2004 NCAA Division I softball season

The 2004 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in January 2004. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2004 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 2004 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on May 31, 2004.

2004 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	UCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	UCLA (11th (13th overall) title)
Runners-up	California (9th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Sue Enquist (7th title)
WCWS MOP	Kristin Schmidt (LSU)
Seasons

Conference standings

2004 Big 12 Conference softball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT No. 14 Nebraska ‍†‍‡‍^y 14 – 3 – 0   .824     45 – 17 – 0   .726 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y 13 – 3 – 0   .813     33 – 22 – 0   .600 Missouri ‍‍‍^y 13 – 4 – 0   .765     29 – 26 – 0   .527 No. 18 Baylor ‍‍‍^y 11 – 6 – 0   .647     48 – 17 – 0   .738 No. 6 Oklahoma ‍‍‍^y 11 – 7 – 0   .611     45 – 22 – 1   .669 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 7 – 10 – 0   .412     27 – 28 – 0   .491 Kansas ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389     33 – 28 – 1   .540 Texas ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278     24 – 25 – 0   .490 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 3 – 13 – 0   .188     13 – 31 – 0   .295 Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 2 – 16 – 0   .111     22 – 36 – 0   .379 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from NFCA [1]

2004 Big Ten Conference softball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 9 Michigan  ‍†‍‍^y 17 – 3   .850     54 – 11   .831 No. 17 Illinois  ‍‍‍^y 14 – 6   .700     45 – 21   .682 Iowa  ‍‍‍^y 14 – 6   .700     39 – 24   .619 Northwestern  ‍‍‍^y 13 – 9   .591     34 – 20   .630 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500     33 – 23   .589 Ohio State  ‍‍‍^y 8 – 11   .421     35 – 25   .583 Michigan State  ‍‍‡‍^y 8 – 12   .400     36 – 26   .581 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12   .400     25 – 32   .439 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13   .350     32 – 31   .508 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300     29 – 28   .509 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 5 – 14   .263     32 – 25   .561 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 24, 2004[2]; Rankings from NFCA

2004 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Arizona  ‍†‍‍^y 17 – 3   .850     55 – 6   .902 California  ‍‍‍^y 13 – 8   .619     53 – 13   .803 Stanford  ‍‍‍^y 13 – 8   .619     49 – 19   .721 UCLA  ‍‍‍^y 12 – 8   .600     47 – 9   .839 Washington  ‍‍‍^y 10 – 10   .500     40 – 19   .678 Oregon  ‍‍‍^y 10 – 11   .476     42 – 21   .667 Oregon State  ‍‍‍^y 4 – 17   .190     44 – 28   .611 Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 17   .150     33 – 31   .516 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2004[3]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 2004 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 27 to May 31, 2004 in Oklahoma City.[4]

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	6	Michigan	2
	3	LSU	3^13
						2	UCLA	2
						3	LSU	0
	7	Stanford	2
	2	UCLA	8
											2	UCLA	3^12	—
										7	Stanford	1	—
	7	Stanford	5
	6	Michigan	4
						1	Oklahoma	2
						7	Stanford	3
																5	California	1
																2	UCLA	3
	8	Washington	2
	1	Oklahoma	6
						1	Oklahoma	1
						5	California	2^8
	5	California	4
	4	Florida State	2
											3	LSU	4	1
										5	California	1	4
	4	Florida State	2
	8	Washington	0
						3	LSU	2
						4	Florida State	1

Season Leaders

BATTING

BATTING AVERAGE: .488 - Autumn Champion, Arizona Wildcats

RBIs: 82 - Holly Groves, USF Bulls

HOME RUNS: 24 - Caitlin Benyi, UCLA Bruins

PITCHING

WINS: 45-5 & 45-10 - Brooke Mitchell, ULL Ragin' Cajuns & Monica Abbott, Tennessee Lady Vols

ERA: 0.54 (20 ER/259.0 IP) - Jamie Southern, Fresno State Bulldogs

STRIKEOUTS: 582, Monica Abbott, Tennessee Lady Vols

Records

[5]

NCAA DIVISION I SEASON TRIPLES: 17 - Dianna Korcak, Jacksonville Dolphins

NCAA DIVISION I SINGLE GAME STRIKEOUTS: 28 - Cristin Vitek, Baylor Bears; May 20, 2004 (16 innings)

FRESHMAN CLASS 7 INNING SINGLE GAME STRIKEOUTS: 20 - Monica Abbott, Tennessee Lady Vols; March 26, 2004

SOPHOMORE CLASS CONSECUTIVE WINS STREAK: 32 - Alicia Hollowell, Arizona Wildcats; February 6-April 24, 2004

FRESHMAN CLASS WINS: 45 - Monica Abbott, Tennessee Lady Vols

FRESHMAN CLASS SHUTOUTS: 24 - Monica Abbott, Tennessee Lady Vols

FRESHMAN CLASS STRIKEOUTS: 582 - Monica Abbott, Tennessee Lady Vols

TEAM SINGLE GAME DOUBLES: 13 - Charleston Cougars, February 11, 2004

Awards

• USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Jessica van der Linden, FSU Seminoles[6]

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Jessica van der Linden, FSU Seminoles[7][8]

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2004	29	8	42	35	31	20	2	246.1	106	29	21	51	387	0.59	0.64

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2004	73	197	49	79	.401	55	4	4	10	109	.553%	42	23	9	10

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.[9]

FIRST TEAM

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Monica Abbott	FR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Dana Sorensen	SR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Alicia Hollowell	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
C	Kristen Rivera	JR.	Washington Huskies
1B	Kim Wendland	JR.	Georgia Bulldogs
2B	Caitlin Benyi	SO.	UCLA Bruins
3B	Vicky Galindo	JR.	California Golden Bears
SS	Christina Clark	SO.	Fresno State Bulldogs
OF	Nicole Barber	SR.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Iyhia McMichael	JR.	Mississippi State Bulldogs
	Caitlin Lowe	FR.	Arizona Wildcats
DP	Wendy Allen	SR.	Arizona Wildcats
UT	Jessica van der Linden	SR.	FSU Seminoles
AT-L	Gina Carbonatto	FR.	Pacific Tigers
	Autumn Champion	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
	Brooke Mitchell	JR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
	Heather Scaglione	JR.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls

SECOND TEAM

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Keira Goerl	SR.	UCLA Bruins
	Casey Hunter	JR.	FSU Seminoles
	Kristina Thorson	SO.	California Golden Bears
C	Jessica Allister	SR.	Stanford Cardinal
1B	Vanessa Iapala	SO.	Oregon State Beavers
2B	Veronica Wootson	FR.	FSU Seminoles
3B	Phelan Wright	SR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
SS	Jessica Merchant	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
OF	Kaleo Eldredge	JR.	California Golden Bears
	LaDonia Hughes	SR.	LSU Tigers
	Kristen Zaleski	SR.	Texas State Bobcats
DP	Holly Groves	SR.	USF Bulls
UT	Jessica Beech	SR.	Michigan State Spartans
AT-L	Peaches James	SR.	Nebraska Cornhuskers
	Lauren Lappin	SO.	Stanford Cardinal
	Nicole Motycka	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Kristin Schmidt	SR.	LSU Tigers

THIRD TEAM

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Jessica Kapchinski	SR.	Texas A&M Aggies
	Kristen Keyes	SR.	Auburn Tigers
	Jessica Sallinger	JR.	Georgia Tech Yellowjackets
C	Sara Dean	JR.	Auburn Tigers
1B	Saskia Roberson	JR.	DePaul Blue Demons
2B	Tiffany Haas	SO.	Michigan Wolverines
3B	Sara Larquier	SO.	Virginia Cavaliers
SS	Lauren May	JR.	Cornell Big Red
OF	Christen Bedwell	SR.	CSUN Matadors
	Megan Ciolli	JR.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
	Leslie Klein	FR.	LSU Tigers
DP	Amanda Rivera	SR.	UIC Flames
UT	Sarah Martz	SR.	DePaul Blue Demons
AT-L	Leigh Ann Ellis	SR.	USF Bulls
	Dominique Lastrapes	FR.	Washington Huskies
	Jackie McClain	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Megan Meyer	JR.	Seton Hall Pirates
	Chelsea Spencer	JR.	California Golden Bears

References

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6. "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
7. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
8. "Career Player Stats". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
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