1984 NCAA Division I softball season

The 1984 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 1984. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1984 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 1984 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Omaha, Nebraska at Seymour Smith Park, ended on May 29, 1984.

1984 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	Texas A&M
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	UCLA (2nd NCAA (3rd overall) WCWS title)
Runners-up	Texas A&M (2nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Sharron Backus (2nd NCAA (3rd overall) WCWS title)
Seasons
← 1983 1985 →

Conference standings

1984 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Northwestern ‍†‍‍^y 14 – 4 – 0   .778 41 – 17 – 0   .707 Minnesota ‍‍‍ 14 – 8 – 0   .636 30 – 19 – 0   .612 Indiana ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 38 – 22 – 0   .633 Michigan ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 32 – 24 – 0   .571 Iowa ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 24 – 28 – 0   .462 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15 – 0   .348 22 – 26 – 1   .459 Ohio State ‍‍‍ 6 – 18 – 0   .250 20 – 25 – 0   .444 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

1984 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT North Zone Texas–Arlington  ^x‍‍‍ 3 – 1 – 0   .750 26 – 25 – 0   .510 Northeast Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3 – 0   .625 40 – 25 – 0   .615 Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 4 – 0   .000 3 – 14 – 0   .176 South Zone Southwestern Louisiana  ^x‍‍‡‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750 28 – 9 – 0   .757 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3 – 0   .625 24 – 27 – 0   .471 Lamar  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 13 – 43 – 0   .232 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 1984^[9] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

1984 Western Collegiate Athletic Association softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3 – 0   .700 54 – 12 – 0   .818 UCLA  ‍†‍‍^y 7 – 3 – 0   .700 45 – 6 – 0   .882 Arizona State  ‍‍‍^y 6 – 4 – 0   .600 33 – 15 – 0   .688 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5 – 0   .500 28 – 16 – 0   .636 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6 – 0   .400 22 – 19 – 0   .537 San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 9 – 0   .100 21 – 31 – 0   .404 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 1984 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 23 to May 29, 1984 in Omaha, Nebraska.^[10]

Upper round 1

Upper round 2

Upper final

Semifinals

Final

UCLA

6

Utah State

0

UCLA

1^9

Northwestern

0

Northwestern

1

Adelphi

0

UCLA

0

Texas A&M

2^8

Texas A&M

1^25

Texas A&M

1^14

Cal Poly Pomona

0

Texas A&M

5

Northwestern

0

Nebraska

2

Nebraska

2

Fresno State

0

Texas A&M

0

0

Lower round 1

Lower round 2

UCLA

1

1^13

Nebraska

2

Utah State

0

Adelphi

1

UCLA

1^8

Adelphi

1

Nebraska

0

Northwestern

3

Cal Poly Pomona

0

Fresno State

0

Fresno State

1

Season leaders

Batting

• Batting average: .428 – Mary Wallace, Adelphi Panthers
• RBIs: 43 – Michelle Turk, Penn State Nittany Lions
• Home runs: 11 – Karen Nichols, Nicholls Colonels

Pitching

• Wins: 33-7 – Lisa Ishikawa, Northwestern Wildcats
• ERA: 0.09 (2 ER/147.0 IP) – Terri Higgins, Adelphi Panthers
• Strikeouts: 469 – Lisa Ishikawa, Northwestern Wildcats

Records

NCAA Division I single game putouts: 35 – Laura Meyers, Cal Poly Pomona Broncos; May 24, 1984 (25 innings)^[11]

Junior class single game runs: 6 – Terri Tucker, Adelphi Panthers; April 9, 1984

Freshman class single game innings pitched: 25.0 – Shawn Andaya, Texas A&M Aggies; May 24, 1984

Junior class scoreless innings streak: 102.0 – Debbie Doom, UCLA Bruins; February 24-April 6, 1984

Freshman class no-hitters: 5 – Lisa Ishikawa, Northwestern Wildcats

Freshman class WHIP: 0.39 (30 H+15 BB/115.0 IP) – Shelley Berube, Florida State Seminoles

Junior class ERA: 0.10 (3 ER/215.1 IP) – Debbie Doom, UCLA Bruins

Team ERA: 0.10 (10 ER/397.0 IP) – UCLA Bruins

Awards

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Debbie Doom, UCLA Bruins^[12][13]

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1984	24	3	28	27	27	24	0	215.1	77	5	3	29	282	0.10	0.49

References

1. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
2. 1984 Indiana Season
3. 1984 Iowa Season
4. 1984 Michigan Season
5. 1984 Michigan State Season
6. 1984 Minnesota Season
7. 1984 Northwestern Season
8. 1984 Ohio State Season
9. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 13. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
10. "1984 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
11. "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
12. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
13. "FINAL 1984 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 29, 2020.