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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Softball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches in circumference, is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat.
Softball is a direct descendant of baseball (sometimes referred to as hardball to differentiate the two), but differs from it in several ways, of which the chief four are:
The first version of softball was invented in Chicago, Illinois in 1887 by George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade, as a winter version of baseball.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Softball   (3595 words)

  
 College Softball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
College softball is softball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States.
The final rounds of the NCAA tournaments are known as the Women's College World Series; one is held on each of the three levels of competition sanctioned by the NCAA.
The women’s softball championships are held in divisions I-III.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NCAA_softball   (381 words)

  
 University of Arizona:
As of 2006, the team has amassed 19 consecutive 20-win seasons, and reached the NCAA Tournament 22 consecutive years, which is the longest active and second-longest streak in NCAA history (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has the longest streak with 27).
The softball team has won seven NCAA Women's College World Series titles, in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, and 2006 under head coach Mike Candrea (NCAA Softball Championship).
Three national championships for synchronized swimming were won in 1980, 1981, and 1984, though these championships were in the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, and not the NCAA.
wikipedia.pavelreich.com /wiki/University_of_Arizona   (4078 words)

  
 Amateur Softball Association of America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Since then, the championship has grown into one of the nation's top conference tournaments and is one of the top sporting events each year in Oklahoma City.
The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee.
The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of the only two women’s ¬sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996.
www.softball.org /about/getStory.asp?nid=1124   (946 words)

  
 Softball Team Wins First NCAA Championship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
The Tommies' first national softball title was also the school's 11th overall national team championship.
Celebrations after the national championship on May 17 had to wait until the team returned from Salem, Va. "Well, we did have a steak dinner," pitcher Nagle said, "but then we studied for final exams which were scheduled for the next three days."
Tschida and the team agree the real secret to success is "love of the game and of competition." However, Tschida smiles when asked the secret of good coaching and admits he has done graduate work in one of his favorite fields – sports psychology.
www.stthomas.edu /magazine/showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=-1560565537   (863 words)

  
 NESCAC Softball Championship
III Softball Championships held at the Walnut Creek Softball Complex.
III Softball Championships with a 5-2 loss to the defending champions.
In the championship game against Keene, she did not walk a batter and fanned six as she improved to 16-3 on the season.
www.nescac.com /2004-05/sports/softball/NCAA-Williams.htm   (1595 words)

  
 The Eagles Online -- Ashland University Athletics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
This is the first time AU has hosted an NCAA national championship event since the university played host to the NCAA Division II men’s and women’s cross championships in 2002.
“Softball is certainly strong in this area of Ohio and we have a professional team in the state.
Arrietta directed the NCAA national championships in 1986 when she was coaching at the University of Akron.
www.ashland.edu /athletics/media0506/51024softball-07ncaachampionship.htm   (596 words)

  
 RU - Camden Softball News
The Rutgers-Camden softball team, which entered the national finals ranked #3 in the country, captured the first NCAA title in school history May 22 with a 3-2 victory over two-time defending national champion St. Thomas.
She enters the NCAA Regionals with 148 at bats, one behind the single-season school record shared by Schlichtig (2004) and Celeste Chinappi (2005).
It was the Raptors' second NJAC championship in three years and put an exclamation point on Rutgers-Camden's 18-0 run through the conference to capture the regular-season title.
www.camden.rutgers.edu /Camden/Athletics/softball/sftballnews.html   (17945 words)

  
 Women's College World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Women's College World Series (WCWS) refers to the final portion of the NCAA Women's Softball Tournament.
2005 was the first year the NCAA implemented a best-of-three title game series in which the National Champion is determined by winning two of three games.
The NCAA does not recognize this 1995 title by UCLA due to recruiting infractions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NCAA_Softball_Championship   (320 words)

  
 Softball HawkeyeSports.com - University of Iowa Official Athletic Site
The Iowa Softball Complex will be on your left.
Free softball fan parking will be available in the parking lot adjacent to Pearl Field.
For credential requests, please contact Iowa softball media contact Aaron Blau, at (319) 335-9411 or aaron-blau@uiowa.edu.
hawkeyesports.cstv.com /sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/06-regional-championship.html   (260 words)

  
 Three Teams Heading to NCAA Softball Championship
Conference champion Cal State Fullerton, along with at large selections Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara, represented the Big West in the 2006 NCAA Division I Softball Championship 64-team bracket that was announced by the NCAA selection committee Sunday.
The Titans won their fifth Big West title in the last seven years to capture the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
This is the 17th overall NCAA appearance for the 49ers, which also played at UCLA in a regional in 2004, 2000, 1989 and 1987.
www.bigwest.org /story.asp?story_id=9369   (455 words)

  
 SU Athletics [Softball:world series notes]
The Salisbury University softball team begins play in the NCAA Division III Softball Championship Finals in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Thursday after winning the East Regional in Radnor, PA on Sunday.
Junior RHP Katie Mullinix is moving closer to the top of the NCAA’s softball recordbook in several single-season pitching categories.
The winningest coach in SU softball history, she captured her 200th career win on April 18 with an 8-0 victory over Washington (Md).
www.salisbury.edu /athletics/Softball/2nd/worldseries2002.asp   (869 words)

  
 1998 NCAA Softball Championship
The winner advances to the NCAA Championship Finals in Salem, Virginia, May 14-18.
It will be Bridgewater State's second trip to the Championship finals, with its first coming in 1994.
Bridgewater was bolstered by the four-hit pitching of freshman Tammy Webber (32-5) in the 1-0 shutout.
www.amherst.edu /~sid/98spring/sball/NCAA.html   (534 words)

  
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WASHINGTON - Michigan's national championship softball team added a memorable postscript to its storybook season on Tuesday, meeting President Bush during a White House ceremony and winning praise on Capitol Hill.
The Wolverines were one of only five teams in NCAA history to hit 100 home runs in a season.
Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., was one of several lawmakers to receive a neon yellow softball with autographs from the entire team.
www.wzzm13.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=41901   (544 words)

  
 Arizona Softball: GOAZCATS.com
Arizona has won its seventh national championship in softball thanks to a 5-0 victory over Northwestern on Tuesday night.
The national championship for Arizona gives the school seven since 1991, which is the most any team has achieved in that time period.
The Arizona softball team finds itself one victory away from its seventh national title, after an 8-0 rout of Northwestern in Game 1 of the Championship Series.
arizona.rivals.com /?FP=3017   (273 words)

  
 Wildcat Women Win NCAA Championship The University of Arizona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
The Arizona softball team is on top of the world after winning the NCAA Softball Championship Tuesday night.
This marks the seventh national championship for UA softball, all since 1991.
Softball coach Mike Candrea thanked everyone from the coaching staff to the fans to the groundskeepers.
www.arizona.edu /marketing/achieve/achieve-ncaa.php   (80 words)

  
 Bruins Win Second Consecutive NCAA Softball Championship :: UCLA now has 10 NCAA Softball titles and 11 total National ...
That was all the offense that Keira Goerl would need, as she was able to record the last six defensive outs of the game to become just the second player in NCAA Division I Softball Championship history to win more than one title game.
This is UCLA's 93rd NCAA Championship in school history, and is the third NCAA title won by a Bruin team this year, as Women's Gymnastics won in Pauley Pavilion last April and Women's Golf won an NCAA title just over a week ago.
UCLA is the first team to defend its NCAA title since Arizona accomplished the feat in 1996 and '97.
www.pac-10.org /sports/w-softbl/recaps/053104aad.html   (660 words)

  
 NCAA Division III Softball Championship
This is the first DIII softball championship for the Pointers.
The blast was her second of the championship tournament.
The 1998 NCAA Division III Softball Championship All-Tournament team is as follows:
www.roanoke.edu /athletics/softball/ncaa/game15.htm   (377 words)

  
 CSTV TO TELEVISE NCAA SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL LIVE :: CSTV's Arizona Weekend Also Includes Premiere of Nike ...
College Sports TV's live NCAA Softball Championship Regional telecasts spearhead its Arizona Weekend: Regionals and Rivalries, a weekend dedicated to the best of college sports action from the state of Arizona.
The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and athletic opportunities for more than 360,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities.
College Sports TV televises regular season and championship event coverage from every major collegiate athletic conference and televises nine NCAA Championships.
www.cstv.com /sports/w-softbl/stories/051804aaa.html   (696 words)

  
 Softball : University of Vermont
BURLINGTON, Vt. - The University of Vermont softball team was picked to finish eighth in the 2005 America East Preseason Coaches Poll, announced on Tuesday.
The top four teams in the conference will advance to the America East Championship, held at University Field in Stony Brook, N.Y. on May 12-14, with the winner of the tournament receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA Softball Championship.
The 2005 University of Vermont softball team returns solid leadership and a strong nucleus from last year's squad in what will be head coach Pam Childs 20th season at the helm.
www.uvm.edu /athletics/softball/?Page=News&storyID=6004   (325 words)

  
 NESCAC Softball home page
The season ended too soon for Williams, as the Ephs dropped two straight games during the 2006 NCAA Softball Championship in Raleigh, N.C., over the weekend.
The pair of losses snapped a school- record 20-game winning streak, as the Ephs finished the 2006 season with a 30-10 record, the second time in three years that Williams has re-corded 30 or more wins in a season.
III Softball Championships against seventh-seed Linfield (Ore.) was a litany of walks, errors and missed scoring chances for the Ephs, who were ousted from the tournament with an 8-1 defeat.
www.nescac.com /sports/softball/home.htm   (415 words)

  
 MIAC Softball Preview 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Look for the 2005 MIAC softball season to be another exciting race to the top spots in the conference.
Fennern admits that each year their ultimate goal is winning an NCAA championship, and this year will be no different.
Junior All-American, MIAC Pitcher of the Year, and DIII Softball Player of the Year Janet Nagel is poised to have another strong season after finishing 2004 at 33-2 and a 1.10 ERA.
www.miac-online.org /softballprev05.html   (4466 words)

  
 Big West Sends Four To NCAA Softball Championship
Four schools will represent the Big West in the 2004 NCAA Division I Softball Championship, as announced by the selection committee on Sunday, May 16.
Long Beach State, which won its fourth Big West championship and first since 1999, is competing in its second straight NCAA regional.
Pacific captured its fourth straight NCAA Regional bid and sixth in the last seven years.
www.bigwest.org /story.asp?STORY_ID=7753   (423 words)

  
 Softball : University of Vermont
BURLINGTON, Vt. — The University of Vermont softball team was picked to finish eighth in the 2006 America East Preseason Coaches Poll, announced by the conference today.
The top four teams in the conference will advance to the America East Championship, held at the number one seed on May 11-13, with the winner of the tournament receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA Softball Championship.
Coming off an 18-win season, the most since 1995, with a team that featured 12 underclassmen on a roster of 17 the Catamounts are still young but not inexperienced.
www.uvm.edu /athletics/softball/?Page=News&storyID=7364   (448 words)

  
 Centennial Conference: 2006 Softball Championship
The 2006 Centennial Conference Softball championship will be conducted at the site of the top seed (Haverford) on May 6-7.
Rules and regulations governing the championship can be found here.
If the championship tournament cannot be completed and each team has completed at least one tournament contest, the highest remaining seed will be the Conference's champion and automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament.
www.centennial.org /championships/softball   (362 words)

  
 Empire 8 Athletic Conference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
EAU CLAIRE, WIS. - Kerri Barber made the only error of the NCAA Division III Softball Championship title game but the miscue by the Ithaca College (NY) third baseman may have allowed her team to win its first ever NCAA softball championship.
The Foresters, who beat Ithaca 10-5 in their season opener and 4-2 in Sunday's first championship game, finished the season with a 34-12 record.
This was the Bombers' 16th NCAA appearance and represents the school's 13th national championship.
www.empire8.com /052202-1.html   (378 words)

  
 ASU News > ASU Softball heads to World Series
The Sun Devil Softball team is returning to the Women’s College World Series.
It was, `We're going to win conference, and we're going to go to Regionals.' But his first day, he told us he was taking us to a championship.
The team earned its 12th overall trip to the NCAA softball championship with wins over Florida State at the Tempe Super Regional May 26-27.
www.asu.edu /news/stories/200605/20060530_softball.htm   (275 words)

  
 College Softball Scholarships. NAIA-NCAA Softball Recruiting.
The NCAA allows each division 1 softball program 12 scholarships and 7.2 in division 2.
As a high school softball player you should be aware that the standard of NAIA and NCAA softball is very high.
It doesn't matter how good you are, to get recruited and be in line for a college softball scholarship you need to tell the college coaches who you are and why you deserve to be recruited.
athleticscholarships.net /softballscholarships.htm   (375 words)

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