1992 held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 23-26.
Champion – UCLA Bruins (54-2)
Runner Up – Arizona Wildcats (58-7)
With the game scoreless in the bottom of the seventh inning, freshman Jenny Brewster blasted a two-run walk-off home run to claim the title for UCLA against rival, Arizona. Lisa Fernandez was a picture of perfection, winning the championship game to cap off a 29-0 season. It was an NCAA first, for a pitcher to go unbeaten and win the final.
After Arizona spoiled UCLA’s chances of four consecutive NCAA Championships in 1991, the Bruins exacted revenge the following year with a title-game victory against their Pac-10 rival. UCLA went 54-2 overall, but both losses came at the hands of Arizona, allowing the Wildcats to end the Bruins’ run of four straight Pac-10 titles. UCLA started the season with 33 straight wins, crushing opponents by a 166-17 margin.
Following their first loss to Arizona, the Bruins ran off another 14-game win streak, blanking foes in 10 of the victories. After falling in the regular-season finale against the Wildcats, UCLA finished the year with an undefeated postseason, including a title-game win over Arizona.
Junior Lisa Fernandez was masterful both in the circle and at the plate. She posted a nation-best ERA of 0.14 and was undefeated on the year at 29-0. The All-American and Honda Award winner was outstanding at the plate also, hitting .401 with 29 runs batted in.
Not to be forgotten in the circle were junior hurlers DeeDee Weiman (11-1, 0.51 ERA) and Heather Compton (14-1, 0.67 ERA), who combined for 16 shutouts and 274 strikeouts.
Senior All-American Yvonne Gutierrez was the powerful stick in the lineup, leading the club with a .406 average, 11 home runs and 58 RBI. Her 11 home runs tied for the NCAA lead.
Fernandez and Gutierrez were joined on the All-American team by freshmen Joanne Alchin (.323 BA) and Kathi Evans (.363).
As a team, the Bruins hit .304 and had five players bat above the .300 mark.
The Bruins skated past Utah in the Regional round and then blew away their first four opponents in the College World Series, winning by a combined score of 29-1 and recording two mercy-rule victories.
In the championship game, it was a pitcher’s duel between Fernandez and Arizona’s Debby Day. The duo matched zeroes on the board until the bottom of the seventh inning. Gutierrez led off the frame with a single, moved over to second on a sacrifice by Jennifer Brundage and came home on Jenny Brewster’s walk-off home run to left.
Fernandez, who finished the year with 65 straight scoreless innings, was named to the All-Tournament Team along with Evans, Gutierrez and Kelly Inouye.
- Honda Sports Award – Lisa Fernandez, UCLA (29-0, 0.14 ERA, 220 K, .401 BA, 1 HR 29 RBI)
- Batting Leader – Amy Geldbach, Long Beach State – .545
- RBI Leader – Yvonne Gutierrez, UCLA – 8
- Home Run Leader – Yvonne Gutierrez, UCLA – 3
- ERA Leader – Lisa Fernandez – 0.00
- ERA Leader – Susie Parra, Arizona – 0.00
- Strikeout Leader – Terry Carpenter, Fresno State – 23
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
P – Lisa Fernandez, UCLA
C – Kelly Inouye, UCLA
1B – Amy Chellevold, Arizona
2B – Michelle Bento, Fresno State
3B – Susie Duarte, Arizona
SS – Kim Maher, Fresno State
OF – Yvonne Gutierrez, UCLA
OF – Kathi Evans, UCLA
AL – Susie Parra, Arizona
AL – Holly Aprile, UMass
AL – Debby Day, Arizona
SCORES
- UCLA 4 UMass 0
- California 3 Florida State 0
- Fresno State 4 Kansas 1 (8 inn.)
- Long Beach State 1 Arizona 0
- UMass 4 Florida State 2 – Florida State eliminated
- Arizona 1 Kansas 0 (17 inn.) – Kansas eliminated
- UCLA 10 California 0 (5 inn.)
- Fresno State 4 Long Beach State 0
- UMass 2 Long Beach State 1 (10 inn.) – Long Beach State eliminated
- Arizona 2 California 1 – California eliminated
- UCLA 4 Fresno State 0
- UCLA 11 UMass 1 (5 inn.) – UMass eliminated
- Arizona 1 Fresno State 0 – Fresno State eliminated
- UCLA 2 Arizona 0 – Arizona eliminated
FINAL STANDINGS
1. UCLA Bruins (5-0)
2. Arizona Wildcats (3-2)
3. Fresno State Bulldogs (2-2)
4. UMass Minutewomen (2-2)
5t. California Bears (1-2)
5t. Long Beach State 49ers (1-2)
7t. Kansas Jayhawks (0-2)
7t. Florida State Seminoles (0-2)
REGIONALS
Regional No. 1
- UCLA 1 Utah 0
- UCLA 7 Utah 2 (10 inn.)
UCLA qualifies for the WCWS, 2-0.
Regional No. 2
- Arizona 1 Michigan 0
- Arizona 8 Michigan 0
Arizona qualifies for the WCWS, 2-0.
Regional No. 3
- Fresno State 3 Cal State Northridge 0
- Fresno State 6 Cal State Northridge 0
Fresno State qualifies for the WCWS, 2-0.
Regional No. 4
- California 1 San Jose State 0
- California 6 San Jose State 0
California qualifies for the WCWS, 2-0.
Regional No. 5
- Long Beach State 2 Toledo 0
- Cal State Fullerton 1 Toledo 0 – Toledo eliminated
- Cal State Fullerton 3 Long Beach State 2 (11 inn.)
- Long Beach State 2 Cal State Fullerton 1
- Long Beach State 4 Cal State Fullerton 0
Long Beach State qualifies for the WCWS, 3-1.
Regional No. 6
- Kansas 4 Western Illinois 0
- Oklahoma State 2 Western Illinois 0 – Western Illinois eliminated
- Kansas 1 Oklahoma State 0 (8 inn.)
- Kansas 4 Oklahoma State 0 – Oklahoma State eliminated
Missouri qualifies for the WCWS, 3-0.
Regional No. 7
- Connecticut 5 UMass 1
- UMass 1 Utah State 0
- Connecticut 1 Utah State 0 (5 inn.)
- UMass 10 Connecticut 0 (5 inn.)
- UMass 3 Connecticut 0
UMass qualifies for the WCWS, 3-1.
Regional No. 8
- Florida State 1 Southwestern Louisiana 0 (10 inn.)
- Southwestern Louisiana 1 UNLV 0
- Florida State 4 UNLV 0
- Florida State 1 Southwestern Louisiana 0
Florida State qualifies for the WCWS, 3-0.
ALL-AMERICAN FIRST TEAM
P – Debbie Day, Arizona
P – Melanie Roche, Oklahoma State
P – Michele Granger, California
C – Jody Miller-Pruitt, Arizona
1B – Joanne Alcin, UCLA
2B – Dawn Melfi, USF
3B – Camille Spitaleri, Kansas
SS – Tiffany Tootle, South Carolina
OF – Yvonne Gutierrez, UCLA
OF – Dorsey Steamer, Louisiana-Lafayette
OF – Rachel Brown, Arizona State
UTIL – Lisa Fernandez, UCLA
ALL-AMERICAN SECOND TEAM
P – Susie Parra, Arizona
P – Stephani Williams, Kansas
P – Terry Carpenter, Fresno State
C – Terrie Cissna, Sacramento State
1B – Wendee Espinosa, Pacific
2B – Cathy Sconzo, Louisiana-Lafayette
3B – Lezlie Weiss, Minnesota
SS – Christy Arterburn, Kansas
OF – Jamie Heggen, Arizona
OF – Kathy Evans, UCLA
OF – Pam Stanley, Central Michigan
UT – Gillian Boxx, California
AL – Toni Gutierrez, Florida State
ALL-AMERICAN THIRD TEAM
P – Lori Harrigan, UNLV
P – Kyla Hall, Louisiana-Lafayette
P – Karen Snelgrove, Missouri
P – Kim Mizesko, Connecticut
C – Sherri Kuchinskas, UMass
1B – Amy Chellevold, Arizona
2B – Linda Lunceford, Long Beach State
3B – Jackie Tawney, San Jose State
SS – Barb Marean, UMass
OF – Janna Venice, Connecticut
OF – Theresa Buscemi, North Carolina
OF – Patti Benedict, Michigan
OF – Noleana Woodward, San Jose State
UTIL – Holly Aprile, UMass
AL – Denise DeWalt, Cal State Fullerton
1992 UCLA Bruins
