1993 UCLA Bruins softball team

The 1993 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1993 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bruins were coached by Sharron Backus, who led her nineteenth season and Sue Enquist, in her fifth season, in an uncommonly used co-head coach system. The Bruins played their home games at Sunset Field and finished with a record of 50–5. They competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 25–1 record.

1993 UCLA Bruins softball
Pac-10 champion NCAA Northwest Regional champion
Women's College World Series, runner-up
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	50–5 (25–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Sharron Backus (19th season) & Sue Enquist (5th season)
Home stadium	Sunset Field
Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	25	–	1		.962			50	–	5		.909
Arizona  ‍‍‍y	15	–	3		.833			44	–	8		.846
Arizona State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	11		.542			34	–	26		.567
California  ‍‍‍y	12	–	10		.545			37	–	20		.649
Oregon  ‍‍‍	8	–	8		.500			18	–	16		.529
Oregon State  ‍‍‍	6	–	13		.316			13	–	19		.406
Washington  ‍‍‍	7	–	18		.280			31	–	27		.534
Stanford  ‍‍‍	0	–	22		.000			1	–	41		.024
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

The Bruins were invited to the 1993 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.^[1]

Personnel

Roster

1993 UCLA Bruins roster[2]
	Pitchers 10 – Heather Compton – senior 16 - Lisa Fernandez – senior Catchers 2 - Kelly Inouye - Senior 7 – Joanne Alchin 9 – Cindy Valero – sophomore	Infielders 4 – Kristy Howard – senior 17 – Nichole Victoria – sophomore 32 - Jennifer Brundage – sophomore Outfielders 3 – Felicia Cruz – sophomore 22 – Kathi Evans – sophomore		Utility 12 – Janae Deffenbaugh – junior 13 – Jenny Brewster – sophomore - Nicole Anderson - Kelly Howard – freshman - Becky Toler

Coaches

1993 UCLA Bruins softball coaching staff[2]
Sharron Backus - co-Head coach - 19th season Sue Enquist - co-Head coach - 5th season Kirk Walker - Assistant Coach - 4th season

Schedule

Legend
	UCLA win
	UCLA loss
*	Non-Conference game

1993 UCLA Bruins Softball Game Log[1]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Feb 11 Cal State Northridge* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA L 1–2 0–1 Feb 11 Cal State Northridge* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 7–26 1–1 Feb 13 at Fresno State* Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 1–09 2–1 Feb 13 at Fresno State* Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 2–16 3–1 Feb 19 vs UNLV* Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 3–1 4–1 Feb 19 vs Utah State* Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 1–0 5–1 Feb 20 vs Fresno State* Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 4–0 6–1 Feb 21 vs Oklahoma State* Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 7–0 7–1 Feb 21 vs Illinois State* Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 3–0 8–1 Feb 26 vs Utah* Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 5–0 9–1 Feb 26 vs Cal State Northridge* Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 6–0 10–1
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Mar 4 UC Santa Barbara* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 11–1 Mar 4 UC Santa Barbara* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 3–0 12–1 Mar 6 at Cal Poly Pomona* Pomona, CA L 0–1 12–2 Mar 6 at Cal Poly Pomona* Pomona, CA W 10–06 13–2 Mar 13 at Oregon State Corvallis, OR W 16–05 14–2 1–0 Mar 13 at Oregon State Corvallis, OR W 7–1 15–2 2–0 Mar 18 DePaul* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 5–1 16–2 Mar 18 DePaul* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 7–0 17–2 Mar 21 Oregon State Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 11–16 18–2 3–0 Mar 21 Oregon State Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 4–0 19–2 4–0 Mar 29 Oregon Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 3–0 20–2 5–0 Mar 29 Oregon Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 2–1 21–2 6–0
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Apr 3 at Arizona State Tempe, AZ W 3–0 22–2 7–0 Apr 3 at Arizona State Tempe, AZ W 6–0 23–2 8–0 Apr 4 at Arizona Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 0–2 23–3 8–1 Apr 4 at Arizona Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–1 24–3 9–1 Apr 9 Stanford Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 12–05 25–3 10–1 Apr 9 Stanford Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 21–05 26–3 11–1 Apr 10 California Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 1–011 27–3 12–1 Apr 10 California Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 5–0 28–3 13–1 Apr 13 Long Beach State* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 29–3 Apr 13 Long Beach State* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 2–0 30–3 Apr 16 at Washington Hidden Valley Park • Bellevue, WA W 1–0 31–3 14–1 Apr 16 at Washington Hidden Valley Park • Bellevue, WA W 10–2 32–3 15–1 Apr 18 at Washington Hidden Valley Park • Bellevue, WA W 3–0 33–3 16–1 Apr 18 at Washington Hidden Valley Park • Bellevue, WA W 4–0 34–3 17–1 Apr 24 Arizona State Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 9–0 35–3 18–1 Apr 24 Arizona State Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 36–3 19–1 Apr 25 Arizona Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 37–3 20–1 Apr 25 Arizona Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 6–5 38–3 21–1 Apr 28 Cal Poly Pomona* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 2–0 39–3 Apr 28 Cal Poly Pomona* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 7–2 40–3
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record May 1 at California Hearst Field • Berkeley, CA W 2–0 41–3 22–1 May 1 at California Hearst Field • Berkeley, CA W 4–1 42–3 23–1 May 2 at Stanford Stanford, CA W 17–05 43–3 24–1 May 2 at Stanford Stanford, CA W 19–05 44–3 25–1
Post-season
NCAA Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 21 Cal State Fullerton Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 2–110 45–3 1–0 May 22 Cal State Fullerton Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 46–3 2–0
NCAA Women's College World Series Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Overall record WCWS Record May 27 (8) Connecticut (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 3–0 47–3 1–0 May 29 (4) Oklahoma State (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 0–113 47–4 1–1 May 29 (2) Cal State Northridge (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 2–0 48–4 2–1 May 30 (4) Oklahoma State (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 5–0 49–4 4–0 May 31 (7) Southwestern Louisiana (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 1–0 50–4 4–1 May 31 (3) Arizona (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 0–1 50–5 4–2