2010 NCAA Division I softball season

The 2010 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 2010. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2010 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 2010 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 7, 2010.

2010 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	Washington
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	UCLA (12th (14th overall) title)
Runners-up	Arizona (22nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Kelly Inouye-Perez (1st title)
WCWS MOP	Megan Langenfeld (UCLA)
Seasons

Conference standings

2010 Big 12 Conference softball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 18 Texas ‍†‍‍^y 14 – 2   .875     43 – 15   .741 No. 11 Oklahoma ‍‍‡‍^y 13 – 3   .813     47 – 12   .797 No. 20 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y 12 – 6   .667     44 – 16   .733 No. 23 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍^y 12 – 6   .667     44 – 16   .733 No. 8 Missouri ‍‍‍^y 11 – 7   .611     51 – 13   .797 Nebraska ‍‍‍^y 7 – 11   .389     30 – 29   .508 Texas Tech ‍‍‍^y 7 – 11   .389     38 – 18   .679 Baylor ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333     28 – 25   .528 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222     26 – 29   .473 Kansas ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111     21 – 35   .375 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from NFCA [1]	2010 Big Ten Conference softball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 10 Michigan  ‍†‍‍^y 18 – 1   .947     49 – 8   .860 No. 25 Illinois  ‍‍‍^y 16 – 2   .889     45 – 8   .849 No. 22 Ohio State  ‍‍‍^y 16 – 2   .889     39 – 14   .736 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 16 – 3   .842     50 – 15   .769 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 10 – 9   .526     25 – 23   .521 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444     27 – 27   .500 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 11   .421     29 – 22   .569 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 8 – 11   .421     20 – 31   .392 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 15   .250     21 – 31   .404 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222     12 – 36   .250 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 2 – 17   .105     16 – 37   .302 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 28, 2010[2]; Rankings from NFCA	2010 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Washington  ‍†‍‍^y 17 – 4   .810     50 – 9   .847 UCLA  ‍‍‍^y 14 – 7   .667     50 – 11   .820 Arizona  ‍‍‍^y 13 – 8   .619     52 – 14   .788 Arizona State  ‍‍‍^y 10 – 11   .476     44 – 17   .721 California  ‍‍‍^y 10 – 11   .476     44 – 19   .698 Stanford  ‍‍‍^y 8 – 13   .381     37 – 19   .661 Oregon  ‍‍‍^y 8 – 13   .381     36 – 21   .632 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17   .190     24 – 31   .436 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2010[3]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2010 Southland Conference softball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Stephen F. Austin **  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10   .667     29 – 20   .592 Texas State  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10   .667     27 – 26   .509 Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571     29 – 25   .537 McNeese State ‡  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567     38 – 27   .585 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533     35 – 22   .614 Nicholls  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533     25 – 22   .532 Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500     23 – 29   .442 Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16   .448     25 – 31   .446 Sam Houston  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16   .448     21 – 28   .429 Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433     27 – 27   .500 Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 3 – 25   .107     11 – 37   .229 ‡ – SLC Tournament Champion **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 22, 2011[4][5]; Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches	2010 Sun Belt Conference softball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 16 Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍†‍‡‍^y 19 – 5   .792     45 – 18   .714 FIU  ‍‍‍^y 17 – 7   .708     38 – 21   .644 North Texas  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571     29 – 20   .592 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 12 – 10   .545     28 – 26   .519 South Alabama  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444     21 – 23   .477 Troy  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435     27 – 29   .482 Louisiana-Monroe  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391     24 – 26   .480 Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292     22 – 32   .407 Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15   .286     27 – 25   .519 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 2010[6]; Rankings from

Women's College World Series

The 2010 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from June 3 to June 7, 2010 in Oklahoma City.[7]

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	16	Hawaii	3
	9	Missouri	2
						16	Hawaii	2
						5	UCLA	5
	4	Florida	3
	5	UCLA	16
											5	UCLA	5	—
										6	Georgia	2	—
	9	Missouri	0
	4	Florida	5
						6	Georgia	3
						4	Florida	2
																5	UCLA	6	15	—
																10	Arizona	5	9	—
	3	Washington	3
	6	Georgia	6
						6	Georgia	5
						15	Tennessee	7
	10	Arizona	0
	15	Tennessee	9
											15	Tennessee	0	2
										10	Arizona	8	5
	10	Arizona	4
	3	Washington	3
						16	Hawaii	1
						10	Arizona	5

Season Leaders

BATTING

BATTING AVERAGE: .567 - Jen Yee, Georgia Tech Yellowjackets

RBIs: 90 - Angeline Quiocho, BYU Cougars

HOME RUNS: 30 - Kelly Majam, Hawaii Rainbow Wahine

PITCHING

WINS: 40-5 - Danielle Lawrie, Washington Huskies

ERA: 0.94 (32 ER/237.0 IP) - Whitney Kiihnl, Lipscomb Bisons

STRIKEOUTS: 556, Sara Plourde, UMass Minutewomen

Records

[8]

NCAA DIVISION I SEASON SLUGGING PERCENTAGE: 1.270% - Jen Yee, Georgia Tech Yellowjackets

NCAA DIVISION I SEASON INTENTIONAL WALKS: 31 - Jen Yee, Georgia Tech Yellowjackets

SOPHOMORE CLASS SINGLE GAME HOME RUNS: 4 - Rebecca Magett, Hampton Pirates; April 2, 2010

FRESHMAN CLASS HOME RUNS: 30 - Kelly Majam, Hawaii Rainbow Wahine

TEAM HOME RUNS: 158 - Hawaii Rainbow Wahine

Awards

• USA Collegiate Player of The Year:

Danielle Lawrie, Washington Huskies[9]

• Honda Sports Award Softball:

Danielle Lawrie, Washington Huskies[10]

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2010	40	5	48	44	41	24	2	302.1	169	53	48	46	495	1.11	0.71

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2010	59	169	33	53	.313	57	15	0	5	103	.609%	28	23	1	1

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.[11]

FIRST TEAM

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Kenzie Fowler	FR.	Arizona Wildcats
	Danielle Lawrie	SR.	Washington Huskies
	Jen Mineau	SO.	Fordham Rams
C	Chelsea Bramlett	SR.	Mississippi State Bulldogs
1B	Meredith Hackett	SO.	Illinois Fighting Illini
2B	Jen Yee	SR.	Georgia Tech Yellowjackets
3B	Melissa Gonzalez	JR.	Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
SS	Katelyn Boyd	SO.	Arizona State Sun Devils
OF	Alissa Haber	SR.	Stanford Cardinal
	Brittany Lastrapes	JR.	Arizona Wildcats
	April Setterlund	JR.	Boston Terriers
UT	Megan Langenfeld	SR.	UCLA Bruins
	Nikia Williams	SO.	Washington Huskies
AT-L	Valerie Arioto	JR.	California Golden Bears
	GiOnna DiSalvatore	JR.	UCLA Bruins
	Jenn Salling	JR.	Washington Huskies
	Kristen Shortridge	SR.	LSU Tigers
	Danielle Spaulding	SR.	North Carolina Tar Heels

SECOND TEAM

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Blaire Luna	FR.	Texas Longhorns
	Keilani Ricketts	FR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Jordan Taylor	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
C	Stacie Chambers	JR.	Arizona Wildcats
1B	Dorian Shaw	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
2B	Amber Flores	SR.	Oklahoma Sooners
3B	Maggie Viefhaus	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
SS	K'Lee Arredondo	SR.	Arizona Wildcats
OF	Kelly Majam	FR.	Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
	Taylor Schlopy	JR.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Francesca Enea	SR.	Florida Gators
UT	Charlotte Morgan	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Jessica Shults	FR.	Oklahoma Sooners
AT-L	Kayla Braud	FR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Alisa Goler	JR.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Meagan May	FR.	Texas A&M Aggies
	Nikki Nemitz	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Melissa Roth	SR.	Louisville Cardinals

THIRD TEAM

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Whitney Kiihnl	SO.	Lipscomb Bisons
	Toni Paisley	JR.	East Carolina Pirates
	Sara Plourde	SO.	UMass Minutewomen
C	Samantha Marder	SR.	Ohio State Buckeyes
1B	Renae Sinkler	SR.	Creighton Bluejays
2B	Kara Nelson	JR.	Illinois State Redbirds
3B	Abby Olson	JR.	Illinois State Redbirds
SS	Lauren Grill	SR.	Mississippi Rebels
OF	Raven Chavanne	FR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Lauren Lindsay	SR.	Tulsa Golden Hurricanes
	Rhea Taylor	JR.	Missouri Tigers
DP	Hope Rush	FR.	Georgia Tech Yellowjackets
UT	Miranda Dixon	SR.	Arkansas Razorbacks
AT-L	Samantha Beasley	JR.	San Diego State Aztecs
	Stephanie Brombacher	JR.	Florida Gators
	Kat Dotson	FR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
	Kelsi Dunne	JR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Katie Fleury	JR.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "2010 Big Ten Softball Standings & Leaders Statistics". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
3. 2018 Softball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 52. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
4. "Game Results". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
5. "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
6. "Sun Belt Conference All-Sports Record Book" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. p. 372. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
7. "2010 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
8. "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
9. "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
10. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
11. "2010 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-07-27.

External Links

UCLA vs. Arizona: 2010 Women's College World Series Final FULL REPLAY on YouTube