The 1988 NCAA Division I softball season, play of

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in the United States organized by the

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(NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 1988. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the

1988 NCAA Division I softball tournament The 1988 NCAA Division I softball tournament was the seventh annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1988, twenty Division I college softball teams contested the championship, an ...

and 1988 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in

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, ended on May 29, 1988.

Conference standings

Women's College World Series

The 1988 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 25 to May 29, 1988 in

Season leaders

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Jill Justin Jill Justin-Coffel (born October 1967) is an American, former collegiate NCAA Division I All-American, right-handed hitting softball player, originally from Oak Lawn, Illinois. She played for the Northern Illinois Huskies softball team as an outfi ...

Northern Illinois Huskies The Northern Illinois Huskies are the athletic teams that represent Northern Illinois University (NIU). The Huskies are a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The athleti ...

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RBIs A run batted in (RBI; plural RBIs ) is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play). For example, if the bat ...

: ''59 – Dori Beach,

Charleston Southern Buccaneers The Charleston Southern Buccaneers are the athletic teams that represent Charleston Southern University, located in North Charleston, South Carolina, in intercollegiate sports at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Associat ...

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s: ''9 – Luevenia Moore, Florida A&M Lady Rattlers & Michele Smith,

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'' Pitching * Wins: ''50-8 – Debbie Nichols,

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: ''0.29 (11 ER/259.1 IP) – Lisa Longaker,

UCLA Bruins The UCLA Bruins are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Los Angeles. The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pac-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). ...

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Strikeout In baseball or softball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It usually means that the batter is out. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is deno ...

s: ''294 – Debby Day, UTA Mavericks''

Records

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season

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s: ''36 – Debbie Nichols,

'' NCAA Division I season assists: ''237 – Charis Monroe,

Cal State Fullerton Titans The Cal State Fullerton Titans (also known as CSUF or Fullerton Titans) are the athletic teams that represent California State University, Fullerton. The Titans are a member of the NCAA Division I level. The Titans compete within the Big West C ...

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: ''13 – Tricia Popowski,

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'' Freshman class assists: ''230 – Julie Standering,

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'' Sophomore class assists: ''229 – Carie Dever,

Fresno State Bulldogs The Fresno State Bulldogs are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent California State University, Fresno (commonly referred to as Fresno State). The university is a member of NCAA Division I's Mountain West Conference (MW). It was a ...

'' Sophomore class wins: ''50 – Debbie Nichols,

'' Junior class

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: ''425.0 – Julie Carpenter,

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Awards

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Softball: Lisa Longaker,

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams. First Team Second Team

References

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