1987 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

1987 NCAA Division I
Softball Tournament
Teams 8
Finals Site
Champions Texas A&M (2nd (3rd overall) title)
Runner-Up UCLA(5th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach Bob Brock (2nd title)

The 1987 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was held in May as the conclusion of the 1987 NCAA Division I softball season. Sixteen Division I college softball teams competed in the NCAA tournament's first round, which consisted of eight regionals with two teams each. The winner of each region, a total of eight teams, advanced to the 1987 Women's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The event, held from May 20 to 24, was the sixth NCAA-sponsored championship in the sport of college softball at the Division I level. Texas A&M won the championship by defeating UCLA 4–1 in the final game.[1][2]

Regionals

Women's College World Series

Participants

Game results

Bracket

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
  UCLA 19  
  Arizona State 0    
      UCLA 3  
      Nebraska 0    
  Nebraska 1          
  Fresno State 0        
      UCLA 1
      Texas A&M 0
  Cal State Fullerton 3        
  Florida State 0          
      Cal State Fullerton 1    
      Texas A&M 213  
  Texas A&M 3    
  Central Michigan 0  
  Loser's Bracket
  Arizona State 0  
  Fresno State 3     Cal State Fullerton 2
    Fresno State 1
  Florida State 0  
  Central Michigan 1     Nebraska 2
    Central Michigan 1
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  UCLA 2       Texas A&M 4
  Cal State Fullerton 1           UCLA 1
      UCLA 0    
      Texas A&M 1  
  Texas A&M 4    
  Nebraska 0  

Game log

DateGameWinning teamScoreLosing teamNotes
May 20Game 1UCLA1–09Arizona State
Game 2Nebraska1–0Fresno State
May 21Game 3Cal State Fullerton3–0Florida State
Game 4Texas A&M3–0Central Michigan
May 22Game 5Fresno State3–0Arizona StateArizona State eliminated
Game 6Central Michigan1–0Florida StateFlorida State eliminated
Game 7UCLA3–0Nebraska
Game 8Texas A&M2–113Cal State Fullerton
May 23Game 9Nebraska2–1Central MichiganCentral Michigan eliminated
Game 10Cal State Fullerton2–1Fresno StateFresno State eliminated
Game 11UCLA1–0Texas A&M
Game 12Texas A&M4–0NebraskaNebraska eliminated
Game 13UCLA1–0Cal State FullertonCal State Fullerton eliminated
May 24Game 14Texas A&M1–0UCLA
Game 15Texas A&M4–1UCLATexas A&M wins WCWS

Championship Game

[3]

School Top Batter Stats.
Texas A&M Aggies Shawn Andaya (P) 1-3 2RBIs
UCLA Bruins Janice Parks (3B) 1-3 RBI K
School Pitcher IPHRERBBSOABBF
Texas A&M Aggies Shawn Andaya (W) 7.0211162425
UCLA Bruins Michelle Phillips (L) 0.03111034
UCLA Bruins Samantha Ford 6.0733012525

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PShawn AndayaTexas A&M
Lisa LongakerUCLA
1BGena StrangFresno State
2BJulie SmithTexas A&M
3BJanice ParksUCLA
SSLiz MizeraTexas A&M
OFKaren WalkerUCLA
OFSandra ArledgeUCLA
OFChenita RogersCal State Fullerton
CKris TipmoreCentral Michigan
ALLisa HankerdUCLA
Shauna WattenbergUCLA

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ "1987 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 15". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
  4. ↑ 2014 WCWS Records: All-Time Tournament Records and Results (PDF). NCAA. p. 3. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
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