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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2006 SYRACUSE SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS R A

2005 Results ...... 18 General Information N 2005 in Review ...... 16 School ...... 2005 Statistics ...... 17 City/Zip ...... Syracuse, NY 13244 G 2006 Season Preview ...... 3-4 Founded ...... 1870 E Enrollment

...... 10,750 Academic Services ...... 35

Nickname ...... Orange Q Academic Awards ...... 36 School Colors ...... Orange All-Time Award Winners ...... 23 Home Field/Capacity ...... Softball at Skytop (650) U

All-Time Letterwinners ...... 24 Surface/Dimensions ...... Grass I Center - 215 ft. C All-Time Results ...... 21-22 Left - 200 ft. Annual Statistical Leaders ...... 24 Right - 200 ft. K Assistant Coaches Press Box Phone ...... 952-4809 Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I F

Clarisa Crowell ...... 14 Conference ...... BIG EAST A Jaime Grillo ...... 14 Chancellor

...... Nancy Cantor C BIG EAST Conference ...... 19-20 Athletics Director ...... Dr. Daryl Gross Facilities ...... 37-38 Athletics Department Phone ...... 443-8705 T Executive Senior Associate Director of Athletics: Mark Jackson ...... 443-2385 S Volunteer Assistant Kim Doran ...... 15 Senior Associate Directors of Athletics: Head Coach Mary Jo Firnbach ...... 13 Pat Campbell ...... 443-4634 Media Information ...... 2 Robert Edson ...... 443-2561 Barbara Henderson ...... 443-3042 Player Profiles ...... 6-12 Associate Directors of Athletics: Erin Downey ...... 8 Janet Kittel ...... 443-3229 Erin Gray ...... 8 Pete Sala ...... 443-4634 Cassie Morales ...... 6 Todd Wyant ...... 443-2702 Assistant Director of Athletics for Marketing: Lael Chealander ...... 443-3042 Chanel Roehner ...... 9 Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Medicine: Tim Neal ...... 443-2084 Alexis Switenko ...... 7 Director of Athletic Compliance: Jamie Mullin ...... 443-1265 The Newcomers ...... 9-12 Web Site ...... www.suathletics.com Quick Facts ...... 1 Record Book History Single-Game ...... 26 First Season of Softball ...... 2000 Single-Season ...... 27-28 Overall All-Time Record ...... 138-148-1 (6 years) All-Time BIG EAST Record ...... 45-51 (5 years) Career ...... 29-30 Years in CWS/last ...... N/A Rosters ...... 5 Years in NCAA Regionals/last ...... N/A Series Records ...... 25 Last Postseason Opponent ...... Notre Dame (BET) L, 1-4 (5/13/05) Soladay Award ...... 34 Support Staff ...... 15 Coaching Staff Syracuse, N.Y...... 39-40 Head Coach ...... Mary Jo Firnbach Syracuse University ...... 31-33 Alma Mater/Year ...... Southern Illinois, 1991 Record at School (Years) ...... 138-148-1 (6 years) Career Record ...... Same Softball Office Phone ...... 443-4591 Assistant Coaches ...... Clarisa Crowell (Virginia Tech, 2002) ...... Jaime Grillo (Syracuse, 2005) Volunteer Assistant ...... Kim Doran (Le Moyne, 1999) WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM Strength & Conditioning Coach ...... William Hicks Jr. Athletic Trainer ...... Ann Greer Team Information 2005 Overall Record ...... 28-22 Home ...... 6-3 Away ...... 15-12 Neutral ...... 7-7 Conference Record/Finish ...... 11-7/3rd Final Ranking ...... N/A Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 5/9 Starters* Returning/Lost ...... 4/6 Pitchers Returning/Lost ...... 1/2 Newcomers ...... 11 *started at least half of SU’s games Athletic Communications Director ...... Sue Cornelius Edson Office Phone ...... 443-2608 For the latest information on SU softball, Assistant Director (Softball Contact) ...... Mike Morrison including game recaps, news, statistics and E-Mail ...... [email protected] player information, visit the offi cial site of Home Phone ...... 292-8694 Associate Director ...... Pete Moore Syracuse athletics - www.suathletics.com. Assistant Director ...... Kerrin Perniciaro Fans can also sign up for Orange All Access, Athletic Communications Interns ...... Matt Lynch, Mark Vellek SU’s multi-media subscription service that Administrative Assistant ...... Marlene Ouderkirk includes video highlights, game audio, Coordinator of Creative Services ...... Susie Mehringer Athletic Communications Fax ...... 443-2076 behind the scenes features and much more. Mailing Address ...... Room 102 Syracuse, NY 13244 Area code for all above numbers is 315 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM 1 ORANGE SOFTBALL

N PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES MEDIA INFORMATION O

I The 2006 Syracuse softball media guide is T For more information contact us: published to assist the media with coverage A of the Orange softball program. If you need Syracuse Softball further information, please contact Mike M Roy D. Simmons Sr. Coaches Center Morrison in the Athletic Communications R Manley Field House Office at (315) 443-2608 or [email protected]. O Syracuse, NY 13244-5020 F Interviews: All interviews with both the coaching staff and the student-athletes N I Phone: (315) 443-4591 • Fax: (315) 443-1562 should be arranged through the Athletic Communications office. Student-Athlete A E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] interviews will be set up around class and I practice schedules. Student-Athletes will not be D asked to miss class for an interview. E Student-Athletes and coaches should not be

M MEDIA INFORMATION called at their residences.

MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS Editor: Mike Morrison Editorial Assistance: Shira Brown, Sue Cornelius Edson, Mary Jo Firnbach, Brian Gunning, Pete Moore, Kerrin Perniciaro

Mary Jo Firnbach Clarisa Crowell Jaime Grillo Photography: Steve Parker Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Printing: MultiAd, Inc., Peoria, Ill.

SYRACUSE MEDIA OUTLETS

Newspapers Utica Observer-Dispatch (am) Television Syracuse Newspapers, Inc. 221 Oriskany Plaza, Utica, NY 13501 (800) 765- Time Warner 26 Syracuse Post-Standard (am) 8491. Fax (315) 792-5033. 6005 Fair Lakes Rd., Syracuse, NY 13057 PO Box 4818, Syracuse, NY 13221 Craig Muder, sports editor, [email protected] (315) 634-6461, ext. 178. Fax (315) 463-8020. (315) 470-2205. Fax (315) 470-3019. Chuck McKean, sports producer. Charlie Miller, sports editor, Wire Services [email protected] Associated Press News 10 Now Hotel Syracuse, Suite 216, 224 Harrison Street, 815 Erie Boulevard, Syracuse, NY 13210 Daily Orange (SU student newspaper) Syracuse, NY 13202 (315) 634-2351. Fax (315) 634-4272. 744 Ostrom Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 (315) 471-6471. Fax (315) 475-9819. Mark Larson, sports director, (315) 443-2208., Ethan Ramsey, sports editor, John Kekis, correspondent, [email protected]. [email protected] egramsey.syr.edu Albany Bureau WSTM-TV Auburn Citizen (pm) (800) 424-4500. Fax (518) 438-2079. 1030 James Street, Syracuse, NY 13203 25 Dill Street, Auburn, NY 13021 (315) 477-9466. Fax (315) 474-5122. (315) 253-5311 ext. 258. Fax (315) 253-6031. Radio C hris Sciria, sports editor, Syracuse ISP Sports Properties WTVH-TV/WSYT-TV [email protected] Joe Baldini, General Manager 980 James Street, Syracuse, NY 13203 5848 Heritage Landing Dr., East Syracuse, NY (315) 477-4638. Fax (315) 425-0129. Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (am) 13057. (315) 445-2500. Fax (315) 445-2244 Kevin Maher, sports director, PO Box 1270, Binghamton, NY 13902 [email protected] (800) 365-0077. Fax (607) 798-1113. WSYR-AM/WHEN-AM Charlie Jaworski, sports editor, 500 Plum Street, Syracuse, NY 13204 WSYR-TV [email protected] (315) 472-9797. Fax (315) 472-1904. 5904 Bridge Street, East Syracuse, NY 13057 Jim Lerch, sports director, (315) 446-4780 ext. 2257. Fax (315) 446-9283. Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (am) [email protected] Steve Infanti, sports director, 55 Exchange Blvd., Rochester, NY 14614 [email protected] (585) 258-2262. Fax (585) 258-2776. W AER-FM (SU student station) T om Batzold, sports editor, 795 Ostrom Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244 Orange Television Network [email protected] (315) 443-4047. Fax (315) 443-2148. Watson Hall, Menschel Media Center, 316 Greg Bilazarian, sports director Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244 Watertown Daily Times (pm) (315) 443-1177. Fax (315) 443-4675. 260 Washington Street, Watertown, NY 13601 WJPZ-FM (SU student station) Matt Maisel, sports director, (315) 782-1000. Fax (315) 782-1040. 316 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13244 [email protected] Greg Gay, sports editor, [email protected] (315) 443-4689. Fax (315) 443-4379. Andrew Gundling, sports director, Oneida Daily Dispatch (am) [email protected] 130 Broad Street, Oneida, NY 13421 (315) 363-5100. Fax (315) 363-9832. Perry Novak, sports editor, [email protected]

2 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL 2 2006 SEASON PREVIEW

THE CHALLENGE IN THE CIRCLE 0

Coach Mary Jo Firnbach will rely Downey developed into SU’s ace last 0 on the leadership of the club’s four year, dominating opposing hitters from 6 returning starters and top pitcher Erin the moment she stepped on the fi eld. S Downey to lead the SU back to the league The San Rafael, Calif. product won her championship and achieve its goal of fi rst three decisions on her way to a E A winning the conference tournament title. 17-10 record. She set the school record S Syracuse has award-winning with 38 appearances and pitched 188.1 O performers at each of the three key innings. Downey averaged more than position groups – infi eld, outfi eld and on seven strikeouts per seven innings and N Alexis the pitching staff. Senior shortstop tossed four shutouts. Against Villanova P Switenko, a two-time All-BIG EAST in the BIG EAST Tournament, she fi red a R second-team honoree, returns to anchor complete game, four-hitter to help SU its E

the infi eld. Switenko hit better than .300 fi rst postseason triumph. V

for the second straight season fi nishing “I look for Erin to add leadership I the 2005 campaign at .317. She already both on and off the fi eld this season,” E owns a share of the SU career home Firnbach said. “She had a great W record with 23 long balls and will likely freshman year and really made a name fi nish her career as the Orange’s all-time for herself in the conference. Her biggest leader in runs batted in. She currently has challenge will be adjusting to teams that Erin Gray was one of two Syracuse 88 RBI, three behind Tanya Rose for the have seen her pitching style.” infi elders (Alexis Switenko) to start all 50 career lead. Downey will be joined on the staff by games in 2005. Senior outfi elder Cassie Morales freshman Keri Casas. Casas graduated earned all-league fi rst-team accolades from Davis High School in California Freshman Dani Stuart will compete last year and was named to the Louisville early and enrolled at SU in time for with Gray for the starting spot at third. Slugger/NFCA All-Region First Team the 2006 campaign. She earned All- Stuart was an all-state selection at as the designated player. Morales led Monticello Empire League accolades Washington’s Centralia High School. the team in doubles in each of the last three times and fi nished her scholastic She owns the school’s single-season RBI two seasons and owns a share of the SU career with a 1.25 ERA. record and hit .400 in her junior season. career lead with 40 two-baggers. “Keri will be thrown into the fi re As a senior, she batted. 347, and over the Downey, the reigning BIG EAST early, but I know she can handle course of her career guided Centralia to Rookie of the Year, returns as the eldest it,” Firnbach said. “She’s a great three postseason appearances. member of the pitching staff after tying complement to Erin (Downey) and she “Dani will see a lot of playing time,” the Orange season record for wins (17) can also hit, which will help us generate Firnbach said. “She is one of the most and striking out 198 hitters, the second- runs on offense.” coachable players I’ve ever had and she’s most team history. She will be counted THE INFIELD a fi erce competitor who thrives in tough on to mentor SU’s young hurlers as they situations.” adjust to the college level. The left side of the infi eld features The remaining two infi eld positions The roster features 11 talented two of SU’s most experienced players. will be manned by two of SU’s newcomers and the challenge for the Switenko, who has started all 146 games newcomers. Freshmen Lindsay Wasek Orange coaching staff will be to replace she has played in the last three seasons, and Nicole Miller will each see time at fi ve starters, including Rose, a four-time ranks in the top fi ve in almost every second base. Wasek owned a batting All-BIG EAST selection. Rose graduated career offensive category. She is third average of .343 and launched six homers owning or sharing 17 SU career records. in batting average at .297 and ranks in her career at Council Rock North Also gone is last season’s leading home fourth in hits with 129, in addition to High School in Pennsylvania. She spent run hitter Shawna Norris, and Tiffany her aforementioned home run and RBI three years as Council Rock North’s Robinson, who ranked third in the numbers. She was one of four players to starting shortstop and earned all-league conference in 2005 with a .349 batting start all 50 games in 2005 and fi nished recognition twice. average. SU will also have to replace third on the team with 24 runs batted in. Miller led Simi Valley High School in pitcher Courtney Mosch, who paced the “Alexis is one of the best athletes I’ve California to a 19-7 mark and the league Orange last year with a 2.14 earned run ever coached,” Firnbach said. “She’s title as a sophomore. She was also a average. coming off her best season yet and member of the Southern California Stealth her consistency and leadership will be and helped the squad to the 2005 AFA essential to our success this year.” Fourth of July Tournament crown. At third base is junior Erin Gray. Like “Lindsay plays great defense,” Switenko, Gray started all 50 games for Firnbach said. “She has good hands and the Orange last year. She drove in 19 knows the game. Nicole is solid on both runs and ranked second on the team sides of the ball and can be one of the with 84 defensive assists, which ranks most consistent players on our team.” seventh on SU’s single-season list. Miller will also likely back up Switenko at shortstop. WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM 3 ORANGE SOFTBALL

SU begins play at the Long Beach

W Freshmen Jorden Rosen and Heather “Cassie had a good year last year and State Invitational on March 10. The

E Kim will compete for time at fi rst base. we will need her to continue to drive in Orange opens the tournament versus I Rosen, from Sugarland, Texas, clubbed runs in the three spot,” Firnbach said. Mississippi State and Mercer on the fi rst V

E fi ve round-trippers and drove in 48 runs “Chanel brings speed to our lineup and day of competition. The following day

R as a senior at Clements High School. She with one season under her belt, I think SU tangles with the Bruins and the host

P hit .367 as a senior and ended her career she’s poised for a great year.” Long Beach State 49ers. The Orange

with a .330 batting average. Joining the pair will be freshman concludes play with another clash

N Kim, from Fairview High School in Tonye McCorkle from Santa Ana against Mercer on March 12.

O Colorado, earned all-state accolades Heights, Calif. and transfer The Orange remains in California the

S from the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain Rachel Tilford. McCorkle helped Mater following weekend to take part in the

A News. She hit .659 as a senior and owned Dei High School to four Sierra League Capital Classic from March 17-19 in

E a batting average of .522 in her fi nal two championships and was a three-time Sacramento. SU will duel against

S years of scholastic competition with a member of the All-CIF First Team. Southern Utah, the host Sacramento total of 56 hits and 18 steals in those two Tilford hails from Birch Hills, State Hornets and three Big Ten 6 seasons. Saskatchewan and played for Galveston opponents in the form of Wisconsin,

0 “Jorden is a hard worker and gives us College last year. In high school she was Minnesota and Iowa.

0 some power at the plate,”Firnbach said. a two-time captain and earned second The team’s return to brings

2 2006 SEASON PREVIEW “Heather is a student of the game. She team all-region honors. about the beginning of BIG EAST play picked things up quickly in the fall and “Tonye will most likely be our leadoff on March 25 with a home twin bill is eager to improve her skills.” hitter,” Firnbach said. “She will be one versus 2005 league tournament Casas adds depth to the position and of the keys to getting our offense going. champion Seton Hall. The following day could also see some action at fi rst. Rachel comes in as a sophomore and fi lls the Orange meets St. John’s in a home some holes for us. She has college game doubleheader. BEHIND THE PLATE The month of April features The Orange will have a new backstop non-conference doubleheaders at THE SCHEDULE Binghamton and Cornell. SU’s home this season. Freshmen Amy Kelley non-league slate includes twin bills and Kim Weinstein both spent time SU’s schedule once again features versus Niagara, Hofstra and Canisius. working behind the plate in the fall and some of the most elite teams in Division The road conference docket takes are locked in a duel for the starting spot. I softball. The Orange will meet 17 teams the Orange to Villanova, Rutgers, Kelley owned a career batting average of that reached the NCAA Regionals last Louisville and USF for doubleheaders. .476 and clubbed 13 home runs at Bend season, including three teams that ad- The home BIG EAST slate has Notre High School in Oregon. She hit .540 with vanced to the eight-team College World Dame, DePaul, Pittsburgh, Connecticut eight homers as a senior. Series. SU will face national runner-up and Providence invading the SU Weinstein hit .341 in her senior UCLA, which Coach Firnbach’s team Softball Stadium for twin bills before season and was named team MVP at defeated last season. The Orange will SU concludes the regular season with a Chaminade College Prep in California. also take on CWS participants DePaul home doubleheader against non-league She was named the 2005 Mission League and Texas. foe Buffalo on May 1. MVP and was named to the 2005 Los The season begins on Feb. 12 at the Four days of softball (May 11-14) Angeles Daily News All-Area Team and Kajikawa Classic, hosted by Arizona will determine the 2006 BIG EAST the Los Angeles Times All-Region Team. State. During the three-day event the Tournament champion, which will be “Both players will get a lot of playing Orange will face fi ve teams that crowned once again at the Belleville time,” Firnbach said. “Amy improved qualifi ed for the 2005 NCAA Softball Softball Complex in South Bend, Ind. every game in the fall and Kim has Championship. SU starts the year worked with some top pitchers in her against the host Sun Devils and also travel ball career. They make a great meets the Longhorns, Texas A&M, Cal combination.” State Fullerton and Northwestern. INSIDE THE SCHEDULE THE OUTFIELD After a week off, Syracuse resumes the 2006 campaign at the Middle Ten- In 2006, Syracuse will play … • The 2005 national runner-up and In addition to Morales, who hit .297 in nessee Breast Cancer Strikeout Classic, 11-time national champion (UCLA) 2005 and paced the Orange with 30 RBI, held in Murfreesboro, Tenn. from Feb. Syracuse also returns sophomore 24-26. The Orange will open the tourna- • Two other 2005 College World Series Chanel Roehner. Roehner hit .287 in ment against the host Blue Raiders and teams (Texas, DePaul) 2005 and started all 50 games in the also compete against Loyola-Chicago, • Two other past national champions Orange outfi eld. She was second on Tennessee-Martin and Lipscomb. (Texas A&M, Cal State Fullerton) the team last year with 48 hits and 11 From there it’s off to Atlanta, Ga. • Twelve other teams that qualifi ed for doubles. Her 48 base knocks were the for the Buzz Classic, hosted by Georgia NCAA regionals (Canisius, Seton Hall, ninth-most in team history. Roehner is Tech from March 3-5. There SU will Iowa, Northwestern, Louisville, also SU’s returning leader in stolen bases be tested with games versus Eastern Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Arizona State, with two. Michigan, Minnesota, Dartmouth and Hofstra, USF, Mississippi State, Winthrop. Long Beach State) 4 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL 2 2006 ROSTERS

Numerical Roster 0 No. Name Pos. B/T Class Hometown/High School/Last School 0 1 Dani Stuart 3B R/R Fr. Centralia, Wash./Centralia 6

2 Tonye McCorkle OF L/R Fr. Santa Ana Heights, Calif./Mater Dei R

3 Erin Downey P R/R So. San Rafael, Calif./San Rafael O

5 Kim Weinstein C R/R Fr. Tarzana, Calif./Chaminade College Prep S 7 Rachel Tilford OF R/R So. Birch Hills, Saskatchewan/Birch Hills/Galveston College T E

10 Lindsay Wasek IF R/R Fr. Newton, Pa./Council Rock North R

11 Erin Gray 3B R/R Jr. Katy, Texas/Katy S 12 Keri Casas P L/L Fr. Folsom, Calif./Davis 15 Amy Kelley C R/R Fr. Bend, Oregon/Bend Senior 16 Jorden Rosen 1B R/R Fr. Sugar Land, Texas/William P. Clements 20 Cassie Morales OF R/R Sr. Whittier, Calif./St. Paul 22 Chanel Roehner OF R/R So. Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley 31 Heather Kim 1B R/R Fr. Boulder, Colo./Fairview 33 Nicole Miller IF R/R Fr. Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley 44 Alexis Switenko SS R/R Sr. Blue Anchor, N.J./Winslow Township

Head Coach: Mary Jo Firnbach (Southern Illinois, 1991) Assistant Coaches: Clarisa Crowell (Virginia Tech, 2002), Jaime Grillo (Syracuse, 2005) Volunteer Assistant: Kim Doran (Le Moyne, 1999) Athletic Trainer: Ann Greer Alphabetical Roster No. Name Pos. B/T Class Hometown/High School 12 Keri Casas P L/L Fr. Folsom, Calif./Davis 3 Erin Downey P R/R So. San Rafael, Calif./San Rafael 11 Erin Gray 3B R/R Jr. Katy, Texas/Katy 15 Amy Kelley C R/R Fr. Bend, Oregon/Bend Senior 31 Heather Kim 1B R/R Fr. Boulder, Colo./Fairview 2 Tonye McCorkle OF L/R Fr. Santa Ana Heights, Calif./Mater Dei 33 Nicole Miller IF R/R Fr. Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley 20 Cassie Morales OF R/R Sr. Whittier, Calif./St. Paul 22 Chanel Roehner OF R/R So. Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley 16 Jorden Rosen 1B R/R Fr. Sugar Land, Texas/William P. Clements 1 Dani Stuart 3B R/R Fr. Centralia, Wash./Centralia 44 Alexis Switenko SS R/R Sr. Blue Anchor, N.J./Winslow Township 7 Rachel Tilford OF R/R So. Birch Hills, Saskatchewan/Birch Hills/Galveston College 10 Lindsay Wasek IF R/R Fr. Newton, Pa./Council Rock North 5 Kim Weinstein C R/R Fr. Tarzana, Calif./Chaminade College Prep

Head Coach: Mary Jo Firnbach (Southern Illinois, 1991) Assistant Coaches: Clarisa Crowell (Virginia Tech, 2002), Jaime Grillo (Syracuse, 2005) Volunteer Assistant: Kim Doran (Le Moyne, 1999) Athletic Trainer: Ann Greer

PRONUNCIATIONS Chanel Roehner ...... sha-NELL RAIN-er Firnbach ...... FERN-bock Morales ...... More-AL-iss Switenko ...... Swa-TENK-oh Tonye ...... Tony Wasek ...... WAY-sic

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I CASSIE MORALES F

O # Sr. • OF/DP • R/R • Whitier, Calif./St. Paul R

P 20

Finished her junior season ranked

R fifth in career batting average (.290),

E ninth in runs scored (36), fifth in

Y hits (124), third in runs batted in

A (78), tied for first in doubles (40),

L third in home runs (14), second in

P extra-base hits (54), seventh in on-

base percentage (.328), fourth in

E slugging percentage (.481), fourth in

G total bases (206), fourth in multiple- hit games (34) and third in multiple-RBI games. N A Junior Year (2005): Named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All- R Northeast Region First Team … Unanimous first-team All-BIG EAST pick ORANGE PLAYER PROFILES O ORANGE PLAYER …Was named BIG EAST Player of the Week on April 18 … Started all 48 games she played … Finished the season with a .292 batting average and six home runs … Led the Orange with 14 doubles, the second-most in school history … Also paced the Orange with 30 runs batted in to become the first player in school history to have at least 30 RBI in back- to-back seasons … Led the team with 20 extra-base hits, the third-highest season total ever at Syracuse … Also ranked fifth on the single-season ledger with 79 total bases … Had 14 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games … Batted .413 with four home runs and 20 RBI in BIG EAST play … Led the league with 26 hits and nine doubles in conference games … Freshman Year (2003): Played in 37 games, starting 31 … Tied for Also paced the BIG EAST in conference action with 47 total bases … Tied second on the team with eight doubles … Hit two home runs and for third in home runs, and finished second in RBI in league play ... Tied drove in 12 runs … One of only five players on the team with a for third in the BIG EAST in doubles and ninth in RBI overall … Tied slugging and on-base percentage of more than .300 … Went the SU single-game records with four hits in game two at Boston College 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI in her collegiate debut versus and five RBI in game two versus Rutgers … Orange went 13-2 in games Louisiana-Monroe … Six of her first 11 hits went for extra bases … in which she drove in a run … Had three hits and three RBI in the win Hit her first career home run on March 2 versus Mississippi State … against Cornell … Hit her first home run of the season in SU’s win at Drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning Cal State Northridge … Was 3-for-4 with three RBI in a victory against versus both St. John’s and Hofstra … Homered and drove in two runs Cornell … Went 6-for-10 with two doubles, two home runs and six RBI in the first game of the doubleheader against the Pride … Had her in the doubleheader at Boston College … Was 4-for-7 with two doubles, third multi-RBI game with two runs batted in against Siena … Drove a home run and eight RBI in the twin bill versus Rutgers. in a run versus Rutgers with her second pinch hit of the season … Had three hits in the doubleheader with Villanova. Sophomore Year (2004): Third-team All-BIG EAST … NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-Northeast Region Second Team … One of three players to High School: First-team All-Del Rey League as a sophomore, junior start a school-record 54 games … Hit .318 for the season and tied Tanya and senior … Second-team all-conference as a freshman … Whittier Rose for the SU school record with 55 hits … Established a new Orange Daily News All-Area First Team as a junior and senior … Del Rey single-season mark with 18 doubles … Hit six home runs and collected League MVP as a junior … Best Offensive Player at St. Paul High 36 RBI, while striking out just 16 times in 173 at-bats … Led the BIG School … Long Beach Press Telegram Dream Team as senior … All- EAST in doubles … Tied for 13th in the nation in doubles per game (0.33) Los Angeles Times First Team … Named to the all-tournament teams … Set a school record with 24 extra-base hits … Rated among the BIG at Canyen High Tournament, Rialto Tournament, Arroyo Grande EAST’s top 10 in runs batted in and total bases (91) … Paced the Orange Tournament as senior … Team and league MVP as a senior … Posted with 16 multi-hit games, including five games with three hits … One of a .591 batting average with 11 triples, 34 RBI and only three strikeouts two players to have at least 10 games with two-or-more runs batted in during her senior year. … Hit .328 with runners in scoring position … Named the team’s co- Offensive Player of the Year … Had three hits and drove in two runs in Personal: Born March 1, 1984 … Daughter of Casey and Julie Morales SU’s 4-0 win against San Diego … Notched three hits, including a home … Father played baseball at the University of San Diego … One run, and three RBI against Stony Brook … Also drove in three against brother, two sisters … Majoring in hospitality and food service Pennsylvania … Drove in four runs versus Pittsburgh in game one of the management. doubleheader … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

MORALES’ CAREER STATISTICS Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2003 .234 37 31 94 5 22 8 0 2 12 36 .383 7 2 15 .301 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2004 .318 54 54 173 15 55 18 0 6 36 91 .526 9 5 16 .361 4 2 0 1 22 1 1 .958 2005 .292 48 48 161 16 47 14 0 6 30 79 .491 5 0 24 .308 3 3 0 0 8 1 0 1.000 TOTAL .290 139 133 428 36 124 40 0 14 78 206 .481 21 7 55 .328 7 6 0 1 30 2 1 .970

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ALEXIS SWITENKO N G

# Sr. • SS • R/R • Blue Anchor, N.J./Winslow Township E

44 P

After three seasons, already ranks L

third all-time at SU in batting A

average (.297), second in runs scored Y

(76), fourth in hits (129), second in E

RBI (88), first in home runs (23), R

third in extra-base hits (41), fifth

in multiple-hit games (33), first in P

multiple-RBI games (26), third in R

on-base percentage (.367), second in O slugging percentage (.505), second in F

total bases (219) and second in walks (51) … Has not missed a game in I her three seasons, starting 146 consecutive outings. L E

Junior Year (2005): Second-team All-BIG EAST … One of four players S to start all 50 games … Batted .317 (46-for-145) with five home runs … Finished seventh on the SU single-season ledger with 24 runs batted in … Third on the team with a .462 slugging percentage … Second on the squad with a .391 on-base percentage … Drew 20 bases on balls, the fifth- most in school history and the seventh-most in the BIG EAST … Hit .320 (16-for-50) with three home runs and nine RBI in conference games … Freshman Year (2003): Named to the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team … Ranked 10th in the league during conference games with a .419 on-base Started all 42 games, 41 at shortstop and one as the pitcher … Tied the percentage … Had 10 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games … Had a school record with nine home runs … Led the BIG EAST with seven career-best 12-game hitting streak from April 1-16 … Batted .395 with a home runs during conference play … Led the team with 24 RBI … home run and eight RBI during the streak … Tied the school record with Had eight multi-RBIgames … Walked intentionally five times, setting five runs batted in during the Orange’s 10-3 win against South Carolina in both the SU season and career records … Stole two bases in as many the championship game of the Sunshine State Tournament … Had three attempts … Led the team with 90 assists in the field … Went 1-0 with hits, including a home run in the game … Drove in all three of SU’s runs, a 1.91 ERA in 14.2 innings of work in the circle … Earned the team’s including a two-run homer, in a 4-3 loss to 18th-ranked Nebraska … Went Defensive Player of the Year Award … Was a part of back-to-back 2-for-3 with three runs batted in the victory at Hofstra … Hit a two-run home runs four times … Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on home run in the Orange’s game-two win at Seton Hall … Was 1-for-2 April 7 … Also earned ECAC Player of the Week honors … Tied the with a run scored against the Wildcats in the BIG EAST Tournament … school record for home runs in a game with two versus Virginia Tech Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll both semesters … BIG EAST and Providence … Smacked three homers in two games versus the Academic All-Star. Friars to set the SU doubleheader record … Registered four RBI in each of the games at Providence, breaking the school doubleheader Sophomore Year (2004): Second-team All-BIG EAST … CoSIDA record for runs batted in (8) … Hit the third of SU’s first-ever back-to- Academic All-District I Second Team … One of three players to start all back-to-back home runs against Notre Dame … Won her first career 54 games … Led the Orange with a .327 batting average … Set school pitching start, striking out five in a five-inning win against Siena … records with nine home runs, 40 runs batted in, 94 total bases and a .580 Hit her first career home run versus Tennessee on February 23 … Had slugging percentage … Paced the squad with two triples … Second on her first multi-hit game of her career with two hits versus Evansville the team with a .405 on-base percentage … Set a school-record with 12 on March 10 … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall multi-RBI games … Had 14 mutli-hit games, including two games with and spring … BIG EAST Academic All-Star. three hits … Led SU with a .373 batting average with runners in scoring position … Hit .308 with two outs and delivered a team-best 14 two-out High School: All-South Jersey as a sophomore, junior and senior … RBI … Named team’s co-Offensive Player of the Year … Ranked among Philadelphia Inquirer and Courier Post Player of the Year as a senior … the league’s top 10 in several categories, including home runs (t-8th), runs Pitched for Winslow Township High School team that won the batted in (6th), total bases (7th), slugging percentage (7th), triples (t-7th) division championship in both her sophomore and senior year … and on-base percentage (10th) … Had her first career three-hit game Posted a .620 batting average with five home runs and 12 steals while versus Delaware … Went 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs scored and compiling 0.12 ERA as a senior … Philadelphia Inquirer Freshman of two RBI … Drove in a season-high three runs with a home run in game the Year… Also lettered in tennis, basketball and swimming. two versus Cornell … Went 3-for-4 with an RBI in game one at Rutgers … Tied the school record with three walks in game one versus Canisius … Personal: Born May 31, 1984 … Daughter of Roman and Angela Hit two home runs in the doubleheader versus Providence … Named to Switenko … One brother … Majoring in management. the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall.

SWITENKO’S CAREER STATISTICS Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2003 .236 42 42 127 22 30 1 0 9 24 58 .457 10 0 17 .288 2 0 2 2 65 90 13 .923 2004 .327 54 54 162 27 53 10 2 9 40 94 .580 21 1 26 .405 1 2 3 5 65 159 24 .903 2005 .317 50 50 145 27 46 4 1 5 24 67 .462 20 0 15 .391 4 3 0 0 86 98 12 .939 TOTAL .297 146 146 434 76 129 15 3 23 88 219 .505 51 1 58 .367 7 5 5 7 216 347 49 .920

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I ERIN GRAY F

O # Jr. • 3B • R/R • Katy, Texas/Katy R

P 11

Sophomore Year (2005): One of Freshman Year (2004): Played in 34 games, starting 32 times at third

R four players to start all 50 games … base … Scored 10 runs and drove in eight … Had 70 defensive assists

E Named the team’s Most Improved … Hit her first career home run, a two-run shot, against Cornell …

Y Player … Set career highs in runs Had a career-high three hits and four RBI in the first game of the

A scored (15), hits (27), doubles (4), Providence doubleheader … Recorded two hits in the first game

L home runs (2) and RBI (19) … against Boston College … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor

P Batted .302 with 11 RBI in SU’s Roll in the spring … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

final 14 games … Had a career-long

E eight-game hitting streak from April High School: Hit .489 her senior year with two home runs and 19

G 20-April 30 … Batted .462 (12-for- steals … Had a career average of .429, picking up 170 hits with five 26) with a home run and 10 runs batted in during the streak … Had five home runs and 56 steals …Named first-team all-district four times N games with at least two hits and four games with at least two RBI … Tied …Captained the team her senior year … Also lettered in volleyball her A her career high with three hits against George Mason … Had her second freshman year. R three-hit game of the season against Cornell … Hit a grand slam versus

ORANGE PLAYER PROFILES O ORANGE PLAYER Rutgers, just the second in school history … Was 1-for-2 with an RBI in Personal: Born October 25, 1984 … Daughter of Donald and Anna the Orange’s BIG EAST Tournament win against Villanova … Athletic Gray … One brother and one sister … Majoring in psychology. Director’s Honor roll both semesters … BIG EAST Academic All-Star. GRAY’S CAREER STATISTICS Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2004 .183 34 32 93 10 17 1 0 1 8 21 .226 4 0 22 .216 0 5 0 0 16 70 14 .860 2005 .184 50 50 147 15 27 4 0 2 19 37 .252 3 3 25 .212 3 2 0 0 29 84 22 .911 TOTAL .183 84 82 240 25 44 5 0 3 27 58 .242 7 3 47 .213 3 7 0 0 45 154 25 .888 ERIN DOWNEY # 3 So. • P • R/R • San Rafael, Calif./San Rafael Freshman Year (2005): Named BIG against Providence … Struck out a career-best 13 batters in five innings against EAST Rookie of the Year … Second-team Rutgers. All-BIG EAST selection … Tied the SU single-season and rookie records with 17 High School: Named the California Small School Player of the Year as a senior victories (17-10) … Set the Orange season … Went 21-4 with a 0.04 earned run average and 404 strikeouts as a senior … record with 38 appearances … Broke the Allowed only one earned run in 188 innings … Threw 14 shutouts, seven no- Syracuse single-season and career records hitters and one perfect game in her final scholastic season …Limited opponents with four saves …Struck out a team-high to a .066 batting average … Also batted .337 with five home runs and 20 runs 198 batters, the second-most in school batted in … Boasted a career record of 53-37 with a 0.31 earned run average … history … Set a school record with seven Struck out 1,144 hitters, while walking only 91 … Tossed 34 shutouts, 29 no-hit- double-digit strikeout games … Led the ters and three perfect games in her high school career … Hit .336 with five home team with 188.1 innings pitched and 20 runs and 39 runs batted in her four seasons … First-team all-state in 2004 … complete games … Threw a team-high four shutouts … Tied for second in saves Four-time first-team All-Marin County Athletic League … MCAL Most Valuable in the BIG EAST … Was fifth in the league in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts and Player as a senior … Named the 2004 Redwood Empire Northern California was sixth in shutouts and fourth in complete games … Tied for 19th nationally in Player of the Year … Four-time San Rafael High School MVP and team captain saves … Became the fastest SU pitcher to reach 100 career strikeouts (94.0 IP) … Tied in 2004 … Set the MCAL record with 247 strikeouts in 16 league games as a the school record with five consecutive wins from April 12-17 … Was the winning senior … Led the Lady Dawgs to a 22-4 record and the Class 2A California pitcher in the SU’s first-ever postseason win, a 5-1 victory versus Villanova in the Interscholastic Federation North Coast Section championship … Team also won BIG EAST Tournament … Earned her first save in her collegiate debut, holding the conference championship in 2004 … Coached by her father, Tom Downey … third-ranked UCLA scoreless for three innings … Also earned a save in a 2-1 win Named a lifetime member of the California Scholarship Federation, a state-wide versus 15th-ranked Florida State … Was the winning pitcher in a 4-3, eight-inning organization whose purpose is to recognize students who have demonstrated victory against the 22nd-ranked Seminoles … Had her first double-digit strikeout outstanding academic achievement, in 2004. game with 10 in four and one-third innings versus George Mason … Threw her first career shutout in an 8-0 win at Hofstra … Allowed only one hit in an 8-0, five-inning Personal: Born January 23, 1986 … Daughter of Tom and Mary Downey … One win at Niagara … Tossed her first BIG EAST shutout in an 8-0, five-inning victory sister … Majoring in biology.

DOWNEY’S CAREER STATISTICS Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2005 2.27 17 10 38 24 20 4 0 4 188.1 170 72 61 52 198 26 6 12 788 .237 11 2 0 18 TOTAL 2.27 17 10 38 24 20 4 0 4 188.1 170 72 61 52 198 26 6 12 788 .237 11 2 0 18

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CHANEL ROEHNER N G

# So. • OF • R/R • Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley E

22 P

Freshman Year (2005): One of four L

players to start all 50 games … A

Batted .287 with five home runs and Y

27 runs batted in … Second on the E

team with 48 hits and 11 doubles … R

Stole two bases in four attempts …

Set SU freshman records for games P

played, games started, at-bats (167), R

runs scored (27), runs batted in and O multi-RBI games (9) … Ranked sec- F

ond all-time among Orange freshmen in hits, doubles, total bases (74) and I multiple-hit games (15) … Had three hitting streaks of at least five games L … Had her first career hit against 15th-ranked Florida State on February E 18 … Recorded her first RBI against Southeastern Louisiana … Smacked S her first career home run in SU’s 10-3 win against South Carolina in the championship game of the Sunshine State Tournament … Drove in a career-best three runs against George Mason … Had two hits, including a home run, and two RBI in the game two win at St. John’s … Registered a career-best three hits, including a home run, in the first game against Underclassman Team as a pitcher in her junior season … Second-team Rutgers … Scored the game-winning run in the Orange’s first-ever post- All-CIF Southern Section Division I in 2003 … Named the Ventura/ season win, a 5-1 victory versus Villanova in the BIG EAST Tournament. North Coast Pitcher of the Year by the Los Angeles Times as a junior … Also earned Ventura County Star News first-team all-county honors High School: Played four seasons as a pitcher, infielder and outfielder at that season … Simi Valley’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2004 Simi Valley … Batted .350 with 10 steals as a senior … Also struck out 153 … Team captain as a senior … Helped the squad to the Marmonte batters that season … Was one of four players from California selected by League Division I championship as a junior … As a member of the USA Softball to attend the final tryouts for the Women’s Junior Olympic USA Athletics ASA team in 2002-03. National Team … First-team All-Marmonte League three times … Second-team all-conference pick as a freshman … Was the league’s Personal: Born September 19, 1986 … Daughter of Henry and Theresa Pitcher of the Year in 2003 … Went was 18-4 with 133 strikeouts and a Roehner … One brother … Majoring in communication and rhetorical 0.52 ERA as a junior … Named to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State studies.

ROEHNER’S CAREER STATISTICS Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2005 .287 50 50 167 27 48 11 0 5 27 74 .443 6 2 36 .318 1 8 2 4 37 4 1 .976 TOTAL .287 50 50 167 27 48 11 0 5 27 74 .443 6 2 36 .318 1 8 2 4 37 4 1 .976

KERI CASAS # 12 Fr. • P • L/L • Folsom, Calif./Davis High School: Two-time team captain ... Hit .350 with two home runs as a junior and finished with a 1.25 ERA in the circle ... Career .375 batting average with three homers, and owned a career earned run average of 1.32 ... Named to the 2003 All-Monticello Empire League First Team following her freshman season and earned second-team all-league honors in 2004 and 2005.

Personal: Born October 5, 1988 ... Daughter of Barb Casas ... One brother … Graduated from high school early and enrolled at Syracuse in January 2006 … Majoring in history education.

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I AMY KELLEY F

O # Fr. • C • R/R • Bend, Ore./Bend Senior R

P 15

High School: Owned a career batting average of .476 (50-105) with 13 home runs and 40 RBI … Also scored

R 31 runs … Hit .540 (27-50) with eight homers and 14 RBI as a senior on her way to All-Intermountain

E Conference first-team honors and Oregon all-state honorable mention accolades ... Voted Bend’s 2005 Top

Y Female Athlete ... Also earned All-Intermountain Conference honors in 2003 and 2004 … Earned

A second-team all-league honors in 2002 … Named the team’s MVP in 2002 and 2003 … Three-time

L scholar-athlete selection … Batted .320 (34-106) for the Glacier NW Gold in the summer of 2004 with three

P round-trippers, 15 runs scored and 23 RBI … Also competed for the Central Oregon Challengers (1998-2001)

and the Central Oregon Wildfire … Member of the Bend basketball team for three seasons.

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G Personal: Born March 22, 1987 … Daughter of John and Holly Kelley … One brother, one sister … Enrolled in the School of Management. N A R ORANGE PLAYER PROFILES O ORANGE PLAYER HEATHER KIM # 31 Fr. • 1B • R/R • Boulder, Colo./Fairview High School: Hit .659 with ten steals as a senior … Owned a batting average of .522 in her final two years of scholastic competition with a total of 56 hits and 18 steals … 5A All-State selection by the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News in 2004 … Also earned 2004 CCGA All-State honors … Two-time first-team all-region selection by the Boulder Daily Camera … Named to the 2002 Boulder Daily Camera All-Region Team … Three-time first-team All-Centennial League selection … Earned second-team All-Centennial League laurels in 2001 … Two-time team MVP and was chosen as Fairview’s Defensive MVP in 2003 … Competed in the 2004 5A CCGS All-State Games … Member of the 2005 USSSA U-18 All-Star Team … Earned three letters in lacrosse … Named the lacrosse team’s MVP in 2003 and the squad’s Defensive MVP in 2004 and 2005 … Selected to the All-Centennial League Second Team for lacrosse in 2005.

Personal: Born January 8, 1987 … Daughter of Sung and Kelly Kim … One sister … Majoring in psychology.

TONYE McCORKLE # 2 Fr. • OF • L/R • Santa Ana Heights, Calif./Mater Dei High School: Four-year varsity letterwinner ... Helped Mater Dei to four Sierra League titles ... Three-time member of the All-CIF First Team ... Earned second-team All-CIF honors as a senior ... CIF Rookie of the Year ... Also named Mater Dei’s Rookie of the Year as a freshman and was selected as the team’s Best Offensive Player twice.

Personal: Born April 28, 1987 ... Daughter of Cyntnia Weiler and Vichael McCorkle ... Two sisters … Enrolled in the College of Human Services and Health Professions.

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TONYENICOLE McCORKLE MILLER N G

## Fr. • IF • R/R • Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley E

233 P

High School: Four-year varsity starter … Led Simi Valley to a 19-7 record and the league championship as a L

sophomore in 2003 … Earned all-league second-team accolades in 2003 and 2002 all-league honorable A

mention laurels as a freshman … Two-time team captain … Guided the Southern California Stealth to Y

runner-up finishes at the Triple Crown Tournament, U-18 AFA State Tournament and AFA 21st-Annual E

Friendship Tournament … Member of the Stealth team that claimed the 2005 AFA Fourth of July R

Tournament crown … Helped the Stealth to runner-up finishes at the Southern California ASA State

Championship in 2002 and 2003, a fifth-place showing at the ASA Western Nationals in 1999 and a P

fourth-place finish at the FAST Nationals in 2000 … Member of the Simi Valley varsity volleyball team for R

two seasons. O

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Personal: Born July 6, 1987 … Daughter of Gary and Peggy Spellman … One brother, two sisters … I Majoring in communication and rhetorical studies. L E S TONYEJORDEN McCORKLE ROSEN ## 216 Fr. • 1B • R/R • Sugar Land, Texas/Clements High School: Batted .367 with five homers and 48 RBI as a senior … Finished with a career batting average of .330 and 15 home runs in four scholastic seasons … Earned first-team all-district honors in 2005 and all-district honorable mention accolades in 2004 … Also a member of the Clements’ basketball team for four years.

Personal: Born August 30, 1986 … Daughter of Robin and Rocket Rosen … Three sisters … Majoring in sports management.

DANITONYE STUART McCORKLE ## 21 Fr. • 3B • R/R • Centralia, Wash./Centralia High School: Helped Centralia to three straight postseason appearances … Batted .347 and owned a fielding percentage of .970 as a senior … Hit .400 her junior season and .391 as a sophomore … Set the school’s single-season RBI record with 21 runs batted in and holds Centralia’s record for fielding percentage (.980) … Named to the 2004 and 2005 Seattle Times All-State First Teams … Two-team all-region selection by The Olympian … Also named to The Chronicle’s all-area team in 2004 and 2005 … Three-time first-team All-PAC9 choice … Earned 2002 All-PAC9 honorable mention honors … Earned Centralia’s Defensive Award three times … Team captain as a senior … Winner of the team’s Offensive Award twice … Member of the five state championship teams with the Vancouver Ford Gold … Helped the Gold to a ninth-place finish at the 2004 U-18 national tournament … Earned all-state, all-area and all-district laurels as a member of the Centralia soccer team.

Personal: Born July 1, 1987 … Daughter of Mike and Laurie Stuart … One brother … Majoring in biology.

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I RACHELTONYE TILFORD McCORKLE F

O ## So. • OF • R/R • Birch Hills, Saskatchewan/Birch Hills/Galveston R

P 27

Prior to SU: Played one season at Galveston College in Texas … Region XIV All-Star … Second-team

R all-region choice … NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete … Batted .321 with two homers and 26 runs batted

E in … Also a member of the Saskatoon Grand Slam Selects Midget Team … Helped Saskatoon to the 2005

Y provincial championship … Participated in the Canada Games as a member of the Team Saskatchewan. A

L High School: Helped Birch Hills to five provincial championships … 2003 and 2004 Birch Hills’ Female Ath-

P lete of the Year … Two-time team captain … Winner of the 2003 and 2004 Division IV Girls Athletic Award

… Recipient of the the Division III Girls Athletic Award in 2001 … Also a member of Birch Hills’ basketball

E and hockey teams.

G Personal: Born January 2, 1986 … Daughter of Archie and Linda Tilford … Two brothers, five sisters … N Majoring in chemical engineering. A R ORANGE PLAYER PROFILES O ORANGE PLAYER TONYELINDSAY McCORKLE WASEK ## 210 Fr. • IF • R/R • Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North High School: Three-year letterwinner and starting shortstop all three seasons for Council Rock North … Hit .303 with two home runs and five stolen bases as a senior … Finished her scholastic career with a .343 batting average and six homers … Two-time first-team all-league selection by the Bucks County Courier Times … Three- time member of The Trentonian’s Golden Team … Set the school record for assists … Named Council Rock North’s Team MVP in 2004 and 2005 … Earned the squad’s Secretary of Defense Award as a sophomore in 2003 … Team captain as a senior … Competed for the Warrington Blue Thunder for two years and guided the team to a state championship in 2005 … Also played for the Pennsbury Gems in 2005 and helped the Gems to a runner-up finish at the state championship tournament.

Personal: Born July 15, 1987 … Daughter of Mike and Ann Wasek … Enrolled in the School of Management.

KIMTONYE WEINSTEIN McCORKLE ## 25 Fr. • C • R/R • Tarzana, Calif./Chaminade College Prep

High School: Hit .341 in her senior season and was named Team MVP ... Also selected as the 2005 Mission League MVP ... Named to the 2005 Los Angeles Daily News All-Area Team and the Los Angeles Times All-Region Team ... Selected to the 2005 All-CIF Division 4 First Team ... Earned first-team All-Mission League honors in 2003, 2004 and 2005 … Picked to the 2002 All-Mission League Second Team as a freshman … Helped lead Chaminade to the league championship in 2004 … Selected as the team’s 2004 Defensive Player of the Year and won Chaminade’s Coaches Award in 2002 … Member of the Southern California Athletics Gold, which placed 13th nationally in 2003 and 2004.

Personal: Born March 27, 1987 … Daughter of Mark and Cha Cha Weinstein … Two sisters, Lindsey and Casey … Sister, Lindsay, played softball at the University of Kansas from 2001-03 … Sister, Casey, is currently a senior at SU … Majoring in hospitality and food service management.

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7th Season • 138-148-1 (.483) • Southern Illinois, 1991 O

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Syracuse head coach Mary Jo C Firnbach guided the Orange to its most successful season to date H in 2005. Under her direction, SU established a new school record M

for victories (28), made its second A appearance in the BIG EAST Championship and won its first R postseason contest, a 5-1 triumph Y versus Villanova on May 13, 2005. In addition, the Orange defeated J 11-time national champion UCLA, 2-1, in the 2005 season opener and O posted two victories against nationally-ranked Florida State. The 2005 squad fielded a program-best seven All-BIG EAST F I

selections, including SU’s second conference Rookie of the Year, Erin R Downey, and set single-season records in numerous categories including hits (369), runs scored (209), home runs (39), runs batted in (187) and N fielding percentage (.966). B

SU’s success did not go unnoticed as Firnbach and her two assistants A

were selected as the 2005 BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year. C Firnbach has taken the Orange softball program from the drawing board to the diamond and she is 138-148-1 (.483) as a head coach with four-year letterwinner at third base for the Salukis and was the MVP H three winning seasons in the Orange’s first six campaigns. of the 1990 squad. Firnbach served as team captain in 1991 when she Firnbach was named Syracuse’s first coach on July 18, 1998. She used led the Salukis to a 42-7 record, the Gateway Conference regular- the 18 months between her appointment and SU’s first game to build season and tournament championships, and a trip to the NCAA a solid foundation for the program. In her first season as a head coach, Regionals. Firnbach was a two-time Gateway All-Conference first- she guided the team to a 24-23-1 record. Firnbach topped that win total team and All-Midwest second-team selection. She was also a two- in 2002, leading SU to 25 victories and the team’s first-ever BIG EAST time GTE second-team Academic All-American. Tournament berth. Firnbach joined the Raybestos Brakettes in Stratford, Conn. for the In SU’s five seasons in the BIG EAST, Firnbach has coached 18 1991 season. The Brakettes won the national championship and the all-league selections, including four-time All-BIG EAST performer Tanya gold medal at the Olympic Sports Festival. She also played with the Rose. In 2002, Rose became just the fourth player in conference history Michigan Cruise in Ann Arbor, Mich., finishing fifth at the national to be the BIG EAST Rookie of the Year, first-team All-BIG EAST and a tournament in 1994. member of the league’s all-rookie team in the same season. Firnbach entered the coaching profession immediately following Under Firnbach’s tutelage, SU has also gained recognition on the graduation, serving as a volunteer assistant coach for two seasons regional level. Since 2002, the Orange has boasted eight NFCA at her alma mater, while completing her master’s degree in sport All-Northeast Region selections. psychology. She served as an assistant coach at the University of Firnbach’s players also had success off the field. Since the start of the Michigan from 1993 to 1995 where she helped lead the Wolverines to 1999-2000 school year, softball student-athletes have been named to the a Big Ten Conference regular season and tournament championship, SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (3.0-or-better for the semster) a total the National Invitational Tournament title and to an appearance in of 113 times. The Orange also has had 52 BIG EAST Academic All-Star the College World Series. (3.0-or-better for the Firnbach then served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator academic year) selections at Illinois State for three years. The Redbirds won Missouri Valley in that time. In addition, FIRNBACH YEAR-BY-YEAR Conference crowns in 1996 and 1997. Syracuse has had 10 Overall BIG EAST Firnbach has received numerous honors recognizing her CoSIDA Academic All- Year W-L-T Pct. W-L-T Pct. accomplishments both on and off the field. She was named the District honorees and 2000 24-23-1 .510 ------Gateway Conference’s Athlete of the Decade for the 1980s and was in 2002, Kristen Collins 2001 19-28 .404 6-14 .300 Southern Illinois’ nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year award and Julie Dunn were 2002 25-21 .543 12- 6 .667 in 1991. Firnbach received the Virginia Gordon Scholar/Athlete both named third-team 2003 17-25 .405 7-13 .350 Award and the Southern Illinois Outstanding Leader Athlete Award Academic All-Americans. 2004 25-29 .463 9-11 .450 in 1990 and 1991. In 1996, she was inducted into the Southern 2005 28-22 .560 11- 7 .611 Her achievements as Illinois University Athletic Hall of Fame. She is also a member of the Totals 138-148-1 .483 45-51 .469 a coach are no surprise. Woodstock (Ill.) High School Hall of Fame. Firnbach was an all- Firnbach has spoken at various coaches’ and players’ clinics star caliber player and FIRNBACH’S AWARDS on a wide variety of topics, including fielding, hitting, catching excelled as an assistant 2005 and recruiting. She was the director of the Illinois State University coach before moving to BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year summer camp and a camp instructor at the University of Michigan. Syracuse. Firnbach is a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Firnbach completed a (NFCA) and is currently serving as president of the BIG EAST standout playing career FIRNBACH’S COACHING HISTORY Softball Coaches Association. She is also the conference representative at Southern Illinois 1999-present Head Coach, Syracuse on the NFCA Division I Coaches Committee and on the NCAA University in 1991 1995-99 Asst. Coach, Illinois State Division I Regional Advisory Committee. when she earned her 1993-95 Asst. Coach, Michigan 1991-93 Volunteer Asst., S. Illinois She resides in Syracuse. undergraduate degree in community health education. She was a WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM 13 ORANGE SOFTBALL S E

H CLARISA CROWELL C

A 1st Season • Virginia Tech, 2002 O

C Clarisa Crowell is in her first and the Virginia All-State Team, in addition to earning her first Team

T year as an assistant coach with MVP award. The following year, Crowell was named to the Atlantic the Syracuse University softball 10 All-Conference Team again, this time as an outfielder, and she N program. She comes to SU after a became the first player in Virginia state history to be picked to the all-

A two-year stint as assistant coach at state team at two different positions (pitcher/outfielder). That season T Ohio University. Crowell assists Crowell also claimed her second Team MVP honor. As a senior in 2002,

S Firnbach in all aspects of the Crowell earned her third all-state team selection and was a first-team I program, including recruiting, all-region choice. She was named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team S gameday preparation and and was voted the Hokies’ Best Offensive Player.

S scouting. Crowell works directly Crowell finished her Virginia Tech career as the school’s leader in

ASSISTANT COACHES A ASSISTANT with the Orange pitching staff. winning percentage (.722) and second in career earned run average Crowell was a member of the Ohio University coaching staff in (1.36), strikeouts (362), wins (65), starts (87), innings pitched (614), 2004 and 2005. She was responsible for mentoring the Bobcats’ pitchers appearances (106), complete games (62), and shutouts (26). She is and infielders, while also assisting with hitting instruction. Crowell fourth on the Hokies’ career games played list (243) and completed her helped organize practice sessions, served as the team’s chief scout, career with 200 hits, 293 total bases, and 104 runs scored. recruiting coordinator, and was responsible for team travel logistics. While at Virginia Tech, Crowell also competed as a member of the Prior to her appointment at Ohio, Crowell worked as a volunteer Decatur Twister in the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) in 2001, assistant coach at her alma mater, Virginia Tech, from September helping the squad tie for fourth place in Women’s Majors (A) and tie 2002-May 2003. She assisted the Hokies’ coaching staff with game for fifth at the Canada Cup. management and operations, while working with Tech’s pitchers and Crowell also serves as an instructor at a number of softball clinics infielders on their defensive skills. She also assisted in developing and camps. Since 1997, she has worked clinics at Virginia Tech, practice schedules and activities. the University of Maryland, and has served as a member of the Crowell played four seasons for the Hokies beginning in 1999. She instructional staff at Five-Star Softball in College Park, Md. earned all-conference honors three times and was voted the team’s Crowell earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Virginia Most Valuable Player twice. As a freshman, she was selected to the Tech in 2002. She received a master’s degree in recreation and sport Atlantic 10 All-Conference Team as a utility player/third baseman/ sciences from Ohio in June, 2005. pitcher. Crowell was also picked to the league’s all-tournament team JAIME GRILLO 1st Season • Syracuse, 2005

Four-time letterwinner and 2003 recipient of the Abbie Bigelow Award for Courage Jaime Grillo is in her first year as a graduate assistant coach at her alma mater. A catcher during her career at Syracuse, Grillo works with SU’s backstops and assists the Orange coaching staff with game management and scouting. Grillo started 111-of-114 career games behind the plate and she ranks ninth on SU’s career doubles list with 14. As a rookie in 2001, Grillo caught 318.1 out of 332.1 innings and recorded a .994 fielding percentage, making only two errors in 350 chances. She also threw out a record-high 17 runners attempting to steal and tallied 312 putouts, the second highest total for an SU player in one season. After missing the 2002 season and most of the 2003 campaign, Grillo returned to the field in 2004, starting 27 times behind the plate for the Orange. She led the team in fielding percentage at .992 (min. 20 chances) and made just one error in 126 chances. She also threw out 7-of-29 would-be base stealers and picked off another two runners on her way to team co-Defensive Player of the Year honors. As a senior, Grillo started 27 games and recorded a .972 fielding percentage, making six errors in 194 attempts. She also drove in seven runs in 77 at bats. Grillo earned her bachelor’s degree from Syracuse in sociology in 2005 and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in counseling education. 14 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL S SUPPORT STAFF U P

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Volunteer Assistant • 3rd Season • Le Moyne, 1999 R T

Kim Doran joined the Syracuse coaching staff prior to the 2004 season. Doran is a teacher at S

Nottingham High School in Syracuse and served as the head softball coach in 2003. Doran works directly T

with the Orange catchers, as well as assisting with hitting instruction, recruiting and game preparation. A

In her first season, the Syracuse catching tandem of Jaime Grillo and Katie Kaempfer were named the F

team’s co-Defensive Players of the Year. Grillo led the team with a .992 fielding percentage, while Kaempfer F posted a .977 fielding percentage and threw out seven out of 15 would-be base stealers (.467). SU also picked another five runners off the bases. In 2003, she coached the Bally’s Total Fitness tournament team for girls 18 and under. Prior to that year, Doran served as the assistant coach for Fayetteville-Manlius High School. Doran also serves as a camp coach at the Le Moyne Softball Camp and has previously been a pitcher/ catcher coach at the Gillette Road camp in Cicero. Doran played four seasons at from 1996-99. She is still among the Dolphins’ all-time top 10 in games played, runs scored, home runs, runs batted in, fielding percentage and putouts. Doran graduated from Le Moyne with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1999. Four years later she received her master’s degree in special education from the school. William Hicks Jr. ANN GREER Strength & Conditioning Assistant Athletic Coach Trainer

Sixth-year SU strength and conditioning Ann Greer joined the Syracuse University coach William Hicks leads a spirited training staff in 2005 after serving as a developmental program for the Orange. graduate assistant at the University of As the person responsible for the Wyoming for the past two years. She works operation of the weight room facilities in with the women’s softball team and is also Manley Field House, Hicks prides himself on bonds he builds with responsible for administrative duties in the department. the Orange student-athletes. He and his staff develop programs to A 2000 graduate of the University of Kansas, Greer earned her increase conditioning, strength, speed and agility for each of the bachelor’s degree in sport science with an emphasis in athletic training. Orange’s 21 varsity programs. Hicks’ philosophy regarding the She will be awarded her graduate degree in kinesiology and health physical development of SU’s student-athletes centers on continuous from the University of Wyoming in 2006. improvement. At Wyoming, Greer worked with the women’s soccer and men’s Prior to his appointment at Syracuse, Hicks spent 16 years at his and women’s swimming and diving teams. Her other professional alma mater North Carolina State. His duties included overseeing the experience includes serving as assistant athletic trainer at Baker strength and conditioning operation, assisting with football team University in Baldwin City, Kansas from 2002-03. During the same travel and conducting team drug and alcohol seminars. year, she held a dual role as a certified athletic trainer for the Neu In March of 1999, Hicks assumed the title of Assistant Athletic Physical Therapy Clinic in Lawrence, Kansas. Director for Football Operations at N.C. State. In that capacity, he From 1998-2000, Greer was a student athletic trainer at the served as the liaison between the football office and the dining hall, University of Kansas where she worked with the Jayhawks football, housing, student services and professional scouts. women’s soccer, women’s rowing and softball teams. Prior to his position in football operations, Hicks was part of the Greer is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers athletic improvement staff, which was responsible for strength and Association. conditioning. In 1999, Hicks was named the ACC’s Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He was one of 11 finalists for the national JIM SCHLENSKER honor. He graduated from N.C. State in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in Assistant Equipment recreation resources administration. Manager Hicks is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and is a professional member of both the AFCA and the NSCA. He and his Jim Schlensker is in his 12th year as wife, Kelly, live in Geddes. They have three children: Jessica, Connor assistant equipment manager at Syracuse. His and Carson. primary responsibilities include working with the football program and office duties. He also maintains the equipment room computer system, ordering equipment and inventory. Schlensker came to Syracuse from Northwestern University. The Fort Wayne, Ind., native is a 1990 graduate of St. Joseph’s College. Schlensker is a certified equipment manager by the A.E.M.A. He lives in Syracuse.

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SU EARNS FIRST-EVER POSTSEASON W

E VICTORY I

V The Orange fi nished third in the BIG EAST

E standings with an 11-7 record to qualify for the

R conference championship for the second time

in the program’s short history. After losing to Seton Hall on May 12, SU responded with a 5-1 N triumph against Villanova the following day O to record the team’s fi rst postseason victory. S Downey twirled a complete game, four hitter

A to earn the win. She struck out four and did not

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S The Orange took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning when Courtney Mosch’s

5 sacrifi ce bunt was mishandled allowing

0 two runners to score. Villanova recorded an

0 unearned run in the fi fth to make the score 2-1 through four and a half innings. 2 2005 SEASON REVIEW Erin Downey pitched three innings of Tiffany Robinson set the SU record with a Syracuse tacked on three in the bottom of scoreless relief to secure SU’s upset of No. 3 16-game hitting streak and ranked third in the sixth to produce the fi nal margin. With the UCLA in the 2005 season-opener. the BIG EAST in batting average (.349). bases loaded, Erin Gray came through with a sacrifi ce fl y to knock in the fi rst run. Jaime ORANGE HAS RECORD-BREAKING Grillo followed with an RBI single to center that ORANGE GETS SEVEN skipped by the Villanova outfi elder, allowing 2005 SEASON two runs to score. ALL-BIG EAST NODS Syracuse set or tied 10 team records in The Wildcats threatened in the seventh with Syracuse had seven players earn 2005. The Orange won a program-best 28 two one-out singles, but Downey induced two all-conference recognition in 2005, the most games and fi nished with a 28-22 overall infi eld pop-ups to end the game. in team history. SU’s seven all-league record, the third winning season in SU selections was the most of any school in softball’s fi rst six years. The Orange reeled ROSE REWRITES SU RECORD BOOK the conference. The Orange also boasted off the longest winning streak in team the league’s Coaching Staff of the Year and history with eight consecutive triumphs Tanya Rose ended her spectacular career Rookie of the Year. from April 10-17. SU also had a stretch of with a fi ne 2005 season. She started all 50 games seven straight victories from Feb. 19-March and tied the Orange single-season record with Coaching Staff of the Year 6 on its way to its most successful season. 55 hits. She fi nished second on the team with a Mary Jo Firnbach, Jodie Cox, Kim Doran Coach Firnbach’s club defeated No. 3 UCLA, .335 batting average, drove in 22 runs, cracked 2-1, at the Kajikawa Tournament to open the fi ve homers and led the team with 37 runs Rookie of the Year season. The Bruins represented the highest scored. She also recorded a perfect Erin Downey ranked opponent ever beaten by the Orange. fi elding percentage, making no errors in 52 Erin Downey made her collegiate debut chances in the outfi eld. For her outstanding First Team and pitched three scoreless innings against play, she was named all-conference for the Tiffany Robinson - Third in the BIG EAST the the 11-time national champions to pick fourth time and picked up her third NFCA in batting average (.349); School record up the save. SU also knocked off nationally- All-Region nod. 16-game hitting streak. ranked Florida State on two occasions. It Rose concluded her four seasons owning or was the fi rst time in team history the Orange sharing 17 SU career records. She ranks fi rst Tanya Rose - Tied SU single-season record defeated three ranked foes in the same in career batting average (.336), games played with 55 hits; Second in the BIG EAST in runs season. (192), games started (192), at-bats (613), runs scored (37). In addition to its victory total, SU scored (130), hits (206), RBI (91), extra-base hits established new program standards for runs (58), multiple-hit games (64), on-base percent- Cassie Morales - Tied for third in the league scored (209), hits (369), home runs (39), runs age (.408), slugging percentage (.530), total in doubles (14); Led the Orange with 30 RBI. batted in (187), total bases (555), slugging bases (325), walks (65), stolen bases (37), stolen percentage (.411), fi elding percentage (.966), base attmpts (41) and tied for the career lead in Courtney Mosch - Led SU in earned run strikeouts (324) and equaled the team record doubles (40) and home runs (23). average (2.14); Pitched team’s second-ever for fewest errors (48). On an individual Rose also set or tied numerous Orange single- no-hitter; Hit .239 with seven homers. level, Tanya Rose matched the single-season season marks during the course of her career. records for hits (55) and fi eld percentage Her 55 hits in 2005 equaled her own school Second Team (1.000). Downey tied the single-season mark standard also shared by Cassie Morales. In Erin Downey - Tied team record with 17 for wins (17) and set new school standards 2004, Rose set a new team record by scoring 41 wins; Second on SU’s single-season ledger for appearances (38) and saves (4). runs and tied the SU season standards for games with 188 strikeouts; Tied for second in the On April 24, Syracuse scored a team- played (54), games started (54), at-bats (173) conference in saves (4). record 14 runs in a 14-1 victory versus and walks (25). During the 2002 campaign she Rutgers at the SU Softball Stadium. The fi nished with 19 multiple-hit games, 13 stolen Shawna Norris - Led SU in homers (8); Orange offense drove in 13 runs, still bases and 15 stolen base attempts - all SU Finished with a .320 batting average in another program standard. Six players had single-season records. conference games. two hits including Cassie Morales, who tied the school record with fi ve runs batted in. Alexis Switenko - Third on the team in Tanya Rose also had two base knocks and batting average (.317) and RBI (24). drove in four. 16 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL 2 2005 SEASON STATISTICS

2005 OVERALL BATTING STATISTICS 0 0 Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% Tiffany Robinson .349 45 41 109 17 38 1 0 0 8 39 .358 6 1 37 0 .388 0 0 4 6 17 1 1 .947 5

Tanya Rose .335 50 50 164 37 55 11 2 5 22 85 .518 19 4 17 0 .415 1 2 4 4 52 0 0 1.000

Alexis Switenko .317 50 50 145 27 46 4 1 5 24 67 .462 20 0 15 0 .391 4 3 0 0 86 98 12 .939 S

Melissa Kelly .304 35 31 23 1 7 1 0 0 4 8 .348 2 0 6 0 .360 0 3 0 0 204 16 2 .991 E Cassie Morales .292 48 48 161 16 47 14 0 6 30 79 .491 5 0 24 0 .308 3 3 0 0 8 1 0 1.000 A Shawna Norris .290 49 49 131 25 38 4 0 8 22 66 .504 24 4 37 0 .415 0 1 0 0 101 60 9 .947 Chanel Roehner .287 50 50 167 27 48 11 0 5 27 74 .443 6 2 36 0 .318 1 8 2 4 37 4 1 .976 S

Courtney Mosch .239 48 48 142 23 34 8 0 7 22 63 .444 12 2 39 2 .302 3 3 0 0 109 48 3 .981 O Jamie Grillo .195 29 27 77 9 15 5 0 1 7 23 .299 6 2 15 0 .271 0 1 0 0 194 15 6 .972 N Erin Gray .184 50 50 147 15 27 4 0 2 19 37 .252 3 3 25 0 .212 3 2 0 0 29 84 11 .911

Katie Kaempfer .183 23 23 60 3 11 0 0 0 1 11 .183 2 3 15 0 .246 0 0 0 0 146 13 1 .994 Jennifer Elderbroom .115 22 5 26 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 .115 3 1 6 0 .233 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1.000 S

Joscie Kaup .000 19 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T

Erin Downey .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 6 33 2 .951 A T

Totals .273 50 50 1352 209 369 63 3 39 187 555 .411 108 22 272 2 .333 15 27 10 14 993 375 48 .966 I Opponents .226 50 50 1244 132 281 42 10 17 119 394 .317 116 11 324 1 .297 1 32 30 47 1004 375 63 .956 S

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LOB - Team (313), Opp (281). DPs turned - Team (14), Opp (16). I C S 2005 OVERALL PITCHING STATISTICS

Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA Courtney Mosch 2.14 10 12 29 24 11 2 0 2 137.2 106 56 42 59 121 16 2 5 506 .209 1 9 0 1 14 Erin Downey 2.27 17 10 38 24 20 4 0 4 188.1 170 72 61 52 198 26 6 12 716 .237 11 2 0 0 18 Alex Austin 4.20 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 4 3 5 5 0 2 0 22 .227 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 2.24 28 22 50 50 31 6 0 6 331.0 281 132 106 116 324 42 10 17 1244 .226 12 11 0 1 32 Opponents 3.60 22 28 50 50 22 10 2 2 334.2 369 209 172 108 272 63 3 39 1352 .273 33 22 0 15 27

PB - Team (12), GRILLO 6, KAEMPFER 6, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (3).

2005 BIG EAST BATTING STATISTICS

Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% Melissa Kelly .500 11 10 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 1 0 .500 0 0 0 0 58 5 1 .984 Tiffany Robinson .444 17 17 45 10 20 1 0 0 5 21 .467 3 0 10 0 .479 0 0 2 3 7 1 1 .889 Cassie Morales .413 18 18 63 10 26 9 0 4 20 47 .746 0 0 5 0 .406 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 1.000 Tanya Rose .390 18 18 59 17 23 4 0 4 13 39 .661 6 2 3 0 .456 1 1 1 1 20 0 0 1.000 Shawna Norris .320 18 18 50 11 16 2 0 3 12 27 .540 10 1 9 0 .443 0 0 0 0 33 17 3 .943 Alexis Switenko .320 18 18 50 12 16 1 0 3 9 26 .520 10 0 3 0 .419 2 1 0 0 36 33 6 .920 Courtney Mosch .278 18 18 54 12 15 2 0 3 10 26 .481 5 1 12 0 .333 3 0 0 0 37 19 2 .966 Katie Kaempfer .263 8 8 19 1 5 0 0 0 1 5 .263 0 0 2 0 .263 0 0 0 0 43 5 1 .980 Chanel Roehner .241 18 18 58 13 14 2 0 3 10 25 .431 5 1 16 0 .312 0 3 0 1 15 4 1 .950 Erin Gray .222 18 18 54 7 12 1 0 1 12 16 .296 0 1 7 0 .228 2 1 0 0 14 26 5 .889 Jaime Grillo .172 11 10 29 3 5 3 0 0 2 8 .276 5 0 5 0 .294 0 0 0 0 76 3 1 .988 Jennifer Elderbroom .000 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Joscie Kaup .000 8 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals .314 18 18 487 99 153 26 0 21 94 242 .497 45 6 73 0 .373 9 8 3 5 343 127 23 .953 Opponents .243 18 18 449 58 109 21 2 6 54 152 .339 39 4 110 0 .309 0 9 11 16 341 143 24 .953

LOB - Team (115), Opp (100). DPs turned - Team (7), Opp (2). 2005 BIG EAST PITCHING STATISTICS

Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA Erin Downey 2.86 8 3 14 9 8 2 0 0 71.0 67 33 29 20 75 11 2 5 276 .243 3 1 0 0 5 Courtney Mosch 3.39 3 4 10 9 4 1 0 0 43.1 42 25 21 19 35 10 0 1 173 .243 1 3 0 0 4

Totals 3.06 11 7 18 18 12 3 0 0 114.1 109 58 50 39 110 21 2 6 449 .243 4 4 0 0 9 Opponents 5.11 7 11 18 18 5 3 0 1 113.2 153 99 83 45 73 26 0 21 487 .314 15 6 0 9 8

PB - Team (3), GRILLO 2, KAEMPFER 1, Opp (0).

RETURNING PLAYES IN BOLD

WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM 17 ORANGE SOFTBALL

S 2005 RESULTS T

L Date Opponent Score r-h-e r-h-e Inns Overall Conf. Pitcher Att. Time

U ! Feb 13, 2005 vs. #3 UCLA W 2-1 2-3-0 1-5-0 7 1-0-0 0-0-0 MOSCH (W 1-0) 0 1:33 @ Feb 18, 2005 vs. #15 Florida State 4-5 L 4-7-0 5-10-3 (8) 1-1-0 0-0-0 MOSCH (L 1-1) 177 3:00 S @ Feb.18, 2005 vs. SE Louisiana 2-4 L 2-7-2 4-7-1 7 1-2-0 0-0-0 MOSCH (L 1-2) 177 1:22 E @ Feb 19, 2005 vs. South Carolina W 2-1 2-5-2 1-3-1 7 2-2-0 0-0-0 DOWNEY (W 1-0) 0 1:35 R @ Feb 19, 2005 at #15 Florida State W 2-1 2-3-0 1-3-1 7 3-2-0 0-0-0 MOSCH (W 2-2) 410 1:47 @ Feb 20, 2005 vs. South Carolina W 10-3 10-12-1 3-1-0 7 4-2-0 0-0-0 MOSCH (W 3-2) 144 1:57

N # Mar 5, 2005 vs. Cornell W 2-0 2-7-0 0-0-1 7 5-2-0 0-0-0 MOSCH (W 4-2) 45 1:36

O # Mar 5, 2005 at George Mason W 12-4 12-13-0 4-2-4 5 6-2-0 0-0-0 DOWNEY (W 2-0) 52 1:50 # Mar 6, 2005 vs. Cornell W 10-2 10-13-0 2-4-0 6 7-2-0 0-0-0 DOWNEY (W 3-0) 37 1:45 S # Mar 6, 2005 vs. George Mason W 3-2 3-6-3 2-6-2 7 8-2-0 0-0-0 AUSTIN (W 1-0) 43 2:04 A Mar 12, 2005 at Cal-State Northridge 0-1 L 0-4-0 1-4-1 7 8-3-0 0-0-0 MOSCH (L 4-3) 213 1:50 E Mar 12, 2005 at Cal-State Northridge 1-2 L 1-5-1 2-6-0 7 8-4-0 0-0-0 DOWNEY (L 3-1) 213 1:38

S Mar 13, 2005 at Cal-State Northridge W 4-3 4-8-1 3-3-1 7 9-4-0 0-0-0 MOSCH (W 5-3) 376 2:19 Mar 15, 2005 at Cal-State Fullerton 0-2 L 0-5-1 2-7-1 7 9-5-0 0-0-0 DOWNEY (L 3-2) 62 1:58

5 ^ Mar 16, 2005 vs. #21 Arizona State 0-4 L 0-1-1 4-8-0 7 9-6-0 0-0-0 MOSCH (L 5-4) 212 1:48

0 ^ Mar 17, 2005 vs. #7 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-1 L 0-2-0 1-5-1 7 9-7-0 0-0-0 MOSCH (L 5-5) 0 1:59 ^ Mar 18, 2005 vs. #8 Oklahoma 0-3 L 0-4-0 3-10-1 7 9-8-0 0-0-0 DOWNEY (L 3-3) 0 1:45 0 ^ Mar 19, 2005 vs. #22 Florida State W 4-3 4-5-0 3-8-1 (8) 10-8-0 0-0-0 DOWNEY (W 4-3) 1,211 2:12 2 2005 SEASON RESULTS ^ Mar 20, 2005 vs. #18 Nebraska 3-4 L 3-3-3 4-9-3 7 10-9-0 0-0-0 DOWNEY (L 4-4) 0 2:07 Mar 30, 2005 at Lehigh W 6-1 6-7-2 1-3-2 7 11-9-0 0-0-0 MOSCH (W 6-5) 124 1:53 * Apr 1, 2005 CONNECTICUT 0-2 L 0-3-0 2-7-1 7 11-10-0 0-1-0 MOSCH (L 6-6) 132 1:39 * Apr 1, 2005 CONNECTICUT W 8-5 8-11-2 5-7-1 7 12-10-0 1-1-0 DOWNEY (W 5-4) 132 2:10 Apr 5, 2005 at Hofstra 0-3 L 0-4-1 3-4-0 7 12-11-0 1-1-0 MOSCH (L 6-7) 125 1:46 Apr 5, 2005 at Hofstra W 8-0 8-10-0 0-4-3 7 13-11-0 1-1-0 DOWNEY (W 6-4) 125 2:09 * Apr 9, 2005 at St. John’s W 5-1 5-7-0 1-7-2 7 14-11-0 2-1-0 DOWNEY (W 7-4) 57 2:15 * Apr 9, 2005 at St. John’s W 9-2 9-12-4 2-3-0 7 15-11-0 3-1-0 DOWNEY (W 8-4) 57 2:18 * Apr 10, 2005 at Seton Hall 0-1 L 0-3-1 1-6-0 7 15-12-0 3-2-0 DOWNEY (L 8-5) 103 1:34 * Apr 10, 2005 at Seton Hall W 5-0 5-11-1 0-4-0 7 16-12-0 4-2-0 MOSCH (W 7-7) 103 1:54 * Apr 12, 2005 PROVIDENCE W 8-0 8-10-0 0-4-4 5 17-12-0 5-2-0 DOWNEY (W 9-5) 103 1:20 * Apr 12, 2005 PROVIDENCE W 12-4 12-15-2 4-6-5 6 18-12-0 6-2-0 DOWNEY (W 10-5) 103 2:03 Apr 13, 2005 at Niagara W 5-1 5-10-1 1-3-2 7 19-12-0 6-2-0 MOSCH (W 8-7) 38 1:43 Apr 13, 2005 at Niagara W 8-0 8-14-0 0-1-0 5 20-12-0 6-2-0 DOWNEY (W 11-5) 67 1:21 * Apr 16, 2005 at Boston College W 8-2 8-7-0 2-3-1 7 21-12-0 7-2-0 DOWNEY (W 12-5) 125 1:59 * Apr 16, 2005 at Boston College W 4-2 4-10-3 2-5-1 7 22-12-0 8-2-0 MOSCH (W 9-7) 125 1:49 Apr 17, 2005 at Fordham W 2-1 2-6-2 1-9-1 (8) 23-12-0 8-2-0 DOWNEY (W 13-5) 125 2:10 Apr 17, 2005 at Fordham 0-1 L 0-6-0 1-6-0 (9) 23-13-0 8-2-0 MOSCH (L 9-8) 125 1:56 Apr 20, 2005 CORNELL 5-6 L 5-9-0 6-7-1 7 23-14-0 8-2-0 DOWNEY (L 13-6) 109 1:44 * Apr 22, 2005 VILLANOVA W 1-0 1-3-0 0-6-0 7 24-14-0 9-2-0 DOWNEY (W 14-6) 211 1:37 * Apr 22, 2005 VILLANOVA 2-10 L 2-6-1 10-11-0 6 24-15-0 9-3-0 MOSCH (L 9-9) 211 1:51 * Apr 24, 2005 RUTGERS W 12-4 12-14-0 4-4-1 5 25-15-0 10-3-0 DOWNEY (W 15-6) 119 1:47 * Apr 24, 2005 RUTGERS W 14-1 14-15-2 1-2-4 5 26-15-0 11-3-0 MOSCH (W 10-9) 119 1:34 Apr 26, 2005 at Canisius W 4-1 4-9-0 1-7-0 7 27-15-0 11-3-0 DOWNEY (W 16-6) 45 1:39 Apr 26, 2005 at Canisius 3-6 L 3-10-3 6-6-2 (9) 27-16-0 11-3-0 DOWNEY (L 16-7) 45 2:26 * Apr 30, 2005 at Pittsburgh 7-10 L 7-9-3 10-9-3 7 27-17-0 11-4-0 DOWNEY (L 16-8) 70 2:12 * Apr 30, 2005 at Pittsburgh 0-1 L 0-5-1 1-6-0 (8) 27-18-0 11-5-0 MOSCH (L 10-10) 70 1:44 * May 1, 2005 at Notre Dame 1-6 L 1-3-0 6-11-1 7 27-19-0 11-6-0 DOWNEY (L 16-9) 668 2:03 * May 1, 2005 at Notre Dame 3-7 L 3-9-3 7-8-0 7 27-20-0 11-7-0 MOSCH (L 10-11) 668 2:11 & May 12, 2005 vs. Seton Hall 2-3 L 2-8-1 3-8-0 7 27-21-0 11-7-0 DOWNEY (L 16-10) 0 1:57 & May 13, 2005 vs. Villanova W 5-1 5-6-1 1-4-3 7 28-21-0 11-7-0 DOWNEY (W 17-10) 0 2:09 & May 13, 2005 vs. Notre Dame 1-4 L 1-4-0 4-9-3 7 28-22-0 11-7-0 MOSCH (L 10-12) 338 2:09

! Kajikawa Tournament (Tempe, Ariz.) * BIG EAST game @ Sunshine State Tournament (Tallahassee, Fla.) () extra inning game # George Mason Patriot Classic (Fairfax, Va.) HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS ^ Kia Classic (Fullerton, Calif.) & BIG EAST Tournament (South Bend, Ind.)

WIN-LOSS SUMMARY W L T Pct W L T Pct Total 28 22 0 .560 1-Run games 8 10 0 .444 Conference 11 7 0 .611 2-Run games 2 3 0 .400 Non-Conference 17 15 0 .531 5+Run games 13 2 0 .867 Home 6 3 0 .667 Extra innings 2 4 0 .333 Away 15 12 0 .556 Shutouts 6 10 0 .375 Neutral 7 7 0 .500 Longest winning streak 8 vs Left 2 4 0 .333 Longest losing streak 6 vs Right 26 18 0 .591

18 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL T THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE

2005 BIG EAST STAT LEADERS The BIG EAST Conference moves into 2005-06 H

with an emphasis on the word “Big” as the league E TEAM BATTING

becomes the largest Division I-A conference in the School G H AB Avg. B Notre Dame 61 463 1,579 .293 nation with 16 outstanding academic and athletic I

Providence 53 380 1,370 .277 institutions. The goal of the BIG EAST has always G Syracuse 50 369 1,352 .273 been to compete at the highest level and to do so with

St. John’s 51 367 1,353 .271 integrity and sportsmanship. E

Pittsburgh 52 348 1,379 .252 In 2005-06, the league welcomes fi ve new members: A Villanova 63 431 1,725 .250 S Seton Hall 49 323 1,316 .245 University of Cincinnati, DePaul University, Boston College 45 289 1,200 .241 University of Louisville, Marquette University and T Connecticut 45 265 1,181 .224 the University of South Florida. C Rutgers 48 242 1,119 .216 BIG EAST institutions reside in seven of the O nation’s top 30 largest media markets, including New TEAM PITCHING N School G IP ER ERA York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, F Notre Dame 61 422.0 82 1.36 D.C., Tampa, Pittsburgh and Hartford. With the E Villanova 63 439.0 102 1.63 incoming members, the BIG EAST markets will R Seton Hall 49 352.2 96 1.91 Michael Tranghese contain almost one fourth of all television households Providence 53 353.2 97 1.92 Commissioner E

in the U.S. N Connecticut 45 301.2 96 2.23 Since opening its doors in 1979, the league has

Syracuse 50 331.0 106 2.24 C St. John’s 51 333.0 157 3.30 won 25 national championships in six different sports and 123 student-athletes have E Boston College 45 305.1 147 3.37 won individual national titles. Last year, Providence’s Kim Smith won the NCAA Pittsburgh 52 355.0 171 3.37 women’s country championship. The Notre Dame women’s soccer team took the Rutgers 48 287.0 328 8.00 2004 national title.

INDIVIDUAL BATTING The BIG EAST has always been able to boast that some of its best students are Player H AB Avg. also some of its best athletes. More than 300 student-athletes have earned Academic Megan Ciolli, ND 72 193 .373 All-America honors. Tami Hill, SJU 58 156 .372 BIG EAST student-athletes also have continued their success after leaving the Tiffany Robinson, SU 38 109 .349 classrooms and playing fi elds. Caitlin White, SHU 54 155 .348 Helen Smith, RU 42 122 .344 Former Connecticut women’s basketball standout Dr. Leigh Curl was inducted Stephanie Brown, ND 63 186 .339 into the Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1999. Former Georgetown men’s Tanya Rose, SU 55 164 .335 basketball star Dikembe Mutombo was named a winner of the President’s Service Francesca DiMaria, UP 51 153 .333 Award, the highest honor in the U.S. for volunteer service. Katie Pierce, SHU 52 157 .331 The BIG EAST became a reality on May 31, 1979, following a meeting of Britney Thompson, 34 103 .330 athletic directors from Providence College, St. John’s, Georgetown and Syracuse INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Universities. Seton Hall, Connecticut and Boston College completed the original Player IP ER ERA seven school alliance. Megan Meyer, SHU 244.0 32 0.92 While the membership has both increased and changed, the focus of the BIG Steffany Stenglein, ND 195.2 30 1.07 EAST has not wavered. The conference refl ects a tradition of broad based programs, Shannon Williams, VU 233.0 50 1.50 Kristen Haynes, VU 150.0 33 1.54 led by administrators and coaches who place a constant emphasis on academic Heather Booth, ND 209.2 47 1.57 integrity. The BIG EAST Conference has enjoyed a leadership role nationally. Sara Surosky, PC 92.2 23 1.74 Its student athletes own signifi cantly high graduation rates and their record of Nicole Bartholomew, PC 178.1 48 1.88 scholastic achievement notably show a balance between intercollegiate athletics and Jessica Gurney, UC 207.1 61 2.06 academics. Courtney Mosch, SU 137.2 42 2.14 Tanza Lewis, PC 80.2 25 2.17 While BIG EAST basketball games are regular sellouts at campus and major public arenas, including the annual BIG EAST Championship in Madison Square HOME RUNS Garden, attendance fi gures also are signifi cant at BIG EAST soccer, women’s Player G HR HR/G basketball and baseball games. Laura Taylor, SHU 48 13 0.27 The BIG EAST has its headquarters in Providence where the conference Allie Wisniewski, VU 59 10 0.17 Rachel Bartholomew, PC 53 9 0.17 administers to more than 5,500 athletes in 23 sports. Michelle Willette, PC 51 9 0.18 Kari Koller, VU 60 9 0.15 Shannon Garvin, PC 53 8 0.15 BIG EAST Communications Shawna Norris, SU 49 8 0.16 Helen Smith, RU 46 8 0.17 222 Richmond Street, Suite 110 Jo Sherlock, SJU 51 8 0.16 Providence, RI 02903

STRIKEOUTS 401-453-0660 - Communications; 401-272-9108 - Switchboard; Player G SO SO/G 401-751-8540 - Communications Fax Steffany Stenglein, ND 41 310 11.09 Shannon Williams, VU 40 272 8.17 Megan Meyer, SHU 39 257 7.37 John Paquette, Associate Commissioner Jessica Gurney, UC 34 217 7.33 Rachel Engrissei (Softball Contact), Communications Assistant Heather Booth, ND 40 204 6.81 Erin Downey, SU 38 198 7.36 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM 19 ORANGE SOFTBALL

E 2005 BIG EAST STANDINGS C BIG EAST Overall N W L T Pts. W L T Pct. E Notre Dame 16 2 0 32 46 15 0 .754

R Seton Hall* 15 3 0 30 34 15 0 .694

E Syracuse 11 7 0 22 28 22 0 .560 F Villanova 10 8 0 20 38 25 0 .603

N Pittsburgh 8 8 0 16 23 29 0 .442

O Connecticut 8 10 0 16 20 25 0 .444 Boston College 6 10 0 12 20 25 0 .444 C

St. John’s 6 10 0 12 20 30 1 .402

T Providence 5 13 0 10 33 20 0 .623

S Rutgers 1 15 0 2 5 43 0 .104 Syracuse A *Won BIG EAST Tournament BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year E

G I 2005 BIG EAST AWARDS 2005 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP B Player of the Year South Bend, Ind. • May 12-14

Laura Taylor, Seton Hall, Sr., 1B E Thursday, May 12 Seton Hall 3, Syracuse 2 H Pitcher of the Year Notre Dame 3, Villanova 0 T THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE Steffany Stenglein, Notre Dame, Sr. Rookie of the Year Friday, May 13 Erin Downey, Syracuse, P Seton Hall 2, Notre Dame 1 Syracuse 5, Villanova 1 (VU eliminated) Coaching Staff of the Year Notre Dame 4, Syracuse 1 (SU eliminated) Syracuse Saturday, May 14 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM Seton Hall 2, Notre Dame 1 (11 inns.) P Megan Meyer Seton Hall Seton Hall wins championship P Steffany Stenglein Notre Dame Erin Downey (left) C Cassie Koenig Villanova BIG EAST Rookie of the Year IF Francesca DiMaria Pittsburgh BIG EAST IN THE NCAA IF Sheri Donley Villanova Regional at Ann Arbor, Mich. (Michigan) IF Katie Laing Notre Dame Friday, May 20 IF Laura Taylor Seton Hall Seton Hall 1, North Carolina 0 (8 inns.) OF Megan Ciolli Notre Dame OF Tiffany Robinson Syracuse Saturday, May 21 OF Tanya Rose Syracuse Michigan 5, Seton Hall 0 U Courtney Mosch Syracuse North Carolina 2, Seton Hall 1 (9 inns.) DP Cassie Morales Syracuse (SHU eliminated)

ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM Regional at South Bend, Ind. (Notre Dame) P Erin Downey Syracuse Friday, May 20 P Shannon Williams Villanova Notre Dame 3, Louisville 2 IF Shawna Norris Syracuse Saturday, May 21 IF Meagan Ruthrauff Notre Dame Notre Dame 3, Northwestern 2 IF Helen Smith Rutgers IF Alexis Switenko Syracuse Sunday, May 22 Cassie Morales OF Stephanie Brown Notre Dame Northwestern 4, Notre Dame 1 All-BIG EAST First Team OF Steph DiBiase Connecticut Northwestern 4, Notre Dame 3 (UND eliminated) OF Caitlin White Seton Hall U Ashley Obrest Boston College DP Carrie Wisen Notre Dame

ALL-BIG EAST THIRD TEAM Heather Booth, P Notre Dame Jackie Dempsey, 2B Villanova D’arcy Djakalovic, 2B Seton Hall Shannon Garvin, SS Providence Jess Gurney, P Connecticut Kimmy Hopkin, CF Boston College Kari Koller, 1B Villanova Kellie Middleton, LF Notre Dame Megan Oliver, DP St. John’s Casey Pickard, 1B Pittsburgh Allina Sainz, 1B St. John’s Alexis Switenko Sara Schoonaert, SS Notre Dame All-BIG EAST Second Team 20 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL A ALL-TIME RESULTS 2002 (25-21, 12-6 BIG EAST) L 2/15 vs. Maryland! W 3-1 L SU’s Year-by-Year Record 2/15 at #15 Florida State! L 6-3 Overall BIG EAST -

2/16 vs. Georgia! (8) L 2-1 T

Year W L T Pct. W L T Finish 2/16 vs. St. John’s! (5) W 11-1 I 2000 24 23 1 .510 Did Not Play 2/17 vs. Penn State! L 3-2 M 2001 19 28 0 .404 6 14 0 9th 3/8 vs. #17 Iowa^ (6) L 9-1 3/8 vs. Georgia Tech^ L 6-4 E

2002* 25 21 0 .543 12 6 0 4th 3/8 vs. UNC Greensboro^ L 4-3 2003 17 25 0 .405 7 13 0 t-9th 3/9 vs. Miami (OH)^ W 3-0 R

2004 25 29 0 .463 9 11 0 t-7th 3/9 vs. San Jose State^ L 9-4 E

2005* 28 22 0 .560 11 7 0 3rd 3/12 vs. Miami (OH) W 5-0 S vs. Miami (OH) (5) W 8-0

138 148 1 .483 45 51 0 .469 U 3/14 vs. Kansas# W 4-3

3/15 vs. Miami (OH)# W 5-1 L *BIG EAST Tournament appearance 3/15 vs. #7 California# (5) L 8-0 T 3/15 vs. San Jose State# W 3-1 S 3/16 vs. Saint Mary’s# W 5-1 3/16 vs. #25 Wisconsin# L 5-3 3/23 St. John’s* Cancelled 2000 (24-23-1) 2001 (19-28, 6-14 BIG EAST) 3/29 at Hofstra L 1-0 2/18 vs. Wisconsin! L 8-0 2/9 vs. Northern Illinois! W 7-3 3/30 at Connecticut* W 7-0 2/19 at Lousiana-Monroe! L 3-2 2/9 at Auburn! L 7-0 at Connecticut* W 4-1 2/19 vs. Louisiana Tech! W 6-2 2/10 vs. Ohio State! L 3-0 4/7 Virginia Tech* W 5-0 2/20 vs. Southern Illinois! W 1-0 2/10 vs. Purdue! L 2-1 Virginia Tech* W 3-0 2/20 vs. Wisconsin! L 1-0 2/11 vs. Ohio State! L 2-1 4/10 Binghamton W 5-0 3/5 at Army W 2-0 3/4 vs. Illinois State# L 4-0 Binghamton W 5-2 at Army W 6-3 3/4 at. #20 Texas A&M# (10) L 4-1 4/14 at Notre Dame* L 3-1 3/10 vs. Western Illinois^ L 3-0 3/13 vs. Utah W 1-0 at Notre Dame* W 3-0 3/11 at #15 Alabama^ L 3-1 vs. Utah W 4-3 4/17 at Penn State L 6-1 3/11 vs. Radford^ W 4-1 3/15 vs. #18 Nebraska (6) L 8-0 at Penn State L 5-3 3/12 at #15 Alabama^ L 4-0 3/16 vs. Iowa State^ W 2-1 4/20 Boston College* W 5-1 3/14 at #15 Alabama (10) L 2-1 3/16 vs. #16 Florida State^ L 3-2 Boston College* (14) W 6-5 at #15 Alabama L 3-0 3/17 vs. #18 Nebraska^ L 3-0 4/21 Providence* L 5-3 3/16 vs. Fordham@ W 5-0 3/17 vs. Maryland^ L 5-3 Providence* L 3-2 3/16 vs. New Mexico@ L 6-0 3/31 at Radford (8) L 3-2 4/24 at Cornell L 3-0 3/17 vs. Minnesota@ L 3-0 4/2 at Virginia Tech* L 5-4 at Cornell* (5) W 12-3 3/17 vs. Northern Illinois@ (8) L 1-0 at Virginia Tech* W 2-0 4/27 at Villanova* (8) L 1-0 3/18 at South Florida@ L 4-2 4/7 Pittsburgh* (11) L 1-0 at Villanova* L 5-2 3/18 vs. Seton Hall@ W 13-3 Pittsburgh* L 2-0 4/29 at Rutgers* W 6-0 3/19 vs. Tennessee Tech@ L 5-0 4/8 Notre Dame* L 6-0 at Rutgers* W 8-1 3/24 vs. Western Kentucky$ W 12-3 Notre Dame* L 6-0 5/1 Seton Hall* W 7-0 3/24 at Southern Illinois$ W 1-0 4/10 Colgate (9) W 1-0 Seton Hall* L 5-4 3/25 vs. Southeast Missouri$ W 3-1 Colgate W 1-0 5/6 vs. Pittsburgh*@ W 10-2 3/25 vs. Northern Iowa$ W 4-1 4/11 at Binghamton W 2-0 vs. Pittsburgh*@ W 8-7 3/26 at Southern Illinois L 6-0 at Binghamton (9) L 1-0 5/9 vs. Villanova& (8) L 3-2 4/1 at Boston College W 2-1 4/14 Connecticut* L 4-0 5/10 vs. Notre Dame& L 5-4 at Boston College (11) W 4-2 Connecticut* L 3-1 4/2 at Massachusetts L 2-0 4/19 Siena (9) W 1-0 ! Seminole Classic (Tallahassee, Fla.) at Massachusetts L 7-4 Siena (8) W 2-1 ^ National Invitational Softball Tournament (Pleasonton, Calif.) 4/6 Binghamton W 10-3 4/21 at Providence* W 11-2 # Capital Classic (Sacramento, Calif.) Binghamton W 2-1 at Providence* L 1-0 * BIG EAST game 4/8 Providence W 4-0 4/22 at Boston College* L 2-0 & BIG EAST Tournament (Salem, Va.) 4/14 Buffalo W 9-0 at Boston College* W 2-0 @ games played at Syracuse; originally scheduled at Pittsburgh Buffalo L 2-1 4/24 Penn State L 7-2 Home games in bold 4/15 at Seton Hall L 3-2 Penn State (8) W 2-1 at Seton Hall L 6-0 4/26 Cornell W 4-1 4/16 at Rutgers L 8-3 Cornell W 2-0 at Rutgers T 3-3 4/28 Villanova* L 4-2 4/20 at Siena W 2-0 Villanova* L 6-0 at Siena W 6-0 4/29 Rutgers* (9) W 1-0 4/25 at Buffalo W 11-0 Rutgers* W 4-0 at Buffalo W 6-2 5/1 Canisius L 4-2 4/26 at Cornell (8) W 1-0 Canisius W 5-1 at Cornell L 3-2 5/5 at Seton Hall* (5) L 8-0 4/28 LeMoyne W 7-0 at Seton Hall* L 2-1 4/30 Connecticut (9) L 4-2 5/6 at St. John’s* L 1-0 5/2 at Canisius L 2-0 at St. John’s W 3-1 at Canisius W 8-2 ! Tiger Invitational (Auburn, Ala.) ! Mardi Gras Classic (Monroe, La.) # Aggie Invitational II (College Station, Texas) ^ Alabama Crimson Classic (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) ^ Florida State Invitational (Tallahassee, Fla.) @ Clearwater Parks and Rec. Tournament (Clearwater, Fla.) * BIG EAST game $ Southern Illinois Saluki Invitational (Carbondale, Ill.)

Heather Brown (#12) won 10 games in 2002 to help the Orange to its fi rst BIG EAST Tournament appearance. WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM 21 ORANGE SOFTBALL

S 2005 (28-22, 11-7 BIG EAST) 2/13 vs. #3 UCLA! W 2-1 T

L 2/18 vs. #15 Florida State@ (8) L 5-4 2/18 vs. SE Louisiana@ L 4-2 U 2/19 vs. South Carolina@ W 2-1

S 2/19 at #15 Florida State@ W 2-1

E 2/20 vs. South Carolina@ W 10-3 3/5 vs. Cornell# W 2-0 R

3/5 at George Mason# (5) W 12-4

E 3/6 vs. Cornell# (6) W 10-2 3/6 vs. George Mason# W 3-2

M 3/12 at CS Northridge L 1-0 I at CS Northridge L 2-1

T 3/13 at CS Northridge W 4-3 - 3/15 at CS Fullerton L 2-0 L 3/16 vs. #21 Arizona State^ L 4-0 L 3/17 vs. #7 Louisiana Lafayette^ L 1-0

A ALL-TIME RESULTS 3/18 vs. #8 Oklahoma^ L 3-0 3/19 vs. #22 Florida State^ (8) W 4-3 3/20 vs. #18 Nebraska^ L 4-3 The 2005 Orange softball squad established a new school record with 28 wins. 3/30 at Lehigh W 6-1 4/1 Connecticut* L 2-0 Connecticut* W 8-5 2003 (17-25, 7-13 BIG EAST) 2004 (25-29, 9-11 BIG EAST) 4/5 at Hofstra L 3-0 2/21 vs. La.- Monroe ! W 5-0 2/13 vs. Nevada! L 5-3 at Hofstra W 8-0 2/21 at UNLV ! L 5-0 2/13 vs. #5 Washington! (5) L 11-1 4/9 at St. John’s* W 5-1 2/22 vs. Tennessee ! W 3-0 2/14 vs. #23 Fresno State! L 6-3 at St. John’s* W 9-2 2/22 at UNLV ! L 3-2 2/14 vs. #20 Arizona State! L 9-2 4/10 at Seton Hall* L 1-0 2/15 vs. New Mexico! L 4-3 2/23 vs. Tennessee ! L 4-2 at Seton Hall* W 5-0 2/15 vs. #13 CS-Fullerton! W 6-3 4/12 Providence* (5) W 8-0 2/28 vs. Mississippi State # L 4-1 2/20 at Nicholls State (11) W 1-0 3/2 vs. Mississippi State # L 3-2 2/21 vs. Mississippi@ L 2-1 Providence* (6) W 12-4 3/2 at #15 Florida State # L 6-1 2/21 vs. McNeese State@ W 2-0 4/13 at Niagara W 5-1 3/10 vs. Evansville ^ W 2-1 2/22 at Nicholls State@ W 4-3 at Niagara (5) W 8-0 3/10 vs. Binghamton ^ W 8-0 2/22 vs. McNeese State@ (9) W 3-2 4/16 at Boston College* W 8-2 3/11 vs. Pennsylvania ^ (8) L 4-3 3/5 vs. Nevada# (8) L 7-6 at Boston College* W 4-2 3/11 vs. Colorado State ^ (8) L 2-1 3/5 vs. #1 UCLA# L 4-1 4/17 at Fordham (8) W 2-1 3/6 vs. Cal Poly# (8) L 1-0 3/12 vs. Miami (OH) L 5-4 at Fordham (9) L 1-0 3/6 at San Diego State# L 2-1 4/20 Cornell L 6-5 3/14 at Florida International $ L 3-1 3/7 vs. Nevada# (5) L 9-1 3/14 vs. #7 California $ (8) L 8-0 3/10 at San Diego W 3-0 4/22 Villanova* W 1-0 3/16 vs. Florida Atlantic $ W 2-1 at San Diego W 4-0 Villanova* (6) L 10-2 3/16 vs. #20 Texas A&M $ L 9-5 3/12 vs. Wisconsin$ W 3-1 4/24 Rutgers* (5) W 12-4 3/16 vs. #24 Massachusetts W 4-2 3/12 vs. San Jose State$ W 3-2 Rutgers* (5) W 14-1 3/29 at Virginia Tech* W 4-1 3/13 vs. Iowa$ L 2-0 4/26 at Canisius W 4-1 at Virginia Tech* (6) L 9-1 3/13 vs. Minnesota$ L 1-3 at Canisius (9) L 6-3 3/14 vs. Wisconsin$ L 3-2 3/30 at Pittsburgh* L 3-2 4/30 at Pittsburgh* L 10-7 3/19 vs. Stony Brook% W 10-2 at Pittsburgh* (8) L 1-0 at Pittsburgh* L 9-5 3/20 vs. Pennsylvania% (5) W 13-1 4/6 at Providence* (6) W 10-2 3/20 vs. Delaware State% W 3-1 5/1 at Notre Dame* L 6-1 at Providence* W 10-6 3/21 vs. Delaware% W 10-6 at Notre Dame* L 7-3 4/11 Seton Hall* L 3-1 3/21 vs. Providence% W 4-0 5/12 vs. Seton Hall& L 3-2 Seton Hall* L 5-1 4/2 Boston College* W 5-4 5/13 vs. Villanova& W 5-1 4/13 St. John’s* W 3-2 Boston College* L 5-3 5/13 vs. Notre Dame& L 4-1 St. John’s* L 5-4 4/10 at Notre Dame* (5) L 11-3 at Notre Dame* (5) L 8-0 4/15 Hofstra W 7-2 ! Kajikawa Tournament (Tempe, Ariz.) 4/15 Canisius W 8-7 @ Sunshine State Classic (Tallahassee, Fla.) Hofstra W 3-2 Canisius (5) W 8-0 4/19 Notre Dame* (6) L 10-1 4/16 Providence* L 7-6 # George Mason Patriot Classic (Fairfax, Va.) Notre Dame* L 6-4 Providence* (8) W 6-5 ^ Kia Classic (Fullerton, Calif.) 4/24 Siena (5) W 13-3 4/21 at Cornell L 7-6 * BIG EAST game Siena W 5-3 at Cornell L 4-3 & BIG EAST Tournament (South Bend, Ind.) 4/27 at Boston College* (5) L 8-0 4/24 at Rutgers* W 7-1 Home games in bold at Boston College* L 1-0 at Rutgers* L 4-0 4/25 at Villanova* L 2-0 4/28 at Connecticut* L 4-1 at Villanova* L 3-1 at Connecticut* (5) L 11-3 4/28 Penn State L 4-0 5/3 Rutgers* W 6-3 Penn State L 3-2 Rutgers* W 7-1 4/29 Connecticut* W 3-2 5/4 Villanova* L 3-1 Connecticut* L 4-3 Villanova* W 7-6 4/30 Pittsburgh* W 8-7 Pittsburgh* (9) W 6-5 ! UNLV Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) 5/2 Virginia Tech* (6) W 8-0 Virginia Tech* W 6-4 # Seminole Classic (Tallahassee, Fla.) 5/8 at St. John’s* L 4-3 ^ UCF Spring Fling (Orlando, Fla.) at St. John’s L 4-1 $ FIU Blue and Gold Classic (Miami, Fla.) 5/9 at Seton Hall* (10) L 3-1 * BIG EAST game at Seton Hall* W 3-0 Home games in bold ! Fiesta Bowl Classic (Phoenix, Ariz.) @ Mardi Gras Mambo (Thibodaux, La.) # San Diego State Tournament (San Diego, Calif.) $ National Invitational Softball Tournament (Sunnyvale, Calif.) % Delaware State Bash at the Beach (Georgetown, Del.) * BIG EAST game Home games in bold 22 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL S SU SOFTBALL ALMANAC U

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Tanya Rose is SU’s only four-time Christina Holowich was the fi rst Orange Rachel Park earned the NCAA’s N

All-BIG EAST performer (2002-05). player to be named All-BIG EAST (2001). Postgraduate scholarship in 2004. A C ALL-TIME AWARD WINNERS

ALL-BIG EAST LOUISVILLE SLUGGER/NFCA ECAC 2001 ALL-REGION PLAYER OF THE WEEK Christina Holowich OF 2nd Team 2002 2003 Kristen Collins OF 2nd Team Alexis Switenko SS April 7 2002 Julie Dunn DP 1st Team Heather Brown P 2nd Team Tanya Rose OF 1st Team ECAC PITCHER OF THE WEEK Julie Dunn DP 1st Team 2003 2000 Katie Kaempfer C All-Rookie Rachel Park 2B 2nd Team Tara DiMaggio May 2

Tanya Rose OF 1st Team 2004 CoSIDA All-Rookie Cassie Morales OF 2nd Team ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT I Tanya Rose OF 1st Team 2002 2003 Kristen Collins OF 1st Team Tanya Rose OF 2nd Team 2005 Julie Dunn DP 1st Team Alexis Switenko IF All-Rookie Cassie Morales DP 1st Team Cheryl Julicher IF 2nd Team Tanya Rose OF 1st Team 2004 2003 Cassie Morales OF 3rd Team ALL-ECAC Julie Dunn IF 2nd Team Courtney Mosch P 3rd Team 2002 Rachel Park IF 2nd Team Tanya Rose OF 2nd Team Tanya Rose OF 2nd Team Alexis Switenko IF 2nd Team 2004 BIG EAST Rachel Park IF 2nd Team 2005 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Tanya Rose OF 1st Team Erin Downey P 2nd Team 2002 Alexis Switenko IF 2nd Team Cassie Morales DP 1st Team Cheryl Julicher 1B March 18 Courtney Mosch UT 1st Team 2005 Shawna Norris IF 2nd Team 2003 Shawna Norris IF 1st Team Tiffany Robinson OF 1st Team Rachel Park 2B February 24 Tanya Rose OF 2nd Team Tanya Rose OF 1st Team Alexis Switenko SS April 7 Alexis Switenko IF 2nd Team CoSIDA 2004 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN BIG EAST ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Tanya Rose OF March 15 2002 Tanya Rose OF 2002 March 22 Kristen Collins OF 3rd Team Erin Downey P 2005 2005 Julie Dunn DP 3rd Team Shawna Norris 2B March 7 BIG EAST COACHING STAFF OF April 11 NCAA POSTGRADUATE THE YEAR Cassie Morales OF/DP April 18 SCHOLARSHIP Mary Jo Firnbach (Head Coach) 2005 Rachel Park 2B 2004 Jodie Cox (Assistant) BIG EAST Kim Doran (Assistant) PITCHER OF THE WEEK 2003 Tara DiMaggio February 24

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C ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS ANNUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS A B-B-B-B N BATTING AVG. (min. 50 AB) WALKS Bieman, Missy 2000-01 2005 Tiffany Robinson .349 2005 Shawna Norris 24 A Brown, Heather 2001-02 2004 Alexis Switenko .327 2004 Tanya Rose 25 2003 Rachel Park .382 2003 Christina Holowich 14 M C-C-C-C 2002 Kristen Collins .387 2002 Cheryl Julicher 25 L Collins, Kristen 2000-01-02-03 2001 Christina Holowich .316 2001 Jackie Herrman 14

A Corbelli, Annie 2002 2000 Lindsay Richards .305 2000 Julie Dunn 14

L D-D-D-D ON-BASE PCT. (min. 50 AB) SACRIFICE HITS

L DiMaggio, Tara 2000-01-02-03 2005 Shawna Norris .415 2005 Chanel Roehner 8 Delgado, Dani 2004

A Tanya Rose .415 2004 Rachel Park 16 Downey, Erin 2005 2004 Tanya Rose .420 2003 Kristen Collins 13 B Dunn, Julie 2000-01-02-03 2003 Jennifer Orpitelli .425 2002 Katie Kaempfer 11 T 2002 Tanya Rose .422 2001 Kristen Collins 20

F E-E-E-E 2001 Christina Holowich .341 2000 Lindsay Richards 12 Elderbroom, Jennifer 2004-05

O 2000 Lindsay Richards .364 STOLEN BASES S SOFTBALL ALMANAC G-G-G-G SLUGGING PCT. (min. 50 AB) 2005 Tiffany Robinson 4 Grattan, Caitlin 2004 2005 Tanya Rose .518 Tanya Rose 4 Gray, Erin 2004-05 2004 Alexis Switenko .580 2004 Tanya Rose 10 Grillo, Jaime 2001-03-04-05 2003 Jennifer Orpitelli .579 2003 Tanya Rose 10 2002 Tanya Rose .538 2002 Tanya Rose 13 H-H-H-H 2001 Christina Holowich .380 2001 Christina Holowich 4 Hansen, Leah 2000 2000 Cheryl Julicher .410 2000 Christina Holowich 5 Cassie Morales led SU Herrman, Jackie 2000-01 in doubles in 2004 (18) Holowich, Christina 2000-01-02-03 RUNS SCORED EARNED RUN AVG (min. 50 IP) and 2005 (14). 2005 Tanya Rose 37 2005 Courtney Mosch 2.14 I-I-I-I 2004 Tanya Rose 41 2004 Courtney Mosch 1.81 Inman, Chrissy 2000 2003 Tanya Rose 26 2003 Tara DiMaggio 2.56 2002 Cheryl Julicher 28 2002 Taylor Petersen 1.85 SHUTOUTS 2005 Erin Downey 4 J-J-J-J 2001 Christina Holowich 15 2001 Tara DiMaggio 1.51 2004 Courtney Mosch 5 Julicher, Cheryl 2000-02 2000 Missy Bieman 20 2000 Tara DiMaggio 1.46 2003 Tara Dimaggio 2 K-K-K-K HITS APPEARANCES 2002 Heather Brown 5 Kaup, Joscie 2005 2005 Tanya Rose 55 2005 Erin Downey 38 2001 Heather Brown 6 Kelly, Melissa 2004-05 2004 Tanya Rose 55 2004 Courtney Mosch 37 2000 Tara DiMaggio 7 Kaempfer, Katie 2002-03-04-05 Cassie Morales 55 2003 Tara DiMaggio 33 Katz, Sura 2002 2003 Rachel Park 52 2002 Heather Brown 25 COMPLETE GAMES 2005 Erin Downey 20 2002 Tanya Rose 54 Tara DiMaggio 25 2004 Courtney Mosch 21 L-L-L-L 2001 Christina Holowich 50 2001 Heather Brown 26 2003 Tara DiMaggio 14 Larsen, Haley 2003-04 2000 Lindsay Richards 40 Tara DiMaggio 26 Lincoln, Nikki 2001-02-03-04 2000 Tara DiMaggio 34 2002 Heather Brown 16 RUNS BATTED IN 2001 Heather Brown 19 M-M-M-M 2005 Cassie Morales 30 GAMES STARTED (pitching) 2000 Tara DiMaggio 23 McCune, Megan 2000 2004 Alexis Switenko 40 2005 Erin Downey 24 Miro, Christina 2003 2003 Alexis Switenko 24 Courtney Mosch 24 PUTOUTS 2005 Melissa Kelly 204 Morales, Cassie 2003-04-05 2002 Cheryl Julicher 27 2004 Haley Larsen 28 2004 Melissa Kelly 463 Mosch, Courtney 2004-05 2001 Missy Bieman 20 2003 Tara DiMaggio 20 2003 Jennifer Orpitelli 277 2000 Jackie Herrman 22 2002 Heather Brown 20 N-N-N-N Tara DiMaggio 20 2002 Katie Kaempfer 298 Newell, Shanna 2000-01 DOUBLES 2001 Heather Brown 25 2001 Jaime Grillo 312 Nickerson, Cortney 2001-02 2005 Cassie Morales 14 2000 Tara DiMaggio 27 2000 Leah Hansen 295 Norris, Shawna 2005 2004 Cassie Morales 18 2003 Rachel Park 10 INNINGS PITCHED ASSISTS 2005 Alexis Switenko 98 O-O-O-O 2002 Katie Kaempfer 13 2005 Erin Downey 188.1 2004 Alexis Switenko 159 Orpitelli, Jennifer 2003 2001 Jaime Grillo 6 2004 Courtney Mosch 197.2 2003 Alexis Switenko 90 2000 Leah Hansen 5 2003 Tara DiMaggio 142.0 P-P-P-P 2002 Heather Brown 142.2 2002 Nikki Lincoln 79 Park, Rachel 2000-02-03-04 TRIPLES 2001 Heather Brown 172.0 2001 Nikki Lincoln 57 Petersen, Taylor 2002 2005 Tanya Rose 2 2000 Tara DiMaggio 191.1 2000 Lindsay Richards 90 Polger, Sarah 2000 2004 Alexis Switenko 2 2003 Four with 1 STRIKEOUTS FIELDING PCT. (min. 50 chances) 2005 Tanya Rose 1.000 R-R-R-R 2002 Tanya Rose 2 2005 Erin Downey 198 2004 Jaime Grillo .992 Read, Jenn 2002-03 Kristen Collins 2 2004 Courtney Mosch 126 2003 Christina Holowich 1.000 Richards, Lindsay 2000-01 2001 Christina Holowich 3 2003 Tara DiMaggio 111 2002 Cheryl Julicher .996 Robinson, Tiffany 2004-05 2000 Missy Bieman 2 2002 Heather Brown 138 Roehner, Chanel 2005 2001 Heather Brown 180 2001 Jaime Grillo .994 Rose, Tanya 2002-03-04-05 HOME RUNS 2000 Tara DiMaggio 208 2000 Cheryl Julicher 1.000 Ryan, Ashley 2004 2005 Shawna Norris 8 2004 Alexis Switenko 9 WINS CAUGHT STEALING BY 2005 Jaime Grillo 8 S-S-S-S 2003 Alexis Switenko 9 2005 Erin Downey 17 Katie Kaempfer 8 Schussler, Amy 2000 2002 Cheryl Julicher 9 2004 Courtney Mosch 17 2004 Jaime Grillo 7 Snyder, Becky 2000-01-02 2001 Missy Bieman 3 2003 Tara DiMaggio 11 Katie Kaempfer 7 Switenko, Alexis 2003-04-05 2000 Cheryl Julicher 4 2002 Heather Brown 10 2001 Heather Brown 10 2003 Katie Kaempfer 6 V-V-V-V 2000 Tara DiMaggio 14 2002 Katie Kaempfer 9 Van Gorden, Lindsay 2003-04 2001 Jaime Grillo 17 2000 Chrissy Inman 9 Returning players in bold

24 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL A ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS Team W-L-T SU Streak Team W-L-T SU Streak Providence (8-4-0) Alabama 0-4-0 L4 Siena 6-0-0 W6 4/8/00 W SU 4, PC 0* H L 4/21/01 W SU 11, PC 2 A L

Arizona State 0-2-0 L2 South Carolina 2-0-0 W2 -

Army 2-0-0 W2 South Florida 0-1-0 L1 L PC 1, SU 0 A T

Auburn 0-1-0 L1 Southeast Missouri 1-0-0 W1 4/21/02 L PC 5, SU 3 H I M Binghamton 6-1-0 W3 Southeastern Louisiana 0-1-0 L1 L PC 3, SU 2 H 4/6/03 W SU 10, PC 2 (6) A Boston College 8-4-0 W2 Southern Illinois 2-1-0 L1 E W SU 10, PC 6 A

Buffalo 4-1-0 W3 Stony Brook 1-0-0 W1 3/21/04 W SU 4, PC 0* N S California 0-2-0 L2 Tennessee 1-1-0 L1 4/16/04 L PC 7, SU 6 H Cal Poly 0-1-0 L1 Tennessee Tech 0-1-0 L1 W SU 6, PC 5 (8) H E CS Fullerton 1-1-0 L1 Texas A&M 0-2-0 L2 4/12/05 W SU 8, PC 0 (5) H R

CS Northridge 1-2-0 W1 UCLA 1-1-0 W1 W SU 12, PC 4 (6) H I Canisius 5-3-0 L1 UNLV 0-2-0 L2 E Colgate 2-0-0 W2 Utah 2-0-0 W2 Rutgers (9-2-1) S Colorado State 0-1-0 L1 Villanova 3-9-0 W1 4/16/00 L Rutgers 8, SU 3* A Connecticut 4-7-0 W1 Virginia Tech 6-2-0 W2 T SU 3, Rutgers 3* A R Cornell 6-5-0 L1 Washington 0-1-0 L1 4/29/01 W SU 1, Rutgers 0 (9) H E Delaware 1-0-0 W1 Western Kentucky 1-0-0 W1 W SU 4, Rutgers 0 H C

Delaware State 1-0-0 W1 Western Illinois 0-1-0 L1 4/29/02 W SU 6, Rutgers 0 A O W SU 8, Rutgers 1 A Evansville 1-0-0 W1 Wisconsin 1-4-0 L1 R 5/3/03 W SU 6, Rutgers 3 H

Florida Atlantic 1-0-0 W1 Total 138-148-1 D W SU 7, Rutgers 1 H Florida International 0-1-0 L1 4/24/04 W SU 7, Rutgers 1 A S Florida State 2-4-0 W1 L Rutgers 4, SU 0 A Fordham 2-1-0 L1 ALL-TIME RESULTS VS. THE BIG EAST 4/24/05 W SU 12, Rutgers 4 (5) H Fresno State 0-1-0 L1 W SU 14, Rutgers 1 (5) H George Mason 2-0-0 W2 Connecticut (4-7-0) Georgia 0-1-0 L1 4/30/00 L UConn 4, SU 2 (9)* H St. John’s (5-4-0) Georgia Tech 0-1-0 L1 4/14/01 L UConn 4, SU 0 H 5/6/01 L SJU 1, SU 0 A Hofstra 3-2-0 W1 L UConn 3, SU 1 H W SU 3, SJU 1 A Illinois State 0-1-0 L1 3/30/02 W SU 7, UConn 0 A 2/16/02 W SU 11, SJU 1 N W SU 4, UConn 1 A Iowa 0-2-0 L2 4/13/03 W SU 3, SJU 2 H 4/28/03 L UConn 4, SU 1 A Iowa State 1-0-0 W1 L SJU 5, SU 4 H L UConn 11, SU 3 (5) A Kansas 1-0-0 W1 5/8/04 L SJU 4, SU 3 A 4/29/04 W SU 3, UConn 2 H L SJU 4, SU 1 A Lehigh 1-0-0 W1 L UConn 4, SU 3 H Le Moyne 1-0-0 W1 4/9/05 W SU 5, SJU 1 A 4/1/05 L UConn 2, SU 0 H W SU 9, SJU 2 A Louisiana-Lafayette 0-1-0 L1 W SU 8, UConn 5 H Louisiana-Monroe 1-1-0 W1 Seton Hall (4-10-0) Louisiana Tech 1-0-0 W1 DePaul (0-0-0) 3/18/00 W SU 13, SHU 3* N Maryland 1-1-0 W1 First Meeting 4/15/00 L SHU 3, SU 2* A Massachusetts 1-2-0 W1 L SHU 6, SU 0* A McNeese State 2-0-0 W2 Louisville (0-0-0) 5/5/01 L SHU 8, SU 0 (5) A Miami (OH) 4-1-0 L1 First Meeting L SHU 2, SU 1 A Minnesota 0-2-0 L2 5/1/02 W SU 7, SHU 0 H Mississippi 0-1-0 L1 Notre Dame (1-11-0) L SHU 5, SU 4 H 4/8/01 L UND 6, SU 0 H Mississippi State 0-2-0 L2 4/11/03 L SHU 3, SU 1 H L UND 6, SU 0 H Nebraska 0-3-0 L3 L SHU 5, SU 1 H 4/14/02 L UND 3, SU 1 A Nevada 0-3-0 L3 5/9/04 L SHU 2, SU 1 (10) A W SU 3, UND 0 A W SU 3, SHU 0 A New Mexico 0-2-0 L2 5/10/02 L UND 5, SU 4^ N Niagara 2-0-0 W2 4/10/05 L SHU 1, SU 0 A 4/19/03 L UND 10, SU 1 (6) H W SU 5, SHU 0 A Nicholls State 2-0-0 W2 L UND 6, SU 4 H L SHU 3, SU 2^ N UNC-Greensboro 0-1-0 L1 4/10/04 L UND 11, SU 3 (5) A Northern Illinois 1-1-0 W1 L UND 8, SU 0 (5) A South Florida (0-1-0) Northern Iowa 1-0-0 W1 5/1/05 L UND 6, SU 1 A 3/18/00 L USF 4, SU 2* A Notre Dame 1-11-0 L8 L UND 7, SU 3 A Ohio State 0-2-0 L2 5/13/05 L UND 4, SU 1^ N Villanova (3-9-0) Oklahoma 0-1-0 L1 4/28/01 L VU 4, SU 2 H Pennsylvania 1-1-0 W1 Pittsburgh (4-6-0) L VU 6, SU 0 H Penn State 1-6-0 L5 4/7/01 L Pitt 1, SU 0 (11) H 4/27/02 L VU 1, SU 0 (8) A L Pitt 2, SU 0 H Pittsburgh 4-6-0 L2 L VU 5, SU 2 A 5/6/02 W SU 10, Pitt 2 H Providence 8-4-0 W3 5/9/02 L VU 3, SU 2 (8)^ N W SU 8, Pitt 7 H Purdue 0-1-0 L1 5/4/03 L VU 3, SU 1 H 3/30/02 L Pitt 3, SU 2 A W SU 7, VU 6 H Radford 1-1-0 L1 L Pitt 9, SU 5 A Rutgers 9-2-1 W2 4/25/04 L VU 2, SU 0 A 4/30/04 W SU 8, Pitt 7 H L VU 3, SU 1 A St. John’s 5-4-0 W2 W SU 6, Pitt 5 (9) H 4/22/05 W SU 1, VU 0 H Saint Mary’s 1-0-0 W1 4/30/05 L Pitt 10, SU 7 A L VU 10, SU 2 (6) H San Diego 2-0-0 W2 L Pitt 1, SU 0 (8) A W SU 5, VU 1^ N San Diego State 0-1-0 L1 San Jose State 2-1-0 W2 * Non-Conference Games Seton Hall 4-10-0 L1 ^ BIG EAST Tournament Games WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM 25 ORANGE SOFTBALL

S INDIVIDUAL BATTING INDIVIDUAL PITCHING

D At-Bats ...... 7 Innings Pitched ...... 11.0

R Katie Kaempfer vs. Boston College (4/20/02) Heather Brown vs. Colgate (4/10/01) Courtney Mosch vs. Nicholls State (2/20/04) O Runs Scored ...... 4 C Rachel Park vs. Siena (4/24/03) Strikeouts ...... 21* E Heather Brown vs. Colgate (4/10/01)

R Hits ...... 4 Kristen Collins vs. Miami (OH) (3/9/02) Hits Surrendered (High) ...... 13 E Rachel Park vs. Pennsylvania (3/11/03) Heather Brown vs. Connecticut (4/14/01) Jennifer Orpitelli vs. Providence (4/6/03) M Rachel Park vs. Siena (4/24/03) Hits Surrendered (Low) ...... 0 A Cassie Morales vs. Boston College (4/16/05) Tara DiMaggio vs. Buffalo (4/25/00 - 5 inns.)

G Courtney Mosch vs. Cornell (3/5/05 - 7 inns.)

Runs Batted In ...... 5 - Rachel Park vs. Siena (4/24/03) Runs Surrendered (High) ...... 11

Alexis Switenko vs. South Carolina (2/20/05) Haley Larsen vs. Notre Dame (4/10/04) K Cassie Morales vs. Rutgers (4/24/05)

O Runs Surrendered (Low) ...... 0

O Doubles ...... 2 Several times Several times (Last: Erin Downey vs. Villanova, 4/22/05) Tara DiMaggio pitched the fi rst no-hitter B

(Last: Tanya Rose vs. Canisius, 4/26/05) in Orange history, a fi ve-inning gem versus Walks: ...... 8 Buffalo on April 25, 2000. D Triples ...... 1 Tara DiMaggio, Connecticut (4/30/00) R Several times O (Last: Tanya Rose vs. Niagara, 4/13/05) *Tied NCAA Division I record (9 inns. or less) INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE C

E Home Runs ...... 2 Putouts ...... 21 Julie Dunn vs. Rutgers (4/29/02) TEAM BATTING

R Jaime Grillo vs. Colgate (4/10/01)

Katie Kaempfer vs. Notre Dame (5/10/02) At-Bats: ...... 49

E Alexis Switenko vs. Virginia Tech (3/29/03) vs. Boston College (4/20/02) Assists ...... 10 Alexis Switenko vs. Providence (4/6/03) Courtney Mosch vs. Nicholls State (2/20/04) H Shawna Norris vs. Cornell (3/6/05)

T THE RECORD BOOK - GAME RECORDS Runs Scored: ...... 14 vs. Rutgers (4/24/05) Errors ...... 3 Total Bases ...... 10 Alexis Switenko vs. Delaware (3/21/04) Julie Dunn vs. Rutgers (4/29/02) Nikki Lincoln vs. Canisius (4/15/04) Hits: ...... 16 Shawna Norris vs. Cornell (3/6/05) Erin Gray vs. Villanova (4/25/04) vs. Western Kentucky (3/24/00) Alexis Switenko vs. Boston College (4/16/05) Walks ...... 3 Several times Runs Batted In: ...... 13 (Last: Shawna Norris vs. Cornell, 4/20/05) vs. Rutgers (4/24/05) TEAM PITCHING Innings Pitched ...... 14.0 Strikeouts ...... 4 Doubles: ...... 7 vs. Boston College (4/20/02) Jaime Grillo vs. Texas A&M (3/4/01) vs. George Mason (3/5/05) Courtney Mosch vs. Notre Dame (5/1/05) Strikeouts ...... 21 Triples: ...... 2 vs. Colgate (4/10/01) Sacrifice Hits ...... 2 vs. Binghamton (4/6/00) Several times vs. Boston Collge (4/20/02) Hits Surrendered ...... 15 (Last: Chanel Roehner vs. Cornell, 3/6/05) vs. Notre Dame (4/7/01) Home Runs: Sacrifice Flies ...... 1 ...... 4 Runs Surrendered ...... 11 Several times vs. Rutgers (4/29/02) Three times (Last: Erin Gray vs. Villanova, 5/13/05) Total Bases: ...... 29 (Last: vs. Notre Dame, 4/10/04) Stolen Bases ...... 2 vs. Rutgers (4/24/05) Walks: ...... 10 Several times vs. Washington (2/13/04) (Last: Tanya Rose vs. Seton Hall, 5/9/04) Walks: ...... 17 vs. Seton Hall (3/18/00) TEAM DEFENSE Strikeouts: ...... 17 Putouts ...... 42 vs. Nicholls State (2/20/04) vs. Boston College (4/20/02)

Sacrifice Hits: ...... 5 Assists ...... 21 Three times vs. Nicholls State (2/20/04) (Last: vs. St. Mary’s, 3/16/02) Errors ...... 5 Stolen Bases: ...... 4 vs. Auburn (2/9/01) Three times vs. Nebraksa (3/15/01) (Last: vs. Nicholls State, 2/22/04) Double Plays ...... 2 Several times (Last: vs. Seton Hall, 4/10/05)

26 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL T THE RECORD BOOK - SEASON RECORDS

INDIVIDUAL BATTING H Batting Average (min. 50 AB) E

1. Kristen Collins (48-124) .387 2002 R 2. Rachel Park (52-136) .382 2003 E 3. Tanya Rose (54-143) .378 2002 C 4. Jennifer Orpitelli (44-121) .364 2003 5. Tiffany Robinson (38-109) .349 2005 O R

Games Played D

1. Cassie Morales 54 2004

Tanya Rose 54 2004 B

Alexis Switenko 54 2004 O

4. Melissa Kelly 53 2004 O 5. Rachel Park 52 2004 K

Kristen Collins set the school record with Alexis Switenko set or tied the school Games Started -

1. Cassie Morales 54 2004 a .387 batting average in 2002. She was a records for home runs (9), RBI (40), multi- Tanya Rose 54 2004 second-team all-region choice and a third- RBI games (12), slugging percentage S

Alexis Switenko 54 2004 team Academic All-American that year. (.580) and total bases (94) in 2004. E

4. Melissa Kelly 52 2004 A Rachel Park 52 2004 Home Runs Total Bases S 1. Alexis Switenko 9 2004 1. Alexis Switenko 94 2004 O

At-Bats Alexis Switenko 9 2003 2. Cassie Morales 91 2004 N 1. Cassie Morales 173 2004

Cheryl Julicher 9 2002 3. Tanya Rose 90 2004 Tanya Rose 173 2004 4. Shawna Norris 8 2005 4. Tanya Rose 85 2005 R 3. Chanel Roehner 167 2005 Tanya Rose 8 2004 5. Cassie Morales 79 2005 E 4. Tanya Rose 164 2005 Walks C 5. Alexis Switenko 162 2004

Extra-Base Hits 1. Tanya Rose 25 2004 O 1. Cassie Morales 24 2004 Cheryl Julicher 25 2002 R Runs Scored 2. Alexis Switenko 21 2004 3. Shawna Norris 24 2005 1. Tanya Rose 41 2004 3. Cassie Morales 20 2005 4. Alexis Switenko 21 2004 D 2. Tanya Rose 37 2005 4. Tanya Rose 19 2004 5. Alexis Switenko 20 2005 S 3. Cheryl Julicher 28 2002 5. Tanya Rose 18 2005 4. Chanel Roehner 27 2005 Cheryl Julicher 18 2002 Stolen Bases (min. 5) Alexis Switenko 27 2005 1. Tanya Rose 13 2002 Alexis Switenko 27 2004 Multiple-Hit Games 2. Christina Holowich 11 2002 Christina Holowich 27 2002 (Games w/ 2 hits-3 hits-4 hits) 3. Tanya Rose 10 2004 1. Tanya Rose 19 (13-6) 2002 Tanya Rose 10 2003 Hits 2. Tanya Rose 17 (14-3) 2005 5. Tiffany Robinson 9 2004 1. Tanya Rose 55 2005 3. Cassie Morales 16 (11-5) 2004 Cassie Morales 55 2004 Rachel Park 16 (12-2-2) 2003 Stolen Base Attempts Tanya Rose 55 2004 5. Chanel Roehner 15 (14-1) 2005 1. Tanya Rose 15 2002 4. Tanya Rose 54 2002 Tanya Rose 15 (14-1) 2003 2. Tanya Rose 12 2004 5. Alexis Switenko 53 2004 Kristen Collins 15 (11-3-1) 2002 Christina Holowich 12 2002 4. Tanya Rose 10 2003 Runs Batted In Multiple-RBI Games 5. Tiffany Robinson 9 2004 1. Alexis Switenko 40 2004 (Games w/2 RBI-3 RBI-4 RBI-5+RBI) Christina Holowich 9 2003 2. Cassie Morales 36 2004 1. Alexis Switenko 12 (9-3) 2004 Becky Snyder 9 2002 3. Cassie Morales 30 2005 2. Cassie Morales 10 (6-3-1) 2004 4. Chanel Roehner 27 2005 3. Chanel Roehner 9 (8-1) 2005 Sacrifice Hits Cheryl Julicher 27 2002 4. Alexis Switenko 8 (6-0-2) 2003 1. Kristen Collins 20 2001 5. Cassie Morales 7 (2-3-1-1) 2005 2. Rachel Park 16 2004 Doubles Cheryl Julicher 7 (4-3) 2002 3. Kristen Collins 13 2003 1. Cassie Morales 18 2004 Tanya Rose 7 (4-2-1) 2002 4. Lindsay Richards 12 2000 2. Cassie Morales 14 2005 5. Katie Kaempfer 11 2002 3. Katie Kaempfer 13 2002 On-Base Percentage(min. 50 AB) Christina Holowich 11 2000 4. Chanel Roehner 11 2005 1. Jennifer Orpitelli .425 2003 Tanya Rose 11 2005 2. Tanya Rose .422 2002 Current players in bold Tanya Rose 11 2004 3. Tanya Rose .420 2004 4. Shawna Norris .415 2005 Triples Tanya Rose .415 2005 1. Christina Holowich 3 2001 2. Tanya Rose 2 2005 Slugging Percentage (min. 50 AB) Alexis Switenko 2 2004 1. Alexis Switenko .580 2004 Kristen Collins 2 2002 2. Jennifer Orpitelli .579 2003 Tanya Rose 2 2002 3. Cheryl Julicher .559 2002 Missy Bieman 2 2000 4. Tanya Rose .549 2003 5. Rachel Park .544 2003 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM 27 ORANGE SOFTBALL

S INDIVIDUAL FIELDING

D Putouts

R 1. Melissa Kelly 463 2004

O 2. Jaime Grillo 312 2001

C 3. Katie Kaempfer 298 2002

E 4. Leah Hansen 295 2000 5. Jennifer Orpitelli 277 2003 R

Assists N 1. Alexis Switenko 159 2004 O 2. Courtney Mosch 103 2004

S 3. Alexis Switenko 98 2005

A 4. Rachel Park 97 2004

E Erin Downey (left) tied the team record for wins (17) and struck out the second-most 5. Alexis Switenko 90 2003

S batters in school history (198) on her way to 2005 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year honors. Lindsay Richards 90 2000

Melissa Kelly (right) shattered the previous school mark with 463 putouts in 2004. -

Errors 1. Alexis Switenko 24 2004 K INDIVIDUAL PITCHING 2. Lindsay Richards 17 2004 O Earned Run Average (min. 50 IP) Saves 3. Erin Gray 14 2004 O 1. Tara DiMaggio 1.46 2000 1. Erin Downey 4 2005 Nikki Lincoln 14 2004 B 2. Tara DiMaggio 1.51 2001 Jenn Read 14 2002

2. Courtney Mosch 2 2005 3. Courtney Mosch 1.81 2004 3. Heather Brown 1 2002 D 4. Taylor Petersen 1.85 2002 Tara DiMaggio 1 2000 Double Plays R 5. Heather Brown 1.91 2001 Courtney Mosch 1 2004 1. Melissa Kelly 19 2004

O 2. Rachel Park 15 2004 3. Alexis Switenko 9 2005 C Wins Innings Pitched (min. 100)

E 1. Erin Downey 17 2005 1. Courtney Mosch 197.2 2004 Jennifer Orpitelli 9 2003 5. Alexis Switenko 8 2004

R Courtney Mosch 17 2004 2. Tara DiMaggio 191.1 2000

3. Tara DiMaggio 14 2000 3. Erin Downey 188.1 2005

E 4. Tara DiMaggio 11 2003 4. Heather Brown 172.0 2001 Fielding Percentage (Min. 30 Chances) C E Pct. H 5. Courtney Mosch 10 2005 5. Haley Larsen 165.2 2004

T THE RECORD BOOK - SEASON RECORDS Heather Brown 10 2002 1. Tanya Rose 52 0 1.000 2005 Heather Brown 10 2001 Strikeouts (min. 50) Christina Holowich 60 0 1.000 2003 Missy Bieman 10 2000 1. Tara DiMaggio 208 2000 Cheryl Julicher 135 0 1.000 2000 2. Erin Downey 198 2005 4. Cheryl Julicher 277 1 .996 2002 Appearances 3. Heather Brown 180 2001 5. Katie Kaempfer 160 1 .994 2005 1. Erin Downey 38 2005 4. Heather Brown 138 2002 Jaime Grillo 350 2 .994 2001 Courtney Mosch 37 2004 5. Tara DiMaggio 130 2001 3. Tara DiMaggio 34 2000 Current players in bold 4. Haley Larsen 33 2004 Strikeouts Per 7 Innings Pitched (min. 50 IP) Tara DiMaggio 33 2003 1. Tara DiMaggio 7.61 2000 2. Tara DiMaggio 7.60 2002 TEAM RECORDS Games Started 3. Erin Downey 7.36 2005 Games 54 2004 1. Haley Larsen 28 2004 4. Heather Brown 7.33 2001 Wins 28 2005 2. Tara DiMaggio 27 2000 5. Heather Brown 6.77 2002 Batting Average .280 2002 3. Courtney Mosch 26 2004 At-Bats: 1,416 2004 4. Heather Brown 25 2001 Walks Per 7 Innings Pitched (min. 50 IP) Runs Scored 209 2005 5. Erin Downey 24 2005 1. Taylor Petersen 0.79 2002 Hits 369 2005 Courtney Mosch 24 2005 2. Missy Bieman 1.09 2000 Doubles 69 2004 3. Heather Brown 1.71 2001 Triples 7 Three Times Completed Games 4. Heather Brown 1.77 2002 Home Runs 39 2005 1. Tara DiMaggio 23 2000 5. Tara DiMaggio 1.81 2001 Runs Batted In 187 2005 2. Courtney Mosch 21 2004 Total Bases 555 2005 3. Erin Downey 20 2005 Opponent Batting Average Slugging Percentage .411 2005 4. Heather Brown 19 2001 (min. 50 IP/max. .250) Walks 145 2004 5. Haley Larsen 16 2004 1. Tara DiMaggio .191 (131-687) 2000 On-Base Percentage .337 2002 Heather Brown 16 2002 2. Tara DiMaggio .202 (102-505) 2001 Stolen Bases 40 2002 3. Courtney Mosch .209 (106-506) 2005 Errors (fewest) 48 2002, 2005 Shutouts 4. Heather Brown .223 (118-528) 2002 Fielding Percentage .966 2005 1. Tara DiMaggio 7 2000 5. Tara DiMaggio .224 (120-536) 2003 Double Plays 25 2004 2. Heather Brown 6 2001 Strikeouts By 324 2005 3. Courtney Mosch 5 2004 Shutouts 11 2000 Heather Brown 5 2002 Lowest Opp. Avg. .217 2000 5. Erin Downey 4 2005 Fewest Runs Allowed 117 2000 Tara DiMaggio 4 2002 Lowest ERA 1.73 2001 Tara DiMaggio 4 2001 Missy Bieman 4 2000 28 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL T THE RECORD BOOK - CAREER RECORDS Total Bases INDIVIDUAL BATTING H 1. Tanya Rose 325 2002-05 Batting Average (min. 200 AB) 2. Alexis Switenko 219 2003-present E

1. Tanya Rose .336 2002-05 3. Rachel Park 211 2000, 02-04 R 2. Tiffany Robinson .328 2004-05 4. Cassie Morales 206 2003-present E 3. Alexis Switenko .297 2003-present 5. Christina Holowich 204 2000-03 C 4. Rachel Park .294 2000, 02-04 5. Cassie Morales .290 2003-present Walks O 1. Tanya Rose 65 2002-05 R

Games Played 2. Alexis Switenko 51 2003-present D

1. Tanya Rose 192 2002-05 3. Rachel Park 42 2000, 02-04 2. Kristen Collins 182 2000-03 4. Julie Dunn 41 2000-03 B

3. Christina Holowich 181 2000-03 5. Cheryl Julicher 39 2000-02 O

4. Rachel Park 180 2000, 02-04 O 5. Alexis Switenko 146 2003-present Stolen Bases K 1. Tanya Rose 37 2002-05

Games Started 2. Christina Holowich 26 2000-03 -

1. Tanya Rose 192 2002-05 3. Tiffany Robinson 13 2004-05 C Kristen Collins 181 2000-03 Tanya Rose (2002-05) fi nished her four 4. Becky Snyder 12 2000-02 A Christina Holowich 181 2000-03 years owning or sharing 17 Orange career 5. Kristen Collins 8 2000-03 4. Rachel Park 178 2000, 02-04 records, including batting average (.336), R 5. Alexis Switenko 146 2003-present homers (23) and RBI (91). Stolen Base Attempts E

1. Tanya Rose 41 2002-05 E

At-Bats 2. Christina Holowich 31 2000-03 R

1. Tanya Rose 613 2002-05 Home Runs 3. Becky Snyder 15 2000-02

2. Christina Holowich 585 2000-03 1. Tanya Rose 23 2002-05 Tiffany Robinson 15 2004-05 R

3. Rachel Park 557 2000, 02-04 Alexis Switenko 23 2003-present 5. Kristen Collins 10 2000-02 E

4. Kristen Collins 444 2000-03 3. Cassie Morales 14 2003-present C

5. Alexis Switenko 434 2003-present 4. Cheryl Julicher 13 2000-02 Sacrifice Hits O 5. Courtney Mosch 10 2004-05 1. Kristen Collins 39 2000-03 R Runs Scored 2. Rachel Park 37 2000, 02-04 1. Tanya Rose 130 2002-2005 Extra-Base Hits 3. Katie Kaempfer 22 2002-05 D 2. Alexis Switenko 49 2003-present 1. Tanya Rose 58 2002-05 Christina Holowich 22 2000-03 S 3. Rachel Park 74 2000, 02-04 2. Cassie Morales 54 2003-present 5. Julie Dunn 19 2000-03 4. Christina Holowich 70 2000-03 3. Alexis Switenko 41 2003-present Jackie Herrman 19 2000-01 5. Kristen Collins 54 2000-03 4. Rachel Park 31 2000, 02-04 5. Cheryl Julicher 29 2000-02 Sacrifice Flies Hits 1. Cassie Morales 7 2003-present 1. Tanya Rose 206 2002-05 Multiple-Hit Games Alexis Switenko 7 2003-present 2. Christina Holowich 164 2000-03 (Games w/ 2 hits-3 hits-4 hits) 3. Kristen Collins 5 2000-03 Rachel Park 164 2000, 02-04 1. Tanya Rose 64 (50-14) 2002-05 4. Nikki Lincoln 3 2001-04 4. Alexis Switenko 129 2003-present 2. Rachel Park 45 (35-8-2) 2000, 02-04 Tanya Rose 3 2002-05 5. Cassie Morales 124 2003-present 3. Christina Holowich 36 (23-13) 2000-03 Erin Gray 3 2004-present 4. Cassie Morales 34 (26-7-1) 2003-present Courtney Mosch 3 2004-05 Runs Batted In 5. Alexis Switenko 33 (30-3) 2003-present 1. Tanya Rose 91 2002-05 Current players in bold 2. Alexis Switenko 88 2003-present Multiple-RBI Games 3. Cassie Morales 78 2003-present (Games w/2 RBI-3 RBI-4 RBI-5+RBI) 4. Rachel Park 56 2000, 02-04 1. Alexis Switenko 26 (18-5-2-1) 2003-present 5. Cheryl Julicher 46 2000-02 2. Tanya Rose 21 (14-5-2) 2002-05 3. Cassie Morales 20 (11-6-2-1) 2003-present Doubles 4. Rachel Park 14 (11-2-0-1) 2000, 02-04 1. Tanya Rose 40 2002-05 5. Missy Bieman 11 (8-2-1) 2000-01 Cassie Morales 40 2003-present 3. Rachel Park 22 2000, 02-04 On-Base Percentage (min. 200 at-bats) 4. Christina Holowich 19 2000-03 1. Tanya Rose .408 2002-05 5. Katie Kaempfer 17 2002-05 2. Cheryl Julicher .375 2000-02 3. Alexis Switenko .367 2003-present Triples (min. 2) 4. Tiffany Robinson .364 2004-05 1. Christina Holowich 6 2000-03 5. Rachel Park .350 2000, 02-04 2. Tanya Rose 5 2002-05 3. Missy Bieman 3 2000-01 Slugging Percentage (min. 200 at-bats) Kristen Collins 3 2000-03 1. Tanya Rose .530 2002-05 Alexis Switenko 3 2003-present 2. Alexis Switenko .505 2003-present 5. Julie Dunn 2 2000-03 3. Cheryl Julicher .492 2000-02 Jackie Herrman 2 2000-01 4. Cassie Morales .481 2003-present Rachel Park 2 2000, 02-04 5. Courtney Mosch .421 2004-05 Missy Bieman was the fi rst SU player to have 10 career multi-RBI games. She still ranks fi fth all-time on that ledger with 11. WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM 29 ORANGE SOFTBALL

S INDIVIDUAL PITCHING

D Earned Run Average (min. 100 IP) Games Started R 1. Courtney Mosch 1.94 2004-05 1. Tara DiMaggio 87 2000-03

O 2. Heather Brown 1.96 2001-02 2. Courtney Mosch 50 2004-05

C 3. Tara DiMaggio 2.00 2000-03 3. Heather Brown 45 2001-02

E 4. Taylor Petersen 2.14 2002-03 4. Haley Larsen 44 2003-04

R 5. Erin Downey 2.27 2005-present 5. Erin Downey 24 2005-present

R Wins Completed Games

E 1. Tara DiMaggio 42 2000-03 1. Tara DiMaggio 62 2000-03

E 2. Courtney Mosch 27 2004-05 2. Heather Brown 35 2001-02

R 3. Heather Brown 20 2001-02 3. Courtney Mosch 32 2004-05 4. Erin Downey 17 2005-present 4. Erin Downey 20 2005-present A 5. Missy Bieman 11 2000-01 5. Haley Larsen 19 2003-04 C

- Appearances Shutouts 1. Tara DiMaggio 118 2000-03 1. Tara DiMaggio 17 2000-03 K 2. Courtney Mosch 66 2004-05 2. Heather Brown 11 2001-02

O 3. Heather Brown 51 2002-02 3. Courtney Mosch 7 2004-05

O Haley Larsen 51 2003-04 4. Missy Bieman 4 2000-01

B 5. Erin Downey 38 2005-present Erin Downey 4 2005-present

D Saves 1. Erin Downey 4 2005-present R MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS 2. Courtney Mosch 3 2004-05 Current SU assistant coach Jaime Grillo O 3. Heather Brown 1 2001-02 (2001, 03-05) recorded 649 career putouts,

C Longest Winning Streak ...... 8 4. Tara DiMaggio 1 2000-03 the third-most in school history.

E April 10-17, 2005

R Longest Losing Streak ...... 6 Innings Pitched Feb. 9-March 4, 2001 1. Tara DiMaggio 588.2 2000-03

E INDIVIDUAL FIELDING April 26-May 12, 2005 2. Courtney Mosch 335.1 2004-05 H 3. Heather Brown 314.2 2001-02 Putouts

T THE RECORD BOOK - CAREER RECORDS Largest Margin of Victory ...... 13 4. Haley Larsen 235.0 2003-04 1. Katie Kaempfer 708 2002-05 vs. Rutgers, 4/24/05 (14-1) 5. Erin Downey 188.1 2005-present 2. Melissa Kelly 667 2004-05 Largest Margin of Defeat ...... 10 3. Jaime Grillo 649 2001, 03-05 vs. Washington, 2/13/04 (11-1) Strikeouts 4. Rachel Park 390 2000, 02-04 1. Tara DiMaggio 575 2000-03 5. Cheryl Julicher 386 2000-02 Longest Game Played (time) ...... 3:26 2. Heather Brown 318 2001-02 vs. Boston College (4/20/02) 3. Courtney Mosch 247 2004-05 Assists Longest Game Played (inns.) ...... 14 4. Erin Downey 198 2005-present 1. Alexis Switenko 347 2003-present vs. Boston College, 4/20/2002 5. Haley Larsen 104 2003-04 2. Rachel Park 258 2000, 02-04 3. Nikki Lincoln 220 2001-04 Most Games Above .500 ...... 12 Strikeouts Per 7 Innings Pitched (min. 100 IP) 4. Erin Gray 154 2004-present (27-15; April 26, 2005) 1. Erin Downey 7.36 2005-present 5. Courtney Mosch 151 2004-05 Most Games Below .500 ...... 11 2. Heather Brown 7.07 2001-02 (8-19; April 14, 2001) 3. Tara DiMaggio 6.84 2000-03 Errors 4. Taylor Petersen 6.08 2002-03 1. Alexis Switenko 49 2003-present Pinch Hits in a Season ...... 3 5. Courtney Mosch 5.16 2004-05 2. Nikki Lincoln 31 2001-04 Jen Elderbroom (2004) 3. Rachel Park 28 2000, 02-04 Cortney Nickerson (2002) Walks Per 7 Innings Pitched (min. 100 IP) 4. Lindsay Richards 26 2000-01 Becky Snyder (2002) 1. Missy Bieman 1.13 2000-01 5. Erin Gray 25 2004-present Led off Game with Home Run 2. Taylor Petersen 1.17 2002-03 Tanya Rose vs. Connecticut (4/1/05) 3. Heather Brown 1.74 2001-02 Double Plays Tanya Rose vs. Delaware State (3/20/04) 4. Erin Downey 1.93 2005-present 1. Rachel Park 27 2000, 02-04 Christina Holowich vs. Wisconsin (3/16/02) 5. Courtney Mosch 2.40 2004-05 2. Melissa Kelly 26 2004-05 3. Alexis Switenko 23 2003-present Home Run in First AB of Season Opponent Batting Average (min. 100 IP) 4. Nikki Lincoln 11 2001-04 Rachel Park vs. UL-Monroe (2/21/03) 1. Tara DiMaggio .209 2000-03 5. Courtney Mosch 10 2004-05 One Player Responsible All RBI (Min. 4) 2. Courtney Mosch .219 2004-05 Missy Bieman 4/29/01; 4-0 win vs. 3. Heather Brown .229 2001-02 Fielding Percentage (Min. .950 & 60 Chances) Rutgers 4. Erin Downey .237 2005-present C E Pct. 5. Taylor Petersen .255 2002-03 1. Cheryl Julicher 412 1 .998 2000-02 2. Shanna Newell 87 1 .989 2000-01 3. Leah Hansen 327 4 .988 2000 4. Jamie Grillo 737 10 .986 2001, 03-05 5. Jennifer Orpitelli 277 4 .986 2003

30 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL T THIS IS SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY H

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY MISSION I S

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accomplishment and service. A C U S E

U N I V E R S I Syracuse University SU was offi cially T Founded in 1870 chartered in 1870 as a Y private, coeducational institution offering programs in the physical sciences and modern languages.

Syracuse University ● Nancy Cantor, former Chancellor of News & Notes the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign 1, became the 11th Chancellor and President of Syracuse University. She SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY FACTS succeeded Kenneth A. “Buzz” Shaw, who retired Aug. 1, 2004, after having served Enrollment: 10,750 Syracuse University for 13 years. Diversity: 15% African American, Asian American, Native American and ● Syracuse University is one of only eight Latino students institutions in the United States with a Rhodes Scholar, Truman Scholar and Demographics: Students represent 50 states and Goldwater Scholar. more than 87 foreign countries Undergraduate ● Of Syracuse’s full-time faculty, 90 percent Classroom Size: 84% smaller than 30 students have earned Ph.D. or professional degrees. Undergraduate student/faculty ratio: 12:1 Full-time Faculty: 879 Colleges: Nine undergraduate Majors: More than 200 Minors: Approximately 70 Library: 3 million volumes more than 7 million microforms 18,400 current periodicals/serials 30,000 databases and 3-journals Extracurricular Groups: More than 300

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S SCHOOLS & COLLEGES

R ● School of Architecture ● E The College of Arts and Sciences ●

V School of Education

I ● L.C. Smith College of Engineering & Computer Science ● Graduate School N ● College of Human Services and Health Professions U ● School of Information Studies ● College of Law E ● The Martin J. Whitman School of Management ● S Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs ● S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications U ● College of Visual & Performing Arts C ● University College (continuing education) A R Y S Blending the Old with Fifteen buildings on the Syracuse S University campus are listed on I the New

the National Register of Historic

S Places. The oldest is the Hall of I Languages, which was built in H 1873. T THIS IS SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SU: BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE Newhouse III $27 million 70,000 square feet December, 2006

Life Sciences Center, $107 million Center for Science and 140,000 square feet Technology (CST) Summer, 2007

SU Programs Rank Best U.S. News and World Report ranked in the Nation SU’s Public Affairs master’s program from the Maxwell School and the Newhouse School broadcast journalism master’s program as the best in its 2004 ratings.

Freshman Housing Freshman at Syracuse usually live in one of 13 main campus residence halls which are co-education by wing, fl oor or room. 32 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL T THIS IS SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

About an SU Education H MAJORS AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY I

TEACHING AS A PRIORITY AND S Accounting Italian Language, Literature, Culture

INTEGRATION OF FACULTY RESEARCH Advertising Latino-Latin American Studies Faculty members are encouraged to bring I Advertising Design Linguistic Studies S their first-hand research into the classroom

Aerospace Engineering Magazine for student discussion and analysis. An African American Studies Management Studies, General S undergraduate research program exposes

American Studies Marketing Management Y students to faculty projects.

Anthropology Mathematics R Architecture Mathematics Education Art Education Mechanical Engineering CLASSROOM OPPORTUNITIES A Art, History of Medieval and Renaissance Studies THROUGH SMALLER CLASSES C Art Photography Metalsmithing Fewer than three percent of all classes taught U

Art Video Modern Foreign Languages have more than 100 students. The faculty-to- S Biochemistry Music student ratio is 1:14 and average class size is E Bioengineering Music Composition just more than 30 students. Larger introductory

Biology Music Education U course lectures occur during the first two years Broadcast Journalism Music History Business Music History and Cultures and always include a smaller discussion section N

Ceramics Music Industry or lab. I Chemical Engineering Musical Theater V Chemistry Newspaper INTRODUCTION AND E Child and Family Studies Nutrition/Dietetics STRENGTHENING OF FIRST-YEAR R Civil Engineering Nutrition Science GATEWAY COURSES S

Classical Civilizations Painting I

Freshman-level courses outline opportunities T Classics (Greek and Latin) Performance

within each undergraduate college and the Y Communication and Rhetorical Studies Philosophy Communication Photography eventual job field. Course material provides Sciences and Disorders Photography, Art information for for student in their preparation Communication, Speech Physical Education for choosing a major, and, ultimately, a career. Communications Design Physics Writing studios of fewer than 20 students are Composition Policy Studies (Public Affairs) required for all freshmen. Computer Engineering Political Philosophy Computer Art Political Science ADVISING OPPORTUNITIES Computer Science Printmaking Students receive close attention from faculty Consumer Studies Pre-Law and peer (student) advisors. All faculty Design/Technical Theater Pre-Medicine/Veterinary/Dentistry members have posted office hours and are Drama (Pre-) Physical Therapy (Health & eager to meet with students. The Syracuse Earth Sciences (Geology) Exercise Science) Academic Improvement Program offers services Economics Psychology to student who require assistance with learning Electrical Engineering Public Relations Engineering Physics Religion strategies. Syracuse University’s All-University English Religion and Society Program to Strengthen Academic Advising won English Education Retail Management and Consumer Studies an Outstanding Advising Program Award from Entrepreneurship and Emerging Retailing/Marketing the National Academic Advising Association. Enterprises Russian Language, Literature, Culture Facutly members are accessible and help is Environmental Design (Interiors) Russian Studies always available. Environmental Engineering Science Education Environmental Sciences Sculpture UNIVERSITY-WIDE SUPPORT European Literature Selected Studies THROUGHOUT UNDERGRADUATE TENURE Fashion Design Social Studies Education Beyond regular advising, students are Fiber Arts Social Work Film Sociology supported during their entire stay at Syracuse Finance Spanish Language, Literature, Culture University through tutoring, summer academic Fine Arts Speech Communication programs, mentoring, and comprehensive French Language, Literature, Culture Sport Management career advising. All-University and college- General Management Studies Stage Management based services are available. Geography Supply Chain Management German Language, Literature, Culture Surface Pattern Design AN ACADEMIC PLAN DESIGNED TO Graphic Arts Television/Radio/Film CRAFT SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES Health and Exercise Science Textile Design Student experience the integration of theory History Theater Design (Design/Technical Theater) and practice; the blending of liberal arts and History of Architecture Video, Art Hospitality and Foot Service Management Women’s Studies professional studies; internationalization and Illustration inclusion; and a commitment to enchance Inclusive Elementary Education writing and clear expression across the and Special education Teacher Students also have the curriculum. Preparation Program option of choosing Industrial and Interaction Design from approximately 70 Information Management and Technology Interior Design minors as part of their International Relations curriculum.

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W Doris R.

A Soladay

Y (1931-2001) A D 1996 Winners 1997 Winners A Ofri Porat - Men’s Gymnastics Rob Kavovit - Men’s Lacrosse

L Jodi Carter - Field Hockey Jamila Codrington - Track & Field

O It is fitting that the Soladay Award is the most prestigious award given to a S

student-athlete by the Department of Athletics. After all, Doris R. Soladay E epitomizes all of the positives in H intercollegiate athletics. The Soladay THE SOLADAY AWARD T THE SOLADAY Award is given annually to the top male and female student-athletes who best exemplify the essence of Doris. From her appointment as the first, and only, Director of Women’s Athletics at Syracuse University in 1975 until the day she retired as Associate Director of 1998 Winners 1999 Winners Athletics on May 31, 1995, Doris dedicated Matthew Norton - Track & Field Scott Hrnack - Men’s Gymnastics Raquel Nurse - Women’s Basketball Keri Potts - Volleyball herself to student-athletes wearing the Orange of SU. The SU Department of Athletics and the world of intercollegiate athletics sports lost a dear friend when Doris passed away in May, 2001. She established scholarships for women, while increasing the budgets to run the programs. She worked with the late Chancellor Eggers and others who supported women’s athletics to begin Orange Plus. Throughout her career, Doris made it a point to attend every home 2000 Winners 2001 Winners athletic contest of every Syracuse team Gabriel Gervais - Men’s Soccer Alex Brown - Track & Field whenever possible. She often cheered on Tracy Larkin - Field Hockey Laura Fitzpatrick - Field Hockey one team in the morning, another in the afternoon and a third in the evening. Her impact on athletics reaches far beyond “The Hill,” however. Prior to the NCAA taking women’s athletics into its fold, Doris held offices on numerous committees in the AIAW (Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) on the state, regional and national levels. After the merger Doris directed her energy into the NCAA Council, serving from 1989 through 1995. Doris was also influential regionally where she was an integral part of the 2002 Winners 2003 Winners expansion of The BIG EAST Conference Kyle Johnson - Football Eric Chapman - Men’s Soccer to include women’s athletics, as well Libby Graves - Rowing Julie Dunn - Softball as chairing various committees in the league. The ECAC also benefited from her knowledge and savvy, where she was a member of the ECAC Women’s Steering Committee from 1983-87. For her many outstanding contributions, the ECAC honored Doris with the 1995 Katherine Ley Award, presented annually to a women’s athletics administrator who serves as a role model for her colleagues, as well as a strong proponent of women’s issues. It is no secret that since her retirement her presence in the corridors of Manley Field House has been missed, but it is clear 2004 Winners John Bitok - Cross Country/Track & Field that her legacy will remain a part of the Elyse McDonough - Swimming & Diving Orange forever. 2005 Winners — Kristyn Cook ‘97 Craig Forth - Men’s Basketball Anna Goodale - Women’s Rowing 34 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL A ACADEMIC SERVICES C A D E M I C

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To support the athletic and The program, designed to enhance I academic goals of the student- leadership and citizenship skills, C E

athletes, the Syracuse Athletics offers opportunities to develop S Department has a comprehensive understanding of choice, integrity, academic services unit, the Office of accountability and commitment. The Student-Athlete Support Services. program was created to adapt to the The unit is staffed by a director, five ever-changing needs of the student- full-time advisors, a secretary, seven athlete during his/her collegiate graduate assistants and a complete career and encourages meaningful tutoring/mentoring staff devoted contributions to the community. specially to individual academic and The facilities at Syracuse personal development. University have undergone as many The department was selected changes as the focus and scope of as a pilot school for the NCAA the program. The Milton and Ann CHAMPS/LIFE Skills Program. This Stevenson Educational wing has program at Syracuse is known as the expanded during the last four years, Stevenson Educational Center LIFE allowing for increased attention and Skills (formerly known as ACES). The support of the needs of the student- role of SEC is to provide experiences athlete. Computer clusters, group and opportunities that will help the meeting rooms, office space and student-athletes realize their full private tutorial rooms are in place to potential. The key components of SU further enhance the support provided LIFE Skills Program are Academic by the department. All of the Commitment, Personal Development expansions and space are convenient Commitment, Service Commitment to the living, academic and athletic and Career Development facilities enjoyed by the Syracuse Commitment. student-athlete.

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D SYRACUSE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S HONOR ROLL The Syracuse AD Honor Roll recognizes R student-athletes who achieve a 3.0-or-higher A grade point average in a semester.

W Spring 2005 Fall 2001

A Erin Gray Heather Brown Jaime Grillo Kristen Collins

C Katie Kaempfer Annie Corbelli I Shawna Norris Tara DiMaggio Tanya Rose Julie Dunn M Alexis Switenko Christina Holowich E Cheryl Julicher

D Fall 2004 Nikki Lincoln

A Erin Gray Rachel Park Katie Kaempfer Tanya Rose C Melissa Kelly Becky Snyder A ACADEMIC AWARDS Courtney Mosch Shawna Norris Spring 2001 Tanya Rose Heather Brown Alexis Switenko Kristen Collins Julie Dunn Spring 2004 Cecelia Durazo Caitlin Grattan Christina Holowich Erin Gray Cheryl Julicher Nikki Lincoln Nikki Lincoln Shawna Norris Shanna Newell Tanya Rose Rachel Park Lindsay Van Gorden Lindsay Richards BIG EAST ACADEMIC ALL-STARS Becky Snyder Fall 2003 The BIG EAST Conference recognizes those Caitlin Grattan Fall 2000 student-athletes who maintain a minimum 3.0 Katie Kaempfer Missy Bieman grade point average while earning a varsity Melissa Kelly Heather Brown Nikki Lincoln Julie Dunn letter. Rachel Park Christina Holowich Tanya Rose Cheryl Julicher 1999-2000 Alexis Switenko Nikki Lincoln Kristen Collins, Tara DiMaggio, Julie Dunn, Lindsay Van Gorden Shanna Newell Rachel Park Christina Holowich, Cheryl Julicher, Megan Spring 2003 Lindsay Richards Kristen Collins (left) and Julie Dunn McCune, Shanna Newell, Rachel Park, Sarah Kristen Collins Becky Snyder (right) were both named to the Academic Polger, Becky Snyder Julie Dunn All-America Third Team in 2002. Christina Holowich Spring 2000 2000-01 Haley Larsen Kristen Collins CoSIDA ACADEMIC Heather Brown, Kristen Collins, Julie Dunn, Nikki Lincoln Tara DiMaggio ALL-DISTRICT I Christina Holowich, Cheryl Julicher, Nikki Jennifer Orpitelli Julie Dunn Lincoln, Shanna Newell, Rachel Park, Lindsay 2002 Rachel Park Jackie Herrman Richards, Becky Snyder Jennifer Read Cheryl Julicher Kristen Collins, OF 1st Team Tanya Rose Christina Holowich Julie Dunn, DP 1st Team 2001-02 Alexis Switenko Catherine Macaulay Cheryl Julicher, IF 2nd Team Heather Brown, Kristen Collins, Julie Dunn, Lindsay Van Gorden Megan McCune Christina Holowich, Nikki Lincoln, Rachel Shanna Newell 2003 Fall 2002 Rachel Park Park, Tanya Rose, Becky Snyder Julie Dunn, IF 2nd Team Kristen Collins Sarah Polger Julie Dunn Amy Schussler Rachel Park, IF 2nd Team 2002-03 Christina Holowich Becky Snyder Kristin Collins, Julie Dunn, Christina Haley Larsen 2004 Holowich, Haley Larsen, Nikki Lincoln, Nikki Lincoln Fall 1999 Tanya Rose, OF 1st Team Jennifer Orpitelli, Rachel Park, Jennifer Read, Jennifer Orpitelli Kristen Collins Rachel Park, 2B 2nd Team Tanya Rose, Alexis Switenko, Lindsay Van Rachel Park Tara DiMaggio Alexis Switenko 2nd Team Taylor Petersen Julie Dunn Gorden Tanya Rose Christina Holowich 2005 Alexis Switenko Cheryl Julicher 2003-04 Shawna Norris, IF 1st Team Catherine Macaulay Caitlin Grattan, Erin Gray, Melissa Kelly, Tanya Rose, OF 2nd Team Spring 2002 Megan McCune Nikki Lincoln, Cassie Morales, Rachel Park, Heather Brown Shanna Newell Tanya Rose, Lindsay Van Gorden Kristen Collins Rachel Park CoSIDA ACADEMIC Annie Corbelli ALL-AMERICA 2004-05 Julie Dunn 2002 Erin Gray, Katie Kaempfer, Shawna Norris, Christina Holowich Kristen Collins, OF 3rd Team Nikki Lincoln Tanya Rose, Alexis Switenko Julie Dunn, DP 3rd Team Rachel Park Tanya Rose Becky Snyder NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP Rachel Park, 2B 2004 36 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL T THE ORANGE AT HOME H E

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H O The Syracuse Softball Stadium at Skytop opened in 2000. It is located on SU’s South Campus, near the Goldstein Student Center and the Tennity Ice Pavilion. M The facility hosted the 2004 BIG EAST Championship. E

Syracuse University is committed the former coaches’ office space was to providing state-of-the-art facilities renovated into an impressive for all of its student-athletes. It is no student-athlete support services area and different for SU softball. Student-athletes expanded offices for the department’s competing at SU have access to some of administrators. the best playing and training facilities in Located within walking distance to the country. the South Campus housing complex, The softball team competes at The where most student-athletes reside, Softball Stadium at Skytop, located in is the Lampe Athletics Complex. The a recreational area of South Campus, sprawling area includes Manley Field overlooking the University’s main House, the 2,700-seat Coyne Field, the campus, the city of Syracuse and Soccer Stadium, a 400-meter track, and . grass football, lacrosse, field hockey and The stadium, constructed in 1999, soccer practice fields. features a spacious outfield stretching Even more space was added in the 200 feet down the lines and 215 feet summer of 2004 with the completion to straightaway center. The lush grass of the Hookway Fields. Located near surface is available for day and evening the Manley complex, the fields provide competition, with field lights perched additional grass practice space for all of in the outfield. Bleachers behind the Syracuse’s teams. backstop can seat up to 650 fans. A new Flanagan Gymnasium was built in scoreboard was added in time for the 1990 and is connected to Archbold 2004 season. Gymnasium by a 110-foot glass-enclosed Director of Athletics Dr. Daryl Gross bridge. This athletic complex is nestled has continued to upgrade SU’s facilities against the upper quad and is the since he was appointed in December most centrally located to all university 2004. Gross spearheaded the installation residence halls. It also houses the of FieldTurf in the and swimming and diving and crew and on three practice fields at the Lampe rowing programs. Flanagan has six Athletics Complex. He also oversaw the basketball courts, two squash courts and construction of the Orange’s new 11,200 eight racquetball courts with viewing square-foot, state-of-the-art strengh and galleries, a matted aerobics room, a conditioning facility attached to the cardiovascular room, dance studio and Iocolano-Petty Football Complex. wrestling room. Manley Field House is the The Lampe Athletics Complex and headquarters of SU’s Athletics Flanagan Gym stand as symbols of the Department. The complex includes a commitment Syracuse University has fully-equipped weight room and state- made to assure its student-athletes are of-the-art sports medicine facilities, given the best available facilities to both of which have undergone recent achieve success on and off the field. renovations. During the summer of 1995 the Roy Simmons Sr. Coaches Center was built for the department’s coaches, while WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM 37 ORANGE SOFTBALL

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A 2000 5 2 .714 N/A 2001 10 10 .500 2 8 .200 E 2002 9 3 .750 5 3 .625 G 2003 8 6 .571 4 6 .400

N 2004 9 5 .643 7 3 .700

A 2005 6 3 .667 6 2 .750

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H SU SOFTBALL STADIUM RECORDS THE ORANGE AT HOME T THE ORANGE AT Runs Team ...... 14 Syracuse vs. Rutgers, 4/24/05

Combined ...... 16 Three times Most recently vs. Rutgers (12-4), 4/24/05

Individual ...... 4 Rachel Park (SU) vs. Siena 4/24/03

Hits Team ...... 15 Four times Most recently Syracuse vs. Rutgers, 4/24/05

Combined ...... 28 Syracuse vs. Boston College 4/20/02

Individual ...... 4 Rachel Park (SU) vs. Siena, 4/24/03 Jenny Kriech (Notre Dame), 4/8/01

Runs Batted In Team ...... 13 Syracuse vs. Rutgers, 4/24/05

Combined ...... 16 Syracuse vs. Rutgers, 4/24/05

Individual ...... 6 Lauren May (Cornell), 4/20/05

Walks Team ...... 10 Syracuse vs. Canisius 4/15/04

Combined ...... 14 Syracuse vs. Canisius 4/15/04

Individual ...... 3 Several times

Home Runs Team ...... 3 Four times Most recently Syracuse vs. Rutgers (Game 2), 4/24/05

Combined ...... 5 vs. Rutgers (Game 1), 4/24/05

Individual ...... 2 Lauren May (Cornell), 4/20/05 Stephanie Johannsen (Rutgers), 4/24/05

Strikeouts By Team ...... 21 vs. Colgate 4/10/01

Combined ...... 24 vs. Colgate 4/10/01 From top to bottom: The Roy Simmons Sr. Coaches Center, the sports medicine facility at Manley Field House, the Manley Field House weight room and the Carrier Dome. Individual ...... 21 Heather Brown vs. Colgate 4/10/01 38 WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM ORANGE SOFTBALL W WELCOME TO SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

SYRACUSE STATS E L Population: 147,306 (2000 census) C O Population Rank: 145th M Location: E

Area: 26 square miles T

County: Onondaga O

Nickname: The Salt City S

Founded: 1805 Y R Climate: Four Seasons A

Travel: Hancock Airport C Approximately 300 flights daily U

Walsh Regional Transportation Center S Amtrak Greyhound E ,

Syracuse Centrally Syracuse is located near the geographic N Located center of New York State. Within a 350- E mile radius of Syracuse are the following W

major cities: Baltimore, Boston, Montreal,

New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Y Toronto, and Washington D.C. O R K

Syracuse Stage The has hosted productions featuring accomplished actors like Tony Award winner Elizabeth Franz, Emmy and Golden Syracuse Symphony The Syracuse Globe Award recipient Symphony is the 45th Jean Stapleton, another largest orchestra in Golden Globe artist the United States. The in Sam Waterson of SSO performs more TV’s Law and Order, than 200 full-orchestra and most recently, and chamber ensemble Academy Award concerts in 20 counties honoree Olympia throughout New York State in the course of a season.

Everson Museum The features one of the most comprehensive holdings of American ceramic art in the United States. It was designed by I.M. Pei, who also designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and the National Gallery in Washington D.C. WWW.SUATHLETICS.COM 39 ORANGE SOFTBALL K

R SYRACUSE RECREATION AND CULTURE ● O The , the longest running state fair in the nation. Y ● The

W ● More than 50 state, county and city parks E ● 40 golf courses N ● at ,

E ● 40 museums and galleries

S ● Syracuse Opera U ● Syracuse Stage C ● A Syracuse Symphony Orchestra

R ● Museum of Science & Technology (MOST), New York’s Y Rosamond Gifford Zoo The Rosamond Gifford Zoo at only IMAX-Dome theatre S Burnet Park displays more than ● Professional Sports: Syracuse SkyChiefs (AAA Baseball), 1,000 domestic and exotic animals (AHL) O in simulated natural settings. T

E ONONDAGA COUNTY’S M

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Downtown Syracuse Downtown is the business center of the City. Within the Downtown area are several historic buildings as well as more modern structures that provide office and retail space to many firms and retailers. Its grid-like street structure is intersected by West Onondaga and West Genesee Streets. The major public plazas in Downtown are , Hanover Square, Columbus Circle and . There are also a number of urban cultural parks which provide open space for formal events as well as places to spend a lunch hour in the outdoors. Orange Fans Recognized The Sporting News selected by National Publication Syracuse as the 2003 Best Sports The Syracuse Area Landmark Theater, which opened in 1928, City for college basketball. SU led is the last remaining depression-era movie palace in Central the nation in attendance in 2004-05, New York. It is permanently listed on the National Register averaging 22,978 fans per game. of Historic Places. The Theater has hosted a diverse list of performers in recent years including Foo Fighters, Josh Groban, B.B. King, Travis Tritt and The Tragically Hip.

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