The 2001 Arizona Wildcats softball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2001 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wildcats were coached by Mike Candrea, who led his seventeenth season. The Wildcats finished with a record of 65–4. They played their home games at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 19–2 record.

The Wildcats were invited to the 2001 NCAA Division I softball tournament, where they swept the West Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their sixth NCAA Women's College World Series Championship.

Roster 2001 Arizona Wildcats roster Pitchers 0 – Becky Lemke – senior 2 – Teresa Demeter – senior 15 – Jenny Gladding – freshman 27 – Jennie Finch – junior 31 – Kim Balkan – freshman

Catchers 42 – Lindsey Collins – senior 52 – Mackenzie Vandergeest – freshmanInfielders 8 – Lisha Ribellia – sophomore 9 – Leneah Manuma – freshman 20 – Candace Abrams – freshman 24 – Lauren Bauer – senior 25 – Allison Andrade – senior 32 – Toni Mascarenas – senior Outfielders 4 – Nicole Giordano – senior 7 – Erika Hanson – senior

Schedule Legend Arizona win Arizona loss * Non-Conference game

2001 Arizona Wildcats softball game logRegular seasonFebruary Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Feb 2 vs * No. 3 USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL W 5–0 1–0 Feb 2 vs * No. 3 USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL W 8–05 2–0 Feb 3 vs * No. 3 USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL W 6–0 3–0 Feb 3 at * No. 3 USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL W 5–0 4–0 Feb 9 vs * No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–0 5–0 Feb 9 vs No. 24 * No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 14–0 6–0 Feb 10 vs No. 8 * No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 10–0 7–0 Feb 10 vs No. 12 * No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–4 8–0 Feb 11 vs No. 18 * No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–0 9–0 Feb 11 vs * No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–0 10–0 Feb 16 * No. 3 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 29–05 11–0 Feb 16 * No. 3 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 7–0 12–0 Feb 17 * No. 3 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12–15 13–0 Feb 17 * No. 3 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–16 14–0 Feb 18 * No. 3 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–05 15–0 Feb 23 * No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–0 16–0 Feb 23 * No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11–35 17–0 Feb 24 * No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 13–15 18–0 Feb 24 * No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8–05 19–0 Feb 25 Florida* No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–0 20–0 Feb 27 * No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10–05 21–0 Feb 28 Western Michigan* No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–05 22–0 March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Mar 2 No. 23 * No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8–05 23–0 Mar 2 * No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–06 24–0 Mar 3 * No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12–05 25–0 Mar 3 Western Michigan* No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12–05 26–0 Mar 3 No. 5 * No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6–2 27–0 Mar 6 Creighton* No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 3–0 28–0 Mar 13 at * No. 2 San Diego, CA W 9–05 29–0 Mar 13 at San Diego* No. 2 San Diego, CA W 8–06 30–0 Mar 14 at * No. 2 San Diego, CA W 3–0 31–0 Mar 15 vs * No. 2 Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA L 3–4 31–1 Mar 15 vs * No. 2 Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA W 10–05 32–1 Mar 16 vs * No. 2 Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA W 6–0 33–1 Mar 17 vs Texas* No. 2 Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA L 1–2 33–2 Mar 17 vs * No. 2 Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA W 6–1 34–2 Mar 23 * No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8–3 35–2 Mar 24 Utah* No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10–26 36–2 Mar 30 at No. 2 Howe Field • Eugene, OR W 11–1 37–2 1–0April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Apr 1 at No. 15 No. 2 Oregon State Softball Complex • Corvallis, OR W 5–0 38–2 2–0 Apr 6 at No. 14 No. 2 Husky Softball Stadium • Seattle, WA L 0–1 38–3 2–1 Apr 7 at No. 1 UCLA No. 2 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 4–0 39–3 3–1 Apr 8 at No. 1 UCLA No. 2 Easton Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 0–3 39–4 3–2 Apr 13 No. 8 No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 3–011 40–4 4–2 Apr 14 No. 8 Arizona State No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4–39 41–4 5–2 Apr 18 No. 15 * No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–1 42–4 Apr 18 No. 15 Fresno State* No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8–7 43–4 Apr 20 No. 3 No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 7–0 44–4 6–2 Apr 22 No. 4 No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 2–18 45–4 7–2 Apr 22 No. 4 California No. 2 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 2–1 46–4 8–2 Apr 25 at No. 9 Arizona State No. 1 Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 5–0 47–4 9–2 Apr 27 No. 14 Oregon State No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 1–0 48–4 10–2 Apr 27 No. 14 Oregon State No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 7–1 49–4 11–2 Apr 28 Oregon No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8–06 50–4 12–2 Apr 29 Oregon No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6–1 51–4 13–2May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record May 4 at No. 5 California No. 1 Levine-Fricke Field • Berkeley, CA W 5–0 52–4 14–2 May 5 at No. 3 Stanford No. 1 Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA W 8–1 53–4 15–2 May 6 at No. 3 Stanford No. 1 Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA W 5–315 54–4 16–2 May 11 No. 2 UCLA No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4–0 55–4 17–2 May 12 No. 12 Washington No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–1 56–4 18–2 May 12 No. 12 Washington No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–05 57–4 19–2Postseason Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 17 No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 4–2 58–4 1–0 May 18 No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8–06 59–4 2–0 May 19 No. 10 No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–4 60–4 3–0 May 20 No. 19 No. 1 Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6–2 61–4 4–0 Date Opponent Rank (Seed) Site/stadium Score Overall record WCWS Record May 24 (8) California No. 1 (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 3–2 62–4 1–0 May 25 (5) Oklahoma No. 1 (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 5–4 63–4 2–0 May 27 (4) Stanford No. 1 (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 1–0 64–4 3–0 May 28 (2) UCLA No. 1 (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 1–0 65–4 4–0

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