2003 review

2003 REVIEW
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2003 REVIEW
The Season
The University of Arizona softball team capped another stellar year
with a 56-7 overall record. UA finished 19-2 for its seventh Pacific-10
Conference Championship. The Wildcats and coach Mike Candrea
made their 16th consecutive appearance in the Women’s College World
Series, finishing tied for fourth with a 2-2 mark. The annual rite: win a
bunch of games, win a regional, go to the World Series and try to win.
It’s not easy, but Candrea makes it seem so.
*UA won 50 or more games for the 10th consecutive year, plus has
four others in that category for fourteen 50-victory seasons in Candrea’s
18 years at Arizona.
*UA’s seventh Pac-10 title ties UCLA for the most league championships since the league began Division I play in 1987. Arizona is atop the
Pac-10 composite leaderboard with a 295-73 record in Pac-10 games.
*UA was ranked in the nation’s top five throughout the season and
was No. 1 for six weeks during the year including the final regularseason polls. The Cats have been ranked steadily since 1988.
*Arizona made its 17th consecutive NCAA appearance.
Arizona Coach Mike Candrea
Despite continuing his service as coach of the USA Softball team,
Candrea turned in another stellar performance in 2003, earning Pac-10
coach of the Year honors in the process, his fourth straight. He took a
team led by a freshman pitcher who helped dominate league action, and
led the team to a conference championship. Arizona hit the 50-victory
plateau for the 14th time in his tenure. He closed 2003 with an overall
record of 982-191, a winning percentage of .837 – No. 2 all time and
tops among active Division I coaches. He needs eight victories to reach
1,000.
Arizona led the nation with a .976 fielding percentage, led the nation
with a .889 winning percentage and was second in total victories, was
second nationally with a .329 team batting average, was second in
scoring at 6.11 runs per game and finished 25th in team earned run
average.
Arizona All-Americans
Senior shortstop Lovie Jung, freshman pitcher Alicia Hollowell
and freshman outfielder Autumn Champion earned NFCA first-team AllAmerica honors in 2003, with sophomore outfielder Courtney Fossatti
named to the second-team. Jung was an at-large selection. The Cats’
three-hole hitter, she led the team in batting,runs, doubles, triples, home
runs, runs batted in, walks and slugging percentage. She was seventh
nationally in hitting at .461, led the nation with 79 RBI and tied for the
Division I home run lead with 25. Hollowell set an Arizona record with a
40-5 pitching record and 394 strikeouts in a yeoman season performance. She was 10th nationally in earned run average and led the
country with her victories and .889 winning percentage. Champion was
UA’s leadoff specialist and the hitting leader most of the year. She
finished with an average of .434, just shy of the UA’s all-time top 10. She
led the team and was fourth nationally with 89 hits, four shy of Arizona’s
storied top 10. She led the team with 14 stolen bases in 17 attempts.
Fossatti was arguably the club’s best defensive outfielder — she threw
out six runners— and hit .327 in the set-up spot as the No. 2 hitter. She
scored 44 runs, drove in 23 and tied for second on the club with seven
sacrifice hits.
All-Pacific-Region Honors
Arizona placed five players on the 2003 All-Pacific-Region team.
Pitcher Alicia Hollowell, outfielder Autumn Champion and outfielder
Courtney Fossatti earned first-team honors, while shortstop Lovie Jung
and designated player Wendy Allen were named to the second team.
All-Pacific-10 Conference
Five Wildcats earned All-Pac-10 honors in 2003, plus coach Mike
Candrea earned Coach of the Year Honors. Freshman Alicia Hollowell
was named the league’s Newcomer of the Year and a first-team pick,
joined by shortstop Lovie Jung, and outfielder Autumn Champion.
Outfielder Courtney Fossatti and catcher Mackenzie Vandergeest earned
second-team honors. Wildcats earning honorable mention included
designated player/pitcher Wendy Allen, third baseman Lisha Ribellia,
third baseman Jackie Coburn and outfielder Crystal Farley. Hollowell was
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Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week five times during the year, a program best.
Jung won Player of the Week honors twice, with Coburn earning the
honor the final week of the season. Candrea was a four-time repeat
selection, sharing the honor in 2000-01 and winning the honor outright in
2002 and 2003.
All NCAA Region I
Lovie Jung was named Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA
Region 1 playoffs in Tucson, helping UA to a 4-0 record and its 16th
consecutive Regional championship. She was joined on the All-Region
team by pitcher Alicia Hollowell, catcher Mackenzie Vandergeest and
outfielder Autumn Champion. Vandergeest drove in 11 runs in the Cats’
four game, Jung collected nine hits in 12 at-bats, plus scored eight times
and stole three bases, and Champion had seven hits in Arizona’s victories
over Colorado State (11-1, five innings), Minnesota (4-2), Texas A&M (3-0)
and Texas A&M (10-5) in the title game. Hollowell won all four games for
the Cats and broke former star Nancy Evans’ single-season pitching
victories total of 36 in the process. Hollowell and Jung later earned alltourney honors in Oklahoma City.
Final Pac-10 Standings
Pac-10
1. Arizona
19-2
2. UCLA
17-4
3. California
10-11
Oregon
10-11
5. Washington
9-12
6. Stanford
7-14
Arizona State
7-14
8. Oregon State
5-16
Overall
56-7
54-7
49-20
35-19
47-16
41-26
32-25
36-31
Postseason
WCWS
WCWS title
WCWS
NCAA Regional
WCWS
NCAA Regional
NCAA Regional
NCAA Regional
Arizona’s Record in NCAA Play
The Cats were 6-2 in NCAA play in 2003. Not bad, just not good
enough. Arizona has a 95-26 overall record in NCAA Tournament games.
The Cats are 50-6 in Regional action and 45-20 in WCWS action. Arizona
has the nation’s longest active WCWS appearance streak – 16 years.
The Cats’ 17-year string of NCAA appearances is third nationally behind
22 by Fresno State and 18 by California. Arizona was 33-5 in the regular
season against teams selected for the NCAA tournament.
At the WCWS
Arizona and most teams struggled to score runs in Oklahoma City
this year. Home runs were relatively prevalent – more than a dozen – but
UA didn’t get a round-tripper at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. The Cats’ firstround game against Alabama was a one-run affair, a 3-2 victory over No.
16 Alabama. Its second-round game against familiar foe Washington also
was a one-run game – a 2-1 UA victory. Alicia Hollowell threw two- and
four-hitters in those games. She held California to seven hits in the thirdround loss, 2-1, and Cal touched her up for more in the 4-1 elimination
game, gathering eight hits including telling home runs by Kaleo Eldredge
(her first of the year) and slugger Veronica Nelson. UA was held to 21 hits
and a .191 batting average in Oklahoma City, with Lovie Jung (.417) and
Crystal Farley (.364) doing most of the damage. Seven runs in four
games was definitely unlike the Cats’ 6.1 runs per game all year, a figure
that rated second nationally. Hitting in the Series is all about timing,
mostly. UA won the title in 2001 with a .146 average in its Series games,
but came up with the key knocks when it had to. Jung and Hollowell
were named to the All-Women’s College World Series team.
Arizona Softball Attendance
Arizona set a single-game attendance record with a crowd of 3,227
at its Pac-10 title clinching victory over UCLA on May 9. That match has
drawn the top three crowds in UA history – a total of 9,242 spectators for
2001 (3,004), 2002 (3,161) and in 2003. The 3,227 figure was the best
regular- or post-season college softball crowd in the nation in 2003 until
the World Series. The Cats drew a total of 35,711 fans in its 23 home
dates, an average of 1,552. Arizona had 18 crowds in excess of 1,000
and five of more than 2,000 in 2003. Arizona has been the leader in total
softball attendance five of the past 11 seasons.
2003 ARIZONA SOFTBALL SCHEDULE, RESULTS
Overall: 56-7
Pac-10: 19-2
Home: 25-4
Away: 13-0
Total Home Attendance: 35,711 in 23 dates. Average: 1,553
Date
1-31
1-31
2-1
2-1
2-2
2-7
2-7
2-8
2-8
2-9
2-9
2-15
2-15
2-16
2-21
2-21
2-22
2-22
2-23
2-28
3-1
3-1
3-2
3-7
3-7
3-8
3-8
3-9
3-13
3-13
3-14
3-14
3-22
3-22
3-28
3-29
3-30
4-4
4-5
4-6
4-11
4-12
4-13
4-18
4-19
4-23
4-25
4-26
4-27
5-3
5-4
5-5
5-9
5-10
5-10
5-15
5-16
5-17
5-18
5-22
5-23
5-25
5-25
Opponent (rank)
!Sam Houston State
!FAU
!Auburn
!at South Florida
!Northwestern
$No. 24 Texas A&M
$Southwest Texas St.
$Iowa State
$Wisconsin
$Mississippi State
$No. 12 Texas
^Florida International
^Minnesota
^Arkansas
&Drake
&Oklahoma State
&Virginia
&Western Michigan
&New Mexico
%New Mexico State
%Northern Iowa
%San Diego State
%San Diego State
#New Mexico
#Columbia
#Wichita State
#at Texas Tech
#at Texas Tech
@ No. 16 Florida State
@Louisiana-Lafayette
@Long Beach State
@UNLV
No. 9 Cal St.-Fullerton
No. 9 Cal St.-Fullerton
*No. 20 Oregon State
*No. 19 Oregon
*No. 19 Oregon
*at No. 3 Washington
*at No. 1 UCLA
*at No. 1 UCLA
*No. 16 Stanford
*No. 6 California
*No. 6 California
*No. 12 Arizona State
*No. 12 Arizona State
*at No. 12 Arizona St.
*at No. 23 Oregon
*at Oregon State
*at Oregon State
*at No. 15 Stanford
*at No. 15 Stanford
*at No. 9 California
*No. 2 UCLA
*No. 8 Washington
*No. 8 Washington
+Colorado State
+Minnesota
+Texas A&M
+Texas A&M
++No. 16 Alabama
++No. 8 Washington
++No. 9 California
++No. 9 California
Atten.
118
191
211
213
167
na
na
na
na
na
na
1287
“
1371
“
1262
“
1408
1371
651
986
“
923
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
1285
“
1080
658
1159
902
731
947
2237
2471
1438
2287
2811
1579
125
448
573
406
494
107
3227
2027
“
1320
1481
1423
1548
5810
4733
5613
“
Score/Inn
6-0
2-0
6-0
3-1
6-0
6-0
6-0
11-2 (5)
1-0
9-2
1-2
6-3
6-0
9-1 (5)
11-0 (5)
0-1
13-1 (5)
10-0 (5)
8-0 (6)
16-0 (5)
8-0 (5)
11-0 (5)
6-0
9-0 (6)
12-0 (5)
6-0
10-0 (5)
1-0
2-0
7-3
8-0 (5)
3-0
5-2
3-15
8-0 (5)
4-1
8-0 (6)
3-0
3-0
5-1
3-4
7-5
1-0
8-0 (5)
2-1
4-2
8-0 (5)
10-2 (5)
6-4 (11)
2-1
6-0
6-0
7-5
1-7
21-17
11-1 (5)
4-0
3-0
10-5
3-2
2-1
1-2 (12)
1-4
Neutral: 18-3
WP
Allen
Hollowell
Hollowell
Allen
Hollowell
Hollowell
Allen
Allen
Hollowell
Wolfe
Osterman
Allen
Hollowell
Hollowell
Allen
Bay
Hollowell
Allen
Hollowell
Hollowell
Allen
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Wolfe
Hollowell
Allen
Hollowell
Hollowell
Allen
Wolfe
Hollowell
Hollowell
Oaks
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Sorenson
Hollowell
Allen
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Allen
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Bollinger
Schultz
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Hollowell
Anderson
Anderson
Away (inc neutral): 31-2
LP
Guajardo
Mazzarella
Keyes
Ellis
Schwendimann
Wilhelmson
Trahan
Karanzias
Kirchberg
Owens
Hollowell
Barrett
Marten
Woodward
Nurse
Hollowell
Grimm
Cannon
Dumas
Bride
Gerdes
Richards
Velasquez
Dumas
Buehler
Craig
Stines
Crawford
Van der Lind
Thomas
Knoff
Kerrigan
Cox
Allen
Hoffman
Harris
Meashintubby
Bollinger
Goerl
Goerl
Hollowell
Thorson
Anderson
Serrano
Serrano
Serrano
Harris
DuBois
Klever
Severson
Sorensen
Anderson
Goerl
Allen
Tawney
Masser
Recknor
Slataper
Wilhelmson
VanBrakle
Boek
Hollowell
Hollowell
vs. Ranked: 22-6
Hits
10/2
10/2
6/1
4/4
6/2
11/1
11/2
14/9
3/0
13/9
3/3
15/7
10/0
13/5
11/4
2/1
12/2
8/4
11/1
14/2
8/1
8/4
9/2
12/2
15/2
9/3
10/3
3/2
7/3
13/3
11/5
9/2
15/6
6/15
8/2
5/1
13/3
7/2
5/1
8/5
8/8
6/11
5/3
14/1
5/5
6/3
7/2
15/5
13/10
8/3
3/1
7/4
8/5
9/13
17/21
11/2
10/2
8/2
19/7
6/2
6/4
5/8
4/7
*Pac-10 game !USF-Louisville Slugger Tournament, Tampa, Fla.; $Fiesta Bowl Tournament, Phoenix, Ariz.; ^Pepsi Arizona Classic, Tucson, Ariz.; &Worth Wildcat Invitational,
Tucson, Ariz.; %Hillenbrand
Invitational, Tucson, Ariz.; @KIA Klassic, Fullerton, Calif.; #Red Raider Classic, Lubbock, Texas; +NCAA Regional, Tucson, Ariz.; ++NCAA Women’s College World Series,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
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FINAL 2003 ARIZONA SOFTBALL STATISTICS
Record: 56-7 Home: 25-4 Away: 13-0 Neutral: 18-3 Pacific-10: 19-2
HITTING
Player
Lovie Jung
Autumn Champion
Allyson Von Liechtenstein
Crystal Farley
Courtney Fossatti
Wendy Allen
Candace Abrams
Shelly Schultz
Lisha Ribellia
Mackenzie Vandergeest
Jackie Coburn
Erin Palomarez
Alicia Hollowell
Leslie Wolfe
AVG
.461
.434
.391
.356
.327
.324
.300
.270
.268
.260
.249
.245
.000
.000
GP-GS
63 63
59 59
46 14
58 55
62 62
61 61
24 4
49 48
63 63
63 63
63 63
28 12
1 1
1 1
AB
178
205
46
146
205
179
30
126
179
181
189
49
0
0
R
70
51
13
29
44
31
3
17
33
47
41
6
0
0
H
82
89
18
52
67
58
9
34
48
47
47
12
0
0
2B
21
0
0
3
4
14
2
6
10
16
10
4
0
0
Totals
Opponents
.329
.175
63 63
63 63
1713
1463
385 563 90
98 256 33
3B
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
HR
25
0
1
2
3
3
2
1
4
13
15
1
0
0
RBI
79
17
3
20
23
28
2
16
32
69
55
10
0
0
TB
182
89
21
61
82
81
17
43
72
104
102
19
0
0
SLG%
1.022
.434
.457
.418
.400
.453
.567
.341
.402
.575
.540
.388
.000
.000
5
3
70
25
354 873 .510
92 370 .253
BB
55
10
9
16
22
22
4
19
10
39
20
9
0
0
HBP
3
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
3
4
7
0
0
0
235 22
106 17
SO
18
33
15
27
32
22
7
24
36
34
47
16
0
0
OB%
.586
.463
.491
.423
.393
.396
.382
.370
.316
.398
.339
.362
.000
.000
311 .414
495 .239
SF-SH
3-1
1-3
0-0
0-3
1-7
1-8
0-0
0-2
1-7
2-5
2-3
0-1
0-0
0-0
SB-A
9-11
14-17
5-6
3-6
1-2
1-1
0-1
2-2
7-8
1-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
PO
84
59
6
33
29
80
0
232
100
502
44
65
6
0
A
103
2
0
2
6
24
0
8
83
37
115
2
45
10
E
16
3
0
2
1
3
0
2
2
3
6
1
2
0
FLD%
.921
.953
1.000
.946
.972
.972
.000
.992
.989
.994
.964
.985
.962
1.000
11-40
2-31
43-55
17-28
1240 437 41 .976
1173 441 93 .946
LOB - Team (464), Opp (281). DPs turned - Team (13), Opp (24). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (13), Jung 13, Opp (12).
Picked off - Fossatti 2, Vandergeest 1, Champion 1.
PITCHING
Player
Alicia Hollowell
Wendy Allen
Shelly Schultz
Leslie Wolfe
ERA
0.94
2.52
3.00
3.66
W
40
12
1
3
L
5
2
0
0
APP
48
17
1
22
GS
44
3
0
16
CG
38
1
0
3
SHO
22
0
0
2
CBO
3
7
0
10
SV
2
0
0
0
IP
297.0
77.2
2.1
36.1
Totals
Opponents
1.49
5.32
56
7
7
56
63
63
63
63
42
27
34
1
10
0
2
0
413.1 256
391.0 563
FIELDING
H
138
69
4
45
R
44
32
1
21
ER
40
28
1
19
BB
74
24
0
8
98 88 106
385 297 235
SO
394
64
1
36
2B
16
8
1
8
495 33
311 90
3B
1
0
0
2
HR
15
6
0
4
AB
1002
298
9
154
B/Avg
.138
.232
.444
.292
WP
11
2
0
2
HBP
12
5
0
0
BK
0
0
0
0
SFA
2
0
0
0
SHA
24
5
0
2
3
5
25
70
1463
1713
.175
.329
15
39
17
22
0
0
2
11
31
40
Player
Leslie Wolfe, p
Allyson Von Liechtenstein, of
Mackenzie Vandergeest, c
Shelly Schultz, 1b/p
Lisha Ribellia, 2b
Erin Palomarez, 1b
Courtney Fossatti, of
Wendy Allen, 1b/p
Jackie Coburn, 3b
Alicia Hollowell, p
Autumn Champion, of
Crystal Farley, of
Lovie Jung, ss
Candace Abrams, c/1b
C
10
6
542
242
185
68
36
107
165
53
64
37
203
0
PO
0
6
502
232
100
65
29
80
44
6
59
33
84
0
A
10
0
37
8
83
2
6
24
115
45
2
2
103
0
E
0
0
3
2
2
1
1
3
6
2
3
2
16
0
FLD%
1.000
1.000
.994
.992
.989
.985
.972
.972
.964
.962
.953
.946
.921
.000
DPs
0
0
0
7
7
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
3
0
SBA
2
0
17
0
0
0
0
5
0
10
0
0
0
0
CSB
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
3
0
8
0
0
0
0
SBA%
1.000
.607
.625
.556
-
PB
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CI
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Totals
Opponents
1718
1707
1240
1173
437
441
41
93
.976
.946
13
24
17
43
11
12
.607
.782
4
12
0
1
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