2004 Women's College World Series

The 2004 Women's College World Series was held from May 27 until May 31, 2004, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This was Oklahoma City's 14th 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 2004 Softball National Championship:

Of these eight teams, half of them had to win their respective regional tournaments on the road in order to advance to Oklahoma City: California, LSU, Oklahoma, and Washington. Starting in 2005, the NCAA doubled the field from 32 teams to 64 and added a "Super Regional" round in addition to the standard regional round.

The Championship Game featured UCLA and California. This would be their 2nd meeting in a Championship game in as many years and would end with UCLA claiming their 9th National Title (Not counting their vacated 1995 National Title or any titles won prior to 1982). This would also be the last year a National Champion would be crowned using the single Championship Game format.

LSU pitcher Kristin Schmidt was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Participants

School Conference Record Head Coach WCWS Appearances†
(Including 2004 WCWS)
California Pac-10 50-11 Diane Ninemire 9
Florida State ACC 61-9 Dr. JoAnne Graf 7
LSU SEC 54-10 Yvette Girouard 2
Michigan Big Ten 53-11 Carol Hutchins 7
Oklahoma Big 12 44-19-1 Patty Gasso 5
Stanford Pac-10 47-16 John Rittman 2
UCLA Pac-10 43-9 Sue Enquist 21*
Washington Pac-10 39-17 Scott Centala,
Steve Dailey
7

*: Excludes UCLA's vacated 1995 WCWS participation.

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

Bracket

2004 Women's College World Series Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                           
6  Michigan 2*  
3  LSU 3*  
  2  UCLA 2  
  3  LSU 0  
7  Stanford 2
2  UCLA 8  
  2  UCLA 3* -  
  7  Stanford 1* -  
7  Stanford 5  
6  Michigan 4  
  1  Oklahoma 2
  7  Stanford 3  
  5  California 1
  2  UCLA 3
8  Washington 2  
1  Oklahoma 6  
  1  Oklahoma 1*
  5  California 2*  
5  California 4
4  Florida State 2  
  3  LSU 4 1
  5  California 1 4  
4  Florida State 2  
8  Washington 0  
  3  LSU 2
  4  Florida State 1  

*: Denotes extra inning or run-ruled games (See Game Results below)
: The Championship Series wasn't implemented until the 2005 WCWS

Game Results

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
5/27/2004 Game 01 LSU 3 - 2 Michigan 13 Innings
Game 02 UCLA 8 - 2 Stanford
Game 03 Oklahoma 6 - 2 Washington
Game 04 California 4 - 2 Florida State
5/28/2004 Game 05 UCLA 2 - 0 LSU
Game 06 California 2 - 1 Oklahoma 8 Innings
5/29/2004 Game 07 Stanford 5 - 4 Michigan Michigan eliminated
Game 08 Florida State 2 - 0 Washington Washington eliminated
Game 09 Stanford 3 - 2 Oklahoma Oklahoma eliminated
Game 10 LSU 2 - 1 Florida State Florida State eliminated
5/30/2004 Game 11 UCLA 3 - 1 Stanford 12 Innings.

Stanford eliminated
If Necessary Game (Game 13) not necessary

Game 12 LSU 4 - 1 California LSU forces the If Necessary Game (Game 14)
Game 13 -- -- -- Stanford / UCLA

If Necessary game (Game 13) not necessary

Game 14 California 4 - 1 LSU LSU eliminated
5/31/2004 Championship Game UCLA 3 - 1 California UCLA Wins 2004 WCWS

Championship Game

School Top Batter Stats.
UCLA Bruins Kristen Dedmon (PH) 1-1 2RBIs
California Golden Bears Jessica Pamanian (2B) 1-3 RBI
School Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
UCLA Bruins Keira Goerl 7.0 7 1 1 3 4 27 31
California Golden Bears Kelly Anderson 5.0 1 3 3 1 5 16 18
California Golden Bears Kristina Thorson 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3 4

All-Tournament Team

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

Position Player Class School
Pitcher Kelly Anderson Junior California
Keira Goerl Senior UCLA
Jessica van der Linden Senior Florida State
1st Base Christina Enea Junior Oklahoma
2nd Base Caitlin Benyi Sophomore UCLA
Jessica Pamanian Junior California
Shortstop Lauren Lappin Sophomore Stanford
Jodie Legaspi Freshman UCLA
3rd Base Vicky Galindo Junior California
Outfield Lisa Dodd Freshman UCLA
Camille Harris Sophomore LSU
Most Outstanding Player Kristin Schmidt Senior LSU

References

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