1983 NCAA Division I softball season

1983 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	UCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	Texas A&M (1st NCAA WCWS title)
Runners-up	Cal State Fullerton (2nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Bob Brock (1st NCAA WCWS title)
Seasons
←  1982 1984  →

The 1983 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 1983. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1983 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 1983 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, 1983.

Conference standings

1983 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Indiana  ‍†‍‍y 14 – 5 – 1   .725 45 – 20 – 1   .689 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 13 – 7 – 0   .650 34 – 16 – 0   .680 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 13 – 9 – 0   .591 32 – 18 – 0   .640 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7 – 0   .533 20 – 18 – 0   .526 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11 – 0   .450 16 – 22 – 1   .423 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 32 – 27 – 0   .542 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14 – 1   .237 19 – 28 – 1   .406 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

1983 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT North Zone Texas–Arlington  x‍‍‍ 5 – 1 – 0   .833 39 – 19 – 0   .672 Northeast Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 3 – 1 – 0   .750 9 – 18 – 0   .333 Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 6 – 0   .000 5 – 9 – 0   .357 South Zone Southwestern Louisiana  x‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750 22 – 13 – 0   .629 McNeese State  ‍‍‡‍ 5 – 3 – 0   .625 19 – 18 – 0   .514 Lamar  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 5 – 40 – 0   .111 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion

1983 Western Collegiate Athletic Association softball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Cal State Fullerton  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 3 – 0   .850 56 – 15 – 0   .789 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 3 – 0   .850 40 – 7 – 0   .851 Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12 – 1   .432 22 – 19 – 1   .536 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 7 – 12 – 0   .368 20 – 24 – 0   .455 San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 15 – 0   .250 18 – 21 – 1   .463 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14 – 1   .237 15 – 32 – 2   .327 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

Women's College World Series

The 1983 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 25 to May 29, 1983 in Omaha, Nebraska. ^[9]

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Cal State Fullerton		3
	Indiana		2
						Cal State Fullerton		2
						South Carolina		0
	South Carolina		2
	Texas A&M		0
											Cal State Fullerton		6
											UCLA		1
	UCLA		1
																Cal State Fullerton		0
	Missouri		0
						UCLA		8								Texas A&M		1
						Louisiana Tech		0
	Louisiana Tech		7
	Pacific		0																							Cal State Fullerton		0
																					Texas A&M		114			Texas A&M		212
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										UCLA		0
											Louisiana Tech		0
						Indiana		0			Texas A&M		2
																UCLA		217
						Texas A&M		1
																South Carolina		1
											South Carolina		2
						Missouri		0			Pacific		1
						Pacific		112

Season leaders

Batting

• Batting average : .516 – Mitzi Davis, East Carolina Pirates
• RBIs : 46 – Mitzi Davis, East Carolina Pirates
• Home runs : 9 – Cindy Mosteller, Baylor Lady Bears

Pitching

• Wins : 30-7 – Lori Stoll, Texas A&M Aggies
• ERA : 0.04 (1 ER/168.0 IP) – Tracy Compton, UCLA Bruins
• Strikeouts : 340 – Lori Stoll, Texas A&M Aggies

Records

NCAA Division I season ERA : 0.04 (1 ER/168.0 IP) – Tracy Compton, UCLA Bruins ^[10]

NCAA Division I single game assists : 12 – Wende Ward, Fresno State Bulldogs; February 23, 1983

Freshman class ERA : 0.09 (3 ER/219.0 IP) – Darlene Lowery, South Carolina Gamecocks

Awards

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Lori Stoll, Texas A&M Aggies ^{[11] [12]}

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1983	30	7	45	35	34	24	3	297.1	99	26	14	60	340	0.33	0.53

References

1. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
2. 1983 Indiana Season
3. 1983 Iowa Season
4. 1983 Michigan Season
5. 1983 Michigan State Season
6. 1983 Minnesota Season
7. 1983 Northwestern Season
8. 1983 Ohio State Season
9. "1983 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
10. "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
11. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
12. "FINAL 1983 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 1, 2020.