2000 UCLA Bruins baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 2000 UCLA Bruins baseball UCLA Bruins logo.svg 150 UCLA logo written in blue and gold script Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 38–26 17–7 Gary Adams Jackie Robinson Stadium Pacific-10 regular season champions Baton Rouge Super Regional vs. LSU 0–2 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.http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/062700aab.html 2000 results UCLA June 6, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120829162935/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/062700aab.html 2012-08-29 dead With a 17–7 conference record, UCLA shared the Pacific-10 Conference Championship with Arizona and Stanford.http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052100aaa.html Bruin Baseball Falls To Stanford 17–11, But Ends Season As Co-Pac-10 Champions UCLA June 6, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120829162940/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052100aaa.html 2012-08-29 dead 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.http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052800aaa.html UCLA Regional Champions!! June 6, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120829162946/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052800aaa.html 2012-08-29 dead 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.http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/060300aaa.html Baseball Eliminated From NCAA Super Regional UCLA June 6, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120829162955/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/060300aaa.html 2012-08-29 dead 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.http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060600aaa.html UCLA Sets NCAA Record With 12 Players Selected In Major League Draft UCLA June 6, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120829163001/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060600aaa.html 2012-08-29 dead Schedule UCLA Bruins 2 white 2000 UCLA Bruins baseball game log: 38–26 ! style="UCLA Bruins 2 white" | Regular season: 35-24 |- valign="top" y UCLA Bruins 2; February (7–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 3 || at Hawaii || No. 4 || Rainbow Stadium || W 15–3 || M. Kunes (1–0) || R. Ho (1–2) || None || 2,145 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 4 || at Hawaii || No. 4 || Rainbow Stadium || W 10–3 || J. Brandt (1–0) || R. Snider (1–2) || None || 2,421 || 2–0 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 5 || at Hawaii || No. 4 || Rainbow Stadium || W 9–3 || J. Karp (1–0) || C. Giannetti (0–2) || None || 2,340 || 3–0 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 11 || at UNLV || No. 4 || Earl Wilson Stadium || L 5–21 || J. Maruffi (1–1) || J. Brandt (1–1) || None || 407 || 4–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 12 || at UNLV || No. 4 || Earl Wilson Stadium || W 10–1 || J. Karp (2–0) || G. Pupo (0–1) || None || 594 || 5–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 15 || at Loyola Marymount || No. 2 || Page Stadium || L 4–5 || B. Felton (2–0) || C. Cislak (0–1) || None || 448 || 6–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 22 || Pepperdine || No. 15 || Jackie Robinson Stadium || W 11–7 || K. Jerkens (1–0) || G. Ramirez (0–2) || None || 292 || 7–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | February 27 || at No. 16 USC || No. 15 || Dedeaux Field || colspan=8 | Postponed |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 || – |- y UCLA Bruins 2; March (11–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | March 8 || San Diego || || Jackie Robinson Stadium || colspan=8 | Postponed |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 10 || Bradley || || Jackie Robinson Stadium || W 14–4 || R. Henkel (2–1) || D. Hoffman (0–2) || P. Diaz (1) || 256 || 8–10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 11 || Bradley || || Jackie Robinson Stadium || W 9–8 || J. Brandt (2–3) || M. Baker (1–2) || None || 352 || 9–10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 12 || Bradley || || Jackie Robinson Stadium || W 12–4 || B. Roe (2–2) || C. Hawkins (1–1) || None || 397 || 10–10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 14 || San Diego State || || Jackie Robinson Stadium || W 7–6 || R. Carter (1–0) || R. Ring (1–2) || None || 202 || 11–10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 17 || Harvard || || Jackie Robinson Stadium || W 9–2 || R. Henkel (3–1) || J. Nyweide (0–1) || None || 275 || 12–10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 18 || Harvard || || Jackie Robinson Stadium || W 5–4 || J. Brandt (3–3) || D. Lennon (0–1) || None || 536 || 13–10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 18 || Harvard || || Jackie Robinson Stadium || W 10–3 || B. Roe (3–2) || J. Birtwell (0–1) || R. Carter (1) || 536 || 14–10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 25 || Washington || || Jackie Robinson Stadium || W 2–1 || R. Henkel (4–1) || M. Massingale (2–2) || None || 429 || 15–10 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 26 || Washington || || Jackie Robinson Stadium || L 6–7 || M. Gardner (1–1) || J. Brandt (3–4) || None || 545 || 15–11 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 27 || Washington || || Jackie Robinson Stadium || W 12–5 || B. Roe (4–2) || J. Carlsen (3–1) || None || 244 || 16–11 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 29 || at San Diego || || John Cunningham Stadium || W 11–9 || J. Brandt (4–4) || M. Oseguera (0–2) || None || 317 || 17–11 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- y UCLA Bruins 2; April (11–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 4 || Loyola Marymount || No. 25 || Jackie Robinson Stadium || L 12–23 || J. Abreu (1–0) || M. Kunes (1–1) || None || 348 || 20–12 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 15 || at Cal State Northridge || No. 15 || Matador Field || L 2–7 || B. Murphy (–) || B. Roe (5–3) || None || – || 24–14 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 24 || San Diego || No. 28 || Jackie Robinson Stadium || L 1–10 || K. Gray (3–2) || C. Cislak (0–5)|| None || 215 || 25–19 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- y UCLA Bruins 2; May (7–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 |- ! style="UCLA Bruins 2 white" | Postseason: 3–2 |- valign="top" y UCLA Bruins 2; Oklahoma City Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 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 |- y UCLA Bruins 2; Baton Rouge Super Regional (0–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 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. Player Position Round Overall MLB teamChase Utley2B1st15thPhiladelphia PhilliesRob Henkel 3rd71stFlorida MarlinsGarrett Atkins 5th137thColorado RockiesBill Scott 8th231stMilwaukee BrewersRyan Carter 8th235thPhiladelphia PhilliesForrest Johnson 13th378thDetroit TigersCharles Merricks 17th497thColorado RockiesChad Cislak 19th576thCleveland IndiansNick Lyon 20th586thTampa Bay Devil RaysRyan Hamill 25th743rdSt. Louis CardinalsBrian Baron 46th1348thMinnesota TwinsFreddie Mitchell 50th1441stChicago White Sox 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.Former Baseball Coach Art Reichle Passes Away (https://archive.today/20130624221442/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052500aaa.html Archived 2013-07-02), UCLABruins.com, May 25, 2000. Accessed 2013-06-23. 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