2000 NCAA Women’s College World Series

2000 held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 25-29.

Champion – Oklahoma Sooners (66-8)
Runner Up – UCLA Bruins (46-12-1)

Oklahoma made it a year of first for its team and the Women’s College World Series as the Sooners claimed the national title with a 3-1 victory over defending champion UCLA May 29, at Don E. Porter Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

In their first trip to the Women’s College World Series, the Sooners became the first team west of the Rocky Mountains to win the title since 1987 and the first host institution in Division I softball
history to win the title.

The Sooners jumped ahead in the title game, 3-0, in the third inning with a two-run home run by Lisa Carey and an RBI single later in the inning by Kelli Braitsch. Although the Bruins would come back to score a run in the bottom of the sixth inning, Jennifer Stewart’s pitching maintained the Sooner’s two-run lead to claim the title.

Along with a local team came the fans as the Women’s College World Series set a new fourday attendance record of 38,102, which had previously been set at 27,553 in 1998. The championship match-up drew 8,049.

  • Most Outstanding Player – Jennifer Stewart, Oklahoma
  • Batting Leader – Tairia Mims, UCLA – .600
  • RBI Leader – Shavanughne Desecki, DePaul – 6
  • Home Run Leader – Lisa Carey, Oklahoma – 2
  • Home Run Leader – Lyndsey Klein, UCLA – 2
  • ERA Leader – Becky Lemke, Arizona – 0.35
  • Strikeout Leader – Amanda Freed, UCLA – 24

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

P – Courtney Blades, Southern Miss
P – Amanda Freed, UCLA
P – Jennifer Stewart, Oklahoma
C – Julie Marshall, UCLA
1B – Lisa Carey, Oklahoma
2B – Tairia Mims, UCLA
SS – Kelli Braitsch, Oklahoma
3B – Erin Johnson, Southern Miss
3B – Toni Mascarenas, Arizona
OF – Jaime Clark, Washington
OF – Shavaughne Desecki, DePaul
OF – Kelly Kretschman, Alabama

SCORES

  1. Washington 3 DePaul 2
  2. UCLA 4 Alabama 1
  3. Oklahoma 2 California 1
  4. Southern Miss 1 Arizona 0
  5. UCLA 3 Washington 2
  6. Oklahoma 3 Southern Miss 1
  7. Alabama 6 DePaul 4 – DePaul eliminated
  8. Arizona 6 California 0 – California eliminated
  9. Southern Miss 3 Alabama 0 – Alabama eliminated
  10. Arizona 4 Washington 2 – Washington eliminated
  11. UCLA 6 Southern Miss 0 – Southern Miss eliminated
  12. Oklahoma 1 Arizona 0 – Arizona eliminated
  13. Oklahoma 3 UCLA 1 – UCLA eliminated

FINAL STANDINGS

1. Oklahoma Sooners (4-0)
2. UCLA Bruins (3-1)
3. Arizona Wildcats (2-2)
4. Southern Mississippi Lady Eagles (2-2)
5t. Washington Huskies (1-2)
5t. Alabama Crimson Tide (1-2)
7t. California Golden Bears (0-2)
7t. DePaul Blue Demons (0-2)

2000 Oklahoma Sooners

REGIONALS

Regional No. 1 – held at Seattle, Washington

  1. Washington 5 Army 0
  2. Mississippi State 6 Chattanooga 1
  3. Utah 1 Western Illinois 0 (8 inn.)
  4. Washington 6 Western Illinois – Western Illinois eliminated
  5. Mississippi State 11 Utah 3 (6 inn.)
  6. Chattanooga 6 Army 4 (9 inn.)
  7. Washington 4 Mississippi State 1
  8. Utah 2 Chattanooga 1 – Chattanooga eliminated
  9. Utah 4 Mississippi State 1 – Mississippi State eliminated
  10. Washington 9 Utah 0 – (5 inn.)

Washington qualifies for the WCWS, 4-0.

Regional No. 2 – held at Tucson, Arizona

  1. Arizona 8 Middle Tennessee 0 (6 inn.)
  2. Nebraska 8 Illinois State 0 (5 inn.)
  3. South Carolina 10 UMass 0 (6 inn.)
  4. Arizona 10 UMass 0 (6 inn.) – UMass eliminated
  5. Nebraska 11 South Carolina 1 (6 inn.)
  6. Illinois State 3 Middle Tennessee 1 –  Middle Tennessee eliminated
  7. Arizona 13 Nebraska 0 (5 inn.)
  8. South Carolina 7 Illinois State 4 – Illinois State eliminated
  9. Nebraska 9 South Carolina 0 (5 inn.) – South Carolina eliminated
  10. Arizona 5 Nebraska 0 – Nebraska eliminated

Arizona qualifies for the WCWS, 5-1.

Regional No. 3 – held at Norman, Oklahoma

  1. Oklahoma 11 Harvard 0 (5 inn.)
  2. Oregon State 1 Northwestern 0 (10 inn.)
  3. Arkansas 5 Cal State Northridge 0
  4. Oklahoma 2 Cal State Northridge 1 – Cal State Northridge eliminated
  5. Oregon State 4 Arkansas 1
  6. Northwestern 9 Harvard 6 – Harvard eliminated
  7. Oklahoma 5 Oregon State 3
  8. Northwestern 5 Arkansas 0 – Arkansas eliminated
  9. Oregon State 4 Northwestern 0 – Northwestern eliminated
  10. Oklahoma 3 Oregon State 2 – Oregon State eliminated

Oklahoma qualifies for the WCWS, 4-0.

Regional No. 4 – held at Los Angeles, California

  1. UCLA 8 Canisius 0 (5 inn.)
  2. Iowa 9 Bethune-Cookman 1 (5 inn.)
  3. Florida State 2 Long Beach State 0
  4. UCLA 10 Long Beach State 1 – Long Beach State eliminated
  5. Florida State 4 Iowa 1
  6. Canisius 3 Bethune-Cookman 2 (10 inn.) – Bethune-Cookman eliminated
  7. UCLA 6 Florida State 1
  8. Iowa 2 Canisius 1 (9 inn.) – Canisius eliminated
  9. Florida State 4 Iowa 2 – Iowa  eliminated
  10. UCLA 7 Florida State – Florida State eliminated

UCLA qualifies for the WCWS, 4-0.

Regional No. 5 – held at Tempe, Arizona

  1. Arizona State 9 Coastal Carolina 1 (6 inn.)
  2. Alabama 1 Florida Atlantic 0 (9 inn.)
  3. Penn State 3 Texas A&M 2
  4. Arizona State 4 Texas A&M 2 – Texas A&M eliminated
  5. Alabama 5 Penn State 4 (9 inn.)
  6. Coastal Carolina 4 Florida Atlantic 2 – Florida Atlantic eliminated
  7. Alabama 4 Arizona State 1
  8. Coastal Carolina 3 Penn State 1 – Penn State eliminated
  9. Arizona State 2 Coastal Carolina 1 – Coastal Carolina eliminated
  10. Alabama 3 Arizona State 1 – Arizona State eliminated

Alabama qualifies for the WCWS, 4-0.

Regional No. 6 – held at Fresno, California

  1. Fresno State 10 UMBC 1 (5 inn.)
  2. Cal State Fullerton 2 Texas 1
  3. California 2 Florida 0
  4. Florida 1 Fresno State 0
  5. Texas 6 UMBC 0 – UMBC eliminated
  6. California 3 Cal State Fullerton 2
  7. Fresno State 4 Cal State Fullerton 3 – Cal State Fullerton eliminated
  8. Florida 5 Texas 2 (8 inn.) – Texas eliminated
  9. Fresno State 2 California 0
  10. California 2 Florida 1 – Florida eliminated
  11. California 2 Fresno State 0 – Fresno State eliminated

California qualifies for the WCWS, 4-1.

Regional No. 7 – held at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

  1. LSU 7 Northwestern State 1
  2. Southern Miss 3 Oregon 0
  3. Hofstra 2 Louisiana-Lafayette 1
  4. Lousiana-Lafayette 4 LSU 1
  5. Oregon 4 Northwestern State 1 – Northwestern State eliminated
  6. Southern Miss 14 Hofstra 1
  7. LSU 2 Hofstra 1 – Hofstra eliminated
  8. Oregon 4 Louisiana-Lafayette 3 – Louisiana-Lafayette eliminated
  9. LSU 1 Southern Miss 0 (13 inn.)
  10. Southern Miss 3 Oregon 1 – Oregon eliminated
  11. Southern Miss 1 LSU 0 (9 inn.) – LSU eliminated

Southern Miss qualifies for the WCWS, 4-1.

Regional No. 8 – held at Ann Arbor, Michigan

  1. Central Michigan 2 Stanford 1 (13 inn.)
  2. Notre Dame 2 Illinois-Chicago 0
  3. DePaul 8 Michigan 0 (6 inn.)
  4. Illinois-Chicago 2 Central Michigan 0
  5. Michigan 5 Stanford 4 – Stanford eliminated
  6. DePaul 1 Notre Dame 0
  7. Central Michigan 2 Notre Dame 1 – Notre Dame eliminated
  8. Michigan 3 Illinois-Chicago 1 – Illinois-Chicago eliminated
  9. DePaul 5 Central Michigan 0 – Central Michigan eliminated
  10. DePaul 3 Michigan 0 – Michigan eliminated

DePaul qualifies for the WCWS, 4-0.

REGULAR SEASON INFORMATION

  • Honda Sports Award – Courtney Blades, Southern Miss (52-7, 0.89 ERA, 663 K)

ALL-AMERICAN FIRST TEAM

P – Courtney Blades, Southern Miss
P – Amanda Scott, Fresno State
P – Jennifer Spediacci, Washington
C – Keri McCallum, Mississippi State
1B – Ginger Jones, Alabama
2B – Stephanie Hastings, LSU
3B – Ashlee Ducote, LSU
SS – Natasha Watley, UCLA
OF – Jessica Mendoza, Stanford
OF – Tiffany Clark, Louisiana-Lafayette
OF – Kelly Kretschman, Alabama
DP – Lisa Carey, Oklahoma
UTIL – Jenny Topping, Washington
AL – Ashli Barrett, Oklahoma
AL – Tarrah Beyster, Oregon State
AL – Jennie Finch, Arizona
AL – Jamie Graves, Washington
AL – Kellie Wilkerson, Mississippi State

ALL-AMERICAN SECOND TEAM

P – Jennifer Sharron, Notre Dame
P – Britni Sneed, LSU
P – Kirsten Voak, Arizona State
C – Sunny Smith, Utah
1B – Sarah Beeson, Stanford
2B – Lyndsey Klein, UCLA
3B – Toni Mascarenas, Arizona
SS – Melanie Alkrie, Notre Dame
OF – Serita Brooks, Florida State
OF – Jaime Clark, Washington
OF – Nicole Giordano, Arizona
DP – Dana Degen, Hawaii
UTIL – Jennifer Lizama, Nebraska
AL – Lauren Bauer, Arizona
AL – Lindsay Gardner, Texas
AL – Alicia Smith, Hofstra
AL – Dana Sorensen, Stanford
AL – Leigh Ann Walker, Nebraska

ALL-AMERICAN THIRD TEAM

P – Holly Killion, Western Illinois
P – Shelley Laird, South Carolina
P – Jennifer Stewart, Oklahoma
C – Jessica Bashor, Iowa
1B – Brandi Cross, UMass
1B – Monica Lucatero, Cal State Fullerton
1B – Jana Mower, Louisiana-Lafayette
2B – Keisha Shepperson, East Carolina
3B – Kelly Ramsey, North Carolina
SS – Racheal Goodpaster, UNLV
OF – Lisa Ciavardini, Hofstra
OF – Naomi Fitzgerald, Baylor
OF – Karen Gulini, Penn State
DP – Stefanie Volpe, Michigan
UTIL – Lindsay Chouinard, DePaul
AL – Amy Berman, Southern Miss
AL – Marissa Young, Michigan
AL – Lovieanne Jung, Fresno State
AL – Lindsey Collins, Arizona
AL – Erin Evans, Oklahoma
AL – Tara Asbill, LSU
AL – Kristi Hanks, Iowa

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