1989 NCAA Division I softball season

1989 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	UCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Duration	May 24–28, 1989
Champions	UCLA (5th (6th overall) title)
Runners-up	Fresno State (5th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Sharron Backus & Sue Enquist (5th (6th overall) & 1st title)
Seasons
←  1988 1990  →

The 1989 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 1989. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1989 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 1989 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Sunnyvale, California at Twin Creeks Sports Complex, ended on May 28, 1989.

Conference standings

1989 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Iowa  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 7 – 0   .708 40 – 21 – 0   .656 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8 – 0   .667 42 – 20 – 0   .677 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 26 – 25 – 0   .510 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 31 – 21 – 0   .596 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 27 – 29 – 0   .482 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17 – 0   .292 23 – 29 – 0   .442 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18 – 0   .250 15 – 36 – 0   .294 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Rankings from Coaches' Poll	1989 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT UCLA  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 2   .900 48 – 4   .923 Oregon  ‍‍‍y 13 – 7   .650 54 – 18   .750 Arizona  ‍‍‍y 11 – 9   .550 48 – 19   .716 California  ‍‍‍y 10 – 10   .500 38 – 26   .594 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 7 – 13   .350 34 – 26   .567 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 19   .050 7 – 30   .189 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 31, 1989 [9] Rankings from Coaches' Poll	1989 Pacific Coast Athletic Association softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Fresno State  ‍†‍‍y 29 – 7 – 0   .806 58 – 14 – 0   .806 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍y 28 – 8 – 0   .778 47 – 15 – 0   .758 Cal Poly Pomona  ‍‍‍y 24 – 12 – 0   .667 43 – 23 – 0   .652 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍y 22 – 14 – 0   .611 36 – 23 – 0   .610 San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 21 – 15 – 0   .583 36 – 26 – 0   .581 UNLV  ‍‍‍ 17 – 19 – 0   .472 32 – 28 – 0   .533 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 14 – 22 – 0   .389 25 – 29 – 0   .463 Hawaii  ‍‍‍ 10 – 26 – 0   .278 16 – 35 – 0   .314 San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 27 – 0   .250 18 – 38 – 1   .325 Pacific  ‍‍‍ 6 – 30 – 0   .167 22 – 37 – 0   .373 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
1989 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Texas–Arlington  ‍†‍‍ 10 – 2 – 0   .833 34 – 19 – 0   .642 Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3 – 0   .750 37 – 20 – 0   .649 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4 – 0   .667 37 – 15 – 0   .712 Northwestern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7 – 0   .417 32 – 29 – 0   .525 Northeast Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7 – 0   .417 27 – 36 – 0   .429 Southwest Texas State  ‍‍‡‍ 5 – 7 – 0   .417 16 – 30 – 0   .348 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 14 – 0   .000 9 – 45 – 0   .167 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 1989 [10] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 1989 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 24 to May 28, 1989 in Sunnyvale, California. ^[11]

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	UCLA		3
	South Carolina		0
						UCLA		9
						Cal Poly Pomona		0
	Cal Poly Pomona		1
	Oregon		0
											UCLA		2
											Oklahoma State		1
	Arizona		125
																UCLA		3
	Fresno State		0
						Arizona		0								Arizona		0
						Oklahoma State		48
	Oklahoma State		3
	Toledo		1
																					UCLA		1
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Fresno State		0
											Arizona		4
						South Carolina		0			Oregon		0
																Oklahoma State		0
						Oregon		1
																Fresno State		7
											Cal Poly Pomona		1
						Fresno State		3			Fresno State		5
						Toledo		0

Season leaders

Batting

• Batting average:.477 – Jocelyn Kondrotas, Maine Black Bears
• RBIs:56 – Nicki Dennis, Arizona Wildcats
• Home runs:9 – Julie Sherman, UConn Huskies

Pitching

• Wins:42-13 – Katie Wiese, Oregon Ducks
• ERA:0.24 (5 ER/146.0 IP) – Tiffany Boyd, UCLA Bruins
• Strikeouts:256 – Lisa Kemme, Winthrop Eagles

Records

Freshman class innings pitched:393.0 – Dana Mitchell, Texas A&M Aggies ^[12]

Senior class at bats:255 – Kathy Mayer, Fresno State Bulldogs

Awards

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Janice Parks, UCLA Bruins ^{[13] [14]}

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
1989	52	162	32	69	.426	36	2	7	10	99	.611%	19	7	2	3

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams. ^[15]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Katie Wiese	FR.	Oregon Ducks
	Terry Carpenter	SR.	Fresno State Bulldogs
	Michele Smith	SR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls
C	Lisa Harvey	SR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls
1B	Missy Coombes	JR.	Cal State Fullerton Titans
2B	Michelle Delloso	SO.	South Carolina Gamecocks
3B	Janice Parks	SR.	UCLA Bruins
SS	Shari Johnson	SR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls
OF	Jill Justin	SR.	Northern Illinois Huskies
	Carey Hess	JR.	Cal State Fullerton Titans
	Tricia Popowski	SO.	South Carolina Gamecocks
UT	Jenny Allard	JR.	Michigan Wolverines

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Carie Dever	JR.	Fresno State Bulldogs
	Stefni Whitton	JR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
	Debbie Nichols	JR.	Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters
C	Delanna Lightfoot	JR.	UTA Mavericks
1B	Julie Liljeberg	SO.	Western Michigan Broncos
2B	Beth Bull	JR.	Central Michigan Chippewas
3B	Karla Ismay	SR.	New Mexico Lobos
SS	Tiffany Daniels	SR.	FSU Seminoles
OF	Shanna Flynn	SO.	UCLA Bruins
	Jenny Condon	JR.	Iowa State Cyclones
	Shonta Garr	SO.	Sam Houston State Bearkats
UT	Kim Manning	FR.	Oregon Ducks

References

1. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
2. 1989 Indiana Season
3. 1989 Iowa Season
4. 1989 Michigan Season
5. 1989 Michigan State Season
6. 1989 Minnesota Season
7. 1989 Northwestern Season
8. 1989 Ohio State Season
9. 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 52. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
10. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 13. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
11. "1989 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
12. "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
13. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
14. "FINAL 1989 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
15. "1989 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved July 24, 2020.