2013 NCAA Division I softball season

2013 NCAA Division I softball season
2013 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	Alabama
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	Oklahoma (2nd title)
Runners-up	Tennessee (6th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Patty Gasso (2nd title)
WCWS MOP	Keilani Ricketts (Oklahoma)
Seasons
	← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 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 2013. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2013 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2013 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 June 6, 2013.

Conference standings

2013 Big 12 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma ‍†‍‍^y	15	–	2	.882	57	–	4	.934
No. 3 Texas ‍‍‍^y	14	–	4	.778	51	–	10	.836
No. 20 Baylor ‍‍‍^y	10	–	8	.556	42	–	17	.712
Kansas ‍‍‍	9	–	8	.529	34	–	16	.680
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	30	–	26	.536
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	4	–	14	.222	30	–	26	.536
Iowa State ‍‍‍	4	–	14	.222	21	–	34	.382

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA ^[1]

2013 Big Ten Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Michigan ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	2	.909	51	–	13	.797
No. 8 Nebraska ‍‍‍^y	16	–	6	.727	45	–	16	.738
Minnesota ‍‍‍^y	14	–	6	.700	36	–	19	.655
Wisconsin ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	7	.696	44	–	13	.772
Northwestern ‍‍‍	12	–	10	.545	31	–	22	.585
Illinois ‍‍‍	11	–	12	.478	22	–	27	.449
Michigan State ‍‍‍	9	–	10	.474	24	–	25	.490
Ohio State ‍‍‍	10	–	13	.435	34	–	22	.607
Iowa ‍‍‍	8	–	15	.348	30	–	24	.556
Purdue ‍‍‍	8	–	15	.348	23	–	32	.418
Penn State ‍‍‍	5	–	17	.227	16	–	34	.320
Indiana ‍‍‍	3	–	19	.136	19	–	35	.352

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2, 2013^[2] Rankings from NFCA

2013 Southland Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		PCT		W	L		PCT
McNeese State ** ‍‍‍	19	–	5	–	0	.792		38	–	15	–	0	.717
Northwestern State ‡ ‍‍‍	18	–	7	–	0	.720		40	–	15	–	0	.727
Sam Houston ‍‍‍	17	–	10	–	0	.630		37	–	24	–	0	.607
Central Arkansas ‍‍‍	15	–	10	–	0	.600		38	–	20	–	0	.655
Lamar ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0	.519		24	–	35	–	0	.407
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍	13	–	13	–	0	.500		32	–	22	–	0	.593
Nicholls ‍‍‍	12	–	13	–	0	.480		22	–	26	–	0	.458
Stephen F. Austin ‍‍‍	9	–	17	–	0	.346		16	–	32	–	0	.333
Houston Baptist ‍‍‍	6	–	20	–	0	.231		15	–	27	–	0	.357
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍	6	–	21	–	0	.222		11	–	39	–	0	.220

‡ – SLC Tournament Champion **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 18, 2013^[3]^[4] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

2013 Sun Belt Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
RV Western Kentucky ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	3	.870	43	–	18	.705
No. 17 South Alabama ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	3	.850	48	–	9	.842
No. 12 Louisiana–Lafayette ‍‍‍^y	19	–	4	.826	47	–	15	.758
North Texas ‍‍‍	12	–	9	.571	29	–	24	.547
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	10	–	12	.455	28	–	29	.491
FIU ‍‍‍	10	–	13	.435	27	–	28	.491
Troy ‍‍‍	7	–	14	.333	21	–	32	.396
Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍	3	–	20	.130	19	–	35	.352
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍	1	–	21	.045	7	–	47	.130

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 15, 2019^[5] Rankings from [1]

Women's College World Series

The 2010 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 30 to June 4, 2013 in Oklahoma City.^[6]

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

14	Nebraska	3⁽⁸⁾

11	Washington	4
			11	Washington	0

			7	Tennessee	1
7	Tennessee	9

2	Florida	2
						7	Tennessee	2	—

						4	Texas	0	—
14	Nebraska	8⁽¹⁵⁾

2	Florida	9
			2	Florida	0

			4	Texas	3



										7	Tennessee	3⁽¹²⁾	0	—

										1	Oklahoma	5	4	—
5	Arizona State	3

4	Texas	5
			4	Texas	2

			1	Oklahoma	10
8	Michigan	1

1	Oklahoma	7
						1	Oklahoma	6	—

						11	Washington	2	—
5	Arizona State	0

8	Michigan	2
			8	Michigan	1

			11	Washington	4

Season leaders

Batting

Batting average: .484 – Thomasina Garza, Texas Southern Tigers
RBIs: 84 – Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma Sooners
Home runs: 30 – Megan Baltzell, Longwood Lancers & Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma Sooners

Pitching

Wins: 40-12 – Olivia Galati, Hofstra Pride
ERA: 0.87 (17 ER/136.0 IP) – Michelle Gascoigne, Oklahoma Sooners
Strikeouts: 422 – Blaire Luna, Texas Longhorns

Records

Junior class single game home runs: 4 – Alexandria Anttila, Georgetown Hoyas; April 6, 2013^[7]

Sophomore class slugging percentage: 1.113% – Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma Sooners

Sophomore class runs: 87 – Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma Sooners

Awards

USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:

Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma Sooners^[8]

Honda Sports Award Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year:

Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma Sooners

Honda Sports Award Softball:

Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma Sooners^[9]

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2013	35	1	45	40	27	16	2	238.1	123	47	42	63	350	1.23	0.78

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2013	61	153	44	58	.379	60	15	0	8	111	.725%	51	33	9	9

All America Teams

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

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Keilani Ricketts	SR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Blaire Luna	SR.	Texas Longhorns
	Hannah Rogers	JR.	Florida Gators
C	Amber Freeman	SO.	Arizona State Sun Devils
1B	Lauren Chamberlain	SO.	Oklahoma Sooners
2B	Lauren Gibson	SR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
3B	Raven Chavanne	SR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
SS	Madison Shipman	JR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
OF	Janie Takeda	SO.	Oregon Ducks
	Kayla Braud	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Cassidy Bell	SR.	Penn State Nittany Lions
UT	Kaitlin Ingelsby	JR.	Washington Huskies
UT	Alexa Peterson	JR.	Oregon Ducks
AT-L	Lauren Haeger	SO.	Florida Gators
	Taylor Hoagland	SR.	Texas Longhorns
	Chelsea Thomas	SR.	Missouri Tigers
	Rachele Fico	SR.	LSU Tigers
	Jessica Moore	SR.	Oregon Ducks

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Olivia Galati	SR.	Hofstra Pride
	Dallas Escobedo	JR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
	Jolene Henderson	SR.	California Golden Bears
C	Megan Baltzell	SO.	Longwood Lancers
1B	Alicja Wolny	SR.	Louisville Cardinals
2B	Katie Keller	JR.	Louisville Cardinals
3B	Shelby Pendley	SO.	Oklahoma Sooners
SS	Cheyenne Coyle	JR.	Arizona State Sun Devils
OF	Haylie McCleney	FR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	B.B. Bates	SR.	UCLA Bruins
	Brianna Turang	SR.	Oklahoma Sooners
UT	Tatum Edwards	JR.	Nebraska Cornhuskers
UT	Cali Lanphear	FR.	Texas A&M Aggies
AT-L	Sierra Romero	FR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Kaila Hunt	JR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Emilee Koerner	SO.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
	Brianna Cherry	SR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
	Hannah Campbell	JR.	South Alabama Jaguars

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Kaia Parnaby	SR.	Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
	Aimee Creger	JR.	Tulsa Hurricanes
	Lacey Waldrop	SO.	FSU Seminoles
C	Sarah Draheim	SR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
1B	Geri Ann Glasco	FR.	Georgia Bulldogs
2B	Kaylan Howard	SR.	Oregon Ducks
3B	Kaitlyn Richardson	SO.	Minnesota Golden Gophers
SS	Taylor Thom	JR.	Texas Longhorns
OF	Tomeka Watson	SR.	Elon Phoenix
	Maggie Hull	SR.	Kansas Jayhawks
	A.J. Andrews	SO.	LSU Tigers
UT	Jaclyn Traina	JR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
UT	Brooke Short	SR.	Longwood Lancers
AT-L	Sara Nevins	JR.	USF Bulls
	Jennifer Gilbert	JR.	Ball State Cardinals
	Stephanie Pasquale	JR.	Temple Owls
	Ashley Lane	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Melissa Dumezich	SR.	Texas A&M Aggies

References

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
^ "Game Results". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
^ "Sun Belt Conference All-Sports Record Book" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. p. 353. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
^ "2013 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.^{[dead link]}
^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ "2013 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

External links

Oklahoma vs. Tennessee: 2013 Women's College World Series FULL REPLAY on YouTube

[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 February 1, 2021.

[3] "Game Results". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 7, 2016.

[4] "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved April 8, 2016.

[5] "Sun Belt Conference All-Sports Record Book" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. p. 353. Retrieved May 15, 2019.

[6] "2013 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

[7] "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

[8] "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.^{[dead link]}

[9] "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

[10] "2013 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

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