1988 NCAA Division I softball tournament

The 1988 NCAA Division I softball tournament was the seventh annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1988, twenty Division I college softball teams contested the championship, an expansion of four teams from the previous year. The tournament featured eight regionals of either two or three teams. The regions of two teams consisted of a simple best-of-three series whereas the regions of three teams consisted of a double elimination tournament of four or five games. The 1988 Women's College World Series was held in Sunnyvale, California from May 25 through May 29 and marked the conclusion of the 1988 NCAA Division I softball season. UCLA won the championship by defeating Fresno State 3–0 in the final game.

The 1988 event was the first WCWS played in Sunnyvale.

At-large Regional

 * Fresno State qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

First elimination round

 * Creighton 3, Iowa State 2
 * Nebraska 5, Iowa State 2
 * Creighton 3, Nebraska 2

Second elimination round

 * Nebraska qualifies for WCWS, 3–1

First elimination round

 * South Carolina 1, Minnesota 0
 * Arizona 5, Minnesota 0
 * South Carolina 1, Arizona 0

Second elimination round

 * Arizona qualifies for WCWS, 3–1

First elimination round

 * Northern Illinois 4, Bowling Green 3
 * Illinois State 2, Bowling Green 1 (10 innings)
 * Illinois State 1, Northern Illinois 0

Second elimination round

 * Northern Illinois qualifies for WCWS, 3–1

Northeast Regional

 * Adelphi qualifies for WCWS, 2–1

Northwest Regional

 * UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

First elimination round

 * Texas A&M 1, Florida State 0
 * Louisiana Tech 6, Florida State 1
 * Texas A&M 2, Louisiana Tech 0

Second elimination round

 * Texas A&M qualifies for WCWS, 3–1

West Regional

 * Cal Poly Pomona qualifies for WCWS, 2–0

Participants

 * Fresno State
 * UCLA
 * Fresno State
 * UCLA
 * UCLA
 * UCLA
 * UCLA
 * UCLA

All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team