1999 UCLA Bruins softball team

The 1999 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1999 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bruins were coached by Sue Enquist, in her eleventh season. The Bruins played their home games at Easton Stadium and finished with a record of 63–6. They competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 22–6 record.

1999 UCLA Bruins softball
National Champion NCAA Regional champion Pac-10 champion
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	63–6 (22–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Sue Enquist (11th season)
Home stadium	Easton Stadium
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	22	–	6		.786			63	–	6		.913
No. 6 Arizona  ‍‍‍y	19	–	9		.679			53	–	16		.768
No. 2 Washington  ‍‍‍y	15	–	12		.556			51	–	18		.739
No. 10 Oregon State  ‍‍‍y	14	–	14		.500			47	–	25		.653
No. 4 California  ‍‍‍y	13	–	14		.481			51	–	22		.699
No. 25 Oregon  ‍‍‍y	10	–	18		.357			40	–	29		.580
Stanford  ‍‍‍y	10	–	18		.357			40	–	25		.615
No. 7 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y	8	–	20		.286			41	–	28		.594
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The Bruins were invited to the 1999 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 eighth Women's College World Series Championship. The Bruins had earlier claimed an AIAW title in 1978 and NCAA titles in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, and 1995.^[2] The 1995 championship was vacated by the NCAA.^[3]

Personnel

Roster

1999 UCLA Bruins roster[2]
	Pitchers 7 – Amanda Freed – Freshman 12 – Stephanie Swenson – Sophomore 14 – Erin Weiler – Senior 22 – Courtney Dale – Sophomore Catchers 4 – Marin Noack – Sophomore 19 – Carissa Millsap – Senior 32 – Julie Marshall – Junior 33 – Stacey Nuveman – Sophomore	Infielders 6 – Jenny Gardner – Sophomore 10 – Crissy Buck – Freshman 18 – Julie Adams – Junior Utility 1 – Casey Hiraiwa – Sophomore 8 – Lesley Feldman – Senior 9 – Lyndsey Klein – Junior		Outfielders 2 – Erin Rahn – Freshman 3 – Lupe Brambila – Sophomore 5 – Karen Hoshizaki – Senior 44 – Christie Ambrosi – Junior

Coaches

1999 UCLA Bruins softball coaching staff[2]
Sue Enquist – Head coach – 11th season Kelly Inouye-Perez – Assistant coach – 6th season Lisa Fernandez – Assistant coach – 3rd season

Schedule

Legend
	UCLA win
	UCLA loss
*	Non-Conference game

1999 UCLA Bruins Softball Game Log[2]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Feb 5 Santa Clara* No. 3 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 14–15 1–0 Feb 5 Santa Clara* No. 3 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 3–0 2–0 Feb 12 vs Mississippi State* No. 3 Rose Mofford Sports Complex • Phoenix, AZ W 5–0 3–0 Feb 12 vs Maryland* No. 3 Rose Mofford Sports Complex • Phoenix, AZ W 11–05 4–0 Feb 13 vs Utah* No. 3 Rose Mofford Sports Complex • Phoenix, AZ W 8–05 5–0 Feb 13 vs No. 7 Texas* No. 3 Rose Mofford Sports Complex • Phoenix, AZ W 5–48 6–0 Feb 14 vs New Mexico State* No. 3 Rose Mofford Sports Complex • Phoenix, AZ W 2–0 7–0 Feb 17 Cal State Northridge* No. 3 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 6–0 8–0 Feb 17 Cal State Northridge* No. 3 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 8–05 9–0 Feb 19 vs Kent State* No. 3 Rebel Softball Diamond • Paradise, NV W 9–06 10–0 Feb 19 vs No. 17 Hawaii* No. 3 Rebel Softball Diamond • Paradise, NV W 10–2 11–0 Feb 20 vs Pacific* No. 3 Rebel Softball Diamond • Paradise, NV W 9–5 12–0 Feb 20 vs FIU* No. 3 Rebel Softball Diamond • Paradise, NV W 5–0 13–0 Feb 21 vs Portland State* No. 3 Rebel Softball Diamond • Paradise, NV W 13–56 14–0 Feb 27 Sacramento State* No. 3 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 8–2 15–0 Feb 27 Sacramento State* No. 3 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 9–15 16–0 Feb 28 at No. 13 Long Beach State* No. 3 LBSU Softball Complex • Long Beach, CA W 6–1 17–0 Feb 28 at No. 13 Long Beach State* No. 3 LBSU Softball Complex • Long Beach, CA W 7–0 18–0
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Mar 4 vs No. 6 DePaul* No. 1 Bulldog Diamond • Fresno, CA W 1–0 19–0 Mar 5 vs Long Beach State* No. 1 Bulldog Diamond • Fresno, CA W 7–1 20–0 Mar 5 vs No. 19 Oregon State* No. 1 Bulldog Diamond • Fresno, CA W 7–3 21–0 Mar 6 vs Creighton* No. 1 Bulldog Diamond • Fresno, CA W 16–4 22–0 Mar 6 vs Missouri* No. 1 Bulldog Diamond • Fresno, CA W 9–06 23–0 Mar 7 at Fresno State* No. 1 Bulldog Diamond • Fresno, CA W 2–1 24–0 Mar 12 vs Mercer* No. 1 Bulldog Diamond • Fresno, CA W 8–06 25–0 Mar 12 vs Alabama* No. 1 Bulldog Diamond • Fresno, CA W 1–0 26–0 Mar 12 vs Winthrop* No. 1 Bulldog Diamond • Fresno, CA W 9–3 27–0 Mar 16 San Diego* No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 7–0 28–0 Mar 16 San Diego* No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 2–1 29–0 Mar 27 No. 13 California No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 4–3 30–0 1–0 Mar 27 No. 13 California No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 3–1 31–0 2–0 Mar 28 No. 7 Stanford No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 32–0 3–0 Mar 28 No. 7 Stanford No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 33–0 4–0 Mar 31 at Cal State Northridge* No. 1 Matador Diamond • Northridge, CA W 2–1 34–0 Mar 31 at Cal State Northridge* No. 1 Matador Diamond • Northridge, CA W 6–2 35–0
April Date– Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Apr 3 at No. 4 Washington No. 1 Husky Softball Stadium • Seattle, WA L 1–4 35–1 4–1 Apr 3 at No. 4 Washington No. 1 Husky Softball Stadium • Seattle, WA W 7–3 36–1 5–1 Apr 10 No. 2 Arizona No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 6–2 37–1 6–1 Apr 10 No. 2 Arizona No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 3–2 38–1 7–1 Apr 11 No. 7 Arizona State No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 8–05 39–1 8–1 Apr 11 No. 7 Arizona State No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 6–1 40–1 9–1 Apr 14 Loyola Marymount* No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 3–0 41–1 Apr 14 Loyola Marymount* No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 8–06 42–1 Apr 17 at No. 14 Oregon No. 1 Howe Field • Eugene, OR W 6–1 43–1 10–1 Apr 17 at No. 14 Oregon No. 1 Howe Field • Eugene, OR W 16–15 44–1 11–1 Apr 18 at No. 12 Oregon State No. 1 Corvallis, OR W 10–05 45–1 12–1 Apr 18 at No. 12 Oregon State No. 1 Corvallis, OR L 3–5 45–2 12–2 Apr 24 at No. 11 California No. 1 Levine-Fricke Field • Berkeley, CA W 6–2 46–2 13–2 Apr 24 at No. 11 California No. 1 Levine-Fricke Field • Berkeley, CA W 10–2 47–2 14–2 Apr 25 at No. 12 Stanford No. 1 Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA W 12–15 48–2 15–2 Apr 25 at No. 12 Stanford No. 1 Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA W 3–0 49–2 16–2
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record May 1 No. 18 Oregon No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 5–2 50–2 17–2 May 1 No. 18 Oregon No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 2–5 50–3 17–3 May 2 No. 8 Oregon State No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 3–5 50–4 17–4 May 2 No. 8 Oregon State No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 10–15 51–4 18–4 May 7 at No. 3 Arizona No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 4–68 51–5 18–5 May 7 at No. 3 Arizona No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8–05 52–5 19–5 May 8 at No. 13 Arizona State No. 1 Tempe, AZ W 7–1 53–5 20–5 May 8 at No. 13 Arizona State No. 1 Tempe, AZ W 4–0 54–5 21–5 May 15 No. 6 Washington No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 2–0 55–5 22–5 May 15 No. 6 Washington No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 0–1 55–6 22–6
Post-season
NCAA Regional Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 20 Alabama No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 7–0 56–6 1–0 May 21 Creighton No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 14–0 57–6 2–0 May 22 Minnesota No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 5–0 58–6 3–0 May 23 No. 23 Missouri No. 1 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 12–5 59–6 4–0
NCAA Women's College World Series Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record WCWS Record May 27 No. 18 DePaul No. 1 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 3–29 60–6 1–0 May 28 No. 2 Fresno State No. 1 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 1–0 61–6 2–0 May 30 No. 18 DePaul No. 1 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 2–18 62–6 3–0 May 31 No. 6 Washington No. 1 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 3–2 63–6 4–0

Ranking movements

Main article: 1999 NCAA Division I softball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
NFCA/USA Today	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1