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The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship for college softball in the United States. The tournament format consists of two four-team double-elimination brackets. The winners of each bracket then compete in a best-of-three series to determine the Division I WCWS National Champion. The WCWS takes place at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. From 1969 to 1981, the women's collegiate softball championship was also known as the Women's College World Series and was promoted as such.^[1] In these early years, the series was played in Omaha.

1 Division I
- 1.1 Championships by school
- 1.2 Championships & Appearances by conference
2 Division II
3 Division III
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Division I

Year	Champion	Title Series Score	Runner-up	Tie-3rd		Tie-5th		Tie-7th
1982	UCLA Pac-10	2-0 (8 inn)	Fresno State PCAA	Cal St. Fullerton PCAA	Arizona State Pac-10	Nebraska Big Eight	Western Michigan MAC	Creighton Gateway	Oklahoma State Big Eight
1983	Texas A&M Southwest	2-0 (12 inn)	Cal State Fullerton PCAA	UCLA Pac-10	South Carolina Independent	Louisiana Tech Southland	Pacific PCAA	Indiana Big Ten	Missouri Big Eight
1984	UCLA Pac-10	1-0 (13 inn)	Texas A&M Southwest	Northwestern Big Ten	Nebraska Big Eight	Adelphi Atlantic 10	Fresno State Big West	Cal Poly Pomona CCAA	Utah State PCAA
1985	UCLA Pac-10	2-1 (9 inn)	Nebraska* Big Eight	Cal St. Fullerton PCAA	Cal Poly Pomona CCAA	Adelphi Atlantic 10	Northwestern Big Ten	Louisiana Tech Southland	Utah High Country
1986	Cal State Fullerton PCAA	3-0	Texas A&M Southwest	California Pac-10	Indiana Big Ten	Creighton Gateway	Long Beach State PCAA	Louisiana Tech Southland	Northwestern Big Ten
1987	Texas A&M Southwest	4-1	UCLA Pac-10	Cal St. Fullerton PCAA	Nebraska Big Eight	Central Michigan MAC	Fresno State PCAA	Arizona State Pac-10	Florida State Metro
1988	UCLA Pac-10	3-0	Fresno State PCAA	Arizona Pac-10	Cal Poly Pomona CCAA	Nebraska Big Eight	Texas A&M Southwest	Aldelphi Atlantic 10	Northern Illinois North Star
1989	UCLA Pac-10	1-0	Fresno State Big West	Arizona Pac-10	Oklahoma State Big Eight	Cal Poly Pomona CCAA	Oregon Pac-10	South Carolina Metro	Toledo MAC
1990	UCLA Pac-10	2-0	Fresno State Big West	Florida State Metro	Oklahoma State Big Eight	Long Beach State Big West	UNLV Big West	Arizona Pac-10	Kent State MAC
1991	Arizona Pac-10	5-1	UCLA Pac-10	Fresno State Big West	Long Beach State Big West	Florida State Metro	Missouri Big Eight	UNLV Big West	Utah WAC
1992	UCLA Pac-10	2-0	Arizona Pac-10	Fresno State Big West	Massachusetts Atlantic 10	California Pac-10	Long Beach State Big West	Florida State ACC	Kansas Big Eight
1993	Arizona Pac-10	1-0	UCLA Pac-10	Southwestern Louisiana Sun Belt	Oklahoma State Big Eight	Cal St. Northridge WAC	Connecticut Big East	Florida State ACC	Long Beach State Big West
1994	Arizona Pac-10	4-0	Cal State Northridge WAC	Oklahoma State Big Eight	UCLA Pac-10	Fresno State WAC	Utah WAC	UIC Mid-Con	Missouri Big Eight
1995	UCLA** Pac-10	4-2	Arizona Pac-10	Iowa Big Ten	UNLV Big West	Cal St. Fullerton Big West	SW Louisiana Sun Belt	Michigan Big Ten	Princeton Ivy
1996	Arizona Pac-10	6-4	Washington Pac-10	Iowa Big Ten	UCLA Pac-10	California Pac-10	SW Louisiana Sun Belt	Michigan Big Ten	Princeton Ivy
1997	Arizona Pac-10	10-2 (5 inn)	UCLA Pac-10	Fresno State WAC	Washington Pac-10	Iowa Big Ten	Michigan Big Ten	Massachusetts Atlantic 10	South Carolina SEC
1998	Fresno State WAC	1-0	Arizona Pac-10	Oklahoma State Big 12	Washington Pac-10	Michigan Big Ten	Nebraska Big 12	Massachusetts Atlantic 10	Texas Big 12
1999	UCLA Pac-10	3-2	Washington Pac-10	California Pac-10	DePaul Conference USA	Arizona Pac-10	Fresno State WAC	Arizona State Pac-10	Southern Miss Conference USA
2000	Oklahoma Big 12	3-1	UCLA Pac-10	Arizona Pac-10	Southern Miss Conference USA	Alabama SEC	Washington Pac-10	California Pac-10	DePaul Conference USA
2001	Arizona Pac-10	1-0	UCLA Pac-10	LSU SEC	Stanford Pac-10	California Pac-10	Oklahoma Big 12	Iowa Big Ten	Michigan Big Ten
2002	California Pac-10	6-0	Arizona Pac-10	Arizona State Pac-10	Florida State ACC	Nebraska Big 12	UCLA Pac-10	Michigan Big Ten	Oklahoma Big 12
2003	UCLA Pac-10	1-0 (9 inn)	California Pac-10	Arizona Pac-10	Texas Big 12	Oklahoma Big 12	Washington Pac-10	Alabama SEC	LA-Lafayette Sun Belt
2004	UCLA Pac-10	3-1	California Pac-10	LSU SEC	Stanford Pac-10	Florida State ACC	Oklahoma Big 12	Michigan Big Ten	Washington Pac-10
2005***	Michigan Big Ten	0-5 5-2 4-1 (10 inn)	UCLA Pac-10	Tennessee SEC	Texas Big 12	Alabama SEC	Arizona Pac-10	California Pac-10	DePaul Conference USA
2006	Arizona Pac-10	8-0 5-0	Northwestern Big Ten	Tennessee SEC	UCLA Pac-10	Arizona State Pac-10	Texas Big 12	Alabama SEC	Oregon State Pac-10
2007	Arizona Pac-10	0-3 1-0 (10 inn) 5-0	Tennessee SEC	Northwestern Big Ten	Washington Pac-10	Baylor Big 12	DePaul Big East	Arizona State Pac-10	Texas A&M Big 12
2008	Arizona State Pac-10	3-0 11-0	Texas A&M Big 12	Alabama SEC	Florida SEC	LA-Lafayette Sun Belt	UCLA Pac-10	Arizona Pac-10	Virginia Tech ACC
2009	Washington Pac-10	8-0 3-2	Florida SEC	Alabama SEC	Georgia SEC	Arizona Pac-10	Michigan Big Ten	Arizona State Pac-10	Missouri Big 12
2010	UCLA Pac-10	6-5 (8 inn) 15-9	Arizona Pac-10	Georgia SEC	Tennessee SEC	Florida SEC	Hawaii WAC	Missouri Big 12	Washington Pac-10
2011	Arizona State Pac-10	14-4 7-2	Florida SEC	Alabama SEC	Baylor Big 12	California Pac-10	Missouri Big 12	Oklahoma Big 12	Oklahoma State Big 12
2012	Alabama SEC	1-4 8-6 5-4	Oklahoma Big 12	California Pac-12	Arizona State Pac-12	LSU SEC	Oregon Pac-12	South Florida Big East	Tennessee SEC

* Nebraska's runner-up finish in 1985 was vacated by the NCAA.

** The 1995 title by UCLA and any related records have been vacated by the NCAA due to scholarship violations. Criticism also centered around UCLA player Tanya Harding who was recruited from Queensland, Australia midway through the 1995 season. After UCLA captured the NCAA National Championship, Harding, the MVP of the tournament, returned to her homeland without taking final exams or earning a single college credit. Despite not violating any formal rules in recruiting Harding, the incident generated heated criticism that some foreign athletes were little more than hired guns.^[2]^[3]

*** Beginning in 2005, a best-of-three series determines the national championship.

Championships by school

School	Championships	Years
UCLA*	11	1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010
Arizona	8	1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007
Arizona State	2	2008, 2011
Texas A&M	2	1983, 1987
Alabama	1	2012
Cal St. Fullerton	1	1986
Fresno St.	1	1998
Michigan	1	2005
Oklahoma	1	2000
Washington	1	2009
California	1	2002
*UCLA also won the 1995 title, but it has since been vacated by the NCAA; see above.

Championships & Appearances by conference

Conference	Championships (Through 2012)	Title Game/Series Appearances (Through 2012)	WCWS Appearances (Through 2012)
Pac-12¹	23	39	83
Big West²	1	6	24
Big 12	1	3	23
SEC	1	4	23
Big Ten	1	2	20
Big Eight³ (d)			12
WAC⁴	1	2	10
Atlantic 10			6
Southwest⁵ (d)	2	4	5
ACC			5
Conference USA			5
Sun Belt			5
CCAA			4
MAC			4
Metro (d)			4
Southland			3
Big East			3
Ivy			2
Gateway⁶			2
Independent			1
Mid-Con⁷			1
North Star⁸ (d)			1
¹UCLA's 1995 WCWS participation & title were vacated by the NCAA, and are not included in these figures; see above. The Pac-12, which adopted its current name on July 1, 2011, retains all historical records from its years as the Pac-10. The conference had adopted the "Pac-10" name in 1978, before the NCAA began sponsoring women's championships.
²The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association until July 1988. Totals include all appearances by conference members under both names.
³ Nebraska's 1985 WCWS participation & title game appearance were vacated by the NCAA, and are not included in these totals. The Big Eight merged with four teams from the Southwest Conference to form the Big 12 in 1996.
⁴The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) did not sponsor women's sports until the 1990–91 academic year, after absorbing the High Country Athletic Conference (HCAC), a parallel women's-only conference. The WAC maintains all historic records from the HCAC; totals include Utah's 1985 appearance while in the HCAC.
⁵Texas A&M won two titles, made four title game appearances and five WCWS appearances while they were still members of the Southwest Conference. This conference is now defunct. Texas A&M has been a member of the Big 12 since 1996, but will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012.
⁶The Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference still exists, but no longer uses that name, and no longer sponsors women's sports. It was originally a women's-only conference parallel to the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). In 1985, after the MVC stopped sponsoring football, the Gateway took on football as its only men's sport. In 1992, the women's portion of the Gateway merged into the MVC, which maintains all historic records of Gateway women's sports. The football side of the conference maintained the Gateway charter, first as the Gateway Football Conference and now the Missouri Valley Football Conference.
⁷The Mid-Continent Conference adopted its current name of The Summit League in June 2007.
⁸The North Star Conference was a women's-only conference that merged into the Mid-Con, now The Summit League, in 1992. The Summit maintains all historic records of North Star sports.
(d) Conference is now defunct.

Division II

1982 Sam Houston State 3-2 Cal State Northridge
1983 Cal State Northridge 1-0 Sam Houston State
1984 Cal State Northridge 1-0 Akron
1985 Cal State Northridge 2-1 Akron
1986 Stephen F. Austin 1-0 Cal State Northridge
1987 Cal State Northridge 4-0 Florida Southern
1988 Cal State Bakersfield 4-3 Lock Haven
1989 Cal State Bakersfield 8-5 Sacramento State
1990 Cal State Bakersfield 6-2 Cal State Northridge
1991 Augustana (S.D.) 3-2 (10 inn.) Bloomsburg
1992 Missouri Southern 1-0 Cal State Hayward
1993 Florida Southern 11-5 Augustana (S.D.)
1994 Merrimack 6-2 Humboldt State
1995 Kennesaw State 3-2 (8 inn.) Bloomsburg
1996 Kennesaw State 6-4 Nebraska-Omaha
1997 California (Pa.) 2-1 Wisconsin–Parkside
1998 California (Pa.) 2-1 Barry
1999 Humboldt State 7-2 Nebraska-Kearney
2000 North Dakota State 3-1 Kennesaw State
2001 Nebraska-Omaha 4-0 Lewis
2002 St. Mary's (Tex.) 4-0 Grand Valley State
2003 UC Davis 7-0 Georgia College
2004 Angelo State 7-3 Florida Southern
2005 Lynn 5-3 Kennesaw State
2006 Lock Haven 3-0 Emporia State
2007 SIU Edwardsville 3-2 Lock Haven
2008 Humboldt State 10-2 Emporia State
2009 Lock Haven 8-0 Alabama-Huntsville
2010 Hawai'i Pacific 4-3 Valdosta State
2011 UC San Diego 10-3 Alabama-Huntsville
2012 Valdosta State 4-1 UC San Diego

Division III

1982 Eastern Connecticut State 2-0 Trenton State
1983 Trenton State 7-0 Buena Vista
1984 Buena Vista 3-1 Trenton State
1985 Eastern Connecticut State 1-0 Trenton State
1986 Eastern Connecticut State 1-0 Central (IA)
1987 Trenton State 3-0 Wisconsin–Whitewater
1988 Central (IA) 3-2 Allegheny
1989 Trenton State 8-7 (9 inn) Eastern Connecticut State
1990 Eastern Connecticut State 1-0 Trenton State
1991 Central (IA) 4-0 Eastern Connecticut State
1992 Trenton State 4-0 Buena Vista
1993 Central (IA) 7-3 Trenton State
1994 Trenton State 6-5 Bridgewater State
1995 Chapman 4-2 Trenton State
1996 Trenton State 7-2 Chapman
1997 Simpson 2-1 (9 inn.) Montclair State
1998 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 3-1 Chapman
1999 Simpson 6-0 Chapman
2000 St. Mary's (MN) 5-0 Chapman
2001 Muskingum 5-1 Central (IA)
2002 Ithaca 1-0 Lake Forest
2003 Central (IA) 5-3 Salisbury
2004 St. Thomas (MN) 2-0 Moravian
2005 St. Thomas (MN) 9-3 Salisbury
2006 Rutgers-Camden 3-2 St. Thomas (MN)
2007 Linfield 10-2 Washington-St. Louis
2008 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 4-3 Wisconsin–Whitewater
2009 Messiah College 2-0 Coe College
2010 East Texas Baptist 5-4 Linfield
2011 Linfield 6-2 Christopher Newport
2012 Pacific Lutheran 3-0 Linfield

References

^ Mary L. Littlewood (1998). Women's Fastpitch Softball - The Path to the Gold, An Historical Look at Women's Fastpitch in the United States (first ed.). National Fastpitch Coaches Association, Columbia, Missouri. pp. 145, 208. ISBN 0-9664310-0-6.
^ Starr, Mark (June 12, 1995). "No Credit For UCLA". Newsweek: p. 58.
^ Montville, Leigh (June 12, 1995). "Ringer From Down Under". Sports Illustrated.

External links

NCAA softball webpage

NCAA Division I Women's College World Series

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Division II	Institutions Baseball (CWS) Basketball (Men, Women) Football (Championship) Soccer (Men) Softball (CWS)

Division III	Institutions Baseball (CWS) Basketball (Men, Women) Football (Championship) Soccer (Men) Softball (CWS)

Major women's sport leagues in North America

Women's basketball:	Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship Bronze Baby (CIS)

Women's ice hockey:	Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship (NCAA) NCAA Division III women's ice hockey (NCAA) Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey (CIS)

Women's soccer:	Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) (defunct) Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) (defunct) WPSL Elite League W-League (USL-W) Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Women's League Soccer (WLS) NCAA Women's Soccer Championship Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's soccer

Women's softball :	National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) NCAA Division I Softball Championship Women's College World Series (WCWS)

Other sports:	Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) National Ringette League (NRL) NCAA Bowling Championship NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship NCAA Women's Field Hockey Championship NCAA Women's Golf Championship NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Rowing Championship NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships NCAA Women's Tennis Championship NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship

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