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Arizona State Sun Devils Softball
The Arizona State Sun Devils softball team represents Arizona State University in NCAA Division I College softball. The team competes in the Pac-12 Conference, and plays its home games at Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Clint Myers, former head coach of the Sun Devils, guided the team to the Women's College World Series in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013. The Sun Devils team won the National Championship in 2008 & 2011. History 1960s and 1970s The Sun Devil softball team began in 1967. By the 1970s, the team had been established under head coach Mary Littlewood as a power. Some of the best players in the country became Sun Devils in the early 1970s. Among them were: Paula Miller; Marilyn Rau; Ginger Kurtz and Judy Hoke. All of these women at one time during their playing careers were selected as Amateur Softball Association All-Americans. The 1972 and 1973 teams won the Women's College World Series, which at the time was not organized by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Bartlett
Megan Ciolli Bartlett (born May 13, 1983) is an American former softball player and current head coach at Arizona State. She previously served as the head coach at Ball State. Playing career Bartlett played college softball for Notre Dame from 2002 to 2005. She helped lead the Irish to four Big East regular season championships, four NCAA Regional appearances and two Big East Tournament titles. A two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American, she captained the 2005 team to a 46–15 record and helped secure Notre Dame's first NCAA Regional home games. Coaching career Bartlett began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Loyola from 2005 to 2007. The Ramblers won the 2007 Horizon League regular-season championship and the Loyola coaches earned Horizon League Coaching Staff of the Year that season. She then served as an assistant coach at Northern Illinois from 2007 to 2012, where she worked as recruiting, offensive and camp coordinator for the Huskies. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Women's College World Series
The 2011 NCAA Division 1 softball tournament was held from May 19 through June 8, 2011 as part of the 2011 NCAA Division 1 softball season. The 64 NCAA Division 1 college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 284 teams on May 15, 2011. 30 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division 1 Softball Selection Committee. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2011 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Automatic bids National seeds Teams in "italics" advanced to super regionals. Teams in "bold" advanced to Women's College World Series. #Arizona State #Alabama # #Florida # #' # #' # # # # ' # ' # # ' # ' Regionals and super regionals Tempe Super Regional Tucson Super Regional Columbia Super Regional Gainesville Super Regional Stillwater Super Regional Athens Super Regional Berkeley Super Regional Tuscaloosa Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Women's College World Series
The 2007 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 17 through June 4, 2007. 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Automatic bids Conference champions from 29 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 35 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees. National seeds ''Bold indicates WCWS participant.'' #Arizona #Northwestern #Oklahoma #Texas A&M #Tennessee #Washington #Arizona St. #Baylor 9 Michigan 10 LSU 11 Alabama 12 UCLA 13 Florida 14 DePaul 15 North Carolina St. 16 Virginia Tech Regionals and super regionals Bold indicates winner. "*" indicates host. Tucson Super Regional Waco Super Regional Knoxville Super Regional College Station Super Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Women's College World Series
The 1987 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held in May as the conclusion of the 1987 NCAA Division I softball season. Sixteen Division I college softball teams competed in the NCAA tournament's first round, which consisted of eight regionals with two teams each. The winner of each region, a total of eight teams, advanced to the 1987 Women's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The event, held from May 20 to 24, was the sixth NCAA-sponsored championship in the sport of college softball at the Division I level. Texas A&M won the championship by defeating UCLA 4–1 in the final game. Regionals *Arizona State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 *UCLA qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 *Fresno State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 *Nebraska qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 *Cal State Fullerton qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 *Florida State qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 *Texas A&M qualifies for WCWS, 2–0 *Central Michigan qualifies for WCWS, 2–1 Women's College World Series Participants * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Women's College World Series
The 1979 AIAW Women's College World Series (WCWS) was held in Omaha, Nebraska on May 24–27. Sixteen fastpitch softball teams emerged from regional tournaments to meet in the national collegiate softball championship. Teams The double-elimination tournament included these teams: * Arizona * Arizona State * Cal Poly–Pomona * Chapman College (California) * Emporia State (Kansas) * Indiana * Kansas * Nebraska–Omaha * Northern Colorado * Oregon State * Rutgers (New Jersey) * South Carolina * Texas A&M * Texas Woman's * UCLA * Western Illinois Texas Woman's Pioneers, Texas Woman's University, newly named the Pioneers in February after years as the Tessies, won its first national championship behind the pitching of Kathy Arendsen, emerging from the losers' bracket to defeat defending champion UCLA Bruins softball, UCLA with a pair of 1–0 wins in the final. On the final day, Arendsen pitched all 21 innings in three games. UCLA pitchers had posted shutouts in all of its games until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Women's College World Series
The 1978 AIAW Women's College World Series (WCWS) was held in Omaha, Nebraska on May 25–28. Sixteen fastpitch softball teams emerged from regional tournaments to meet in the national collegiate softball championship. Teams The double-elimination tournament included these teams: * Arizona State * Cal Poly–Pomona * Illinois State * Massachusetts * Minnesota * Nebraska–Omaha * Northern Colorado * Oregon State * Portland State * South Carolina * Southern Illinois * Southwest Missouri State * Stephen F. Austin * Texas Woman's * UCLA * Utah State UCLA won its first national championship by holding all five of its opponents scoreless through the tournament and beating Northern Colorado, 3-0, in the final game. Lady Bruins' center fielder Sue Enquist was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. Bracket Source: Ranking See also References {{AIAW Women's College World Series Women's College World Series Soft Women's College World Series Women's College Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Women's College World Series
The 1977 Women's College World Series (WCWS) was held in Omaha, Nebraska on May 25–29. Sixteen college softball teams met in the AIAW fastpitch softball tournament. This was the first WCWS in which regional tournaments were conducted for teams to qualify for the final tournament. Teams The double-elimination tournament included these teams: * Arizona * Arizona State * CSU–Sacramento * Kansas * Michigan State * Nebraska–Omaha * Northern Colorado * Northern Iowa * Oklahoma State * Oregon State * Southern Illinois * Southwest Missouri State * Springfield College (Massachusetts) * Texas–Arlington * West Chester State (Pennsylvania) * Western Illinois After appearing in three previous WCWS in 1973, 1975, and 1976, Northern Iowa won its first national championship by defeating Arizona, 7-0, in the "if necessary" game behind pitcher Pat Stockman. Bracket Source: Ranking See also Footnote References {{AIAW Women's College World Series Women's College World Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Women's College World Series
The 1976 Women's College World Series (WCWS) was held in Omaha, Nebraska on May 13–16, with nineteen college softball teams meeting in the 1976 Amateur Softball Association, ASA/AIAW fastpitch softball tournament. Most of the teams had won state championships. This was the last WCWS before the adoption of regional qualifying tournaments. Because college softball had not yet been separated into competitive divisions, large and small colleges competed together in one overall national championship. Teams The double-elimination tournament included the following teams: * Arizona State * Cal State–Sacramento * East Stroudsburg State (Pennsylvania) * Illinois State * Indiana State * Kansas * Mayville State College (North Dakota) * Michigan State * Minnesota * Nebraska–Omaha * Northern Colorado * Northern Iowa * Northern State (South Dakota) * Northwestern Oklahoma State * Oregon * South Carolina * Tarkio College (Missouri) * Texas–Arlington * Utah The Michigan State Spartans went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Women's College World Series
The 1973 Women's College World Series was contested among 16 teams on May 17-20 in Omaha, Nebraska. It was the first series held under the auspices of the AIAW, which had recently been established by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS) for the purpose of conducting national championships. Teams The double-elimination tournament included these teams: * Arizona State * Ball State (Indiana) * Iowa State * Illinois State * Kansas * Michigan State * Nebraska–Omaha * North Dakota State * Northern Colorado * Northern Iowa * South Carolina * South Dakota State * Southwest Missouri State * Wayne State College (Nebraska) * Weber State College (Utah) * Western Illinois Arizona State won its second consecutive WCWS championship, splitting the final two games with Illinois State, including the marathon final game that went 16 innings. Margie Wright pitched all 16 innings in that game for the Redbirds as they narrowly fell to Arizona State, 4-3. On the day of that final, Wright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Women's College World Series
The 1972 Women's College World Series (WCWS) was contested among 16 college softball teams on May 18–21 in Omaha, Nebraska. This fourth WCWS was notable for the only appearance of a team from outside the United States, as the team from Tokyo–Nihon University of Japan proved to be a hit with both spectators and the other teams in the tournament. Three-time defending champion John F. Kennedy College was excluded from the tournament by an organizational rule change the previous month. The new rule prohibited a team from appearing in the WCWS if it gave scholarships to ''any'' women athletes, not just softball players (JFK College openly awarded women's basketball scholarships). JFK never returned to the WCWS, and the school closed just three years later. Teams The double elimination tournament included these teams: * Arizona State * Central Missouri State College * Illinois State * Kansas State Teachers College (''now Emporia State'') * Keene State College (New Hampshire) * Luth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |