2004 NCAA Division I softball tournament

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2004 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions	UCLA (11th (12th overall) title)
Runner-up	California (10th WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Sue Enquist (6th title)
MOP	Kristin Schmidt (LSU)
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The 2004 NCAA Division I softball tournament was the twenty-third annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 2004, sixty-four Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of eight teams, each in a double elimination format. The 2004 Women's College World Series was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 27 through May 31 and marked the conclusion of the 2004 NCAA Division I softball season. UCLA won their eleventh NCAA championship and twelfth overall by defeating California 3–1 in the final game. LSU pitcher Kristin Schmidt was named Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player.

Qualifying

Main article: 2004 NCAA Division I softball season

Regionals

Regional No. 1 (Tucson, AZ)


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final				Final



Northwestern	8

UC Santa Barbara	1
		Northwestern	0

		Oklahoma	8
Oklahoma	5

Temple	0
				Oklahoma	3

				Arizona	2
Louisiana–Lafayette	1

South Carolina	0
		Louisiana–Lafayette	0

		Arizona	4
Arizona	2

Centenary	1							Oklahoma	4	15

								Louisiana–Lafayette	12	0

Lower round 1		Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



		Louisiana–Lafayette	8

UC Santa Barbara	0	Temple	1			Arizona	0

Temple	3			Louisiana–Lafayette	3	Louisiana–Lafayette	5

				Northwestern	0

		Northwestern	5

South Carolina	8	South Carolina	3

Centenary	3

Regional No. 2 (Los Angeles, CA)


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final				Final



Cornell	2

Long Beach State	1
		Cornell	0

		Alabama	10
Alabama	4

Central Michigan	2
				Alabama	2

				UCLA	5
Louisville	1

Missouri	0
		Louisville	0

		UCLA	2
UCLA	8

Mississippi Valley State	0							UCLA	7	—

								Alabama	0	—

Lower round 1		Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



		Louisville	2

Long Beach State	3	Long Beach State	3			Alabama	7

Central Michigan	2			Long Beach State	5	Long Beach State	6

				Mississippi Valley State	0

		Cornell	3

Missouri	3	Mississippi Valley State	6

Mississippi Valley State	4

Regional No. 3 (Waco, TX)


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final				Final



Baylor	1

North Carolina	0
		Baylor	5

		Illinois	0
Illinois	3

UTSA	0
				Baylor	3

				LSU	7
Seton Hall	4

Houston	2
		Seton Hall	0

		LSU	3
LSU	4

Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	0							LSU	4	—

								Illinois	1	—

Lower round 1		Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



		Seton Hall	1

North Carolina	4	North Carolina	0			Baylor	0

UTSA	0			Seton Hall	0	Illinois	4

				Illinois	2

		Illinois	3

Houston	1	Houston	2

Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	0

Regional No. 4 (Tallahassee, FL)


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final				Final



South Florida	2

Ohio State	0
		South Florida	0

		Oregon	12
Oregon	1

Bethune–Cookman	0
				Oregon	4

				Florida State	5
Cal State Northridge	2

Florida	1
		Cal State Northridge	0

		Florida State	1
Florida State	4

LIU Brooklyn	0							Florida State	0	2

								Oregon	1	0

Lower round 1		Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



		Cal State Northridge	4

Ohio State	2	Ohio State	2			Oregon	2

Bethune–Cookman	0			Cal State Northridge	3	South Florida	1

				South Florida	7

		South Florida	8

Florida	4	Florida	1

LIU Brooklyn	0

Regional No. 5 (Lincoln, NE)


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final				Final



Creighton	6

Florida Atlantic	2
		Creighton	0

		Nebraska	2
Nebraska	6

Lehigh	0
				Nebraska	0

				California	2
Mississippi State	2

Iowa	1
		Mississippi State	1

		California	2
California	4

Maine	0							California	2	—

								Nebraska	0	—

Lower round 1		Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



		Mississippi State	0

Florida Atlantic	3	Florida Atlantic	1			Nebraska	3

Lehigh	0			Florida Atlantic	0	Creighton	1

				Creighton	1

		Creighton	8

Iowa	2	Iowa	4

Maine	0

Regional No. 6 (Ann Arbor, MI)


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final				Final



Oregon State	7

Bowling Green	0
		Oregon State	4

		Tennessee	0
Tennessee	10

UIC	0
				Oregon State	0

				Michigan	3
Notre Dame	8

DePaul	6
		Notre Dame	0

		Michigan	1
Michigan	6

Canisius	3							Michigan	0	5

								Oregon State	1	2

Lower round 1		Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



		Notre Dame	1

Bowling Green	1	UIC	2			Oregon State	6

UIC	2			UIC	6	UIC	5

				Tennessee	5

		Tennessee	4

DePaul	8	DePaul	0

Canisius	0

Regional No. 7 (Stanford, CA)


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final				Final



Southern Illinois	2

Fresno State	0
		Southern Illinois	0

		Hofstra	1
Hofstra	1

Auburn	0
				Hofstra	1

				Stanford	7
Pacific	10

Southern Miss	2
		Pacific	2

		Stanford	7
Stanford	1

Utah	0							Stanford	0	3

								Hofstra	1	1

Lower round 1		Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



		Pacific	6

Fresno State	3	Fresno State	1			Hofstra	3

Auburn	1			Pacific	0	Southern Illinois	1

				Southern Illinois	1

		Southern Illinois	4

Southern Miss	13	Southern Miss	1

Utah	5

Regional No. 8 (Athens, GA)


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final				Final



Georgia Tech	1

UMass	0
		Georgia Tech	3

		Georgia	2
Georgia	10

Eastern Kentucky	0
				Georgia Tech	0

				Washington	2
Michigan State	5

Texas A&M	1
		Michigan State	8

		Washington	12
Washington	4

Chattanooga	1							Washington	3	—

								Georgia	1	—

Lower round 1		Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



		Michigan State	13

UMass	4	UMass	2			Georgia Tech	1

Eastern Kentucky	1			Michigan State	1	Georgia	9

				Georgia	9

		Georgia	5

Texas A&M	6	Texas A&M	1

Chattanooga	0

Women's College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record	Head coach	WCWS appearances† (Including 2004 WCWS)
California	Pac-10	50-11	Diane Ninemire	9
Florida State	ACC	61-9	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

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

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
5/28/2004	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	Kristen Dedmon (PH)	1-1 2RBIs
California	Jessica Pamanian (2B)	1-3 RBI

School	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF
UCLA	Keira Goerl (W)	7.0	7	1	1	3	4	27	31
California	Kelly Anderson (L)	5.0	1	3	3	1	5	16	18
California	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
2nd Base	Jessica Pamanian	Junior	California
Shortstop	Lauren Lappin	Sophomore	Stanford
Shortstop	Jodie Legaspi	Freshman	UCLA
3rd Base	Vicky Galindo	Junior	California
Outfield	Lisa Dodd	Freshman	UCLA
Outfield	Camille Harris	Sophomore	LSU
Most Outstanding Player	Kristin Schmidt	Senior	LSU

Notes

The NCAA Record Book shows 2004 as UCLA's tenth championship, as their 1995 title was vacated.

References

2017 WCWS Records: 2000s Brackets/Rosters/Stats (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
2017 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
2017 WCWS Records: All-Time Tournament Records and Results (PDF). NCAA. p. 10. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
Swan, Lance (May 17, 2004). "NFCA | National Fastpitch Coaches Association". nfca.org. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
"2004 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 14". Ncaa.org. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

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