The 1994 NCAA Division II softball tournament was the 13th annual postseason tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of softball among its Division II members in the United States, held at the end of the 1994 NCAA Division II softball season.[1]
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
|---|---|
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Merrimack (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Humboldt State (1st title game) |
| Winning coach | Michele Myslinski (1st title) |
| Attendance | 3,843 |
The final, six-team double elimination tournament, also known as the Division II Women's College World Series, was played in Shawnee, Kansas.
Emerging from the winner's bracket, Merrimack defeated Humboldt State in the only game of the double elimination championship series, 6–2, to capture the Warriors' first Division II national title.
Bracket
editFinals
edit| First rounds' | Second rounds | Semifinals | Championship series | |||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Barry | 1 | Merrimack | 7 | |||||||||||
| Merrimack | 5 | Merrimack | 3 | |||||||||||
| Nebraska–Omaha | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Nebraska–Omaha | 8 | |||||||||||||
| California (PA) | 4 | Central Missouri State | 5 | |||||||||||
| Central Missouri State | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Merrimack | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 2 | |||||||||||||
| First rounds' | Second rounds | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
| Central Missouri State | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Nebraska–Omaha | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Barry | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Central Missouri State | 1 | Humboldt State | 7 | |||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 4 | |||||||||||||
| California (PA) | 2 | |||||||||||||
All-tournament team
edit- Deb Baetsle, 1B, Nebraska–Omaha
- Apple Gomez, 2B, Humboldt State
- Julie Hammer, SS, Central Missouri State
- Michala Lehotak, 3B, Nebraska–Omaha
- Raffaella Paparo, OF, Merrimack
- Stacie Lonquist, OF, Humboldt State
- Anetra Torres, OF, Humboldt State
- Kim Page, P, Merrimack
- Melanie Howard, P, Humboldt State
- Judy O’Connell, C, Merrimack
- Tracy Carey, AL, Nebraska–Omaha
- Jen Wagner, AL, California (PA)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "DIVISION II SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 18 July 2024.