1975 Women's College World Series

The 1975 Women's College World Series (WCWS) was contested among 18 college softball teams on May 15–18 at Dill Field^[1] in Omaha, Nebraska. This was the seventh WCWS.

After losing the opener of the final, the University of Nebraska–Omaha Maverettes defeated Northern Iowa, 6–4, in the deciding game to win the 1975 championship. Connie Claussen, the tournament director for the first eleven editions of the WCWS, was also the coach of the victorious Nebraska–Omaha team.^[2]

Teams

The double elimination tournament included these teams:

Team	Appearance
Arizona	2nd
Ball State	2nd
East Stroudsburg State (PA)	1st
Kansas	3rd
Mankato State (MN)	1st
Michigan State	3rd
Nebraska–Omaha	6th
North Dakota State	3rd
Northern Colorado	7th
Northern Iowa	2nd
Northern State (SD)	1st
Northwest Missouri State	1st
Ohio	1st
Oklahoma	1st
Oregon College of Education (now Western Oregon)	1st
Texas Woman's	1st
Weber State	3rd
Western Illinois	4th

Bracket


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper round 3		Upper round 4		Upper final						Final



		Oregon College of Education	14

Oregon College of Education	6	Ball State	9
				Oregon College of Education	0
Texas Woman's	2
				Nebraska–Omaha	1
		Nebraska–Omaha	18

		Northern State College	0
						Nebraska–Omaha	4

						Western Illinois	2
		Northern Colorado	1

		North Dakota State	0
				Northern Colorado	4

				Western Illinois	5
		Western Illinois	1

		Mankato State	0
								Nebraska–Omaha	1

								Northern Iowa	0
		Michigan State	3

		Northwest Missouri State	1
				Michigan State	3

				Northern Iowa	4
		Northern Iowa	5

		Oklahoma	0
						Northern Iowa	4

						Kansas	1
		Kansas	6

		Weber State	2
				Kansas	4
														Nebraska–Omaha	1	6
				Arizona	3
		East Stroudsburg	3											Northern Iowa	11	4

East Stroudsburg	8	Arizona	4

Ohio	0



Lower round 1		Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower round 4		Lower round 5		Lower round 6		Lower final



				Northwest Missouri State	0
								Northern Colorado	6
		Texas Woman's	3	Northern Colorado	6
						Northern Colorado	1	Kansas	0
Texas Woman's	9	Northwest Missouri State	14
						Oregon College of Education	0					Michigan State	3
Oklahoma	2			Weber State	7
										Northern Colorado	3	Northern Iowa	7
		East Stroudsburg	6	Oregon College of Education	8
										Michigan State	4
		Weber State	7

				Ohio	0
								Michigan State	5
		Ohio	6	Michigan State	17
						Michigan State	3	Western Illinois	0
Ohio	10	North Dakota State	1
						Arizona	2
Mankato State	2			Ball State	4

		Ball State	6	Arizona	10

		Northern State College	2

Source:^[3]

Ranking

Place	School	WCWS Record
1st	Nebraska–Omaha	5-1
2nd	Northern Iowa	5-2
3rd	Michigan State	5-2
4th	Northern Colorado	4-2
5th	Kansas	2-2
6th	Western Illinois	2-2
7th	Oregon College of Education	3-2
7th	Arizona	2-2
9th	Weber State College	1-2
	Northwest Missouri State	1-2
	Ball State	1-2
	Ohio	2-2
13th	Texas Woman's	1-2
	North Dakota State	0-2
	East Stroudsburg State	1-2
	Northern State College	0-2
	Oklahoma	0-2
	Mankato State	0-2

References

^ "How Omaha won the (really big) 1975 WCWS trophy". ESPN.com. 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
^ Plummer, 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.
^ "NCAA Women's Softball". Retrieved 2017-03-08.

[1] "How Omaha won the (really big) 1975 WCWS trophy". ESPN.com. 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2024-06-03.

[plummer-2] Plummer, 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.

[3] "NCAA Women's Softball". Retrieved 2017-03-08.

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1975 Women's College World Series

Contents

Teams

Bracket

Ranking

See also

References