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2001 Arizona Wildcats softball
2001 Arizona Wildcats softball
National Champion; NCAA Tucson Regional champion; Pac-10 champion
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	65–4 (19–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Candrea (17th season);
Home stadium	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 Arizona Wildcats softball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2001 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wildcats were coached by Mike Candrea, who led his seventeenth season. The Wildcats finished with a record of 65–4. They played their home games at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 19–2 record.

2001 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Arizona ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	2	–	0	.905	65	–	4	–	0	.942
UCLA ‍‍‍^y	16	–	5	–	0	.762	62	–	6	–	0	.912
Stanford ‍‍‍^y	11	–	10	–	0	.524	54	–	16	–	1	.768
Washington ‍‍‍^y	11	–	10	–	0	.524	40	–	23	–	0	.635
Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	10	–	10	–	0	.500	44	–	24	–	1	.645
Arizona State ‍‍‍^y	9	–	12	–	0	.429	36	–	22	–	0	.621
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 Coaches' Poll

The Wildcats were invited to the 2001 NCAA Division I softball tournament, where they swept the West Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their sixth NCAA Women's College World Series Championship.^[2]

Roster edit

2001 Arizona Wildcats roster^[2]

Pitchers

0 – Becky Lemke – senior
2 – Teresa Demeter – senior
15 – Jenny Gladding – freshman
27 - Jennie Finch – junior
31 – Kim Balkan – freshman

Catchers

42 – Lindsey Collins – senior
52 – Mackenzie Vandergeest – freshman

Infielders

8 – Lisha Ribellia – sophomore
9 – Leneah Manuma – freshman
20 – Candace Abrams – freshman
24 – Lauren Bauer – senior
25 – Allison Andrade – senior
32 – Toni Mascarenas – senior

Outfielders

4 – Nicole Giordano – senior
7 – Erika Hanson – senior

Schedule edit

Legend
	Arizona win
	Arizona loss
*	Non-Conference game

2001 Arizona Wildcats Softball Game Log^[2]

Regular season

February
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
Feb 2	vs Florida Atlantic*	USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL	W 5–0	1–0
Feb 2	vs Tennessee*	USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL	W 8–0⁵	2–0
Feb 3	vs Northwestern*	USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL	W 6–0	3–0
Feb 3	at South Florida*	USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL	W 5–0	4–0
Feb 9	vs Georgia*	Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 8–0	5–0
Feb 9	vs No. 24 Texas*	Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 14–0	6–0
Feb 10	vs No. 8 LSU*	Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 10–0	7–0
Feb 10	vs No. 12 Nebraska*	Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 11–4	8–0
Feb 11	vs No. 18 South Carolina*	Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 8–0	9–0
Feb 11	vs Missouri*	Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 8–0	10–0
Feb 16	Bowling Green*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 29–0⁵	11–0
Feb 16	Oklahoma State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 7–0	12–0
Feb 17	Kentucky*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 12–1⁵	13–0
Feb 17	New Mexico State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 9–1⁶	14–0
Feb 18	Pacific*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 9–0⁵	15–0
Feb 23	Drake*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 5–0	16–0
Feb 23	Connecticut*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 11–3⁵	17–0
Feb 24	McNeese State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 13–1⁵	18–0
Feb 24	Southern Utah*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 8–0⁵	19–0
Feb 25	Florida*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 5–0	20–0
Feb 27	Western Michigan*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 10–0⁵	21–0
Feb 28	Western Michigan*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 9–0⁵	22–0

March
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
Mar 2	No. 23 Baylor*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 8–0⁵	23–0
Mar 2	Creighton*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 9–0⁶	24–0
Mar 3	Indiana State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 12–0⁵	25–0
Mar 3	Western Michigan*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 12–0⁵	26–0
Mar 3	No. 5 Oklahoma*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 6–2	27–0
Mar 6	Creighton*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 3–0	28–0
Mar 13	at San Diego*	San Diego, CA	W 9–0⁵	29–0
Mar 13	at San Diego*	San Diego, CA	W 8–0⁶	30–0
Mar 14	at San Diego State*	San Diego, CA	W 3–0	31–0
Mar 15	vs Louisiana–Lafayette*	Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA	L 3–4	31–1
Mar 15	vs UNLV*	Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA	W 10–0⁵	32–1
Mar 16	vs Cal State Northridge*	Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA	W 6–0	33–1
Mar 17	vs Texas*	Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA	L 1–2	33–2
Mar 17	vs North Carolina*	Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA	W 6–1	34–2
Mar 23	Utah*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 8–3	35–2
Mar 24	Utah*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 10–2⁶	36–2
Mar 30	at Oregon	Howe Field • Eugene, OR	W 11–1	37–2	1–0

April
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
Apr 1	at No. 15 Oregon State	Oregon State Softball Complex • Corvallis, OR	W 5–0	38–2	2–0
Apr 6	at No. 14 Washington	Husky Softball Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 0–1	38–3	2–1
Apr 7	at No. 1 UCLA	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	W 4–0	39–3	3–1
Apr 8	at No. 1 UCLA	Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	L 0–3	39–4	3–2
Apr 13	No. 8 Arizona State	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 3–0¹¹	40–4	4–2
Apr 14	No. 8 Arizona State	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 4–3⁹	41–4	5–2
Apr 18	No. 15 Fresno State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 9–1	42–4
Apr 18	No. 15 Fresno State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 8–7	43–4
Apr 20	No. 3 Stanford	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 7–0	44–4	6–2
Apr 22	No. 4 California	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 2–1⁸	45–4	7–2
Apr 22	No. 4 California	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 2–1	46–4	8–2
Apr 25	at No. 9 Arizona State	Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 5–0	47–4	9–2
Apr 27	No. 14 Oregon State	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 1–0	48–4	10–2
Apr 27	No. 14 Oregon State	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 7–1	49–4	11–2
Apr 28	Oregon	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 8–0⁶	50–4	12–2
Apr 29	Oregon	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 6–1	51–4	13–2

May
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Pac-10 record
May 4	at No. 5 California	Levine-Fricke Field • Berkeley, CA	W 5–0	52–4	14–2
May 5	at No. 3 Stanford	Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 8–1	53–4	15–2
May 6	at No. 3 Stanford	Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 5–3¹⁵	54–4	16–2
May 11	No. 2 UCLA	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 4–0	55–4	17–2
May 12	No. 12 Washington	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 5–1	56–4	18–2
May 12	No. 12 Washington	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 9–0⁵	57–4	19–2

Post-season

NCAA Tucson Regional
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	NCAAT record
May 17	Saint Peter's	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 4–2	58–4	1–0
May 18	Texas Tech	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 8–0⁶	59–4	2–0
May 19	No. 10 Cal State Fullerton	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 5–4	60–4	3–0
May 20	No. 19 Southwest Texas State	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 6–2	61–4	4–0

NCAA Women's College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	WCWS Record
May 24	(8) California	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	W 3–2	62–4	1–0
May 25	(5) Oklahoma	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	W 5–4	63–4	2–0
May 27	(4) Stanford	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	W 1–0	64–4	3–0
May 28	(2) UCLA	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	W 1–0	65–4	4–0

References edit

^ 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 52. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c 2019 Softball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

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

[media-2] 2019 Softball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

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2001 Arizona Wildcats softball

National Champion NCAA Tucson Regional champion Pac-10 champion
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	65–4 (19–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Candrea (17th season)
Home stadium	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

Summary

Roster edit

Schedule edit

References edit