2005 CALIFORNIA SOFTBALL CAL FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location: ......................................................................... Berkeley, Calif. 2005 Cal Roster/Quick Facts/Media Information ............................. 1 Nickname: .......................................................................... Golden Bears California Tournament Notes ......................................................... 2-5 Colors: ............................................................ Blue (282) and Gold (116) 2005 Player Bios ........................................................................... 6-10 Enrollment: ................................................................................... 33,000 Depth Chart ..................................................................................... 10 Founded: ...........................................................................................1868 Head Coach Diane Ninemire ............................................................ 11 Conference: ............................................................................. Pacific-10 Assistant Coaches/Support Staff .................................................... 12 Home Venue: .................................................. Levine-Fricke Field (500) 2005 Overall/Conference Statistics .................................................. 13 Chancellor: ............................................................... Robert J. Birgeneau 2005 Results ..................................................................................... 14 Athletic Director: ........................................................... Sandy Barbour 2005 Statistical Analysis ................................................................. 15 Executive Associate AD/SWA: ........................................ Teresa Kuehn 2005 Regional Game Summaries ................................................. 16-17 2005 Record: ................................................................................... 52-13 2005 Statistical Category Leaders ................................................... 18 2005 Pac-10 Record: ................................................................ 13-8/T1st 2005 Game-By-Game Statistics – Batting ...................................... 19 2005 Regional Finish: ....................... Won Fresno State Regional (4-1) 2005 Game-By-Game Statistics – Pitching ..................................... 20 2005 Super Regional Finsh: ............ Won Baylor Super Regional (2-1) Miscellaneous Statistics ................................................................... 21 2004 NCAA Regionals: .......................................... Won Region 5 (4-0) Historical Postseason Results .................................................... 22-23 2004 Postseason Finish: ..................... NCAA Runner-up (3-2 WCWS) Career Records ............................................................................ 24-25 Season Records ............................................................................ 26-27 SOFTBALL STAFF Team Records ................................................................................... 28 Head Coach: ............................................ Diane Ninemire (18th season, California in the News ................................................................ 29-40 University of Nebraska-Omaha/’80) Cal/Career Record (as of 5/28/05): .......................................... 807-382 Assistant Coach: ........... John Reeves (12th season, San Jose State/’80) MEDIA INFORMATION Assistant Coach: ................. Kim Maher (6th season, Fresno State/’95) INTERVIEWS Volunteer Assistant Coach: .......................... Dan Parajon (3rd season) Aside from WCWS-scheduled press conferences, please make all player Softball Office Phone: .................................................. (510) 643-0282 and coach interview requests through softball SID Chris Giovannetti Softball Fax: ................................................................... (510) 643-1116 (contact information on left). Any phone interviews will be on a call-back Mailing Address: ............................... 200 B Strawberry Canyon Center basis only. Berkeley, CA 94720 WE ARE CALIFORNIA MEDIA RELATIONS When referring to any California athletic team, please use either Softball Contact: ....................................................... Chris Giovannetti “California” or “Cal” to denote the institution, and “Golden Bears” or Cell Phone: (707) 290-5422 E-mail: [email protected] “Bears” when indicating the mascot. Refrain from using such names as Office Phone: ................................................................. (510) 643-5846 UC Berkeley, California-Berkeley, Cal Berkeley, Cal State Berkeley, Media Relations Fax: .................................................... (510) 643-7778 the Berkeley Bears and U Cal Berkeley. Mailing Address: ..................... 349 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 Hotel in Oklahoma City: .............................. Oklahoma City Marriott Phone: ............................................................................ 405-842-6633 Fax: .................................................................................405-842-3152 2005 CALIFORNIA SOFTBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown/Previous School 1 Kristina Thorson P R/R 5-7 Jr 2V Lake Forest Park, Wash. / Shorecrest HS Head Coach: Diane Ninemire, 18th season 2 Chelsea Spencer SS R/R 5-4 Sr 3V San Leandro, Calif. / Arroyo HS (University of Nebraska-Omaha ’80) 3 Alex Sutton OF L/R 5-6 So 1V Morgan Hill, Calif. / Archbishop Mitty HS Assistant Coach: John Reeves, 12th season 4 Shannon Harper C R/R 5-4 So 1V Stockton, Calif. / Lincoln HS (San Jose State ’80) 5 Lindsay James OF L/R 5-5 Jr 2V San Carlos, Calif. / Sequoia HS Assistant Coach: Kim Maher, 6th season 6 Julie Meyer 1B/C R/R 5-10 Fr HS Yardville, N.J. / Steinert HS (Fresno State ’95) 7 Sarah Adams P R/R 5-11 So 1V Half Moon Bay, Calif. / Half Moon Bay HS 9 Haley Woods C/1B R/R 5-11 Jr 2V Burlingame, Calif. / Burlingame HS 10 Kaleo Eldredge OF L/R 5-4 Sr 3V Kahului, Hawaii / H.P. Baldwin HS PRONOUNCIATIONS 11 Kristen Bayless OF/C R/R 5-6 Sr 3V San Jose, Calif. / Archbishop Mitty HS Gwen Arafiles.............. ah-RAHF-uh-leez 13 Erika Racklin OF S/R 5-3 Fr HS Pittsburg, Calif. / Berean Christian HS Kaleo Eldredge ............ KA-lay-oh 16 Kelly Anderson P R/R 5-9 Sr 3V Woodland, Calif. / Woodland HS Jeana Gevas ................. JEEN-uh G-vus 17 Katelyn Valenzuela IF R/R 5-3 Fr HS Hemet, Calif. / West Valley HS Kim Maher ................... MAR 19 Vicky Galindo 3B L/R 5-4 Sr 3V Union City, Calif. / West Valley JC Diane Ninemire .......... NINE-mire 22 Gwen Arafiles 1B R/R 5-11 Sr 1V Stockton, Calif. / San Joaquin Delta College Jessica Pamanian ....... PAH-main-ee-un 24 Jessica Pamanian 2B R/R 5-4 Sr 3V Milpitas, Calif. / Milpitas HS Katelyn Valenzuela ... val-en-zway-LAH 25 Jeana Gevas IF/DP R/R 5-3 Fr HS Benicia, Calif. / Cal Poly Jessica Vernaglia ....... ver-NAG-lia 31 Emily Friedman IF/OF R/R 5-7 Jr TR Berkeley, Calif. / Wisconsin 33 Jessica Vernaglia UT R/R 5-4 Sr Sr Laguna Niguel, Calif. / Alisa Niguel HS 2005 WOMEN’S SOFTBALL COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 1 WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES NOTES Cal placed fifth. Cal’s only other appearance at the WCWS prior to their CAL REACHES WOMEN’S current seven-year run was a fifth-place showing in 1996. The Bears are COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FOR 18-16 all-time at the WCWS, 16-14 under Ninemire. In Cal’s nine previous SEVENTH STRAIGHT YEAR trips to the NCAA WCWS, the Bears have won the opening game six times. The second-seeded Golden Bears qualified for their seventh consecutive trip to the WCWS by virtue of defeating Baylor in the Waco Super Regional CAL IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT and going 4-1 at the Fresno State Sub-Regional. This year’s appearance The Bears are making their 21st appearance in the NCAA Tournament marks the Bears’ 10th program trip to the WCWS. Cal (52-13) opens WCWS and have advanced to the postseason for 20 consecutive years, the longest play on Thursday against a familiar opponent – seventh-seeded UCLA (36- active streak of any school in the Pac-10 Conference. The Bears are 67- 18). The Bruins have defeated the Bears in each of the last two WCWS title 44 all-time in the NCAA competition. games and the two schools faced off in their 2003 WCWS opener, a game Cal won, 7-3, in 10 innings. First pitch at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium is BEARS SURVIVE MARATHON scheduled for 2 p.m. CST and the game can be seen live on ESPN2. The Bears have faced five teams that reached Oklahoma City this season and have SESSION TO WIN WACO posted a combined 7-3 record against the field in 2005. SUPER REGIONALS Senior Kelly Anderson threw a three-hitter and Cal took game No. 1 BEARS LOOK FOR RETURN of the Super Regional from Baylor, 8-0, in six innings May 27. But winning TO TITLE GAME the series from the host school proved to be far less easy the following day. The Bears had to overcome two rain delays and a six-and-a-half hour Having played in the national championship game each of the past three postponement just too begin the second game, a contest Baylor won, 4- seasons, there’s no doubt that California has been a dominant force at the 1, to force a third and decisive game. The Cal bats came around in the WCWS in recent years. In 2002, the Bears won the first NCAA title by a nightcap, as the Bears scored all their runs in the first two innings, and junior women’s team in school history when they defeated Arizona,