166 DIVISION I Softball DIVISION I SOFTBALL 2001 Championship Highlights Cats Command Series: Arizona's Jennie Finch finished her 32-0 season on the mound with a 1-0 win over UCLA in the Women's College World Series championship game May 28 and was named the most-outstanding player in the tournament. The championship match-up was a familiar one for Finch and the Wildcats, who faced their Pacific- 10 Conference rival for the fourth time of the season. Arizona had won two of the first three. The two teams have now met six times in championship-game history. Arizona owns six NCAA titles, second to UCLA's eight. Home runs had been the difference for Arizona's advancing to the championship game, including a home run in each of the Wildcats' three games of the WCWS from senior Toni Mascarenas. While UCLA pitcher Amanda Freed held Arizona to just three hits in the final, one a homer from senior catcher Lindsey Collins in the fourth inning made the difference in the game. All-Tournament Team: Arizona's Collins, Mascarenas and Nicole Giordano joined Finch on the all-tournament team, while UCLA placed Tairia Mims, Freed and Claire Sua. Stanford's Jessica Photo by Chris Landsberger/NCAA Photos Mendoza, LSU's Britni Sneed and Julie Wiese, and Oklahoma's Jennifer Stewart and Christy Ring also were honored. Pitcher Jennie Finch celebrated a shutout victory over UCLA for the NCAA title May 28. The junior TEAM STANDINGS finished the season 32-0 on the mound. W L AB R H BA E DP FA IP R ER ERA Arizona ................................................ 4 0 96 10 15 .156 3 0 .975 29.0 6 6 1.45 UCLA ................................................... 3 1 99 13 25 .253 1 1 .992 28.0 1 1 0.25 LSU ...................................................... 2 2 115 5 22 .191 5 3 .967 34.0 10 8 1.65 Stanford................................................ 2 2 90 3 11 .122 1 2 .991 28.0 7 7 1.75 California ............................................. 1 2 73 7 14 .192 1 0 .988 19.0 6 5 1.84 Oklahoma ............................................ 1 2 101 7 23 .228 3 0 .976 27.2 7 5 1.27 Iowa..................................................... 0 2 51 1 12 .235 0 1 1.000 13.0 4 4 2.15 Michigan .............................................. 0 2 49 2 9 .184 5 0 .914 13.0 7 4 2.15 BATTING LEADERS (Minimum 10 at-bats) AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB Christy Ring, Oklahoma............................................................ .636 3 11 2 7* 0 1 0 0 1 Amanda Freed, UCLA............................................................... .500 4 10 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 Julie Wiese, LSU....................................................................... .333 4 12 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 Tairia Mims, UCLA ................................................................... 333 4 12 2 4 0 2* 0 0 0 Erin Evans, Oklahoma .............................................................. .333 3 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Claire Sua, UCLA..................................................................... .333 4 12 1 4 6 0 0 1 0 Toni Mascarenas, Arizona ........................................................ .300 4 10 3* 3 7* 0 0 3* 0 Nicole Giordano, Arizona ........................................................ .286 4 14* 3* 4 0 0 0 0 0 Toria Auelua, UCLA.................................................................. .273 4 11 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 Lisa Carey, Oklahoma .............................................................. .273 3 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 Christy Connor, LSU ................................................................. .273 4 11 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 Jennifer Stump, Oklahoma ........................................................ .273 3 11 1 3 4 0 0 1 1 *Departmental Leaders. Other Leaders: AB-15, Christy Ring, Oklahoma; R-3, Jennifer Collins, Southern Miss; Lyndsey Klein, UCLA; 2B-2, Rosie Leutzinger, Washington; HR-2, Klein, UCLA; RBI-6, Shavanughne Desecki, DePaul; SB-3, Christy Ring, Oklahoma. PITCHING LEADERS (Minimum 10 innings pitched) W L SV ERA G CG IP H R ER BB SO Amanda Freed, UCLA....................................... 2 1 0 0.37 3 2 19.0 8 1 1 7 16 Britni Sneed, LSU.............................................. 1 1 0 0.57 3 2 24.2 19 3 2 7 31 Jennifer Stewart, Oklahoma............................... 1 2 0 1.27 3 3 27.2 18 7 5 3 16 Jennie Finch, Arizona ....................................... 3 0 0 1.91 3 3 22.0 18 6 6 5 26 Marie Barda, Michigan .................................... 0 1 0 1.91 2 1 11.0 9 5 3 7 9 DIVISION I 167 Fosatti (Fresno St.), Kristie Pulchinski (Coastal Caro.), Sara La.-Lafayette...................... 000 100 0—1 3 0 Results Lockett (Coastal Caro.). W—Foster. L—Jenkins. S— LSU.................................. 002 000 x—2 6 0 Hoffman. Melissa Coronado and Carrie Vernon; Britni Sneed and Jennifer Schuelke. HR—Alana Addison (La.-Lafayette). REGION 1 Cal St. Northridge............. 000 110 1—3 8 0 Fresno St. ......................... 100 000 0—1 6 1 W—Sneed. L—Coronado. TUCSON, ARIZONA Sarah Farnworth and Sara Cueva; Lori Hoffman and Pam St. Peter’s ......................... 000 000 2—2 4 1 West. HR—Christen Bedwell (Cal St. Northridge), REGION 4 Arizona............................ 101 200 x—4 9 1 Summer Richardson (Cal St. Northridge). W—Farnworth. AT TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA Sandy Attanasio, Cathy Cresci (5) and Marsha Kelley; L—Hoffman. Ill.-Chicago ....................... 001 001 0—2 6 3 Jenny Gladding and Lindsey Collins. HR—Danielle Wisconsin ........................ 000 000 0—0 1 0 Alabama .......................... 031 202 x—8 11 1 Bronner (St. Peter’s). W—Gladding. L—Attanasio. San Diego St. ................... 000 000 1—1 5 0 Alison Aguilar, Maral Binnebose (4), Rory Gonzales- Texas Tech ....................... 000 000 0—0 3 1 Andrea Kirchberg and Nicki Starry; Sandra Durazo and Gould (6) and Stefanie Christoferson; Shelly Laird, Erin Cal St. Fullerton ................ 000 000 1—1 8 1 Brooke Johnson. W—Durazo. L—Kirchberg. Wright (6) and Lacy Prejean. HR—Melissa Garvey (Ill.- Amanda Renfro and Shauna Briggs; Christy Robitaille Chicago). W—Laird. L—Aguilar. UCLA ............................... 010 003 5—9 14 0 and Jenny Topping. W—Robitaille. L—Renfro. Cal St. Northridge............. 000 000 0—0 1 2 Chattanooga .................... 000 000 0—0 4 1 Southwest Tex. St. ............. 010 010 0—2 7 2 Amanda Freed, Keira Goerl (6) and Stacey Nuveman; Michigan.......................... 100 000 x—1 4 0 Hawaii............................. 000 100 0—1 6 1 Sarah Farnworth and Sara Cueva. HR—Nuveman. W— Talya Trudell, Beth Alexander (5) and Jaci Welsh; Jessica Chase, Nicole Neuerburg (7) and Jennie Tomme; Freed. L—Farnworth. Marissa Young, Marie Barda (4) and Kim Bugel. W— Desiree Duran, Felicity Witt (5) and Michelle Mumaw. Barda. L—Trudell. San Diego St. ................... 000 100 0—1 3 0 HR—Tomme. W—Chase. L—Duran. UCLA ............................... 001 011 x—3 8 0 South Fla. ......................... 010 100 0—2 5 3 Texas Tech ....................... 120 000 0—3 8 0 Sandra Durazo and Brooke Johnson; Keira Goerl and Oregon St. ....................... 000 000 1—1 3 1 St. Peter’s ......................... 020 000 0—2 4 0 Stacey Nuveman. HR—Janna Kovensky (San Diego St.), Jessica Kowal and Priscilla Smith; Crystal Draper and Amanda Renfro and Shauna Briggs; Sandy Attanasio and Tairia Mims (UCLA). W—Goerl. L—Durazo. Traci Feldt. W—Kowal. L—Draper. Marsha Kelley. W—Renfro. L—Attanasio. San Diego St. ................... 000 000 6—6 9 0 Chattanooga .................... 020 200 1—5 11 0 Hawaii............................. 010 001 0—2 10 0 Wisconsin ........................ 000 010 0—1 3 2 Ill.-Chicago ....................... 100 001 0—2 4 1 Texas Tech ....................... 300 100 x—4 6 1 Sandra Durazo and Brooke Johnson; Andrea Kirchberg Beth Alexander, Talya Trudell (6) and Jaci Welsh; Alycia Janelle Gonzales, Desiree Duran (4) and Jennifer and Nicki Starry. W—Durazo. L—Kirchberg. Creese, Alison Aguilar (3), Rory Gonzales-Gould (4) and Tandarich, Michelle Mumaw; Amanda Renfro, Maggie Stefanie Christoferson. HR—Welsh, Edel Leydon (Ill.- UCLA ............................... 131 42—11 14 0 Ayres (7) and Shauna Briggs. HR—Stacey Porter Chicago). W—Alexander. L—Creese. (Hawaii), Andrea Joachims (Texas Tech). W—Renfro. L— San Diego St. ................... 000 00— 0 1 0 Oregon St. ....................... 262 30—13 15 1 Gonzales. Amanda Freed and Stacey Nuveman; Sandra Durazo, Tiffany Goudy (4), Olivia Catron (5) and Brooke Johnson. Chattanooga .................... 000 00— 0 1 4 Cal St. Fullerton ................ 046 00—10 10 0 HR—Stephanie Ramon (UCLA), Nuveman, Courtney Dale Monica Hoffman and Shelly Prochaska, Traci Feldt; Beth Southwest Tex. St. ............. 000 10— 1 2 1 (UCLA). W—Freed. L—Durazo. Alexander, Talya Trudell (3) and Jaci Welsh. W— Jodie Cox and Jenny Topping; Nicole Neuerburg, Jessica Hoffman. L—Alexander. Chase (2), Stephanie Blair (3) and Jennie Tomme. W— REGION 3 Michigan ...................001 100 000 000 4—616 1 Cox. L—Neuerburg. South Fla....................100 010 000 000 0—211 3 Arizona............................ 024 011—8 11 0 AT BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA Marissa Young, Marie Barda (5) and Kim Bugel; Jamie Texas Tech ....................... 000 000—0 2 2 Cornell ............................. 000 000—0 2 5 Peterka, Jessica Kowal (8) and Priscilla Smith. HR— Jennie Finch, Becky Lemke (5) and Lindsey Collins; LSU.................................. 114 002—8 10 0 Monica Schock (Michigan). W—Barda. L—Peterka. Maggie Ayres, Amanda Renfro (3) and Shauna Briggs. Sarah Sterman, Nicole LePera (6) and Christina Trout, Alabama .......................... 000