2004 NCAA Division I softball season

College softball in the United States

2004 NCAA Division I softball season

Defending Champions| UCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions| UCLA (11th (13th overall) title)
Runners-up| California (9th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach| Sue Enquist (7th title)
WCWS MOP| Kristin Schmidt (LSU)
Seasons

← 2003

2005 →

The 2004 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 January 2004. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2004 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2004 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on May 31, 2004.

## Conference standings

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2004 Big 12 Conference softball standings |

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No. 14 Nebraska ‍†‍‡‍y | 14 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .824 |  |  | 45 | - | 17 | - | 0 |  | .726
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y | 13 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .813 |  |  | 33 | - | 22 | - | 0 |  | .600
Missouri ‍‍‍y | 13 | - | 4 | - | 0 |  | .765 |  |  | 29 | - | 26 | - | 0 |  | .527
No. 18 Baylor ‍‍‍y | 11 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .647 |  |  | 48 | - | 17 | - | 0 |  | .738
No. 6 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y | 11 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .611 |  |  | 45 | - | 22 | - | 1 |  | .669
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .412 |  |  | 27 | - | 28 | - | 0 |  | .491
Kansas ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .389 |  |  | 33 | - | 28 | - | 1 |  | .540
Texas ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .278 |  |  | 24 | - | 25 | - | 0 |  | .490
Iowa State ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .188 |  |  | 13 | - | 31 | - | 0 |  | .295
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 16 | - | 0 |  | .111 |  |  | 22 | - | 36 | - | 0 |  | .379
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [1]
2004 Big Ten Conference softball standings |

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No. 9 Michigan ‍†‍‍y | 17 | - | 3 |  | .850 |  |  | 54 | - | 11 |  | .831
No. 17 Illinois ‍‍‍y | 14 | - | 6 |  | .700 |  |  | 45 | - | 21 |  | .682
Iowa ‍‍‍y | 14 | - | 6 |  | .700 |  |  | 39 | - | 24 |  | .619
Northwestern ‍‍‍y | 13 | - | 9 |  | .591 |  |  | 34 | - | 20 |  | .630
Minnesota ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 10 |  | .500 |  |  | 33 | - | 23 |  | .589
Ohio State ‍‍‍y | 8 | - | 11 |  | .421 |  |  | 35 | - | 25 |  | .583
Michigan State ‍‍‡‍y | 8 | - | 12 |  | .400 |  |  | 36 | - | 26 |  | .581
Penn State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 12 |  | .400 |  |  | 25 | - | 32 |  | .439
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 13 |  | .350 |  |  | 32 | - | 31 |  | .508
Wisconsin ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 14 |  | .300 |  |  | 29 | - | 28 |  | .509
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 14 |  | .263 |  |  | 32 | - | 25 |  | .561
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 24, 2004[2]
Rankings from NFCA
2004 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings |

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Arizona ‍†‍‍y | 17 | - | 3 |  | .850 |  |  | 55 | - | 6 |  | .902
California ‍‍‍y | 13 | - | 8 |  | .619 |  |  | 53 | - | 13 |  | .803
Stanford ‍‍‍y | 13 | - | 8 |  | .619 |  |  | 49 | - | 19 |  | .721
UCLA ‍‍‍y | 12 | - | 8 |  | .600 |  |  | 47 | - | 9 |  | .839
Washington ‍‍‍y | 10 | - | 10 |  | .500 |  |  | 40 | - | 19 |  | .678
Oregon ‍‍‍y | 10 | - | 11 |  | .476 |  |  | 42 | - | 21 |  | .667
Oregon State ‍‍‍y | 4 | - | 17 |  | .190 |  |  | 44 | - | 28 |  | .611
Arizona State ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 17 |  | .150 |  |  | 33 | - | 31 |  | .516
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2004[3]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2004 Southland Conference softball standings |

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Texas–San Antonio ‍†‍‍y | 20 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .769 |  |  | 37 | - | 17 | - | 0 |  | .685
Texas State ‍‍‍ | 19 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .731 |  |  | 37 | - | 20 | - | 0 |  | .649
Sam Houston State ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .654 |  |  | 29 | - | 23 | - | 0 |  | .558
Texas–Arlington ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .600 |  |  | 24 | - | 24 | - | 1 |  | .500
Northwestern State ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 12 | - | 0 |  | .538 |  |  | 35 | - | 28 | - | 0 |  | .556
Nicholls State ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .462 |  |  | 24 | - | 29 | - | 0 |  | .453
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .400 |  |  | 23 | - | 25 | - | 0 |  | .479
Stephen F. Austin ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .400 |  |  | 23 | - | 27 | - | 0 |  | .460
McNeese State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 17 | - | 0 |  | .320 |  |  | 19 | - | 41 | - | 0 |  | .317
Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 23 | - | 0 |  | .115 |  |  | 13 | - | 48 | - | 0 |  | .213
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 20, 2004[4]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

## Women's College World Series

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The 2004 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 27 to May 31, 2004 in Oklahoma City.[5]

| First round | | | Second round | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 6 | Michigan | 2 | | | |
| 3 | LSU | 313 |
| | 2 | UCLA | 2 |
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| 7 | Stanford | 2 |

| 2 | UCLA | 8 |
| | 2 | UCLA | 312 | — |
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| 6 | Michigan | 4 |
| | 1 | Oklahoma | 2 |
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| 8 | Washington | 2 | | |

| 1 | Oklahoma | 6 |
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| 5 | California | 4 |

| 4 | Florida State | 2 |
| | 3 | LSU | 4 | 1 |
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| 4 | Florida State | 2 | |

| 8 | Washington | 0 |
| | 3 | LSU | 2 |
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## Season leaders

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Batting

* Batting average: .488 – Autumn Champion, Arizona Wildcats
* RBIs: 82 – Holly Groves, South Florida Bulls
* Home runs: 24 – Caitlin Benyi, UCLA Bruins

Pitching

* Wins: 45-5 & 45-10 – Brooke Mitchell, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns & Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers
* ERA: 0.54 (20 ER/259.0 IP) – Jamie Southern, Fresno State Bulldogs
* Strikeouts: 582 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

## Records

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NCAA Division I season triples: 17 – Dianna Korcak, Jacksonville Dolphins[6]

NCAA Division I single game strikeouts: 28 – Cristin Vitek, Baylor Bears; May 20, 2004 (16 innings)

Freshman class 7 inning single game strikeouts: 20 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers; March 26, 2004

Sophomore class consecutive wins streak: 32 – Alicia Hollowell, Arizona Wildcats; February 6-April 24, 2004

Freshman class wins: 45 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

Freshman class shutouts: 24 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

Freshman class strikeouts: 582 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

Team single game doubles: 13 – Charleston Cougars, February 11, 2004

## Awards

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* USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Jessica van der Linden, Florida State Seminoles[7]

* Honda Sports Award Softball:

Jessica van der Linden, Florida State Seminoles[8][9]

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2004 | 29  | 8  | 42  | 35  | 31  | 20  | 2  | 246.1  | 106  | 29  | 21  | 51  | 387  | 0.59  | 0.64
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## All America Teams

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

First Team

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P | Monica Abbott | FR. | Tennessee Lady Vols
Dana Sorensen | SR. | Stanford Cardinal
Alicia Hollowell | SO. | Arizona Wildcats
C | Kristen Rivera | JR. | Washington Huskies
1B | Kim Wendland | JR. | Georgia Bulldogs
2B | Caitlin Benyi | SO. | UCLA Bruins
3B | Vicky Galindo | JR. | California Golden Bears
SS | Christina Clark | SO. | Fresno State Bulldogs
OF | Nicole Barber | SR. | Georgia Bulldogs
Iyhia McMichael | JR. | Mississippi State Bulldogs
Caitlin Lowe | FR. | Arizona Wildcats
DP | Wendy Allen | SR. | Arizona Wildcats
UT | Jessica van der Linden | SR. | FSU Seminoles
AT-L | Gina Carbonatto | FR. | Pacific Tigers
Autumn Champion | SO. | Arizona Wildcats
Brooke Mitchell | JR. | ULL Ragin' Cajuns
Heather Scaglione | JR. | Oklahoma State Cowgirls

Second Team

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P | Keira Goerl | SR. | UCLA Bruins
Casey Hunter | JR. | FSU Seminoles
Kristina Thorson | SO. | California Golden Bears
C | Jessica Allister | SR. | Stanford Cardinal
1B | Vanessa Iapala | SO. | Oregon State Beavers
2B | Veronica Wootson | FR. | FSU Seminoles
3B | Phelan Wright | SR. | Arizona State Sun Devils
SS | Jessica Merchant | JR. | Michigan Wolverines
OF | Kaleo Eldredge | JR. | California Golden Bears
LaDonia Hughes | SR. | LSU Tigers
Kristen Zaleski | SR. | Texas State Bobcats
DP | Holly Groves | SR. | USF Bulls
UT | Jessica Beech | SR. | Michigan State Spartans
AT-L | Peaches James | SR. | Nebraska Cornhuskers
Lauren Lappin | SO. | Stanford Cardinal
Nicole Motycka | JR. | Michigan Wolverines
Kristin Schmidt | SR. | LSU Tigers

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P | Jessica Kapchinski | SR. | Texas A&M Aggies
Kristen Keyes | SR. | Auburn Tigers
Jessica Sallinger | JR. | Georgia Tech Yellowjackets
C | Sara Dean | JR. | Auburn Tigers
1B | Saskia Roberson | JR. | DePaul Blue Demons
2B | Tiffany Haas | SO. | Michigan Wolverines
3B | Sara Larquier | SO. | Virginia Cavaliers
SS | Lauren May | JR. | Cornell Big Red
OF | Christen Bedwell | SR. | CSUN Matadors
Megan Ciolli | JR. | Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Leslie Klein | FR. | LSU Tigers
DP | Amanda Rivera | SR. | UIC Flames
UT | Sarah Martz | SR. | DePaul Blue Demons
AT-L | Leigh Ann Ellis | SR. | USF Bulls
Dominique Lastrapes | FR. | Washington Huskies
Jackie McClain | SR. | Alabama Crimson Tide
Megan Meyer | JR. | Seton Hall Pirates
Chelsea Spencer | JR. | California Golden Bears

## References

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1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
3. ^ 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 52. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
4. ^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
5. ^ "2004 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
6. ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
7. ^ "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
8. ^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
9. ^ "Career Player Stats". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
10. ^ "2004 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

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