2011 Women's College World Series: Difference between revisions

The 2011 Women's College World Series will be held from June 2 through June 8, 2011 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Eight NCAA Division I college softball teams who advanced through a 64-team bracket will play in the World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. The official host for the event is the University of Oklahoma. Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Mary Smith, and Holly Rowe will serve as announcers for the Tournament.

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	WCWS Appearances (including 2011 WCWS)	WCWS Best Finish	WCWS W-L Record (excluding 2011 WCWS)
Alabama	Southeastern	51-9 (19-6)	Patrick Murphy	7 (last: 2009)	3rd (2008, 2009)	6-12
Arizona State	Pacific-10	55-6 (17-4)	Clint Myers	9 (last: 2009)	1st (2008)	11-14
Baylor	Big 12	45-13 (11-7)	Glenn Moore	2 (last: 2007)	5th (2007)	1-2
California	Pacific-10	44-11 (15-6)	Diane Ninemire	11 (last: 2005)	1st (2002)	18-17
Florida	Southeastern	52-10 (21-7)	Tim Walton	4 (last: 2010)	2nd (2009)	7-6
Missouri	Big 12	51-8 (15-3)	Ehren Earleywine	6 (last: 2010)	5th (1991)	1-10
Oklahoma	Big 12	43-17 (10-8)	Patty Gasso	6 (last: 2004)	1st (2000)	7-8
Oklahoma State	Big 12	42-17 (8-10)	Rich Wieligman	7 (last: 1998)	3rd (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994)	11-12

• Oklahoma and Oklahoma State both advanced to the Women's College World Series, held in Oklahoma, for the first time ever.

All times are Central Time Zone Template:CWSBracket

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Attendance	Notes
June 2, 2011	Game 1	Alabama	1–0	California	7,280	Alabama's first WCWS opening round win; Kelsi Dunne struck out 11 Bear batters
	Game 2	Baylor	1–0 (8 inn)	Oklahoma State		Kelsi Kettler hit a walk-off HR for Baylor; Whitney Canion struck out ten Cowgirl batters
	Game 3	Arizona State	3–1	Oklahoma	8,152	Katelyn Boyd hit a HR for ASU
	Game 4	Florida	6–2	Missouri		Michelle Moultrie and Megan Bush hit HRs for Florida
June 3, 2011	Game 5	Alabama	3–0	Baylor	8,672	Alabama has held opponents scoreless for 30 1/3 straight innings
	Game 6	Arizona State	6–5	Florida		Mandy Urfer and Annie Lockwood hit HRs for ASU; Tiffany Defelice and Moultrie hit HRs for Florida; Lockwood hit walk-off bases loaded infield single; Dallas Escobedo struck out 12 Gator batters
June 4, 2011	Game 7	California	6–2	Oklahoma State	8,161	Elia Reid hit HR and Ashley Decker hit 3-RBI triple for California
	Game 8	Missouri	4–1	Oklahoma		Dani Dobbs hit 7th-inning HR for OK's lone run
	Game 9	Florida	5–2	California	8,477	Aja Peculba singled to score Megan Bush in the third inning to collect the game-winning RBI
	Game 10	Baylor	1–0 (13 inn)	Missouri		Holly Holl hit a walk-off HR for Baylor; Chelsea Thomas struck out 19 Tiger batters; pitchers combined to throw 367 total pitches
June 5, 2011	Game 11	Florida	16–2 (5 inn)	Alabama		Jazlyn Lunceford hit a HR for Alabama; Ensley Gammel, Cheyenne Coyle, and Moultrie hit HRs, and Brittany Schutte hit GS for Florida; Florida scored inning-record 11 runs in first; Florida collected single-game record 15 RBI
	Game 12	Arizona St.	4–0	Baylor		Urfer hit a HR for ASU
	Game 13	Florida	9–2	Alabama		Kelsey Bruder, Peculba, and Schutte hit HRs for Florida
June 6, 2011	Finals Game 1	Arizona St.	14–4	Florida		Sam Parlich and Lockwood hit HRs and Krista Donnenwirth hit 2 HRs for ASU; Bruder, Coyle, and Moultrie hit HRs for Florida; first Series Championship game with two freshmen starting pitchers (Dallas Escobedo v. Hannah Rogers)
June 7, 2011	Finals Game 2	Arizona St.	7–2	Florida		Lockwood hit a HR for ASU

Place	School	WCWS Record
1st	ASU	5-0
2nd	Florida	4-3
3rd	Alabama	2-2
	Baylor	2-2
5th	Missouri	1-2
	California	1-2
7th	Oklahoma	0-2
	Oklahoma State	0-2

• Runs, game (team), 16 - tied with UCLA (3 June 2010)

In Game 11, Florida scored 16 runs against Alabama

• Runs, inning (team), 11 - new record, surpassing former record of 9 (UCLA, 24 May 1992)

In Game 11, Florida scored 11 runs in the first inning of a 16-2 victory over Alabama

• Runs, Series (team), 45 - new record, surpassing former record of 31 (UCLA in 1992)

In Game 11, Florida scored its 32nd run of the Series in a 16-2 victory over Alabama

• RBI, game (team), 15 - new record, surpassing former record of 11 (Arizona, 25 May 1989; ASU, 3 June 2008)

In Game 11, Florida batted in 15 runs in 16-2 victory over Alabama

• Margin of victory, 14 runs - tied with Alabama (30 May 2009)
• Home runs, game (team), 4 - tied with Georgia (30 May 2009) and UCLA (8 June 2010)

Game 11, Michelle Moultrie, Brittany Schutte, Ensley Gammel, and Cheyenne Coyle hit home runs for the Florida Gators

In Game 14, Sam Parlich and Annie Lockwood hit home runs and Krista Donnenwirth hit two home runs for the ASU Sun Devils

• Home runs, game (individual), 2 - tied with Gutierrez (UCLA, 1992), Collins (Arizona, 1999), Enea (Florida, 2008), Harrison (UCLA, 2010), Schutte (Florida, 2010), Langenfeld (UCLA, 2010), & Chambers (Arizona, 2010)

In Game 14, Krista Donnenwirth hit two home runs in ASU's 14-4 win over Florida

• Home runs, Series (individual), 4 - tied with Megan Langenfeld, Andrea Harrison, and Stacie Chambers (2010)

Michelle Moultrie hit home runs in Game 4, Game 6, Game 11, and Game 14

• Home runs, Series (team), 14 by Florida - tied with UCLA (2010)

Michelle Moultrie hit Florida's 14th home run of the Series in Game 14

• Hits, Series (individual), 13 - tied

Michelle Moultrie collected her 13th hit with a leadoff double in Game 15

• Home runs (total), 7 - tied with UCLA & Arizona (8 June 2010)

In Game 14, ASU hit four home runs and Florida hit three

• Total bases, game (individual), 8 - tied

In Game 14, Krista Donnenwirth went 2-for-4 with two home runs

• Total bases, game (team), 26 - new record, surpassing former record of 20 (UCLA, 24 May 1992; Arizona, 26 May 1996; Northwestern, 1 June 2006)

In Game 14, ASU collected eight singles, a double, and four home runs

• Total bases, game (both teams), 41 - new record

In Game 14, Florida collected one single, one double, and three home runs in addition to ASU's 26 total bases

Dallas Escobedo and Michelle Moultrie won co-MVP honors. Moultrie batted .542, going 13-for-24 with four home runs and seven RBI; Escobedo pitched 35 innings, surrendering 12 earned runs on 27 hits and 19 walks while striking out 38 to become the first freshman to win the WCWS since 1990.

• 2011 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
• 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide softball season

• Official Women's College World Series web site
• Official NCAA Softball web site at NCAA.com