2003 Women's College World Series

The 2003 Women's College World Series was held from May 22 until May 26, 2003, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This was Oklahoma City's 13th time to host the WCWS since first hosting the tournament in 1990.

Having advanced through a 32-team bracket, eight NCAA Division I college softball teams met at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium to decide the 2003 Softball National Championship:

Of these eight teams, six* of them had to win their respective regional tournaments on the road in order to advance to Oklahoma City: Alabama, California, Louisiana-Lafayette, Oklahoma, UCLA, and Washington.

The Championship Game featured UCLA and California. This would be their 1st meeting in a Championship game, and California's second consecutive trip to softball's promised land. Unfortunately for California, this trip would end with UCLA claiming their 8th National Title (Not counting their vacated 1995 National Title or any titles won prior to 1982).

UCLA pitcher Keira Goerl was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

*: UCLA played their regional tournament games on the home field of the Fresno State Bulldogs.

Participants

School Conference Record Head Coach WCWS Appearances†
(Including 2003 WCWS)
Arizona Pac-10 56-7 Mike Candrea 16
Alabama SEC 49-21 Patrick Murphy 2
California Pac-10 49-20 Diane Ninemire 9
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 47-11 Michael Lotief 4
Oklahoma Big 12 47-14 Patty Gasso 4
Texas Big 12 47-9 Connie Clark 2
UCLA Pac-10 53-7 Sue Enquist 20*
Washington Pac-10 47-16-1 Teresa Wilson 6

*: Excludes UCLA's vacated 1995 WCWS participation.

: Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.

Bracket

2003 Women's College World Series Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                           
1  Arizona 3  
8  Alabama 2  
  1  Arizona 2  
  5  Washington 1  
4  Oklahoma 1
5  Washington 3  
  1  Arizona 1* 1  
  7  California 2* 4^  
8  Alabama 3*  
4  Oklahoma 6*  
  4  Oklahoma 2
  7  California 5  
  7  California 0*
  2  UCLA 1*
3  Texas 3  
6  Louisiana-Lafayette 2  
  3  Texas 1
  7  California 0  
7  California 7*
2  UCLA 3*  
  3  Texas 0 1
  2  UCLA 3 2^  
6  Louisiana-Lafayette 1  
2  UCLA 5  
  2  UCLA 2
  5  Washington 1  

*: Denotes extra inning or run-ruled games (See Game Results below)
^: Denotes visiting team for that particular game (See Game Results below)
: The Championship Series wasn't implemented until the 2005 WCWS

Game Results

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
5/22/2003 Game 01 Arizona 3 - 2 Alabama
Game 02 Washington 3 - 1 Oklahoma
Game 03 Texas 3 - 2 Louisiana-Lafayette
Game 04 California 7 - 3 UCLA 10 Innings
5/23/2003 Game 05 Arizona 2 - 1 Washington
Game 06 Texas 1 - 0 California
5/24/2003 Game 07 Oklahoma 6 - 3 Alabama 9 Innings

Alabama eliminated

Game 08 UCLA 5 - 1 Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Lafayette eliminated
Game 09 California 5 - 2 Oklahoma Oklahoma eliminated
Game 10 UCLA 2 - 1 Washington Washington eliminated
5/25/2003 Game 11 California 2 - 1 Arizona 12 Innings.

California forces the If Necessary Game (Game 13), and will be designated as the visiting team for that game.

Game 12 UCLA 3 - 0 Texas UCLA forces the If Necessary Game (Game 14),
and will be designated as the visiting team for that game.
Game 13 California 4 - 1 Arizona Arizona eliminated
Game 14 UCLA 2 - 1 Texas Texas eliminated
5/26/2003 Championship Game UCLA 1 - 0 California 9 Innings

UCLA Wins 2003 WCWS

Championship Game

School Top Batter Stats.
UCLA Bruins Toria Auelua (DP) 2-4 RBI K
California Golden Bears Veronica Nelson (1B) 3BBs
School Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
UCLA Bruins Keira Goerl 9.0 0 0 0 4 4 27 32
California Golden Bears Kelly Anderson 9.0 6 1 1 4 5 31 37

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team:

Position Player Class School
Pitcher Kelly Anderson Sophomore California
Alicia Hollowell Freshman Arizona
Cat Osterman Sophomore Texas
1st Base Veronica Nelson Senior California
Shortstop Lovie Jung Senior Arizona
Chelsea Spencer Sophomore California
Natasha Watley Senior UCLA
3rd Base Vicky Galindo Sophomore California
Tairia Mims Senior UCLA
Outfield Tamara Poppe Junior Texas
Designated Player Jennifer Stump Senior Oklahoma
Most Outstanding Player Keira Goerl Junior UCLA

References

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