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2005 Stanford Softball Release #15 — May 24, 2005 (43-14, 13-8 Pac-10) Date Opponent Time/Result 2/4 Santa Clara^ W, 9-0 (5) Stanford Softball 2/5 Santa Clara^ W, 19-4 (5) Pacific^ W, 5-0 Friday, May 27 #11 Tennessee 7 p.m. 2/6 Pacific^ L, 3-4 2/12 DePaul% W, 18-0 (5) Saturday, May 28 #11 Tennessee 1 p.m. Kentucky% W, 14-3 (5) Saturday, May 28 #11 Tennessee (if necess.) 3:30 p.m. 2/13 #21 Long Beach State% W, 3-1 2/19 Hofstra! W, 6-0 Jacksonville! W, 2-1 Cardinal Host Tennessee In NCAA Super Regional: The 2/20 Seton Hall! W, 4-1 fourth-ranked Stanford softball team (43-14, 13-8 Pac-10), seeded sixth South Florida! W, 6-4 nationally, host #11 Tennessee (59-13), seeded 11th nationally, May 27- 2/21 FAMU! W, 8-0 (5) 2/25 UC Davis$ W,8-0 (5) 28, at Boyd and Jill Smith Family Stadium. The winner of the best two- Texas Tech$ W, 8-4 of-three series will advance to the College World Series in Oklahoma 2/26 Auburn$ W, 9-0 (5) City, Okla. UAB$ W, 5-4 2/27 Sacramento State$ W, 6-1 3/5 Boston College& W, 8-0 (5) The Cardinal are making their eighth consecutive NCAA postseason Northwestern& L, 1-6 appearance in 2005. Last year, Stanford finished tied for third at the 3/6 CS Fullerton& W, 6-4 3/20 Princeton@ L, 0-2 Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In the pre- Utah@ W, 6-0 vious four seasons, the team has been to the WCWS two times. 3/24 Hawaii~ W, 4-2 (8) St. Mary's~ W, 7-0 3/25 Northwestern~ L, 2-7 The winners of each regional site advanced to eight Super Regionals Illinois~ W, 3-1 where the winners will play a best of a three-game series. The remaining 3/26 UNLV~ W, 3-0 eight teams will advance to the WCWS, an eight-team, double- 3/28 #23 Fresno State L, 1-4 3/28 #23 Fresno State W, 14-0 (5) elimination tournament. The Championship final also is different this 4/1 #2 Arizona* L, 2-4 year, with the two teams playing a best-of-three series. 4/2 #18 Arizona State* W, 2-1 4/3 #18 Arizona State* L, 0-2 4/6 San Jose State W, 2-0 NCAA Regional Recap: Stanford opened NCAA postseason play 4/9 #20 Washington* W, 6-3 with a 9-0 win over Robert Morris in six innings then picked up a 9-1 4/10 #20 Washington* W, 4-3 victory over #22 Southern Illinois on Saturday afternoon ... The Cardinal 4/15 #10 Oregon State* W, 3-0 4/16 #25 Oregon * W, 9-5 capped off the weekend with a 3-2 victory over host-Missouri to advance 4/17 #25 Oregon* W, 17-7 to an NCAA Super Regional ... Michelle Smith hit .667 (6-for-9) for the 4/20 Sacramento State L, 2-3 (11) weekend with four RBI while Leah Nelson had a 4-for-9 effort (.444) with Sacramento State W, 16-1 (5) 4/22 #2 California* W, 6-4 seven RBI (including three homeruns) ... Becky McCullough went 3-0 in 4/23 #2 California* W, 2-1 the circle for the Cardinal with a 1.17 ERA and 13 strikeouts ... Stanford 4/24 #2 California* L, 0-1 outscored their opponents 21-3 in three games, hitting .369 as a team 4/26 St. Mary's W, 7-0 4/29 #24 Washington* L, 4-6 for the weekend. 4/30 # 10 UCLA* W, 7-5 5/1 vs. #10 UCLA L, 0-8 (5) Pac-10 Champs!: The Stanford women’s softball team grabbed a 5/1 #10 UCLA* W, 5-3 5/6 #25 Oregon* W, 5-1 share of the 2005 Pac-10 title. It is the first Pac-10 title for the Cardinal 5/7 #6 Oregon State* L, 0-1 (9) in the history of the program. Stanford ended the regular season with a 5/8 #6 Oregon State* W, 6-4 40-14 overall record, 13-8 in league play. The 13 wins ties a Cardinal re- 5/12 Arizona State* W, 3-0 5/13 #3 Arizona* L, 0-1 cord set last year for most conference wins in a single season. Stanford 5/14 #3 Arizona* L, 2-3 shares the Pac-10 title with Arizona, California and Oregon State who all 5/20 vs. Robert Morris+ W, 9-0 (6) ended league play with a 13-8 record. 5/21 vs. #22 Southern Illinois+ W, 9-1 5/22 at #16 Missouri+ W, 3-2 5/27 #11 Tennessee< 7 p.m. About Tennessee: The 11th-ranked Volunteers (59-13) are 5/28 #11 Tennessee< 1 p.m. coached by Ralph and Karen Weekly ... The team is led by Lindsay 6/2-8 College World Series TBA Schutzler (.397, 95 H, 65 R) and Kristi Durant (.396, 82 H, 73 RBI) ... In Home Games at Smith Family Stadium * Pac-10 game; (dh) indicates doubleheader the circle, Monica Abbott leads the pitching staff with a 0.54 ERA, 42-7 + NCAA Regional - Columbia, MO; < - NCAA Super Regional record and 524 strikeouts ... Tennessee is hitting .320 on the year with a - Stanford, CA; ^ Stanford Classic - Stanford, CA; % Stanford Invitational - Stanford, CA; $ Stanford Invite2 - Stanford, CA; ! 0.85 team ERA and .982 fielding percentage ... Stanford is 3-0 against USF Tournament - Tampa, FL; $Worth Invite - Fullerton, CA; &Stanford Round Robin; ~Stanford Tournament - Stanford, CA; the Volunteers lifetime ... The last meeting between the two teams came ESPN.com/USA Softball in 2000 at the Campbell Cartier Classic (2/18) as the Cardinal won 9-0. Top 25 Poll (May 17, 2005) Smith Digs The Long Ball: Freshman Michelle Smith (Agoura Pl. School Pts. Hills, CA) has 19 homeruns on the year, which breaks the previous sin- gle-season record of 14 held by former All-American and current USA 1. Michigan 500 Softball team member, Jessica Mendoza (2001 and 2002). Smith’s 19 2. California 475 homers is tied for first in the Pac-10 (with Washington's Kristen Rivera) 3. Arizona 453 and she ranks in the top five in homeruns per game nationally. Her 54 4. Stanford 418 RBI this season ranks fourth for a single season and needs just one 5. Texas A&M 399 more to move into a tie for third (Jessica Allister, 2004, 54 RBI). Smith Texas 399 has been named Pac-10 Player of the Week three times during the '05 6. Oregon State 363 season - more than any other conference player. 7. Alabama 340 7. Georgia 339 An Eye On "40": With 43 victories in 2005 the Cardinal have 8. Baylor 332 notched their eighth consecutive 40-win season. The single-season 10. Oklahoma 317 record for victories on The Farm is 54 in 2001. Stanford tallied 49 wins 12. UCLA 290 in 2004. 13. Tennessee 261 Lappin Lights It Up Offensively: Junior shortstop Lauren Lap- 14. Louisiana Lafayette 228 pin (Anahiem, CA), an alternate on the 2004 U.S. Softball team that 15. Fresno State 199 won a gold medal in Greece, leads the team with 52 runs scored in 16. Missouri 192 2005. She is second in hits with 57 and doubles with 10. The 52 runs 17. Georgia Tech 185 scored ranks fourth for a single season on The Farm (Jessica Men- 18. Northwestern 167 doza is third with 57 in 2000). She also has seven stolen bases on the 19. Iowa 151 year. The 2004 second-team All-American is ranked 17th nationally in 20. Southern Illinois 79 runs per game (0.96). 21. Auburn 103 22. Washington 94 Notes From The Dugout: Catalina Morris leads the team with 23. DePaul 53 20 mulit-hit games ... Michelle Smith leads the squad with 20 multi-RBI 24. Nebraska 35 contests ... Jackie Rinehart has recorded the longest hitting streak of the season (11 games) ... Stanford recorded a season-high 19 hits 25. BYU 26 against DePaul (2/12) earlier this year ... Cardinal pitchers have thrown Also receiving votes: six one-hitters in 2005 ... Michelle Smith is on an four-game hitting Florida (22), Oregon (21), LBSU (9), streak heading into the Tennessee game ... Becky McCullough's 20 wins in the circle this season ranks eighth for a single season on The Kansas (6), Penn State (5), Seton Farm ... Stanford's 290 RBI in 2005 is a school record for a single sea- Hall (3), Hofstra (2), Creighton (2). son (previous high was 275 in 2002) ... Their 319 runs in '05 also ranks first all-time (previous record was 305 in 2002). Cardinal Record When ... This and That: Stanford’s longest winning streak of the season Day Game: 28-10 was a 14 game stretch (from 2/12 to 3/5) ... They are currently on a Night Game: 15-4 7 inning game: 30-11 three-game winning streak ... The Cardinal have outscored their oppo- 6 inning game: 1-0 nents, 319-123 this year ... The Cardinal have posted 16 shutouts this 5 inning game: 11-1 year ... Stanford has scored 10 or more runs six times in 2005 ... The Extra inning game: 1-2 Cardinal have outscored their opponent in every inning except extra in- One-run game: 6-5 nings ... Stanford is 33-2 when they outhit their opponents ..