UCLA Softball - NCAA Championships (12)
2019
Sophomore Kinsley Washington drove in junior Jacqui Prober with a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning, as the Bruins claimed the program's 13th National Championship, their 12th NCAA Championship and the 118th title in UCLA Athletics history, defeating Oklahoma, 5-4, on June 4 to sweep the best-of-three WCWS Championship Series. UCLA had 10 hits from six different players, led by a 3-for-3 performance from Tautalafua. Washington and redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan added two-hit games. The Bruins posted a quartet of solo home runs from Jordan, Tautalafua, junior Bubba Nickles and sophomore Briana Perez. Redshirt junior Rachel Garcia (29-1), who was named the WCWS Most Outstanding Player, struck out four over seven innings, allowing four runs, eight hits and three walks.
2010
The Bruins set numerous school and Women's College World Series records en route to their 12th national title and 11th NCAA championship. The WCWS run began with a 16-3 demolition of Florida, which marked the most runs scored in any UCLA postseason game. Consecutive 5-2 victories over Hawai'i and Georgia pushed the Bruins to the WCWS Championship Series, where they faced longtime rival Arizona. Game one of the finals was an instant classic, as the game featured six ties and lead changes. Trailing 5-4 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Dani Yudin reached second following a miscommunication in the Arizona outfield and Kaila Shull drove in the game-tying run with another double to send it into extra innings. Megan Langenfeld, who was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, then hit a walk-off homer with two outs in the eighth to give the Bruins the win. The Bruins finished off the Wildcats the following night, behind four home runs, to post a 15-9 victory. UCLA hit a WCWS-record 14 home runs, including a record four by both Langenfeld and Andrea Harrison. Harrison, who set the record for most RBI in one WCWS with 11, was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Samantha Camuso. As a team, the Bruins set single-season marks for home runs (108), slugging percentage (.602), on base percentage (.432) and walks (244).
2004
UCLA successfully defended its NCAA Championship in the first-ever title game played in prime time. The Bruins trailed 1-0 for five innings before a solo home run by Claire Sua and a two-RBI single by freshman pinch hitter Kristen Dedmon provided all the runs that senior pitcher Keira Goerl needed, as she became just the second pitcher in NCAA Division I history to win multiple title games. California took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning and was thriving behind pitcher Kelly Anderson, who retired the first 12 UCLA batters that she faced in the game. Through the first three innings, Anderson had recorded four strikeouts as she retired each batter in the UCLA lineup at least once. However, the Bruins led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a bang. Senior 1B Claire Sua tattooed the first pitch of the inning well over the left field fence to tie the game at 1-1. With two runners on base and two out, head coach Sue Enquist opted for a pinch-hitter, and freshman Kristen Dedmon delivered by hitting a 1-1 pitch up the middle, easily scoring pinch-runner Amanda Simpson and creating a play at the plate with pinch-runner Tara Henry. Henry slid around Cal catcher Haley Woods, barely touching the back corner of home plate. However, plate umpire Michael Mazur called obstruction on Woods on the play, which automatically awards the base to the runner and in this instance scored UCLA's third run of the game. That was all the offense that Keira Goerl would need, as she was able to record the last six defensive outs of the game to become just the second player in NCAA Division I Softball Championship history to win more than one title game. She joined Bruin great Debbie Doom (1982, '84, '85) and Arizona's Susie Parra (1993, '94) as the only pitchers in Championship history to be the winning pitcher in multiple championship games. Goerl recorded four strikeouts, walked three and allowed just one run in Monday's title game.
2003
Toria Auelua's ninth-inning RBI single and Keira Goerl's second no-hitter of the season paired to power UCLA to its ninth NCAA Softball Championship, as the Bruins defeated California 1-0 in the National Championship Game. UCLA started with the five spot in the lineup in the bottom of the ninth inning. Junior centerfielder Stephanie Ramos led off with a double to left center that hit the outfield wall. She advanced to third on a perfectly executed sacrifice bunt by Emily Zaplatosch and came home on a slow-moving single through the left side of the infield by Auelua. That was all the offense the Bruins would need to bring home their 10th National Championship. In the bottom of the ninth, Goerl retired Courtney Scott on a ground-out to Tairia Mims a third base. Veronica Nelson, who had been intentionally walked three times prior, would have been the second batter of the inning but was unable to hit because she had already been replaced in the lineup twice. That brought Mikella Pedretti to the plate, and she grounded out to Natasha Watley for the second out of the inning. Haley Woods then popped out on a ball caught by Ramos as she stood on the logo in shallow center field, sealing the title for the Bruins. The championship was the ninth NCAA title for UCLA's softball program and its 10th National Championship, including a 1978 AIAW title. Three Bruins were named to the All-Tournament team, including third baseman Tairia Mims, senior shortstop Natasha Watley and Most Outstanding Player Keira Goerl.
1999
Julie Adams' two-run single and Courtney Dale's solo home run lifted the Bruins to a 3-2 victory over Washington in the decisive game of the College World Series in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Adams was the CWS's most outstanding player. Despite dislocating a shoulder in the opening game against DePaul, she still played in all the CWS games. Dale also was the winning pitcher in the title game. It was her school-record-tying 33rd victory of the season. Dale, Christie Ambrosi, Amanda Freed and Stacey Nuveman earned All-America honors for coach Sue Enquist's squad, which set a UCLA record for victories while going 63-6.
1992
Freshman Jenny Brewster's two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted UCLA past Arizona 2-0 in the decisive game of the College World Series in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, giving the Bruins their seventh NCAA title in 11 seasons. The pitching star for UCLA was junior Lisa Fernandez, who won all five games at the CWS without allowing an earned run. Fernandez finished the season a perfect 29-0, earned All-America honors for the third consecutive year and was named the Honda Award winner as collegiate softball's best player for the second straight year. Joanne Alchin and Yvonne Gutierrez also were All-America selections for the Bruins, who finished the season 54-2.
1990
Freshman Heather Compton tossed a one-hitter to beat Fresno State 2-0 in the championship game of the College World Series in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and gave UCLA an unprecedented third consecutive NCAA title. It also was the third straight year that the Bruins foiled Fresno State's championship hopes. All-America pitcher Lisa Longaker won 20 games for UCLA, which set a school record with 62 victories (against just seven defeats). Longaker capped her illustrious career by earning the Honda Award as the nation's top collegiate softball player for the second time. Freshman pitcher Lisa Fernandez and outfielder Yvonne Gutierrez also were All-America selections. Pitcher DeeDee Weiman tossed a school-record four no-hitters.
1989
Freshman pitcher Tiffany Boyd opened the College World Series with a no-hitter over South Carolina and closed it with a 1-0 victory over Fresno State in the decisive game to give the Bruins the national title in Sunnyvale, California. Senior infielder Janice Parks led UCLA in nearly every offensive category in 1989 and earned All-America honors for the third consecutive season. It was outfielder Lorraine Maynez, though, who was the hitting star at the CWS, batting .588 with a record 10 hits and six runs scored. Co-Head coaches Sharron Backus and Sue Enquist's squad went 48-4 and won its fifth NCAA title in eight seasons. It was the second time the Bruins made it back-to-back championships.
1988
Freshman pitcher Lisa Longaker won a school-record 31 games, including a 3-0 shutout of Fresno State in the championship game of the College World Series in Sunnyvale, California. Longaker went 31-4 and also set a Bruins' mark for innings pitched (259.1) en route to earning the Honda Award as the nation's top collegiate softball player. Outfielder Lorraine Maynez, who hit .337 with 10 doubles and seven triples, and infielder Janice Parks, who hit .322 with 40 RBI, joined Longaker as All-America selections. UCLA went 53-8 while winning its fourth NCAA title in seven seasons.
1985
Catcher Janet Pinneau's single drove home Leslie Rover with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning and touched off a wild celebration as UCLA edged Nebraska 2-1 to win the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. It was the third NCAA title in four years for the Bruins, who finished the season 41-9. The championship also marked the end of the tenure of remarkable pitchers Debbie Doom and Tracy Compton, each of whom earned All-America honors for the fourth consecutive year. The two combined for a career record 159-29-3. Doom won the 1985 Honda Award as the nation's top collegiate softball player.
1984
Freshman outfielder Tricia Mang belted a 13th-inning home run to give the Bruins a 1-0 victory over Texas A&M in the final game of the 1984 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. UCLA avenged a loss to Texas A&M earlier in the series by winning a pair of 1-0 games on the final day to capture the title. Record-setting pitcher Debbie Doom won both games that day and finished the season with a record of 24-3-1 and a miniscule ERA of just 0.10. Mang, Doom, pitcher Tracy Compton and infielder Sheila Cornell earned All-America honors for the Bruins, who finished 45-6-1.
1982
Freshman pitcher Debbie Doom was dominant in the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, earning MVP honors and leading the Bruins to their first NCAA title in softball. Doom pitched every game in the CWS, winning five games and striking out 62 batters in 41.2 innings. She finished the season with an 11-2-2 record and an ERA of 0.31. Fellow freshman Tracy Compton was 10-2 with an ERA of 0.21. UCLA finished 33-7-2, shut out six of its seven opponents in the postseason and had a team ERA of 0.29. Shortstop Dot Richardson paced the hitters with a .328 average. Doom, Compton and Richardson all earned All-America honors.