2009 NCAA Division I softball season

2009 NCAA Division I softball season
2009 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	Arizona State
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	Washington (1st title)
Runners-up	Florida (2nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Heather Tarr (1st title)
WCWS MOP	Danielle Lawrie (Washington)
Seasons
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 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 February 2009. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2009 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2009 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 2, 2009.

Conference standings

2009 Big 12 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Oklahoma ‍†‍‡‍^y	14	–	4	.778	41	–	16	.719
No. 8 Missouri ‍‍‍^y	12	–	6	.667	50	–	12	.806
No. 15 Baylor ‍‍‍^y	11	–	7	.611	40	–	22	.645
Texas ‍‍‍^y	11	–	7	.611	40	–	20	.667
Nebraska ‍‍‍^y	9	–	9	.500	35	–	19	.648
Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	8	–	9	.471	32	–	22	.593
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍^y	8	–	10	.444	36	–	22	.621
Iowa State ‍‍‍	7	–	11	.389	26	–	29	.473
Kansas ‍‍‍	6	–	11	.353	21	–	31	.404
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	3	–	15	.167	15	–	42	.263

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA ^[1]

2009 Big Ten Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Michigan ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	3	.850	47	–	12	.797
No. 12 Ohio State ‍‍‍^y	16	–	4	.800	47	–	11	.810
No. 18 Northwestern ‍‍‍^y	14	–	6	.700	31	–	15	.674
Iowa ‍‍‍^y	13	–	7	.650	42	–	16	.724
Illinois ‍‍‍^y	12	–	7	.632	29	–	17	.630
Purdue ‍‍‍^y	12	–	8	.600	31	–	20	.608
Penn State ‍‍‍	7	–	13	.350	19	–	27	.413
Minnesota ‍‍‍	6	–	14	.300	23	–	32	.418
Michigan State ‍‍‍	5	–	14	.263	21	–	28	.429
Indiana ‍‍‍	4	–	16	.200	10	–	39	.204
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	3	–	17	.150	15	–	40	.273

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 30, 2009^[2] Rankings from NFCA

2009 Southland Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		PCT		W	L		PCT
Texas State **‡ ‍‍‍	23	–	6	–	0	.793		40	–	18	–	0	.690
McNeese State ‍‍‍	20	–	10	–	0	.667		31	–	28	–	0	.525
Texas–San Antonio ‍‍‍	18	–	11	–	0	.621		29	–	29	–	0	.500
Stephen F. Austin ‍‍‍	17	–	12	–	0	.586		29	–	27	–	0	.518
Texas–Arlington ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0	.567		23	–	24	–	0	.489
Sam Houston ‍‍‍	15	–	14	–	0	.517		28	–	26	–	0	.519
Central Arkansas ‍‍‍	14	–	15	–	0	.483		24	–	31	–	0	.436
Nicholls ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467		30	–	25	–	0	.545
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍	12	–	16	–	0	.429		23	–	31	–	0	.426
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0	.267		20	–	33	–	0	.377
Northwestern State ‍‍‍	3	–	26	–	0	.103		5	–	45	–	0	.100

‡ – SLC Tournament Champion **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 22, 2009^[3]^[4] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

2009 Sun Belt Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 25 Louisiana–Lafayette ‍†‍‡‍^y	18	–	5	.783	45	–	13	.776
Troy ‍‍‍	15	–	8	.652	38	–	19	.667
Western Kentucky ‍‍‍	14	–	9	.609	35	–	19	.648
FIU ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	31	–	29	.517
North Texas ‍‍‍	11	–	12	.478	26	–	28	.481
South Alabama ‍‍‍	10	–	12	.455	27	–	28	.491
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	10	–	13	.435	30	–	30	.500
Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍	7	–	15	.318	17	–	35	.327
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍	5	–	18	.217	14	–	34	.292

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2009^[5] Rankings from [1]

Women's College World Series

The 2009 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 28 to June 2, 2009 in Oklahoma City.^[6]

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Florida	3

9	Arizona	0
			1	Florida	1

			5	Michigan	0
4	Alabama	1

5	Michigan	6
						1	Florida	6	—

						4	Alabama	5	—
9	Arizona	0

4	Alabama	14
			10	Arizona State	2

			4	Alabama	6



										1	Florida	0	2	—

										3	Washington	8	3	—
3	Washington	3

6	Georgia	1
			3	Washington	1

			10	Arizona State	0
10	Arizona State	7

	Missouri	3
						3	Washington	8	9

						6	Georgia	9	3
6	Georgia	5

	Missouri	2
			5	Michigan	5

			6	Georgia	7

Season leaders

Batting

Batting average: .500 – Re'Quincia Mack, Alabama A&M Lady Bulldogs
RBIs: 96 – Stacie Chambers, Arizona Wildcats
Home runs: 31 – Stacie Chambers, Arizona Wildcats

Pitching

Wins: 42-8 – Danielle Lawrie Washington Huskies
ERA: 0.61 (25 ER/285.1 IP) – Stacey Nelson, Florida Gators
Strikeouts: 521 – Danielle Lawrie Washington Huskies

Records

Team single game double plays: 5 – Alabama Crimson Tide; May 17, 2009^[7]

Awards

USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Danielle Lawrie Washington Huskies^[8]

Honda Sports Award Softball:

Danielle Lawrie Washington Huskies^[9]

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2009	42	8	52	50	46	21	0	352.2	165	60	49	76	521	0.97	0.68

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2009	56	112	16	30	.268	30	7	0	3	54	.482%	17	21	0	0

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.^[10]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Stacey Nelson	SR.	Florida Gators
	Danielle Lawrie	JR.	Washington Huskies
	Kelsi Dunne	SO.	Alabama Crimson Tide
C	Chelsea Bramlett	JR.	Mississippi State Bulldogs
1B	Adrienne Monka	FR.	Northwestern Wildcats
2B	Ashley Charters	SR.	Washington Huskies
3B	Alisa Goler	SO.	Georgia Bulldogs
SS	Tammy Williams	SR.	Northwestern Wildcats
OF	Brittany Lastrapes	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
	Katie Schroeder	SO.	UCLA Bruins
	Kaitlin Cochran	SR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
UT	Megan Langenfeld	JR.	UCLA Bruins
UT	Amber Flores	JR.	Oklahoma Sooners
AT-L	Nikki Nemitz	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Missy Penna	SR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Alissa Haber	JR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Taylor Schlopy	SO.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Charlotte Morgan	JR.	Alabama Crimson Tide

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Brandice Balschmiter	SR.	UMass Minutewomen
	Stephanie Brombacher	SO.	Florida Gators
	Brittany Weil	SR.	Iowa Hawkeyes
C	Melissa Roth	JR.	Louisville Cardinals
1B	Tiffany Huff	JR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
2B	Aja Paculba	SO.	Florida Gators
3B	Lindsey Ubrun	SR.	Missouri Tigers
SS	Molly Johnson	JR.	Kentucky Wildcats
OF	Kelsey Bruder	SO.	Florida Gators
	Francesca Enea	JR.	Florida Gators
	Brittany Rogers	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
UT	Becca Heteniak	JR.	DePaul Blue Demons
UT	Amanda Chidester	FR.	Michigan Wolverines
AT-L	Ashley Hansen	FR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Samantha Marder	JR.	Ohio State Buckeyes
	Samantha Ricketts	SR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Maria Schweisberger	SO.	Missouri Tigers
	Amber Patton	SR.	DePaul Blue Demons

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Sarah Hamilton	SO.	FSU Seminoles
	Kim Reeder	SR.	Ohio State Buckeyes
	Kristen Wadwell	JR.	Louisville Cardinals
C	Stacie Chambers	SO.	Arizona Wildcats
1B	Christine Lux	JR.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2B	Danielle Zymkowitz	SO.	Illinois Fighting Illini
3B	Cheyenne Jenks	SR.	FGCU Eagles
3B	Jenae Leles	SR.	Arizona Wildcats
SS	Bianca Mejia	JR.	Long Island Sharks
OF	Karli Hubbard	SR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
	Kristen Shortridge	JR.	LSU Tigers
	Carly Normandin	JR.	UMass Minutewomen
UT	Danielle Spaulding	JR.	North Carolina Tar Heels
UT	Jessica Mapes	SR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
AT-L	Valerie Arioto	SO.	California Golden Bears
	Amanda Kamekona	SR.	UCLA Bruins
	Tara Oltman	JR.	Creighton Bluejays
	Jessica Purcell-Fitu	SO.	BYU Cougars
	Jenna Rhodes	SR.	Virginia Tech Hokies

References

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ "2009 Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
^ "Game Results". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 16. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
^ "Sun Belt Conference All-Sports Record Book" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. p. 372. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
^ "2009 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
^ "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
^ "2009 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

External links

[1] "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

[2] "2009 Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.

[3] "Game Results". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 8, 2016.

[4] "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 16. Retrieved April 8, 2016.

[5] "Sun Belt Conference All-Sports Record Book" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. p. 372. Retrieved July 14, 2019.

[6] "2009 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

[7] "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

[8] "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

[9] "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

[10] "2009 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

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