1984 NCAA Division I softball tournament

{{Infobox NCAA softball tournament |

| Year= 1984

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| 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

| MOP=

| MOPTeam=

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| FirstTournamentEver=

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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.{{cite book|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_rb/2014/10-80s.pdf|title=2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats|publisher=NCAA|access-date=February 3, 2015}}{{cite book|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_rb/2014/06-Results.pdf|publisher=NCAA|title=2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results|access-date=February 3, 2015}}

Regionals

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colspan=5\|West Regional
– \|UCLA \|1 \|3 \|—
– \|Arizona \|0 \|0 \|—

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colspan=5|West Regional

–

|UCLA

|—

–

|Arizona

|—

UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

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colspan=5\|Mideast Regional
– \|Northwestern \|1 \|1 \|3
– \|Western Michigan \|0 \|2 \|1

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colspan=5|Mideast Regional

–

|Northwestern

–

|Western Michigan

Northwestern qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

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colspan=5\|South Regional
– \|Cal Poly Pomona \|1⁹ \|12 \|—
– \|Louisiana Tech \|0 \|0 \|—

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colspan=5|South Regional

–

|Cal Poly Pomona

|1⁹

|12

|—

–

|Louisiana Tech

|—

Cal Poly Pomona qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

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colspan=5\|Central Regional
– \|Utah State \|6 \|4⁸ \|—
– \|Utah \|2 \|3 \|—

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colspan=5|Central Regional

–

|Utah State

|4⁸

|—

–

|Utah

|—

Utah State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

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colspan=5\|Midwest Regional
– \|Nebraska \|3¹⁸ \|2¹⁴ \|—
– \|Oklahoma State \|2 \|1 \|—

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colspan=5|Midwest Regional

–

|Nebraska

|3¹⁸

|2¹⁴

|—

–

|Oklahoma State

|—

Nebraska qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

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colspan=5\|Northeast Regional
– \|Adelphi \|2 \|1¹⁴ \|—
– \|Rutgers \|0 \|0 \|—

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colspan=5|Northeast Regional

–

|Adelphi

|1¹⁴

|—

–

|Rutgers

|—

Adelphi qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

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colspan=5\|Northwest Regional
– \|Fresno State \|1 \|3 \|—
– \|Pacific \|0 \|1 \|—

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colspan=5|Northwest Regional

–

|Fresno State

|—

–

|Pacific

|—

Fresno State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

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

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colspan=5|At-large Regional

–

|Cal State Fullerton

–

|Texas A&M

|2¹⁵

Texas A&M qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

Women's College World Series

=Participants=

{{csb link|year=1984|team=Adelphi Panthers|title=Adelphi}}
{{csb link|year=1984|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos|title=Cal Poly Pomona}}
{{csb link|year=1984|team=Fresno State Bulldogs|title=Fresno State}}
{{csb link|year=1984|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}}
{{csb link|year=1984|team=Northwestern Wildcats|title=Northwestern}}
Texas A&M
UCLA
{{csb link|year=1984|team=Utah State Aggies|title=Utah State}}

=Game results=

==Bracket==

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| RD1-team1=UCLA

| RD1-score1=6

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| RD1-score2=0

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| RD1-team3={{csb link|year=1984|team=Northwestern Wildcats|title=Northwestern}}

| RD1-score3=1

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| RD1-team4={{csb link|year=1984|team=Adelphi Panthers|title=Adelphi}}

| RD1-score4=0

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| RD1-team5=Texas A&M

| RD1-score5=1²⁵

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6={{csb link|year=1984|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos|title=Cal Poly Pomona}}

| RD1-score6=0

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| RD1-team7={{csb link|year=1984|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}}

| RD1-score7=2

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| RD1-team8={{csb link|year=1984|team=Fresno State Bulldogs|title=Fresno State}}

| RD1-score8=0

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| RD2-team1=UCLA

| RD2-score1=1⁹

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| RD2-team2=Northwestern

| RD2-score2=0

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| RD2-team3=Texas A&M

| RD2-score3=5

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| RD2-team4=Nebraska

| RD2-score4=2

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| RD2-team5=Utah State

| RD2-score5=0

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| RD2-team6=Adelphi

| RD2-score6=1

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| RD2-team7=Cal Poly Pomona

| RD2-score7=0

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| RD2-team8=Fresno State

| RD2-score8=1

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| RD3-team1=UCLA

| RD3-score1=0

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| RD3-team2=Texas A&M

| RD3-score2=2⁸

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| RD3-team3=Nebraska

| RD3-score3=2

| RD3-seed4=

| RD3-team4=Adelphi

| RD3-score4=1

| RD3-seed5=

| RD3-team5=Northwestern

| RD3-score5=3

| RD3-seed6=

| RD3-team6=Fresno State

| RD3-score6=0

| RD4-seed1=

| RD4-team1=Texas A&M

| RD4-score1=1¹⁴

| RD4-seed2=

| RD4-team2=Northwestern

| RD4-score2=0

| RD4-seed3=

| RD4-team3=UCLA

| RD4-score3=1⁸

| RD4-seed4=

| RD4-team4=Nebraska

| RD4-score4=0

| RD5-seed1=

| RD5-team1=Texas A&M

| RD5-score1-1=0

| RD5-score1-2=0

| RD5-seed2=

| RD5-team2=UCLA

| RD5-score2-1=1

| RD5-score2-2=1¹³

}}

==Game log==

class=wikitable ! Date !! Game !! Winning team !! Score !! Losing team !! Notes
align=center \|rowspan=2\| May 23	Game 1	UCLA	6–0	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Utah State Aggies\|title=Utah State}}
align=center \| Game 2	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}}	1–0	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Adelphi Panthers\|title=Adelphi}}
align=center \| May 24	Game 3	Texas A&M	1–0²⁵	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos\|title=Cal Poly Pomona}}
align=center \|rowspan=2\| May 25	Game 4	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}}	2–0	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}}
align=center \| Game 5	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Adelphi Panthers\|title=Adelphi}}	1–0	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Utah State Aggies\|title=Utah State}}	Utah State eliminated
align=center \|rowspan=3\| May 26	Game 6	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}}	1–0¹²	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos\|title=Cal Poly Pomona}}	Cal Poly Pomona eliminated
align=center \| Game 7	UCLA	1–0⁹	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}}
align=center \| Game 8	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}}	5–2	Texas A&M
align=center \|rowspan=2\| May 27	Game 9	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}}	3–0⁸	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}}	Fresno State eliminated
align=center \| Game 10	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}}	2–1	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Adelphi Panthers\|title=Adelphi}}	Adelphi eliminated
align=center \|rowspan=3\| May 28	Game 11	Texas A&M	2–0⁸	UCLA
align=center \| Game 12	UCLA	1–0⁸	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}}	Nebraska eliminated
align=center \| Game 13	Texas A&M	1–0¹³	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}}	Northwestern eliminated
align=center \|rowspan=2\| May 29	Game 14	UCLA	1–0	Texas A&M
align=center \| Game 15	UCLA	1–0¹⁴	Texas A&M	UCLA wins WCWS

=Championship Game=

{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400007&division=400007400012&event=400128 |title=1984 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 15 |location=Ncaa.org |access-date=2018-06-08 |archive-date=2018-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612151848/http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400007&division=400007400012&event=400128 |url-status=dead }}

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! School

! Top Batter

! Stats.

UCLA Bruins

| Tricia Ming (DP)

| 2-6 RBI HR

Texas A&M Aggies

| Pattie Holthaus (2B)

| 1-4

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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) \| 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{{cite book|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_rb/2014/02-Tourn.pdf|publisher=NCAA|title=2014 WCWS Records: All-Time Tournament Records and Results|page=2|access-date=February 13, 2015}}

class=wikitable ! Pos !! Name !! School
rowspan=3\| 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
rowspan=3\| OF	Peg Richardson	Nebraska
Regina Dooley	Adelphi
Josie Carter	Texas A&M
C	Gay McNutt	Texas A&M
DH	Tricia Mang	UCLA