1985 NCAA Division I softball tournament

American college softball tournament

Collegiate softball tournament

1985 NCAA Division I
softball tournamentTeams| 16

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Finals site|

* Seymour Smith Park
* Omaha, NE

Champions| UCLA (3rd NCAA (4th overall) WCWS title)
Runner-up| Nebraska (3rd WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach| Sharron Backus (3rd NCAA (4th overall) WCWS title)

* ← 1984
* NCAA Division I softball tournament
* 1986 →

The 1985 NCAA Division I softball tournament was the fourth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1985, sixteen Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of two teams with the winner of each region (a total of 8 teams) advancing to the 1985 Women's College World Series at Seymour Smith Park in Omaha, Nebraska. The event held from May 22 through May 26 marked the conclusion of the 1985 NCAA Division I softball season. UCLA won the championship by defeating Nebraska 2–1 in the final game. Nebraska's appearance was later vacated due to NCAA infractions.[1][2]

## Regionals

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| West Regional

–  | Cal State Fullerton | 5 | 5 | —
–  | Central Michigan | 0  | 0  | —

* Cal State Fullerton qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

| Mideast Regional

–  | Northwestern | 3 | 6 | —
–  | Indiana | 2  | 0  | —

* Northwestern qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

| South Regional

–  | Louisiana Tech | 0  | 5 | 1
–  | Texas A&M | 3 | 0  | 0

* Louisiana Tech qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

| Central Regional

–  | Utah | 1  | 38 | 28
–  | Arizona State | 28 | 2  | 1

* Utah qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

| Midwest Regional

–  | Nebraska†  | 1  | 6 | 2
–  | Kansas | 49 | 1  | 0

* Nebraska qualifies for WCWS, 2–1
* † Nebraska's wins vacated

| Northeast Regional

–  | Adelphi | 2 | 2 | —
–  | Penn State | 0  | 0  | —

* Adelphi qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

| Northwest Regional

–  | Cal Poly Pomona | 4 | 1 | —
–  | Fresno State | 0  | 0  | —

* Cal Poly Pomona qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

| At-large Regional

–  | UCLA | 1  | 3 | 2
–  | Pacific | 3 | 0  | 0

* UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

## Women's College World Series

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### Participants

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* Adelphi
* Cal Poly Pomona
* Cal State Fullerton
* Louisiana Tech
* Nebraska
* Northwestern
* UCLA
* Utah

### Game results

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#### Bracket

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | Semifinals| | | Preliminary final| | | Final
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| Cal State Fullerton| 18
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| Adelphi| 0| |
| | | Cal State Fullerton| 2
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| | | UCLA| 0| |
| Utah| 0| | | |
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| UCLA| 1| |
| | | Cal State Fullerton| 1
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| | | Nebraska| 5|
| Northwestern| 3| | | | |
| | | | | Nebraska| 0
| Cal Poly Pomona| 6| | | |
| | | Cal Poly Pomona| 0| UCLA| 3| |
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| | | Nebraska| 2| | |
| Louisiana Tech| 0| | | | |
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| Nebraska| 6| | | | Nebraska| 1
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| | UCLA| 1| | | UCLA| 29
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| Lower round 1| Lower round 2| | | Cal State Fullerton| 0|
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| | Cal Poly Pomona| 18

| Adelphi| 1| | | Adelphi| 0
| | | Cal State Fullerton| 28
| Utah| 0| | | | |
| | | Cal Poly Pomona| 1| |
| | UCLA| 1| |

| Northwestern| 18| | | Northwestern| 0
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| Louisiana Tech| 0| | |
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#### Game log

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Date | Game | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Notes

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May 22 | Game 1 | Cal State Fullerton | 1–08 | Adelphi |
Game 2 | UCLA | 1–0 | Utah |
May 23 | Game 3 | Cal Poly Pomona | 6–3 | Northwestern |
Game 4 | Nebraska | 6–0 | Louisiana Tech |
May 24 | Game 5 | Adelphi | 1–0 | Utah | Utah eliminated
Game 6 | Northwestern | 1–08 | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech eliminated
Game 7 | Cal State Fullerton | 2–0 | UCLA |
Game 8 | Nebraska | 2–0 | Cal Poly Pomona |
May 25 | Game 9 | UCLA | 1–0 | Northwestern | Northwestern eliminated
Game 10 | Cal Poly Pomona | 1–08 | Adelphi | Adelphi eliminated
Game 11 | Nebraska | 5–1 | Cal State Fullerton |
Game 12 | Cal State Fullerton | 2–18 | Cal Poly Pomona | Cal Poly Pomona eliminated
Game 13 | UCLA | 3–0 | Nebraska |
May 26 | Game 14 | UCLA | 1–0 | Cal State Fullerton | Cal State Fullerton eliminated
Game 15 | UCLA | 2–19 | Nebraska | UCLA wins WCWS

### Championship Game

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School  | Top Batter  | Stats.

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UCLA Bruins | Chris Olivie (RF)  | 2-3 RBI BB
Nebraska Cornhuskers | Ginger Cannon (2B)  | 0-3 RBI BB
School  | Pitcher  | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | AB | BF

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UCLA Bruins | Debbie Doom (W)  | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 38
Nebraska Cornhuskers | Lori Sippel (L)  | 8.1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 35

### All-Tournament Team

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

Pos | Name | School

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P | Debbie Doom | UCLA
Tracy Compton | UCLA
Lori Sippel | Nebraska
C | Lisa Busby | Nebraska
1B | Ginger Cannon | Nebraska
2B | Lori Richins | Nebraska
3B | Jo Ann Ferrieri | Cal State Fullerton
SS | Leslie Rover | UCLA
OF | Stacy Sunny | Nebraska
Regina Dooley | Adelphi
Alison Stowell | Cal Poly Pomona
U | Chris Olivie | UCLA

## See also

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* 1985 NCAA Division II softball tournament
* 1985 NCAA Division III softball tournament
* 1985 NAIA softball tournament
* 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

## References

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1. ^ 2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
2. ^ 2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
3. ^ "1985 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 15". Ncaa.org. Archived from the original on May 15, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
4. ^ 2014 WCWS Records: All-Time Tournament Records and Results (PDF). NCAA. p. 2. Retrieved February 13, 2015.

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