1997 NCAA Women’s College World Series

1997 held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 22-26.

Champion – Arizona Wildcats (57-4)
Runner Up – Washington Huskies (45-12)

The event returned to Oklahoma City after a one year hiatus, and it has remained there ever since. Arizona won their fifth NCAA championship by defeating UCLA 10–2 in the final game. Arizona pitcher Nancy Evans was named Women’s College World Series Most Outstanding Player.

  • Most Outstanding Player – Nancy Evans, Arizona
  • Batting Leader – Leah O’Brien, Arizona – .600
  • RBI Leader – Tammy Utley, Iowa – 6
  • RBI Leader – Leah O’Brien, Arizona – 6
  • Home Run Leader – Julie Adams, UCLA – 2
  • Home Run Leader – Melissa Gentile, Michigan – 2
  • ERA Leader – Jamie Graves, Washington – 0.36
  • Strikeout Leader – Christa Williams, UCLA – 46

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

P – Jamie Graves, Washington
P – Danielle Henderson, UMass
P – Christa Williams, UCLA
C – Stacey Nuveman, UCLA
1B – Leah O’Brien, Arizona
1B – Alleah Poulson, UCLA
2B – Nina Lindenberg, Fresno State
2B – Sara Pickering, Washington
SS – Christy Hebert, Iowa
3B – Melissa Gentile, Michigan
OF – Alison Johnsen, Arizona

SCORES

  1. Arizona 2 UMass 1 (8 inn.)
  2. UCA 2 Fresno State 0 (8 inn.)
  3. Iowa 3 Michigan 2
  4. Washington 6 South Carolina 0
  5. Arizona 2 UCLA 0 (14 inn.)
  6. Washington 5 Iowa 1
  7. Fresno State 2 UMass 1 – UMass eliminated
  8. Michigan 1 South Carolina 0 – South Carolina eliminated
  9. Fresno State 7 Iowa 6 – Iowa eliminated
  10. UCLA 7 Michigan 3 – Michigan eliminated
  11. Fresno State 3 Arizona 0
  12. UCLA 4 Washington 3
  13. Arizona 6 Fresno State 3 – Fresno State eliminated
  14. UCLA 1 Washington 0 – Washington eliminated
  15. Arizona 10 UCLA 2 – UCLA eliminated

FINAL STANDINGS

1. Arizona Wildcats (4-1)
2. UCLA Bruins (4-2)
3. Washington Huskies (2-2)
4. Fresno State Bulldogs (3-2)
5t. Michigan Wolverines (1-2)
5t. Iowa Hawkeyes (1-2)
7t. South Carolina Gamecocks (0-2)
7t. UMass Minutewomen (0-2)

REGIONALS

Regional No. 1 – held at Tucson, Arizona

  1. Nebraska 10 Arizona State 1 (6 inn.)
  2. Arizona 11 Rider 2 (6 inn.)
  3. Arizona State 12 Rider 9 (6 inn.) – Rider eliminated
  4. Arizona 2 Nebraska 0
  5. Nebraska 2 Arizona Stae 1 – Arizona State eliminated
  6. Arizona 5 Nebraska 1

Arizona qualifies for the WCWS, 3-0.

Regional No. 2 – held at Columbia, South Carolina

  1. Kansas 3 South Florida 2
  2. South Carolina 5 UNC Greensboro 0
  3. South Florida 2 UNC Greensboro 0 (9 inn.) – UNC Greensboro eliminated
  4. South Carolina 1 Kansas 0
  5. Kansas 3 South Florida 1 – South Florida eliminated
  6. South Carolina 3 Kansas 1 – Kansas eliminated

South Carolina qualifies for the WCWS, 3-0.

Regional No. 3 – held at Iowa City, Iowa

  1. Utah 3 Missouri 1
  2. Iowa 2 DePaul 1
  3. DePaul 1 Missouri 0 – DePaul eliminated
  4. Iowa 3 Utah 1
  5. DePaul 2 Utah 0 – Utah eliminated
  6. Iowa 6 DePaul 2 – DePaul eliminated

Iowa qualifies for the WCWS, 3-0.

Regional No. 4

  1. Long Beach State 3 Cal State Northridge 0
  2. Fresno State 7 California 0
  3. California 3 Cal State Northridge 2 (9 inn.) – Cal State Northridge eliminated
  4. Fresno State 5 Long Beach State 2 (10 inn.)
  5. California 3 Long Beach State 1 – Long Beach State eliminated
  6. Fresno State 9 California 3 – California eliminated

Fresno State qualifies for the WCWS, 3-0.

Regional No. 5 – held at Lafayette, Louisiana

  1. Southwestern Louisiana 2 Northeast Louisiana 1
  2. UCLA 3 Nicholls State 0
  3. Northeast Louisiana 1 Nicholls State 0 – Nicholls State eliminated
  4. Southwestern Louisiana 4 UCLA 1
  5. UCLA 3 Northeast Louisiana 0 – Northeast Louisiana eliminated
  6. UCLA 9 Southwestern Louisiana 0 (5 inn.)
  7. UCLA 3 Southwestern Louisiana 0 – Southwestern Louisiana eliminated

UCLA qualifies for the WCWS, 4-1.

Regional No. 6 – held at Ann Arbor, Michigan

  1. Central Michigan 1 Michigan State 0
  2. Michigan 1 Cleveland State 0
  3. Michigan State 6 Cleveland State 0 – Cleveland State eliminated
  4. Michigan 3 Central Michigan 0
  5. Central Michigan 6 Michigan State 4 – Michigan State eliminated
  6. Central Michigan 3 Michigan 1 (8 inn.)
  7. Michigan 4 Central Michigan 0 – Central Michigan eliminated

Michigan qualifies for the WCWS, 3-1.

Regional No. 7 – held at Norman, Oklahoma

  1. Oklahoma State 2 Oklahoma 0
  2. Washington 8 Southwest Missouri State 0 (5 inn.)
  3. Oklahoma 7 Southwest Missouri State 2 – Southwest Missouri State eliminated
  4. Washington 5 Oklahoma State 2
  5. Oklahoma State 5 Oklahoma 3
  6. Washington 10 Oklahoma State 9 – Oklahoma State eliminated

Washington qualifies for the WCWS, 3-0.

Regional No. 8 – held at Amherst, Massachusetts

  1. UMass 2 Boston College 0
  2. Colorado State 10 Brown 0 (5 inn.)
  3. Boston College 6 Brown 2 – Brown eliminated
  4. Colorado State 2 UMass 0
  5. UMass 4 Boston College 1 – Boston College eliminated
  6. UMass 3 Colorado State 1
  7. UMass 3 Colorado State 2 – Colorado State eliminated

UMass qualifies for the WCWS, 3-1.

1997 Arizona Wildcats

REGULAR SEASON INFORMATION

  • Honda Sports Award – Trinity Johnson, South Carolina (34-4, 0.37 ERA, 399 K)

ALL-AMERICAN FIRST TEAM

P – Sarah Dawson, Louisiana-Monroe
P – Nancy Evans – Arizona
P – Trinity Johnson – South Carolina
C – Leah Braatz – Arizona
1B – Leah O’Brien – Arizona
2B – Sara Pickering – Washington
3B – Leticia Pineda – Arizona
SS – Laura Williams – Georgia Tech
OF – Alison McCutcheon – Arizona
OF – Laura Berg – Fresno State
OF – Sandy Rhea – Utah
DP – Lisa Dacquisto – Arizona State
UTIL –  Debbie Bilbao – Iowa
AL – Traci Conrad – Michigan
AL – Sarah Fredstrom – Colorado State
AL – Stacey Nuveman – UCLA
AL – Amanda Scott – Fresno State
AL – Barb Wright – Missouri

ALL-AMERICAN SECOND TEAM

P – B’Ann Burns, UCLA
P – Nikki Johnson, Colorado State
P – Desarie Knipfer, Cal Poly
C – Jennifer Parker, Cal State Northridge
1B – Alleah Poulson, UCLA Bruins
2B – Jennifer Buford, Colorado State
3B – Monica Armendarez, Indiana
SS – Jennifer Lizama, Nebraska
OF – Shelley Brown, Washington
OF – Robyn Yorke, Fresno State
OF – Lea Twigg, Iowa
DP – Dana Degen, Hawaii
UTIL – Tina Plew, South Carolina
AL – Kelly Holmes, Michigan
AL – Kari Knopf, Iowa
AL – Nina Lindenberg, Fresno State
AL – Jill Most, Oklahoma
AL – Becky Newbry, Washington

ALL-AMERICAN THIRD TEAM

P – Susie Bugliarello, Sacramento State
P – Jamie Schuttek, Southern Illinois
P – Christa Williams, UCLA
C – Brandi Macias, Iowa
1B – Jamie Foutch, Oklahoma State
2B – Tammy Pytel, Northern Illinois
3B – Stephanie Bonillas, New Mexico State
SS – Christie Ambrosi, UCLA
OF – Myssi Calkins, Florida State
OF – Erin Hickey, DePaul
OF – Priscilla Welch, Illinois State
DP – Tiffany Clark, Louisiana-Lafayette
UTIL – Tarrah Beyster, Oregon State
AL – Stephanie DeFeo, Louisiana-Lafayette
AL – Kristy Fuentes, Florida State
AL – Christy Hebert, Iowa
AL – Danielle Henderson, UMass
AL – Kim Rondina, UNLV

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