The 1986 NCAA Division I softball tournament was the fifth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1986 to mark the conclusion of the 1986 NCAA Division I softball season, fifteen Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured seven regionals of two teams (the last team, Creighton, qualified automatically) with the winner of each region (a total of 7 teams plus Creighton) advancing to the 1986 Women's College World Series at Seymour Smith Park in Omaha, Nebraska. Cal State Fullerton won the championship by defeating Texas A&M 1–0 in the final game.
Qualifying
Regionals
West Regional–21—–Cal Poly Pomona00—
Cal State Fullerton qualifies for WCWS, 2–0
Mideast Regional–Indiana25—–00—
Indiana qualifies for WCWS, 2–0
South Regional–41—–Florida State00—
Louisiana Tech qualifies for WCWS, 2–0
Central Regional–Texas A&M1110—–Kansas00—
Texas A&M qualifies for WCWS, 2–0
Midwest Regional was not held Creighton qualified as eighth team.
Northeast Regional–Northwestern36—–Massachusetts00—
Northwestern qualifies for WCWS, 2–0
Northwest Regional–4122—–Fresno State11—
Long Beach State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0
At-large Regional–California132–Pacific300
California qualifies for WCWS, 2–1
Women's College World Series
Participants
Cal State Fullerton
Texas A&M
Game results
Bracket
Game log Date Game Winning team Score Losing team Notes May 21 Game 1 2–0 Game 2 Cal State Fullerton 1–09 May 22 Game 3 Texas A&M 1–010 Game 4 1–010 May 23 Game 5 1–010 Northwestern eliminated Game 6 4–313 Louisiana Tech eliminated Game 7 Cal State Fullerton 3–0 Game 8 Texas A&M 6–0 May 24 Game 9 1–08 Creighton eliminated Game 10 2–010 Long Beach State eliminated Game 11 Cal State Fullerton 3–0 Texas A&M Game 12 Texas A&M 1–010 California eliminated Game 13 Cal State Fullerton 3–18 Indiana eliminated May 25 Game 14 Cal State Fullerton 3–0 Texas A&M Cal State Fullerton wins WCWS
Championship Game
School Top Batter Stats. Cal State Fullerton Titans JoAnn Ferrieri (DH) 1-3 RBI Texas A&M Aggies Tory Parks (PH) 1-1
School Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Cal State Fullerton Titans Connie Clark (W) 7.0 1 0 0 0 8 20 22 Texas A&M Aggies Shawn Andaya (L) 7.0 5 3 2 3 3 28 31
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team Pos Name School P Shawn Andaya Texas A&M Connie Clark Cal State Fullerton 1B Robin Goodin Cal State Fullerton 2B Judy Trussell Texas A&M 3B Roni Deutch California SS Liz Mizera Texas A&M OF Tammy Connor Indiana Rina Foster Cal State Fullerton Chenita Rogers Cal State Fullerton Sue Trubovitz Long Beach State AL Cindy Cooper Texas A&M Joey Schope Creighton
See also 1986 NCAA Division II softball tournament 1986 NCAA Division III softball tournament 1986 NAIA softball tournament 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
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