1986 NCAA Division I softball season

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Defending ChampionsUCLA
ChampionsCal State Fullerton (1st title)
Runners-upTexas A&M (3rd WCWS Appearance)
Winning CoachJudi Garman (1st title)
1986 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending ChampionsUCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
ChampionsCal State Fullerton (1st title)
Runners-upTexas A&M (3rd WCWS Appearance)
Winning CoachJudi Garman (1st title)
Seasons
← 1985
1987 →

The 1986 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 1986. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1986 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 1986 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Omaha, Nebraska at Seymour Smith Park, ended on May 25, 1986.

1986 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Indiana ‍†‍‍y 15–9–0 .62545–18–0 .714
Northwestern ‍†‍‍y 15–9–0 .62533–17–0 .660
Minnesota ‍†‍‍ 15–9–0 .62528–23–0 .549
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58329–20–0 .592
Michigan ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .50032–17–0 .653
Iowa ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .41726–19–0 .578
Ohio State ‍‍‍ 3–21–0 .12512–33–1 .272
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

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Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1986 Pacific Coast Athletic Association softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Cal State Fullerton  ‍†‍‍y 22–5–1 .80457–9–1 .858
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍y 18–9–0 .66739–18–0 .684
Cal Poly Pomona  ‍‍‍y 18–9–1 .66136–19–1 .652
Pacific  ‍‍‍y 17–10–0 .63034–18–1 .651
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 11–17–0 .39320–30–0 .400
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 10–17–0 .37018–32–0 .360
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 6–21–0 .22222–36–0 .379
Hawaii  ‍‍‍ 7–21–0 .2509–27–0 .250
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
1986 Southland Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Southwestern Louisiana  ‍†‍‍ 10–2 .83330–19 .612
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 10–2 .83325–25 .500
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 8–4 .66716–19 .457
McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 6–6 .50019–24 .442
North Texas  ‍‍‍ 5–7 .4179–25 .265
Northeast Louisiana  ‍‍‡‍ 3–9 .25017–32 .347
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 0–12 .0003–28 .097
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 20, 1986[9]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 1986 NCAA Women's College World Series took place May 21–25, 1986 in Omaha, Nebraska.[10]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Northwestern0
California2
California0
Cal State Fullerton3
Cal State Fullerton19
Long Beach State0
Cal State Fullerton3
Texas A&M0
Texas A&M110
Cal State Fullerton38
Creighton0
Texas A&M6Indiana1
Indiana0
Indiana110
Louisiana Tech0
Cal State Fullerton3
Lower round 1Lower round 2Texas A&M0
Indiana210
Northwestern0Long Beach State0
Texas A&M110
Long Beach State110
California0
California18
Creighton413Creighton0
Louisiana Tech3

Season leaders

Batting

Pitching

Records

NCAA Division I season WHIP: 0.36 (58 H+13 BB/195.0 IP) – Virginia Augusta, North Carolina Tar Heels[11]

NCAA Division I single game triples: 3 – Lynna Hallick, Northwestern Wildcats; April 18, 1986

Junior class perfect games: 3 – Virginia Augusta, North Carolina Tar Heels

Team single game triples: 7 – UMass Minutewomen; March 17, 1986

Awards

All America Teams

References

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