1998 Arizona Wildcats softball team

1998 Arizona Wildcats softball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record67–4 (27–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Arizona  ‍†‍‍y 27 – 1   .964 67 – 4   .944
No. 3 Washington  ‍‍‍y 19 – 9   .679 52 – 15   .776
No. 12 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 17 – 11   .607 41 – 18   .695
No. 22 California  ‍‍‍y 12 – 14   .462 35 – 27   .565
No. 20 Oregon  ‍‍‍y 10 – 18   .357 40 – 31   .563
No. 15 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 9 – 19   .321 38 – 27   .585
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 8 – 18   .308 18 – 27   .400
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20   .286 27 – 28   .491
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today


The 1998 Arizona Wildcats softball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1998 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wildcats were coached by Mike Candrea, who led his thirteenth season. The Wildcats finished with a record of 67–4. They competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 27–1 record.

The Wildcats were invited to the 1998 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 Fresno State.[2]

  1. ^ 2020 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 52. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  2. ^ 2022 Softball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved July 3, 2022.