1984 NCAA Division I softball tournament explained

Year:	1984
Teams:	16
Wcwsballpark:	Seymour Smith Park
City:	Omaha, NE
Champions:	UCLA
Titlecount:	2nd NCAA (3rd overall) WCWS
Runner-Up:	Texas A&M
Wcwscount:	2nd
Coach:	Sharron Backus
Coachcount:	2nd NCAA (3rd overall) WCWS

The 1984 NCAA Division I softball tournament was the third annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball for the 1984 NCAA Division I softball season. Held during May 1984, sixteen Division I college softball teams contested the NCAA tournament's first round. Featuring eight regionals with two teams each, the winner of each region, a total of eight teams, advanced to the 1984 Women's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The 1984 Women's College World Series was the third NCAA-sponsored championship in the sport of college softball at the Division I level. The event was held in Omaha, Nebraska from May 23 through May 29 and marked the conclusion of the 1984 NCAA Division I softball season. UCLA won the championship by defeating Texas A&M 1–0 in the final game.^[1] ^[2]

Regionals

West Regional
–	UCLA	1	3	—
–	Arizona	0	0	—

UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Mideast Regional
–	Northwestern	1	1	3
–	Western Michigan	0	2	1

Northwestern qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

South Regional
–	Cal Poly Pomona	1⁹	12	—
–	Louisiana Tech	0	0	—

Cal Poly Pomona qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Central Regional
–	Utah State	6	4⁸	—
–	Utah	2	3	—

Utah State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Midwest Regional
–	Nebraska	3¹⁸	2¹⁴	—
–	Oklahoma State	2	1	—

Nebraska qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Northeast Regional
–	Adelphi	2	1¹⁴	—
–	Rutgers	0	0	—

Adelphi qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Northwest Regional
–	Fresno State	1	3	—
–	Pacific	0	1	—

Fresno State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

At-large Regional
–	Cal State Fullerton	5	1	2
–	Texas A&M	0	2¹⁵	5

Texas A&M qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

Women's College World Series

Participants

- - - - Texas A&M
UCLA

Game results

Bracket

Game log

Date	Game	Score	Notes
May 23	Game 1	6–0
May 23	Game 2	1–0
May 24	Game 3	1–0²⁵
May 25	Game 4	2–0
May 25	Game 5	1–0	Utah State eliminated
May 26	Game 6	1–0¹²	Cal Poly Pomona eliminated
	Game 7	1–0⁹
	Game 8	5–2
May 27	Game 9	3–0⁸	Fresno State eliminated
May 27	Game 10	2–1	Adelphi eliminated
May 28	Game 11	2–0⁸
	Game 12	1–0⁸	Nebraska eliminated
	Game 13	1–0¹³	Northwestern eliminated
May 29	Game 14	1–0
May 29	Game 15	1–0¹⁴	UCLA wins WCWS

Championship Game

^[3]

School	Top Batter	Stats.
UCLA Bruins	Tricia Ming (DP)	2-6 RBI HR
Texas A&M Aggies	Pattie Holthaus (2B)	1-4

School	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF
UCLA Bruins	Debbie Doom (W)	13.0	5	0	0	1	15	44	47
Texas A&M Aggies	Yvette Lopez	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	8	9
Texas A&M Aggies	Shawn Andaya (L)	10.1	5	1	1	1	3	36	39

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team^[4]

Pos	Name	School
P	Shawn Andaya	Texas A&M
	Debbie Doom	UCLA
	Lisa Ishikawa	Northwestern
1B	Denice Feldhaus	Nebraska
2B	Jennifer Simm	UCLA
3B	Anne Schroeder	Nebraska
SS	Leslie Rover	UCLA
OF	Peg Richardson	Nebraska
	Regina Dooley	Adelphi
	Josie Carter	Texas A&M
C	Gay McNutt	Texas A&M
DH	Tricia Mang	UCLA

Notes and References

Book: 2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats. NCAA. February 3, 2015.
Book: 2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results. NCAA. February 3, 2015.
Web site: 1984 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 15 . Ncaa.org . 2018-06-08 . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612151848/http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400007&division=400007400012&event=400128 . dead .
Book: 2014 WCWS Records: All-Time Tournament Records and Results. NCAA. 2. February 13, 2015.