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The 1981 AIAW Women's College World Series was held in Norman, Oklahoma on May 21–24. Sixteen Division I college softball teams met in the next-to-last AIAW fastpitch softball tournament of that organization's history. After playing their way through the regular season and regional tournaments, the 16 advancing teams met for the AIAW Division I college softball championship.[1]

Defending champion Utah State won its second national championship by defeating Cal State Fullerton, 4-3, in the "if necessary" game to become the first repeat winner since Arizona Statein1973.[1]

Teams[edit]

The double-elimination tournament included these teams:

  • California
  • Cal State Fullerton
  • Creighton
  • Illinois State
  • Michigan State
  • Missouri
  • New Mexico
  • New Mexico State
  • Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma State
  • Rutgers
  • South Carolina
  • Texas A&M
  • UCLA
  • Utah State
  • Western Michigan

    • Bracket[edit]

    Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper round 3Upper finalFinal
    UCLA3
    South Carolina0
    UCLA0
    Utah State1
    Utah State2
    Texas A&M1
    Utah State4
    Missouri2
    Missouri3(12)
    Rutgers0
    Missouri5
    Oklahoma State1
    Michigan State1
    Oklahoma State5
    Utah State2
    Cal State–Fullerton0
    Western Michigan2
    Creighton0
    Western Michigan0
    Cal State–Fullerton2(15)
    Cal State–Fullerton7(8)
    New Mexico State6
    Cal State–Fullerton1(10)
    California0
    California3
    Illinois State0
    California4Utah State14
    Oklahoma1Cal State–Fullerton63
    Oklahoma1
    New Mexico0
    Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower round 4Lower round 5Lower final
    Western Michigan0
    Missouri0
    South Carolina0Texas A&M1(11)
    Texas A&M3Texas A&M1
    Texas A&M4
    Michigan State2Cal State–Fullerton5
    Oklahoma1
    Texas A&M0UCLA4
    Rutgers2Michigan State8
    UCLA1
    Michigan State6
    UCLA2
    California0
    Creighton4(8)Creighton1
    UCLA5UCLA2(9)
    New Mexico State2
    Oklahoma State0
    Oklahoma State5
    Illinois State0New Mexico2
    New Mexico1

    Source:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

    Ranking[edit]

    Place School WCWS Record
    1st Utah State 5-1
    2nd Cal State–Fullerton 5-2
    3rd UCLA 5-2
    4th Texas A&M 4-2
    5th California 2-2
    Missouri 2-2
    7th Michigan State 2-2
    Oklahoma State 2-2
    9th Creighton 1-2
    New Mexico 1-2
    Oklahoma 1-2
    Western Michigan 1-2
    13th Illinois State 0-2
    New Mexico State 0-2
    Rutgers 0-2
    South Carolina 0-2

    See also[edit]

    See also: AIAW Champions § Fastpitch Softball, and 1981 AIAW slow-pitch softball tournament

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b Plummer III, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013). A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. ISBN 978-0-9893007-0-4.
  • ^ "Softball". Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. May 22, 1981. p. 4B. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  • ^ "MSU softballers suffer 5–1 loss". Lansing State Journal. Lansing, Michigan. May 22, 1981. p. C-3. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  • ^ "MSU women stay alive". Lansing State Journal. Lansing, Michigan. May 23, 1981. p. B-1. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  • ^ "College softball". Lansing State Journal. Lansing, Michigan. May 23, 1981. p. B-3. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  • ^ "Softball". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. May 23, 1981. p. G10. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  • ^ "Softball". Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. May 24, 1981. p. 6D. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  • ^ "Softball". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. May 24, 1981. p. F10. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  • ^ "Utah State wins softball crown". News-Press. Fort Myers, Florida. May 25, 1981. p. 3C. Retrieved March 5, 2017.

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