American college baseball season
The 2000 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season . The team played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium . The Bruins finished the season with a 38–26 overall record.[ 2] With a 17–7 conference record, UCLA shared the Pacific-10 Conference Championship with Arizona and Stanford .[ 3] The team qualified for the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament , and were seeded #1 in the Oklahoma City Regional. The Bruins beat Delaware and Oklahoma to reach the regional finals. UCLA again played the Oklahoma Sooners in the finals, and beat them 11–3 to advance to the Baton Rouge Super Regionals.[ 4] The Bruins faced the LSU Tigers , who were the #1 seed from the Baton Rouge Regional. UCLA lost the first game of the series 2–8, and lost the second game 8–14.[ 5] LSU went on to win the 2000 College World Series , and never lost a game in the entire tournament.
UCLA set the NCAA record for most players drafted from a university in a single season when 12 players were picked in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft .[ 6]
Schedule
2000 UCLA Bruins Baseball Game Log: 38–26
Regular Season: 35-24
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall record
Pac-10 Record
February 3
at Hawaii
No. 4
Rainbow Stadium
W 15–3
M. Kunes (1–0)
R. Ho (1–2)
None
2,145
1–0
–
February 4
at Hawaii
No. 4
Rainbow Stadium
W 10–3
J. Brandt (1–0)
R. Snider (1–2)
None
2,421
2–0
–
February 5
at Hawaii
No. 4
Rainbow Stadium
W 9–3
J. Karp (1–0)
C. Giannetti (0–2)
None
2,340
3–0
–
February 9
UC Santa Barbara
No. 4
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 17–4
B. Roe (1–0)
B. Cain (2–1)
None
445
4–0
–
February 11
at UNLV
No. 4
Earl Wilson Stadium
L 5–21
J. Maruffi (1–1)
J. Brandt (1–1)
None
407
4–1
–
February 12
at UNLV
No. 4
Earl Wilson Stadium
W 10–1
J. Karp (2–0)
G. Pupo (0–1)
None
594
5–1
–
February 13
at UNLV
No. 4
Earl Wilson Stadium
W 6–5
R. Henkel (1–0)
L. Anderson (1–2)
C. Cislak (1)
581
6–1
–
February 15
at Loyola Marymount
No. 2
Page Stadium
L 4–5
B. Felton (2–0)
C. Cislak (0–1)
None
448
6–2
–
February 18
No. 9 North Carolina
No. 2
Jackie Robinson Stadium
L 13–17
B.J. Finnerty (1–0)
C. Cislak (0–2)
None
247
6–3
–
February 19
No. 9 North Carolina
No. 2
Jackie Robinson Stadium
L 4–6
E. Henderson (1–0)
J. Karp (2–1)
DePriest (2)
531
6–4
–
February 20
No. 9 North Carolina
No. 2
Jackie Robinson Stadium
L 11–12
S. Autrey (2–0)
R. Henkel (1–1)
None
348
6–5
–
February 22
Pepperdine
No. 15
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 11–7
K. Jerkens (1–0)
G. Ramirez (0–2)
None
292
7–5
–
February 25
at No. 16 USC
No. 15
Dedeaux Field
L 7–10
M. Prior (3–1)
J. Brandt (1–2)
Montrenes (1)
634
7–6
–
February 26
at No. 16 USC
No. 15
Dedeaux Field
L 3–4
T. Petke (1–0)
B. Roe (1–1)
None
1,021
7–7
–
February 27
at No. 16 USC
No. 15
Dedeaux Field
Postponed
February 29
at San Diego State
No. 24
Tony Gwynn Stadium
L 8–9
R. Shortell (2–0)
C. Cislak (0–3)
None
485
7–8
–
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall record
Pac-10 Record
March 1
at No. 17 Long Beach State
No. 24
Blair Field
L 1–6
J. Leuenberger (1–0)
J. Brandt (1–3)
None
1,025
7–9
–
March 7
at No. 7 Cal State Fullerton
Goodwin Field
L 5–17
J. Smith (3–1)
B. Roe (1–2)
None
717
7–10
–
March 8
San Diego
Jackie Robinson Stadium
Postponed
March 10
Bradley
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 14–4
R. Henkel (2–1)
D. Hoffman (0–2)
P. Diaz (1)
256
8–10
–
March 11
Bradley
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 9–8
J. Brandt (2–3)
M. Baker (1–2)
None
352
9–10
–
March 12
Bradley
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 12–4
B. Roe (2–2)
C. Hawkins (1–1)
None
397
10–10
–
March 14
San Diego State
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 7–6
R. Carter (1–0)
R. Ring (1–2)
None
202
11–10
–
March 17
Harvard
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 9–2
R. Henkel (3–1)
J. Nyweide (0–1)
None
275
12–10
–
March 18
Harvard
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 5–4
J. Brandt (3–3)
D. Lennon (0–1)
None
536
13–10
–
March 18
Harvard
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 10–3
B. Roe (3–2)
J. Birtwell (0–1)
R. Carter (1)
536
14–10
–
March 25
Washington
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 2–1
R. Henkel (4–1)
M. Massingale (2–2)
None
429
15–10
1–0
March 26
Washington
Jackie Robinson Stadium
L 6–7
M. Gardner (1–1)
J. Brandt (3–4)
None
545
15–11
1–1
March 27
Washington
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 12–5
B. Roe (4–2)
J. Carlsen (3–1)
None
244
16–11
2–1
March 29
at San Diego
John Cunningham Stadium
W 11–9
J. Brandt (4–4)
M. Oseguera (0–2)
None
317
17–11
–
March 31
at Oregon State
Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
W 3–1
R. Henkel (5–1)
S. Nicholson (4–4)
None
824
18–11
3–1
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall record
Pac-10 Record
April 1
at Oregon State
Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
W 18–10
J. Karp (3–1)
T. Johnson (2–2)
None
1,152
19–11
4–1
April 2
at Oregon State
Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
W 9–5
R. Carter (2–0)
M. Newell (3–3)
None
955
20–11
5–1
April 4
Loyola Marymount
No. 25
Jackie Robinson Stadium
L 12–23
J. Abreu (1–0)
M. Kunes (1–1)
None
348
20–12
–
April 7
No. 10 USC
No. 25
Jackie Robinson Stadium
L 1–5
R. Currier (8–2)
R. Henkel (5–2)
None
885
20–13
5–2
April 8
No. 10 USC
No. 25
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 15–5
J. Karp (4–1)
A. Reyes (3–4)
None
851
21–13
6–2
April 9
No. 10 USC
No. 25
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 8–5
B. Roe (5–2)
M. Prior (7–3)
R. Carter (2)
1,403
22–13
7–2
April 11
at UC Santa Barbara
No. 15
Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
W 10–2
M. Kunes (2–1)
J. Gonzales (2–1)
None
212
23–13
–
April 14
Cal State Northridge
No. 15
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 10–5
J. Karp (5–1)
A. Davidson (3–4)
R. Carter (3)
389
24–13
–
April 15
at Cal State Northridge
No. 15
Matador Field
L 2–7
B. Murphy (–)
B. Roe (5–3)
None
–
24–14
–
April 16
Cal State Northridge
No. 15
Jackie Robinson Stadium
L 9–12
S. Busby (1–0)
K. Jerkens (1–1)
None
531
24–15
–
April 18
at No. 22 USC
No. 19
Dedeaux Field
L 2–6
R. Flores (2–1)
C. Cislak (0–4)
T. Petke (3)
292
24–16
–
April 20
at No. 3 Arizona State
No. 19
Packard Stadium
L 8–10
T. Johnson (1–0)
J. Brandt (4–5)
E. Doble (7)
3,011
24–17
7–3
April 21
at No. 3 Arizona State
No. 19
Packard Stadium
W 13–3
J. Karp (6–1)
C. Pennington (7–2)
None
3,194
25–17
8–3
April 22
at No. 3 Arizona State
No. 19
Packard Stadium
L 3–18
J. Liebeck (1–0)
B. Roe (5–4)
None
3,719
25–18
8–4
April 24
San Diego
No. 28
Jackie Robinson Stadium
L 1–10
K. Gray (3–2)
C. Cislak (0–5)
None
215
25–19
–
April 25
No. 17 Cal State Fullerton
No. 28
Jackie Robinson Stadium
L 3–8
R. Corona (2–3)
M. Kunes (2–2)
None
341
25–20
–
April 28
at Washington State
No. 28
Bailey–Brayton Field
W 14–10
K. Jerkens (2–1)
L. McTavish (0–1)
None
472
26–20
9–4
April 29
at Washington State
No. 28
Bailey–Brayton Field
W 13–2
J. Karp (7–1)
T. Meldahl (2–6)
M. Kunes (1)
587
27–20
10–4
April 30
at Washington State
No. 28
Bailey–Brayton Field
W 14–1
B. Roe (6–4)
R. Rivard (0–5)
None
436
28–20
11–4
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall record
Pac-10 Record
May 2
at Pepperdine
No. 27
Eddy D. Field Stadium
L 6–7
N. Lowry (5–2)
S. Arrasmith (0–1)
D. Katz (4)
227
28–21
–
May 5
California
No. 27
Jackie Robinson Stadium
L 7–13
D. Cash (8–4)
R. Carter (2–1)
None
435
28–22
11–5
May 6
California
No. 27
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 18–7
J. Karp (8–1)
J. Shirley (2–4)
P. Diaz (2)
463
29–22
12–5
May 7
California
No. 27
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 8–7
J. Brandt (5–5)
T. Hutchinson (4–4)
None
552
30–22
13–5
May 9
Long Beach State
No. 29
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 17–6
M. Kunes (3–2)
C. Bentz (0–2)
None
266
31–22
–
May 13
Arizona
No. 29
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 5–3
J. Karp (9–1)
B. Diggins (9–4)
R. Carter (4)
581
32–22
14–5
May 14
Arizona
No. 29
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 10–0
R. Henkel (6–2)
R. Shabansky (3–5)
None
507
33–22
15–5
May 15
Arizona
No. 22
Jackie Robinson Stadium
W 8–5
J. Brandt (6–5)
M. Meyer (1–3)
None
448
34–22
16–5
May 19
at No. 2 Stanford
No. 22
Sunken Diamond
W 10–9
J. Brandt (7–5)
J. Bruksch (4–4)
None
4,020
35–22
17–5
May 20
at No. 2 Stanford
No. 22
Sunken Diamond
L 3–19
J. Wayne (12–3)
R. Henkel (6–3)
None
2,537
35–23
17–6
May 21
at No. 2 Stanford
No. 22
Sunken Diamond
L 11–17
T. Cunningham (5–1)
B. Roe (6–5)
None
2,601
35–24
17–7
Postseason: 3–2
Oklahoma City Regional (3–0)
Date
Opponent
Seed/Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall record
NCAAT Record
May 26
vs. (4) Delaware
(1) No. 22
Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ball Park
W 13–12
B. Roe (7–5)
V. Sage (4–3)
None
2,584
36–24
1–0
May 27
vs. (2) No. 29 Oklahoma
(1) No. 22
Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ball Park
W 10–5
J. Karp (10–1)
L. Cuellar (3–3)
J. Brandt (1)
4,865
37–24
2–0
May 28
vs. (2) No. 29 Oklahoma
(1) No. 22
Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ball Park
W 11–3
R. Carter (3–1)
A. Mix (10–2)
None
4,144
38–24
3–0
Baton Rouge Super Regional (0–2)
Date
Opponent
Seed/Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall record
NCAAT Record
63
June 2
at (2) No. 4 LSU
No. 14
Alex Box Stadium
L 2–8
B. Tallet (14–3)
R. Henkel (6–4)
None
7,624
38–25
3–1
64
June 3
at (2) No. 4 LSU
No. 14
Alex Box Stadium
L 8–14
B. Brian (6–2)
J. Karp (10–2)
W. Guidry (7)
7,667
38–26
3–2
UCLA Bruins in the 2000 MLB Draft The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft .[ 6]
Notes May 23, 2000 – Former baseball coach Art Reichle died at 86. He played football, rugby and baseball at UCLA from 1934 to 1936 and coached for more than 30 years. His players included Jackie Robinson and Chris Chambliss .[ 7]
References
^ http://www.pac-12.org/portals/7/images/history/baseball/pac-10-history.pdf
^ "2000 results" . UCLA. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2011 .
^ "Bruin Baseball Falls To Stanford 17–11, But Ends Season As Co-Pac-10 Champions" . UCLA. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2011 .
^ "Regional Champions!!" . UCLA. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2011 .
^ "Baseball Eliminated From NCAA Super Regional" . UCLA. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2011 .
^ a b "UCLA Sets NCAA Record With 12 Players Selected In Major League Draft" . UCLA. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2011 .
^ Former Baseball Coach Art Reichle Passes Away (Archived 2013-07-02), UCLABruins.com , May 25, 2000. Accessed 2013-06-23.
Venues Rivalries People Seasons National Championships in bold ; College World Series appearances in italics