1991 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

1991 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
Teams	20
WCWS Site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions	Arizona (1st title)
Runner-Up	UCLA (9th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Mike Candrea (1st title)
NCAA Softball Tournaments «1990  1992»

The 1991 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the tenth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1991, 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 format. The 1991 Women's College World Series was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 23 through May 26 and marked the conclusion of the 1991 NCAA Division I softball season. Arizona won their first championship by defeating three-time defending champions UCLA 5–1 in the final game.

Qualifying

Main article: 1991 NCAA Division I softball season

Regionals

Regional No. 1

First elimination round

• Florida State 1, Louisiana–Lafayette 0
• Oklahoma State 3, Louisiana–Lafayette 2
• Florida State 2, Oklahoma State 0

Second elimination round

Team		G1	G2
–	Florida State	4	—
–	Oklahoma State	3	—

• Florida State qualifies for WCWS, 3–0

Regional No. 2

Team		G1	G2	G3
–	UCLA	4	5	—
–	Central Michigan	0	0	—

• UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Regional No. 3

First elimination round

• UMass 3, Connecticut 1
• UNLV 3, Connecticut 0
• UNLV 4, UMass 0

Second elimination round

Team		G1	G2
–	UNLV	5	—
–	UMass	0	—

• UNLV qualifies for WCWS, 3–0

Regional No. 4

Team		G1	G2	G3
–	Arizona	4	4	—
–	Arizona State	2	0	—

• Arizona qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Regional No. 5

Team		G1	G2	G3
–	Cal State Fullerton	310	1	1
–	Long Beach State	2	2	5

• Long Beach State qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

Regional No. 6

First elimination round

• Missouri 2, Southern Illinois 0
• Iowa 2, Southern Illinois 0
• Missouri 2, Iowa 0

Second elimination round

Team		G1	G2
–	Missouri	4	—
–	Iowa	0	—

• Missouri qualifies for WCWS, 3–0

Regional No. 7

Team		G1	G2	G3
–	Fresno State	2	8	—
–	California	0	1	—

• Fresno State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Regional No. 8

First elimination round

• Utah 1, Minnesota 0
• Minnesota 3, Texas A&M 0
• Texas A&M 1, Utah 0
• Utah 2, Minnesota 0

Second elimination round

Team		G1	G2
–	Utah	3	—
–	Texas A&M	0	—

• Utah qualifies for WCWS, 3–1

Women's College World Series

Participants

• Arizona
• Florida State
• Fresno State
• Long Beach State
• Missouri
• UCLA
• UNLV
• Utah

Game results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Florida State	0
		UCLA	1
							UCLA	0
							Arizona	19
		UNLV	0
		Arizona	113
												Arizona	18
												Long Beach State	0
		Long Beach State	1
		Missouri	0
							Long Beach State	0
							Fresno State	2
		Fresno State	2
		Utah	0
						Loser's Bracket
							Florida State	3
							UNLV	1				Fresno State	3
												Florida State	0
							Missouri	2
							Utah	0				Missouri	0
												UCLA	5

	Semifinals					Finals					if needed
	Re-ordered Semi-finals
		Arizona	0									Arizona	5
		Fresno State	18									UCLA	1
							Fresno State	1
							UCLA	513
		Long Beach State	0
		UCLA	111

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team

Pos	Name	School
P	Heather Compton	UCLA
	Debbie Day	Arizona
C	Kerry Dienelt	UCLA
1B	Julie Jones	Arizona
2B	Julie Smith	Fresno State
3B	Lisa Fernandez	UCLA
SS	Julie Standering	Arizona
OF	Kristin Gauthier	Arizona
	Yvonne Gutierrez	UCLA
	Lorraine Maynez	UCLA
AL	Kim Maher	Fresno State
	Terry Carpenter	Fresno State

See also

• Women's College World Series
• NCAA Division II Softball Championship
• NCAA Division III Softball Championship
• College World Series