2003 held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 22-25.
Champion – UCLA Bruins (54-7)
Runner Up – California Golden Bears (49-20)
In 2003 the NCAA bumped up the amount of teams in the championship tournament from 48 to 64 teams. There were eight regional sites with eight teams each and eight teams advancing to the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City.
The UCLA seniors were going to make school history one way or another May 26 in the championship game.
The four Bruins, playing in the final game of their career, either would become the first class in UCLA history not to win a title on the field or become the first team since Texas A&M in 1983 to
lose its first game of the tournament then rally for the title. Riding junior pitcher Keira Goerl’s no-hitter, the Bruins outlasted defending national champion California for a 1-0 victory.
- Most Outstanding Player – Keira Goerl, UCLA
- Batting Leader – Natasha Watley, UCLA – .440
- RBI Leader – Taria Mims, UCLA – 6
- Home Run Leader – Taria Mims, UCLA – 3
- ERA Leader – Keira Goerl, UCLA – 0.60
- Strikeout Leader – Alicia Hollowell, Arizona – 45
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
P – Kelly Anderson, California
P – Alicia Hollowell, Arizona
P – Cat Osterman, Texas
1B – Veronica Nelson, California
SS – Lovie Jung, Arizona
SS – Chelsea Spencer, California
SS – Natasha Watley, UCLA
3B – Vicky Galindo, California
3B – Tairia Mims, UCLA
OF – Tamara Poppe, Texas
DP – Jennifer Stump, Oklahoma
SCORES
- Arizona 3 Alabama 2
- Washington 3 Oklahoma 1
- Texas 3 Louisiana-Lafayette 2
- California 7 UCLA 3 (10 inn.)
- Arizona 2 Washington 1
- Texas 1 California 0
- Oklahoma 6 Alabama 3 (9 inn.) – Alabama eliminated
- UCLA 5 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 – Louisiana-Lafayette eliminated
- California 5 Oklahoma 2 – Oklahoma eliminated
- UCLA 2 Washington 1 – Washington eliminated
- California 2 Arizona 1 (12 inn.)
- UCLA 3 Texas 0
- California 4 Arizona 1 – Arizona eliminated
- UCLA 2 Texas 1 – Texas eliminated
- UCLA 1 California 0 – California eliminated
FINAL STANDINGS
1. UCLA Bruins (5-1)
2. California Golden Bears (4-2)
3. Arizona Wildcats (2-2)
4. Texas Longhorns (2-2)
5t. Oklahoma Sooners (1-2)
5t. Washington Huskies (1-2)
7t. Alabama Crimson Tide (0-2)
7t. Louisiana-Lafayette (0-2)
REGIONALS
Regional No. 1 – held at Tucson, Arizona
- Minnesota 3 Cal State Northridge 0
- Arizona 11 Colorado State 1 (5 inn.)
- Texas A&M 8 Boston College 4
- South Carolina 8 Princeton 7
- Cal State Northridge 7 Colorado State 4 – Colorado State eliminated
- Boston College 6 Princeton 9 – Princeton eliminated
- Arizona 4 Minnesota 0
- Texas A&M 5 South Carolina 0
- South Carolina 5 Cal State Northridge 3 – Cal State Northridge eliminated
- Boston College 4 Minnesota 2 – Minnesota eliminated
- Arizona 4 Texas A&M 0
- South Carolina 5 Boston College 2 – Boston College eliminated
- Texas A&M 6 South Carolina 3 – South Carolina eliminated
- Arizona 10 Texas A&M 5 – Texas A&M eliminated
Arizona qualifies for the WCWS, 4-0.
Regional No. 2 – held at Fresno, California
- Fresno State 3 Long Beach State 0
- UCLA 8 Colgate 0 (6 inn.)
- Michigan State 9 North Carolina 1 (5 inn.)
- Georgia 5 LIU Brooklyn 1
- Long Beach State 1 Colgate 0 – Colgate eliminated
- North Carolina 10 LIU Brooklyn 2 (5 inn.) – LIU Brooklyn eliminated
- UCLA 3 Fresno State 0
- Michigan State 4 Georgia 3
- Georgia 2 Long Beach State 1 – Long Beach State eliminated
- Fresno State 2 North Carolina 0 – North Carolina eliminated
- UCLA 6 Michigan State 2
- Fresno State 1 Georgia 0 (8 inn.) – Georgia eliminated
- Michigan State 2 Fresno State 0 – Fresno State eliminated
- UCLA 5 Michigan State 0 – Michigan State eliminated
UCLA qualifies for the WCWS, 4-0.
Regional No. 3 – held at Austin, Texas
- LSU 9 Hawaii 4
- Texas 4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0
- Texas State 1 Arizona State 0
- Northwestern 2 Tennessee Tech 1
- Hawaii 2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0 – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi eliminated
- Arizona State 6 Tennessee Tech 0
- Texas 8 LSU 0 (6 inn.)
- Texas Stae 3 Northwestern 1
- Hawaii 1 Northwestern 0 (11 inn.) – Northwestern eliminated
- Arizona State 4 LSU 1 – LSU eliminated
- Texas 3 Texas State 0
- Hawaii 4 Arizona State 2 – Arizona State eliminated
- Texas State 2 Hawaii 1 – Hawaii eliminated
- Texas 6 Texas State 0 – Texas State eliminated
Texas qualifies for the WCWS, 4-0.
Regional No. 4 – held at Gainesville, Florida
- South Florida 7 Florida Atlantic 3
- Oklahoma 5 Bethune-Cookman 1
- Florida 3 Oregon State 2
- Texas-Arlington 1 Florida State 0
- Florida Atlantic 2 Bethune-Cookman 1 (11 inn.) – Bethune Cookman eliminated
- Oregon State 2 Florida State 1 – Florida State eliminated
- Oklahoma 8 South Florida 0 (6 inn.)
- Texas-Arlington 2 Florida 0
- Florida Atlantic 2 Florida 1 – Florida eliminated
- Oregon State 8 South Florida 0 – South Florida eliminated
- Oklahoma 6 Texas-Arlington 2
- Oregon State 7 Florida Atlantic 3 – Florida Atlantic eliminated
- Oregon State 2 Texas-Arlington 0 – Texas-Arlington eliminated
- Oklahoma 7 Oregon State 2 – Oregon State eliminated
Oklahoma qualifies for the WCWS, 4-0.
Regional No. 5 – held at Lincoln, Nebraska
- Mississippi State 4 Florida International 2
- Washington 5 Creighton 1
- Iowa 5 Pacific 0
- Hofstra 3 Nebraska 1
- Creighton 3 Florida International 1 – Florida International eliminated
- Nebraska 11 Pacific 7 – Pacific eliminated
- Washington 8 Mississippi State 0
- Iowa 3 Hofstra 0
- Hofstra 1 Creighton 0 (9 inn.) – Creighton eliminated
- Nebraska 8 Mississippi State 0 (6 inn.) – Mississippi State eliminated
- Washington 11 Iowa 0
- Nebraska 6 Hofstra 0 – Hofstra eliminated
- Iowa 2 Nebraska 0 – Nebraska eliminated
- Washington 11 Iowa 0 – Iowa eliminated
Washington qualifies for the WCWS, 4-0.
Regional No. 6 – held at Fullerton, California
- Louisiana-Lafayette 6 San Diego State 0
- Cal State Fullerton 3 Rider 0
- Oregon 10 Penn State 8
- Oklahoma State 1 Boston University 0
- San Diego State 2 Rider 1 – Rider eliminated
- Penn State 7 Boston University 0 – Boston University eliminated
- Louisiana-Lafayette 1 Cal State Fullerton 0
- Oklahoma State 2 Oregon 1
- Oregon 4 San Diego State – San Diego State eliminated
- Cal State Fullerton 8 Penn State 0 (6 inn.) – Penn State eliminated
- Louisiana-Lafayette 1 Oklahoma State 0
- Oregon 2 Cal State Fullerton 1 – Cal State Fullerton eliminated
- Oregon 7 Oklahoma State 6 (12 inn.) – Oklahoma State eliminated
- Oregon 9 Louisiana-Lafayette 2
- Louisiana-Lafayette 6 Oregon 4 – Oregon eliminated
Louisiana-Lafayette qualifies for the WCWS, 4-1.
Regional No. 7 – held at Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Notre Dame 4 Missouri 3
- DePaul 8 Wright State 0
- Michigan 8 Western Michigan 0 (5 inn.)
- California 8 Oakland 0
- Wright State 3 Missouri 1 – Missouri eliminated
- Oakland 4 Western Michigan 3 – Western Michigan eliminated
- DePaul 4 Notre Dame 1
- California 9 Michigan 0 (5 inn.)
- Michigan 13 Wright State 0 (5 inn.) – Wright State eliminated
- Notre Dame 5 Oakland 0 – Oakland eliminated
- California 1 DePaul 0
- Michigan 5 Notre Dame 3 – Notre Dame eliminated
- Michigan 3 DePaul 2 – DePaul eliminated
- California 1 Michigan 0 – Michigan eliminated
Nebraska qualifies for the WCWS, 4-0.
Regional No. 8 – held at Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Illinois 5 Georgia Tech 3
- Alabama 10 Southern 1 (5 inn.)
- Southern Illinois 5 UMass 2
- Stanford 2 Chattanooga 0
- Georgia Tech 9 Southern 0 (5 inn.) – Southern eliminated
- UMass 3 Chattanooga 2 – Chattanooga eliminated
- Alabama 4 Illinois 2
- Southern Illinois 6 Stanford 1
- Georgia Tech 1 Stanford 0 – Stanford eliminated
- UMass 5 Illinois 4 – Illinois eliminated
- Alabama 7 Southern Illinois 4
- UMass 2 Georgia Tech 0 – Georgia Tech
- Southern Illinois 6 UMass 1 – UMass eliminated
- Alabama 2 Southern Illinois 0 – Southern Illinois eliminated
Alabama qualifies for the WCWS, 4-1.
REGULAR SEASON INFORMATION
- Honda Sports Award – Natasha Watley, UCLA (.481, 10 HR, 53 RBI)
- USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year – Cat Osterman, Texas (32-6, 0.37 ERA, 488 K)
ALL-AMERICAN FIRST TEAM
P – Cat Osterman SO. Texas Longhorns
P – Keira Goerl JR. UCLA Bruins
P – Alicia Hollowell FR. Arizona Wildcats
C – Kristen Rivera SO. Washington Huskies
1B – Stacey Porter JR. Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
2B – Andrea Hillsey SO. Purdue Boilermakers
3B – Leah Gulla SR. Oklahoma Sooners
SS – Natasha Watley SR. UCLA Bruins
OF – Oli Keohohou JR. BYU Cougars
OF – Iyhia McMichael JR. Mississippi State Bulldogs
OF – Autumn Champion FR. Arizona Wildcats
DP – Claire Sua JR. UCLA Bruins
UTIL – Tairia Flowers SR. UCLA Bruins
AL – Lovieanne Jung SR. Arizona Wildcats
AL – Lindsay Chouinard SR. DePaul Blue Demons
AL – Lauren Bay-Regula SR. Oklahoma State Cowgirls
AL – Jessica van der Linden JR. FSU Seminoles
AL – Jenny Topping SR. Cal State Fullerton Titans
ALL-AMERICAN SECOND TEAM
P – Michelle Green SO. Georgia Bulldogs
P – Kami Keiter SO. Oklahoma Sooners
P – Tia Bollinger JR. Washington Huskies
C – Jami Trinidad SR. UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
1B – Veronica Nelson SR. California Golden Bears
2B – Brandi Stuart SR. FSU Seminoles
3B – Phelan Wright JR. Arizona State Sun Devils
SS – Kristin Johnson SR. Iowa Hawkeyes
OF – Courtney Fossatti JR. Arizona Wildcats
OF – Nicole Barber JR. Georgia Bulldogs
OF – Kristen Zaleski JR. Texas State Bobcats
DP – Lai-Kia Fennell SO. CSUN Matadors
UTIL – Marissa Young SR. Michigan Wolverines
AL – Christina Clark FR. Fresno State Bulldogs
AL – Jamie Southern SO. Fresno State Bulldogs
AL – Jackie McClain JR. Alabama Crimson Tide
AL – Becky McMurtry SR. ULL Ragin’ Cajuns
AL – Courtney Scott SR. California Golden Bears
ALL-AMERICAN THIRD TEAM
P – Jodie Cox SR. Cal State Fullerton Titans
P – Jessica Beech JR. Michigan State Spartans
P – Lisa Birocci SO. Iowa Hawkeyes
C – Kristin Schmidt JR. LSU Tigers
C – Elisa Velasco JR. FSU Seminoles
1B – Jaclyn Holden FR. North Carolina Tar Heels
2B – Brynnen Guthrie SR. Oregon State Beavers
3B – Andrea Loman SR. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
SS – Emily Robustelli SR. UMass Minutewomen
OF – Catalina Morris FR. Stanford Cardinal
OF – Tiffany Tolleson SR. North Carolina Tar Heels
OF – Danyele Gomez FR. ULL Ragin’ Cajuns
DP – Saskia Roberson SO. DePaul Blue Demons
UTIL – Sarah Martz JR. DePaul Blue Demons
AL – Andrea Vidlund SR. Oregon Ducks
AL – Rachael McGinnis JR. Missouri Tigers
AL – Sandy Lewis SR. Michigan State Spartans
AL – Amanda Hallaway SR. Hofstra Pride
AL – Rosette Rough SR. Long Island Sharks
AL – Gina Oaks SR. Cal State Fullerton Titans