seminole softball 2001 FSU

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1 seminole softball 2001 FSU

2 this is fsu softball 5 college world series 14 NCAA regionals 2 slowpitch national titles 18 all-americans 59 all-region selections 23 straight winning seasons 8 acc tournament titles 8 acc reg. season titles winningest active coach QUICK FACTS President Talbot Sandy D Alemberte Sports Information Staff Location Tallahassee, Florida SID Rob Wilson Enrollment 34,500 Softball Contact Elliott Finebloom Founded 1857 SID Address PO Box 2195 Symbol Seminoles Tallahassee, FL, Colors Garnet and Gold Overnight Address Moore Athletic Center Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Stadium & Pensacola Athletics Director Dave Hart, Jr. Tallahassee, FL Associate AD Kim Record SID Office Phone (850) Seminole Softball SID Fax (850) Head Coach Dr. JoAnne Graf (FSU 75) Finebloom s phone (W) (850) Career and FSU record Finebloom s cell (850) Season at FSU 23rd season Finebloom s epf9464@garnet.acns.fsu.edu Assistant Coaches Louie Berndt, Heather Compton Softball Press Box (850) Softball Office Phone (850) Web site NCAA Regional Appearances 14 ( , 98, ) World Series Appearances 5 (1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) Home Field/Capacity Seminole Softball Complex/1,000 ON THE COVER Manager/Team Photographer Dave Sabin Top Left: Brandi Stuart Head Trainer Robin Gibson Student Trainer Javier Perez Top Right: Leslie Malerich Strength & Conditioning Janna Walkup Bottom Left: Jen White-Stokes Video Services Campo Bottom Right: Natalie Bennett

3 #16 Florida State (54-10) NCAA s, Here We Come For the 14th time in the past 16 seasons, the Seminoles are headed to the postseason after clinching the Southern Atlantic Softball Alliance championship. It didn t take long for Florida State to learn they had clinched a spot in the 2001 NCAA Tournament after completing a sweep over then second place Virginia. The Seminoles just needed their final regular season opponent, Maryland, to drop one of its final six SASA games to clinch a ticket to regionals. After the Tar Heels downed the Terps 2-0 on the second to last weekend of the regular season, FSU was on its way to another NCAA Tournament. The Seminoles have earned a trip to the postseason every year since 1986 except in 1997 and Florida State was a runner-up in last season s West Regional and is looking to advance to the College World Series for the first time since FSU will host a regional in Tallahassee this year and has made five trips to the College World Series and has advanced anced out of a Louisiana or Talla- hassee regional every ery time (Tallahassee twice and Lafayette, LA three times) FSU Stat Leaders Batting avg Brandi Stuart (.366) Slugging pct Monique Marier (.522) Hits Brandi Stuart (68) Total bases Brandi Stuart (97) Runs scored Serita Brooks (53) RBI s Monique Marier (38) ERA Jen White-Stokes (0.65) Wins Leslie Malerich (22) Innings Leslie Malerich (179) Opposing BA _ Jessica van der Linden (.108) Strike outs Leslie Malerich (139) Fewest Walks _ Jessica van der Linden (22) 2001 fsu softball schedule Southern W 8-0 Malerich (1-0) 1-0 Southern W4-0 White-Stokes (1-0) 2-0 Tomahawk Bash 2/9 Florida A&M W 1-0 van der Linden (1-0) 3-0 2/10 Tennessee-Chatanooga W 4-1 Malerich (2-0) 4-0 2/10 Florida International L 1-2 White-Stokes (1-1) 4-1 2/11 Tennessee-Chattanooga W 3-2 (10) van der Linden (2-0) 5-1 2/11 Florida International W 3-2 Malerich (3-0) 6-1 Sunshine State Tournament 2/16 Kent State W 4-0 White-Stokes (2-1) 7-1 2/17 College of Charleston W 8-0 van der Linden (3-0) 8-1 2/17 Boston College W 1-0 Malerich (4-0) 9-1 2/18 College of Charleston W 9-1 White-Stokes (3-1) /18 Boston College W 5-4 Malerich (5-0) /20 Mercer W 4-0 van der Linden (4-0) /20 Mercer W 8-0 Malerich (6-0) 13-1 FAU Worth Invitational 2/23 vs Illinois L 1-0 White-Stokes (3-2) /23 at Florida Atlantic L 2-1 (10) Malerich (6-1) /24 vs Florida A&M W 11-0 Malerich (7-1) /24 vs Maryland W 5-3 van der Linden (5-0) /25 vs Illinois W 2-0 Malerich (8-1) /25 at Florida Atlantic W 1-0 White-Stokes (4-2) 17-3 Seminole Challenge 3/2 Central Michigan W 3-1 White-Stokes (5-2) /3 Northwestern W 2-1 Malerich (9-1) /3 Ball State W 1-0 van der Linden (6-0) /4 Northwestern W 8-2 White-Stokes (6-2) /4 Central Michigan W 2-0 Malerich (10-1) 22-3 A&M L 5-4 van der Linden (6-1) 22-4 San Diego State Tournament 3/9 vs UC Riverside W 8-0 White-Stokes (7-2) 23-4 Diego State W 2-1 (8) van der Linden (7-1) /10 vs UC Riverside CANCELED 3/10 vs Cal State Fullerton CANCELED 3/14 Nebraska L 3-0 Malerich (10-2) /15 Iowa State W 4-0 White-Stokes (8-2) 25-5 Tallahassee Democrat/Florida State Invitational Tournament 3/16 Iowa State W 6-0 van der Linden (8-1) /16 Syracuse W 3-2 White-Stokes (9-2) /17 Bethune-Cookman W 3-2 van der Linded (9-1) /17 Troy State W 11-0 White-Stokes (10-2) /17 Maryland CANCELED 3/19 Univ of Massaschusetts CANCELED 3/20 Univ of Connecticut W 8-0 van der Linden (10-1) /20 Univ of Connecticut W 3-0 White-Stokes (10-2) /28 Florida A&M W 7-0 Malerich (11-2) 32-5 Tech W 7-0 Malerich (12-2) 33-5 Tech L 2-1 (8) van der Linden (10-2) 33-6 State W 9-1 van der Linden (11-2) 34-6 State W 10-0 Malerich (13-2) 35-6 Carolina W 2-0 Malerich (14-2) 36-6 Carolina W 5-0 White-Stokes (12-2) 37-6 Tar Heel Invitational 4/7 Florida Atlantic W 5-4 (8) White-Stokes (13-2) /7 East Carolina W 2-0 White-Stokes (14-2) /8 North Carolina L 3-2 (8) van der Linden (11-3) 39-7 A&M W 6-0 Malerich (15-2) 40-7 State W 4-1 (10) Malerich (16-2) 41-7 State W 12-2 White-Stokes (15-2) 42-7 CANCELED CANCELED 4/17 Florida A&M W 12-0 van der Linden (12-3) 43-7 W 5-3 Malerich (17-2) 44-7 W 3-1 White-Stokes (16-2) /21 East Carolina W 9-2 Malerich (18-2) /21 East Carolina W 9-0 White-Stokes (17-1) /28 Virginia W 8-0 Malerich (19-2) /28 Virginia W 10-2 White-Stokes (18-2) 49-7 State W 1-0 van der Linden (13-3) 50-7 State L 2-1 White-Stokes (18-3) /5 Maryland W 5-0 Malerich (20-2) /5 Maryland W 10-1 White-Stokes (19-3) 52-8 ACC Tournament 5/11 Maryland W 2-1 (11) Malerich (21-2) /12 North Carolina L 2-0 Malerich (21-3) /13 Maryland W 4-0 Malerich (22-3) /13 North Carolina (Championship) L 4-1 White-Stokes (19-4)

4 3 don t i know you? Florida State is very fimiliar with the five teams they are hosting at this weekend s NCAA Regional in Tallahassee, FL. The Seminoles have faced four of the five teams this season (BCC, FAU, UF and UCONN) and faced Cal twice last season. FSU has a 7-1 record against their regional foes this season: Team Record vs FSU Scores FAU (10), 0-1, 4-5 (8) UCONN , 0-3 BCC UF , 1-3 CAL* , 1-0 *2000 season south Regional notes The Seminoles have won seven straight games against these teams since dropping a 2-1, 10 inning game to FAU Feb FSU has a team ERA of 1.23 against their 2001 regional opponents FSU has outscored these opponents in the eight meetings, shutting them out three times in 263 fielding chances, FSU has committed only 9 errors for a.966 fielding percentage Florida State has not allowed a run in 12 innings against Connecticut FSU is a perfect on steal attempts with Brandi Stuart leading the squad (eight for eight) and followed by Serita Brooks who is seven for seven against teams from Florida in the Tallahassee Regional (Florida, FAU and Bethune-Cookman) Kimmy Carter is hitting.316 (6-19) the Seminoles have held their Regional opponents to a.169 batting average (33-195) in eight games in three starts, Jen White- Stokes has two shutouts and only one earned run in 21 innings pitched against this field. In her two starts against Cal last year, she pitched 12 innings, allowed 11 hits, two earned runs, struck out three batters and walked six Brooks leads the team with a.400 batting average, six runs scored, 10 total bases, 25 at bats, a.400 slugging percentage, 10 hits, 30 plate appearances and a.464 on base percentage in eight games against the field...br Brooks has also hit safely in six of the eight games played against these opponents the senior All-American has also been the biggest threat against FAU, hitting.500 (5-10) with an on-base percentage of.500 and scoring two of FSU s seven total runs Elisa Velasco is hitting.750 (3-4) in three games against Connecticut and Bethune-Cookman in the eight games against theses opponents, Monique Marier leads the team with six RBI, two doubles and is third on the team with a.333 slugging percentage against FAU, Leslie Malerich struck out 18 in 15 2/ 3 innings pitched and Jen White-Stokes went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA, allowing three hits, one base on balls and striking out six Owl batters Jessica van der Linden has not allowed an extra base hit in 12 innings against these teams, while allowing only two runs and one walk Honors & Awards Leslie Malerich ACC Pitcher of the Week Feb. 12 Brandi Stuart ACC Player of the Week Feb. 19 Brandi Stuart Louisville Slugger/NFCA Feb. 21 Division I Player of the Week Leslie Malerich Most Valuable Pitcher Feb. 25 FAU/Worth Invitational Robyn Gauger ACC Player of the Week Feb. 26 Leslie Malerich ACC Pitcher of the Week Feb. 26 Serita Brooks ACC Player of the Week Mar. 19 Jen White-Stokes Democrat All-Tournament Mar. 20 Serita Brooks Democrat All-Tournament Mar. 20 Brandi Stuart Democrat All-Tournament Mar. 20 Jen White-Stokes ACC Player of the Week Apr. 2 Jen White-Stokes NFCA Outstanding Performer Apr. 4 Jen White-Stokes ACC Pitcher of the Week Apr. 9 Jen White-Stokes SASA Pitcher of the Week Apr. 9 Jen White-Stokes ACC Player of the Week Apr. 17 Jen White-Stokes SASA Player of the Week Apr. 17 Jen White-Stokes ACC Pitcher of the Week Apr. 24 Jen White-Stokes SASA Pitcher of the Week Apr. 24 Leslie Malerich ACC Pitcher of the Week May 7 Kimmy Carter ACC Player of the Week May 7 Serita Brooks All-ACC Team May 10 Robyn Gauger All-ACC Team May 10 Leslie Malerich All-ACC Team May 10 Brandi Stuart All-ACC Team May 10 Jess van der Linden All-ACC Team May 10 Leslie Malerich ACC Player ofthe Year May 10 Dr. JoAnne Graf ACC Coach of the Year May 10 Jess van der Linden ACC Rookie of the Year May 10 Leslie Malerich All-ACC Tournament Team May 13 Natalie Bennett All-ACC Tournament Team May 13 Serita Brooks All-ACC Tournament Team May 13 Monique Marier All-ACC Tournament Team May 13 NCAA tournament The 2001 season marks the 14th time the Seminoles have advanced to the NCAA Tournament since Florida State is in the NCAA s over that time and has advanced to Oklahoma City for the College World Series five times.the last time Florida State made a trip to Oklahoma was 1993 but the Seminoles did reach the finals of the West Regional last season where they fell to eventual NCAA runner-up UCLA. The Seminoles and Bruins have met four times in NCAA Tournament play but that isn t a record for FSU. Florida State has faced Southwest Louisiana five times in NCAA postseason play and has a perfect 5-0 mark against SWLU.

5 MORE STUFF? The Seminoles are 14-1 in regional play in the years in which they have aqdvanced to the College World Series...of the five trips FSU has made to the World Series, two started at Tallahassee regionals...florida State has faced NINE teams in the 2001 NCAA Tournament with five of those teams playing in other Regional action (San Diego State, North Carolina, Tennessee-Chattanooga, Central Michigan and Nebraska)...the Seminoles #16 have a Florida combined record of State 14-5 against (54-10) teams in the 2001 NCAA Tourney...FSU is 7-1 against its regional opponents who have compiled a combined record of this season...florida State is 7-4 versus non-tallahassee Regional opponents who have a combined record of FSU s opponents who have earned an NCAA postseason bid have a combined record of and have won almost 69% of thier games...eventhough FSU has faced 19 different teams in regional play but have never faced Bethune-Cookman...the Seminoles have finished in the top 10 on eleven occassions at the end of regional play...the last time Florida State played in the South Regionals (held in Tallahassee), it finished the season ranked ninth in the country...since 1990, Florida State is in postseason play...in Tallahassee Regional play, FSU has outscored its opponents against other Florida teams in NCAA Postseason play, the Seminoles are 2-0 downing USF on two occassions in 1996 (3-1 and 6-0). beware of dog Of the five teams making the trip to beautiful Tallahassee, FL this weekend, the host Seminoles have only played one in NCAA Postseason competition. FSU has faced UCONN once in College World Series play with the meeting coming in the 1993 World Series. The Huskies downed FSU 2-1 at the 1993 CWS. the one & only Senior Serita Brooks has been a force on the bases for FSU this season. She leads the Seminoles in runs scored and is an amazing 48 for 48 in stolen base attempts. That is an average of 0.77 steals per game and ranks her 11th in the nation in that category. Brooks is also the only member of the top 11 stolen base leaders who will be playing in the NCAA postseason. She is one of only two players amongst the top 20 whpo will be participating in NCAA Regionals this weekend (Natasha Watley of UCLA is the other). by the numbers 2000 Review Overall Record ACC Record/Finish /1st NCAA Tournament Tied/9th Final NFCA Ranking th FSU Athletic Department Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Atlantic Coast Athletics Director Dave Hart Assoc. AD Kim Record Mailing Address P.O. Box 2195 Tallahassee, FL FSU Softball Home Facility Seminole Softball Complex Head Coach Dr. JoAnne Graf Asst Coach Louie Berndt Asst Coach Heather Compton Softball Office (850) FSU By The Numbers Wins by Dr. JoAnne Graf K s by FSU pitchers in RBI in All-Region Selections All-ACC Tournament Selections All-ACC Selections Earned Runs Allowed in ACC Tournament Wins Years Coach Graf has led FSU All-Americans win seasons Academic Honor Roll Selections Number of years in the ACC Longest winning streak in Players on the Dean s list ACC Titles ACC Tournament MVP s Consecutive ACC Titles Team GPA ACC Coach of the Year titles ACC Player of the Year titles ACC Rookie of the Year titles Graf s s rank for wins (active) Team ERA in 2001 FSU NCAA Tourney History By The Numbers Regional Appearances Times FSU faced UCONN Times FSU faced rest of region FSU CWS The Numbers Number of 2001 opponents in CWS CWS appearances 4

6 5 where we rank After six weeks of top 5 rankings for the FSU pitching staff, pitching coach Heather Compton s group reached No. 2 this week as the Seminoles pulled just behind Arizona with a 0.70 team ERA. FSU is currently seventh in the nation in winning percentage (.844) and Florida State currently has the country s eighth best batting average at.305. No. 1 Arizona is the only team in the nation ranked ahead of FSU in all three categories. Thw Wildcats have the nation s top pitching staff (0.64), winning percentage (.934) and batting average (.346). Three FSU pitchers are ranked in the nation s top 16 for ERA this week. Senior Jen White-Stokes has the nation s tenth-best ERA (0.65), junior Leslie Malerich is 12th with an ERA of 0.70 and freshman Jessica van der Linden s ERA of 0.78 ranks 16th.Florida State is the only team in the nation with three top 16 pitchers and no other school has even two top 25 pitchers. Senior All-American Serita Brooks is 11th in the nation in stolen bases with 0.77 swipes per game. senio r leaders Despite the fact the FSU was unable to capture its seventh straight conference title last weekend in Raleigh, NC, don t blame seniors Natalie Bennett, Serita Brooks and Staci Brandon. All three players raised their game to a season high level. Bennett is hitting.267 on the season with no homeruns, 18 RBI and a.342 slugging percentage. At the ACC Tournament,she led the team in hitting (.462), doubles (2) and slugging (.846). She also hit her first home run of the season. Brooks hit 84 percentage points higher (.375) than her season average (.291) and slugged 112 percentage points higher (.500) than her season average (.388). Brandon hit.300 with a double, two RBI, a.400 slugging percentage and a fielding percentage after fielding just.903 for the season seminole softball team 51 Leah Armstrong CF FR L/R Jacksonville, FL 43 Natalie Bennett SS SR R/R Belleville, IL 10/1 Staci Brandon 3B SR R/R Peoria, AZ 2 Becky Brock 3B JR R/R Macclenny, FL 15 Serita Brooks CF SR L/R Cottondale, AL 8 Kimmy Carter C/RF JR R/R Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6 Skyla Cox 2B FR R/R Marietta, GA 32 Stephanie Elowsky SS/DH SR R/R Pensacola, FL 25 Robin Gauger 1B SR R/R St Marks, FL 24 Jackie Hirschfeld 3B JR R/R Tampa, FL 3 Julie Jordan C/RF FR R/R Garden Grove, CA 23 Leslie Malerich P JR R/R Merriville, IN 4 Monique Marier LF/DH JR R/R Tampa, FL 29 Brandi Stuart 2B SO R/R Cerritos, CA 99 Jessica van der Linden P/OF FR L/L Cerritos, CA 9 Elisa Velasco C FR R/R Hesperia, CA 11 Beth Wade 1B FR R/R Colquitt, GA 12 Jennifer White-Stokes P SR R/R Tuttle, OK ncaa leaders Batting 1 * Oli Keohohou, BYU FR Sara Carlson, Villanova SO * Melissa Taylor, Michigan SR Stephanie Dallmann, Tenn SO * Stacey Nuveman, UCLA JR * Kelly Kretschman, Ala SR Nicki Robbins, Army JR * Lauren Bauer, Arizona SR * Kelli Braitsch, Oklahoma SO Shannon O Bryan, Cam. FR.440 RBI per game 1 * Alana Addison, ULL JR * Toni Mascarenas, AZ SR * Stacey Nuveman, UCLA JR * Ashli Barrett, Oklahoma SR * Tairia Mims, UCLA SO Tomeda Barry, Miss Val. SR Melissa Stahnke, Utah FR Shannon O Bryan, Cam. FR * Oli Keohohou, BYU FR * Jackie McClain, Alabama FR 1.02 ERA 1 * Jennie Finch, AZ JR * Kristin Schmidt, ND FR * Dana Sorensen, Stanford SO * Nicole Myers, FAU JR * Amanda Freed, UCLA JR * Jessica Chase, STSU JR Robyn King, Boston U. SR * Britni Snead, LSU JR Brianne Galicinao, Princeton JR * Jen White-Stokes, FSU SR 0.65 *NCAA Tournament participant 2 Becky Brock 3 Julie Jordan 4 Monique Marier 6 Skyla Cox 8 Kimmy Carter 9 Elisa Velasco 10/1 Staci Brandon 11 Beth Wade 12 Jennifer White-Stokes 15 Serita Brooks 23 Leslie Malerich 24 Jackie Hirschfeld 25 Robin Gauger 29 Brandi Stuart 32 Stephanie Elowsky 43 Natalie Bennett 51 Leah Armstrong 99 Jessica van der Linden Pronunciations LEE-uh Armstrong MO-nique MARY-air E-lisa Velasco Leslie Mal-uh-rich Robin GAH-ger Asst Coach Louie BURNT