California 6, Arizona 0

California won its first-ever national championship in softball. In fact, the championship was the first for a Golden Bear women's athletic program in school history.

The Golden Bears' six-run margin of victory was the second-largest in Women's College World Series championship game history (Arizona defeated UCLA, 10-2, in 1997).

California became the first Pac-10 team other than UCLA (eight championships) and Arizona (six) to win the softball national title.

Cal pitcher Jocelyn Forest, the tournament's most outstanding player, completed the WCWS with a 4-0 record, 0.50 earned run average and 33 strikeouts in 28.0 innings. Forest won all eight of her 2002 NCAA postseason appearances. Forest tossed her second one-hitter against the Wildcats this season (April 21 was the other).

Golden Bears' freshman Kaleo Eldridge committed the team's first error in seven games, dating back to a 1-0 victory against Fresno State on May 16 in the opening round of the team's NCAA regional. Today's error was only Eldridge's second of the year.

Arizona senior pitcher Jennie Finch gave up a season-high six runs. The six runs surrendered by the Wildcats also tied a season high (May 19 vs. DePaul) and were the most given up in one inning all season.

Arizona saw its seven-game winning streak in the Women's College World Series end.

The six runs given up by the Wildcats in the seventh inning were more than Arizona gave up in its last five WCWS games combined (two runs).

California was the only team to beat Arizona three times this year (3-1).

The Golden Bears set school records this year for wins (56), runs (302), walks (301) and putouts (1,533).

Arizona is now 6-4 in the WCWS title game.