2001 UCLA Bruins softball team

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.

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 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

Main article: 2001 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	12	Final
NFCA/USA Today	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2