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.
Regionals
West Regional–Cal State Fullerton55—–Central Michigan00—
Cal State Fullerton qualifies for WCWS, 2–0
Mideast Regional–Northwestern36—–Indiana20—
Northwestern qualifies for WCWS, 2–0
South Regional–Louisiana Tech051–Texas A&M300
Louisiana Tech qualifies for WCWS, 2–1
Central Regional–Utah13828–Arizona State2821
Utah qualifies for WCWS, 2–1
Midwest Regional–Nebraska†162–Kansas4910
Nebraska qualifies for WCWS, 2–1 † Nebraska's wins vacated
Northeast Regional–Adelphi22—–Penn State00—
Adelphi qualifies for WCWS, 2–0
Northwest Regional–Cal Poly Pomona41—–Fresno State00—
Cal Poly Pomona qualifies for WCWS, 2–0
At-large Regional–UCLA132–Pacific300
UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–1
Women's College World Series
Participants
Nebraska
UCLA
Game results
Bracket
Game log Date Game Winning team Score Losing team Notes May 22 Game 1 1–08 Game 2 UCLA 1–0 May 23 Game 3 6–3 Game 4 Nebraska 6–0 May 24 Game 5 1–0 Utah eliminated Game 6 1–08 Louisiana Tech eliminated Game 7 2–0 UCLA Game 8 Nebraska 2–0 May 25 Game 9 UCLA 1–0 Northwestern eliminated Game 10 1–08 Adelphi eliminated Game 11 Nebraska 5–1 Game 12 2–18 Cal Poly Pomona eliminated Game 13 UCLA 3–0 Nebraska May 26 Game 14 UCLA 1–0 Cal State Fullerton eliminated Game 15 UCLA 2–19 Nebraska UCLA wins WCWS
Championship Game
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
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team Pos Name School P Debbie Doom UCLA Tracy Compton UCLA Lori Sippel Nebraska C Lisa Busby Nebraska 1B Ginger Cannon Nebraska 2B Lori Richins Nebraska 3B Jo Ann Ferrieri Cal State Fullerton SS Leslie Rover UCLA OF Stacy Sunny Nebraska Regina Dooley Adelphi Alison Stowell Cal Poly Pomona U Chris Olivie UCLA
See also 1985 NCAA Division II softball tournament 1985 NCAA Division III softball tournament 1985 NAIA softball tournament 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
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