2006 Arizona Wildcats softball team

The 2006 Arizona Wildcats softball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2006 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wildcats were coached by Mike Candrea, who led his twenty-first season. The Wildcats finished with a record of 54–11. They played their home games at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished second with a 15–6 record.

2006 Arizona Wildcats softball
National Champion NCAA Tucson Super Regional champion NCAA Tucson Regional champion
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	54–11 (15–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Candrea (21st season)
Home stadium	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	15	–	5		.750			50	–	9		.847
Arizona  ‍‍‍y	15	–	6		.714			54	–	11		.831
California  ‍‍‍y	12	–	9		.571			48	–	14		.774
Arizona State  ‍‍‍y	11	–	10		.524			53	–	15		.779
Oregon State  ‍‍‍y	10	–	10		.500			43	–	16		.729
Stanford  ‍‍‍y	10	–	11		.476			42	–	18		.700
Washington  ‍‍‍y	6	–	15		.286			35	–	25		.583
Oregon  ‍‍‍	4	–	17		.190			24	–	29		.453
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2006[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The Wildcats were invited to the 2006 NCAA Division I softball tournament, where they won the Regional and Super Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their seventh NCAA Women's College World Series Championship.^[2]

Roster

2006 Arizona Wildcats roster[2]
	Pitchers 9 - Taryne Mowatt – sophomore 17 – Leslie Wolfe – senior 44 - Alicia Hollowell – senior Catchers 15 - Callista Balko – sophomore	Infielders 12 – Danielle Rodriguez – sophomore 14 – Chelsie Mesa – junior 24 – Laine Roth – freshman 29 - Kristie Fox – junior 31 - Jenae Leles – freshman 33 – Sam Banister – freshman		Outfielders 00 – Autumn Champion – senior 4 – Adrienne Acton – sophomore 6 – Jill Malina – freshman 21 – Kelly Nelson – senior 26 - Caitlin Lowe – junior

Schedule

Legend
	Arizona win
	Arizona loss
*	Non-Conference game

2006 Arizona Wildcats Softball Game Log[2]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Feb 10 vs Cal State Northridge* Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 9–05 1–0 Feb 10 vs No. 15 Northwestern* Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–06 2–0 Feb 11 vs No. 4 Texas* Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 1–0 3–0 Feb 11 vs No. 6 Texas A&M* Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–05 4–0 Feb 12 vs New Mexico* Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 9–15 5–0 Feb 12 vs Cal State Fullerton* Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 2–0 6–0 Feb 17 Tennessee Tech* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–1 7–0 Feb 17 No. 18 Missouri* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4–0 8–0 Feb 18 Texas Tech* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6–0 9–0 Feb 18 NC State* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6–0 10–0 Feb 19 Pacific* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 1–0 11–0 Feb 24 vs Texas Tech* Palm Springs, CA W 3–1 12–0 Feb 24 vs Texas A&M* Palm Springs, CA W 12–05 13–0 Feb 25 vs Maryland* Palm Springs, CA W 8–1 14–0 Feb 25 vs Ohio State* Palm Springs, CA W 5–1 15–0 Feb 26 vs No. 4 Texas* Palm Springs, CA L 0–1 15–1
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Mar 3 Sam Houston State* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8–05 16–1 Mar 3 Long Beach State* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10–05 17–1 Mar 4 Wichita State* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11–1 18–1 Mar 4 South Florida* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10–0 19–1 Mar 5 Long Beach State* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11–05 20–1 Mar 10 No. 18 Baylor* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12–45 21–1 Mar 12 No. 18 Baylor* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 2–19 22–1 Mar 12 No. 18 Baylor* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11–16 23–1 Mar 16 vs UNLV* Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA W 7–0 24–1 Mar 16 vs No. 18 Texas A&M* Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA L 0–1 24–2 Mar 18 vs Cal State Northridge* Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA W 9–05 25–2 Mar 18 vs No. 6 Alabama* Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA W 2–0 26–2 Mar 19 vs No. 4 Texas* Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA L 0–19 26–3 Mar 24 No. 10 Louisiana–Lafayette* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–0 27–3 Mar 25 No. 10 Louisiana–Lafayette* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10–0 28–3 Mar 26 No. 10 Louisiana–Lafayette* Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6–2 29–3 Mar 31 at No. 7 Oregon State Oregon State Softball Complex • Corvallis, OR L 1–2 29–4 0–1
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Apr 1 at Oregon Howe Field • Eugene, OR W 4–1 30–4 1–1 Apr 7 No. 14 Washington Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 1–0 31–4 2–1 Apr 8 No. 2 UCLA Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 1–2 31–5 2–2 Apr 9 No. 2 UCLA Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 3–8 31–6 2–3 Apr 14 at No. 9 Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 2–410 31–7 2–4 Apr 15 at No. 9 Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 3–0 32–7 3–4 Apr 21 at No. 5 Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA W 4–1 33–7 4–4 Apr 22 at No. 6 California Levine-Fricke Field • Berkeley, CA W 4–213 34–7 5–4 Apr 23 at No. 6 California Levine-Fricke Field • Berkeley, CA L 1–5 34–8 5–5 Apr 28 at No. 1 UCLA Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 2–8 34–9 5–6 Apr 30 at No. 15 Washington Husky Softball Stadium • Seattle, WA W 2–0 35–9 6–6 Apr 30 at No. 15 Washington Husky Softball Stadium • Seattle, WA W 10–1 36–9 7–6
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record May 3 No. 6 Arizona State Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10–0 37–9 8–6 May 5 No. 7 California Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–3 38–9 9–6 May 6 No. 8 Stanford Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 3–2 39–9 10–6 May 7 No. 8 Stanford Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6–1 40–9 11–6 May 11 Oregon Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 3–1 41–9 12–6 May 11 Oregon Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–5 42–9 13–6 May 12 No. 7 Oregon State Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 1–0 43–9 14–6 May 13 No. 7 Oregon State Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11–2 44–9 15–6
Post-season
NCAA Tucson Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 18 Marist Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–0 45–9 1–0 May 19 Ohio State Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6–3 46–9 2–0 May 20 No. 25 Auburn Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4–2 47–9 3–0
NCAA Tucson Super Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 26 No. 10 LSU Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–0 48–9 1–0 May 27 No. 10 LSU Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 2–3 48–10 1–1 May 27 No. 10 LSU Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 14–55 49–10 2–1
NCAA Women's College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record WCWS Record June 1 (7) Oregon State ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 3–29 50–10 1–0 June 2 (3) Texas ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 2–0 51–10 2–0 June 4 (8) Tennessee ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 0–1 51–11 2–1 June 4 (8) Tennessee ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 6–0 52–11 3–1 June 5 (4) Northwestern ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 8–0 53–11 4–1 June 6 (4) Northwestern ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 6–0 54–11 5–1