1981 Women's College World Series

The 1981 AIAW Women's College World Series was held in Norman, Oklahoma on May 21–24. Sixteen Division I college softball teams met in the next-to-last AIAW fastpitch softball tournament of that organization's history. After playing their way through the regular season and regional tournaments, the 16 advancing teams met for the AIAW Division I college softball championship.[1]

Teams

The double-elimination tournament included these teams:

  • California
  • Cal State Fullerton
  • Creighton
  • Illinois State
  • Michigan State
  • Missouri
  • New Mexico
  • New Mexico State
  • Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma State
  • Rutgers
  • South Carolina
  • Texas A&M
  • UCLA
  • Utah State
  • Western Michigan

Defending champion Utah State won its second national championship by defeating Cal State Fullerton, 4-3, in the "if necessary" game to become the first repeat winner since Arizona State in 1973.[1]

Bracket

1st Round[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]   2nd Round   3rd Round   4th Round   Semifinals   Finals
UCLA 3  
South Carolina 0     UCLA 0  
Utah State 2   Utah State 1  
Texas A&M 1       Utah State 4  
Missouri 3[lower-alpha 1]       Missouri 2  
Rutgers 0     Missouri 5
Michigan State 1   Oklahoma State 1  
Oklahoma State 5       Utah State 2  
Western Michigan 2     Cal State–Fullerton 0    
Creighton 0     Western Michigan 0  
Cal State–Fullerton 7[lower-alpha 2]   Cal State–Fullerton 2[lower-alpha 3]  
New Mexico State 6       Cal State–Fullerton 1[lower-alpha 4]
California 3       California 0  
Illinois State 0     California 4
Oklahoma 1   Oklahoma 1  
New Mexico 0  
  Utah State 1 4  
  Cal State–Fullerton 6 3  
South Carolina 0   Western Michigan 0  
Texas A&M 4   Texas A&M 1[lower-alpha 5]  
    Texas A&M 3   Missouri 0  
    Michigan State 2   Texas A&M 1  
Rutgers 2   Oklahoma 1
Michigan State 6   Michigan State 8  
    Texas A&M 0   Cal State–Fullerton 5  
    UCLA 1   UCLA 4  
Creighton 4[lower-alpha 2]   UCLA 2  
New Mexico State 2   Creighton 1  
    UCLA 5   California 0
    Oklahoma State 0   UCLA 2[lower-alpha 6]  
Illinois State 0   Oklahoma State 5
New Mexico 1   New Mexico 2  
  1. ↑ 12 innings
  2. 1 2 8 innings
  3. ↑ 15 innings
  4. ↑ 10 innings
  5. ↑ 11 innings
  6. ↑ 9 innings

Ranking

Place School WCWS Record
1st Utah State 5-1
2nd Cal State–Fullerton 5-2
3rd UCLA 5-2
4th Texas A&M 4-2
5th California 2-2
Missouri 2-2
7th Michigan State 2-2
Oklahoma State 2-2
9th Creighton 1-2
New Mexico 1-2
Oklahoma 1-2
Western Michigan 1-2
13th Illinois State 0-2
New Mexico State 0-2
Rutgers 0-2
South Carolina 0-2

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Plummer III, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013). A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. ISBN 978-0-9893007-0-4.
  2. ↑ "Softball". Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. May 22, 1981. p. 4B. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  3. ↑ "MSU softballers suffer 5–1 loss". Lansing State Journal. Lansing, Michigan. May 22, 1981. p. C-3. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  4. ↑ "MSU women stay alive". Lansing State Journal. Lansing, Michigan. May 23, 1981. p. B-1. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  5. ↑ "College softball". Lansing State Journal. Lansing, Michigan. May 23, 1981. p. B-3. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  6. ↑ "Softball". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. May 23, 1981. p. G10. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  7. ↑ "Softball". Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. May 24, 1981. p. 6D. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  8. ↑ "Softball". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. May 24, 1981. p. F10. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  9. ↑ "Utah State wins softball crown". News-Press. Fort Myers, Florida. May 25, 1981. p. 3C. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
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