1982 NCAA Division I softball tournament#Regionals

{{Infobox NCAA softball tournament |

| Year= 1982

| Image=

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| Teams=8

| WCWSBallpark=Seymour Smith Park

| City=Omaha, NE

| Champions=UCLA

| TitleCount=1st NCAA (2nd overall) WCWS

| Runner-Up=Fresno State

| WCWSCount=1st

| Coach=Sharron Backus

| CoachCount=1st NCAA (2nd overall) WCWS

| MOP=

| MOPTeam=

| Attendance=

| Television=

| FirstTournamentEver=yes

}}

The finals of the 1982 NCAA Division I softball tournament were held from May 27 through May 30.{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/eventlist.do?championship=400006&division=400006400012|title=NCAA Championship Archives, 1982 Softball Women's Division I|access-date=2014-05-26|archive-date=2014-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527230038/http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/eventlist.do?championship=400006&division=400006400012|url-status=dead}} 16 Division I college softball teams met in the NCAA tournament's first round at campus sites. After having played their way through the regular season and first round (and for Oklahoma State, a conference tournament, an AIAW regional title and double losses to Texas A&M in the AIAW Women's College World Series final on May 25), the eight advancing teams played in the NCAA Women's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. UCLA won the title. Historian Bill Plummer III wrote, "With their 77-8 season record, Texas A&M could have been a contender in Omaha − maybe even the top seed − against perennial softball powers like UCLA and Fresno State. The Aggies had been invited to the NCAA's first national tournament, but chose not to go. A&M coach Bob Brock had high respect for the eleven-year-old AIAW, even as the NCAA began to overshadow it. Out of a sense of loyalty to the AIAW, Brock said, his school chose the 1982 Norman championship over the NCAA's first in Omaha."{{cite book|title=A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series|first1=William|last1=Plummer III| first2=Larry C.|last2=Floyd|year=2013|publisher= Turnkey Communications Inc.|location= Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States|isbn=978-0-9893007-0-4}}{{rp|63}}

Regionals

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colspan=5\|Northeast Regional
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Western Michigan Broncos\|title=Western Michigan}} \| 2¹⁰ \| 0 \| 7
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Adelphi Panthers\|title=Adelphi}} \| 0 \| 1 \| 0

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colspan=5|Northeast Regional

{{csb link|year=1982|team=Western Michigan Broncos|title=Western Michigan}}

| 2¹⁰

| 0

| 7

| 0

| 1

| 0

Western Michigan qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

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colspan=5\|Atlantic Regional
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans\|title=Cal State Fullerton}} \| 4 \| 11 \| —
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Bowling Green Falcons\|title=Bowling Green}} \| 1 \| 0 \| —

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colspan=5|Atlantic Regional

{{csb link|year=1982|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans|title=Cal State Fullerton}}

| 4

| 11

| —

{{csb link|year=1982|team=Bowling Green Falcons|title=Bowling Green}}

| 1

| 0

| —

Cal State Fullerton qualifies for WCWS, 2–0.

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colspan=5\|South Regional
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Creighton Bluejays\|title=Creighton}} \| 7 \| 3 \| —
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=South Carolina Gamecocks\|title=South Carolina}} \| 0 \| 2 \| —

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colspan=5|South Regional

{{csb link|year=1982|team=Creighton Bluejays|title=Creighton}}

| 7

| 3

| —

{{csb link|year=1982|team=South Carolina Gamecocks|title=South Carolina}}

| 0

| 2

| —

Creighton qualifies for WCWS, 2–0.

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colspan=5\|Mideast Regional
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} \| 1¹¹ \| 0 \| 4
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} \| 0 \| 1 \| 1

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colspan=5|Mideast Regional

{{csb link|year=1982|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}}

| 1¹¹

| 0

| 4

| 0

| 1

Nebraska qualifies for WCWS, 2–1.

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colspan=5\|Midwest Regional
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} \| 1⁹ \| 3¹¹ \| —
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos\|title=Cal Poly Pomona}} \| 0 \| 2 \| —

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colspan=5|Midwest Regional

{{csb link|year=1982|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls|title=Oklahoma State}}

| 1⁹

| 3¹¹

| —

{{csb link|year=1982|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos|title=Cal Poly Pomona}}

| 0

| 2

| —

Oklahoma State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0.

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colspan=5\|Central Regional
UCLA \| 4 \| 5 \| —
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Wyoming Cowgirls\|title=Wyoming}} \| 0 \| 0 \| —

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colspan=5|Central Regional

UCLA

| 4

| 5

| —

| 0

| —

UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–0.

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colspan=5\|West Regional
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} \| 1 \| 1 \| 1
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} \| 0 \| 3⁸ \| 2

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colspan=5|West Regional

{{csb link|year=1982|team=California Golden Bears|title=California}}

| 1

{{csb link|year=1982|team=Arizona State Sun Devils|title=Arizona State}}

| 0

| 3⁸

| 2

Arizona State qualifies for WCWS, 2–1.

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colspan=5\|Northwest Regional
Fresno State \| 2⁹ \| 1 \| 4
{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Pacific Tigers\|title=Pacific}} \| 0 \| 5 \| 0

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colspan=5|Northwest Regional

Fresno State

| 2⁹

| 1

| 4

| 0

| 5

| 0

Fresno State qualifies for WCWS, 2–1.

Women's College World Series

=Participants=

These eight teams met at Seymour Smith Park to decide the 1982 NCAA Division I Softball Championship:

{{csb link|year=1982|team=Arizona State Sun Devils|title=Arizona State}}
{{csb link|year=1982|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans|title=Cal State Fullerton}}
{{csb link|year=1982|team=Creighton Bluejays|title=Creighton}}
Fresno State
{{csb link|year=1982|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}}
{{csb link|year=1982|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls|title=Oklahoma State}}
UCLA
{{csb link|year=1982|team=Western Michigan Broncos|title=Western Michigan}}

=Bracket=

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| RD1-team1={{csb link|year=1982|team=Arizona State Sun Devils|title=Arizona State}}

| RD1-score1=2⁹

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{csb link|year=1982|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans|title=Cal State Fullerton}}

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| RD1-team3={{csb link|year=1982|team=Creighton Bluejays|title=Creighton}}

| RD1-score3=2

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4={{csb link|year=1982|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}}

| RD1-score4=3⁸

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team5={{csb link|year=1982|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls|title=Oklahoma State}}

| RD1-score5=1

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6=UCLA

| RD1-score6=2¹³{{cite web|url= http://newsok.com/cowgirls-lose-2-1-to-bruins/article/1985160 | title=Cowgirls Lose 2-1 to Bruins |date = 28 May 1982|access-date=2014-05-31}}

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team7=Fresno State

| RD1-score7=0

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-team8={{csb link|year=1982|team=Western Michigan Broncos|title=Western Michigan}}

| RD1-score8=5

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| RD2-team1=Arizona State

| RD2-score1=2

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2=Nebraska

| RD2-score2=0

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3=UCLA

| RD2-score3=1

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4=Western Michigan

| RD2-score4=0

| RD2-seed5=

| RD2-team5=Cal State Fullerton

| RD2-score5=4⁸

| RD2-seed6=

| RD2-team6=Creighton

| RD2-score6=1

| RD2-seed7=

| RD2-team7=Oklahoma State

| RD2-score7=0

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| RD2-team8=Fresno State

| RD2-score8=1¹⁴

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| RD3-team1=Arizona State

| RD3-score1=0

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| RD3-team2=UCLA

| RD3-score2=1

| RD3-seed3=

| RD3-team3=Western Michigan

| RD3-score3=0

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| RD3-team4=Cal State Fullerton

| RD3-score4=1⁸

| RD3-seed5=

| RD3-team5=Nebraska

| RD3-score5=0

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| RD3-team6=Fresno State

| RD3-score6=1

| RD4-seed1=

| RD4-team1=UCLA

| RD4-score1=1¹⁰

| RD4-seed2=

| RD4-team2=Cal State Fullerton

| RD4-score2=0

| RD4-seed3=

| RD4-team3=Arizona State

| RD4-score3=1

| RD4-seed4=

| RD4-team4=Fresno State

| RD4-score4=4

| RD5-seed1=

| RD5-team1=UCLA

| RD5-score1=2⁸

| RD5-seed2=

| RD5-team2=Fresno State

| RD5-score2=0

| RD6-seed1=

| RD6-team1=

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| RD6-team2=

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=Championship Game=

{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400006&division=400006400012&event=400101 |title=1982 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 14 |location=Ncaa.org |access-date=2018-06-08 |archive-date=2014-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528045541/http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400006&division=400006400012&event=400101 |url-status=dead }}

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! School

! Top Batter

! Stats.

UCLA Bruins

| Debbie Hauer (1B)

| 0-3 RBI 2Ks

Fresno State Bulldogs

| Sandi Taylor (2B)

| 1-2 BB

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style="text-align:center; background:#f2f2f2;" ! School ! Pitcher ! IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF
UCLA Bruins \| Debbie Doom (W) \| 8.0	2	0	0	1	12	26	27
Fresno State Bulldogs \| Wende Ward (L) \| 8.0	1	2	1	4	8	24	28

References

Category:1982 NCAA Division I softball season

NCAA Division I softball tournament

Category:NCAA Division I softball tournament

Category:Women's sports in Nebraska

1982 NCAA Division I softball tournament#Regionals

Regionals

Women's College World Series

=Participants=

=Bracket=

=Championship Game=

See also

References