1988 NCAA Division I softball tournament

1988 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams20
Finals site
ChampionsUCLA (4th (5th overall) title)
Runner-upFresno State (4th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coachSharron Backus (4th (5th overall) title)

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 expansion of four teams from the previous year. The tournament featured eight regionals of either two or three teams. The regions of two teams consisted of a simple best-of-three series whereas the regions of three teams consisted of a double elimination tournament of four or five games. The 1988 Women's College World Series was held in Sunnyvale, California from May 25 through May 29 and marked the conclusion of the 1988 NCAA Division I softball season. UCLA won the championship by defeating Fresno State 3–0 in the final game.[1][2]

The 1988 event was the first WCWS played in Sunnyvale.

  1. ^ 2014 WCWS Records: 1980s Brackets/Rosters/Stats (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  2. ^ 2014 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 20, 2015.