2016 NCAA Division I softball season

American college softball season

2016 NCAA Division I softball season

Defending Champions| Florida
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions| Oklahoma (3rd title)
Runners-up| Auburn (2nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach| Patty Gasso (3rd title)
WCWS MOP| Paige Parker (Oklahoma)
Seasons

← 2015

2017 →

The 2016 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 February 2016. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2016 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended in June 2016.

## Conference standings

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2016 American Athletic Conference softball standings |

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No. 25 South Florida  ‍†‍‍y | 15 | – | 3 |   | .833 |  |  | 45 | – | 16 |   | .738
UCF  ‍‍‍y | 12 | – | 4 |   | .750 |  |  | 38 | – | 22 |   | .633
Tulsa  ‍‍‡‍y | 9 | – | 9 |   | .500 |  |  | 35 | – | 21 |   | .625
Houston  ‍‍‍ | 9 | – | 9 |   | .500 |  |  | 27 | – | 29 |   | .482
Memphis  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 11 |   | .389 |  |  | 26 | – | 31 |   | .456
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ | 5 | – | 13 |   | .278 |  |  | 23 | – | 31 |   | .426
UConn  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 12 |   | .250 |  |  | 19 | – | 33 |   | .365
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 23, 2016[1]
Rankings from Today/NFCA Coaches
2016 Big 12 Conference softball standings |

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No. 1 Oklahoma ‍†‍‍y | 17 | – | 1 |   | .944 |  |  | 57 | – | 8 |   | .877
No. 21 Baylor ‍‍‍y | 13 | – | 4 |   | .765 |  |  | 45 | – | 14 |   | .763
Texas ‍‍‍y | 10 | – | 7 |   | .588 |  |  | 38 | – | 16 |   | .704
Kansas ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 9 |   | .471 |  |  | 31 | – | 20 |   | .608
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y | 6 | – | 11 |   | .353 |  |  | 32 | – | 26 |   | .552
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 12 |   | .333 |  |  | 23 | – | 32 |   | .418
Iowa State ‍‍‍ | 1 | – | 17 |   | .056 |  |  | 20 | – | 35 |   | .364
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [2]
2016 Big East Conference softball standings |

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DePaul  ‍†‍‍ | 16 | – | 3 |   | .842 |  |  | 27 | – | 25 |   | .519
Villanova  ‍‍‍ | 14 | – | 6 |   | .700 |  |  | 32 | – | 18 |   | .640
St. John's  ‍‍‍ | 12 | – | 7 |   | .632 |  |  | 29 | – | 20 |   | .592
Butler  ‍‍‡‍y | 9 | – | 7 |   | .563 |  |  | 28 | – | 24 |   | .538
Creighton  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 11 |   | .389 |  |  | 25 | – | 22 |   | .532
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 12 |   | .368 |  |  | 24 | – | 30 |   | .444
Providence  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 14 |   | .300 |  |  | 21 | – | 28 |   | .429
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ | 3 | – | 14 |   | .176 |  |  | 9 | – | 35 |   | .205
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2016[3]
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2016 Big Ten Conference softball standings |

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No. 5 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y | 21 | – | 2 |   | .913 |  |  | 52 | – | 7 |   | .881
No. 20 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y | 19 | – | 3 |   | .864 |  |  | 43 | – | 14 |   | .754
Northwestern  ‍‍‍y | 15 | – | 8 |   | .652 |  |  | 27 | – | 28 |   | .491
Penn State  ‍‍‍ | 14 | – | 9 |   | .609 |  |  | 30 | – | 24 |   | .556
Nebraska  ‍‍‍y | 13 | – | 9 |   | .591 |  |  | 35 | – | 21 |   | .625
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y | 13 | – | 9 |   | .591 |  |  | 34 | – | 20 |   | .630
Illinois  ‍‍‍y | 12 | – | 11 |   | .522 |  |  | 36 | – | 23 |   | .610
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 11 |   | .500 |  |  | 28 | – | 24 |   | .538
Indiana  ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 13 |   | .435 |  |  | 29 | – | 25 |   | .537
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 15 |   | .348 |  |  | 27 | – | 28 |   | .491
Purdue  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 15 |   | .348 |  |  | 27 | – | 28 |   | .491
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 15 |   | .348 |  |  | 24 | – | 33 |   | .421
Maryland  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 19 |   | .174 |  |  | 12 | – | 40 |   | .231
Iowa  ‍‍‍ | 3 | – | 20 |   | .130 |  |  | 13 | – | 39 |   | .250
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2016[4]
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2016 Colonial Athletic Association softball standings |

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#8 James Madison ‍†‍‡‍y | 18 | – | 1 | – | 0 |   | .947 |  |  | 50 | – | 6 | – | 0 |   | .893
Towson  ‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 8 | – | 0 |   | .579 |  |  | 37 | – | 17 | – | 0 |   | .685
College of Charleston  ‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 |   | .550 |  |  | 35 | – | 23 | – | 0 |   | .603
Elon  ‍‍‍ | 9 | – | 8 | – | 0 |   | .529 |  |  | 26 | – | 25 | – | 0 |   | .510
Delaware  ‍‍‍ | 9 | – | 9 | – | 0 |   | .500 |  |  | 30 | – | 21 | – | 0 |   | .588
UNC Wilmington  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 10 | – | 0 |   | .444 |  |  | 29 | – | 21 | – | 0 |   | .580
Hofstra  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 10 | – | 0 |   | .444 |  |  | 24 | – | 22 | – | 0 |   | .522
Drexel  ‍‍‍ | 0 | – | 19 | – | 0 |   | .000 |  |  | 20 | – | 35 | – | 0 |   | .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 24, 2016[5]
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2016 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings |

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Jacksonville State ‡  ‍‍‍ | 26 | – | 0 |   | 1.000 |  |  | 43 | – | 17 |   | .717
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ | 17 | – | 8 |   | .680 |  |  | 37 | – | 17 |   | .685
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ | 17 | – | 8 |   | .680 |  |  | 25 | – | 28 |   | .472
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ | 15 | – | 11 |   | .577 |  |  | 28 | – | 26 |   | .519
Tennessee–Martin  ‍‍‍ | 14 | – | 13 |   | .519 |  |  | 30 | – | 26 |   | .536
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ | 14 | – | 13 |   | .519 |  |  | 23 | – | 33 |   | .411
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 11 |   | .500 |  |  | 26 | – | 27 |   | .491
Murray State  ‍‍‍ | 12 | – | 14 |   | .462 |  |  | 14 | – | 31 |   | .311
Belmont  ‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 16 |   | .407 |  |  | 19 | – | 35 |   | .352
SE Missouri State  ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 17 |   | .370 |  |  | 16 | – | 33 |   | .327
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ | 5 | – | 22 |   | .185 |  |  | 9 | – | 387 |   | .023
Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ | 3 | – | 22 |   | .120 |  |  | 10 | – | 45 |   | .182
‡ – OVC Tournament champion
As of May 9, 2016[6]
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2016 Southeastern Conference softball standings  |

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No. 1 Florida ‍‍‍ | 20 | – | 4 |   | .833 |  |  | 52 | – | 4 |   | .929
No. 12 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ | 17 | – | 7 |   | .708 |  |  | 43 | – | 11 |   | .796
No. 10 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ | 16 | – | 7 |   | .696 |  |  | 40 | – | 13 |   | .755
No. 6 Auburn  ‍‍‡‍ | 16 | – | 7 |   | .696 |  |  | 46 | – | 9 |   | .836
No. 4 Alabama  ‍‍‍ | 16 | – | 8 |   | .667 |  |  | 45 | – | 11 |   | .804
No. 16 Missouri  ‍‍‍ | 14 | – | 10 |   | .583 |  |  | 39 | – | 13 |   | .750
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍ | 13 | – | 11 |   | .542 |  |  | 42 | – | 14 |   | .750
No. 15 Georgia  ‍‍‍ | 12 | – | 12 |   | .500 |  |  | 40 | – | 16 |   | .714
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 13 |   | .458 |  |  | 38 | – | 19 |   | .667
No. 17 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ | 9 | – | 15 |   | .375 |  |  | 37 | – | 17 |   | .685
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 17 |   | .292 |  |  | 35 | – | 20 |   | .636
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ | 3 | – | 21 |   | .125 |  |  | 25 | – | 30 |   | .455
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ | 1 | – | 23 |   | .042 |  |  | 17 | – | 39 |   | .304
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 8, 2016[7]
Rankings from NFCA
2016 Southland Conference softball standings |

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East Division
McNeese State **  x‍‍‡‍y | 23 | – | 4 |   | .852 |  |  | 42 | – | 12 |   | .778
Nicholls  ‍‍‍ | 21 | – | 5 |   | .808 |  |  | 39 | – | 17 |   | .696
Lamar  ‍‍‍ | 18 | – | 9 |   | .667 |  |  | 35 | – | 22 |   | .614
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ | 16 | – | 11 |   | .593 |  |  | 35 | – | 22 |   | .614
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 17 |   | .370 |  |  | 27 | – | 25 |   | .519
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 21 |   | .222 |  |  | 23 | – | 32 |   | .418
West Division
Abilene Christian * x‍‍‍ | 19 | – | 8 |   | .704 |  |  | 26 | – | 21 |   | .553
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ | 13 | – | 13 |   | .500 |  |  | 28 | – | 29 |   | .491
Sam Houston  ‍‍‍ | 13 | – | 14 |   | .481 |  |  | 21 | – | 33 |   | .389
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 19 |   | .269 |  |  | 18 | – | 30 |   | .375
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 19 |   | .269 |  |  | 15 | – | 29 |   | .341
Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 20 |   | .259 |  |  | 18 | – | 34 |   | .346
‡ – SLC Tournament Champion
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition
**Southland Tournament #1 seed champion
As of May 13, 2016[8]
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No. 12 Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍†‍‡‍y | 21 | – | 2 |   | .913 |  |  | 46 | – | 9 |   | .836
South Alabama  ‍‍‍ | 17 | – | 6 |   | .739 |  |  | 33 | – | 18 |   | .647
Texas State ‍‍‍y | 15 | – | 9 |   | .625 |  |  | 40 | – | 22 |   | .645
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ | 13 | – | 11 |   | .542 |  |  | 33 | – | 28 |   | .541
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ | 13 | – | 11 |   | .542 |  |  | 30 | – | 27 |   | .526
Troy  ‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 13 |   | .458 |  |  | 31 | – | 25 |   | .554
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 16 |   | .333 |  |  | 29 | – | 20 |   | .592
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 17 |   | .292 |  |  | 24 | – | 34 |   | .414
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ | 2 | – | 22 |   | .083 |  |  | 11 | – | 45 |   | .196
‡ – Tournament champion
As of March 18, 2019[9]
Rankings from NFCA
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BYU  ‍†‍‍y | 11 | – | 2 | – | 0 |   | .846 |  |  | 36 | – | 20 | – | 0 |   | .643
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 5 | – | 0 |   | .667 |  |  | 32 | – | 21 | – | 0 |   | .604
San Diego  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 6 | – | 0 |   | .538 |  |  | 21 | – | 28 | – | 0 |   | .429
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 7 | – | 0 |   | .462 |  |  | 19 | – | 26 | – | 1 |   | .424
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ | 4 | – | 9 | – | 0 |   | .308 |  |  | 9 | – | 40 | – | 0 |   | .184
Pacific  ‍‍‍ | 3 | – | 12 | – | 0 |   | .200 |  |  | 20 | – | 28 | – | 0 |   | .417
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 17, 2016[10]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

## Women's College World Series

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The 2016 Women's College World Series began on June 2–8 in Oklahoma City.[11]

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

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| 8 | Florida State | 4 |
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| 4 | Auburn | 10 |

| 12 | UCLA | 3 |
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| | 3 | Oklahoma | 7 |
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| 2 | Michigan | 2 |

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| 6 | Alabama | 4 | |

| 10 | LSU | 6 |
| | 16 | Georgia | 1 |
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## Season leaders

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Batting

* Batting average: .504 – Danielle Smith, Coppin State Eagles
* RBIs: 87 – Tina Iosefa, Georgia Bulldogs
* Home runs: 23 – Tina Iosefa, Georgia Bulldogs & Morgan Noad, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

Pitching

* Wins: 38-3 – Paige Parker, Oklahoma Sooners
* ERA: 0.76 (24 ER/221.0 IP) – Kylee Hanson, Florida Atlantic Owls
* Strikeouts: 336 – Savannah Jo Dorsey, Ohio Bobcats & Sara Groenewegen, Minnesota Golden Gophers

## Records

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NCAA Division I single game intentional walks: 5 – Darian Tautalafua, Long Beach State 49ers; May 8, 2016[12]

NCAA Division I single game total bases: 17 – Carli Kayler, Troy Trojans; March 19, 2016

Freshman class hits: 104 – Tatyana Forbes, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

## Awards

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* USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Sierra Romero, Michigan Wolverines[13]

* NFCA National Player of the Year:

Sierra Romero, Michigan Wolverines[14]

* Honda Sports Award Softball:

Sierra Romero, Michigan Wolverines[15]

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* espnW National Player of the Year:

Kasey Cooper, Auburn Tigers[16]

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* NFCA National Freshman of the Year:

Amanda Lorenz, Florida Gators[17]

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2016 | 63  | 181  | 56  | 73  | .403  | 48  | 8  | 1  | 14  | 113  | .624%  | 48  | 19  | 10  | 12

* NFCA Catcher of the Year:

Lexie Elkins, Louisiana[18]

* NFCA Golden Shoe Award:

Katie Lacour, Southeastern Louisiana[19]

## All America Teams

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The following players were members of the All-American Teams.[20]

First Team

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P | Delanie Gourley | JR. | Florida Gators
Paige Parker | SO. | Oklahoma Sooners
Megan Good | SO. | James Madison Dukes
C | Lexie Elkins | SR. | ULL Ragin' Cajuns
1B | Tera Blanco | SO. | Michigan Wolverines
2B | Sierra Romero | SR. | Michigan Wolverines
3B | Kasey Cooper | JR. | Auburn Tigers
SS | Kristen Brown | SR. | North Carolina Tar Heels
OF | Haylie McCleney | SR. | Alabama Crimson Tide
Emily Crane | SR. | Missouri Tigers
Koral Costa | SR. | Oregon Ducks
UT | Jailyn Ford | SR. | James Madison Dukes
Kimberlee Souza | SR. | Washington Huskies
AT-L | Sierra Lawrence | SR. | Michigan Wolverines
Aleshia Ocasio | SO. | Florida Gators
Sara Groenewegen | JR. | Minnesota Golden Gophers
Kelsey Nunley | SR. | Kentucky Wildcats
Marjani Knighten | JR. | Nebraska Cornhuskers

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Megan Betsa | JR. | Michigan Wolverines
Alex Stewart | JR. | ULL Ragin' Cajuns
C | Erika Piancastelli | SO. | McNeese State Cowgirls
1B | Alex Powers | JR. | FSU Seminoles
2B | Emily Carosone | SR. | Auburn Tigers
3B | Mysha Sataraka | SR. | UCLA Bruins
SS | Delaney Spaulding | JR. | UCLA Bruins
OF | Aleah Craighton | SO. | ULL Ragin' Cajuns
Erin Miller | SR. | Oklahoma Sooners
Lindsey Stephens | SR. | Texas Longhorns
UT | Erica Nunn | SR. | USF Bulls
Kayli Kvistad | SO. | Florida Gators
AT-L | Sydney Littlejohn | JR. | Alabama Crimson Tide
Nikki Udria | JR. | Oregon Ducks
Shay Knighten | FR. | Oklahoma Sooners
Leona Lafaele | SR. | Alabama Crimson Tide
Ali Aguilar | JR. | Washington Huskies

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P | Cheridan Hawkins | SR. | Oregon Ducks
Jessica Burroughs | JR. | FSU Seminoles
Nisa Ontiveros | SR. | California Golden Bears
C | Emily Naegele | SR. | Northern Illinois Huskies
1B | Jade Rhodes | SR. | Auburn Tigers
2B | Hannah Flippen | JR. | Utah Utes
3B | Bianka Bell | SR. | LSU Tigers
SS | Sami Fagan | SR. | Missouri Tigers
OF | Amanda Lorenz | FR. | Florida Gators
Karley Wester | JR. | Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Allexis Bennett | SR. | UCLA Bruins
UT | Rainey Gaffin | SR. | Tennessee Lady Vols
Cammi Prantl | SR. | Ohio State Buckeyes
AT-L | Tina Iosefa | SR. | Georgia Bulldogs
Vanessa Shippy | SO. | Oklahoma State Cowgirls
Jessica Warren | SO. | FSU Seminoles
Victoria Vidales | SO. | Texas A&M Aggies
Sahvanna Jaquish | JR. | LSU Tigers
Kiki Stokes | SR. | Nebraska Cornhuskers
Taylor Glover | JR. | CSUN Matadors

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4. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
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7. ^ "Softball" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
8. ^ "2016 Softball Standings". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
9. ^ "Softball". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
10. ^ "Softball". West Coast Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
11. ^ "2016 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
12. ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
13. ^ "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.[dead link]
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15. ^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
16. ^ "With Hitting Down to a Science, Auburn's Kasey Cooper Named espnW Player of The Year". Espn.com. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
17. ^ "Florida's Lorenz named 2016 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. May 31, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
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