2000 UCLA Bruins baseball team

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.

2000 UCLA Bruins baseball
Pacific-10 Regular Season Champions
Baton Rouge Super Regional vs. LSU, L, 2–8, 8–14
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
2000 record38–26 (17–7 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumJackie Robinson Stadium
2000 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Stanford  ‍†‍‍y 17–7 .708  50–16 .758
No. 12 Arizona State  ‍†‍‍y 17–7 .708  44–15 .746
No. 16 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y 17–7 .708  38–26 .594
No. 5 USC  ‍‍‍y 16–8 .667  44–20 .688
California  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  25–28 .472
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .375  28–27 .509
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .333  26–30 .464
Washington  ‍‍‍ 7–17 .292  26–30 .464
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .250  20–36 .357
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of March 31, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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
Regular Season
February (7–8)
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Pac-10 Record
1February 3HawaiiRainbow Stadium15–3M. Kunes (1–0)R. Ho (1–2)None2,1451–0–
2February 4HawaiiRainbow Stadium10–3J. Brandt (1–0)R. Snider (1–2)None2,4212–0–
3February 5HawaiiRainbow Stadium9–3J. Karp (1–0)C. Giannetti (0–2)None2,3403–0–
4February 9UC Santa BarbaraJackie Robinson Stadium17–4B. Roe (1–0)B. Cain (2–1)None4454–0–
5February 11UNLVEarl Wilson Stadium5–21J. Maruffi (1–1)J. Brandt (1–1)None4074–1–
6February 12UNLVEarl Wilson Stadium10–1J. Karp (2–0)G. Pupo (0–1)None5945–1–
7February 13UNLVEarl Wilson Stadium6–5R. Henkel (1–0)L. Anderson (1–2)C. Cislak (1)5816–1–
8February 15Loyola MarymountPage Stadium4–5B. Felton (2–0)C. Cislak (0–1)None4486–2–
9February 18North CarolinaJackie Robinson Stadium13–176–3–
10February 19North CarolinaJackie Robinson Stadium4–66–4–
11February 20North CarolinaJackie Robinson Stadium11–126–5–
12February 22PepperdineJackie Robinson Stadium11–77–5–
13February 25USCDedeaux Field7–107–60–1
14February 26USCDedeaux Field3–47–70–2
–February 27USCDedeaux FieldPostponed7–70–2
15February 29San Diego StateTony Gwynn Stadium8–9R. Shortell (2–0)C. Cislak (0–3)None4857–80–2
Postseason
Oklahoma City Regional (3–0)
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
60May 26DelawareSouthwestern Bell Bricktown Ball Park13–12B. Roe (7–5)V. Sage (4–3)None2,58436–241–0
61May 27OklahomaSouthwestern Bell Bricktown Ball Park10–5J. Karp (10–1)L. Cuellar (3–3)J. Brandt (1)4,86537–242–0
62May 28OklahomaSouthwestern Bell Bricktown Ball Park11–3R. Carter (3–1)A. Mix (10–2)None4,14438–243–0
Baton Rouge Super Regional (0–2)
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
63June 2LSUAlex Box Stadium2–8B. Tallet (14–3)R. Henkel (6–4)None7,62438–253–1
64June 3LSUAlex Box Stadium8–14B. Brian (6–2)J. Karp (10–2)W. Guidry (7)7,66738–263–2

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]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Chase Utley2B1st15thPhiladelphia Phillies
Rob Henkel3rd71stFlorida Marlins
Garrett Atkins5th137thColorado Rockies
Bill Scott8th231stMilwaukee Brewers
Ryan Carter8th235thPhiladelphia Phillies
Forrest Johnson13th378thDetroit Tigers
Charles Merricks17th497thColorado Rockies
Chad Cislak19th576thCleveland Indians
Nick Lyon20th586thTampa Bay Devil Rays
Ryan Hamill25th743rdSt. Louis Cardinals
Brian Baron46th1348thMinnesota Twins
Freddie Mitchell50th1441stChicago White Sox

Notes
  • May 23, 2000 – Former baseball coach Art Reichle died at 86. He played football, rugby and baseball at UCLA from 1934–36 and coached for more than 30 years. His players included Jackie Robinson and Chris Chambliss.[7]

References
  1. http://www.pac-12.org/portals/7/images/history/baseball/pac-10-history.pdf
  2. "2000 results". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  3. "Bruin Baseball Falls To Stanford 17–11, But Ends Season As Co-Pac-10 Champions". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  4. "Regional Champions!!". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  5. "Baseball Eliminated From NCAA Super Regional". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  6. "UCLA Sets NCAA Record With 12 Players Selected In Major League Draft". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  7. Former Baseball Coach Art Reichle Passes Away (Archived 2013-07-02), UCLABruins.com, May 25, 2000. Accessed 2013-06-23. Archived 2013-07-02.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.