1985 NCAA Division I softball tournament

1985 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams	16
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

West Regional
–	Cal State Fullerton	5	5	—
–	Central Michigan	0	0	—

Mideast Regional
–	Northwestern	3	6	—
–	Indiana	2	0	—

South Regional
–	Louisiana Tech	0	5	1
–	Texas A&M	3	0	0

Central Regional
–	Utah	1	3⁸	2⁸
–	Arizona State	2⁸	2	1

Midwest Regional
–	Nebraska†	1	6	2
–	Kansas	4⁹	1	0

Northeast Regional
–	Adelphi	2	2	—
–	Penn State	0	0	—

Northwest Regional
–	Cal Poly Pomona	4	1	—
–	Fresno State	0	0	—

At-large Regional
–	UCLA	1	3	2
–	Pacific	3	0	0

Date	Game	Winning team	Score	Losing team	Notes
May 22	Game 1	Cal State Fullerton	1–0⁸	Adelphi
May 22	Game 2	UCLA	1–0	Utah
May 23	Game 3	Cal Poly Pomona	6–3	Northwestern
May 23	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
May 26	Game 15	UCLA	2–1⁹	Nebraska	UCLA wins WCWS

School	Top Batter	Stats.
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
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

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