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CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2008 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Softball Media Guide 3333 CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2007 SEASON IN REVIEW TOUGH SCHEDULE hitting streak (Mar. 3-Mar. 14). For her ca- reer Sutton scored 111 runs, logged 113 PROVES BENEFICIAL RBI, hit 16 home runs, and had a batting average of .276 in 244 games. She was a FOR YOUNG TEAM third round draft pick by the New England The California Golden Bear softball team Riptide of the National Professional finished the 2007 season with a 34-32 Fastpitch league and was a preseason top record and a 22nd consecutive berth to the 50 Player of the Year candidate. NCAA postseason. With the bid, Cal had the distinction of the longest active postseason streak in the Pac-10 and the second-longest streak in the nation. Ac- cording to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), Cal boasted the fourth-hardest strength of schedule in the nation’s No. 1-rated conference. With a squad that featured seven freshmen, the Bears also had eight wins against top 25 teams in 2007. Despite an up and down campaign, head coach Diane Ninemire guided the Cal program to a 34th consecu- tive winning season. Five players were named all-conference as well. Bernice Masaniai CAL HONORS Senior Alex Sutton headlined Cal’s all- conference selections after earning sec- ond-team honors, while Gina Leomiti, Bernice Masaniai, Christina Schallig and Vernae Sevilla landed honorable mention Vernae Sevilla nods on the 2007 Pac-10 all-conference teams. BEARS SHOW OFFENSIVE SPARK Cal set a school record with 49 home runs in 2007, eclipsing the previous mark of 46 set in 2004 … Cal also established new single-season team records in runs scored (322) and RBI (278) ... the Bears achieved a postseason record for most runs scored in a game (13) vs. Florida State on May 18 ... the regional win over Florida State also gave the Bears their ninth in their Alex Sutton last 10 opening regional games since 1998 ... Cal was 29-9 when scoring first, and 29- 5 when leading after four innings … the 18 runs scored by the Bears vs. Liberty on Mar. SUTTON ENJOYS BEST 23 were the most runs scored since 1993 when Cal defeated Stanford 22-2 ... the SEASON; LEAVES Head Coach Diane Ninemire Bears pounded out 71 hits from Mar. 9-14 BERKELEY IN STYLE ... also in that span, Cal produced 47 runs Alex Sutton enjoyed her finest season in and 42 RBI ... Cal had at least one home NINEMIRE NEARING a Golden Bear uniform in 2007. The Mor- run from Mar. 9-15, a span of seven straight gan Hill product was a second-team All- games … Cal had a season-high 18 hits 900 WINS Pac-10 choice, as well as a Pac-10 Player vs. Baylor on Mar. 14 ... Cal equaled its high- Head coach Diane Ninemire logged ca- of the Week honoree. She finished her se- est RBI output (14) vs. Liberty on Mar. 23 ... reer victory No. 889 after Cal’s win over nior campaign with a .306 batting average Cal recorded a season-high seven stolen Florida State in the NCAA Regional last with career-highs (for a single-season) of bases vs. Liberty on Mar. 23 ... Cal scored season. Since Ninemire’s tenure at Cal, 37 runs, 12 home runs, 47 RBI and 13 a total of 101 runs in the first two innings 34 All-America, 80 all-region, and 134 all- doubles in all 66 games. She logged 17 (51 in the first and 50 in the second) and conference certificates have been issued multi-hit games and boasted a ten-game 71 total runs in the third inning. to Golden Bear athletes. 34 2008 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Softball Media Guide CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2007 HONORS ALEX SUTTON GINA LEOMITI BERNICE MASANIAI All-Pac-10 (2nd team) All-Pac-10 (honorable mention) All-Pac-10 (honorable mention) CHRISTINA SCHALLIG VERNAE SEVILLA All-Pac-10 (honorable mention) All-Pac-10 (honorable mention) 2008 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Softball Media Guide 35 CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2007 FINAL STATISTICS RECORD: 34-32 HOME: 8-8 AWAY: 8-10 NEUTRAL: 18-14 PAC-10: 7-14 BATTING Player AVGGP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% Leomiti, Gina .354 57-45 147 25 52 11 1 5 30 80 .544 16 2 24 .422 1 2 1-1 49 2 0 1.000 Schallig, Christina .339 66-66 186 39 63 10 0 5 41 88 .473 35 2 33 .442 3 1 5-5 342 38 4 .990 Sutton, Alex .306 66-66 196 37 60 13 0 12 47 109 .556 26 9 46 .406 3 0 4-7 67 4 1 .987 Masaniai, Bernice .289 63-63 180 36 52 7 0 10 35 89 .494 21 3 36 .373 0 2 2-4 67 11 2 .975 Racklin, Erika .280 65-61 186 39 52 0 2 0 7 56 .301 5 1 52 .302 0 15 18-20 82 1 5 .943 Winger, Carly .260 36-15 50 9 13 0 0 2 6 19 .380 3 0 12 .302 0 2 0-0 51 16 1 .985 Siegel, Morgan .244 40-35 86 33 21 1 0 0 4 22 .256 29 1 26 .440 0 3 13-16 30 3 3 .917 Vickers, Katie .244 66-66 201 19 49 6 1 3 37 66 .328 8 1 21 .275 1 4 2-2 54 103 5 .969 Sevilla, Vernae .241 61-59 158 14 38 7 0 3 23 54 .342 14 2 32 .309 1 2 1-1 121 91 9 .959 Meyer, Julie .240 62-55 150 27 36 9 2 8 24 73 .487 11 2 39 .297 2 1 2-3 279 16 3 .990 Kelly, Taylor .211 51-49 109 17 23 3 1 1 15 31 .284 23 0 38 .346 1 3 5-5 66 92 17 .903 Houston, Shannon.207 53-8 29 22 6 0 0 0 5 6 .207 4 0 11 .303 0 1 12-16 17 7 0 1.000 Moore, Jessica .190 20-5 21 4 4 0 0 0 2 4 .190 2 0 4 .261 0 0 0-1 4 8 1 .923 LaRosa, Brittany .167 4-1 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 .333 0 0 3 .167 0 0 0-0 9 27 1 .973 Totals .276 66-66 1705 322 470 68 7 49 278 699 .410 197 23 377 .356 12 36 65-81 1254 486 56 .969 Opponents .288 66-66 1673 300 482 88 9 39 263 705 .421 213 29 300 .375 17 49 90-102 1264 520 91 .951 LOB - Team (389), Opp (428). DPs turned – Team (15), Opp (32). CI – Team (0), Opp (1). IBB – Team (3), Schallig 3, Opp (2) PITCHING Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg W P HBP BK SFA SHA Frankiewicz, L. 3.39 18-16 48 34 15 2/1 1 208.1 217 118 101 95 200 39 7 25 799 .272 24 13 3 11 24 Drewrey, M. 4.36 11-8 40 23 5 1/2 3 123.2 148 95 77 74 71 24 0 3 506 .292 19 13 1 2 17 LaRosa, B. 6.19 5-8 35 9 2 2/1 1 86.0 117 87 76 44 29 25 2 11 368 .318 17 3 0 4 8 Totals 4.25 34-32 66 66 22 7/2 5 418.0 482 300 254 213 300 88 9 39 1673 .288 60 29 4 17 49 Opponents 4.34 32-34 66 66 32 9/1 1 421.1 470 322 261 197 377 68 7 49 1705 .276 37 23 0 12 36 PB - Team (15), Winger 6, Meyer 6, Masaniai 3, Opp (11). SBA/ATT – Meyer (59-67), Frankiewicz (38-43), Drewrey (35-39), Masaniai (25-28), LaRosa (17-20), Winger (6-7). USA TODAY/NFCA TOP 25 FINAL POLL ESPN.COM/USA SOFTBALL COLLEGIATE TOP 25 (June 20, 2007) FINAL POLL (June 8, 2007) Rank Team Record Points Rank Team Record Points 1 Arizona 50-14-1 600 1 Arizona 50-14-1 500 2 Tennessee 63-8 576 2 Tennessee 63-8 480 3 Washington 42-19 544 3 Washington 42-19 457 4 Northwestern 52-13 532 4 Northwestern 52-13 443 5 Baylor 51-16 478 5 Baylor 51-16 415 6 DePaul 47-13 477 6 DePaul 47-13 393 7 Texas A&M 46-14 467 7 Arizona State 54-17 376 8 Arizona State 54-17 447 8 Texas A&M 46-14 369 9 Alabama 55-10 375 9 Oklahoma 55-8 322 10 LSU 55-12 374 10 LSU 55-12 310 11 Oklahoma 55-8 363 11 Alabama 55-10 306 12 Hawaii 50-13 331 12 Michigan 47-13 290 13 Michigan 47-13 327 13 Hawaii 50-13 265 14 Florida 50-22 272 14 Virginia Tech 49-16 197 15 Oregon State 41-23 188 15 Florida 50-22 179 16 CS Fullerton 38-23 171 16 Georgia Tech 54-16 164 17 Virginia Tech 49-16 158 17 Oregon State 41-23 152 18 UCLA 37-18 152 18 UCLA 37-18 122 19 Georgia Tech 54-16 147 19 Missouri 40-24 118 20 Stanford 35-21-1 116 20 CS Fullerton 38-23 117 21 South Carolina 38-26 113 21 Stanford 25-21-1 113 22 Oregon 44-19 109 22 Ohio State 40-18 99 23 Ohio State 40-18 86 23 Oregon 44-19 95 24 Texas 35-20 83 24 South Carolina 38-26 75 t25 Fresno State 47-18 63 25 Fresno State 47-18 56 t25 Missouri 40-24 63 36 2008 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Softball Media Guide CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2007 FINAL RESULTS Date Opposing team Score R H E/R H E Inns Overall Pac-10 Pitcher of record %2-9-07 Kansas W 8-0 8 10 0/0 2 1 5 1-0-0 0-0-0 LaRosa (1-0) %2-9-07 at San Diego State W 6-1 6 8 0/1 6 6 7 2-0-0 0-0-0 Frankiewicz (1-0) %2-10-07 Massachusetts L 0-1 0 4 1/1 2 1 7 2-1-0 0-0-0 Drewrey (0-1) %2-10-07 UCSB W 2-0 2 5 1/0 4 3 7 3-1-0 0-0-0 LaRosa (2-0) 2-14-07 San Jose State W 9-1 9 6 0/1 3 3 5 4-1-0 0-0-0 Frankiewicz (2-0) !2-16-07 Mississippi State L 0-9 0 1 1/9 11 1 6 4-2-0 0-0-0 LaRosa (2-1) !2-17-07 Colorado State L 0-2 0 3 0/2 6 0 7 4-3-0 0-0-0 Frankiewicz (2-1) !2-17-07 Northwestern L 1-10 1 0 2/10 10 3 6 4-4-0 0-0-0 Drewrey (0-2) !2-18-07 Utah State W 13-1 13 12 2/1 2 2 5 5-4-0 0-0-0 Drewrey (1-2) !2-18-07 Florida International W 12-4 12 11 2/4 3 4 5 6-4-0 0-0-0 LaRosa (3-1) 2-20-07 St.