAA Division I softball tournament Category:Women's sports in Nebraska