2004 NCAA Division I softball season

2004 NCAA Division I softball season
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	UCLA (11th (12th overall) title)
Runners-up	California (9th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Sue Enquist (7th title)
WCWS MOP	Kristin Schmidt (LSU)
Seasons

The 2004 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in January 2004. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2004 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 2004 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on May 31, 2004.

Conference standings

2004 Big 12 Conference softball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 14 Nebraska ‍†‍‡‍y 14 – 3 – 0   .824 45 – 17 – 0   .726 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 13 – 3 – 0   .813 33 – 22 – 0   .600 Missouri ‍‍‍y 13 – 4 – 0   .765 29 – 26 – 0   .527 No. 18 Baylor ‍‍‍y 11 – 6 – 0   .647 48 – 17 – 0   .738 No. 6 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 11 – 7 – 0   .611 45 – 22 – 1   .669 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 7 – 10 – 0   .412 27 – 28 – 0   .491 Kansas ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389 33 – 28 – 1   .540 Texas ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 24 – 25 – 0   .490 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 3 – 13 – 0   .188 13 – 31 – 0   .295 Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 2 – 16 – 0   .111 22 – 36 – 0   .379 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA

2004 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings 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 Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 2004 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 27 to May 31, 2004 in Oklahoma City.

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	6	Michigan	2
	3	LSU	313
						2	UCLA	2
						3	LSU	0
	7	Stanford	2
	2	UCLA	8
											2	UCLA	312	—
											7	Stanford	1	—
	7	Stanford	5
	6	Michigan	4
						1	Oklahoma	2
						7	Stanford	3
																	5	California	1
																	2	UCLA	3
	8	Washington	2
	1	Oklahoma	6
						1	Oklahoma	1
						5	California	28
	5	California	4
	4	Florida State	2
											3	LSU	4	1
											5	California	1	4
	4	Florida State	2
	8	Washington	0
						3	LSU	2
						4	Florida State	1