Kenzie and the Wildcats give it their all, but run out of gas...

The Arizona Wildcats' freshman sensation Kenzie Fowler toed the rubber, went into her windup, and unleashed her 805th pitch in five days. The ball sailed inside and caught UCLA's B.B. Bates on her batting helmet. The softball caromed off of Bates and came to an abrupt stop in the glove of Wildcats' first baseman Lini Koria.

Fowler, physically and emotionally spent, walked off the field and into the dugout. Her work at the 2010 Women's College World Series was over. She did all she could, but time had finally run out on the Wildcats' hard-throwing hurler as UCLA expanded on its 2-0 lead and went on to a convincing 15-9 win to claim the Bruins' 11th NCAA title in Oklahoma City last night.

Fowler's first season in a Wildcats' uniform is over, but luckily for Arizona fans, she has three seasons left and will lead the talented Wildcats back to OKC in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Fowler's dream to pitch for her hometown Wildcats and compete in the NCAA finals in Oklahoma City is now a reality. And compete she did. Fowler has nothing to be ashamed of and neither do the Wildcats. They may have ended up second best at Oklahoma City this year, but if there ever was a team worthy of accolades for being runner-up...it would be the Arizona Wildcats Women's softball team of 2010.