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OKLAHOMA CITY -- In 1982, Dot Richardson powered UCLA to college softball's first national championship. Those Bruins launched the Pac-10's domination of the sport. UCLA or Arizona won every national title from 1988 to 1997 until another West Coast power, Fresno State, finally snapped the streak. Cal, Arizona State and Washington later added national championships to the Pac-10's trophy case.
"There was a dominance in the Pac-10 that ignited the growth of softball," Richardson, a shortstop for the Bruins named NCAA Player of the Decade for the 1980s, said.