1986 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

1986 NCAA Division I
Softball Tournament

Teams

WCWS Site

Seymour Smith Park
Omaha, NE

Champions

Cal State Fullerton (1st title)

Runner-Up

Texas A&M (3rd WCWS Appearance)

Winning coach

Judi Garman (1st WCWS title)

NCAA Softball Tournaments

«1985

The 1986 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the fifth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1986, fifteen Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured seven regionals of two teams (the last team, Creighton, qualified automatically) with the winner of each region (a total of 7 teams plus Creighton) advancing to the 1986 Women's College World Series at Seymour Smith Park in Omaha, Nebraska.^[1]

Cal State Fullerton would go on to defeat Texas A&M in the WCWS championship series.

Regionals

West Regional
–	Cal State Fullerton	2	1	—
–	Cal Poly Pomona	0	0	—

Mideast Regional
–	Indiana	2	5	—
–	Central Michigan	0	0	—

South Regional
–	Louisiana Tech	4	1	—
–	Florida State	0	0	—

Central Regional
–	Texas A&M	1	1¹⁰	—
–	Kansas	0	0	—

Northeast Regional
–	Northwestern	3	6	—
–	Massachusetts	0	0	—

Northwest Regional
–	Long Beach State	4¹²	2	—
–	Fresno State	1	1	—

At-large Regional
–	UCLA	1	3	2
–	Pacific	3	0	0

NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and Women's College World Series

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1985–86 NCAA Division I championships