Lauren Bay-Regula (born August 9, 1981) is a Canadian

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. She played college softball at

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from 2000–03 where she holds several all-time school records. She was a part of the Canadian softball team who finished ninth at the 2002 World Championships in

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and fifth at the

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. Bay-Regula pitched in 2005 for the

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of the

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and was named co-Pitcher of the Year; in 2006, Bay signed with the expansion

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. Bay-Regula represented Team Canada at the

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and won a bronze medal.

Early life

Regula is originally from

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, where she began playing softball at age 12.

Oklahoma State Cowgirls

As a freshman, she broke into the Oklahoma State Cowgirls top-10 season records in

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, innings pitched and was selected Second Team All-

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. On March 8, 2001, Bay-Regula threw her first career no-hitter, defeating the

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. For her Junior season, Bay-Regula threw two

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, the first on February 22, 2002 against the Tulsa Hurricanes. She would add one more as well as break the school records for strikeouts and strikeout ratio. Her wins, innings and

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were also all top-10 for a Cowgirl season in a First Team All-

year. Bay-Regula's banner Senior season boasted her fourth All-

selection, Big 12 Player of the Year and First Team All-American honors. She posted her career best strikeout ratio (12.7, at the time was the

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fourth best season ratio), strikeouts and WHIP totals, two of which broke her own school records and remain tops. Bay-Regula's

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, wins and shutouts, all rank in the top-10 for a school season and also were career bests. Bay-Regula would rank top-5 in ERA, strikeouts and opponents

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for the season in the

, all of those marks remain top-10 conference records. On March 7, 2003, Bay-Regula tied the school single game record for strikeouts when she fanned 17 in regulation against the

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. The win would also kick off a career best 10 consecutive game win streak that was broken by the

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on April 2. In the last game of the next day on the 8th, the win was a 10-inning duel with Courtnay Foster of the

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with the two combining for 33 strikeouts and Bay-Regula tallying the 1,000th of her career. Later that month on March 16, she broke and set the single game record with 23 strikeouts in 11-innings, defeating the Kansas Jayhawks with a game-winning RBI hit and after the fourth pitching a complete game no-hitter to begin a 27.1 consecutive scoreless inning streak. The total tied the

fourth best single game effort for strikeouts and now stands 6th all-time; as well the game featured 31 combined strikeouts with opposing pitcher Kara Pierce. The scoreless streak was snapped by the Tulsa Hurricanes when they scored in Bay-Regula's fourth inning of relief, the Cowgirls eventually won that contest in extras on March 26. She had pitched 5 games, two complete with 54 strikeouts and surrendering only three hits and 7 walks for a 0.37 WHIP. Bay-Regula would leave with career top-10 records in wins, ERA, shutouts, innings pitched while setting and still claiming the strikeouts and strikeout ratio crowns. For the

, she ranks top-10 in career ERA (8th) and strikeouts (4th).

Team Canada

Having been a member since 1999, Bay-Regula made it to the

and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At both events overall, Bay-Regula owns a 5–5 win–loss record, posted 69 strikeouts while giving up 10 earned runs in innings pitched for a 1.24 ERA. At the Tokyo games, Bay-Regula had a win in five innings of work and won a bronze medal after Canada defeated

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3–2 on July 27, 2021.

National Pro Fastpitch

Bay-Regula entered the pros with the

and played one full season over two years, where she also played for the

. In 2005, she earned All-NPF West Team honors as well as sharing Pitcher of the Year with teammate

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. On June 30, 2005, Bay-Regula recorded the first no-hitter for the

vs. the Stratford Brakettes. That same year, Bay-Regula went 17–1 with 137 strikeouts and a 0.88 ERA in 111.0 innings pitched. Bay would also vie for the Cowles Cup Championship on August 28, 2005 but was pulled after four innings and eventually lost the title to the

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Personal life

Her older brother,

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, was an outfielder in

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for the

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. Her husband, David Regula, was a place kicker for

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, graduating as the second-leading scorer in school history. In 2015, Lauren and David Regula co-founde
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a small group training and fitness facility in

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Awards and honors

*2000–2003 All-

Conference *2003 Big 12 Player of the Year *2003

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Female Athlete of the Year *2003 NFCA First Team All-American *2004

Oklahoma Woman of the YearWho's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 5, p.27, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, *2005 All-NPF West Team *2005 NPF Co-Pitcher of the Year

Career statistics

Oklahoma State Cowgirls

References

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Early life

Oklahoma State Cowgirls

Team Canada

National Pro Fastpitch

Personal life

Awards and honors

Career statistics

Oklahoma State Cowgirls

See also

References

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