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Sports history for March 28

Friday, March 28, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

1942 - Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38 for the NCAA championship.

1944 - Arnold Ferrin's 22 points leads Utah to a 42-40 victory over Dartmouth for the NCAA title.

1950 - CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 in the NCAA basketball final to become the only team to win the NIT and NCAA titles in the same year. CCNY beat Bradley 69-61 in the NIT championship game March 18.

1977 - Marquette beats North Carolina 67-59 for the NCAA title.

1982 - Louisiana Tech beats Cheyney State 76-62 in the NCAA's first women's basketball championship. The tournament replaces the AIAW championship which had been held since 1972.

1985 - The North American Soccer League, reduced to two franchises, suspends operations.

1989 - Southwestern Louisiana pitchers Cathy McAllister and Stefni Whitton pitch back-to-back perfect games against Southeastern Louisiana, a first in NCAA Division I softball history. McAllister strikes out 10 in a 5-0 victory and Whitton has 14 strikeouts in a 7-0 triumph.

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