1971 Women's College World Series
The 1971 ASA/DGWS Women's College World Series (WCWS), the third in its history, was held in Omaha, Nebraska. On May 14–16, softball teams from 28 colleges met in that year's national fastpitch softball tournament, still the largest number of teams to play in a single-site WCWS.[1] The tournament consisted of 55 games.
Teams
The double-elimination tournament included these teams:
- Arizona State
- Buena Vista College (Iowa)
- Central Missouri State College
- Concordia Teachers College (Nebraska)
- Eastern Illinois
- Illinois State
- Iowa State
- John F. Kennedy College (Nebraska)
- Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State)
- Kearney State College (Nebraska)
- Luther College (Iowa)
- Midland Lutheran College (Nebraska)
- Minnesota–Duluth
- Minot State College (North Dakota)
- Nebraska
- Nebraska–Omaha
- Northern Colorado
- Parsons College (Iowa)
- Simpson College (Iowa)
- South Dakota
- South Dakota State
- Southern Illinois
- Southwest Baptist College (Missouri)
- Southwest Missouri State College
- Upper Iowa
- Wartburg College (Iowa)
- Wayne State College (Nebraska)
- Wisconsin State–Eau Claire
The John F. Kennedy College Patriettes won their third consecutive national championship, this time from the loser's bracket, by shutting out the Iowa State Cyclonettes twice in the final, 6–0 and 4–0. Paula Miller of Arizona State was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, pitching all of ASU's seven games.[1] Iowa State's result occurred despite having zero funding from the university.[1]
Bracket
The individual game results are shown in the tournament bracket below.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
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Ranking
| Place | School | WCWS Record |
|---|---|---|
| By finish: | ||
| 1st | John F. Kennedy College | 7-1 |
| 2nd | Iowa State | 5-2 |
| 3rd | Southwest Missouri State College | 3-2 |
| 4th | Arizona State | 5-2 |
| Nebraska | 5-2 | |
| 6th | Kansas State Teachers College | 2-2 |
| By record: | ||
| Southern Illinois | 3-2 | |
| Illinois State | 3-2 | |
| Eastern Illinois | 3-2 | |
| Northern Colorado | 3-2 | |
| Luther College | 3-2 | |
| Parsons College | 2-2 | |
| Wartburg College | 2-2 | |
| Central Missouri State College | 1-2 | |
| Minot State College | 1-2 | |
| Concordia Teachers College | 1-2 | |
| Wisconsin State–Eau Claire | 1-2 | |
| Kearney State College | 1-2 | |
| Upper Iowa | 1-2 | |
| Nebraska–Omaha | 1-2 | |
| South Dakota State | 1-2 | |
| Wayne State College | 1-2 | |
| Minnesota–Duluth | 0-2 | |
| South Dakota | 0-2 | |
| Midland Lutheran College | 0-2 | |
| Southwest Baptist College | 0-2 | |
| Buena Vista College | 0-2 | |
| Simpson College | 0-2 | |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Plummer III, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013). A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. ISBN 978-0-9893007-0-4.
- ^ Missouri State Bears Softball 2017 Media Guide (PDF). Missouri State University. p. 89. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ "Omaha Softball All-Time Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ South Dakota State Softball 2016 Media Guide. South Dakota State University. 2016. p. 37. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ "Minot State Beavers Softball Season-by-Season". Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ "Buena Vista Softball Game-by-Game Results". Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ Savery, Kent (May 14, 1971). "Grindle in Form as UNO Gals Win". Omaha World Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. p. 30. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^ Sinclair, Steve (May 15, 1971). "ASU Has 'Girl Power,' Too". Omaha World Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. p. 17. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^ Sinclair, Steve (May 16, 1971). "I-State's Anonymity Ends in 7-6 Victory". Omaha World Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. p. 5-C. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^ Sinclair, Steve (May 17, 1971). "Gloria Gomez Leads JFK Uphill to Title". Omaha World Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. p. 18. Retrieved 2017-03-24.