The 1990
NCAA Division I softball tournament
The NCAA Division I softball tournament is held annually in May/June and features 64 college softball teams in the United States, culminating in the Women's College World Series (WCWS), which is played in Oklahoma City.
Tournament play and team s ...
was the ninth annual tournament to determine the national champion of
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
women's
collegiate softball. Held during May 1990, twenty
Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of either two or three teams, each in a
double elimination
A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost ''two'' games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimina ...
format. The 1990 Women's College World Series was held in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and ...
from May 23 through May 28 and marked the conclusion of the
1990 NCAA Division I softball season. For the third consecutive year,
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
won the championship by defeating 2–0 in the final game.
Qualifying
Regionals
Regional No. 1
*UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–0
Regional No. 2
*Fresno State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0
Regional No. 3
*Arizona qualifies for WCWS, 2–1
Regional No. 4
*Long Beach State qualifies for WCWS, 2–1
Regional No. 5
First elimination round
* 2, 1
* 2, San Jose State 1
*UNLV 1, California 0
Second elimination round
*UNLV qualifies for WCWS, 3–1
Regional No. 6
First elimination round
* 1, 0 (20 innings)
* 5, Connecticut 0
*Oklahoma State 1, Adelphi 0
Second elimination round
*Oklahoma State qualifies for WCWS, 3–0
Regional No. 7
First elimination round
* 5, 0
* 1, Texas A&M 0
*Florida State 4, Southwestern Louisiana 3
Second elimination round
*Florida State qualifies for WCWS, 3–0
Regional No. 8
First elimination round
* 4, 0
*Ohio State 2, 0
*Kent State 3, Oregon 0
Second elimination round
*Kent State qualifies for WCWS, 3–0
Women's College World Series
Participants
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UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
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Game results
Bracket
Championship Game
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team
See also
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Women's College World Series
The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I softball tournament for college softball in the United States. Eight teams participate in the WCWS, which begins with a double-elimination tournament. In other wo ...
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NCAA Division II Softball Championship
The Division II Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division II Softball Championship for college softball teams in Division II in the United States.
Softball was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA ch ...
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NCAA Division III Softball Championship
The Division III Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division III Softball Championship for college softball teams in Division III.
Softball was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program ...
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College World Series
The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is an annual baseball tournament held in June in Omaha, Nebraska. The MCWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divisi ...
References
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