1974 Women's College World Series

The 1974 Women's College World Series (WCWS) was contested among 18 college softball teams on May 16–19 in Omaha, Nebraska.^[1] This was the sixth WCWS.

Southwest Missouri State won all five of its games to win the national championship, defeating Northern Colorado in the final, 14–7.

Teams

The double elimination tournament included these teams:

Team	Appearance
Arizona	1st
Eastern Illinois	2nd
Golden West College (CA)	1st
Indiana State	1st
Kansas	2nd
Luther College (IA)	4th
Massachusetts	1st
Michigan State	2nd
Nassau Community College (NY)	1st
North Dakota State	2nd
Northern Colorado	6th
South Carolina	3rd
South Dakota State	4th
Southwest Missouri State	6th
Wayne State (NE)	4th
Weber State	2nd
West Georgia	1st
Winona State (MN)	1st

Bracket


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



		Luther College	2

Luther College	4	Nassau Community College	0
				Luther College	0
North Dakota State	1
				Southwest Missouri State	1
		Southwest Missouri State	11

		Massachusetts	1
						Southwest Missouri State	9

						Eastern Illinois	8
		Eastern Illinois	10

		South Carolina	0
				Eastern Illinois	9

				Indiana State	0
		Indiana State	10

		South Dakota State	0
								Southwest Missouri State	8

								Wayne State College	5
		Wayne State College	4

		Michigan State	3
				Wayne State College	2

				Arizona	0
		Arizona	16

		West Georgia College	0
						Wayne State College	23^[a]

						Northern Colorado	7
		Northern Colorado	7

		Weber State College	2
				Northern Colorado	1
														Southwest Missouri State	14	–
				Kansas	0
		Kansas	2											Northern Colorado	7	–

Kansas	10	Golden West College	1

Winona State College	0



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



				Michigan State	2
								Indiana State	0
		Michigan State	6	Indiana State	4
						Indiana State	3	Northern Colorado	1
Michigan State	1	West Georgia College	2
						Luther College	2					Northern Colorado	9
North Dakota State	0			Weber State College	2
										Northern Colorado	18	Wayne State College	8
		Weber State College	5	Luther College	5
										Kansas	0
		Golden West College	0

				South Dakota State	0
								Kansas	2
		South Dakota State	2	Arizona	18
						Arizona	1	Eastern Illinois	0
South Dakota State	5	South Carolina	1
						Kansas	8
Winona State College	1			Massachusetts	3

		Massachusetts	7	Kansas	13

		Nassau Community College	0

Source:^[2]

^ Of interest, in their previous meeting in the 1971 WCWS, Northern Colorado defeated Wayne State by a score of 38-6.

Ranking

Place	School	WCWS Record
1st	Southwest Missouri State	5-0
2nd	Northern Colorado	5-2
3rd	Wayne State College	3-2
4th	Kansas	5-2
5th	Eastern Illinois	2-2
6th	Indiana State	3-2
7th	Arizona	2-2
7th	Luther College	3-2
9th	Michigan State	2-2
	South Dakota State	2-2
	Massachusetts	1-2
	Weber State College	1-2
13th	West Georgia College	0-2
	South Carolina	0-2
	Golden West College	0-2
	North Dakota State	0-2
	Winona State College	0-2
	Nassau Community College	0-2

References

^ 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.

[2] Of interest, in their previous meeting in the 1971 WCWS, Northern Colorado defeated Wayne State by a score of 38-6.

[plummer-1] 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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1974 Women's College World Series

Contents

Teams

Bracket

Ranking

See also

References