2004 Stanford Softball Release #16 — May 24, 2004 (47-17, 13-8 Pac-10) Date Opponent Time/Result 2/6 #6 Alabama^ W, 4-1 Stanford Softball 2/7 #6 Alabama^ L, 1-2 (8) San Jose State^ W, 8-0 2004 College World Series (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 2/8 San Jose State^ W, 2-0 2/13 Santa Clara% W, 5-0 Thursday, May 27 Michigan vs. LSU 11:00 a.m. CT 2/13 Missouri% W, 2-1 Thursday, May 27 vs. #4 UCLA 1:30 p.m. CT 2/14 Pacific% W, 3-2 2/14 Missouri% W, 5-2 Friday, May 28 Winner Gm1 vs. Winner Gm 2 2 p.m. CT 2/15 Santa Clara% W, 4-1 Saturday, May 29 Loser Gm 1 vs. Loser Gm 2 11 a.m. CT 2/20 Northwestern! L, 2-4 USA Olympic Team! (exhib) L, 0-8 2/21 Notre Dame! W, 4-2 Cardinal Make Second CWS Appearance: The sixth-ranked Coastal Carolina! W, 3-1 Stanford softball team (47-17, 13-8 Pac-10), will be making their second 2/22 Penn State! W, 1-0 appearance at the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla, 2/27 Oklahoma State$ W, 10-0 #3 Arizona$ L, 1-2 when they open with No. 4 UCLA (43-9, 12-8 Pac-10) on Thursday, May 2/28 #25 South Florida$ L, 0-8 27 at 1:30 p.m CT at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. Boston University$ W, 8-0 2/29 #3 Arizona$ L, 5-7 3/5 Oklahoma State& W, 7-6 Stanford, the seventh seed overall, are joined in Oklahoma City by No. CS Northridge& W, 7-3 1 seed Oklahoma, No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 seed LSU, No. 4 seed Florida 3/6 Portland State& W, 4-0 State, No. 5 seed California, No. 6 seed Michigan, and No. 8 seed UC Santa Barbara& W, 4-0 3/7 CS Fullerton& W, 9-0 Washington. 3/20 UC Santa Barbara@ W, 4-0 Illinois-Chicago@ W, 3-0 Michigan, LSU, and UCLA are in Stanford's half of the bracket to begin 3/21 Illinois-Chicago@ L, 2-3 UC Santa Barbara@ L, 1-3 play. The WCWS is an eight team, double-elimination tournament (Note: 3/24 #17 Fresno St. W, 3-2 (8); W, 7-0 The championship final is a single-game final.) The WCWS is conducted 3/26 Hawaii~ W, 1-0 May 27-31 at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. UC Riverside~ W, 3-1 3/27 Illinois~ W, 5-0 BYU~ W, 7-5 The Cardinal went 2-2 in their last trip to the CWS in 2001 (LSU, W, 2-1; 3/28 Hawaii~ W, 1-0 UCLA, L, 0-5; California, W, 1-0; Arizona, L, 0-1). 4/2 #14 Oregon State* W, 2-0 4/3 #17 Oregon* L, 0-1 4/4 #17 Oregon* W 6-1 NCAA Regional Wrap Up: The Cardinal went 4-1 in the Region 7 4/9 #4 California* W, 5-3 NCAA Regional, defeating Hofstra, 3-1, on Sunday afternoon for a trip to 4/10 #4 California* (dh) L, 0-1/L, 0-6 4/13 Sacramento St. (dh) W, 4-0/W, 2-0 the CWS. Stanford defeated Utah (1-0), Pacific (7-2) and Hofstra (7-1) to 4/16 #1 Arizona* L, 0-8 advance through the winner's bracket. The Pride defeated the Cardinal, 4/17 Arizona State* W, 7-0 1-0, on Sunday to force a deciding game at 3:30 p.m Stanford rebounded 4/18 Arizona State * W, 4-0 4/20 St. Marys (dh) L, 1-2/W, 7-0 to win, 3-1, in the second game. Junior first baseman Leah Nelson hit .500 4/23 #4 UCLA* W, 1-0 for the weekend with a team-leading six RBI while sophomore shortstop 4/24 #6 Washington* W, 12-9 Lauren Lappin hit .438 with five runs scored. Freshman leftfielder Jackie 4/25 #6 Washington* W, 3-2 (8) 4/30 Arizona State* W, 7-6 Rinehart hit .421 with a team-leading eight hits while senior catcher Jes- 5/1 #1 Arizona* L, 0-4 sica Allister hit .400 with five RBI. Righthander Dana Sorensen went 4-1 5/2 #1 Arizona* W, 2-1 with a 0.86 ERA in 32.2 innings of work with 51 strikeouts. 5/7 #8 Washington* W, 5-1 5/8 #3 UCLA* L, 2-6 5/8 #3 UCLA* L, 1-7 Region 7 All-Tournament Team: Junior Leah Nelson, senior Jessica 5/14 #12 Oregon* L, 0-1 Allister, and freshman Jackie Rinehart were named to the NCAA Region 7 5/15 #18 Oregon St.* (dh) W, 2-0/W, 7-2 5/20 Utah+ W, 1-0 All-Tournament team while senior Dana Sorensen was named MVP. 5/21 Pacific+ W, 7-2 5/22 Hofstra+ W, 7-1 About UCLA: Stanford will see a familiar face when it takes on UCLA 5/23 Hofstra+ L, 0-1 5/23 Hofstra+ W, 3-1 (43-9) on Thursday afternoon ... The two teams have met three times this season with the Bruins winning two-of-three ... The Cardinal defeated Home Games at Smith Family Stadium * Pac-10 game; (dh) indicates doubleheader UCLA, 1-0, in Los Angeles ... The Bruins defeated Stanford, 6-2, and ,7-1, ^ Stanford Tournament - Stanford, CA; % Stanford Invitational - Stanford, CA; $ Arizona Invite - Tucson, AZ; ! Palm Springs in Stanford ... They are coached by Sue Enquist ... UCLA beat Alabama, Classic - Palm Springs, CA; $Worth Invite - Fullerton, CA; 7-0, in the championship game of Region 2 to advance to the CWS ... They &Stanford Round Robin; ~Stanford Classic - Stanford, CA; +NCAA Regional - Stanford, CA have won their last nine consecutive games ... They are led by Caitlin Be- ESPN.com/USA Softball nyi (.395/22 HR/39 RBI) and Stephanie Ramos (.361/35 R/12 HR) .... In Top 25 Poll (May 18, 2004) the circle, Keira Goerl is 27-7 with a 1.05 ERA and 254 strikeouts on the year ... The Bruins hold a 29-7 advantage in the all-time series with the Pl. School Pts. Cardinal ... The two teams met in 2001 at the CWS with UCLA defeating 1. Arizona 500 Stanford, 5-0 (5/25/01). 2. California 472 3. LSU 459 Wrapping Up Pac-10 Play: The Stanford softball team finished 13-8 4. UCLA 443 in conference play this season, tying for second behind Arizona (17-3). 5. Florida State 419 The second place finish is the best finish in school history while the 13 6. Stanford 393 wins are the most in the modern 21-game league schedule, besting the 7. Michigan 382 previous high of 11 wins in 2001. 8. Washington 360 9. Louisiana Lafayette 338 2004 Pacific All-Region Team:Stanford was well represented on 10. Tennessee 316 the '04 Pacific All-Region team. Pitcher Dana Sorensen and shortstop 11. Georgia 305 Lauren Lappin were first-team selections while catcher Jessica Allister, 12. Oregon 278 along with outfielders, Catalina Morris and Jackie Rinehart were second- 13. Alabama 251 team picks. 14. Nebraska 238 15. Auburn 227 Pac-10 All-Conference Teams Announced: Five Stanford 16. Fresno State 193 players earned all-conference honors in 2004. Dana Sorensen, Lauren 17. Long Beach State 175 Lappin and Jessica Allister were first-team selections while Catalina Mor- 18. Oregon State 150 ris was a second-team pick. Freshman Jackie Rinehart was tabbed an 19. South Florida 139 honorable mention. 20. Oklahoma 120 21. Florida 103 The Last Time...: LSU and California were both Cardinal opponents 22. Baylor 86 at the 2001 CWS ... Stanford defeated the Tigers, 2-1 (4/24/01) that year 23 Georgia Tech 62 and beat the Golden Bears, 1-0 (5/26/01). 24. Texas A&M 41 25. Notre Dame 21 Sorensen Rewrites Cardinal Record Book: Senior pitcher Dana Sorensen (San Diego, CA) continues to leave her mark on the Cardinal Also receiving votes: record book. Sorensen holds the school record for career victories with Florida Atlantic, Tulsa, Pacific, Mis- 102 and career strikeouts with 1,140. She also holds the top three spots souri, Southern Mississippi, Seton for lowest ERA in a single season. Her 1,140 K's ranks third in the Pac-10 Hall, Illlinois, Northwestern, Missis- in career strikeouts surpassing Arizona's Jennie Finch who has 1,028. sippi State, Texas A&M Corpus Cristi. Sorensen became only the fourth pitcher in conference history to reach 2004 Stanford opponents in italics 1,000 K's and the 21st nationally. She is 32-10 on the year with a 1.37 ERA and a team-leading 344 strikeouts. Her 32 wins in 2004 as well as her 344 K's breaks the records on the Cardinal single-season list. She Cardinal Record When ... is one of only 26 NCAA pitchers nationally to surpass 1,000 strikeouts for a career. Day Game: 36-15 Night Game: 11-2 7 inning game: 42-14 All-Time Vs. ...: California leads the all-time series with Stanford, 24- 6 inning game: 1-1 13 ... The Golden Bears took 2-of-3 from the Cardinal this year (L, 3-5; W, 5 inning game: 2-1 1-0; W, 6-0) ... Washington leads the all-time series with Stanford, 24-12 Extra inning game: 2-1 ... The Cardinal swept all three games versus the Huskies in 2004 (W, One-run game: 12-8 12-9; W, 3-2; W, 5-1) ..