Author: Dan Pfeffer

1990 held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 23-27.

Champion – UCLA Bruins (62-7)
Runner Up – Fresno State Bulldogs (29-7)

This year was the first WCWS held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City and it has been the host ever since except for 1998 when it was run at the site of the Olympics.

The Bruins quickly dispatched of Northern Iowa in Regional play and won their first four contests at the initial Women’s College World Series to be played in Oklahoma City. For the third straight season, Fresno State stood in the way of UCLA and a national championship. Attempting to avenge their previous two losses, the Bulldogs won a 1-0, elimination game against the Bruins to force a winner-take-all final.

UCLA jumped out to an early 1-0 lead with a first-inning run when Shanna Flynn scored on a wild pitch. Then in the third inning, a downpour caused the game to be suspended and resume the following afternoon.

The Bruins came out the next day and immediately tacked on an insurance run in the bottom of the third when Kerry Dienelt drove in Michelle Montgomery. Compton took care of the rest, one-hitting the Bulldogs to finish off the three-peat.

Dienelt, Fernandez, Flynn, Gutierrez and Longaker were all named to the All-Tournament Team.

• Batting Leader – Missy Phillips, UCLA – .467
• RBI Leader – Kim Harris, UNLV – 4
• RBI Leader – Yvonne Gutierrez, UCLA – 4
• Home Run Leader – 6 tied at 1.
• ERA Leader – 3 tied at 0.00. Marcie Green, Fresno State; Dena Carter, Oklahoma State; Lisa Longaker, UCLA
• Strikeout Leader – Marcie Green, Fresno State – 15

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

P – Lisa Longaker, UCLA
P – Marcie Green, Fresno State
C – Shannon Kimberling, Oklahoma State
1B – Kerry Dienelt, UCLA
2B – Dawn Lange, Oklahoma State
3B – Lisa Fernandez, UCLA
SS – Martha Noffsinger, Fresno State
OF – Shanna Flynn, UCLA
OF – Yvonne Gutierrez, UCLA
OF – Leslie Barton, Florida State
AL – Julie Smith, Fresno State
AL – Debbie DeJohn, Florida State

SCORES

1. UCLA 4 Kent State 0
2. Long Beach State 2 UNLV 0
3. Oklahoma State 3 Arizona 0
4. Florida State 1 Fresno State 0
5. UNLV 5 Kent State 0 – Kent State eliminated
6. Fresno State 1 Arizona 0 – Arizona eliminated
7. UCLA 6 Long Beach State 0
8. Oklahoma State 4 Florida State 1
9. Florida State 4 UNLV 1 – UNLV eliminated
10. Fresno State 2 Long Beach State 0 – Long Beach State eliminated
11. UCLA 2 Oklahoma State 1
12. UCLA 3 Florida State 0 – Florida State eliminated
13. Fresno State 1 Oklahoma State 0 (10 inn.) – Oklahoma State eliminated
14. Fresno State 1 UCLA 0
15. UCLA 2 Fresno State 0 – Fresno State eliminated

FINAL STANDINGS

1. UCLA Bruins (5-1)
2. Fresno State Bulldogs (4-2)
3. Oklahoma State Cowgirls (2-2)
4. Florida State Seminoles (2-2)
5t. Long Beach State 49ers (1-2)
5t. UNLV Rebels (1-2)
7t. Arizona Wildcats (0-2)
7t. Kent State Golden Flashes (0-2)

REGIONALS

Regional No. 1

1. UCLA 2 Northern Iowa 0
2. UCLA 4 Northern Iowa 0

UCLA qualifies for the WCWS, 2-0.

Regional No. 2

1. Fresno State 11 Creighton 1 (6 inn.)
2. Fresno State 2 Creighton 1

Fresno State qualifies for the WCWS, 2-0.

Regional No. 3

1. Arizona State 1 Arizona 0
2. Arizona 1 Arizona State 0
3. Arizona 9 Arizona State 5

Arizona qualifies for the WCWS, 2-1.

Regional No. 4

1. Cal State Fullerton 3 Long Beach State 2 (8 inn.)
2. Long Beach State 4 Cal State Fullerton 0
3. Cal State Fullerton 2 Long Beach State 1 (16 inn.)

Cal State Fullerton qualifies for the WCWS, 2-1.

Regional No. 5

1. UNLV 2 San Jose State 1
2. California 2 San Jose State 1 – San Jose State eliminated
3. UNLV 1 California 0
4. California 1 UNLV 0
5. UNLV 1 California 0 – California eliminated

UNLV qualifies for the WCWS, 3-1.

Regional No. 6

1. Adelphi 1 Connecticut 0 (20 inn.)
2. Oklahoma State 5 Connecticut 0 – Connecticut eliminated
3. Oklahoma State 1 Adelphi 0
4. Oklahoma State 3 Adelphi 0 – Adelphi eliminated

Oklahoma State qualifies for the WCWS, 3-0.

Regional No. 7

1. Florida State 5 Texas A&M 0
2. Southwestern Louisiana 1 Texas A&M 0 – Texas A&M eliminated
3. Florida State 4 Southwestern Louisiana 3
4. Florida State 2 Southwestern Louisiana 1 (10 inn.) – Southwestern Louisiana eliminated

Florida State qualifies for the WCWS, 3-0.

Regional No. 8

1. Kent State 4 Ohio State 0
2. Ohio State 2 Oregon 0
3. Kent State 3 Oregon 0 – Oregon eliminated
4. Kent State 5 Ohio State 3 – Ohio State eliminated

Kent State qualifies for the WCWS, 3-0.

1990 UCLA Bruins

This picture is of ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City from 1992. In 1990 it looked much like this and has seen many changes in and upgrades in its history.

REGULAR SEASON INFORMATION

• Honda Sports Award – Lisa Fernandez, UCLA (11-1, 0.25 ERA, 51 K, .310 BA, 1 HR 22 RBI)

ALL-AMERICAN FIRST TEAM

P – Lisa Longaker, UCLA
P – Stefni Whitton, Southwestern Louisiana
P – Michele Granger, California
C – Diane Pohl, Iowa
1B – Rhonda King-Randolph, Toledo
2B – Julie Smith, Fresno State
3B – Camille Spitaleri, Kansas
SS – Martha Noffsinger, Fresno State
OF – Yvonne Gutierrez, UCLA
OF – Vivian Holm, Arizona
OF – Charmelle Green, Utah
UTIL – Lisa Fernandez, UCLA
AL – Michelle Delloso, South Carolina

ALL-AMERICAN SECOND TEAM

P – Carie Dever, Fresno State
P – Ann Van Dortrecht, Cal State Fullerton
P – Mary Letourneau, Long Beach State
C – Shelly Stokes, Fresno State
1B – Julie Cavanaugh, Oregon
2B – Tricia Reimche, UNLV
3B – Joy Tiner, Cal State Fullerton
SS – Vicki Bartolucci, Connecticut
OF – Pauline Maurice, Kent State
OF – Tricia Popowski, South Carolina
OF – Pam Stanley, Central Michigan
UTIL – Julie Jones, Arizona
AL – Kim Braatz, New Mexico
AT – Ann Rowman, Arizona State