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1983 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending ChampionsUCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
ChampionsTexas A&M (1st NCAA WCWS title)
Runners-upCal State Fullerton (2nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning CoachBob Brock (1st NCAA WCWS title)
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →

The 1983 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 1983. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1983 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 1983 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Omaha, Nebraska at Seymour Smith Park, ended on May 29, 1983.

Conference standings

1983 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Indiana ‍†‍‍y 14 – 5 – 1   .725 45 – 20 – 1   .689
Northwestern ‍‍‍ 13 – 7 – 0   .650 34 – 16 – 0   .680
Minnesota ‍‍‍ 13 – 9 – 0   .591 32 – 18 – 0   .640
Iowa ‍‍‍ 8 – 7 – 0   .533 20 – 18 – 0   .526
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11 – 0   .450 16 – 22 – 1   .423
Michigan ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 32 – 27 – 0   .542
Ohio State ‍‍‍ 4 – 14 – 1   .237 19 – 28 – 1   .406
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 1983 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 25 to May 29, 1983 in Omaha, Nebraska.[9]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Cal State Fullerton3
Indiana2
Cal State Fullerton2
South Carolina0
South Carolina2
Texas A&M0
Cal State Fullerton6
UCLA1
UCLA1
Cal State Fullerton0
Missouri0
UCLA8Texas A&M1
Louisiana Tech0
Louisiana Tech7
Pacific0Cal State Fullerton0
Texas A&M114Texas A&M212
Lower round 1Lower round 2UCLA0
Louisiana Tech0
Indiana0Texas A&M2
UCLA217
Texas A&M1
South Carolina1
South Carolina2
Missouri0Pacific1
Pacific112

Season leaders

Batting

Pitching

Records

NCAA Division I season ERA: 0.04 (1 ER/168.0 IP) – Tracy Compton, UCLA Bruins[10]

NCAA Division I single game assists: 12 – Wende Ward, Fresno State Bulldogs; February 23, 1983

Freshman class ERA: 0.09 (3 ER/219.0 IP) – Darlene Lowery, South Carolina Gamecocks

Awards

Lori Stoll, Texas A&M Aggies[11][12]

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
1983 30 7 45 35 34 24 3 297.1 99 26 14 60 340 0.33 0.53

References

  1. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  2. ^ 1983 Indiana Season
  3. ^ 1983 Iowa Season
  4. ^ 1983 Michigan Season
  5. ^ 1983 Michigan State Season
  6. ^ 1983 Minnesota Season
  7. ^ 1983 Northwestern Season
  8. ^ 1983 Ohio State Season
  9. ^ "1983 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  10. ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  11. ^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  12. ^ "FINAL 1983 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
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