1987 NCAA Division I softball season

1987 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	Cal State Fullerton
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	Texas A&M (2nd NCAA (3rd overall) WCWS title)
Runners-up	UCLA (5th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Bob Brock (2nd title)
Seasons
←  1986 1988  →

The 1987 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 1987. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1987 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 1987 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 24, 1987.

Conference standings

1987 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Northwestern  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 6 – 0   .750 25 – 23 – 0   .521 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7 – 0   .708 43 – 13 – 0   .768 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9 – 0   .625 37 – 23 – 0   .617 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 30 – 26 – 1   .535 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 22 – 25 – 0   .468 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 21 – 36 – 0   .368 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20 – 0   .167 13 – 34 – 0   .277 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

1987 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT California  ‍†‍‍y 8 – 2   .800 34 – 15   .694 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 7 – 3   .700 50 – 10   .833 Arizona  ‍‍‍y 6 – 4   .600 42 – 16   .724 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 6 – 4   .600 41 – 15   .732 Oregon  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200 23 – 30   .434 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 9   .100 16 – 21   .432 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 31, 1987 [9] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

1987 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Southwest Louisiana  ‍†‍‡‍ 10 – 2 – 0   .833 31 – 18 – 0   .633 UT Arlington  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3 – 0   .750 36 – 27 – 0   .571 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4 – 0   .667 23 – 14 – 0   .622 Northeast Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4 – 0   .667 19 – 26 – 0   .422 Lamar  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9 – 0   .250 9 – 26 – 0   .257 North Texas  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9 – 0   .250 15 – 32 – 0   .319 Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 11 – 0   .083 3 – 23 – 0   .115 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 1987 [10] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 1987 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 20 to May 24, 1987 in Omaha, Nebraska. ^[11]

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	UCLA		19
	Arizona State		0
						UCLA		3
						Nebraska		0
	Nebraska		1
	Fresno State		0
											UCLA		1
											Texas A&M		0
	Cal State Fullerton		3
																UCLA		2
	Florida State		0
						Cal State Fullerton		1								Cal State Fullerton		1
						Texas A&M		213
	Texas A&M		3
	Central Michigan		0
																					UCLA		0	1
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Texas A&M		1	4
											Cal State Fullerton		2
						Arizona State		0			Fresno State		1
																Texas A&M		4
						Fresno State		3
																Nebraska		0
											Nebraska		2
						Florida State		0			Central Michigan		1
						Central Michigan		1

Season leaders

Batting

• Batting average:.503 – Jill Justin, Northern Illinois Huskies
• RBIs:45 – Jeanne Weinsheim, San Diego Toreros
• Home runs:10 – Tiffany Daniels, Florida State Seminoles

Pitching

• Wins:36-6 – Shawn Andaya, Texas A&M Aggies
• ERA:0.30 (8 ER/185.1 IP) – Kristen Peterson, Adelphi Panthers
• Strikeouts:326 – Shawn Andaya, Texas A&M Aggies

Awards

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Connie Clark, Cal State Fullerton Titans ^{[12] [13]}

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1987	33	5	47	36	32	21	4	283.0	133	29	19	70	261	0.47	0.71

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams. ^[14]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Lisa Longaker	JR.	UCLA Bruins
	Connie Clark	SR.	Cal State Fullerton Titans
	Shawn Andaya	SR.	Texas A&M Aggies
C	Karen Sanchelli	JR.	South Carolina Gamecocks
1B	Gena Strang	JR.	Fresno State Bulldogs
2B	Julie Smith	FR.	Texas A&M Aggies
3B	Janice Parks	SO.	UCLA Bruins
SS	Liz Mizeria	JR.	Texas A&M Aggies
OF	Jill Justin	SO.	Northern Illinois Huskies
	Sheila Connelly	SR.	Kansas Jayhawks
	Chenita Rogers	SR.	Cal State Fullerton Titans
UT	Kristie Skoglund	SR.	Utah State Aggies

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Lori Sippel	JR.	Nebraska Cornhuskers
	Lisa Ishikawa	SR.	Northwestern Wildcats
	Lori Romeiro-Gardner	SR.	Fresno State Bulldogs
C	Alicia Seegert	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
1B	Jodi Rathburn	SR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
2B	Lori Richins	SR.	Nebraska Cornhuskers
3B	Lisa Wunar	SO.	USF Bulls
SS	Tiffany Daniels	SO.	FSU Seminoles
OF	Sandra Arledge	SR.	UCLA Bruins
	Pipi Hollingsworth	SR.	Utah Utes
	Alison Stowell	JR.	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos
UT	Vicki Morrow	SR.	Michigan Wolverines

References

1. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
2. 1987 Indiana Season
3. 1987 Iowa Season
4. 1987 Michigan Season
5. 1987 Michigan State Season
6. 1987 Minnesota Season
7. 1987 Northwestern Season
8. 1987 Ohio State Season
9. 2022 Softball Record Book (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. p. 53. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
10. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 13. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
11. "1987 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
12. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
13. "FINAL 1987 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
14. "1987 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 2, 2020.