2003 California Golden Bears softball team

2003 California Golden Bears softball
2003 California Golden Bears softball
NCAA Ann Arbor Regional champion
Women's College World Series, runner-up
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	49–20 (10–11 Pac-10)
Head coach	Diane Ninemire (16th season);
Home stadium	Levine-Fricke Field
	Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

Record49–20 (10–11 Pac-10)

Headcoach

2003 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 3 Arizona ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	2	–	0	.905	54	–	5	–	0	.915
No. 1 UCLA ‍‍‍^y	17	–	4	–	0	.810	54	–	7	–	0	.885
No. 2 California ‍‍‍^y	10	–	11	–	0	.476	49	–	20	–	0	.710
No. 16 Oregon ‍‍‍^y	10	–	11	–	0	.476	37	–	19	–	0	.661
No. 6 Washington ‍‍‍^y	9	–	12	–	0	.429	46	–	14	–	1	.762
No. 23 Stanford ‍‍‍^y	7	–	14	–	0	.333	41	–	26	–	0	.612
No. 20 Arizona State ‍‍‍^y	7	–	14	–	0	.333	32	–	35	–	0	.478
Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	5	–	16	–	0	.238	36	–	31	–	0	.537

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2003^[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2003 California Golden Bears softball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2003 NCAA Division I softball season. The Golden Bears were coached by Diane Ninemire, who led her sixteenth season. The Golden Bears finished with a record of 49–20.

The Golden Bears were invited to the 2003 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, where they swept the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional and then completed a run to the title game of the Women's College World Series where they fell to champion UCLA.^[2]

v t e California Golden Bears softball
Venues	Hearst Field (1972–198?) Strawberry Field (198?–1994) Levine-Fricke Field (1995–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

Schedule

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
NFCA/USA Today	3	4	6	8	7	6	7	7	6	10	9	9	2