List of Northwestern Wildcats softball seasons

This is a list of Northwestern Wildcats softball seasons. The Northwestern Wildcats softball program is a college softball team that represents Northwestern University in the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[1]

The Wildcats have won ten conference regular season championships, ten conference tournaments, and have appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament 28 times, advancing to the Women's College World Series eight times, and the title game in 1985.[2]

Season results

National Champions Women's College World Series berth NCAA Tournament berth Conference Tournament Champions Conference Regular Season Champions
Season Head coach Conference Season results Tournament results
Overall Conference Conference[a] Postseason
Wins Losses Ties % Wins Losses Ties % Finish
Northwestern Wildcats
1976 Mary Conway Independent 1 6 0 .143 N/A —
1977 Big Ten 3 9 0 .250 1 4 0 .200 N/A —
1978 6 12 0 .333 0 4 0 .000 —
1979 Sharon Drysdale 3 13 0 .188 0 4 0 .000 —
1980 16 17 0 .485 3 5 0 .375 —
1981 19 27 0 .413 4 4 0 .500 —
1982 31 9 1 .768 8 0 0 1.000 1st champions —
1983 34 16 0 .680 13 7 0 .650 2nd N/A
1984 41 17 0 .707 17 4 0 .810 1st WCWS
1985 40 12 1 .764 20 4 0 .833 1st WCWS
1986 33 17 0 .660 15 9 0 .625 1st WCWS
1987 43 13 0 .768 18 6 0 .750 1st NCAA Regional
1988 25 23 0 .521 14 10 0 .583 3rd —
1989 26 25 0 .929 14 10 0 .583 3rd —
1990 16 35 0 .314 5 19 0 .208 6th —
1991 21 33 0 .389 9 15 0 .375 5th —
1992 33 25 1 .568 18 10 0 .643 3rd —
1993 34 25 0 .576 17 11 0 .607 4th —
1994 35 21 0 .625 17 11 0 .607 4th —
1995 38 19 0 .667 19 9 0 .679 2nd 3rd —
1996 19 33 0 .365 8 16 0 .333 7th — —
1997 19 31 0 .380 9 14 0 .391 8th — —
1998 34 19 0 .642 15 9 0 .625 2nd 4th —
1999 30 31 0 .492 11 13 0 .458 7th — —
2000 30 26 0 .536 12 6 0 .667 4th 4th NCAA Regional
2001 20 25 0 .444 8 12 0 .400 8th — —
2002 Kate Drohan 24 18 1 .570 10 9 0 .526 T-5th — —
2003 36 19 0 .655 11 9 0 .550 6th 2nd NCAA Regional
2004 34 20 0 .630 12 8 0 .600 4th 3rd NCAA Regional
2005 42 18 0 .700 15 3 0 .833 2nd 3rd NCAA Super Regional
2006 50 15 0 .769 16 3 0 .842 1st 2nd WCWS runner-up
2007 52 13 0 .800 15 3 0 .833 2nd 2nd WCWS
2008 40 16 0 .714 18 2 0 .900 T-1st champions NCAA Super Regional
2009 31 15 0 .674 14 6 0 .700 3rd N/A NCAA Regional
2010 25 23 0 .521 10 8 0 .556 4th —
2011 23 20 0 .535 5 13 0 .278 10th —
2012 29 29 0 .500 14 10 0 .583 4th NCAA Regional
2013 31 22 0 .585 12 10 0 .545 5th 5th —
2014 35 18 0 .660 14 9 0 .609 5th 5th NCAA Regional
2015 28 23 0 .549 14 8 0 .636 4th 3rd NCAA Regional
2016 27 28 0 .491 15 8 0 .652 3rd 3rd NCAA Regional
2017 25 29 0 .463 10 13 0 .435 8th 5th —
2018 38 19 0 .667 14 8 0 .636 4th 2nd NCAA Regional
2019 47 13 0 .783 21 2 0 .913 2nd 3rd NCAA Super Regional
2020 11 12 0 .478 Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 30 17 0 .638 29 15 0 .659 3rd N/A NCAA Regional
2022 45 13 0 .776 19 4 0 .826 1st 3rd WCWS
2023 42 13 0 .764 20 3 0 .870 1st champions NCAA Super Regional
2024 35 13 0 .729 19 3 0 .864 1st 5th NCAA Regional
2025 30 20 1 .598 16 6 0 .727 T-4th 9th NCAA Regional
2026 Upcoming

Notes

  1. ^ The Big Ten softball tournament has been played in 1982, 1995–2008, 2013–2019, and 2022–present.

References

  1. ^ "Northwestern". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  2. ^ 2025 Record Book (PDF). Northwestern Wildcats. p. 25. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
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