2001 UCLA Bruins softball team

2001 UCLA Bruins softball
2001 UCLA Bruins softball
NCAA Regional No. 2 champion
Women's College World Series, runner-up
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	62–6 (16–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Sue Enquist (13th season);
Home stadium	Sunset Field
	Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 1 Arizona ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	2	–	0	.905	65	–	4	–	0	.942
No. 2 UCLA ‍‍‍^y	16	–	5	–	0	.762	62	–	6	–	0	.912
No. 3 Stanford ‍‍‍^y	11	–	10	–	0	.524	54	–	16	–	1	.768
No. 13 Washington ‍‍‍^y	11	–	10	–	0	.524	40	–	23	–	0	.635
No. 20 Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	10	–	10	–	0	.500	44	–	24	–	1	.645
No. 9 Arizona State ‍‍‍^y	9	–	12	–	0	.429	36	–	22	–	0	.621
No. 6 California ‍‍‍^y	6	–	14	–	0	.300	54	–	18	–	0	.750
Oregon ‍‍‍	1	–	20	–	0	.048	28	–	40	–	0	.412

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 31, 2001^[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2001 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2001 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bruins were coached by Sue Enquist, in her thirteenth season as head coach. The Bruins played their home games at Easton Stadium and finished with a record of 62–6. They competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished second with a 16–5 record.

The Bruins were invited to the 2001 NCAA Division I softball tournament, where they swept the Regional and then completed a run to the title game of the Women's College World Series where they fell to champion Arizona.^[2]

Personnel

Roster

2001 UCLA Bruins roster^[3]

Pitchers

7 - Amanda Freed – junior
23 – Stephanie Swenson – senior
14 – Keira Goerl – freshman
22 – Courtney Dale - Senior

Catchers

4 – Marin Noack – senior
33 - Stacey Nuveman – junior

Infielders

5 – Casey Hiraiwa - Junior
10 – Crissy Buck – junior
11 – Monique Mejia – sophomore
20 – Claire Sua – freshman
21 – Tairia Mims – sophomore
23 – Toria Auelua – sophomore
27 - Natasha Watley – sophomore

Outfielders

2 – Erin Rahn – junior
3 – Lupe Brambila – senior
24 – Marcel Torres – freshman
44 – Stephanie Ramos – freshman

Utility

13 – Julie Hoshizaki – freshman
9 – Amanda Simpson – freshman

Coaches

2001 UCLA Bruins softball coaching staff^[3]
Sue Enquist – Head coach – 13th season Kelly Inouye-Perez – Assistant coach – 8th season Lisa Fernandez – Assistant coach – 5th season

Schedule

Legend
	UCLA win
	UCLA loss
	Tie
*	Non-Conference game

2001 UCLA Bruins Softball Game Log^[2]

Regular season

February
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
Feb 3	at San Jose State*	No. 1	SJSU Field • San Jose, CA	W 8–0⁵	1–0
Feb 3	Cal State Northridge*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 13–0⁵	2–0
Feb 3	Cal Poly*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 5–0	3–0
Feb 4	Cal State Northridge*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 7–0	4–0
Feb 4	Cal Poly*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 10–2⁶	5–0
Feb 7	at No. 14 Cal State Fullerton*	No. 1	Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA	W 6–0	6–0
Feb 7	at No. 14Cal State Fullerton*	No. 1	Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA	W 18–3⁵	7–0
Feb 10	San Diego*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 8–0⁶	8–0
Feb 10	San Diego*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 7–0	9–0
Feb 14	No. 22 Long Beach State*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 7–0	10–0
Feb 16	vs Portland State*	No. 1	Rebel Softball Diamond • Paradise, NV	W 20–0⁵	11–0
Feb 16	vs Kansas*	No. 1	Rebel Softball Diamond • Paradise, NV	W 15–1⁵	12–0
Feb 17	vs Wisconsin*	No. 1	Rebel Softball Diamond • Paradise, NV	W 9–2	13–0
Feb 17	vs No. 12 Nebraska*	No. 1	Rebel Softball Diamond • Paradise, NV	W 6–2	14–0
Feb 18	vs FIU*	No. 1	Rebel Softball Diamond • Paradise, NV	W 10–0⁵	15–0
Feb 23	vs Wisconsin*	No. 1	Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 12–1⁵	16–0
Feb 23	vs No. 11 Cal State Fullerton*	No. 1	Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 4–0	17–0
Feb 24	at No. 22 Texas*	No. 1	Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 4–3⁸	18–0
Feb 25	vs Wisconsin*	No. 1	Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 1–0	19–0
Feb 26	at Texas State*	No. 1	Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX	W 4–3¹⁰	20–0
Feb 26	at Texas State*	No. 1	Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX	W 3–1	21–0

March
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
Mar 2	Colorado State*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 11–3⁶	22–0
Mar 2	Colorado State*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 2–0	23–0
Mar 3	South Florida*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 10–0⁵	24–0
Mar 3	South Florida*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 5–3	25–0
Mar 4	UNLV*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 3–0	26–0
Mar 6	UC Riverside*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 10–0⁵	27–0
Mar 6	UC Riverside*	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 4–0	28–0
Mar 8	vs Colorado State*	No. 1	Margie Wright Diamond • Fresno, CA	W 8–1	29–0
Mar 9	vs Cal Poly*	No. 1	Margie Wright Diamond • Fresno, CA	W 9–1⁶	30–0
Mar 9	vs No. 11 DePaul*	No. 1	Margie Wright Diamond • Fresno, CA	W 4–0	31–0
Mar 10	vs New Mexico State*	No. 1	Margie Wright Diamond • Fresno, CA	W 4–0	32–0
Mar 10	vs No. 15 Oregon State*	No. 1	Margie Wright Diamond • Fresno, CA	W 3–2	33–0
Mar 11	at No. 7 Fresno State*	No. 1	Margie Wright Diamond • Fresno, CA	W 8–2	34–0
Mar 14	at UC Santa Barbara*	No. 1	Campus Diamond • Santa Barbara, CA	W 6–1	35–0
Mar 30	at No. 5 Stanford	No. 1	Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 0–1	35–1	0–1
Mar 31	at No. 3 California	No. 1	Levine-Fricke Field • Berkeley, CA	W 2–1⁹	36–1	1–1

April
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
Apr 1	at No. 3 California	No. 1	Levine-Fricke Field • Berkeley, CA	W 5–1	37–1	2–1
Apr 4	at No. 25 Cal State Northridge*	No. 1	Northridge, CA	W 5–1	38–1
Apr 4	at No. 25 Cal State Northridge*	No. 1	Northridge, CA	W 12–1⁶	39–1
Apr 6	No. 9 Arizona State	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	L 1–6	39–2	2–2
Apr 7	No. 2 Arizona	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	L 0–4	39–3	2–3
Apr 8	No. 2 Arizona	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 3–0	40–3	3–3
Apr 13	No. 13 Washington	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 5–4¹⁴	41–3	4–3
Apr 14	No. 13 Washington	No. 1	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 4–0	42–3	5–3
Apr 20	at No. 16 Oregon State	No. 1	OSU Softball Complex • Corvallis, OR	L 1–2	42–4	5–4
Apr 21	at Oregon	No. 1	Howe Field • Eugene, OR	W 4–3	43–4	6–4
Apr 22	at Oregon	No. 1	Howe Field • Eugene, OR	W 6–3	44–4	7–4
Apr 25	at UC Riverside*	No. 2	Riverside, CA	W 12–0⁵	45–4
Apr 25	at UC Riverside*	No. 2	Riverside, CA	W 8–0⁵	46–4
Apr 27	No. 4 California	No. 2	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 2–0	47–4	8–4
Apr 28	No. 3 Stanford	No. 2	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 8–0⁵	48–4	9–4
Apr 29	No. 3 Stanford	No. 2	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 2–0	49–4	10–4

May
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
May 2	at No. 12 Washington	No. 2	Husky Softball Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 4–3	50–4	11–4
May 4	Oregon	No. 2	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 6–4	51–4	12–4
May 5	No. 14 Oregon State	No. 2	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 4–0	52–4	13–4
May 6	No. 14 Oregon State	No. 2	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 4–1	53–4	14–4
May 11	at No. 1 Arizona	No. 2	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 0–4	53–5	14–5
May 12	at No. 9 Arizona State	No. 2	Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 1–0	54–5	15–5
May 12	at No. 9 Arizona State	No. 2	Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 8–6⁸	55–5	16–5

Post-season

NCAA Regional No. 2
Date	Opponent	Rank (Seed)	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	NCAAT record
May 17	Coastal Carolina	No. 2	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 8–0⁵	56–5	1–0
May 18	No. 23 Cal State Northridge	No. 2	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 9–0	57–5	2–0
May 19	San Diego State	No. 2	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 3–1	58–5	3–0
May 20	San Diego State	No. 2	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 11–0⁵	59–5	4–0

NCAA Women's College World Series
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	WCWS Record
May 24	No. 15 (7) Iowa	No. 2 (2)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	W 7–0	60–5	1–0
May 25	No. 4 (6) Stanford	No. 2 (2)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	W 5–0	61–5	2–0
May 27	No. 3 (3) LSU	No. 2 (2)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	W 6–0	62–5	3–0
May 28	No. 1 (1) Arizona	No. 2 (2)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	L 0–1	62–6	3–1

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
NFCA/USA Today	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2

References

^ 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 52. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b 2022 Softball Information Guide: Yearly Results (PDF). UCLA Bruins. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2022 Softball Information Guide: Letterwinners" (PDF). UCLA Bruins. Retrieved June 12, 2022.

[1] 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 52. Retrieved May 18, 2020.

[media-2] 2022 Softball Information Guide: Yearly Results (PDF). UCLA Bruins. Retrieved June 8, 2022.

[personnel-3] "2022 Softball Information Guide: Letterwinners" (PDF). UCLA Bruins. Retrieved June 12, 2022.

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v t e UCLA Bruins softball
Venues	Sunset Field (1979–1993) Easton Stadium (1994–present)
Head coaches	Sharron Backus (1975–1988) Sharron Backus & Sue Enquist (1989–1996) Sue Enquist (1997–2006) Kelly Inouye-Perez (2007–present)
Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National Championships in bold; Women’s College World Series appearances in italics