2004 California Golden Bears softball team

2004 California Golden Bears softball
2004 California Golden Bears softball
NCAA Lincoln Regional champion
Women's College World Series, runner-up
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	53–13 (13–8 Pac-10)
Head coach	Diane Ninemire (17th season);
Home stadium	Levine-Fricke Field
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

Record53–13 (13–8 Pac-10)

Headcoach

2004 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Arizona ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	3	.850	55	–	6	.902
California ‍‍‍^y	13	–	8	.619	53	–	13	.803
Stanford ‍‍‍^y	13	–	8	.619	49	–	19	.721
UCLA ‍‍‍^y	12	–	8	.600	47	–	9	.839
Washington ‍‍‍^y	10	–	10	.500	40	–	19	.678
Oregon ‍‍‍^y	10	–	11	.476	42	–	21	.667
Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	4	–	17	.190	44	–	28	.611
Arizona State ‍‍‍	3	–	17	.150	33	–	31	.516

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2004^[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2004 California Golden Bears softball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2004 NCAA Division I softball season. The Golden Bears were coached by Diane Ninemire, who led her seventeenth season. The Golden Bears finished with a record of 53–13.

The Golden Bears were invited to the 2004 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, where they swept the NCAA Lincoln 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