2001 Arizona Wildcats softball team

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 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 →

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

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

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 8–0^5 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 29–0^5 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 12–1^5 13–0 Feb 17 New Mexico State* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–1^6 14–0 Feb 18 Pacific* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–0^5 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 11–3^5 17–0 Feb 24 McNeese State* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 13–1^5 18–0 Feb 24 Southern Utah* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8–0^5 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 10–0^5 21–0 Feb 28 Western Michigan* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–0^5 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 8–0^5 23–0 Mar 2 Creighton* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–0^6 24–0 Mar 3 Indiana State* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12–0^5 25–0 Mar 3 Western Michigan* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12–0^5 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 9–0^5 29–0 Mar 13 at San Diego* San Diego, CA W 8–0^6 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 10–0^5 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 10–2^6 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 3–0^11 40–4 4–2 Apr 14 No. 8 Arizona State Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4–3^9 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 2–1^8 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 8–0^6 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 5–3^15 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 9–0^5 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 8–0^6 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

1. 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 52. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
2. 2019 Softball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved May 19, 2020.