1982 AIAW slow-pitch softball tournament

The 1982 AIAW women's college slow-pitch softball championship was held in Graham, North Carolina, near Raleigh, on May 13–15. Twelve college softball teams met in the second and last AIAW national slow-pitch softball tournament. The AIAW conducted only two slow-pitch softball national championships, in 1981 and 1982, as the NCAA sought to and eventually did vanquish the women's collegiate athletic organization. The Amateur Softball Association later held two collegiate slow-pitch championship tournaments in 1983 and 1984.

Teams

The double-elimination tournament included these teams:

• Auburn
• Cleveland State
• East Carolina
• Florida State
• Florida
• Georgia Southern
• Lakeland Community College (Ohio)
• North Carolina
• North Carolina-Charlotte
• Northern Kentucky
• South Florida
• Western Carolina

Top-seeded Florida State won its second consecutive national championship, winning all four of its games, including a win in the final over Florida, 9–4.

Bracket

The bracket included twelve teams with results as shown.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Ranking

See also

• 1982 AIAW Women's College World Series
• 1983 National Collegiate slow-pitch softball championship
• 1982 NCAA Division I softball tournament
• 1982 NCAA Division II softball tournament
• 1982 NCAA Division III softball tournament
• 1982 NAIA softball tournament

References

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2. "NC-Charlotte Women Advance". Springfield Union. Springfield, Massachusetts. May 14, 1982. p. 42H. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
3. "NC-Charlotte scores two upsets". State Times Advocate. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. May 14, 1982. p. 5C. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
4. "AIAW Slow-Pitch Championships". Greensboro Daily News. Greensboro, North Carolina. May 16, 1982. p. D6. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
5. "AIAW Softball". Greensboro Daily News. Greensboro, North Carolina. May 13, 1982. p. C4. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
6. Britt, Tony (May 14, 1982). "FSU blasts Lady Eagles for 10-1 win". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, FL. pp. 1B, 3B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Britt, Tony (May 15, 1982). "Lady 'Noles score 36 runs to win 2 games". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, FL. pp. 5B, 7B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Britt, Tony (May 16, 1982). "Lady 'Noles defeat Gators for Tourney". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, FL. pp. 1F, 9F. Retrieved March 26, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Cats' Keeler Honored". Asheville Citizen-Times. Asheville, NC. May 16, 1982. p. 6B. Retrieved March 26, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "NCAA Women's Softball". Retrieved March 8, 2017.
11. 2007 FSU Softball Media Guide (PDF). Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State university. 2007. p. 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.