Women's College World Series

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The Women's College World Series (WCWS) refers to the final portion of the NCAA Women's Softball Tournament. It is an eight-team, double-elimination format. The Division I WCWS National Champion is presently determined through a best-of-three title game series. The WCWS takes place at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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[edit] Division I

Year Winner Score(s) Runner-Up Notes
1982 UCLA 2-0 (8 inn.) Fresno State
1983 Texas A&M 2-0 (12 inn.) Cal State Fullerton
1984 UCLA 1-0 (13 inn.) Texas A&M
1985 UCLA 2-1 (9 inn.) Nebraska
1986 Cal State Fullerton 3-0 Texas A&M
1987 Texas A&M 4-1 UCLA
1988 UCLA 3-0 Fresno State
1989 UCLA 1-0 Fresno State
1990 UCLA 2-0 Fresno State
1991 Arizona 5-1 UCLA
1992 UCLA 2-0 Arizona
1993 Arizona 1-0 UCLA
1994 Arizona 4-0 Cal State Northridge
1995 UCLA 4-2 Arizona Vacated, see #1 below
1996 Arizona 6-4 Washington
1997 Arizona 10-2 (5 inn.) UCLA
1998 Fresno State 1-0 Arizona
1999 UCLA 3-2 Washington
2000 Oklahoma 3-1 UCLA
2001 Arizona 1-0 UCLA
2002 California 6-0 Arizona
2003 UCLA 1-0 (9 inn.) California
2004 UCLA 3-1 California
2005 Michigan 0-5
5-2
4-1 (10 inn.)
UCLA See #2 below
2006 Arizona 8-0
5-0
Northwestern

1. The NCAA does not recognize this 1995 title by UCLA due to recruiting infractions. This title and records including Harding have been vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions. UCLA utilized player Tanya Harding in winning the 1995 women's softball College World Series. UCLA recruited Harding from Queensland, Australia midway through the 1995 season, and after UCLA captured the NCAA National Championship, Harding returned to Australia 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 may be little more than hired-guns (see Mark Starr, No Credit For UCLA, Newsweek, June 12, 1995, at 58; see also Leigh Montville, Ringer From Down Under, Sports Illus., June 12, 1995).

2. 2005 was the first year the NCAA implemented a best-of-three title game series in which the National Champion is determined by winning two of three games.

[edit] Division II

[edit] Division III

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