1988 NCAA Division I softball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1988 20 Twin Creeks Sports Complex Sunnyvale, California UCLA 4th (5th overall) Fresno State 4th Sharron Backus 4th (5th overall) 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.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_rb/2014/10-80s.pdf 2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats NCAA April 20, 2015http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_rb/2014/06-Results.pdf NCAA 2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results April 20, 2015 The 1988 event was the first WCWS played in Sunnyvale. Qualifying 1988 NCAA Division I softball season Regionals At-large Regional TeamG1G2G3–Fresno State035–California3802 Fresno State qualifies for WCWS, 2–1 Central Regional First elimination round Creighton 3, Iowa State 2 Nebraska 5, Iowa State 2 Creighton 3, Nebraska 2 Second elimination round TeamG1G2–Nebraska74–Creighton21 Nebraska qualifies for WCWS, 3–1 Mideast Regional First elimination round South Carolina 1, Minnesota 0 Arizona 5, Minnesota 0 South Carolina 1, Arizona 0 Second elimination round TeamG1G2–Arizona14–South Carolina03 Arizona qualifies for WCWS, 3–1 Midwest Regional First elimination round Northern Illinois 4, Bowling Green 3 Illinois State 2, Bowling Green 1 (10 innings) Illinois State 1, Northern Illinois 0 Second elimination round TeamG1G2–Northern Illinois32–Illinois State10 Northern Illinois qualifies for WCWS, 3–1 Northeast Regional TeamG1G2G3–Adelphi60110–Oklahoma State250 Adelphi qualifies for WCWS, 2–1 Northwest Regional TeamG1G2G3–UCLA32—–Cal State Fullerton00— UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 South Regional First elimination round Texas A&M 1, Florida State 0 Louisiana Tech 6, Florida State 1 Texas A&M 2, Louisiana Tech 0 Second elimination round TeamG1G2–Texas A&M01 8–Louisiana Tech40 Texas A&M qualifies for WCWS, 3–1 West Regional TeamG1G2G3–Cal Poly Pomona22—–Long Beach State01— Cal Poly Pomona qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 Women's College World Series Participants 1988 Adelphi Panthers Adelphi Arizona 1988 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona Fresno State 1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska 1988 Northern Illinois Huskies Northern Illinois 1988 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M UCLA Game results Bracket 2 2 UCLA 1 1988 Northern Illinois Huskies Northern Illinois 0 Fresno State 3 1988 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M 0 Arizona 1 1988 Adelphi Panthers Adelphi 0 1988 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona 3 1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska 0 UCLA 6 Fresno State 1 Arizona 4 Cal State Pomona 1 Northern Illinois 0 Texas A&M 3 Adelphi 1 Nebraska 5 UCLA 5 Arizona 0 Cal Poly Pomona 1 Texas A&M 0 Fresno State 19 Nebraska 0 UCLA 4 Cal Poly Pomona 1 Arizona 0 Fresno State 4 UCLA 1 3 Fresno State 2 0 Game log Date Game Winning team Score Losing team Notes May 20 Game 1 UCLA 1–0 1988 Northern Illinois Huskies Northern Illinois Game 2 Fresno State 3–0 1988 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M May 21 Game 3 Arizona 1–0 1988 Adelphi Panthers Adelphi Game 4 1988 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona 3–0 1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska May 22 Game 5 1988 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M 3–0 1988 Northern Illinois Huskies Northern Illinois Northern Illinois eliminated Game 6 1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska 5–1 1988 Adelphi Panthers Adelphi Adelphi eliminated Game 7 UCLA 6–1 Fresno State Game 8 Arizona 4–1 1988 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona May 23 Game 9 Fresno State 1–09 1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Nebraska eliminated Game 10 1988 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona 1–0 1988 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M Texas A&M eliminated Game 11 UCLA 5–0 Arizona Game 12 Fresno State 4–0 Arizona Arizona eliminated Game 13 UCLA 4–1 1988 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona Cal Poly Pomona eliminated May 24 Game 14 Fresno State 2–1 UCLA Game 15 UCLA 3–0 Fresno State UCLA wins WCWS Championship Game http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400011&division=400011400012&event=400255 1988 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 15 Ncaa.org 2018-06-08 2018-06-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612150024/http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400011&division=400011400012&event=400255 dead School Top Batter Stats. UCLA Bruins Janice Parks (3B) 2-2 2RBIs 2B BB Fresno State Bulldogs RaeAnn Pifferini (LF) 2-4 School Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO AB BF UCLA Bruins Lisa Longaker (W) 7.0 6 0 0 3 3 27 30 Fresno State Bulldogs Carie Dever (L) 7.0 9 3 2 1 3 24 29 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 3 April 25, 2015 Pos Name School P Carie Dever Fresno St. Lisa Longaker UCLA C Stacy Sunny UCLA 1B Kerry Dienelt UCLA 2B Missy Phillips UCLA 3B Julie Standering Arizona SS Heidi Lievens Arizona OF Shanna Flynn UCLA Margie Ogrodowicz Nebraska RaeAnn Pifferini Fresno State AL Gena Strang Fresno State Karin Richter Fresno State See also 1988 NCAA Division II softball tournament 1988 NCAA Division III softball tournament 1988 NAIA softball tournament 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament References Category:1988 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 California