1989 NCAA Division I softball season

1989 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	UCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Duration	May 24–28, 1989
Champions	UCLA (5th (6th overall) title)
Runners-up	Fresno State (5th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Sharron Backus & Sue Enquist (5th (6th overall) & 1st title)
Seasons

The 1989 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 1989. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1989 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 1989 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Sunnyvale, California at Twin Creeks Sports Complex, ended on May 28, 1989.

Conference standings

1989 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT UCLA  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 2   .900 48 – 4   .923 Oregon  ‍‍‍y 13 – 7   .650 54 – 18   .750 Arizona  ‍‍‍y 11 – 9   .550 48 – 19   .716 California  ‍‍‍y 10 – 10   .500 38 – 26   .594 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 7 – 13   .350 34 – 26   .567 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 19   .050 7 – 30   .189 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 31, 1989 Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 1989 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 24 to May 28, 1989 in Sunnyvale, California.

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	UCLA		3
	South Carolina		0
						UCLA		9
						Cal Poly Pomona		0
	Cal Poly Pomona		1
	Oregon		0
											UCLA		2
											Oklahoma State		1
	Arizona		125
																UCLA		3
	Fresno State		0
						Arizona		0								Arizona		0
						Oklahoma State		48
	Oklahoma State		3
	Toledo		1
																					UCLA		1
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Fresno State		0
											Arizona		4
						South Carolina		0			Oregon		0
																Oklahoma State		0
						Oregon		1
																Fresno State		7
											Cal Poly Pomona		1
						Fresno State		3			Fresno State		5
						Toledo		0

Season Leaders

BATTING

BATTING AVERAGE: .477 - Jocelyn Kondrotas, Maine Black Bears

RBIs: 56 - Nicki Dennis, Arizona Wildcats

HOME RUNS: 9 - Julie Sherman, Connecticut Huskies

PITCHING

WINS: 42-13 - Katie Wiese, Oregon Ducks

ERA: 0.24 (5 ER/146.0 IP) - Tiffany Boyd, UCLA Bruins

STRIKEOUTS: 256, Lisa Kemme, Winthrop Eagles

Records

FRESHMAN CLASS INNINGS PITCHED: 393.0 - Dana Mitchell, Texas A&M Aggies

SENIOR CLASS AT BATS: 255 - Kathy Mayer, Fresno State Bulldogs

Awards

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Janice Parks, UCLA Bruins

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
1989	52	162	32	69	.426	36	2	7	10	99	.611%	19	7	2	3

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.

FIRST TEAM

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Katie Wiese	FR.	Oregon Ducks
	Terry Carpenter	SR.	Fresno State Bulldogs
	Michele Smith	SR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls
C	Lisa Harvey	SR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls
1B	Missy Coombes	JR.	Cal State Fullerton Titans
2B	Michelle Delloso	SO.	South Carolina Gamecocks
3B	Janice Parks	SR.	UCLA Bruins
SS	Shari Johnson	SR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls
OF	Jill Justin	SR.	Northern Illinois Huskies
	Carey Hess	JR.	Cal State Fullerton Titans
	Tricia Popowski	SO.	South Carolina Gamecocks
UT	Jenny Allard	JR.	Michigan Wolverines

SECOND TEAM

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Carie Dever	JR.	Fresno State Bulldogs
	Stefni Whitton	JR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
	Debbie Nichols	JR.	Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters
C	Delanna Lightfoot	JR.	UTA Mavericks
1B	Julie Liljeberg	SO.	Western Michigan Broncos
2B	Beth Bull	JR.	Central Michigan Chippewas
3B	Karla Ismay	SR.	New Mexico Lobos
SS	Tiffany Daniels	SR.	FSU Seminoles
OF	Shanna Flynn	SO.	UCLA Bruins
	Jenny Condon	JR.	Iowa State Cyclones
	Shonta Garr	SO.	Sam Houston State Bearkats
UT	Kim Manning	FR.	Oregon Ducks