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
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper round 3Upper finalFinal
UCLA3
South Carolina0
UCLA0
Utah State1
Utah State2
Texas A&M1
Utah State4
Missouri2
Missouri3[lower-alpha 1]
Rutgers0
Missouri5
Oklahoma State1
Michigan State1
Oklahoma State5
Utah State2
Cal State–Fullerton0
Western Michigan2
Creighton0
Western Michigan0
Cal State–Fullerton2[lower-alpha 2]
Cal State–Fullerton7[lower-alpha 3]
New Mexico State6
Cal State–Fullerton1[lower-alpha 4]
California0
California3
Illinois State0
California4Utah State14
Oklahoma1Cal State–Fullerton63
Oklahoma1
New Mexico0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower round 4Lower round 5Lower final
Western Michigan0
Missouri0
South Carolina0Texas A&M1[lower-alpha 5]
Texas A&M3Texas A&M1
Texas A&M4
Michigan State2Cal State–Fullerton5
Oklahoma1
Texas A&M0UCLA4
Rutgers2Michigan State8
UCLA1
Michigan State6
UCLA2
California0
Creighton4[lower-alpha 3]Creighton1
UCLA5UCLA2[lower-alpha 6]
New Mexico State2
Oklahoma State0
Oklahoma State5
Illinois State0New Mexico2
New Mexico1

Source:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

  1. 12 innings
  2. 15 innings
  3. 8 innings
  4. 10 innings
  5. 11 innings
  6. 9 innings

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
See also: AIAW Champions § Fastpitch Softball, and 1981 AIAW slow-pitch softball tournament

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Softball". Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. May 22, 1981. p. 4B. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  3. "MSU softballers suffer 5–1 loss". Lansing State Journal. Lansing, Michigan. May 22, 1981. p. C-3. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  4. "MSU women stay alive". Lansing State Journal. Lansing, Michigan. May 23, 1981. p. B-1. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  5. "College softball". Lansing State Journal. Lansing, Michigan. May 23, 1981. p. B-3. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  6. "Softball". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. May 23, 1981. p. G10. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  7. "Softball". Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. May 24, 1981. p. 6D. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  8. "Softball". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. May 24, 1981. p. F10. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  9. "Utah State wins softball crown". News-Press. Fort Myers, Florida. May 25, 1981. p. 3C. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
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