1997 Arizona Wildcats softball team

1997 Arizona Wildcats softball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record61–5 (26–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumRita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 1 Arizona  ‍†‍‍y 26 – 1 – 0   .963 61 – 5 – 0   .924
No. 2 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 21 – 7 – 0   .750 49 – 14 – 0   .778
No. 4 Washington  ‍‍‍y 16 – 11 – 0   .593 50 – 19 – 0   .725
No. 11 California  ‍‍‍y 13 – 14 – 0   .481 36 – 26 – 0   .581
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18 – 0   .357 31 – 27 – 0   .534
No. 23 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 9 – 19 – 0   .321 32 – 25 – 0   .561
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19 – 0   .321 24 – 35 – 0   .407
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21 – 0   .222 29 – 34 – 1   .461
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 31, 1997[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today


The 1997 Arizona Wildcats softball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1997 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wildcats were coached by Mike Candrea, who led his twelfth season. The Wildcats finished with a record of 61–5. They played their home games at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 26–1 record.

The Wildcats were invited to the 1997 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 fifth NCAA Women's College World Series Championship.[2]

  1. ^ 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 52. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  2. ^ 2019 Softball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved February 2, 2020.