1982 AIAW slow-pitch softball tournament

August 2023 The 1982 AIAW women's college slow-pitch softball championship was held in Graham, North Carolina, near Raleigh, on May 13–15. Twelve college softball teams met in the second and last AIAW national slow-pitch softball tournament. The AIAW conducted only two slow-pitch softball national championships, in 1981 and 1982, as the NCAA sought to and eventually did vanquish the women's collegiate athletic organization. The Amateur Softball Association later held two collegiate slow-pitch championship tournaments in 1983 and 1984. Teams The double-elimination tournament included these teams: 25em Auburn Cleveland State East Carolina Florida State Florida Georgia Southern Lakeland Community College (Ohio) North Carolina North Carolina-Charlotte Northern Kentucky South Florida Western Carolina Top-seeded Florida State won its second consecutive national championship, winning all four of its games, including a win in the final over Florida, 9–4. Bracket The bracket included twelve teams with results as shown.https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40GB3NEWS-130CD065E8B3E1B1%402445104-130B876B9631403A%4045-130CDE6C2F07DB20%40?search_terms=AIAW%7Csoftball&searchObjectId=%5BsearchObjectId%5D Viking women lose in opener Cleveland Plain Dealer May 14, 1982 2-C Cleveland, Ohio 2017-03-26May 14, 1982 Springfield Union Springfield, Massachusetts 42H NC-Charlotte Women Advance https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A12AE9C35A497B0E8%40GB3NEWS-13391110276FEC5C%402445104-13384FB165CD0E98%4041-13394D644EAA8FF8%40?search_terms=AIAW%7Csoftball&searchObjectId=%5BsearchObjectId%5D 2017-03-26https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A138FFE8785E79426%40GB3NEWS-147C5496462B8EFD%402445104-147C538A34196146%4030-147C8355646BF598%40?search_terms=AIAW%7Csoftball&searchObjectId=%5BsearchObjectId%5D May 14, 1982 State Times Advocate Baton Rouge, Louisiana 5C NC-Charlotte scores two upsets 2017-03-26https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A11EA68DA9EC1533C%40GB3NEWS-1448EF5DE28294EC%402445106-144791FF02B364A0%4037-144917DCC8724EC8%40?search_terms=softball&searchObjectId=%5BsearchObjectId%5D AIAW Slow-Pitch Championships D6 Greensboro Daily News Greensboro, North Carolina May 16, 1982 2017-03-26https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A11EA68DA9EC1533C%40GB3NEWS-1449AA845610BCAC%402445103-1447920FD6C6E823%4026-1449C6FF44D69238%40?search_terms=softball&searchObjectId=%5BsearchObjectId%5D AIAW Softball May 13, 1982 Greensboro Daily News Greensboro, North Carolina C4 2017-03-26https://www.newspapers.com/image/246059594/?terms=softball&match=1 May 14, 1982 1B, 3B Tallahassee Democrat Tallahassee, FL FSU blasts Lady Eagles for 10-1 win Tony Britt 2017-03-26 Newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/246059874/?terms=softball&match=1 5B, 7B May 15, 1982 Lady 'Noles score 36 runs to win 2 games Tony Britt Tallahassee Democrat Tallahassee, FL 2017-03-26 Newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/246036429/?terms=noles&match=1q Lady 'Noles defeat Gators for Tourney Tallahassee, FL 1F, 9F May 16, 1982 Tallahassee Democrat Tony Britt 2017-03-26 Newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/201060763/?terms=aiaw%2Bsoftball&match=1 Cats' Keeler Honored May 16, 1982 6B Asheville Citizen-Times Asheville, NC 2017-03-26 Newspapers.comhttp://www.nolefan.org/summary/ncaawsb.html NCAA Women's Softball 2017-03-08http://www.seminoles.com/fls/32900/old_site/pdf/w-softbl/07guide-honorsawards.pdf 2007 FSU Softball Media Guide Florida State university Tallahassee, Florida 2007 70 2017-03-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20170329045905/http://www.seminoles.com/fls/32900/old_site/pdf/w-softbl/07guide-honorsawards.pdf 2017-03-29 130 no 2 Georgia Southern 12 Lakeland College 4 Auburn 0 Western Carolina 3 Florida 7 North Carolina 1 Cleveland State 2 North Carolina-Charlotte 6 Georgia Southern 0 Florida State 10 Western Carolina 1 South Florida 4 Florida 2 East Carolina 13 North Carolina-Charlotte 5 Northern Kentucky 4 Florida State 17 South Florida 2 North Carolina-Charlotte 10 East Carolina  6 Florida State 19 North Carolina-Charlotte 4 Northern Kentucky 3 Auburn 5 Florida 14 Lakeland College 4 Western Carolina 12 Cleveland State 0 Georgia Southern 3 North Carolina 7 Auburn 0 Florida 5 Western Carolina 7 North Carolina 2 Florida W South Florida L Western Carolina L East Carolina W Florida  1 East Carolina  0 Florida 11 North Carolina-Charlotte  6 Florida State  9 – Florida  4 – Ranking Place School WCWS Record 1st Florida State4-0 2nd Florida6-2 3rd North Carolina-Charlotte3-2 4th East Carolina2-25th Western Carolina3-2 South Florida1-27th Auburn1-2 North Carolina1-29th Georgia Southern1-2 Northern Kentucky0-2 Lakeland Community College0-2 Cleveland State0-2 See also 1982 AIAW Women's College World Series 1983 National Collegiate slow-pitch softball championship 1982 NCAA Division I softball tournament 1982 NCAA Division II softball tournament 1982 NCAA Division III softball tournament 1982 NAIA softball tournament References Category:1982 AIAW Division I softball season Category:College softball championships