This is a list of Northwestern Wildcats softball seasons. The Northwestern Wildcats softball program is a college softball team that represents Northwestern University in the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
The Wildcats have won ten conference regular season championships, ten conference tournaments, and have appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament 28 times, advancing to the Women's College World Series eight times, and the title game in 1985.
Season results National championsWomen's College World Series berthNCAA Tournament berthConference Tournament ChampionsConference Regular Season Champions
Season Head coach Conference Season results Tournament results Overall Conference Conference Postseason Wins Losses Ties % Wins Losses Ties % Finish Northwestern Wildcats 1976 Mary Conway Independent 1 6 0 N/A — 1977 Big Ten 3 9 0 1 4 0 N/A — 1978 6 12 0 0 4 0 — 1979 Sharon Drysdale 3 13 0 0 4 0 — 1980 16 17 0 3 5 0 — 1981 19 27 0 4 4 0 — 1982 31 9 1 8 0 0 1st champions — 1983 34 16 0 13 7 0 2ndN/A 1984 41 17 0 17 4 0 1st WCWS 1985 40 12 1 20 4 0 1st WCWS 1986 33 17 0 15 9 0 1st WCWS 1987 43 13 0 18 6 0 1st NCAA Regional 1988 25 23 0 14 10 0 3rd — 1989 26 25 0 14 10 0 3rd — 1990 16 35 0 5 19 0 6th — 1991 21 33 0 9 15 0 5th — 1992 33 25 1 18 10 0 3rd — 1993 34 25 0 17 11 0 4th — 1994 35 21 0 17 11 0 4th — 1995 38 19 0 19 9 0 2nd 3rd — 1996 19 33 0 8 16 0 7th — — 1997 19 31 0 9 14 0 8th — — 1998 34 19 0 15 9 0 2nd 4th — 1999 30 31 0 11 13 0 7th — — 2000 30 26 0 12 6 0 4th 4th NCAA Regional 2001 20 25 0 8 12 0 8th — — 2002 Kate Drohan 24 18 1 10 9 0 T-5th — — 2003 36 19 0 11 9 0 6th 2nd NCAA Regional 2004 34 20 0 12 8 0 4th 3rd NCAA Regional 2005 42 18 0 15 3 0 2nd 3rd NCAA Super Regional 2006 50 15 0 16 3 0 1st 2nd WCWS runner-up 2007 52 13 0 15 3 0 2nd 2nd WCWS 2008 40 16 0 18 2 0 T-1st champions NCAA Super Regional 2009 31 15 0 14 6 0 3rdN/A NCAA Regional 2010 25 23 0 10 8 0 4th — 2011 23 20 0 5 13 0 10th — 2012 29 29 0 14 10 0 4th NCAA Regional 2013 31 22 0 12 10 0 5th 5th — 2014 35 18 0 14 9 0 5th 5th NCAA Regional 2015 28 23 0 14 8 0 4th 3rd NCAA Regional 2016 27 28 0 15 8 0 3rd 3rd NCAA Regional 2017 25 29 0 10 13 0 8th 5th — 2018 38 19 0 14 8 0 4th 2nd NCAA Regional 2019 47 13 0 21 2 0 2nd 3rd NCAA Super Regional 2020 11 12 0 Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 30 17 0 29 15 0 3rdN/A NCAA Regional 2022 45 13 0 19 4 0 1st 3rd WCWS 2023 42 13 0 20 3 0 1st champions NCAA Super Regional 2024 35 13 0 19 3 0 1st 5th NCAA Regional 2025 30 20 1 16 6 0 T-4th 9th NCAA Regional 2026 29 21 0 16 8 0 T-5th 9th —
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