TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona had one hit, a first-inning RBI single from Leah O'Brien, enough for first-team All-American Susie Parra, who threw a two-hit shutout of top-ranked UCLA to win Arizona's second NCAA title in three years. 
 

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May 31, 1993: #3 Arizona 1, #1 UCLA 0
 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
UCLA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	2	2
Arizona	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	-	1	1	1

WP: Susie Parra (28-3) • LP: Lisa Fernandez (33-3) 
 

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Arizona used one well-timed hit, a @leah20usa first-inning RBI single, and a @escalady11 shutout to take down top-ranked UCLA and win its second championship in three years! pic.twitter.com/xZ0NGCsyoC

— Arizona Softball (@ArizonaSoftball) May 31, 2020

The Wildcats nearly defend their first conference championship (16-2 in 1992), yet again come through with a solid post-season run to win the bigger title.

The power-hitting Wildcats win the NCAA home run title with 36 round-trippers in their 52 games, and run production leads the way to a 44-8 season and a 15-3 record for second place in the Pac-10. Pitching was not a problem either, as junior Susie Parra sparkled with a 28-3 record, 3 saves and an outstanding earned run average of 0.63. Freshman Leah O'Brien added a 16-5 mark. Catcher Jody (Miller) Pruitt held opponents to 6 stolen bases, the Cats hit a then school-record .328 as a team. Sophomore Laura Espinoza hit the scene in a big way with 12 home runs and Amy Chellevold led a solid group of hitters with a .379 batting average.

The Cats opened the year 22-2 to earn the school's first No. 1 ranking and Arizona later proved it was an accurate peg with an NCAA title-game victory over another No. 1-ranked team, UCLA.

Chellevold and O'Brien (.374) put their names atop the UA single-season batting chart at the time. 

 

1993 ROSTER
 

#	Name	Year	Position	Hometown (Last School)
1	Susie ParraAA1, AC1	Jr.	P	Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral H.S.)
4	Michelle Martinez	Jr.	C	Tucson, Ariz. (Pima C.C.)
5	Susie Duarte	Jr.	3B	Tucson, Ariz. (Pueblo H.S.)
7	Valerie Zepeda	Jr.	OF	Tucson, Ariz. (Pima C.C.)
8	Krista Gomez	Fr.	INF/OF	Sylmar, Calif. (Alemany Hills H.S.)
10	Renee Rosas	Sr.	OF/C	Yuma, Ariz. (Kofa H.S.)
11	Lisa Guise	Sr.	OF	Santa Maria, Calif. (Righetti H.S.)
13	Amy ChellevoldAA2, AC1	So.	IB	Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Thousand Oaks H.S.)
15	Jody Miller-PruittAA2, AC2	Sr.	C	Phoenix, Ariz. (Moon Valley H.S.)
16	Jenny DaltonAC1	Fr.	INF	Valencia, Calif. (Glendale H.S.)
20	Leah O'BrienAC1	Fr.	P/OF	Chino, Calif. (Don Lugo H.S.)
23	Stacy Redondo	Sr.	OF	Tucson, Ariz. (Cholla H.S.)
24	Jamie HeggenAA1, AC1	Sr.	OF	Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Moorpark J.C.)
30	Laura EspinozaAA2, AC1	So.	SS	Wilmington, Calif. (Banning H.S.)
HC:	Mike Candrea (8th season)
AC:	Larry Ray (8th season)
AC:	Bill Barth (2nd season)