List of Northwestern Wildcats softball seasons

This is a list of Northwestern Wildcats softball seasons. The Northwestern Wildcats softball program is a college softball team that represents Northwestern University in the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.^[1]

The Wildcats have won ten conference regular season championships, ten conference tournaments, and have appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament 28 times, advancing to the Women's College World Series eight times, and the title game in 1985.^[2]

Notes

National Champions	Women's College World Series berth	NCAA Tournament berth	Conference Tournament Champions	Conference Regular Season Champions

Season	Head coach	Conference	Season results									Tournament results
			Overall				Conference					Conference^[a]	Postseason
			Wins	Losses	Ties	%	Wins	Losses	Ties	%	Finish	Conference^[a]	Postseason
Northwestern Wildcats
1976	Mary Conway	Independent	1	6	0	.143	N/A						—
1977		Big Ten	3	9	0	.250	1	4	0	.200		N/A	—
1978			6	12	0	.333	0	4	0	.000			—
1979	Sharon Drysdale		3	13	0	.188	0	4	0	.000			—
1980			16	17	0	.485	3	5	0	.375			—
1981			19	27	0	.413	4	4	0	.500			—
1982			31	9	1	.768	8	0	0	1.000	1st	champions	—
1983			34	16	0	.680	13	7	0	.650	2nd	N/A
1984			41	17	0	.707	17	4	0	.810	1st		WCWS
1985			40	12	1	.764	20	4	0	.833	1st		WCWS
1986			33	17	0	.660	15	9	0	.625	1st		WCWS
1987			43	13	0	.768	18	6	0	.750	1st		NCAA Regional
1988			25	23	0	.521	14	10	0	.583	3rd		—
1989			26	25	0	.929	14	10	0	.583	3rd		—
1990			16	35	0	.314	5	19	0	.208	6th		—
1991			21	33	0	.389	9	15	0	.375	5th		—
1992			33	25	1	.568	18	10	0	.643	3rd		—
1993			34	25	0	.576	17	11	0	.607	4th		—
1994			35	21	0	.625	17	11	0	.607	4th		—
1995			38	19	0	.667	19	9	0	.679	2nd	3rd	—
1996			19	33	0	.365	8	16	0	.333	7th	—	—
1997			19	31	0	.380	9	14	0	.391	8th	—	—
1998			34	19	0	.642	15	9	0	.625	2nd	4th	—
1999			30	31	0	.492	11	13	0	.458	7th	—	—
2000			30	26	0	.536	12	6	0	.667	4th	4th	NCAA Regional
2001			20	25	0	.444	8	12	0	.400	8th	—	—
2002	Kate Drohan		24	18	1	.570	10	9	0	.526	T-5th	—	—
2003			36	19	0	.655	11	9	0	.550	6th	2nd	NCAA Regional
2004			34	20	0	.630	12	8	0	.600	4th	3rd	NCAA Regional
2005			42	18	0	.700	15	3	0	.833	2nd	3rd	NCAA Super Regional
2006			50	15	0	.769	16	3	0	.842	1st	2nd	WCWS runner-up
2007			52	13	0	.800	15	3	0	.833	2nd	2nd	WCWS
2008			40	16	0	.714	18	2	0	.900	T-1st	champions	NCAA Super Regional
2009			31	15	0	.674	14	6	0	.700	3rd	N/A	NCAA Regional
2010			25	23	0	.521	10	8	0	.556	4th		—
2011			23	20	0	.535	5	13	0	.278	10th		—
2012			29	29	0	.500	14	10	0	.583	4th		NCAA Regional
2013			31	22	0	.585	12	10	0	.545	5th	5th	—
2014			35	18	0	.660	14	9	0	.609	5th	5th	NCAA Regional
2015			28	23	0	.549	14	8	0	.636	4th	3rd	NCAA Regional
2016			27	28	0	.491	15	8	0	.652	3rd	3rd	NCAA Regional
2017			25	29	0	.463	10	13	0	.435	8th	5th	—
2018			38	19	0	.667	14	8	0	.636	4th	2nd	NCAA Regional
2019			47	13	0	.783	21	2	0	.913	2nd	3rd	NCAA Super Regional
2020			11	12	0	.478	Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021			30	17	0	.638	29	15	0	.659	3rd	N/A	NCAA Regional
2022			45	13	0	.776	19	4	0	.826	1st	3rd	WCWS
2023			42	13	0	.764	20	3	0	.870	1st	champions	NCAA Super Regional
2024			35	13	0	.729	19	3	0	.864	1st	5th	NCAA Regional
2025			30	20	1	.598	16	6	0	.727	T-4th	9th	NCAA Regional
2026			Upcoming

↑ The Big Ten softball tournament has been played in 1982, 1995–2008, 2013–2019, and 2022–present.

v t e Northwestern Wildcats softball
Venues	Sharon J. Drysdale Field (1979–Present)
Head coaches	Mary Conway (1975–1978) Sharon Drysdale (1979–2001) Kate Drohan (2002–present)
Seasons	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Women's College World Series appearances in italics

List of Northwestern Wildcats softball seasons

Notes

References

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