1989 NCAA Division I softball tournament

The 1989 NCAA Division I softball tournament was the eighth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1989, twenty Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of either two or three teams, each in a double elimination format. The 1989 Women's College World Series was held in Sunnyvale, California from May 24 through May 28 and marked the conclusion of the 1989 NCAA Division I softball season. For the second consecutive year, UCLA won the championship by defeating Fresno State 1–0 in the final game.[1][2]

1989 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams20
Finals site
ChampionsUCLA (5th (6th overall) title)
Runner-upFresno State (5th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coachSharron Backus & Sue Enquist (5th (6th overall) & 1st title)
Attendance14448

This was the last WCWS before it moved to its current home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Qualifying
Main article: 1989 NCAA Division I softball season

Regionals


Women's College World Series

Participants

Bracket
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
UCLA3
South Carolina0
UCLA9
Cal Poly Pomona0
Cal Poly Pomona1
Oregon0
UCLA2
Oklahoma State1
Arizona125
UCLA3
Fresno State0
Arizona0Arizona0
Oklahoma State48
Oklahoma State3
Toledo1
UCLA1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Fresno State0
Arizona4
South Carolina0Oregon0
Oklahoma State0
Oregon1
Fresno State7
Cal Poly Pomona1
Fresno State3Fresno State5
Toledo0

Championship Game

[3]

School Top Batter Stats.
UCLA Bruins Lorraine Maynez (CF) 1-3 RBI 2B
Fresno State Bulldogs Shelly Stokes (C) 1-2 BB
School Pitcher IPHRERBBSOABBF
UCLA Bruins Tiffany Boyd (W) 7.0300162425
Fresno State Bulldogs Carie Dever (L) 6.0511012223

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PCarie DeverFresno State
Tiffany BoydUCLA
1BKerry DieneltUCLA
2BMissy PhillipsUCLA
3BJanice ParksUCLA
SSMartha NoffsingerFresno State
OFLorraine MaynezUCLA
Kristin GauthierArizona
Jill PolancoFresno State
CShelly StokesFresno State
ALNicki DennisArizona
Michele SmithOklahoma State

See also

References
  1. 2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  2. 2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  3. "1989 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 14". Ncaa.org. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  4. 2014 WCWS Records: All-Time Tournament Records and Results (PDF). NCAA. p. 3. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
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