1971 Women's College World Series

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The 1971 ASA/DGWS Women's College World Series (WCWS), the third in its history, was held in Omaha, Nebraska. On May 14–16, softball teams from 28 colleges met in that year's national fastpitch softball tournament, still the largest number of teams to play in a single-site WCWS.[1] The tournament consisted of 55 games.

Teams[]

The double-elimination tournament included these teams:

  • Arizona State
  • Buena Vista College (Iowa)
  • Central Missouri State College
  • Concordia Teachers College (Nebraska)
  • Eastern Illinois
  • Illinois State
  • Iowa State
  • John F. Kennedy College (Nebraska)
  • Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State)
  • Kearney State College (Nebraska)
  • Luther College (Iowa)
  • Midland Lutheran College (Nebraska)
  • Minnesota–Duluth
  • Minot State College (North Dakota)
  • Nebraska
  • Nebraska–Omaha
  • Northern Colorado
  • Parsons College (Iowa)
  • Simpson College (Iowa)
  • South Dakota
  • South Dakota State
  • Southern Illinois
  • Southwest Baptist College (Missouri)
  • Southwest Missouri State College
  • Upper Iowa
  • Wartburg College (Iowa)
  • Wayne State College (Nebraska)
  • Wisconsin State–Eau Claire

The John F. Kennedy College Patriettes won their third consecutive national championship, this time from the loser's bracket, by shutting out the Iowa State Cyclonettes twice in the final, 6–0 and 4–0. Paula Miller of Arizona State was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, pitching all of ASU's seven games.[1] Iowa State's result occurred despite having zero funding from the university.[1]

Bracket[]

The individual game results are shown in the tournament bracket below.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Winner's Bracket A
1st Round
(first 14 teams) 		  2nd Round   3rd Round   4th Round   5th Round   Semifinals & Finals
n/a  
    John F. Kennedy 16  
South Dakota State 6   South Dakota State 0  
Central Missouri 5       John F. Kennedy  7[a]  
Arizona State 14       Arizona State 6  
Luther College 0     Arizona State 11
Nebraska 12   Nebraska 0  
Midland Lutheran 2       John F. Kennedy  6  Iowa State  12   
Iowa State 12     Iowa State 7 Southwest Missouri 9    
Southwest Baptist 2     Iowa State 3  
Northern Colorado 6[b]   Northern Colorado 2  
Wisconsin St.–Eau Claire 0       Iowa State 8
Illinois State W       Illinois State 1  
Simpson College L     Illinois State 9
n/a   Minnesota–Duluth 4  
 
  Iowa St. advanced
to final with no losses 		Iowa State 0 0  
  JFK advanced from
Losers' Bracket B 		John F. Kennedy 6   4    
Loser's Bracket A
Luther College
9 		  Luther College 11  
Midland Lutheran 2   Upper Iowa 1  
    Luther College 9   Luther College 0  
    Central Missouri 3   Illinois State 10  
n/a   Central Missouri 5
  Nebraska–Omaha 3  
    Illinois State 0   KS State Teach. Coll. 0 ASU v JFK: to  
    Arizona State 4   Arizona State 1 bracket below  
Southwest Baptist 4   Eastern Illinois 3  
Wisconsin St.–Eau Claire 6   Wisconsin St.–Eau Claire 2  
    Eastern Illinois 5   Eastern Illinois 0
    Wartburg College 2   Arizona State 10  
n/a   Simpson College L
  Wartburg College W  


Winner's Bracket B
1st Round
(next 14 teams) 		  2nd Round   3rd Round   4th Round   5th Round   Semifinals
n/a  
    Southwest Missouri 6  
Wartburg College 6[b]   Wartburg College 0  
Minot State 2       Southwest Missouri 14  
Parsons College 11       Parsons College 11  
Wayne State 1     Parsons College 7
Eastern Illinois 6   Eastern Illinois 6  
Buena Vista College 1       Southwest Missouri 3 Southwest Missouri  
South Dakota 3     KS State Teach. Coll.  0  to face
(bracket 		Iowa St.
above) 		   
Upper Iowa 5     Upper Iowa 5  
Kearney State 8   Southern Illinois 8  
Southern Illinois 18       Southern Illinois 8
Nebraska–Omaha 9       KS State Teach. Coll. 18  
Concordia  1      Nebraska–Omaha 0
n/a   KS State Teach. Coll. 12  
 
  With win, JFK advanced to final v. Iowa St. John F. Kennedy 3  
  After loss to Iowa State, Southwest Missouri here Southwest Missouri 0  
Loser's Bracket B
Wayne State
10 		  Wayne State 6  
Buena Vista College 5   Northern Colorado 38  
    Northern Colorado 12   Northern Colorado 4  
    Minot State 0   Southern Illinois 5  
n/a   Minot State 8
  Minnesota–Duluth 2  
    Southern Illinois 11   John F. Kennedy 16 John F. Kennedy   5    
    Nebraska 12   Nebraska 2 Arizona State 3  
Kearney State 12   Kearney State 10  
South Dakota 2   Nebraska 11  
    Nebraska 9   Parsons College 3
    Concordia 1   Nebraska 6  
n/a   Concordia 9
  South Dakota State 3  
  1. ^ 8 innings
  2. ^ a b no-hitter

Ranking[]

Place School WCWS Record
By finish:
1st John F. Kennedy College 7-1
2nd Iowa State 5-2
3rd Southwest Missouri State College 3-2
4th Arizona State 5-2
Nebraska 5-2
6th Kansas State Teachers College 2-2
By record:
Southern Illinois 3-2
Illinois State 3-2
Eastern Illinois 3-2
Northern Colorado 3-2
Luther College 3-2
Parsons College 2-2
Wartburg College 2-2
Central Missouri State College 1-2
Minot State College 1-2
Concordia Teachers College 1-2
Wisconsin State–Eau Claire 1-2
Kearney State College 1-2
Upper Iowa 1-2
Nebraska–Omaha 1-2
South Dakota State 1-2
Wayne State College 1-2
Minnesota–Duluth 0-2
South Dakota 0-2
Midland Lutheran College 0-2
Southwest Baptist College 0-2
Buena Vista College 0-2
Simpson College 0-2

See also[]

See also: AIAW Champions § Fastpitch Softball

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Plummer III, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013). A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. ISBN 978-0-9893007-0-4.
  2. ^ Missouri State Bears Softball 2017 Media Guide (PDF). Missouri State University. p. 89. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  3. ^ "Omaha Softball All-Time Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  4. ^ South Dakota State Softball 2016 Media Guide. South Dakota State University. 2016. p. 37. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  5. ^ "Minot State Beavers Softball Season-by-Season". Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  6. ^ "Buena Vista Softball Game-by-Game Results". Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  7. ^ Savery, Kent (May 14, 1971). "Grindle in Form as UNO Gals Win". Omaha World Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. p. 30. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  8. ^ Sinclair, Steve (May 15, 1971). "ASU Has 'Girl Power,' Too". Omaha World Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. p. 17. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  9. ^ Sinclair, Steve (May 16, 1971). "I-State's Anonymity Ends in 7-6 Victory". Omaha World Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. p. 5-C. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  10. ^ Sinclair, Steve (May 17, 1971). "Gloria Gomez Leads JFK Uphill to Title". Omaha World Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. p. 18. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
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