2002 Arizona Wildcats softball team

2002 Arizona Wildcats softball
NCAA Regional champion
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record55–12 (15–6 Pac-10)
Head coach
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UCLA  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 3   .857 55 – 9   .859
Arizona  ‍‍‍y 15 – 6   .714 55 – 12   .821
Washington  ‍‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 46 – 18   .719
California  ‍‍‍y 12 – 9   .571 56 – 19   .747
Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 10 – 11   .476 46 – 20   .697
Stanford  ‍‍‍y 7 – 14   .333 44 – 20   .688
Oregon State  ‍‍‍y 7 – 14   .333 40 – 25   .615
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 2 – 19   .095 24 – 30   .444
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll


The 2002 Arizona Wildcats softball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2002 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wildcats were coached by Mike Candrea, who led his seventeenth season. The Wildcats finished with a record of 55–12. They competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished second with a 15–6 record.

The Wildcats were invited to the 2002 NCAA Division I softball tournament, where they won their Regional and then completed a run to the title game of the Women's College World Series where they fell to champion California.[2]

  1. ^ 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 52. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  2. ^ 2022 Softball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved November 8, 2022.