Softball_W (99-00) 11/28/00 2:25 PM Page 465 DIVISION I 46 5 So f t b a l l DIVISION I 2000 Championship Hi g h l i g h t s Year of Firsts: 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 four- day attendance record of 38,102, which had previously been set at 27,553 in 1998. The championship match-up drew 8,049. All-Tournament Team: Oklahoma placed Stewart, Carey and Braitsch on the all-tournament team, while UCLA placed Amanda Freed, Julie Marshall and Tairia Mims. Southern Mississippi’s Sophomore Jennifer Stewart delivered Okla - Courtney Blades, who threw a perfect game in the Golden Eagles’ opening game, and team- homa its first national title May 29 by keeping mate Erin Johnson were selected. Also honored were Jaime Clark from Washington; Arizona’s defending national champion UCLA scoreless Toni Mascarenas; DePaul’s Shavaughne Desecki and Alabama’s Kelly Kretschman. for five innings. The Sooners defeated the Bruins 3-1. TEAM STANDINGS WL AB RH BA E DP FA IP R ER ER A Ok l a h o m a. 4 0 10 1 9 24 .2 3 8 2 1 .9 8 4 28 . 0 3 3 0. 7 5 UC L A. 3 1 11 2 14 34 .3 0 4 5 2 .9 6 1 28 . 0 6 5 1. 2 5 Ar i z o n a. 2 2 99 10 23 .2 3 2 6 1 .9 4 6 27 . 0 4 2 0. 5 2 Southern Miss.. 2 2 99 5 20 .2 0 2 2 0 .9 8 0 28 . 0 9 8 2. 0 0 Al a b a m a. 1 2 70 7 13 .1 8 6 5 2 .9 4 0 20 . 0 11 5 1. 7 5 Wa s h i n g t o n. 1 2 72 7 16 .2 2 2 1 0 .9 8 8 20 . 0 9 7 2. 4 5 Ca l i f o r n i a. 0 2 48 1 11 .2 2 9 0 0 1. 0 0 0 13 . 2 8 8 4. 1 0 De P a u l. 0 2 46 6 7 .1 5 2 2 1 .9 6 6 12 . 0 9 7 4. 0 8 BATTING LEADERS (Minimum 10 at-bats) AV G G AB RH RB I 2B 3B HR SB Tairia Mims, UCLA.. .6 0 0 * 4 10 2 6 1 1 0 1 1 Julie Marshall, UCLA.. .5 3 8 4 13 1 7* 1 1 0 0 0 Erin Johnson, Southern Miss .. .5 0 0 4 12 0 6 1 2* 0 0 0 Toni Mascarenas, Arizona .. .4 5 5 4 11 1 5 4 0 0 1 0 Andrea Davis, Oklahoma .. .4 5 5 4 11 1 5 1 2* 0 1 0 Nicole Giordano, Arizona .. .4 1 7 4 12 3* 5 0 0 0 0 2 Julie Adams, UCLA .. .3 8 5 4 13 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 Chrystal Stevens, Southern Miss.. .3 6 4 4 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Natasha Watley, UCLA .. .3 0 8 4 13 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 Erin Evans, Oklahoma .. .3 0 8 4 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 Lisa Carey, Oklahoma.. .3 0 8 4 13 2 4 3 0 0 2* 0 *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) WL SV ER A G CG IP HR ER BB SO Becky Lemke, Arizona.. 1 2 0 0. 3 5 3 3 20 . 0 16 2 1 5 24 Jennifer Stewart, Oklahoma.. 4 0 0 0. 6 1 4 3 23 . 0 21 2 2 3 7 Shelley Laird, Alabama.. 1 1 0 1. 0 7 3 2 19 . 2 13 9 3 5 8 Amanda Freed, UCLA.. 3 1 0 1. 3 5 4 3 26 . 0 17 6 5 10 27 Jennifer Spediacci, Washington.. 1 1 0 2. 0 0 3 2 14 . 0 8 6 4 5 13 Softball_W (99-00) 11/28/00 2:25 PM Page 466 46 6 DIVISION I Illinois St... .0 1 0 00 1 1— 3 8 0 Ar k a n s a s. .0 0 0 00 0 0— 0 8 2 Re s u l t s Middle Tenn. St. .. .0 0 1 00 0 0— 1 4 2 Lauren Schwendimann and Gretchen Barnes; Tammy Nicole Kurth and Jodi Kent; Stayc Preator and Melanie Kincaid, Rachel Talley (7) and Danica Howlett. HR— Manley. HR—Melissa Baker (Illinois St.), Courtney Barnes. W—Schwendimann. L—Kincaid. REGION 1 Wallace (Middle Tenn. St.). W—Kurth. L—Preator. AT SEATTLE Oregon St. .. .0 0 0 00 3 1— 4 9 0 Ar m y. .0 0 0 00 0 0— 0 3 0 Arizona .. .1 3 0 03 3 — 1 0 15 0 No r t h w e s t e r n. .0 0 0 00 0 0— 0 7 1 Wa s h i n g t o n. .1 0 3 00 1 x— 5 10 0 Ma s s a c h u s e t t s. 00 0 000— 0 2 1 Tarrah Beyster, Crystal Draper (7) and Shelly Prochaska; Sarah Hatton, Shauna Evans (6) and Jennifer Delaney; Jennie Finch and Lindsey Collins; Jen Hadley and Nikki Lauren Schwendimann and Gretchen Barnes. W— Jamie Graves and Jeanine Giordano. HR—Jenny Topping Faessler. W—Finch. L—Hadley. Beyster. L—Schwendimann. (Washington). W—Graves. L—Hatton. Ne b r a s k a. .0 0 0 33 5 — 1 1 14 0 Ok l a h o m a. .0 0 3 00 0 0— 3 8 0 Ch a t t a n o o g a. .0 0 0 00 0 1— 1 7 2 South Carolina.. .0 0 0 010— 1 4 1 Oregon St. .. .0 2 0 00 0 0— 2 5 1 Mississippi St. .. .0 0 0 00 6 x— 6 7 2 Jenny Voss and Amber Burgess; Megan Matthews, Joyce Lana Moran and Ashli Barrett; Crystal Draper and Shelly Connie Ness, Beth Alexander (6), Talya Trudell (6) and McMillin (4) and Adrienne Genovese. HR—Burgess Prochaska. HR—LaKisha Washington (Oklahoma). W— Jaci Welsh; Jennifer Pursell, Courtney Frank (7) and Keri (Nebraska), Amanda Buchholz (Nebraska). W—Voss. Moran. L—Draper. McCallum. W—Pursell. L—Ness. L— M a t t h e w s . Western Ill... .0 0 0 00 0 00 — 0 4 0 Ne b r a s k a. 00 0 00— 0 1 0 REGION 4 Ut a h. .0 0 0 00 0 01 — 1 8 0 Ar i z o n a. 10 ( 1 2 ) 0x — 1 3 13 1 AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Holly Killion and Kendra DeRosa; Kristin Arbogast and Leigh Ann Walker, Penny Cope (3) and Amber Burgess; Sunny Smith. W—Arbogast. L—Killion. Becky Lemke and Lindsey Collins. HR—Toni Mascarenas Ca n i s i u s. 00 0 00 — 0 2 3 (Arizona), Collins, Chrissy Gil (Arizona). W—Lemke. L— UC L A. 11 0 33 — 8 6 0 Veronica Maher, Genevieve Garcia (5) and Charlene Ch a t t a n o o g a. .0 0 3 00 0 01 2 — 6 11 2 Wa l k e r . Ar m y. .0 1 0 10 1 01 0 — 4 7 3 Dodd; Amanda Freed and Julie Marshall. W—Freed. L— Connie Ness, Talya Trudell (4) and Jaci Welsh; Shauna South Carolina.. .0 0 1 13 2 0— 7 10 2 Maher. Evans, Sarah Hatton (5) and Jennifer Delaney. HR— Illinois St... .2 0 0 02 0 0— 4 6 0 Nicole Robbins (Army), Jennifer Knowlden (Army). W— Joyce McMillin and Adrienne Genovese; Nicole Kurth, Be t h u n e - C o o k m a n. 00 0 10 — 1 3 5 Trudell. L—Hatton. Audra Rast (4) and Jodi Kent. HR—McMillin, Becky Io w a .. 00 4 14 — 9 6 0 McMurtry (Illinois St.). W—McMillin. L—Rast. Miranda Mayse, Jaime Long (3) and Kamilah Johnson; Wa s h i n g t o n. .1 0 3 00 1 1— 6 14 0 Kelly Zeilstra and Jessica Bashor. HR—Johnson, Alicia Western Ill... .0 0 0 00 0 0— 0 0 1 South Carolina .