Teams | 8 |
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Finals Site | |
Champions | UCLA (1st NCAA (2nd overall) WCWS title) |
Runner-Up | Fresno State(1st WCWS Appearance) |
Winning coach | Sharron Backus (1st NCAA (2nd overall) WCWS title) |
MOP | |
The finals of the 1982 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament were held from May 27 through May 30. 16 Division I college softball teams met in the NCAA tournament's first round at campus sites. After having played their way through the regular season and first round (and for Oklahoma State, a conference tournament, an AIAW regional title and double losses to Texas A&M in the AIAW Women's College World Series final on May 25), the eight advancing teams played in the NCAA Women's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
These eight teams met at Seymour Smith Park to decide the 1982 NCAA Division I Softball Championship: