1983 UCLA Bruins softball team
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- Sharron Backus (9th season)
| 1983 UCLA Bruins softball | |
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NCAA Northeast Regional champion WCAA co-champion | |
| Conference | Western Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 40–7 (17–3 WCAA) |
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| Home stadium | Sunset Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton †y | 17 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .850 | 56 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .789 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA †y | 17 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .850 | 40 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .851 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 9 | – | 12 | – | 1 | .432 | 22 | – | 19 | – | 1 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 7 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .368 | 20 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 5 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .250 | 18 | – | 21 | – | 1 | .463 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 4 | – | 14 | – | 1 | .237 | 15 | – | 32 | – | 2 | .327 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1983 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1983 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bruins were coached by Sharron Backus, who led her ninth season. The Bruins played their home games at Sunset Field and finished with a record of 40–7. They competed in the Western Collegiate Athletic Association, where they finished tied for first with a 17–3 record.
The Bruins were invited to the 1983 NCAA Division I softball tournament, where they swept the Northeast Regional to advance to the Women's College World Series for the second consecutive year. They finished third after defeating Missouri, Louisiana Tech, and South Carolina and losing to eventual runner-up Cal State Fullerton and eventual champion Texas A&M.[1]