1993 UCLA Bruins softball team explained

Sport:	softball
Year:	1993
Team:	UCLA Bruins
Logo Alt:	UCLA logo written in blue and gold script
Conference:	Pacific-10 Conference
Short Conf:	Pac-10
Record:	50–5
Conf Record:	25–1
Head Coach:	Sharron Backus (19th season) & Sue Enquist (5th season)
Stadium:	Sunset Field
Champion:	Pac-10 champion NCAA Northwest Regional champion
Tourney:	Women's College World Series
Tourney Result:	runner-up

The 1993 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1993 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bruins were coached by Sharron Backus, who led her nineteenth season and Sue Enquist, in her fifth season, in an uncommonly used co-head coach system. The Bruins played their home games at Sunset Field and finished with a record of 50–5. They competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 25–1 record.

The Bruins were invited to the 1993 NCAA Division I softball tournament, where they swept the Regional and then completed a run to the title game of the Women's College World Series where they fell to champion Arizona.^[1]

Personnel

Coaches

Schedule

Legend
	UCLA win
	UCLA loss
	Non-Conference game

1993 UCLA Bruins Softball Game Log
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Feb 11 L 1–2 0–1 Feb 11 Cal State Northridge* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 7–2^6 1–1 Feb 13 at * Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 1–0^9 2–1 Feb 13 at Fresno State* Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 2–1^6 3–1 Feb 19 vs * Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 3–1 4–1 Feb 19 vs * Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 1–0 5–1 Feb 20 vs Fresno State* Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 4–0 6–1 Feb 21 vs * Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 7–0 7–1 Feb 21 vs * Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 3–0 8–1 Feb 26 vs * Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 5–0 9–1 Feb 26 vs Cal State Northridge* Tempe, AZ (Arizona State Coke Classic) W 6–0 10–1
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Mar 4 Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 11–1 Mar 4 UC Santa Barbara* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 3–0 12–1 Mar 6 at * L 0–1 12–2 Mar 6 at Cal Poly Pomona* Pomona, CA W 10–0^6 13–2 Mar 13 at W 16–0^5 14–2 1–0 Mar 13 at Oregon State Corvallis, OR W 7–1 15–2 2–0 Mar 18 Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 5–1 16–2 Mar 18 DePaul* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 7–0 17–2 Mar 21 Oregon State Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 11–1^6 18–2 3–0 Mar 21 Oregon State Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 4–0 19–2 4–0 Mar 29 Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 3–0 20–2 5–0 Mar 29 Oregon Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 2–1 21–2 6–0
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Apr 3 at Tempe, AZ W 3–0 22–2 7–0 Apr 3 at Arizona State Tempe, AZ W 6–0 23–2 8–0 Apr 4 L 0–2 23–3 8–1 Apr 4 at Arizona Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–1 24–3 9–1 Apr 9 Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 12–0^5 25–3 10–1 Apr 9 Stanford Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 21–0^5 26–3 11–1 Apr 10 Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0^11 27–3 12–1 Apr 10 California Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 5–0 28–3 13–1 Apr 13 Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 29–3 Apr 13 Long Beach State* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 2–0 30–3 Apr 16 at W 1–0 31–3 14–1 Apr 16 at Washington Hidden Valley Park • Bellevue, WA W 10–2 32–3 15–1 Apr 18 at Washington Hidden Valley Park • Bellevue, WA W 3–0 33–3 16–1 Apr 18 at Washington Hidden Valley Park • Bellevue, WA W 4–0 34–3 17–1 Apr 24 Arizona State Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 9–0 35–3 18–1 Apr 24 Arizona State Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 36–3 19–1 Apr 25 Arizona Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 37–3 20–1 Apr 25 Arizona Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 6–5 38–3 21–1 Apr 28 Cal Poly Pomona* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 2–0 39–3 Apr 28 Cal Poly Pomona* Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 7–2 40–3
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record May 1 at California W 2–0 41–3 22–1 May 1 at California Hearst Field • Berkeley, CA W 4–1 42–3 23–1 May 2 at Stanford W 17–0^5 43–3 24–1 May 2 at Stanford Stanford, CA W 19–0^5 44–3 25–1
Post-season
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 21 Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 2–1^10 45–3 1–0 May 22 Cal State Fullerton Sunset Field • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 46–3 2–0
Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Overall record WCWS Record May 27 (1) W 3–0 47–3 1–0 May 29 (4) Oklahoma State (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 0–1^13 47–4 1–1 May 29 (2) Cal State Northridge (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 2–0 48–4 2–1 May 30 (4) Oklahoma State (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 5–0 49–4 4–0 May 31 (7) (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 1–0 50–4 4–1 May 31 (3) Arizona (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 0–1 50–5 4–2

Notes and References

1. Book: 2022 Softball Information Guide: Yearly Results. UCLA Bruins. February 16, 2022.
2. Web site: 2022 Softball Information Guide: Letterwinners. UCLA Bruins. February 16, 2022.