# 1982 AIAW slow-pitch softball tournament

The 1982 AIAW women's college slow-pitch softball championship was held in Graham, North Carolina, near Raleigh, on May 13–15. Twelve college softball teams met in the second and last AIAW national slow-pitch softball tournament. The AIAW conducted only two slow-pitch softball national championships, in 1981 and 1982, as the NCAA sought to and eventually did vanquish the women's collegiate athletic organization. The Amateur Softball Association later held two collegiate slow-pitch championship tournaments in 1983 and 1984.

## Teams

The double-elimination tournament included these teams:
* Auburn
* Cleveland State
* East Carolina
* Florida State
* Florida
* Georgia Southern
* Lakeland Community College (Ohio)
* North Carolina
* North Carolina-Charlotte
* Northern Kentucky
* South Florida
* Western Carolina
Top-seeded Florida State won its second consecutive national championship, winning all four of its games, including a win in the final over Florida, 9–4.

## Bracket

The bracket included twelve teams with results as shown.
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 3 | Upper round 3 | | Upper final | Upper final | | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | Georgia Southern | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Georgia Southern | 12 | Florida State | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| Georgia Southern | 12 | Florida State | 10 | Florida State | 17 | | | | | | |
| Lakeland College | 4 | | | Florida State | 17 | | | | | | |
| Lakeland College | 4 | | | South Florida | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | Western Carolina | 1 | South Florida | 2 | | | | | | |
| Auburn | 0 | South Florida | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Auburn | 0 | South Florida | 4 | | | | Florida State | 19 | | | |
| Western Carolina | 3 | | | | | | Florida State | 19 | | | |
| Western Carolina | 3 | | | | | | North Carolina-Charlotte | 4 | | | |
| | | Florida | 2 | | | | North Carolina-Charlotte | 4 | | | |
| Florida | 7 | East Carolina | 13 | | | | | | | | |
| Florida | 7 | East Carolina | 13 | North Carolina-Charlotte | | | | 10 | | | |
| North Carolina | 1 | | | North Carolina-Charlotte | | | | 10 | | | |
| North Carolina | 1 | | | East Carolina | | 6 | | | | | |
| | | North Carolina-Charlotte | 5 | East Carolina | | 6 | | | | | |
| Cleveland State | 2 | Northern Kentucky | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| North Carolina-Charlotte | 6 | | | | | Florida State | | | 9 | – |
| | | | | | | Florida State | | | 9 | – | Florida | 4 | – |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | | Lower round 4 | Lower round 4 | Lower final | Lower final | | |
| Northern Kentucky | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Northern Kentucky | 3 | | | Florida | W | | | | | | | |
| Auburn | 5 | | | Florida | W | | | | | | | |
| Auburn | 5 | Auburn | 0 | South Florida | L | | | | | | | | |
| | | Florida | 5 | | | | | | Florida | 11 | | |
| Florida | 14 | Florida | 5 | | | | | | Florida | 11 | | |
| Florida | 14 | | | | | | Florida | 1 | North Carolina-Charlotte | 6 | | |
| Lakeland College | 4 | | | | | | Florida | 1 | North Carolina-Charlotte | 6 | | |
| Lakeland College | 4 | | | | | | East Carolina | 0 | | | | | |
| Western Carolina | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Western Carolina | 12 | | | Western Carolina | L | | | | | | | |
| Cleveland State | 0 | | | Western Carolina | L | | | | | | | |
| Cleveland State | 0 | Western Carolina | 7 | East Carolina | W | | | | | | | |
| | | North Carolina | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Georgia Southern | 3 | North Carolina | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| North Carolina | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Ranking

| Place | School | WCWS Record |
| 1st | Florida State | 4-0 |
| 2nd | Florida | 6-2 |
| 3rd | North Carolina-Charlotte | 3-2 |
| 4th | East Carolina | 2-2 |
| 5th | Western Carolina | 3-2 |
| 5th | South Florida | 1-2 |
| 7th | Auburn | 1-2 |
| 7th | North Carolina | 1-2 |
| 9th | Georgia Southern | 1-2 |
| 9th | Northern Kentucky | 0-2 |
| 9th | Lakeland Community College | 0-2 |
| 9th | Cleveland State | 0-2 |