1983 National Collegiate slow-pitch softball championship

The 1983 National Collegiate women's slow-pitch softball championship was held in Graham, North Carolina, near Raleigh, on May 5–7. This was the first year after the demise of the AIAW, which had conducted the previous two national title tournaments in 1981 and 1982. The Amateur Softball Association stepped in to fill the void by organizing the 1983 tournament and another in 1984. Those four years were the only time that major college slow-pitch teams competed for national collegiate titles, although small NAIA schools and junior colleges also conducted their own slow-pitch championships into the 1990s. The AIAW had lost its struggle with the NCAA, which vanquished the women's collegiate athletic organization after a year of dual crowning of champions in women's sports. Although the NCAA began sponsoring fast-pitch softball in 1982, it opted not to organize slow-pitch.https://archive.org/stream/NCAA-News-19840307/NCAA-News-19840307_djvu.txt 10 THE NCAA NEWS March 7, 1984 Fast-pitch softball replacing slow-pitch in Southeast National Collegiate Athletic Association Mission, Kansas 2017-03-07 Teams The double-elimination tournament included 13 teams, with the top five seeded in the order shown: 35em Florida Florida State East Carolina South Florida Northern Kentucky Capital University (Ohio) Cleveland State Georgia Southern Mississippi University for Women North Carolina A&T North Carolina–Charlotte West Florida Western Carolina Fourth-seeded South Florida fought through the losers' bracket after losing its third game. South Florida won five in a row after that, including two wins in the final against two-time defending champion Florida State. The final if-necessary game went an extra inning to end in a 4-3 South Florida win, giving the team a 7-1 record in the tournament. Ellen Peterson of South Florida was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. This was to be the last slow-pitch game ever played by the Florida State Lady Seminoles, who switched to fast-pitch the following year. South Florida successfully defended its championship in 1984.95 http://cedar.wwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=library_facpubs Western Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications, Western Libraries and the Learning Commons University of South Florida: The First Fifty Years, 1956-2006 Mark I. Greenberg University of South Florida 2006 2017-03-14 After many winning seasons, women's slow-pitch softball won USF its first national title in 1983 when it bested Florida State University in the American (sic) Softball Association Tournament. They won again the next year before joining the NCAA's fast-pitch league in 1985.'Remember When' at USF https://fcit.usf.edu/coedu/remember.html 1985 ... USF Women's Softball Team after winning two National Slow Pitch Softball Championships switches to fast pitch softball. 2017-03-14 Bracket no 2 y Georgia Southern 0 Western Carolina 4 South Florida W North Carolina A&T L Capital University 0 North Carolina–Charlotte 12 West Florida 5 Cleveland State 4 Mississippi University for Women L Northern Kentucky W Florida 4 Western Carolina 3 South Florida 8 North Carolina–Charlotte 1 East Carolina W West Florida L Florida State 13 Northern Kentucky 4 Florida W South Florida L East Carolina 2 Florida State 3 Florida 3 Florida State 8 Florida State 2 3 South Florida 11 48 innings North Carolina A&T ? Capital University ? Western Carolina 10 Mississippi University for Women 0 North Carolina–Charlotte 4 Cleveland State 1 West Florida or Northern Kentucky ? winner of North Carolina A&T vs Capital University ? Northern Kentucky or West Florida ? Georgia Southern ? Western Carolina 2 North Carolina–Charlotte 0 (?) ? (?) ? Western Carolina 3 East Carolina 4 (?) L South Florida W East Carolina 1 South Florida 8 South Florida 5 Florida 3 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FjExAAAAIBAJ&pg=6852%2C5254333 Four Florida Teams In Last Tournament Ocala Star-Banner May 5, 1983 7B Ocala, Florida 2016-04-08https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sJZPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5926%2C2574941 Lady Brahmans Win Title Ocala Star-Banner May 10, 1983 6C Ocala, Florida 2016-04-0836 2013 Cleveland State Softball https://issuu.com/csuathletics/docs/2013_softball_media_guide/36 Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio 2017-02-15 2013FSU plays for NIT softball title 3C https://www.newspapers.com/image/247379552/?terms=softball&match=1 Tallahassee Democrat Tallahassee, Florida May 7, 1983 2017-03-28Softball 27 https://www.newspapers.com/image/200511184/?terms=softball&match=1 Asheville Citizen-Times Asheville, North Carolina May 6, 1983 2017-03-28https://www.newspapers.com/image/247380368/?terms=softball%2BFlorida&match=1 Tallahassee Democrat Tallahassee, Florida May 8, 1983 6F FSU places 2nd in softball 2017-03-28Asheville Citizen-Times Asheville, North Carolina https://www.newspapers.com/image/200514097/?terms=softball&match=1 13 May 7, 1983 Softball 2017-03-28https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40GB3NEWS-130F38D12C98867E%402445462-130D403A30B23769%4063-130F76706FF586E0%40?search_terms=softball Cleveland Plain Dealer Cleveland, Ohio May 7, 1983 3-E CSU women's softball falls 2017-03-28 Ranking Place School WCWS Record 1st South Florida7-1 2nd Florida State3-2 3rd Florida2-2 4th East Carolina2-25th Western Carolina3-2 (?)2-2 or 3-27th North Carolina–Charlotte2-2 (?)2-2 or 1-29th (?)1-2 (?)1-2 or 0-211th loser of (North Carolina A&T/Capital)0-2 Cleveland State0-2 Mississippi University for Women0-2 The placings of Capital University, Georgia Southern, North Carolina A&T, Northern Kentucky and West Florida depend on the game results that have not been retrieved. See also AIAW Champions#Slowpitch Softball 1981 AIAW slow-pitch softball tournament 1982 AIAW slow-pitch softball tournament References Category:College softball championships