1981 Women's College World Series
The 1981 AIAW Women's College World Series was held in Norman, Oklahoma on May 21–24. Sixteen Division I college softball teams met in the next-to-last AIAW fastpitch softball tournament of that organization's history. After playing their way through the regular season and regional tournaments, the 16 advancing teams met for the AIAW Division I college softball championship.[1]
Teams
The double-elimination tournament included these teams:
- California
- Cal State Fullerton
- Creighton
- Illinois State
- Michigan State
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- New Mexico State
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State
- Rutgers
- South Carolina
- Texas A&M
- UCLA
- Utah State
- Western Michigan
Defending champion Utah State won its second national championship by defeating Cal State Fullerton, 4-3, in the "if necessary" game to become the first repeat winner since Arizona State in 1973.[1]
Bracket
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Ranking
| Place | School | WCWS Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Utah State | 5-1 |
| 2nd | Cal State–Fullerton | 5-2 |
| 3rd | UCLA | 5-2 |
| 4th | Texas A&M | 4-2 |
| 5th | California | 2-2 |
| Missouri | 2-2 | |
| 7th | Michigan State | 2-2 |
| Oklahoma State | 2-2 | |
| 9th | Creighton | 1-2 |
| New Mexico | 1-2 | |
| Oklahoma | 1-2 | |
| Western Michigan | 1-2 | |
| 13th | Illinois State | 0-2 |
| New Mexico State | 0-2 | |
| Rutgers | 0-2 | |
| South Carolina | 0-2 |
See also
References
- ^ a b 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.