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SENIOR KELSEY RIFFEL HEAD COACH JESS DANNELLY SENIOR BRITTANY BIRNBAUM F OUR NCAA T OURNAMENT A PPEARANCES F IVE B IG S OUTH C ONFERENCE C HAMPIONSHIPS 2009 S OFTBALL G UIDE

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SENIOR KELSEY RIFFEL • HEAD COACH JESS DANNELLY SENIOR BRITTANY BIRNBAUM

FOUR NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES

FIVE BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

2009 SOFTBALL GUIDE

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Day Date Opponent Time

Fri. Feb. 13 vs. South Alabama # 10:15 a.m.

vs. Florida # 7:15 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 14 vs. South Alabama # 5 p.m.

vs. Georgia Tech # 7:15 p.m.

Sun. Feb. 15 vs. Florida Atlantic # 12:15 p.m.

Fri. Feb. 20 VIRGINIA TECH % 2 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 21 MAINE % 2 p.m.

APPALACHIAN STATE % 4:30 p.m.

Sun. Feb. 22 WESTERN CAROLINA % 11:30 a.m.

VIRGINIA TECH % 2 p.m.

Fri. Feb. 27 vs. Marist ^ 1:15 p.m.

at Jacksonville^ 3:30 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 28 vs. Marist ^ 10 a.m.

vs. Vermont ^ 12:15 p.m.

Sun. March 1 at Jacksonville ^ 11:45 a.m.

Tue. March 3 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 4 p.m.

Sat. March 7 EAST TENNESSEE STATE (DH) 2 p.m.

Tue. March 10 MONMOUTH (DH) 1 p.m.

Wed. March 11 USC UPSTATE (DH) 3 p.m.

Fri. March 13 MICHIGAN STATE @ 1:30 p.m.

MISSOURI @ 4 p.m.

Day Date Opponent Time

Sat. March 14 MICHIGAN STATE @ 2:30 p.m.

NORTH CAROLINA @ 5 p.m.

Tue. March 17 LIMESTONE 4 p.m.

Fri. March 20 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* 4 p.m.

Wed. March 25 at Charleston Southern* (DH) 2 p.m.

Wed. April 1 at UNC Wilmington 5 p.m.

Sat. April 4 GARDNER- WEBB* (DH) 2 p.m.

Sun. April 5 GARDNER- WEBB* 1 p.m.

Tue. April 7 at South Carolina 5:30 p.m.

Wed. April 8 UNC WILMINGTON 5 p.m.

Sat. April 11 at Radford* (DH) 3 p.m.

Sun. April 12 at Radford* 1 p.m.

Wed. April 15 at College of Charleston 6 p.m.

Sat. April 18 at Presbyterian* (DH) 1 p.m.

Sun. April 19 at Presbyterian* 1 p.m.

Wed. April 22 SOUTH CAROLINA 6 p.m.

Sat. April 25 WINTHROP* (DH) 2 p.m.

Sun. April 26 WINTHROP* 1 p.m.

Fri. May 1 LIBERTY* 6 p.m.

Sat. May 2 LIBERTY* (DH) 1 p.m.

Thu.- May 7- at Big South Tournament

Sat. 10 (Radford, Va.) TBA

Home Games in BOLD CAPS* Big South Conference Game (DH) - Doubleheader# University of Florida – Lipton Invitational (Gainesville, Fla.)

% Kickin’ Chicken Classic (Conway, S.C.)^ Jacksonville Tournament (Jacksonville, Fla.)

@ Coastal Carolina Softball Tournament (Conway, S.C.)

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Coastal Carolina Softball

2009 ROSTER

#1MECAELA BALLARD

OF • Jr.

#2KELSEY RIFFEL

IF/OF • Sr.

#3CASS STUART

OF • So.

#4KATELIN EDWARDS

P •So.

#5BRITTANY BIRNBAUM

IB • Sr.

#6BRITTANY BAILEY

IF • So.

#7SHANNON CONNORS

Util. • Sr.

#8ASHLEY PISONE

OF/C • So.

#9IVY MCCRANIE

P •Fr.

#10ASHLEY FREDERICK

P • Jr.

#11ALYSSA TORNATORE

OF • Jr.

#13SARAH MAPLES

SS • Fr.

#15STACY SNELLINGS

IB •Fr.

#20CACIA PIERRE

C • Fr.

#19ADDIE FREEMAN

Util.•So.

#23MICHELLE EVANS

3B • So.

#24OLIVIA WILLIAMS

Util.• So.

JEN CHAMBERLINASSISTANT

COACH

JESS DANNELLYHEAD COACH

MEGAN MATTHEWS BUNING

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH

#25MORGAN DODD

C/IF •R-Fr.

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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT JESS DANNELLY’S RETIREMENTTeam USA and University of Arizona Head Coach Mike CandreaI have known Jess for a long time and have always enjoyed my time with him, discussing the game and many, many more topics. Jess has done a wonderful job with Coastal Carolina over the years, being able to bring in good talent and making them better. I have always enjoyed his sense of humor and his true passion for the sport and "his" university. Congrats to Jess!

Kennesaw State Head Coach Scott WhitlockJess was one of the pioneers for collegiate softball in the South. His knowledge and his willingness to share it has touched hundreds of players and coaches. The game is better for having had a Jess Dannelly in it. I have great respect for him. Certain relationships are developed over one’s career. I am honored and fortunate to call Jess Dannelly my friend. Over the years, his family and mine have become quite close. His two sons (“Q” and Travis) are like nephews to me; and, his lovely wife, Wendy, is so very special (and a saint)! I’m the oldest of four children, but if I had a big brother, I would want it to be someone like Jess.

Tennessee Co-Head Coach Ralph WeeklyKaren (co-head coach Weekly), Marty (assistant coach McDaniel) and I have known Jess for several years and have always been impressed by his leadership, knowledge and ability to coach the game of softball. He is one of the true pioneers of our sport and a person we respect as both a mentor and friend. We wish him well in his retirement.

Louisiana State Head Coach Yvette GirouardJess Dannelly is one of the true good guys in our world of collegiate softball. An imposing figure on the field, Jess is admired and respected by many in this profession. I will always consider myself lucky to be called his friend and wish he and his family untold happiness in their days ahead with this retirement.

North Carolina Head Coach Donna J. Papa Jess has done an outstanding job as the longtime softball coach at Coastal Carolina. We have played some exciting games over the years as friendly rivals. I have enjoyed his humor and friendship over the years working camps together, attending conventions, and recruiting. He has always had his players best interest at heart and has always fielded top teams and produced some outstanding players in his conference. I wish him well going forward and will miss his many Southern expressions.

Radford Head Coach Mickey DeanCoach Dannelly has done so much for the game of softball and for me personally. It’s funny. I see these items in softball magazines, selling for a lot of money, and I tell people all the time, “Jess Dannelly was making some of these items by hand years before someone else put a patent on them and started to sell them.” That’s what I admire about Jess. It has never been about the money or notoriety. He has always done this for the game and the kids. There are many who will miss Coach Dannelly, especially since he is responsible for getting many of us started. I wish him the best of luck and you may want to let him know that I will still be calling on him for advice.

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12009 COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE

Writing, Design & Layout: Scott Kemps Editing: John Martin, Lindsay Chavez, Kim Warner and Kent Reichert Photography: Bill Edmonds and Judey Johns of the Coastal Carolina University Photography Department, WG Sport Photos, Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce

CREDITS

Quick Facts .................................................................................................... 1Roster .............................................................................................................2Roster Breakdown ......................................................................................... 3Season Outlook ...........................................................................................4-52009 Chanticleers .....................................................................................7-15Head Coach Jess Dannelly ........................................................................... 16Softball Support Staff ................................................................................... 17Assistant Coaches ....................................................................................18-192009 Opponents ....................................................................................20-21Big South Conference ................................................................................. 22All-Time Opponents ....................................................................................232008 Big South Season-In-Review ........................................................24-27Coastal Carolina Record Books ............................................................. 28-30Coastal Carolina Softball: A Tradition of Excellence ................................... 31Coastal Carolina Softball NCAA Appearae ............................................ 32-36All-Time Roster ........................................................................................... 37Year-By-Year Results ..............................................................................38-41Coastal Carolina University .........................................................................42Coastal Carolina Executive Officers ............................................................ 43Myrtle Beach, South Carolina ...................................................................... 44Coastal Carolina Athletic Department ........................................................ 45Coastal Carolina Athletic Facilities .............................................................. 46NCAA Compliance....................................................................................... 47Coastal Carolina Athletic Media Relations .................................................. 48A Tribute to Head Coach Jess Dannelly ...................................................... 49

GENERALInstitution: .................................................................... Coastal Carolina UniversityLocation: ...........................................................................Conway, South CarolinaFounded: .......................................................................................................... 1954Enrollment: ..................................................................................................... 8,100Nickname: ............................................................................................ ChanticleersPronunciation of Nickname: .......................................................... SHON-ti-clearsColors: ........................................................Teal (PMS 322), Bronze (875) & BlackAffiliation:......................................................................................NCAA Division IConference: ...............................................................................................Big SouthPresident (Alma Mater, Year): ...............................David DeCenzo (Maryland ‘79)Athletics Director (Alma Mater, Year): ..........Warren D. Koegel (Penn State, ‘71)Website: ..........................................................................www.GoCCUsports.comField: .............................................. Coastal Carolina Softball Field (Natural Grass)Capacity: ........................................................................................................... 300Dimensions: ............................................................. 200 (LF), 200 (CF), 200 (RF)

COACHING STAFFHead Coach (Alma Mater, Year): ..................... Jess Dannelly (South Carolina, ‘74)Record at Coastal Carolina (Years): ...................................................664-506 (21)Career Record (Years):.....................................................................................SameBig South Record: .........................................................................................167-91Associate Head Coach: ................... Megan Matthews Buning (South Carolina ‘03)Assistant Coach: .......................................Jen Chamberlin (North Carolina St. ‘08Softball Office Phone: ..................................................................... 843-349-2827

TEAM INFORMATION2008 Overall Record: ................................................................................... 20-402008 Big South Record (Finish): ........................................................................6-92008 Big South Tournament Finish: ............................................Lost in semifinalsStarters Returning/Lost: .................................................................................... 6/4Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ........................................................................... 9/4Newcomers: .......................................................................................................... 8

HISTORYFirst Year of Softball (Total): .................................................................. 1984 (23)Overall All-Time Record: ................................................................692-536 (.566)Big South All-Time Record:............................................................. 176-100 (.637)No. of Yrs. in NCAA Tournament/Last: .....................................................4/2006Overall NCAA Tournament Record: ................................................................. 2-8

ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONSMedia Relations Assistant/Softball Contact: .......................................Scott Kemps Phone: ..............................................................................................843-349-2848E-mail Address: ........................................................................ [email protected] Fax: ............................................................................................843-349-2819Mailing Address: ......................................... P.O. Box 261954, Conway, SC 29528

Coastal Carolina University Quick Facts Table of Contents

2009 COASTAL CAROLINA QUICK FACTS

The Chanticleer (SHON-ti-cleer) gives Coastal Carolina University one of the most unique nicknames in all of sports. Chanticleer comes from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and came to Coastal when the University was a member of the University of South Carolina system.

A Chanticleer is a rooster who rules the barnyard with cunning and wit. His competitiveness never wanes as he battles to the end, using his brains to come out on top every time.

What is a Chanticleer?

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2009 CHANTICLEER SOFTBALL

No. Name Pos. B/T Year Ht. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Mecaela Ballard OF L/R Jr. 5-1 Groves, Texas/Port Neches Groves (Galveston JC) 2 Kelsey Riffel 2B/OF R/R Sr. 5-8 Wichita, Kan./Maize 3 Cass Stuart OF L/R So. 5-3 Colville, Wash./Colville 4 Katelin Edwards P R/R So. 5-9 Greer, S.C./Byrnes (Newberry College) 5 Brittany Birnbaum 1B R/R Sr. 5-6 Chino Hills, Calif./Ayala 6 Brittany Bailey UT R/R Jr. 5-4 Nokesville, Va./Brentsville (Shenandoah) 7 Shannon Connors UT R/R Sr. 5-7 Little River, S.C./Brockport (Plattsburg State) 8 Ashley Pisone OF/C R/R So. 5-8 Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area 9 Ivy McCranie P R/R Fr. 5-5 Nashville, Ga./Berrien 10 Ashley Frederick P R/R Jr. 5-8 Lusby, Md./Patuxent 11 Alyssa Tornatore OF R/R Jr. 5-9 Frederick, Md./Tuscarora 13 Sarah Maples SS R/R Fr. 5-5 Pasadena, Texas/Deer Park 15 Stacy Snellings 1B L/L Fr. 5-5 Richmond, Va./Mills E. Godwin 19 Addie Freeman UT L/R So. 5-7 Lubbock, Texas/Coronado (Navarro College) 20 Cacia Pierre C L/L Fr. 6-0 Woodinville, Wash./Woodinville 23 Michelle Evans 3B R/R So. 5-8 Upland, Calif./Upland24 Olivia Williams C/IF R/R So. 5-8 Whiteville, N.C./Whiteville (Greensboro College) 25 Morgan Dodd C/IF R/R R-Fr. 5-6 Chattanooga, Tenn./Girls Preparatory

HEAD COACH: Jess Dannelly (South Carolina ’74), 22nd season ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Megan Matthews Buning (South Carolina ’03), Second seasonASSISTANT COACH: Jen Chamberlin (North Carolina State ’08), First season

SAY WHAT?Mecaela Ballard muh-KAY-luh Ballard Ashley Pisone Ashley pizz-OWN-e Brittany Birnbaum Brittany BURN-baum Kelsey Riffel Kelsey rIFFelCacia Pierre KAY-sha Pierre Alyssa Tornatore TORN-uh-tore

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M. DoddA. Pisone

B. BirnbaumS. Snellings

K. RiffelA. Freeman

S. M

aples

M. D

odd

B. BaileyM. EvansO. Williams

M. B

allard

S. Con

nors

C. Stu

art

M. Ballard A. Tornatore

M. Ballard

S. Connors

A. Pisone

K. EdwardsA. FrederickI. McCranie

*Players are listed in alphabetical order

2009 CHANTICLEER SOFTBALL: ROSTER BREAKDOWN

Chants by State:California 2Georgia 1Kansas 1Maryland 2North Carolina 1Pennsylvania 1South Carolina 2Tennessee 1Texas 3Virginia 2Washington 2

Chants by Class:Seniors 3Juniors 4Sophomores 6Freshman 5

Alphabetical:Brittany BaileyMecaela BallardBrittany BirnbaumShannon ConnorsMorgan DoddKatelin EdwardsMichelle EvansAshley FrederickAddie FreemanSarah MaplesIvy McCranieCacia PierreAshley PisoneKelsey RiffelStacy SnellingsCass StuartAlyssa TornatoreOlivia Williams

Numerical:1. Mecaela Ballard2. Kelsey Riffel3. Cass Stuart4. Katelin Edwards5. Brittany Birnbaum6. Brittany Bailey7. Shannon Connors8. Ashley Pisone9. Ivy McCranie10. Ashley Frederick11. Alyssa Tornatore13. Sarah Maples15. Stacy Snellings19. Addie Freeman20. Cacia Pierre23. Michelle Evans24. Olivia Williams25. Morgan Dodd

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Although the 2009 season will mark the end of an era in Head Coach Jess Dannelly’s 22nd and final year, it could be the start of a new era of high hopes. This seasons Coastal Carolina University softball squad will mix experience, depth, and quality newcomers together in hopes of sending out their longtime head coach with his eighth Big South title. “We’re going to try to win every ballgame, and I’m not going to coach any different, Dannelly said. “Our goal is still going to be to win the conference and advance to regionals, just like any other year,” said Dannelly when asked if he will treat this year any dif-ferently than the others. He added, “Physically, this team is in better shape than any team I’ve ever had.“

This year’s roster is extremely balanced, with a pair of seniors, four juniors, six sopho-mores and five fresh-men. “This team really bought into what they were asked to do in the fall; the hard work, the conditioning, and the team building. They aren’t afraid to get out there and work hard,” Associate Head Coach Megan Matthews Bun-ing said of the teams

hard work during the Fall. “They are starting to un-derstand what it is like to be a team and work togeth-er, not just individuals or separate groups.”Pitching Junior Ashley Frederick returns after leading the team in nearly every major statistical pitching cat-egory for the second time in her career. She accom-plished the feat even after missing nearly half of the season due to injury. “With the depth at pitcher this season, we will have three quality arms,” said Matthews Buning of the pitchers. The quality arms Matthews Buning speaks of along with Frederick are sophomore transfer Katelin Ed-wards and freshman Ivy McCranie. Edwards, a transfer from Newberry College, adds collegiate experience to the staff while McRanie’s best attribute is her ability to mix pitches and change speeds.

Infield Senior first baseman Brittany Birnbaum re-turns for her senior year as the teams leading returning hitter after. A solid 2008 campaign saw her start 60 games, and lead the NCAA in sacrifice hits per game. “She definitely brings a lot of leadership to the in-field, and helps us coach when we’re not out there,” Matthews Buning remarked. “She is a great clutch hit-ter, and with each pitch we can change what we want her to do when it comes to either bunting or hitting away,” said Dannelly. Also joining the fold this season is freshman first base-man Stacy Snel-lings. “Stacy has done an impressive job running the count deep in the fall at the plate,” hitting coach Jen Chamberlin said of the freshman. The rest of the in-field could be a ques-tion mark, as only Birnbaum carries sig-nificant experience as an infielder into the season. “They’re going to have to be physically and mental-ly strong. They’re going to have pressure, and they’re going to have to make the routine plays in the field,” stated Dannelly of his relatively untested infield. At second base, it is senior Kelsey Riffel enters the season with a strong chance to takeover the every-day job. “Kelsey is a very smart player, and when her con-fidence is up, she can hit as well as anyone. We really need her to be consistent this season,” Dannelly said of one of his senior leaders. The Chanticleers will look to freshman Sarah Maples to fill the void at shortstop, while sophomore Michelle Evans will anchor the hot corner after splitting most of last season between pitcher and des-ignated player. “Maples can hit in the three hole for us, and it re-ally depends on how she reacts to the grind coming in as a freshman,” Dannelly said of his shortstop. “Evans has power against anybody.”

Junior Ashley Frederick

Senior Brittany Birnbaum

2009 SEASON OUTLOOK

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Catcher Redshirt-freshman Morgan Dodd and Ashley Pisone will add stability behind the plate this season. Transfer Olivia Williams, who played last season at Greensboro College, brings experience as well as a “great attitude” to the fold. “Morgan can give us some power and consistency. Ashley caught the entire season last year, and her ex-perience will be invaluable this year,” said Matthews- Buning of her backstops. Freshman Cacia Pierre will take a medical red-shirt this season after injuring her leg in spring prac-tice.Outfield The outfield should be a strong point for the Chants this season, as juniors Alyssa Tornatore and Mecaela Ballard return after seeing significant time in center and left field, respectively, a year ago. “Mecaela and Alyssa have really improved in making the tough plays last season,” said Dannelly. With Mecaela, offensively, she will be the table setter whether she is batting leadoff or in the nine spot,” said

Dannelly. Last season’s starting catcher, sophomore Pi-sone will move back to more natural position in right field after starting 55 contests behind the dish in 2008. Sophomore Cass Stu-art, who has battled in-juries throughout her short career in teal and black, could see action in left field, and according to Dannelly is “the most

aggressive baserunner” on this season’s roster. Senior Shannon Connors could see action at any of the three spots, while another transfer Brittany Bailey could see time in the outfield or at third base, and also runs well.Coaches With the announcement of Dannelly’s retirement following this season, Matthews Buning was promot-ed to Associate Head Coach and will take on more of the day-to-day operations for this year’s program. Matthews Buning enters her second season with the program after serving as an assistant on last year’s squad. The former South Carolina All-American

pitcher will continue to serve as pitching coach as well as working with the outfielders and catchers. New to the program this season is Chamberlin, who joins the Chanticleers after wrapping up a solid collegiate career for North Carolina State in 2007. A three-time All-ACC honoree at third base, she will work primarily with the hitters and infielders.Schedule The schedule is highlighted by four teams that fin-ished last season ranked in the 2008 National Fast-pitch Coaches Association Top 25 Final Poll in Florida (No. 3) and Virginia Tech (No. 8), both of whom made it to the College World Series a year ago. Missouri (No. 19) and North Carolina (No. 20) were also con-sistently ranked in the top 25 all season. Also on the slate are three contests with Big South Conference foe Winthrop, who finished just outside last season’s top 25 and represented the league in the NCAA Cham-pionship. Overall, the Chants will take on six NCAA Tournament qualifiers from a year ago. “This year’s schedule is filled with quality op-ponents, but our success will be determined by how quickly our younger players grow up,” Dannelly said of his squad that will feature 13 underclassmen. “Their success will really play a big role in how far we go this year.” The Chanticleers will be tested right away, as they travel to the University of Florida/Lipton Invitational to open the season on Feb. 13-15. The squad will take on two 2008 NCAA Tournament qualifiers in Florida and Georgia Tech. Following the Lipton Invitational, Coastal Carolina will return home to host the Kickin’ Chicken Classic, Feb. 20-22, and will take on Virginia Tech, Maine, Appalachian State and Western Carolina. Following the Kickin’ Chicken Classic. the squad will take part in the Jacksonville University Tournament, squaring off against Marist, Jacksonville and Vermont, Feb. 27-29. Coastal Carolina will also host the Coastal Caroli-na University Softball Tournament, March 13-15, and will play Missouri, Michigan State and North Caro-lina. Big South Conference play begins on April 4-5, as the Chants will host Gardner-Webb in a three-game series. Dannelly’s squad is slated to host Big South schools Winthrop, Charleston Southern, and Liberty, while traveling to Radford and Presbyterian. The 2009 Big South Tournament is set for May 7-10, hosted by Radford in Radford, Va.

Junior Mecaela Ballard

2009 SEASON OUTLOOK

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Wishesthe Chanticleers

A Great 2009 Season

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2008: Ranked No. 2 in the NCAA in sacrifice hits per game (.45)… Ended season with 27 sacrifices in 60 games, ranking third in Coastal Carolina’s single-season record books…. Was second on squad with 43 hits and 18 RBI… Finished third on the team in batting (.272) and total bases (46)… Had four multi-RBI games on the year… Had only six errors in 424 attempts as the teams everyday first baseman (.986 fielding %)… Had at least one hit in 11 of the first 13 games of the season… Had season-high three sacrifices against UNC Wilmington (3/26)… 2007: Played in 42 games earning 39 starts, picking up 17 starts in left field, 13 at designated player, seven at third base and two at first base... Collected 23 hits, nine runs and five RBI... Connected on her first career extra- base hit against Virginia Tech (2/23), a two-run home run to left field... Also homered against Radford (4/7)... Totaled four multi-hit games... Recorded a career-best four game hit streak... Posted a 4-for-6 (.666) day at the plate with two RBI, one run and a home run against Virginia Tech and Illinois State at the NFC Leadoff Classic (2/23)... Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll... 2006: Played in 22 games, earning nine starts with seven at first base and two in left field... Registered first career hit against #6 Alabama (3/4)… Handled all 96 chances in the field without an error, tying a Lady Chanticleer record for fielding percentage in a season... Scored four runs... Recorded one hit and one walk... High School: A four-year varsity letterwinner at Ayala, who helped the team to the Sierra League title during her senior campaign… Three-time First Team All-League Selection… Nominated for “Area Top Talent” and was selected to play in the Inland Valley High School All-Star Game her senior season… Served as the team captain each of her final two years… Runner-up for High School Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year her senior year… Received the CIF Academic Athletic Award in each of her four years… Batted .340 as a junior and .328 as a senior… Played for the Flash D Gold California Lite and TEAMSMITH under Olympic star Julie Smith for club softball… Competed in five national championship tournaments in club softball…

Career BestsHits: .......................2, twelve times (most recent, at Radford, 4-4-08)Runs: ................ 2, twice (most recent College of Charleston 4-2-08)Home runs .........................1, twice (most recent at Radford, 4-7-07)RBI: .... 2, four times (most recent vs. College of Charleston, 4-2-08)Walks: ..................................................... 2, vs. Presbyterian, 3-20-08

Member of the Honor Roll… Personal: Full name: Brittany Ann Birnbaum… Daughter of Mark and Connie Birnbaum… Brother, Stephen, played quarterback at Washington State (1996-99) and professional football in the Arena Football League for the Los Angeles Avengers and the Quad City Steamwheelers… Majoring in health promotion.

Brittany Birnbaum Senior • First Base

5-6 • Bats: R • Throws: R

Chino Hills, California

Ayala

#5MEET THE CHANTICLEERS

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP AVG AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB SO SLG% 2006 22 .050 20 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .0502007 42 .223 103 9 23 5 1 0 2 0 5 17 .2912008 60 .272 158 12 43 18 3 0 0 0 16 21 .291Career 124 .238 281 25 67 23 4 0 2 0 22 45 .274

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2008: Played in all 60 contests… Started 56 games, with 54 starts coming in right field and two in center field… Swiped 10 bases to rank second on the team…. Ranked fourth on the team with 32 hits and 14 RBI… Finished the season third on the squad with 18 runs scored… Nine sacrifice bunts tied for second on the team… Had a 10 game hitting streak that began with her first collegiate home run on 3/29 against Charleston Southern, to 4/9, w/here she hit .468… Recorded a home run and three RBI against Birmingham Southern 3/29… Had three hits against Charleston Southern (4/6)… 2007: Saw action in 35 games earning 17 starts, with 10 starts in right field, five in left field and two as the designated player... Recorded first career hit and RBI in a 2-for-3, two RBI contest against Virginia Tech (2/23)... Recorded a stolen base against both Southern Miss (3/3) and James Madison (3/10)... Knocked in a run against Lehigh (2/24)... Scored two runs against Southern Miss. (3/3)... Earned a place on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll... 2006: Played in 20 games and claimed three starts in left field... Totaled five runs scored and two walks... Stole first career base against #3 Tennessee (2/10)... Scored the game-winning run against #23 Virginia Tech (3/10)... Walked against UNC Wilmington (3/15) and Penn State (3/25)... Finished the season with a .750 fielding percentage... High School: A three-year varsity letterwinner… Named Maize High School’s Female Athlete of the Year after senior campaign… First Team All-State selection as a senior… First Team Ark Valley Chisolm Trail League second baseman during final two seasons… Second Team All-State as a junior… Also a varsity letterwinner in basketball and volleyball… Played club softball for the Wichita Mustang Gold… Member of the National Honor Society, Honor Roll, Student Council, FCA, Teens as Teachers and Wendy’s High School Heisman… Personal: Full name: Kelsey Marie Riffel… Daughter of Scott and Sandy Riffel… Brother, Kyle, played baseball and football at the University of Iowa (2004-08)… Majoring in biology with a minor in business administration.

Career BestsHits: .................................................3, at Charleston Southern, 4-6-08Runs: ..........................2, 4 times (most recent Charleston So. 4-6-08)Home runs .............1, twice (most recent Coll. of Charleston 4-2-08)RBI: ............................................ 3, at Birmingham Southern, 3-29-08Walks: ...........................1, 18 times (most recent, vs. Liberty, 5-9-08)

Kelsey Riffel Senior

Second Base/OutÞ eld

5-8 • Bats: R • Throws: R

Wichita, Kansas

Maize

#22009 CHANTICLEER SOFTBALL

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP AVG AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB SO SLG% 2006 20 .000 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 .0002007 35 .116 43 8 5 3 0 0 0 2 4 12 .1162008 56 .213 150 18 32 13 4 0 2 2 12 33 .280Career 115 .181 204 31 37 16 4 0 2 5 18 54 .230

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2008: Went 9-14 on the season, starting 24 contests and totaling 15 complete games… Struck out 97 batters in 148 innings… Held opposing batters to a .258 batting average… Had two shutouts on the season, the first coming in a 3-0 victory over Hampton on 2/24, and the second coming against Birmingham-Southern on 5/9… Threw best performance of season in a 4-3 victory over Manhattan on 3/16, striking out 12 batters in eight innings for her fourth victory of the season… Tossed 10 innings in a game on two occasions (Maryland (2/16) and USC Upstate (3/12))... Was Chants’ leader in every major pitching category even after missing a month of the season due to injury… 2007: Appeared in 38 games, serving as the starting pitcher in 26 contests... Ranked third in the Big South in saves (three), fourth in innings pitched (189.2), tied for fifth in games started and sixth in ERA (2.66)... Pitched two complete game shutouts and combined on two other shutouts... Threw 20 complete games and recorded 118 strikeouts... Limited opponents to a .267 batting average... Threw a seven-inning complete game shutout against Charleston Southern (3/28) and a five-inning complete game shutout against Stephen F. Austin (3/2)... Registered career-high eight strikeouts in eight innings of work at Liberty (4/27)... Recorded only collegiate at bat against North Carolina State (2/11)... Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll... High School: Had 349 strikeouts in 290 innings while at Patuxent with an ERA of 0.60... Posted 14 wins while playing for the Bayside Blues club team with 196 strikeouts and a 0.40 ERA... As a junior she was named All-Met Honorable Mention by the Washington Post... As a sophomore she was a member of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette All-East Team... Personal: Full name: Ashley Nicolle Frederick... Daughter of Mike and Tamra Frederick... Majoring in finance with a minor in mathematics.

Career BestsInnings Pitched: ... 10, twice (most recent vs. USC-Upstate, 3-12-08)Strikeouts: ................................................. 12, vs. Manhattan, 3-16-08CG Shutout .......................................................vs. Hampton, 2-24-08

Ashley Frederick Junior • Pitcher

5-8 • Bats: R • Throws: R

Lusby, Maryland

Patuxent

#10

2008: Started 53 games on the year, 48 in center field and five in right field… Had six RBI and totaled 25 bases on the season… Had 10-game hitting streak from 3/29 to 4/12, hitting .488 over that span… Had pair of doubles and drove in two runs against Birmingham Southern (3/29)… 2007: Appeared in 18 games, earning one start in center field... Singled to center field for first collegiate hit against Massachusetts (2/25)... Also recorded a hit against James Madison (3/10)... Scored four runs on the season... Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll... High School: Posted a .417 batting average while at Tuscarora... Earned First-Team Monocacy Valley Athletic League honors as a senior and second-team honors as a junior... Helped lead team to 3A Regional Championship... Named First-Team All-Area in the Chesapeake Conference... Also served as captain of volleyball team... Personal: Full Name: Alyssa Nicole Tornatore... Daughter of Carmen Tornatore and Kelly Tornatore-Motino... Majoring in business administration.

Career BestsHits: ................... 2, three times (most recent, vs. Gardner-Webb, 4-8-08)Runs: ......................1, seven times (most recent, vs. Liberty, 4-13-08)RBI: .............................. 1, six times (most recent, vs. Liberty, 5-9-08)Walks: ...................................... 2, vs. Birmingham Southern, 3-29-08

CAREER S

Alyssa Tornatore Junior • OutÞ eld

5-9 • Bats: R • Throws: R

Frederick, Md.

Tuscarora

#11

2009 CHANTICLEER SOFTBALL

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP AVG AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB SO SLG% 2007 18 .222 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .2222008 58 .190 116 3 22 6 3 0 0 0 19 32 .216Career 76 .192 125 7 24 6 3 0 0 0 19 34 .216

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR W-L ERA SV APP GS CG IP H R ER BB SO 2007 12-16 2.66 3 38 26 20 189.2 199 93 72 45 1132008 9-14 2.55 1 29 24 15 148.0 152 87 54 41 97Career 21-30 2.61 4 67 48 35 337.2 351 180 126 86 215

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2008: Started 46 games, 36 in left field, seven in center field and three at designated player…Finished fourth on the team with 17 runs scored… Had 31 hits on the year, ranking fifth on the squad… Was 7-of-8 in stolen base attempts… Had five multi-hit games on the season, including four hits in a doubleheader against Charleston Southern (4/6)… Had perfect fielding percentage, committing zero errors in 53 chances… Prior to Coastal Carolina: Attended Galveston Junior College and helped the Whitecaps to the Region XIV Athletic Conference Championship... High School: Helped the Indians to two district championships and a runner-up finish in the Texas 4-A State Tournament during her sophomore season... Named First Team All-District following her senior season... Selected to the All-Southeast Texas Team... Played summer ball for the Texas Thunder Gold... Personal: Full Name: Mecaela Renee Ballard... Daughter of David and Cherie Guilbeau... Majoring in early childhood education.

Mecaela Ballard Junior • OutÞ eld

5-1 • Bats: L • Throws: R

Groves, Texas

Port Neches Grove

(Galveston JC)

#1

2008: Appeared in 45 games with 39 starts… Started 18 games in the circle for the Chanticleers, and compiled a 3-12 record with a 4.08 ERA… Struck out 80 batters in 113.1 innings, and threw three complete games… Had best outing of the season against UNC Wilmington on 3/26, tossing 6.1 innings, while allowing three earned runs and striking out 10 batters in the no-decision… Also made 14 relief appearances, earning the save in the 6-2 victory over Alabama State on 3/16… Earned first collegiate victory in relief against USC-Upstate (3/12)… Was one of Coastal Carolina’s top hitters, finishing second on the team in home runs with four… Hit first home run of season against College of Charleston on 4/2… Hit a pair of home runs in weekend series against Radford (4/26-27)… Drove in 10 runs on the season, and was third on the squad with a .327 slugging percentage… High School: First Team All-League... Helped the Highlanders to three league champions... Personal: Full Name: Michelle Aryn Evans... Daughter of Wyatte and Carol Evans... Majoring in business administration.

Michelle Evans Sophomore • Third Base

5-8 • Bats: R • Throws: R

Upland, California

Upland

#23

2009 CHANTICLEER SOFTBALL

Career BestsHits: ..... 2, four times (most recent, vs. Charleston Southern, 4-6-08)Runs: ... 2, three times (most recent, vs. UNC Wilmington, 3-26-08)RBI: ...............2, twice (most recent, vs. UNC Wilmington, 3-26-08)Walks: ..................... 1, 12 times (most recent vs N.C. State 4-23-08)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP AVG AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB SO SLG% 2008 46 .223 139 17 31 7 0 0 0 7 12 20 .223Career 46 .223 139 17 31 7 0 0 0 7 12 20 .223

Career BestsHits: ....................... 2, four times (most recent, vs. Radford, 4-27-08)Runs: .................... 1, eight times (most recent, vs. Radford, 4-27-08)RBI: ............................................. 3, vs. College of Charleston, 4-2-08Walks: ..............................................................2, vs. Liberty, 4-12-08

Innings Pitched: ....7, three times (most recent vs. Radford, 4-27-08)Strikeouts: .....................................10, vs. UNC Wilmington, 3-26-08

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP AVG AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB SO SLG% 2008 45 .212 104 8 22 10 0 0 4 0 10 20 .327Career 45 .212 104 8 22 10 0 0 4 0 10 20 .327

YEAR W-L ERA SV APP GS CG IP H R ER BB SO 2008 3-12 4.08 1 32 18 3 113.1 146 80 66 53 80Career 3-12 4.08 1 32 18 3 113.1 146 80 66 53 80

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2008: Appeared in and started all 60 contests as the Chants’ everyday catcher… Ranked fourth on the squad in batting average (.238) and on base percentage (.342)… Was fifth on the team with 11 RBI… Had nine steals on the season, with four coming in a doubleheader against Hampton on 2/24… Had five-multi hit games on the year, along with three multi-RBI games… Had a single, double, and drove in three runs against UNC Wilmington on 3/26… High School: Named to All-Star team by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Tribune Review... Named All-Section as a catcher... Also a letterwinner in both track and basketball... Played summer ball for the West Pennsylvania Gems... Personal: Full Name: Ashley Nicole Pisone... Daughter of Regis and Karen Pisone... Has two brothers... Brother, Neil, played football at Thiel College... Undecided on a major.

Ashley Pisone Sophomore • OutÞ eld

Catcher5-8 • Bats: R • Throws: R Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Greensburg

#8

2008: Played in 11 games with 10 starts split between left field and designated player… Went 1-for-3 with a run scored, RBI, base hit, and stolen base in doubleheader against UNC Wilmington (3/26)… Had three hits, two RBI and a trio of stolen bases on the year… Missed most of the season due to injury… High School: Attended Colville from 2005-07 and Omak from 2003-05... Four-year starter, also earning All-League honors on four occasions… Earned second team All-State honors sophomore, junior and senior year, and was a two-time league MVP... Batted over .500 during her junior season, leading the Indians to a runner-up finish in the State Tournament... Also played volleyball and earned all-league honorable mention honors senior year… Named team MVP in basketball junior and senior years... Played summer ball for the Spokane Sliders… Who’s Who in American High School Students… Earned Student of the Year as well as the History Excellence Award… Personal: Full Name: Cassandra Rae Stuart... Daughter of Scot Stuart and Vanessa Holloman... Father, Scot, played football and baseball at Albion College... Is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation... Majoring in early childhood education.

Cass Stuart Sophomore • OutÞ eld

5-3 • Bats: L • Throws: R

Colville, Washington

Colville

#3

2009 CHANTICLEER SOFTBALL

Career BestsHits: ..... 2, four times (most recent, vs. Charleston Southern, 4-6-08)Runs: ... 2, three times (most recent, vs. UNC Wilmington, 3-26-08)RBI: ...............2, twice (most recent, vs. UNC Wilmington, 3-26-08)Walks: ..................... 1, 12 times (most recent vs N.C. State 4-23-08)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP AVG AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB SO SLG% 2008 46 .223 139 17 31 7 0 0 0 7 12 20 .223Career 46 .223 139 17 31 7 0 0 0 7 12 20 .223

Career BestsHits: ..... 2, four times (most recent, vs. Charleston Southern, 4-6-08)Runs: ... 2, three times (most recent, vs. UNC Wilmington, 3-26-08)RBI: ...............2, twice (most recent, vs. UNC Wilmington, 3-26-08)Walks: ..................... 1, 12 times (most recent vs N.C. State 4-23-08)

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR GP AVG AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB SO SLG% 2008 46 .223 139 17 31 7 0 0 0 7 12 20 .223Career 46 .223 139 17 31 7 0 0 0 7 12 20 .223

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2008: Joined team at midseason mark… Saw action in one contest against North Florida (3/1)… Prior to Coastal Carolina: Attended SUNY-Plattsburgh… Played softball, soccer and ice hockey at Plattsburgh… Earned first team All-SUNYAC honors… Named to All-World Series team in 2007… High School: Attained 11 varsity letters for the Blue Devils in high school career… Earned All-County honors in softball all-four seasons… Earned first varsity letter in softball while in eighth grade… Played varsity ice hockey for four years and varsity soccer for three seasons… Played club ball for the Rochester Lady Lions for four seasons, qualifying for nationals each year… Personal: Full name: Shannon Helen Connors… Daughter of Chuck and Joyce Connors… Majoring in history and education.

2009 CHANTICLEER SOFTBALL

YEAR GP AVG AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB SO SLG% 2008 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Career 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

CAREER STATISTICS

#7Shannon Connors

Senior • Utility

5-7 • Bats: R • Throws: R

Little River, South Carolina

Brockport (N.Y.)

(SUNY-Plattsburgh)

2008: Redshirted due to injury, retaining four years of eligibility… High School: Helped Girls Preparatory to state championship during her senior season and runner-up finishes during her junior and sophomore seasons... Also served as assistant middle school coach... Played summer ball for the Tennessee Raiders, helping the squad qualify for ASA Nationals three consecutive years (2004-06)... Batted .330 and posted a .932 fielding percentage... Personal: Full Name: Morgan Ché Dodd... Daughter of Rob and Jill Kelly... Majoring in biology.

Morgan Dodd Redshirt Freshman

Catcher/InÞ elder

5-6 • Bats: R • Throws: R

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Girls Preparatory

#25

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Katelin Edwards Sophomore • Pitcher

5-9 • Bats: R • Throws: R

Greer, South Carolina

Byrnes

(Newberry College)

Brittany Bailey Junior • Utility

5-4 • Bats: R • Throws: R

Nokesville, Va.

Brentsville

(Shenandoah)

#6

Ivy McCranie Freshman • Pitcher

5-5 • Bats: R • Throws: R

Nashville, Georgia

Berrien

#9

Prior to Coastal Carolina: Attended Newberry College… Went 10-15 with a 2.32 ERA for the Indians, with opposing batters hitting .222 off her… Struck out 139 batters in 151 innings… High School: Played three years of varsity softball for Byrnes High School... Earned All-State honors senior year… Helped guide Byrnes to the 2005 State Championship... 2006 Gatorade Player of the Year... Earned All-Region honors twice… Played club ball for the Carolina Thundercats… Personal: Full name: Erica Katelin Edwards... daughter of Eric and Charlotte Edwards... Will major in physical education.

Prior to Coastal Carolina: Attended Shenanadoah University, playing in the 2007 season… Earned All-USA South Atlantic All-Tournament team honors while playing third base… High School: Two-time All-Region, and three-time All-Northwestern District pitcher… Named Northwestern District Player of the Year and Washington Post All-Met honorable mention senior year… Played club ball for the Manassas Blaze… Honor roll student and Spanish club member… Personal: Full name: Brittany Alexandra Bailey… Daughter of Tom and Kelly Bailey… Majoring in exercise science.

High School: First Team All-State senior year… Region 1-AA Pitcher of the Year… Selected to the North-South All-Star Game… Led the Rebels to state runner-up finish… Holds Berrien record for wins in a season… Named Second Team All-State and First Team All-Region in sophomore and junior seasons… Named Berrien’s most outstanding pitcher every season of high school career... Who’s Who Among American High School Students… Honor Roll student four year… Personal: Full name: Ivy Elizabeth McCranie… Daughter of Mike and Susan McCranie… Will major in biology at Coastal Carolina.

#4

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High School: Three-year letterwinner… Team MVP and captain senior year… Earned First-Team All-22-5A honors in sophomore, junior and senior seasons for the Deer… Named defensive team MVP sophomore year at second base… Played club ball for the Texas Eclipse Gold squad that placed seventh at ASA Gold Nationals, and the Texas Storm-Dixon squad that placed 12th at the 2007 Gold Nationals… Member of National Honor Society, German Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Magna Cum Laud, PALS, Leadership Committee and Presidents Club at Deer Park… Personal: Full name: Sarah Elizabeth Maples… Daughter of Danny and Cindy Maples… Will major in exercise and sports science.

Sarah Maples Freshman • Shortstop

5-5 • Bats: R • Throws: R

Pasadena, Texas

Deer Park

#13

High School: Three-year letterwinner for the Eagles… Named District Player of the Year senior season… Picked up Second Team All-State honors after batting .539 with five home runs, three triples and 11 doubles… … Earned All-3A District honors and All-Region honors junior and senior years… Played club ball for the Richmond Diamonds under Coach Walter Pettus… Also lettered twice in basketball… Personal: Full name: Stacy Marie Snellings… Daughter of Neil and Debra Snellings… Brother Brian played baseball at Randolph-Macon College… Undecided on a major.

Stacy Snellings Freshman • First Base

5-5 • Bats: L • Throws: L

Richmond, Virginia

Mills E. Godwin

#15

Will redshirt season after suffering injury in spring practice... High School: Three-year letterwinner… Two-time 4A All-Kingco First Team… Earned Silver Bat award, as well as team MVP senior season… Earned team Golden Glove award junior year… Helped lead the Falcons to three Kingco League Championships, and ranked fifth in the state junior year and third her sophomore year… Personal: Full name: Rhacacia McKinsey Pierre… Daughter of Anthoney and Natalie Pierre… Will major in exercise and sport science.

Cacia Pierre Freshman • Catcher

6-0 • Bats: L • Throws: L

Woodinville, Washington

Woodinville

#20

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Prior to Coastal Carolina: Attended Greensboro College... Named to USAS All-Academic Team… Hit .566 in USA South Conference Tournament, going 5-for-9 with a pair of doubles and an RBI… High School: Four-year letterwinner at Whiteville… Earned All-Waccamaw Conference honors, and All-Columbus County accolades in sophomore, junior and senior years… Led team in batting and RBI junior and senior year… Four-year starter in volleyball, earning All-Waccamaw and All-Columbus County honors three years… Played varsity basketball two seasons... National Honor Society member... Salutatorian of Senior Class... Honor Roll member... Personal: Full name: Olivia Rae Williams... Daughter of Jimmy and Amelia Williams... Will major in biology.

Olivia Williams Sophomore

Catcher/InÞ elder

5-8 • Bats: R • Throws: R

Whiteville, North Carolina

Whiteville

(Greensboro College)

#24

Prior to Coastal Carolina: Played at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas for one season after redshirting sophomore year due to injury... High School: Lettered three seasons for Coronado... Named District MVP, First Team All-State and Texas All-Star junior and senior year after batting .449 senior year and .457 junior year... Also pitched for the Mustangs, where she had a 0.97 ERA and 130 strikeouts senior year... Led team to district and regional championship her senior year, and district championship junior year... Also played volleyball, basketball, and ran track in high school... Personal: Full name: Addie Elizabeth Freeman... Daughter of Roger and Sarah Freeman... Brother, Thomas, played baseball at York College... Will major in exercise science.

Addie Freeman Redshirt Sophomore

Utility

5-7 • Bats: L • Throws: R

Lubbock, Texas

Coronado

(Navarro College)

#19

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Jess Dannelly is entering his 22nd and final season at the helm of the Chanticleer softball program and is in his 16th year as Associate Athletic Director of facilities at Coastal Carolina University.

During his tenure, Dannelly has led the Chants to five Big South Conference Tournament championships and trips to the 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2006 NCAA Regionals. With his 654-506 (.563) career record, he is Coastal Carolina’s all-time winningest coach in any sport and ranks 29th among active NCAA softball coaches in victories and 43rd in overall career victories. Dannelly recorded his 600th career victory at Coastal Carolina, April 11, 2005, when the Chanticleers downed Elon.

In addition to the great overall career record, Dannelly has also posted a 167-91 (.647) mark in Big South Conference play. Dannelly has coached 20 Lady Chanticleers to the NCAA All-Region team, 92 players on Big South All-Conference team and 63 players on Big South All-Tournament teams.

Dannelly’s squads have also achieved high marks in the classroom during his tenure. Since 2001, Coastal Carolina has had five student-athletes named to various academic all-district squads. In 2006, Meagen Johnson was named to the ESPN The Magazine First Team Academic All-American University softball team with a 3.86 GPA. In 2001, the Chants ranked fifth in the nation with a 3.37 GPA. Last season, Coastal Carolina sported a solid 3.314 cumulative GPA, ranking them as one of the top academic squads in the country.

During his career, Dannelly has been named the Big South Conference Coach of the Year seven times and had the NFCA Regional Coaching Staff of the Year in 2000. In addition to the 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2006 NCAA Tournament teams, Coastal Carolina’s 1994 team is known as perhaps the best team to have ever played in the Big South Conference. That team posted a 44-15 record on the season and broke or tied 54 individual or team records and sported the NCAA Academic Athlete of the Year, the Big South Conference Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, four All-Conference players and three NCAA All-South Region players. Sara Graziano, who went on to star with several teams in the Women’s Professional Softball League, also played on the record-setting 1994 squad.

In 1998, Coastal Carolina earned its first trip to an NCAA Regional by sweeping through the Big South Conference Tournament and then defeating Florida A&M in consecutive extra-inning games in the best-of-three play-in series. The Chants were two and out in the NCAA Regional in Lincoln, Nebraska, falling to the fifth-ranked Cornhuskers and Oregon.

The 2001 squad was historic as well. That season not only saw Dannelly reach the 400-win plateau, but it also saw the Lady Chanticleers win the program’s third Big South Conference title and advance to its second NCAA Regional. The Chants also became the first female team in any sport in the Big South Conference to earn a victory in an NCAA Championship event. Coastal Carolina traveled to the NCAA Region 5 tournament in Tempe, Arizona, and eliminated #21 Florida Atlantic and Penn State before Arizona State scored a 2-1 come-from-behind victory to end the Lady Chants season. The run at the NCAA Regional gained the Coastal Carolina program national attention and a ranking of 29th in the nation in the final NFCA poll.

Dannelly’s 2001 squad rolled off three consecutive victories, outscoring the opposition 21-6, at the Big South Championship to return to the NCAA Regionals for the third time in four years. After making the cross-country trek to Los Angeles, Calif., the Chants fell to second-ranked UCLA and lost a heartbreaker to #17 Fresno State.

In 2006, Coastal Carolina racked up its fifth Big South Tournament title powered by pitcher Christine Doyle, who didn’t allow an earned run in 18 innings of the tournament. The squad traveled to Athens, Ga., for the NCAA Regionals, falling to Florida State and Georgia Southern.

Dannelly first came to Conway in 1984 as an assistant baseball coach on then-head coach Bobby Richardson’s staff. Following the 1984 season, he left the program to coach high school baseball for one season, but returned to resume his assistant coaching duties with the baseball team prior to the 1986 season. He held that position until 1988, when he accepted the head coaching position of the Chanticleers’ softball program.

Dannelly attended USC-Salkehatchie from 1970 to 1972 and graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in health and physical education. He returned to USC-Salkehatchie as the head baseball coach in 1975 and posted a 273-214 (.561) record over nine seasons.

He and his wife, Wendy, live in Conway and have two sons, McKewn and Travis.

Jess Dannelly Head Coach22nd Season

South Carolina, ‘74

Jess Dannelly Year-By-Year Results Overall BSC BSC Season Record Record Finish Highlights 1988 28-22 7-3 2nd - 1989 17-19 2-6 4th BSC Coach of the Year 1990 34-21 15-3 1st BSC Regular Season Champion 1991 41-21 13-3 2nd BSC Coach of the Year 1992 38-25 13-3 1st BSC Coach of the Year, BSC Regular Season Champion, BSC Tournament Champion, National Invitation Championship 1993 36-14 7-3 2nd - 1994 44-15 11-3 2nd BSC Coach of the Year, School record 44 victories 1995 31-28 6-8 5th - 1996 34-23 10-6 3rd 300th career win; vs. Radford, April 19 1997 29-30 10-6 4th - 1998 34-25 11-5 3rd BSC Tournament Champion, NCAA Regional 1999 29-25 8-6 4th - 2000 37-28 8-2 2nd BSC Coach of the Year, BSC Tournament Champion, NCAA Regional 2001 27-23 8-2 1st BSC Regular Season Champion, BSC Tournament Champion, NCAA Regional 2002 28-20 8-2 1st BSC Regular Season Champion 2003 36-17 8-2 1st BSC Coach of the Year, BSC Regular Season Champion 2004 27-29 6-6 4th - 2005 24-25 6-6 4th - 2006 38-22 10-2 1st BSC Coach of the Year, BSC Regular Season Champion, BSC Tournament Champion, NCAA Regional, 600th career win; vs. Elon, April 11 2007 22-34 7-8 4th - 2008 20-40 6-9 3rd - 21 years 654-506 167-91 7 BSC Coach of the Year Awards (.563) (.647) 6 BSC Regular Season Titles 5 BSC Tournament Championships 4 NCAA Regional Appearances

HEAD COACH JESS DANNELLY

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Brian Gabriel is in his third year at Coastal Carolina University as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach.

Certified by the National Strength & Conditioning Association, Gabriel arrived in Fall 2006 from Columbia University, where he had been the assistant strength coach and director of football strength and performance for four years. There he developed and implemented a comprehensive strength and speed program for individual teams, concentrating on position-specific athletes.

Prior to his time at Columbia, Gabriel had spent one year at Trinity (Texas) University as the head strength and conditioning coordinator, as well as one year in the same position with the Detroit

Dogs of the American Basketball Association, who won the ABA’s World Championship that year.Also while at Columbia, Gabriel earned his master’s degree in biobehavioral science-physical education in 2006. He started his

collegiate career at University of Incarnate Word, where he obtained a bachelor’s in psychology with a minor in sociology.Gabriel, his wife Guadalupe, and son Zion reside in Myrtle Beach.

Brian GabrielHead Strength & Conditioning Coach

Third SeasonIncarnate Word, ‘02

Greg Smith is in his first year as an athletic training intern at Coastal Carolina. He will work with the softball team on a daily basis this spring after assisting with the football and soccer teams in the fall.

Smith earned his Master’s of Science in kinesiology with a concentration in athletic training from the University of Arkansas in May of 2008. He earned his Bachelor of Science in pre-physical therapy from Lander University in May of 2006.

Smith also played collegiate baseball at Labette Community College in Parsons, Kan. and at Lander, earning All-Conference honors twice at Labette and once for the Bearcats.

While with the Razorbacks, Smith served as a student athletic trainer, working with the 2006 SEC Western Division Champion football team, as well as the women’s soccer and men’s track and field teams. During his time in Fayetteville, Smith also assisted at nearby Har-Ber High School in Springdale.

Smith is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, the Arkansas Athletic Trainers Association, and the Razorback Athletic Trainers Association.

He resides in Myrtle Beach.

Greg SmithAthletic Trainer

First Season Lander, ‘06

Scott Kemps is in his first year as media relations assistant at Coastal Carolina University, with primary responsibilities for men’s soccer, women’s track and cross country, and softball.

Kemps joined the staff from Kutztown University, where he was the primary contact for the women’s lacrosse team, while assisting with the nationally-ranked baseball and softball squads.

A 2007 graduate of Lock Haven University with a degree in mass communications, Kemps served as an assistant contact for the 2006 NCAA Division II National Championship softball team, as well as the radio broadcaster at the 2006 Division II Softball Championships in Akron, Ohio.

While at the Haven, he also worked alongside the nationally-ranked men’s soccer, wrestling and women’s lacrosse squads, and assisted on game-day duties for field hockey, football and basketball. Kemps stayed active as a four-year starter on the club lacrosse team, and served as the team’s vice president for three seasons.

Kemps resides in Myrtle Beach.

Scott Kemps Athletic Media Relations Contact

First Season Lock Haven, ‘07

SOFTBALL SUPPORT STAFF

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Megan Matthews Buning is in her second season as a coach for the Coastal Carolina University softball program. An assistant last year, Matthews Buning will serve as associate head coach for the Chanticleers and will continue to work with the pitchers, catchers and outfielders.

Matthews Buning joined the Chanticleer staff after serving as an assistant coach at Florida State from 2004-2007. During her three seasons at FSU, Matthews Buning helped the Seminoles to three

consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the NCAA Super Regional in 2005. She guided Seminole pitchers to FSU and ACC records and numerous accolades, including the ACC Rookie of the Year in Tiffany McDonald in 2004.

The Greer, S.C. native joined the FSU staff after wrapping up a phenomenal career as a pitcher for the University of South Carolina. She set school records for strikeouts, complete games, innings pitched and finished one victory shy of the all-time win record. Matthews Buning was named a Third Team All-American in 1999, a three-time All-Southeast Region team member and was a two-time All-Southeastern Conference selection. She finished her career 11th on the NCAA career strikeout list with 1,090, while racking up 101 career wins.

A four-time member of the SEC Honor Roll, Matthews Buning was named USC’s Female Student Athlete of the Year in 2002. The seven-time SEC Pitcher of the Week was also named the SEC Softball Tournament MVP in 2000.

In addition to her playing experience at USC, Matthews Buning spent 2004 as a professional softball player for the New England Riptides, of the National Pro Fastpitch league, who finished runner-up in the NPF Championship Series. In April 2004, she took part in the Olympic Test event for the British National Team and was the winning pitcher for the Gold Medal Game in Athens, Greece. In 2002, she was a silver medalist at the Puerto Rican Olympic Festival and also served as a guest pitcher for the British National Team at the Canada Cup in Vancouver.

Matthews Buning received her Bachelor of Science degree in exercise physiology with a concentration in motor development and a cognate in athletic training from USC in 2003. In August of 2008, Matthews Buning received her masters degree in sports psychology from FSU.

The former Megan Matthews, she married Shaun Buning in 2003. The couple resides in Myrtle Beach, and are expecting their first child, a baby girl, in June.

Megan Matthews BuningAssociate Head Coach

Second Season South Carolina, ‘03

Jen Chamberlin Assistant Coach

First Season North Carolina State, ‘07

ASSISTANT COACHES

Jen Chamberlin is entering her first season as an assistant coach for the Coastal Carolina University softball program. Chamberlin joins a staff that includes long-time Head Coach Jess Dannelly and newly named Associate Head Coach Megan Matthews Buning. Chamberlin’s responsibilities will lie in working with the hitters and infielders.

Chamberlin most recently was a student assistant at North Carolina State University for the Wolfpack’s 2008 season, where she assisted hitting and infield.

Prior to joining N.C. State as a student assistant, Chamberlin was a standout player for the Wolfpack, starting all four seasons. She was a three-time Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) All-Conference squad honoree, and was a 2007 All-Region performer. The San Leandro, California native wrapped up her career with a .304 batting average, 225 hits, 49 home runs and 155 RBI. Chamberlin also brings professional experience to the table, as she played the 2007 season for the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) Champion Washington Glory. As a member of the Glory, she was teammates with 2008 Olympian and 2007 USA Collegiate Softball Player of the Year Monica Abbott.

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Assistant Coach Jen Chamberlin

Atlantic Coastal Conference and N.C. State Career home run leader (49)•

Four-year letterwinner for the North Carolina St. Wolfpack•

NFCA First Team All-Region (2007)•

First team All-Atlantic Coast Conference • (2005, 2007)

Second team All- ACC (2006)•

Holds school records in games played (258), • RBI (155), total bases (407) and walks (103)

Played professional softball for the 2007 • National Pro Fastpitch Champion Washington Glory

All-American pitcher for the South Carolina Gamecocks (1999)•

Three-time All-Southeast Region Team member•

Two-Time All-Southeastern • Conference selection

2002 SEC Tournament MVP•

Ranks No. 2 in SEC history in career-• complete games (122), appearances (194), No. 4 in strikeouts (1,090) and No. 5 in wins (101)

Named 2002 South Carolina Female • Student Athlete of the Year, as well as a four-time member of the SEC All-Academic Team

Guest player for the British National • Team in Olympic test event, and was winning pitcher for the Gold Medal game in Athens, Greece

Associate Head Coach Megan Matthews Buning

ASSISTANT COACHES: THE PLAYING DAYS

Matthews Buning during her days as a Gamecock

Chamberlin blasts another home run for the Wolfpack

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2009 OPPONENTS

Charleston Southern BuccaneersLocation: North Charleston, S.C.Enrollment: 3,201Colors: Navy Blue & Old GoldConference: Big SouthAthletic Director: Hank SmallSoftball S.I.D.: Ryan BurnsS.I.D. Phone: 843-863-7688S.I.D. Fax: 843-863-7676S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Buccaneer FieldSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads 46-19Head Coach: Shane WinklerAssistant: Kim Martin2008 Record (Conf): 18-41 (2-13)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/8Starters Returning/Lost: 6/6Newcomers: n/aWeb site: www.csusports.com

Appalachian State MountaineersLocation: Boone, N.C.Enrollment: 16,600Colors: Black & GoldConference: SouthernAthletic Director: Charlie CobbSoftball S.I.D.: Courtney BurchettS.I.D. Phone: 823-262-7166S.I.D. Fax: 823-262-6106S.I.D.E-mail:[email protected]

Home Field: ASU Softball StadiumSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads 6-1Head Coach: Amy HerringtonAssts.: Beth Wade, Jonathan Woodard2008 Record (Conf): 11-37 (6-10)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/4Starters Returning/Lost: 6/2Newcomers: 8Web site: www.goasusports.com

Michigan State SpartansLocation: East Lansing, Mich.Enrollment: 46,045Colors: Green & WhiteConference: Big TenAthletic Director: Mark HollisSoftball S.I.D.: Sarah DullS.I.D. Phone: 517-355-2271S.I.D. Fax: 517-353-9636S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Old College FieldSeries Record: MSU leads 2-1Head Coach: Jacquie JosephAssts.: Kathryn Gleason, Jessica Bograkos2008 Record (Conf): 27-29 (8-12)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/9Starters Returning/Lost: 6/3Newcomers: 7Web site: www.msuspartans.com

Marist Red FoxesLocation: Poughkeepsie, N.Y.Enrollment: 4,256Colors: Red & WhiteConference: Metro AtlanticAthletic Director: Dr. Dennis J. MurraySoftball S.I.D.: Andy AlongiS.I.D. Phone: 845-575-3699S.I.D. Fax: 845-471-0466S.I.D. E-mail: andrew.alongi.marist.edu

Home Field: Gartland FieldSeries Record: First MeetingHead Coach: Joe AusanioAssts.: Chrystine McHugh, Tara DiMaggio2008 Record (Conf): 24-30 (10-10)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/6Starters Returning/Lost: 8/4Newcomers: 5Web site: www.GoRedFoxes.com

Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsLocation: Atlanta, Ga.Enrollment: 19,393Colors: Old Gold & WhiteConference: Atlantic CoastAthletic Director: Dan RadakovichSoftball S.I.D.: Seth GerardS.I.D. Phone: 404-894-5467S.I.D. Fax: 404-894-1248S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Glenn FieldSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads 6-3Head Coach: Sharon PerkinsAssts.: Todd Downes, Yolanda McRae2008 Record (Conf): 32-31 (9-11)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/8Starters Returning/Lost: 5/4Newcomers: 6Web site: www.ramblinwreck.com

Gardner-Webb Runnin’ BulldogsLocation: Boiling Springs, N.C.Enrollment: 3,900Colors: Red & BlackConference: Big SouthAthletic Director: Chuck BurchSoftball S.I.D.: Marc RabbS.I.D. Phone: 704-406-4355S.I.D. Fax: 704-406-4739S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Varsity FieldSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads 5-3Head Coach: Tom ColeAssistant: Stacie Reichert2008 Record (Conf): 22-35 (6-16)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/5Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5Newcomers: 7Web site: www.gwusports.com

Maine BearsLocation: Orono, MaineEnrollment: 12,000Colors: Maine Blue, Navy Blue & WhiteConference: America EastAthletic Director: Blake JamesSoftball S.I.D.: Doug DiBiaseS.I.D. Phone: 207-581-3596S.I.D. Fax: 207-581-3297S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Mike Kessock FieldSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads 1-0Head Coach: Deb SmithAssistant: Linnea Utecht2008 Record (Conf): 11-39 (10-11)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 16/0Starters Returning/Lost: 8/0Newcomers: 4Web site: www.GoBlackBears.com

Limestone SaintsLocation: Gaffney, S.C.Enrollment: 750Colors: Blue & GoldConference: Conference CarolinasAthletic Director: Mike CerinoSoftball S.I.D.: Leah GoodeS.I.D. Phone: 864-488-8219S.I.D. Fax: 864-902-0714S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Lady Saints FieldSeries Record: Limestone leads 3-2Head Coach: Jimmy MartinAssts.: Amy Yates, Donnie Elliott2008 Record (Conf): 23-35 (9-11)Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5Newcomers: 3Web site: www.golimestonesaints.com

Liberty Lady FlamesLocation: Lynchburg, Va.Enrollment: 11,311Colors: Red, White & BlueConference: Big SouthAthletic Director: Jeff BarberSoftball S.I.D.: Jennifer SheltonS.I.D. Phone: 434-592-4849S.I.D. Fax: 434-582-2076S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Liberty Softball FieldSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads 22-16Head Coach: Paul WetmoreAssts.: Tuesday Van Engen, Joanna Hardin2008 Record (Conf): 20-40-1 (5-10)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/4Starters Returning/Lost: 6/4Newcomers: 9Web site: www.libertyflames.com

Jacksonville DolphinsLocation: Jacksonville, Fla.Enrollment: 3,436Colors: Green & GoldConference: Atlantic SunAthletic Director: Alan VerlanderSoftball S.I.D.: Joel LampS.I.D. Phone: 904-256-7409S.I.D. Fax: 904-256-7424 S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: JU Softball ComplexSeries Record: Jacksonville leads 3-1Head Coach: Amanda LehotakAssistant.: Ali Higgs2008 Record (Conf): 21-39 (5-17)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/4Starters Returning/Lost: 9/4Newcomers: 4

Florida Atlantic OwlsLocation: Boca Raton, Fla.Enrollment: 26,000Colors: Blue & RedConference: Sun BeltAthletic Director: Craig AngelosSoftball S.I.D.: Katrina McCormackS.I.D. Phone: 561-297-3163S.I.D. Fax: 561-297-3963S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: FAU Softball StadiumSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads 1-0Head Coach: Joan JoyceAssts.: Chan Walker, John Stratton2008 Record (Conf): 35-26 (17-7)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/2Starters Returning/Lost: 6/2Newcomers: 3Web site: www.fausports.com

Florida GatorsLocation: Gainesville, Fla.Enrollment: 51,413Colors: Orange & BlueConference: SoutheasternAthletic Director: Jeremy FoleySoftball S.I.D.: Suzanna OlloveS.I.D. Phone: 352-375-4683 ext. 6128S.I.D. Fax: 352-375-4809S.I.D.E-mail:[email protected]

Home Field: Katie Seashole-Pressly StadiumSeries Record: Florida leads 4-0Head Coach: Tim WaltonAssts.: Jennifer Rocha, Jenny Gladding2008 Record (Conf): 70-5 (27-1)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 17/3Starters Returning/Lost: 8/1Newcomers: 2Web site: www.gatorzone.com

East Tennessee State Lady BucsLocation: Johnson City, Tenn.Enrollment: 13,389Colors: Navy Blue & Old GoldConference: Atlantic SunAthletic Director: Dave MullinsSoftball S.I.D.: Kevin BrownS.I.D. Phone: 423-439-5262S.I.D. Fax: 423-439-6138S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: ETSU Softball StadiumSeries Record: East Tenn. State leads 1-0Head Coach: Andrea MangrumAssts.: Laura Roberts, Ariel Beus, Sarah Totten2008 Record (Conf): 30-33 (10-12)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/2Starters Returning/Lost: 8/2Newcomers: 3Web site: www.etsubucs.com

College of Charleston CougarsLocation: Charleston, S.C.Enrollment: 11,316Colors: Maroon & WhiteConference: SouthernAthletic Director: Joe HullSoftball S.I.D.: Tony CiuffoS.I.D. Phone: 843-953-6720S.I.D. Fax: 843-953-6534S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Patriots Point FieldSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads 36-14Head Coach: Shelly HoernerAssts.: Kathleen Ihlenburg, Sarah Pauly, Jacob Jury2008 Record (Conf): 33-33 (12-8)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/5Starters Returning/Lost: 8/2Newcomers: 7Web site: www.cofcsports.com

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2009 OPPONENTS

Monmouth HawksLocation: West Long Branch, N.J.Enrollment: 4,500Colors: Midnight Blue & WhiteConference: Northeast ConferenceAthletic Director: Dr. Marilyn McNeilSoftball S.I.D.: Chris TobinS.I.D. Phone: 732-263-5180S.I.D. Fax: 732-571-3535S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: MU Softball ParkSeries Record: Tied 1-1Head Coach: Carol SullivanAssistant: Courtney Oliver2008 Record (Conf): 19-22-1 (9-8)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/5Starters Returning/Lost: 7/2Newcomers: 3Web site: www.goMUHawks.com

Missouri TigersLocation: Columbia, Mo.Enrollment: 28,070Colors: Old Gold & BlackConference: Big 12Athletic Director: Michael AldenSoftball S.I.D.: Emily MurrayS.I.D. Phone: 574-884-8519S.I.D. Fax: 573-882-4720S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: University FieldSeries Record: First MeetingHead Coach: Ehren EarleywineAssts.: Melissa Tucci, Mark Redburn2008 Record (Conf): 47-17 (11-6)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/5Starters Returning/Lost: 7/2Newcomers: 4Web site: www.mutigers.com

Winthrop EaglesLocation: Rock Hill, S.C.Enrollment: 6,660Colors: Garnet & GoldConference: Big SouthAthletic Director: Tom HickmanSoftball S.I.D.: Brett ReddenS.I.D. Phone: 803-323-2129S.I.D. Fax: 803-323-2433 S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Terry FieldSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads, 36-28Head Coach: Mark CookeAssts.: Danny Parks, Melisa Basilio2008 Record (Conf): 39-19 (14-1)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/7Starters Returning/Lost: 8/2Newcomers: 6Web site: www.winthropeagles.com

USC Upstate SpartansLocation: Spartanburg, S.C.Enrollment: 5,000Colors: Hunter Green, White & BlackConference: Atlantic SunAthletic Director: Mike HallSoftball S.I.D.: Bill EnglishS.I.D. Phone: 864-503-5129S.I.D. Fax: 864-503-5127S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Cyrill StadiumSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads 3-1Head Coach: Chris HawkinsAssts.: Ciria Ochoa, Bryan Pack2008 Record (Conf): 34-15 (16-6)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/6Starters Returning/Lost: 6/3Newcomers: 8Web site: www.upstatespartans.com

South Carolina GamecocksLocation: Columbia, S.C.Enrollment: 27,390Colors: Garnet & BlackConference: SoutheasternAthletic Director: Eric HymanSoftball S.I.D.: Koby PadgettS.I.D. Phone: 803-777-8017S.I.D. Fax: 803-777-2967S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Beckham FieldSeries Record: USC leads 37-5Head Coach: Joyce ComptonAssts.: Angela Thompson, Adrianna Baggetta 2008 Record (Conf): 21-26 (8-18)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/7Starters Returning/Lost: 6/3Newcomers: 10Web site: www.gamecocksonline.com

UNC Wilmington SeahawksLocation: Wilmington, N.C.Enrollment: 12,500Colors: Teal, Gold & NavyConference: Colonial Athletic AssociationAthletic Director: Kelly MehrtensSoftball S.I.D.: Jarrett AbelsonS.I.D. Phone: 910-962-3252S.I.D. Fax: 910-962-3686S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Boseman FieldSeries Record: Coastal Carolina, 53-19Head Coach: Kelly Van HoutenAssistant.: Linsi Moy2008 Record (Conf): 12-33-1 (3-15)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/7Starters Returning/Lost: 6/6Newcomers: 11Web site: www.uncwsports.com

Western Carolina CatamountsLocation: Cullowhee, N.C.Enrollment: 9,000Colors: Purple & GoldConference: SouthernAthletic Director: Chip SmithSoftball S.I.D.: Denise GideonS.I.D. Phone: 828-227-2336S.I.D. Fax: 828-227-7688S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Catamount Softball ComplexSeries Record: First MeetingHead Coach: Christine HornakAssistant: Jessica Williams2008 Record (Conf): 19-36 (7-14)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/9Starters Returning/Lost: 6/4Newcomers: 6Web site: www.catamountsports.com

Vermont CatamountsLocation: Burlington, Vt.Enrollment: 9,545Colors: Green & GoldConference: America EastAthletic Director: Dr. Robert CorranSoftball S.I.D.: Ben DickieS.I.D. Phone: 802-656-8328S.I.D. Fax: 802-656-8328S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Archie Post FieldSeries Record: Tied 1-1Head Coach: Tarrah BeysterAssistant: Leanne Tillman2008 Record (Conf): 14-27 (7-14)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/6Newcomers: 7Web site: www.uvm.edu/sportspr

Virginia Tech HokiesLocation: Blacksburg, Va.Enrollment: 30,000Colors: Chicago Maroon & Burnt OrangeConference: Atlantic CoastAthletic Director: Jim WeaverSoftball S.I.D.: Bryan JohnstonS.I.D. Phone: 540-231-3387S.I.D. Fax: 540-231-6984S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Tech Softball ParkSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads 5-4Head Coach: Scot ThomasAsst.: Barb Sherwood2008 Record (Conf): 49-19 (16-5)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/5Starters Returning/Lost: 6/2Newcomers: 7Web site: www.hokiesports.com

South Alabama JaguarsLocation: Mobile, Ala.Enrollment: 14,279Colors: Blue, Red & WhiteConference: Sun BeltAthletic Director: Joe GottfriedSoftball S.I.D.: Corinne CalabroS.I.D. Phone: 251-460-6269S.I.D. Fax: 251-460-7297 S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Jaguar Field Series Record: First MeetingHead Coach: Becky ClarkAssts.: Coby Mackin, Jimmy Kolaitis2008 Record (Conf): 22-31 (6-18)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/7Starters Returning/Lost: 4/5Newcomers: 8Web site: www.usajaguars.com

Radford HighlandersLocation: Radford, Va.Enrollment: 9,122Colors: Red & WhiteConference: Big SouthAthletic Director: Robert LineburgSoftball S.I.D.: Brian StanleyS.I.D. Phone: 540-831-5211S.I.D. Fax: 540-831-5556S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Dedmon Center FieldSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads 30-14Head Coach: Mickey DeanAssistant: Katy Lampman2008 Record (Conf): 46-15 (13-2)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/5Starters Returning/Lost: 6/4Newcomers: 6Web site: www.ruhighlanders.com

Presbyterian Blue HoseLocation: Clinton, S.C.Enrollment: 1,200Colors: Garnet & BlueConference: Big SouthAthletic Director: William “Bee” CarltonSoftball S.I.D.: Brent HagerS.I.D. Phone: 864-833-8252S.I.D. Fax: 864-833-8323S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: PC Softball ComplexSeries Record: Coastal Carolina leads 2-0Head Coach: Dave MajeskiAssistant: Annie Voyles2008 Record (Conf): 17-30 (n/a)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/3Starters Returning/Lost: 7/2Newcomers: 2Web site: www.gobluehose.com

North Carolina Tar HeelsLocation: Chapel Hill, N.C.Enrollment: 28,000Colors: Carolina Blue & WhiteConference: Atlantic CoastAthletic Director: Dick BaddourSoftball S.I.D.: Dave SchmidtS.I.D. Phone: 919-962-1160S.I.D. Fax: 919-962-0612S.I.D. E-mail: [email protected]

Home Field: Anderson StadiumSeries Record: UNC leads 19-3 Head Coach: Donna PapaAssts.: Beverly Smith, Janelle Breneman2008 Record (Conf): 50-12-1 (18-2)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/6Starters Returning/Lost: 9/3Newcomers: 5Web site: www.tarheelblue.com

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GEORGE F. “BUDDY” SASSER CUPCoastal Carolina University won the prestigious George F.

“Buddy” Sasser Cup for a record-setting ninth time in 2006-07. The Sasser Cup, named for the former Coastal Carolina Athletic Director and Big South Commissioner, honors the top overall athletic department in the Big South Conference. The award is based on a point system, with points being awarded based upon each school’s finish in each of the 18 league-sponsored sports. The Chanticleers’ nine Sasser Cup awards are the most earned by one school in Big South history. Coastal won the 2006-07 award by capturing Big South titles in football, women’s indoor track, men’s golf, women’s tennis (tournament) and baseball (regular-season and tournament). In addition to the Big South honors, Coastal Carolina was represented in six different NCAA Championships.

life through athletic competition. In addition, Kallander has solidified membership with the addition of High Point in 1999, Virginia Military Institute in 2003 and future members Gardner-Webb and Presbyterian in 2008. Kallander’s long range vision has also included technological advancements, as the Conference introduced its first live event video streaming in 2005 and has since expanded its video offerings to all sports. Kallander has also successfully integrated the Conference’s profile with the member institutions’ general student body, notably through the development of the Big South Academic Consortium, which sponsors the annual Academic College Bowl among League members and the Big South Undergraduate Research Symposium. In 2005-06, the Big South began its Sportsmanship Awards program and Graduate Fellowships program, honoring one graduating male and female student-athlete attending graduate school the following fall. In the Fall of 2002, the Big South welcomed the addition of football as a Conference sport, bringing the number of Division I championship programs the Big South sponsors to 18, joining men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s indoor/outdoor track, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf, softball and baseball. The Big South receive automatic bids to NCAA Championships in men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, men’s and women’s golf, baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s tennis. In celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2003-04, the Big South inducted its inaugural Hall of Fame class, which included 11 former student-athletes and administrators who were an integral part in the Big South’s early development and vitality. The Hall of Fame now stands at 30 members. The League also recognizes and honors academic excellence with the Presidential Honor Roll and the George A. Christenberry Award, which recognizes student-athletes graduating with a 4.0 grade point average. Additionally, the Conference’s Sports Information Directors annually select a Scholar-Athlete in each Conference sport, plus a male and female Scholar-Athlete of the Year The Big South continues to secure aggressive and unique television packages, making the Conference one of the leaders among all Division I Leagues in television exposure for its student-athletes. Entering the 2006-07 season, the Conference will have an expanded lineup on regional network SportSouth, in addition to a partnership with the fledgling national network, The America Channel, allowing the Big South to televise its largest array of events and sports in its history. The Conference also boasts relationships with FSN South, Comcast SportsNet (CSN), Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS), College Sports Television (CSTV), Fox College Sports (FCS) and the ESPN family of networks, which will televise the 2008 Advance Auto Parts Men’s Basketball Championship game live on ESPN.

For more than 20 years, the Big South Conference has been a progressive, NCAA Division I athletic Conference reflecting the energy and growth of the Southeastern United States. Founded in 1983, the Big South has matured into a competitive leader in college athletics, actively pursuing excellence both on the field of play and in the classroom. Based in Charlotte, N.C., the Big South Conference’s growing presence as an NCAA Division I athletic league is evident by competitive success on the national stage, innovative marketing and media partnerships, increased television packages, the enhancement of the quality of the student-athlete experience, and strategic planning that has carried the Big South through the first decade of the 21st Century. Entering its 24th year of existence in 2007-08, the Big South Conference continues to emerge by providing quality athletic competition while intentionally fostering the academic, personal, social, athletic and leadership development of each student-athlete. The League consists of eight member institutions: Charleston Southern University, Coastal Carolina University, High Point University, Liberty University, UNC Asheville, Radford University, Virginia Military Institute and Winthrop University. Two new members will join the Big South footprint in 2008-09 with the addition of Gardner-Webb University and Presbyterian College, which began its transition to Division I athletics in 2006. The Big South reached new heights in 2006-07, as the League experienced monumental milestones in nearly every sport. In football, Coastal Carolina became the first Big South member to receive a berth in the NCAA Division I Championship, being selected as an at-large participant to highlight the Conference’s fifth year of sponsoring football. In men’s basketball, Winthrop became the first Big South member to be ranked in the national top 25 and first to win a first round NCAA Tournament with its 74-64 win over Notre Dame. In women’s basketball, the Big South had two teams participate in the postseason for the first time in League history. In men’s golf, Coastal Carolina became the first Big South squad to advance to the final round of the NCAA Championship and finished fifth – the Conference’s highest-ever team finish in an NCAA event. In softball, Winthrop became the first Big South member to reach the Championship game of an NCAA Regional. In baseball, Coastal Carolina was ranked as high as No. 10 in the national polls, received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Regional and became the first Big South member to host an NCAA Regional. In volleyball, Winthrop became the first Big South member to win a game in the NCAA Tournament. The Big South also had its first-ever women’s cross country All-American in 2006-07, as well as its first women’s golf All-American in 10 years. Additionally, Radford tennis player Martin Sayer was selected to play in the NCAA Singles Championship for the second-straight year, Liberty’s Josh McDougal received All-

America honors in the three running sports (cross country, indoor track and outdoor track) for the second consecutive season, and Coastal Carolina golfer Dustin Johnson was at one time the No. 1-ranked college golfer en route to earning first-team All-America honors for the second year in-a-row. The Conference again went 2-1 in the ESPN BracketBusters men’s basketball event, had more than 30 All-Americans, and had softball and men’s soccer televised for the first time in League history. The Conference’s on-field accomplishments were duplicated in the classroom. A total of 36 Big South student-athletes were named Academic All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), NINE of which earned Academic All-America accolades. In football, Coastal Carolina’s Anthony Franklin received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, and eight Big South member sports teams were honored by the NCAA for their latest Academic Progress Rate. In addition, more than 42 percent Conference student-athletes achieved at least a 3.0 grade point average in 2006-07 and were named to the Big South’s Presidential Honor Roll. The Big South Conference was formed on August 21, 1983, when Charleston Southern (then Baptist College) Athletic Director Howard Bagwell and Augusta President George Christenberry initially began recruiting members into the Big South. One month later, Dr. Edward M. Singleton was selected as the League’s first Commissioner and continued to solicit new members. The League’s seven charter members were Armstrong State, Augusta, Campbell, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Radford and Winthrop. In 1989, George F. “Buddy” Sasser replaced the retiring Dr. Singleton as Commissioner. Under Sasser’s leadership, the Conference implemented its public relations and compliance programs, and introduced its first-ever men’s basketball television package, featuring the Big South competing among some of the finest teams in the nation. Sasser was so integral to the growth and foundation of the League that in 2000, the Commissioner’s Cup -- the annual award given to the institution with the most successful athletic year -- was renamed the George F. Sasser Cup. In August 1996, Kyle B. Kallander replaced Sasser as the League’s third Commissioner, and in his 11 years at the helm of the Big South, Kallander has been instrumental in aggressively promoting the Conference to new levels. He developed the Big South Marketing Group, which has resulted in increased revenues and exposure for the Conference and its members. He also brought television coverage to Big South women’s basketball, baseball and softball for the first time in Conference history and created the Big South Television Network in 2001 as a television syndicate for the League. Under Kallander’s leadership, the Big South developed and initiated its first long-range strategic plan, re-affirming the League’s vision as a distinctive athletic Conference committed to the quality of institutional

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Akron 1-1Alabama 0-2Alabama State 1-0Appalachian State 6-1Arizona State 0-2Arkansas 0-2Armstrong State 4-0Auburn 1-3Augusta 12-2Austin Peay 1-0 Baptist 0-1Baylor 0-10Belmont 3-1Birmingham-Southern 10-6Boston College 1-1Bowling Green 0-1Brown 1-1Bucknell 11-3Buffalo 1-0California 0-2Campbell 40-12Canisius 1-1Central Connecticut 0-1Central Michigan 2-0Central Wesleyan 2-1Charles County 1-0Charleston Southern 46-19Charlotte 2-1Chattanooga 1-0Cleveland State 1-0Coker College 0-2College of Charleston 36-14Colgate 3-0Concord 2-0Connecticut 0-3Coppin State 1-0Dayton 4-1DePaul 0-1 Delaware 3-0Drake 0-1East Carolina 17-26East Tenn. State 0-1Eastern Illinois 0-4Elon 12-3Erskine 3-2

Evansville 2-3Florida 0-4Florida A&M 2-0Florida Atlantic 1-0Florida International 0-1Florida State 0-5Fordham 1-0Francis Marion 18-14Fresno State 0-1Furman 7-11Gardner-Webb 5-3George Mason 19-2Georgia Southern 7-7Georgia State 1-1Georgia Tech 6-3Hampton 3-0Harvard 3-0Heidelberg 4-0Hiram 2-3Hofstra 1-2Illinois 4-6Illinois-Chicago 1-6Illinois State 0-1Indiana 1-0Jacksonville 1-3Jacksonville State 0-3Kennesaw State 0-2Kent State 2-2Kentucky 0-2Lander 2-2Lafayette 2-0Lehigh 1-0Liberty 22-16Limestone 2-3Long Island 0-2Longwood 2-2Louisiana State 0-2Louisiana Tech 0-1Loyola Chicago 2-1Maine 1-0Manhattan 1-0Marshall 1-2UMBC 11-5Maryland 0-5Mercer 5-1

Methodist 2-0Miami (OH) 2-0Michigan State 1-2Middle Tenn. State 2-7Minnesota 1-2Mississippi 0-1Mississippi State 1-1Monmouth 1-1Morehead State 1-0Morgan State 2-0Morris 2-0Mt. St. Mary’s 4-0Nebraska 0-1NE Louisiana 0-2Newberry 2-0New England 2-0Nichols State 0-2North Carolina 3-19UNC Asheville 12-5UNC Charlotte 8-4UNC Greensboro 11-10N.C. State 2-7UNC Wilmington 53-19North Florida 2-2Northern Illinois 0-1Northwestern 0-1Notre Dame 0-4Ohio 2-2Ohio State 1-2Oregon 1-1Oregon State 1-0Pacific 0-1Penn State 2-2Pittsburgh 1-5Presbyterian 2-0Princeton 1-1Providence 1-1Purdue 0-2Radford 30-14Robert Morris 0-2Rochester Inst. 1-0Rutgers 1-1St. Andrews 2-0St. Bonaventure 6-0St. Francis 5-0

St. Francis (Pa.) 1-0St. John’s 3-2St. Louis 3-0St. Peter’s 1-1Samford 4-0Shippensburg 0-2Spartanburg 3-0South Carolina 5-37USC Lancaster 2-0USC Spartanburg 2-0USC Upstate 3-1South Carolina State 2-0South Florida 1-6Southern Illinois 0-1Southern Mississippi 1-0SW Missouri State 0-1Stanford 0-2Stephen F. Austin 1-0Stetson 2-3Richard Stockton State 2-0Stony Brook 0-1Temple 1-1Tennessee 0-4Tenn.-Chattanooga 1-1Tennessee Martin 0-1Tennessee Tech 0-1Toledo 0-1Texas A&M 0-1TAMU-Corpus Christi 6-6Towson State 4-2Trenton State 1-1Texas Tech 1-0UCLA 0-1Utah 0-1Vermont 1-1Virginia 3-5Virginia Tech 5-4Voorhees 2-1Wagner 1-0Western Michigan 1-1Winthrop 36-28Western Illinois 0-1Wright State 9-1Yale 1-1All-time 692-536

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2008 Big South Conference Softball Awards

First Team All-ConferenceOF: Lisa Kingsmore, WinthropOF: Hope Creasy, RadfordOF: Tessa Thomas, Winthrop1B: Mallory Hogan, Winthrop2B: Jenn Everhart, Radford3B: Vicki Madden, RadfordSS: Kristen Shifflett, Radford Stephanie Reid, WinthropC: Sarah Himan, RadfordDP: JoLynn Smith, WinthropU: Shannon Keefe, RadfordP: Ashley Taylor, RadfordP: Megan Evans, Winthrop

Second Team All-ConferenceOF: Jill Shondel, Charleston SouthernOF: Ashley Carlson, RadfordOF: Melissa Muehlenfeld, Birmingham-Southern1B: Lindsay Creighton, Birmingham-Southern2B: Grace Stokes, Birmingham-Southern3B: Pearl Coleshill, WinthropC: Ashley Conway, Charleston SouthernDP: Ashley Williams, LibertyU: Verity Long-Droppert, Coastal CarolinaP: Bethney Reynoldson, Birmingham-SouthernP: Cari Wooldridge, Winthrop

Academic All-ConferenceLisa Kingsmore, WinthropLindsay Creighton, Birmingham-SouthernBrittany Birnbaum, Coastal CarolinaAshley Conway, Charleston SouthernHope Creasy, RadfordBeth Bennett, LibertyRachel Parker, Presbyterian

Player of the YearLisa Kingsmore, Winthrop

Pitcher of the YearAshley Taylor, Radford

Freshman of the YearShannon Keefe, Radford

Scholar-Athlete of the YearLisa Kingsmore, Winthrop

Coach of the YearMark Cooke, Winthrop

2008 Big South Final Softball Standings Big South OverallTeam W L T Pct W L T Pct Home Road Neu L10 StreakWinthrop 14 1 0 .933 36 19 0 .655 19-5 11-6 6-8 6-4 L2Radford 13 2 0 .867 46 15 0 .754 12-4 15-5 19-6 8-2 L2Coastal Carolina 6 9 0 .400 20 40 0 .333 12-15 3-11 5-14 2-8 L1Liberty 5 10 0 .333 20 40 1 .336 7-10 7-16 6-14-1 7-3 L1Birmingham-Southern 5 10 0 .333 32 28 0 .533 14-7 10-13 8-8 4-6 L2Charleston Southern 2 13 0 .133 18 41 0 .305 8-18 4-17 6-6 2-8 L4

2008 Big South Softball Championship

Thursday, May 8 (at Terry Field, Rock Hill, S.C)

No. 5 Birmingham-Southern 2 .....................................No. 4 Liberty 1

No. 3 Coastal Carolina 3 ........................No. 6 Charleston Southern. 1

No. 1 Winthrop 3. ..............................No. 5 Birmingham-Southern. 2

No. 2 Radford 5 ...............................................No. 3 Coastal Carolina 3

Friday, May 9 (at Terry Field, Rock Hill, S.C)

No. 4 Liberty 5..........................................No. 6 Charleston Southern 3

No. 3 Coastal Carolina 1 ......................No. 5 Birmingham-Southern 0

No. 1 Winthrop 2 ..........................................................No. 2 Radford 0

No. 4 Liberty 8.................................................No. 3 Coastal Carolina 2

No. 4 Liberty 2 ...............................................................No. 2 Radford 0

Saturday, May 10 (at Terry Field, Rock Hill, S.C)

No. 1 Winthrop 6 ............................................................No. 4 Liberty 1

All Tournament TeamCari Wooldridge, Winthrop (MVP)Lenny Stoddart, WinthropSarah Magee, WinthropTessa Thomas, WinthropJ’nae Jefferson, LibertyShannon McKain, LibertyAshley Williams, LibertyJenn Everhart, RadfordAshley Taylor, RadfordVerity Long-Droppert, Coastal Carolina

2008 BIG SOUTH SEASON-IN-REVIEW

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2008 BIG SOUTH LEADERS

TEAM BATTING G Avg AB R H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB-ATTRadford 61 .307 1579 301 484 83 15 57 115 195 117-151Winthrop 55 .274 1468 234 402 62 4 29 118 273 36-44Charleston Southern 59 .258 1500 191 387 82 8 12 120 295 14-24Birmingham Southern 60 .244 1528 211 373 53 15 10 116 276 41-49Liberty 61 .233 1598 157 373 54 5 34 133 325 39-50Coastal Carolina 60 .230 1488 164 342 38 4 22 178 319 55-62

TEAM PITCHING G ERA W L Sv IP H R ER BB SOWinthrop 55 1.55 36 19 4 364.2 296 105 81 99 298Radford 61 1.81 46 15 9 402.1 341 156 104 93 325Birmingham Southern 60 2.38 32 28 2 389.2 389 186 149 81 399Liberty 61 2.72 20 40 6 408.2 391 230 159 181 296Coastal Carolina 60 3.19 20 40 3 405.2 470 278 185 144 237Charleston Southern 59 4.49 18 41 0 369.2 517 332 237 164 181

TEAM FIELDING G PO A E Pct DP PB SBA-ATTWinthrop 55 1094 406 47 .970 15 4 40-56Birmingham-Southern 60 1169 374 54 .966 15 9 65-79Liberty 61 1226 528 76 .958 21 10 67-85Radford 61 1207 580 80 .957 15 12 45-65Coastal Carolina 60 1217 554 87 .953 14 32 74-84Charleston Southern 59 1109 518 95 .945 16 9 89-111

HITSCARLSON, Ashley, Radford ............92JEFFS, Dawn, Liberty ....................... 91THOMAS, Tessa, Winthrop ............. 90KINGSMORE, Lisa, Winthrop ......... 89RHODES, Cassie, Radford ............... 81

RUNS SCOREDTHOMAS, Tessa, Winthrop ............. 48SHIFFLETT, Kristen, Radford .......... 39RHODES, Cassie, Radford .............. .38SHONDEL, Jill, Charleston So., ....... 36

RUNS BATTED INHOGAN, Mallory, Winthrop ........... 49CREASY, Hope, Radford .................. 39HIMAN, Sarah, Radford ................... 37RHODES, Cassie, Radford ............... 36CREIGHTON, Lindsay, Birmingham So. . 33

DOUBLESSHONDEL, Jill, Charleston So. ........ 19SHIFFLETT, Kristen, Radford .......... 15CREIGHTON, Lindsay, Birmingham So. ...144 tied with ......................................... 13

TRIPLESBACKLUND, Kayla, Birmingham So. 5RHODES, Cassie, Radford ................. 4SHIFFLETT, Kristen, Radford ............ 3STOKES, Grace, Birmingham So. ....... 3SHONDEL, Jill, Charleston So. .......... 3

HOME RUNSWILLIAMS, Ashley, Liberty ............. 11MADDEN, Vicki, Radford ................ 11KEEFE, Shannon, Radford ................ 10HOGAN, Mallory, Winthrop ........... 102 tied with .......................................... 8

TOTAL BASESKINGSMORE, Lisa, Winthrop ....... 106SHONDEL, Jill, Charleston SO. .....102WILLIAMS, Ashley, Liberty ............. 99MADDEN, Vicki, Radford ................ 932 tied with ........................................ 91

STOLEN BASES .................. SB-ATTCARLSON, Ashley, Radford ..... 27-33MUHLENFELD, Melissa, Birmingham So...............................................................20-23WALKER, Laicole, Coastal Carolina ...............................................17-18REID, Stephanie, Winthrop ........16-17WILLIAMS, Lauren, Radford ..... 15-20

WINSTAYLOR, Ashley, Radford ............... 29REYNOLDSON, Bethney, Birm. So. ....... 21EVANS, Megan, Winthrop ................18WOOLDRIDGE, Cari, Winthrop .....16WELLONS, Jamie, Char. So. .............13

STRIKEOUTSREYNOLDSON, Bethney, Birm So. .......308TAYLOR, Ashley, Radford .............227EVANS, Megan, Winthrop ..............156ELLIS, Sarah, Liberty, ......................110WOOLDRIDGE, Cari, Winthrop ..........108

ERATROTTIER, Izzy, Winthrop .......... 1.23TAYLOR, Ashley, Radford ............ 1.25REYNOLDSON, Bethney, Birm.So., ................... 1.38EVANS, Megan, Winthrop .............1.39WOOLDRIDGE, Carli, Winthrop ........1.91

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Record: 20-40 Home: 12-15 Away: 3-11 Neutral: 5-14 Big South: 6-9

Player AVG. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%

13 LONG-DROPPERT, V. .315 60 60 168 28 53 9 2 8 29 90 .536 25 11 19 0 .434 1 0 8 9 159 87 13 .950 3 CANTRELL, A. .286 35 35 105 17 30 6 1 2 10 44 .419 11 2 20 1 .364 0 1 0 0 61 55 7 .943 5 BIRNBAUM, B. .272 60 60 158 12 43 3 0 0 18 46 .291 16 4 21 0 .348 3 27 0 0 394 30 6 .986 8 PISONE, A. .238 60 60 101 8 24 2 0 0 11 26 .257 16 0 25 0 .342 0 9 9 10 229 30 6 .977 6 WALKER, L. .227 59 58 185 25 42 1 1 1 6 48 .259 19 2 32 0 .304 1 4 17 18 96 81 29 .859 1 BALLARD, M. .223 52 46 139 17 31 0 0 0 7 31 .223 12 3 20 0 .299 0 4 7 8 52 1 0 1.000 2 RIFFEL, K. .213 60 56 150 18 32 4 0 2 13 42 .280 12 0 33 0 .272 0 9 10 12 65 3 3 .95823 EVANS, M. .212 45 39 104 8 22 0 0 4 10 34 .327 10 1 20 0 .282 2 7 0 0 3 36 2 .95122 IRWIN, A. .201 58 56 139 12 28 8 0 3 17 45 .324 21 0 44 0 .301 3 9 0 0 59 154 12 .94711 TORNATORE, A. .190 58 53 116 3 22 3 0 0 6 25 .216 13 1 42 0 .275 1 5 0 0 68 5 5 .936 4 STUART, C. .130 11 10 23 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 .130 4 1 10 0 .286 0 1 3 3 4 0 0 1.00021 PEDERSEN, A. .122 50 37 98 9 12 2 0 2 7 20 .204 19 3 32 0 .283 0 0 0 0 21 35 2 .966 7 CONNORS, S. .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00010 FREDERICK, A. .000 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 2 0 0 6 37 2 .95615 SCOTT, J. .000 11 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000

Totals .230 60 60 1488 164 342 38 4 22 136 454 .305 178 28 319 1 .321 11 78 55 62 1217 554 87 .953Opponents .281 60 60 1672 278 470 67 5 44 240 679 .406 144 28 237 0 .346 11 43 74 84 1213 490 66 .963

LOB - Team (420), Opp (419). DPs turned - Team (14), Opp (17). CI - Team (2), PISONE, A. 2. IBB - Team (1), LONG-DROPPERT 1, Opp (7).

Player ERA W L AP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

10 FREDERICK, A. 2.55 9 14 29 24 15 2 0 1 148.0 152 87 54 41 97 26 5 14 589 .258 11 11 0 5 2121 PEDERSEN, A. 3.30 8 14 35 18 9 0 0 1 144.1 172 111 68 50 60 28 0 22 605 .284 14 15 1 3 1623 EVANS, M. 4.08 3 12 32 18 3 0 0 1 113.1 146 80 66 53 80 13 0 8 478 .305 28 2 0 3 6

Totals 3.19 20 39 60 60 27 2 0 3 405.2 470 278 185 144 237 67 5 44 1672 .281 53 28 1 11 43Opponents 1.78 40 20 60 60 33 17 5 6 404.1 342 164 103 178 319 38 4 22 1488 .230 25 28 1 11 78

PB - Team (32), PISONE, A. 30, PEDERSEN, A. 2, Opp (15). Pickoffs - Team (1), PISONE, A. 1. SBA/ATT - PISONE, A. (65-75), PEDERSEN, A. (33-36), EVANS, M. (28-31), FREDERICK, A (22-26).

Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI

1 BALLARD, M. 53 52 1 0 1.00 0 1 0 0 - 0 0 4 STUART, C. 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 5 BIRNBAUM, B. 430 394 30 6 .986 8 0 0 - 0 0 8 PISONE, A. 265 229 30 6 .977 0 65 10 .867 30 221 PEDERSEN, A. 58 21 35 2 .966 0 33 3 .917 2 0 2 RIFFEL, Kelsey 71 65 3 3 .958 1 0 0 - 0 010 FREDERICK, A. 45 6 37 2 .956 0 22 4 .846 0 023 EVANS, M. 41 3 36 2 .951 1 28 3 .903 0 013 LONG-DROPPERT 259 159 87 13 .950 4 0 0 - 0 022 IRWIN, A. 225 59 154 12 .947 5 0 0 - 0 0 3 CANTRELL, A. 123 61 55 7 .943 2 0 0 - 0 011 TORNATORE, A. 78 68 5 5 .936 0 0 0 - 0 0 6 WALKER, L. 206 96 81 29 .859 4 0 0 - 0 0 7 CONNORS, S. 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 - 0 015 SCOTT, J. 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 - 0 0

Totals 1858 1217 554 87 .953 14 74 10 .881 32 2Opponents 1769 1213 490 66 .963 17 55 7 .887 15 0

2008 STATISTICS

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Game Date Opposing Team Score R-H-E R-H-E Inns Overall Big South Pitcher of Record Attend Time# 02-08-08 vs Southern Illinois 3-4 L 3-7-0 4-8-0 7 0-1-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 0-1) 88 2:15# 02-08-08 vs Minnesota 3-4 L 3-11-2 4-6-1 (8) 0-2-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 0-2) 127 2:30# 02-09-08 vs UNC Greensboro W 2-1 2-3-0 1-6-0 7 1-2-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (W 1-2) 96 1:55# 02-09-08 vs Jacksonville 7-11 L 7-7-4 11-18-7 7 1-3-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 1-3) 181 2:25# 02-10-08 vs UNC Greensboro 4-6 L 4-8-1 6-15-1 7 1-4-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 1-4) 108 2:00# 02-10-09 vs Jacksonville W 3-1 3-7-0 1-8-1 7 2-4-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (W 2-4) 192 1:45 02-16-08 MARYLAND 3-4 L 3-6-3 4-5-0 (10) 2-5-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 2-5) 149 2:37 02-16-08 ELON 2-5 L 2-5-2 5-5-0 7 2-6-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 2-6) 171 1:50 02-17-08 MARYLAND 0-3 L 0-2-3 3-5-1 7 2-7-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 2-7) 168 1:55 02-17-08 ELON W 7-6 7-7-3 6-9-1 7 3-7-0 0-0-0 PEDERSEN, A. (W 1-0) 154 1:50 02-24-08 HAMPTON W 5-1 5-10-0 1-8-3 7 4-7-0 0-0-0 PEDERSEN, A. (W 2-0) 86 1:44 02-24-08 HAMPTON W 3-0 3-6-1 0-1-4 7 5-7-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (W 3-7) 73 1:35% 02-29-08 vs North Florida 1-2 L 1-4-1 2-3-1 (8) 5-8-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 3-8) 86 1:50% 02-29-08 at Jacksonville 2-8 L 2-4-1 8-11-3 7 5-9-0 0-0-0 EVANS, M. (L 0-1) 176 1:30% 03-01-08 vs North Florida 0-6 L 0-3-2 6-7-0 7 5-10-0 0-0-0 EVANS, M. (L 0-2) 134 1:39% 03-01-08 vs Virginia 5-9 L 5-12-1 9-14-2 7 5-11-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 3-9) 116 2:15% 03-02-08 vs Stony Brook 0-4 L 0-5-3 4-8-1 7 5-12-0 0-0-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 2-1) 122 1:50 @ 03-07-08 vs Illinois-Chicago 0-5 L 0-4-5 5-9-0 7 5-13-0 0-0-0 EVANS, M. (L 0-3) 56 1:45 @ 03-07-08 vs Hofstra 0-5 L 0-6-3 5-10-0 7 5-14-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 3-10) 144 2:09 @ 03-08-08 vs Baylor 0-10 L 0-4-2 10-11-1 5 5-15-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 3-11) 102 1:30 @ 03-08-08 vs Michigan State 0-8 L 0-3-3 8-10-1 6 5-16-0 0-0-0 EVANS, M. (L 0-4) 102 1:33 @ 03-09-08 vs East Tennessee State 0-5 L 0-2-2 5-9-0 7 5-17-0 0-0-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 2-2) 82 1:32 03-12-08 USC UPSTATE 0-1 L 0-2-2 1-6-1 (10) 5-18-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 3-12) 117 2:09 03-12-08 USC UPSTATE W 6-5 6-7-0 5-13-2 7 6-18-0 0-0-0 EVANS, M. (W 1-4) 82 1:50 & 03-16-08 vs Manhattan W 4-3 4-8-5 3-7-2 (8) 7-18-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (W 4-12) 96 2:35 & 03-16-08 vs Alabama State W 6-2 6-10-0 2-2-4 7 8-18-0 0-0-0 PEDERSEN, A. (W 3-2) 108 2:00 03-20-08 PRESBYTERIAN W 6-5 6-8-1 5-8-3 (10) 9-18-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (W 5-12) 66 2:30 03-20-08 PRESBYTERIAN W 4-2 4-4-1 2-5-3 7 10-18-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (W 6-12) 47 1:38 03-22-08 GEORGIA TECH 1-2 L 1-4-0 2-6-1 7 10-19-0 0-0-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 3-3) 164 1:48 03-22-08 GEORGIA TECH 2-10 L 2-5-0 10-11-0 5 10-20-0 0-0-0 FREDERICK, A (L 6-13) - 1:19 03-26-08 UNC WILMINGTON W 12-4 12-11-1 4-3-1 5 11-20-0 0-0-0 PEDERSEN, A. (W 4-3) 178 1:16 03-26-08 UNC WILMINGTON W 4-3 4-9-2 3-4-2 7 12-20-0 0-0-0 PEDERSEN, A. (W 5-3) 0 2:00 * 03-29-08 at Birmingham-Southern 0-7 L 0-2-2 7-8-1 7 12-21-0 0-1-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 5-4) 238 1:33 * 03-29-08 at Birmingham-Southern W 9-1 9-14-2 1-4-1 7 13-21-0 1-1-0 FREDERICK, A (W 7-13) - 1:53 * 03-30-08 at Birmingham-Southern W 2-1 2-5-1 1-5-0 (8) 14-21-0 2-1-0 FREDERICK, A (W 8-13) 173 1:57 04-02-08 COLL. OF CHARLESTON 9-10 L 9-8-2 10-10-1 7 14-22-0 2-1-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 5-5) 61 2:04 04-02-08 COLL. OF CHARLESTON 2-9 L 2-8-2 9-12-1 7 14-23-0 2-1-0 EVANS, M. (L 1-5) - 2:12 * 04-04-08 at Charleston Southern 3-4 L 3-7-0 4-8-0 7 14-24-0 2-2-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 5-6) 82 1:55 * 04-06-08 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 8-1 8-12-0 1-3-1 7 15-24-0 3-2-0 PEDERSEN, A. (W 6-6) 189 1:50 * 04-06-08 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 3-2 3-7-0 2-6-0 7 16-24-0 4-2-0 EVANS, M. (W 2-5) - 1:48 04-08-08 GARDNER-WEBB 3-5 L 3-9-1 5-6-2 7 16-25-0 4-2-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 6-7) 137 1:44 04-08-08 GARDNER-WEBB 3-4 L 3-3-0 4-7-1 7 16-26-0 4-2-0 EVANS, M. (L 2-6) - 1:55 04-09-08 SOUTH CAROLINA 2-6 L 2-6-1 6-8-1 7 16-27-0 4-2-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 6-8) 416 1:58 * 04-12-08 LIBERTY W 3-2 3-4-3 2-7-0 7 17-27-0 5-2-0 PEDERSEN, A. (W 7-8) 92 1:22 * 04-12-08 LIBERTY 0-1 L 0-2-1 1-8-1 7 17-28-0 5-3-0 EVANS, M. (L 2-7) - 2:34 * 04-13-08 LIBERTY W 5-2 5-5-0 2-5-2 7 18-28-0 6-3-0 EVANS, M. (W 3-7) 253 1:43 04-16-08 at North Carolina 0-3 L 0-3-1 3-7-1 7 18-29-0 6-3-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L, 7-9) - 04-16-08 at North Carolina 0-8 L 0-2-1 8-10-0 5 18-30-0 6-3-0 EVANS, M. (L 3-8) 127 1:16 * 04-19-08 at Winthrop 0-8 L 0-1-2 8-10-0 5 18-31-0 6-4-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 7-10) 150 2:20 * 04-19-08 at Winthrop 0-8 L 0-4-2 8-8-1 5 18-32-0 6-5-0 EVANS, M. (L 3-9) 101 1:08 * 04-20-08 at Winthrop 1-3 L 1-6-1 3-7-0 7 18-33-0 6-6-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 7-11) 172 1:22 04-23-08 at North Carolina State 0-9 L 0-2-2 9-11-0 6 18-34-0 6-6-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 7-12) 214 1:53 04-23-08 at North Carolina State 2-7 L 2-3-1 7-7-1 7 18-35-0 6-6-0 EVANS, M. (L 3-10) 214 2:01 * 04-26-08 RADFORD 0-2 L 0-2-2 2-7-1 7 18-36-0 6-7-0 EVANS, M. (L 3-11) 67 1:20 * 04-26-08 RADFORD 1-10 L 1-5-1 10-16-1 6 18-37-0 6-8-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 7-13) - 1:41 * 04-27-08 RADFORD 4-6 L 4-9-0 6-12-2 7 18-38-0 6-9-0 EVANS, M. (L 3-12) 249 1:55 $ 05-08-08 vs Charleston Southern W 3-1 3-4-0 1-9-0 7 19-38-0 6-9-0 PEDERSEN, A. (W 8-13) 408 1:35 $ 05-08-08 vs Radford 3-5 L 3-4-2 5-5-0 7 19-39-0 6-9-0 FREDERICK, A (L 8-14) 750 1:40 $ 05-09-08 vs Birmingham-Southern W 1-0 1-4-0 0-3-0 (8) 20-39-0 6-9-0 FREDERICK, A (W 9-14) 0 1:49 $ 05-09-08 vs Liberty 2-8 L 2-7-3 8-10-0 7 20-40-0 6-9-0 PEDERSEN, A. (L 8-14) 167 2:23

* - Big South Conference game () extra inning game# - JU/Best Western Invitational - Jacksonville, Fla.% - JU Softball Tournament-Jacksonville, Fla.@ - USF Under Armour Invitational - Clearwater, Fla.& - Owl Classic - Kennesaw, Ga.$ - Big South Tournament (Rock Hill, S.C.)

2008 RESULTS

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BATTING RECORDSBATTING AVERAGE (MIN. 100 AB)

1. .589 Sara Graziano 1994 2. .497 Jessica Falca 1999 3. .490 Michelle Minton 1993 4. .481 Michelle Minton 1994 5. .463 Kacee Crumpacker 1998 6. .457 Michelle Minton 1992 7. .453 Sherry Johnson 1995 8. .443 Sherry Johnson 1994 9. .442 Jessica Falca 1998 10. .440 Sara Graziano 1993

AT BATS 1. 203 Jessica Falca 1997 2. 199 Jessica Falca 1998 199 Jessica Falca 1999 4. 198 Sarah Lockett 2000 5. 190 Jessica Falca 1996 6. 189 Sara Hostetler 2006 189 Michelle Minton 1994 8. 186 Danyelle Gerdts 2007 186 Delane Grainger 2004 9. 185 Jill Friedman 1995

HITS 1. 103 Sara Graziano 1994 2. 99 Jessica Falca 1999 3. 91 Michelle Minton 1994 4. 88 Jessica Falca 1998 5. 82 Sherry Johnson 1994 82 Sherry Johnson 1995 6. 78 Jessica Falca 1997 7. 76 Kacee Crumpacker 1998 76 Jessica Falca 1996 10. 75 Sarah Lockett 2000

DOUBLES 1. 27 Sherry Johnson 1994 2. 21 Kacee Crumpacker 1998 21 Sherry Johnson 1995 4. 17 Lisa Anastasio 2000 17 Sara Graziano 1994 17 Sarah Lockett 2000 7. 16 Sherry Johnson 1992 16 Sarah Lockett 1999 9. 15 Cari Rowe 1998 10. 14 Michelle Hall 1992

TRIPLES 1. 10 Sara Graziano 1993 2. 8 Cindy Ritter 1994 3. 7 Sara Graziano 1994 4. 6 Rachel Ray 1992 6 Linda Richards 1988 6 Cindy Ritter 1994 6 Susette Stone 1990 8. 5 Kacee Crumpacker 1995 5 Kacee Crumpacker 1997 5 Danyelle Gerdts 2006 5 Sherry Johnson 1993 5 Sherry Johnson 1992

HOME RUNS 1. 20 Meagen Johnson 2006

2. 15 Allison Cantrell 2007 15 Holly Lee 2003 15 Sarah Lockett 2001 4. 14 Sara Graziano 1994 5. 13 Sarah Lockett 1999 6. 12 Holly Lee 2001 7. 11 Sherry Johnson 1994 8. 10 Carla Hood 2007 10 Sherry Johnson 1995 10 Holly Lee 2002

RUNS BATTED IN 1. 84 Sara Graziano 1994 2. 79 Sherry Johnson 1994 3. 56 Meagen Johnson 2006 4. 55 Sara Graziano 1993 5. 50 Sarah Lockett 1999 6. 48 Sherry Johnson 1995 7. 46 Holly Lee 2000 8. 45 Michelle Hall 1993 45 Holly Lee 2003 10. 43 Sarah Lockett 2001 43 Cari Rowe 1999

RUNS 1. 71 Sara Graziano 1994 2. 69 Michelle Minton 1994 3. 52 Jessica Falca 1999 4. 49 Jessica Falca 1998 5. 48 Michelle Minton 1991 6. 47 Cindy Ritter 1994 7. 46 Jessica Falca 1996 46 Jessica Falca 1997 9. 45 Sherry Johnson 1994 45 Sarah Lockett 2000

STOLEN BASES 1. 56 Jessica Falca 1996 56 Jessica Falca 1999 3. 51 Jessica Falca 1998 4. 33 Jessica Falca 1997 5. 27 Michelle Minton 1991 6. 23 Michelle Minton 1994 7. 19 Susette Stone 1989 8. 17 Michelle Minton 1993 9. 16 Danyelle Gerdts 2007 10. 14 Three players tied

WALKS 1. 35 Meagen Johnson 2006 2. 34 Jennifer Bolebruch 1992 34 Holly Lee 2003 4. 33 Jennifer Bolebruch 1993 5. 31 Sara Thompson 2001 6. 29 Kacee Crumpacker 1995 29 Susette Stone 1989 8. 28 Jill Friedman 1997 28 Beth Park 1992 28 Sara Thompson 2003

HIT BY PITCH 1. 11 Vertiy Long-Droppert 2008 2. 10 Susette Stone 1990 3. 7 Sarah Lockett 1999 4. 5 Natasha Walker 1995 5. 4 Sara Graziano 1993 4 Sherry Johnson 1992 4 Kristina Sheppard 2007 4 Glynn Tolleson 2007

SACRIFICE HITS 1. 28 Cari Rowe 1998 28 Sara Thompson 2003 3. 27 Brittany Birnbaum 2008 4. 26 Rachel Ray 1992 5. 21 Jill Friedman 1997 6. 20 Susie Benton 1993 20 Jill Friedman 1996 20 Beth Park 1991 9. 19 Kelli Julg 2002 10. 18 Jennifer Bolebruch 1993 18 Cindy Ritter 1994

SACRIFICE FLIES 1. 3 Karlye Fortune 2002 3 Holly Lee 2000 3 Beth Park 1994 3 Kristina Sheppard 2006 3 Leslie Steele 1998 3 Brittany Birnbaum 2008

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE 1. 1.006 Sara Graziano 1994 2. .894 Meagen Johnson 2006 3. .832 Sherry Johnson 1994 4. .794 Sara Graziano 1993 5. .768 Sherry Johnson 1995 6. .757 Sarah Lockett 2001 7. .750 Kacee Crumpacker 1995 8. .714 Holly Lee 2003 9. .707 Sarah Lockett 1999 10. .685 Holly Lee 2002

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE 1. .667 Sara Graziano 1994 2. .582 Erika Bellet 1994 3. .544 Sherry Johnson 1994 4. .537 Michelle Minton 1994 5. .536 Kacee Crumpacker 1998 6. .524 Michelle Minton 1993 7. .520 Sara Graziano 1993 8. .514 Jessica Falca 1999 9. .511 Meagen Johnson 2006 10. .505 Sherry Johnson 1995

GAMES PLAYED 1. 65 Kimberly Josephson 2000 65 Sarah Lockett 2000 65 Amy O’Neil 2000 4. 63 Michelle Hall 1992 63 Holly Lee 2000 6. 62 Lisa Anastasio 2000 62 Sherry Johnson 1992 62 Shannon Montgomery 1992 62 Kristie Pulchinski 2000 62 Rachel Ray 1992

PITCHING RECORDSAPPEARANCES

1. 55 Michelle Hall 1991 2. 42 Michelle Hall 1990 3. 41 Sara Norwood 1994 4. 40 Michelle Hall 1992 5. 39 Lauren Yates 2000 6. 38 Christine Doyle 2006 38 Ashley Frederick 2007 7. 37 Michelle Hall 1993 8. 34 Lauren Yates 1999 9. 33 Brittany Nelson 2004

COMPLETE GAMES 1. 43 Michelle Hall 1991 2. 35 Michelle Hall 1992 3. 32 Lauren Yates 2000 32 Michelle Hall 1993 5. 30 Michelle Hall 1990 6. 28 Sara Norwood 1994 7. 26 Christine Doyle 2006 8. 24 Christine Doyle 2003 9. 23 Sara Norwood 1998 23 Vicki Dulaney 1996 23 Julie Marcus 1992

EARNED RUN AVERAGE 1. 1.01 Michelle Hall 1993 2. 1.03 Michelle Hall 1991 3. 1.05 Michelle Hall 1990 4. 1.29 Christine Doyle 2006 1.29 Michelle Hall 1992 6. 1.34 Julie Marcus 1992 7. 1.35 Christine Doyle 2003 8. 1.46 Lauren Yates 2000 9. 1.55 Lauren Yates 1999 10. 1.56 Meagen Johnson 2005

VICTORIES 1. 32 Michelle Hall 1991 2. 25 Michelle Hall 1993 3. 24 Michelle Hall 1990 4. 23 Michelle Hall 1992 5. 22 Sara Norwood 1994 6. 20 Christine Doyle 2003 20 Christine Doyle 2006 8. 18 Lauren Yates 2000 9. 17 Sara Norwood 1998 10. 15 Vicki Dulaney 1996 15 Julie Marcus 1992 15 Tracey Russ 1996

SAVES 1. 5 Michelle Hall 1993 5 Sara Norwood 1994 3. 3 Stephanie Belden 2000 3 Christine Doyle 2006

3 Ashley Frederick 2007 4. 2 Stephanie Belden 2002 2 Michelle Hall 1990 2 Michelle Hall 1993 2 Lauren Yates 1999

STRIKEOUTS 1. 217 Michelle Hall 1991 2. 205 Sara Norwood 1994 3. 176 Michelle Hall 1990 176 Michelle Hall 1992 5. 169 Michelle Hall 1993 6. 154 Lauren Yates 2000 7. 148 Christine Doyle 2003 8. 141 Christine Doyle 2006

9. 118 Ashley Frederick 2007 10. 112 Brittany Nelson 2005

INNINGS PITCHED 1. 327.2 Michelle Hall 1991 2. 246.2 Michelle Hall 1990 3. 244.1 Michelle Hall 1992 4. 230.2 Lauren Yates 2000 5. 227.2 Michelle Hall 1993 6. 211.2 Sara Norwood 1994 7. 196.1 Christine Doyle 2003 8. 190.0 Sara Norwood 1998

9. 189.2 Ashley Frederick 2007 10. 182.2 Julie Marcus 1992

FIELDING RECORDSPUTOUTS - INFIELDER

1. 468 Holly Lee 2000 2. 452 Sherry Johnson 1992 3. 444 Michelle Byrd 1991 4. 424 Sherry Johnson 1995 5. 418 Tammi Thompson 1999

PUTOUTS - OUTFIELDER 1. 111 Amy O’Neil 1998 2. 97 Cari Rowe 1996 3. 84 Jessica Falca 1996 84 Michelle Romano 1988 5. 83 Cari Rowe 1998 83 Suzanne Welty 1988 83 Tina Williamson 1991

ASSISTS - INFIELDER 1. 172 Jill Friedman 1995 2. 154 Jill Friedman 1997 154 Alicia Irwin 2008 4. 148 Kacee Crumpacker 1995 5. 146 Sara Graziano 1994 146 Sara Hostetler 2006 7. 145 Jill Friedman 1996 8. 144 Kelli Julg 2003

ASSISTS - OUTFIELDER 1. 18 Shannon Montgomery 1992 2. 17 Tina Williamson 1991 3. 12 Jessica Falca 1996 12 Kim Gayon 1989 5. 10 Suzanne Welty 1988

FIELDING PERCENTAGE(min. 50 chances)

(putouts-assists-errors)1. 1.000 Brittany Birnbaum 2006

(89-7-0) 1.000 Lynee Hastings 2003 (178-15-0) 1.000 Lynee Hastings 2006 (42-8-0) 1.000 Amanda Wiechowski 1996 (61-1-0) 5. .996 Holly Lee 2003 (205-20-1) .996 Jennifer Schmidt 2001 (231-14-1) .996 Tammi Thompson 1999 (418-50-2) 8. .992 Susette Stone 1988 (323-29-3) 9. .990 Jessica Falca 1996 (84-12-1) .990 Sherry Johnson 1994 (363-23-4) .990 Beth Park 1994 (176-24-2)

BOLD- 2009 Team Member

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BATTING RECORDSBATTING AVERAGE (Min. 200 AB) 1. .522 Sara Graziano 1993-94 2. .458 Michelle Minton 1991-94 3. .431 Jessica Falca 1996-99 4. .389 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 5. .374 Sarah Lockett 1999-01 6. .370 Sherry Johnson 1992-95 7. .347 Holly Lee 2000-03 8. .343 Meagen Johnson 2005-06 9. .339 Kimberly Josephson 2000-03 10. .309 Becky Hill 1988-89 .309 Jami Long 1990-91

AT BATS 1. 791 Jessica Falca 1996-99 2. 710 Cari Rowe 1996-99 3. 697 Sherry Johnson 1992-95 4. 672 Michelle Minton 1991-94 5. 666 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 6. 642 Sara Hostetler 2003-06 7. 640 Kimberly Josephson 2000-03 8. 637 Jill Friedman 1994-97 9. 629 Leslie Steele 1995-98 10. 624 Amy O’Neil 1997-00

HITS 1. 341 Jessica Falca 1996-99 2. 308 Michelle Minton 1991-94 3. 259 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 4. 258 Sherry Johnson 1992-95 5. 217 Kimberly Josephson 2000-03 6. 205 Holly Lee 2000-03 7. 202 Cari Rowe 1996-99 8. 192 Jill Friedman 1994-97 9. 190 Sarah Lockett 1999-01 10. 184 Sara Hostetler 2003-06

DOUBLES 1. 76 Sherry Johnson 1992-95 2. 51 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 3. 44 Sarah Lockett 1999-01 4. 42 Cari Rowe 1996-99 5. 38 Sara Hostetler 2003-06 6. 33 Michelle Hall 1990-93 7. 30 Leslie Steele 1995-98 8. 28 Holly Lee 2000-03 9. 27 Jill Friedman 1994-97 27 Beth Park 1991-94

TRIPLES 1. 19 Sherry Johnson 1992-95 2. 17 Sara Graziano 1993-94 3. 13 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 4. 12 Beth Park 1991-94 5. 11 Michelle Minton 1991-94 6. 10 Kimberly Josephson 2000-03 10 Rachel Ray 1992-93 10 Susette Stone 1988-90 9. 9 Jessica Falca 1996-99 9 Michelle Hall 1990-93

HOME RUNS 1. 44 Holly Lee 2000-03 2. 37 Sarah Lockett 1999-01 3. 31 Sherry Johnson 1992-95 4. 23 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 23 Kristina Sheppard 2004-07 6. 22 Meagen Johnson 2005-06 7. 21 Sara Graziano 1993-94 8. 20 Kelly Feely 2003-06 9. 18 Ashley Gerdts 2005-07 18 Allison Cantrell 2005-08

RBI 1. 194 Sherry Johnson 1992-95 2. 161 Holly Lee 2000-03 3. 145 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 4. 139 Sara Graziano 1993-94 5. 129 Cari Rowe 1996-99 6. 125 Michelle Hall 1990-93 7. 124 Sarah Lockett 1999-01 8. 106 Beth Park 1991-94 9. 102 Leslie Steele 1995-98 10. 96 Kristina Sheppard 2004-07

RUNS 1. 194 Michelle Minton 1991-94 2. 193 Jessica Falca 1996-99 3. 143 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 4. 133 Sherry Johnson 1992-95 5. 120 Jill Friedman 1994-97 6. 114 Beth Park 1991-94 7. 113 Jennifer Bolebruch 1990-93 8. 108 Sara Graziano 1993-94 108 Sarah Lockett 1999-01 10. 106 Kimberly Josephson 2000-03 106 Cari Rowe 1996-99

STOLEN BASES 1. 196 Jessica Falca 1996-99 2. 77 Michelle Minton 1991-94 3. 36 Susette Stone 1988-90 4. 30 Jennifer Bolebruch 1990-93 5. 28 Kimberly Josephson 2000-03 6. 27 Danyella Gerdts 2004-07 27 Beth Park 1991-94 8. 25 Katey Allen 2003-06 9. 23 Jill Friedman 1994-97 23 Heather Endrenyi 1995-96

WALKS 1. 114 Jennifer Bolebruch 1990-93 2. 93 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 3. 80 Sara Hostetler 2003-06 4. 78 Sara Thompson 1999-03 5. 76 Holly Lee 2000-03 76 Amy O’Neil 1997-00 7. 75 Tina Williamson 1989-91 8. 73 Beth Park 1991-94 9. 72 Susette Stone 1988-90 10. 71 Leslie Steele 1995-98

HIT BY PITCH 1. 11 Sarah Lockett 1999-01 11 Susette Stone 1988-90 3. 10 Sherry Johnson 1992-95 4. 8 Natasha Walker 1993-95 5. 7 Lynee Hastings 2003-06 7 Kelly Feely 2003-06 7 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 8. 6 Kimberly Cillis 2004-07 6 Sara Graziano 1993-94 6 Kristina Sheppard 2004-07

SACRIFICE HITS 1. 56 Sara Thompson 1999-03 2. 54 Cari Rowe 1996-99 3. 50 Dee Craft 1989-92 50 Jill Friedman 1994-97 5. 46 Jennifer Bolebruch 1990-93 6. 44 Beth Park 1991-94 7. 42 Kelli Julg 2000-03 8. 38 Leslie Steele 1995-98 9. 36 Rachel Ray 1992-93 10. 35 Sara Hostetler 2003-06

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE(min. 200 AB)

1. .911 Sara Graziano 1993-94 2. .682 Meagen Johnson 2003-06 3. .679 Sarah Lockett 1999-01 4. .667 Sherry Johnson 1992-95 5. .625 Holly Lee 2000-03 6. .608 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 7. .527 Michelle Minton 1991-94 8. .476 Kristina Sheppard 2004-07 9 .474 Allison Cantrell 2005-200810. .464 Jessica Falca 1996-99

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE(min. 200 AB)

1. .591 Sara Graziano 1993-94 2. .503 Michelle Minton 1991-94 3. .466 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 4. .464 Jessica Falca 1996-99 5. .457 Meagen Johnson 2003-06 6. .450 Sarah Lockett 1999-01 7. .421 Holly Lee 2000-03 8. .418 Susette Stone 1988-90 9. .409 Sherry Johnson 1992-95 10. .399 Kimberly Josephson 2000-03

GAMES PLAYED 1. 233 Amy O’Neil 1997-00 2. 230 Kacee Crumpacker 1995-98 3. 230 Sherry Johnson 1992-95 4. 229 Leslie Steele 1995-98 5. 227 Jessica Falca 1996-99 227 Cari Rowe 1996-99 7. 223 Jennifer Bolebruch 1990-93 8. 222 Jill Friedman 1994-97 9. 218 Sara Hostetler 2003-06 10. 217 Michelle Hall 1990-93

PITCHING RECORDSAPPEARANCES

1. 174 Michelle Hall 1990-93 2. 108 Sara Norwood 1994-98 3. 107 Lauren Yates 1999-02 4. 102 Vicki Dulaney 1996-99 5. 99 Brittany Nelson 2003-06 6. 92 Stephanie Belden 1999-02 7. 86 Christine Doyle 2003-06 8. 76 Danyelle Gerdts 2004-07 9. 75 Tracey Russ 1994-97 10. 71 Danielle Jenkins 1999-02

COMPLETE GAMES 1. 140 Michelle Hall 1990-93 2. 75 Sara Norwood 1994-98 3. 70 Vicki Dulaney 1996-99 4. 62 Lauren Yates 1999-02 5. 51 Tracey Russ 1994-97 6. 48 Christine Doyle 2003-06 7. 42 Stephanie Belden 1999-02 8. 40 Brittany Nelson 2003-06 9. 32 Danielle Jenkins 1999-02 10. 27 Carol Buczek 1988-89

EARNED RUN AVERAGE (Min. 50 IP)

1. 1.09 Michelle Hall 1990-93 2. 1.34 Julie Marcus 1992 3. 1.44 Christine Doyle 2003-06 4. 1.66 Meagen Johnson 2005-06 1.66 Joye Owens 1988 6. 1.90 Lauren Yates 1999-02 7. 2.17 Sara Norwood 1994-98 8. 2.23 Becky Hill 1988-89 9. 2.30 Carol Buczek 1988-89 10. 2.50 Brittany Nelson 2003-06

WINS 1. 104 Michelle Hall 1990-93 2. 56 Sara Norwood 1994-98 3. 46 Vicki Dulaney 1996-99 46 Lauren Yates 1999-02 5. 45 Christine Doyle 2003-06 6. 39 Brittany Nelson 2003-06 7. 38 Tracey Russ 1994-97 8. 37 Stephanie Belden 1999-02 9. 28 Danielle Jenkins 1999-02 10. 21 Ashley Frederick 2007-pres

SAVES 1. 31 Michelle Hall 1990-93 2. 6 Sara Norwood 1994-98 6 Stephanie Belden 1999-02 4. 4 Christine Doyle 2003-06 5. 4 Ashley Frederick 2007-pres. 3 Lauren Yates 1999-02 7. 2 Vicki Dulaney 1996-99 8. 1 Six players tied

STRIKEOUTS 1. 738 Michelle Hall 1990-93 2. 446 Sara Norwood 1994-98 3. 346 Christine Doyle 2003-06 4. 329 Brittany Nelson 2003-06 5. 324 Vicki Dulaney 1996-99 6. 323 Lauren Yates 1999-02 7. 240 Stephanie Belden 1999-02 240 Danyelle Gerdts 2004-07 8. 215 Ashley Frederick 2007-pres 9. 169 Sara Graziano 1993-94

INNINGS PITCHED 1. 1046.1 Michelle Hall 1990-93 2. 602.2 Sara Norwood 1994-98 3. 596.1 Vicki Dulaney 1996-99 4. 551.3 Lauren Yates 1999-02 5. 465.1 Brittany Nelson 2003-06 6. 456.0 Christine Doyle 2003-06 7. 431.1 Stephanie Belden 1999-02 8. 425.0 Tracey Russ 1994-97 9. 348.1 Danielle Jenkins 1999-02 10. 340.2 Danyelle Gerdts 2004-07.

Michelle Hall (1990-93) holds every career pitching record, including post-ing an amazing 1.09 ERA in over 1,000 innings of work. She is the only player in school history to earn the Big South Most Valuable Player award twice, receiving the honor in 1992 and 1993. Hall led the ‘92 squad to its first Big South title and an appearance in the National Invitation Championship.

Holly Lee (2000-03) helped the Lady Chants to back-to-back NCAA Tourna-ment appearances from 2000-01. She wrapped up her career as the all-time home run leader with 44 and second in RBI with 161. Lee also registered the seventh-best career batting aver-age with a .347 career clip. She was a four-time First Team All-Conference selection.

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Player of the Year (7)Stephanie Belden - 2002

Sara Graziano - 1994Michelle Hall - 1992, 1993

Meagen Johnson - 2006Holly Lee - 2003

Sarah Lockett - 2001

Rookie of the Year (4)Christine Doyle - 2003

Jessica Falca - 1996Holly Lee - 2000

Sara Norwood - 1994

Scholar-Athlete of the Year (5)Danielle Jenkins - 2002Meagen Johnson - 2006

Sarah Lockett - 2000, 2001Morgan Tolleson - 2003

Tournament MVP (5)Kacee Crumpacker - 1998 (co-)

Christine Doyle - 2006Michelle Hall - 1992Sarah Lockett - 2001Lauren Yates - 2000

Coach of the Year (7)Jess Dannelly - 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994,

2000, 2003, 2006

All-Big South (28)(one team from 1987-94)

Jennifer Bolebruch - 1993 (OF)Carol Buczek - 1988 (P)

Michelle Byrd - 1990 (C), 1991 (1B)Sandy Cartrete - 1987 (OF)Debbie Cornell - 1989 (C)

Dee Craft - 1993 IF)Sara Graziano - 1993 (IF), 1994 (3B)Michelle Hall - 1990, 1991, 1992 (P),

1993 (P/DH)Becky Hill - 1988 (OF)

Sherry Johnson - 1994 (1B)Jami Long - 1991 (OF)

Michelle Minton - 1991, 1993, 1994 (2B)

Sara Norwood - 1994 (P)Joy Owens - 1987 (P)

Beth Park - 1991 (DH), 1993 (C)Linda Richards - 1988 (SS)

Michelle Romano - 1990 (OF)Suzette Stone - 1989 (IF), 1990 (1B)

Tina Williamson - 1989 (OF)

First Team All-Big South (37)Lisa Anastasio - 2000 (2B)

Stephanie Belden - 2002 (P)Kacee Crumpacker - 1997, 1998 (SS)

Christine Doyle - 2003, 2006 (P)Jessica Falca - 1996 (OF), 1998 (2B),

1999 (SS)Kelly Feely - 2006 (OF)Jill Friedman - 1996 (3B)

Sara Hostetler - 2004, 2005, 2006 (3B)Danielle Jenkins - 2000 (OF), 2002

(DH)Meagen Johnson- 2005, 2006 (DP)

Sherry Johnson - 1995 (1B)Kimberly Josephson - 2002, 2003 (OF)

Kelli Julg - 2002, 2003 (SS)Holly Lee - 2000 (1B), 2001 (OF),

2002 (2B), 2003 (OF)Sarah Lockett - 2000 (3B), 2001 (3B)

Amy O’Neil - 2000 (OF)Kristie Pulchinski - 2001 (DH)

Cari Rowe - 1999 (OF)Tracy Russ - 1996 (P)

Kristina Sheppard - 2007 (U)Sara Thompson - 2001 (2B)

Morgan Tolleson - 2003 (DP)Lauren Yates - 2000 (P)

All-Time Big South Honors

Second Team All-Big South (26)Stephanie Belden - 2000 (P)Allison Cantrell - 2007 (2B)Kimberly Cillis - 2005 (1B)

Kacee Crumpacker - 1996 (SS)Amanda DeGrendele - 2003 (1B)

Jessica Falca - 1997 (2B)Jill Friedman - 1995 (3B), 1997 (3B)Danyelle Gerdts -2006, 2007 (OF)

Danielle Jenkins - 2001 (P)Kimberly Josephson - 2001 (OF)

B.J. Kemmerlin - 1997 (1B)Sarah Lockett - 1999 (OF)

Verity Long-Droppert- 2008 (Util.)Cari Rowe - 1997 (OF), 1998 (OF)

Tracy Russ - 1995 (P)Jennifer Schmidt - 2002 (1B)

Kristina Sheppard - 2004, 2006 (2B)Leslie Steele - 1998 (C)

Sara Thompson - 2000 (SS)Natasha Walker - 1995 (OF)

Lauren Yates - 2002 (P)Jennifer Zaeske - 1996 (2B)

All-Tournament Team (63)Jennifer Bolebruch - 1992

Michelle Byrd - 1991Allison Cantrell - 2005, 2007

Debbie Cornell - 1989Dee Craft - 1989, 1991

Kacee Crumpacker - 1997, 1998Christine Doyle - 2003, 2006

Jessica Falca - 1998, 1999Kelly Feely - 2003, 2006Karlye Fortune - 2001

Jill Friedman - 1996, 1997Kim Gayan - 1989

Delane Grainger - 2004Sara Graziano - 1993, 1994

Michelle Hall - 1990, 1991, 1992Becky Hill - 1989

Sara Hostetler - 2006Danielle Jenkins - 2000, 2001

Meagen Johnson - 2005Sherry Johnson - 1995

Kimberly Josephson - 2003Holly Lee - 2001

Sarah Lockett - 2001Verity Long-Droppert- 2008

Jami Long - 1990, 1991Lori Meador - 1992

Michelle Minton - 1991, 1992, 1994Shannon Montgomery - 1992

Amy O’Neil - 2000Brittany Nelson - 2004

Joy Owens - 1988Beth Park - 1992

Kristie Pulchinski - 2000Jennifer Raiffe - 1989Rachael Ray - 1992

Linda Richards - 1988Michelle Romano - 1990

Cari Rowe - 1999Tracy Russ - 1996

Jennifer Schmidt - 2002Leslie Steele - 1997

Suzette Stone - 1988, 1989Glynn Tolleson - 2006, 2007

Lauren Yates - 1999, 2000, 2002

All-Academic Team (12)Brittany Birnbaum-2008

Kacee Crumpacker - 1997, 1998Carla Hood - 2007

Sara Hostetler - 2004Danielle Jenkins - 2002Meagen Johnson - 2006

Sarah Lockett - 2000, 2001Brittany Nelson - 2005Morgan Tolleson - 2003

Amy Weller - 1999

Coastal Carolina Softball Field

• Coastal Carolina Softball Field has given the Chanticleers a distinct home field advantage over the years. Since the turn of the century, the Chants have posted 124 victories at home and a .585 winning percentage. The Chants have played host to perennial national powers Illinois, LSU, North Carolina, N.C. State, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia Tech. This season, Virginia Tech, Michigan St., South Carolina, and North Carolina highlight the home schedule.

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• A Daktronics scoreboard was unveiled prior to the 2008 sea-son, and features inning-by-inning score lines, as well as a full functioning message board.

The Coastal Carolina softball team would like to thank the hardest working grounds crew staff around, and for making

Coastal Carolina’s Athletic Fields the best they can be.Coastal Carolina Grounds Crew Staff (l-r):

Barney Dewitt, Tim Shank, Scott Grinter, Blaine Cullipher, and Ed Bailey.

Not Pictured: Duncan Parker, Will Dunaway, Terry Raines(They are making the fields better as you look at this picture!)

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• The following players and coaches have helped lay the foundation of success at Coastal Carolina, which in-cludes five Big South titles, four NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT appearance.

SARAH LOCKETT1999-2001Assistant Coach 2003-08

2001 Big South Player of the Year and Tournament MVP... Named All-Conference three times and NCAA All-Regional twice... Completed three-year career ranked first in home runs and hits by pitch along with finishing third in doubles, fifth in batting average and sixth in RBI... Served as assistant coach during the 2006 Big South championship and NCAA Tournament season.

JESSICA FALCA1996-99

Member of 2004 Athletic Hall of Fame class... Finished career with an NCAA record 196 stolen bases... Also ended career ranked nationally in hits (seventh), runs scored (12th) and batting average (15th)... NCAA All-Region Team member and three-time Big South All-Conference at three different positions... Still holds three Coastal Carolina career and two single season records.

MICHELLE HALL1990-93

Inducted in the Coastal Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999... Finished career ranked seventh in the NCAA in complete games, ninth in games pitched, ninth in games started, 12th in wins, and 16th in saves... Holds every Coastal Carolina career pitching record... Two-time league MVP... Three-time member of the NCAA All-South Region Team... Four-time All-Conference honoree and named to the Big South All-Tournament team three times.

MICHELLE MINTON1991-94

Inducted in to the Coastal Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Big South Hall of Fame in 2005... Two-sport star, ranking among career leaders in both softball and basketball... Ended career third in NCAA history in career batting average (.458), 11th in runs scored and 11th in hits... Four-time Big South All-Conference selection... Helped the 1994 squad to a school-record 44 wins.

HOLLY LEE1999-2003

A 2008 inductee of the Coastal Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame... Led Chanticleer softball to 128 wins and two NCAA Tournament appearances during her four-year career from 2000-2003... Captured the 2000 Big South Conference Rookie of the Year award... Was selected Big South Player of the Year in 2003... Earned All-Conference honors four times while playing three positions... Finished career as the school-record holder for career home runs (44) and second all-time with (161) RBIs.

KACEE CRUMPACKER1995-98

Selected First Team NCAA All-Region and three-time Big South All-Conference... Finished career ranked first in games played, second in home runs, RBI and doubles, third in hits, runs scored and triples, fourth in batting average and fifth in at-bats... Led the Chants to the 1998 league championship and NCAA Tournament.

SARA GRAZIANO1993-94

Inducted to the Coastal Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001 and Big South Hall of Fame in 2005... Named 1994 Division I Academic All-America Women’s Player of the Year... Set NCAA season records for batting average (.589) and slugging percentage (1.004) and ended career ranked eighth in RBI in a a season, 10th in hits in a season and 15th in career RBI... Also set NCAA record with a 43 game hit streak... Two-time NCAA All-Region and Big South All-Conference selection.

SHERRY JOHNSON1992-95

Member of the 2001 Coastal Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame class... Ended career ranked first in the NCAA in doubles (76), ninth in RBI for a season, 13th in career RBI and 19th in slugging percentage... Became just the second player in NCAA history to hit 20 or more doubles in consecutive seasons in 1995... Two-time Big South All-Conference honoree... Still holds three Coastal Carolina career records... Helped the 1994 squad to a school-record 44 wins.

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In his fifth year at the helm for the Coastal Carolina softball team, Head Coach Jess Dannelly led the squad to its first Big South Tournament Championship and a trip to the National Invitation Championship in 1992. During the regular season, the team registered a then-school record 12-game win streak, which including seven shutout vic-

tories. The Chants posted a 10-2 record in league action, the best in the Big South. In the Big South Tournament, they recorded one-run victories against Campbell (5-4) and Winthrop (4-3) to advance to the championship game. In the final, the squad downed Winthrop 7-2 to claim its first Big South Tournament title. Coastal Carolina had a Big South record seven members of the All-Tournament team with Michelle Hall, Michelle Minton, Beth Park, Shannon Montgomery, Rachael Ray, Jennifer Bolebruch and Lori Meador earning the nod. The Chanticleers earned the opportunity to play in the National Invitation Championship in Macomb, Ill., but dropped contests to NE Louisiana, Western Illinois, DePaul and Notre Dame to conclude its season. Three future Coastal Carolina Athletic Hall of Famers were part of the historic 1992 squad. Hall (class of 1999), Minter (class of 2000) and Sherry Johnson (class of 2001) helped lay the foundation of success that would continue for decades. Hall, Minton, Park, Bolebruch and Dee Craft were selected to the Big South All-Conference Team. Minton batted a then-school single-season record .457 at the plate. Johnson and Hall combined for 30 doubles. Coastal Carolina sported one of its best ever 1-2 pitching punches with Hall and Julie Marcus. Hall posted a 1.29 ERA and piled up 23 victories, while Marcus finished with a 1.34 ERA and 15 wins.

1992Big South Conference ChampionsNational Invitation TournamentOverall: 38-25 • Big South: 10-2

Coach: Jess DannellyDate Opponent Result

2/28 Furman L, 0-1 2/28 Furman L, 2-3 (8) 3/7 Campbell* W, 2-1 (8) 3/7 Campbell* L, 0-1 3/8 Radford W, 4-0 3/8 Radford W, 2-0 3/10 George Mason W, 11-1 3/10 George Mason W, 7-4 3/11 Radford* W, 4-0 3/11 Radford* W, 11-3 3/12 Dayton W, 2-0 3/12 Dayton W, 3-2 3/13 UNC Asheville* W, 9-0 3/13 UNC Asheville* W, 11-1 3/15 St. Andrews W, 4-0 3/15 St. Andrews W, 4-0 3/17 East Carolina L, 0-1 3/17 East Carolina W, 1-0 3/19 Winthrop W, 1-0 3/21 vs. Delaware# W, 9-0 3/21 vs. Ohio# L, 2-5 3/22 vs. Towson State# W, 6-1 3/22 vs. C. Connecticut# L, 2-4 3/24 Charleston Southern W, 2-1 3/24 Charleston Southern W, 3-1 3/25 at Francis Marion W, 11-3 3/25 at Francis Marion W, 19-5 3/26 Wright State L, 0-1 3/26 Wright State W, 15-3 3/28 Bucknell (at UNCW) W, 10-2 3/28 at UNC Wilmington W, 18-5 3/30 at Charleston Southern W, 5-0 3/30 at Charleston Southern L, 0-3 3/31 South Carolina L, 2-7 3/31 South Carolina L, 7-10 4/2 Francis Marion W, 3-1 4/2 Francis Marion L, 1-4 4/3 vs. North Carolina% L, 3-4 (8) 4/3 vs. Georgia Tech% W, 3-2 4/3 vs. Campbell% W, 10-9 4/4 at Furman% L, 2-4 4/4 vs. Georgia Tech% W, 4-0 4/4 vs. East Carolina% L, 1-8 4/5 at UNC Asheville W, 2-1 4/5 at UNC Asheville L, 1-2 4/8 at South Carolina L, 3-8 4/8 at South Carolina L, 0-3 4/9 at Winthrop* W, 2-1 4/9 at Winthrop* W, 4-3 4/10 vs. George Mason@ W, 10-3 4/10 vs. UNC Charlotte@ W, 5-0 4/11 vs. East Carolina@ L, 2-4 4/11 vs. South Carolina@ L, 1-2 4/12 at North Carolina@ L, 1-2 4/14 UNC Wilmington W, 8-0 4/14 UNC Wilmington L, 4-7 (8) 4/16 Campbell$ W, 5-4 4/17 Winthrop$ W, 4-3 4/18 Winthrop$ W, 7-2 5/16 NE Louisiana! L, 3-10 5/17 Western Illinois! L, 0-8 5/17 DePaul! L, 2-7 5/17 Notre Dame! L, 0-3

* Big South Conference# - ECU Lady Pirate Invitational

(Greenville, N.C.)% - Furman Invitational (Greenville, S.C.)@ - UNC Invitational (Chapel Hill, N.C.)

$ - Big South Tournament (Charleston, S.C.)

! - National Invitation Championship (Macomb, Ill.)

Michelle Hall pitched her second of four consecutive 20-plus win sub-1.30 ERA seasons.

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As the old adage goes, “It’s not how you start the season, but how you finish it,” and that could not be more true for the 2000 squad. The Chanti-cleers opened the season with nine consecutive losses, tying for the longest losing streak in school history. However, the team posted a 21-5 record down the stretch, including a 10-game midseason win streak. The Chants also defeated No. 19 South Carolina 7-5 in Columbia. The team did not lose from March 25 to April 17 during the team’s 10-game win streak. During the run, Coastal

Carolina outscored its opponents 75-12 and recorded four shutouts. Coastal Carolina posted an 8-2 league record and earned the No. 2 seed in the Big South Tournament. The Chants thumped Winthrop 14-1 in the opening round, but dropped a 4-3 decision against top-seeded Liberty. The squad downed Winthrop 12-4 to advance to the championship game, needing to defeat Liberty twice in a row. Coastal Carolina pulled off back-to-back extra-inning victories, 2-0 and 4-2, to eliminate the Lady Flames and claim the championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The squad traveled to Tempe, Ariz. for NCAA Regionals and the Chants dropped their opening game to No. 5 Arizona State 9-1. They upset No. 21 Florida Atlantic 4-2 for the school’s and the Big South’s first-ever NCAA Tournament victory by a female team. For an encore the team defeated Penn State 3-1. However, host Arizona State claimed a 2-1 heartbreaking deci-sion, scoring both runs in the top of the final frame, ending the Lady Chants’ rollercoaster season. Lauren Yates was named the Big South Tournament MVP and Danielle Jenkins, Amy O’Neil and Kristie Pulchinski joined Yates on the All-Tournament Team. Sarah Lockett earned her first of two Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, while Holly Lee was named Freshman of the Year. Jess Dannelly was named the Big South Coach of the Year. Seven of the regular starters batted above .300 and the team posted a .301 batting average for the season. Lockett led the Lady Chants with a .379 clip and nine home runs. Lee finished with a team-high 46 RBI and batted .356. Yates led the pitching staff with a 1.45 ERA and 32 complete games en route to 18 wins.

2000NCAA Tournament

Big South Conference ChampionsOverall: 37-28 • Big South: 8-2

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/11 vs. South Florida# L, 2-3 2/11 at Florida# L, 0-8 2/12 vs. Stetson# L, 1-6 2/12 at Florida# L, 0-8 2/13 vs. South Florida L, 3-5 2/13 vs. Stetson L, 1-2 2/25 at Georgia Southern% L, 2-3 2/25 vs. Middle Tenn. State% L, 0-1 2/26 vs. Tennessee% L, 0-3 2/26 vs. Elon% W, 9-0 2/27 vs. Elon% W, 6-1 2/29 St. Francis W, 3-2 2/29 St. Francis W, 5-4 3/5 North Carolina L, 0-1 3/5 College of Charleston W, 3-0 3/9 St. John’s L, 1-3 3/9 St. John’s W, 6-3 3/11 Illinois W, 3-2 3/11 Illinois L, 2-3 3/13 Belmont! W, 5-2 3/13 St. Peters! W, 4-1 3/14 Dayton! L, 3-6 3/14 East Carolina! L, 3-7 3/15 Belmont! W, 5-0 3/15 East Carolina! L, 1-4 3/17 vs. Mercer@ W, 9-1 3/17 vs. Pittsburgh@ L, 0-4 3/18 vs. Morgan State@ W, 7-1 3/18 vs. Illinois@ W, 14-2 3/18 vs. Pittsburgh@ L, 1-3 3/22 at UNC Wilmington L, 4-5 (10) 3/22 at UNC Wilmington W, 14-5 3/24 vs. Mercer^ L, 5-10 3/24 vs. SW Missouri State^ L, 1-3 3/25 vs. Maryland^ L, 3-8 3/25 vs. Harvard^ W, 4-1 3/29 Campbell W, 8-2 3/29 Campbell W, 7-1 4/5 UNC Wilmington W, 2-1 4/5 UNC Wilmington W, 7-4 (8) 4/6 Francis Marion W, 1-0 4/6 Francis Marion W, 13-2 4/11 Charleston Southern* W, 9-0 4/11 Charleston Southern* W, 16-0 4/17 Liberty* W, 8-0 4/17 Liberty* L, 0-2 4/18 at #19 South Carolina W, 7-5 4/18 at #19 South Carolina L, 2-5 4/25 at Coll. of Charleston W, 11-2 4/25 at College of Charleston L, 0-4 4/30 at Elon* W, 4-1 4/30 at Elon* W, 5-0 5/7 Radford* L, 6-7 5/7 Radford* W, 8-0 5/9 at Winthrop* W, 2-0 5/9 at Winthrop* W, 7-3 5/12 Winthrop$ W, 14-1 5/13 Liberty$ L, 3-4 5/13 Winthrop$ W, 12-4 5/14 Liberty$ W, 2-0 (8) 5/14 Liberty$ W, 4-2 (8) 5/18 at #5 Arizona State& L, 1-9 5/19 vs. #21 Fla. Atlantic& W, 4-2 5/20 vs. Penn State& W, 3-1 5/20 at #5 Arizona State& L, 1-2

* Big South Conference#-Univ. of Florida Tourn. (Gainesville, Fla.)% - Georgia Southern Tourn. (Stateboro,

Ga.)! - CCU Classic (Conway, S.C.)

@ - Winthrop Invitational (Rock HIll, S.C.)^ -Georgia Tech Buzz Classic (Atlanta, Ga.)$ - Big South Tournament (Conway, SC.)

& - NCAA Regional (Tempe, Ariz.)

Lauren Yates hurled her way to the Big South Tournament MVP honor.

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For the season, the 2001 team was outscored 201-199, but the squad captured Coastal Carolina’s second consecutive Big South title and NCAA Tournament appearance. With an 8-2 league re-cord, the Lady Chanticleers earned the No. 1 seed in the Big South Tournament. Coastal Carolina rolled through the tournament with a spotless 3-0 record. The Chants power hitting combination of Sarah Lockett

and Holly Lee each smacked two home runs during the tournament, leading them to a 4-0 victory over Liberty, an 8-4 decision against Charleston Southern and a 9-2 win in the championship game against Liberty. The Chants faced two nationally-ranked teams at the NCAA Regionals in Los Angeles, Calif. Coastal Carolina fell 8-0 to No. 2 UCLA in the opening round. The Lady Chants fell just short on its come-from-behind bid, 6-4, to No. 17 Fresno State to conclude the season. Lockett piled up the hardware being named the Big South Player of the Year, Tournament MVP, Scholar-Athlete of the Year, First Team All-Conference and the All-Tournament Team. Lee, Sara Thompson, and Kristie Pulchinski joined Lockett on the All-Conference First Team. Kim Joseph-son and Danielle Jenkins were named Second Team All-Conference. Lee, Karlye Fortune and Jenkins were each also named at the All-Tournament team. Lockett, Josephson, Lee and Pulchinski each started all 50 games and all four batted above .300 for the season, with Lockett leading the team with a .346 average. Lockett belted a then-single-season school record 15 home runs and Lee connected on 12 longballs. The two combined for 83 RBI and 43 extra-base hits on the season. Jenkins led the team with a 2.10 ERA, while picking up 12 wins. Stephanie Belden scored 10 pitching wins and added five complete game shutouts.

2001NCAA Tournament

Big South Conference ChampionsOverall: 27-23 • Big South: 8-2

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/23 vs. Middle Tenn. St.# L, 0-2 2/23 at Georgia Southern# W, 4-0 2/24 vs. Jacksonville State# L, 3-4 2/24 vs. Samford# W, 5-0 2/25 vs. Jacksonville St.# L, 2-3 (8) 3/7 UNC Greensboro W, 4-1 3/7 UNC Greensboro W, 3-2 (8) 3/8 Pittsburgh W, 5-0 3/8 Pittsburgh L, 0-12 3/12 Bowling Green! L, 2-6 3/12 Virginia! L, 1-12 3/13 East Carolina! L, 1-7 3/13 Illinois! W, 1-0 3/14 Illinois! L, 1-4 3/23 vs. Tennessee Martin@ L, 5-6 3/23 vs. Stetson@ L, 1-5 3/24 at Georgia Tech@ W, 7-3 3/24 vs. Illinois-Chicago@ W, 4-3 3/24 vs. North Carolina@ L, 0-9 3/28 #7 Louisiana State L, 2-12 3/28 #7 Louisiana State L, 0-4 4/4 at UNC Wilmington W, 2-1 4/4 at UNC Wilmington W, 7-5 4/5 College of Charleston L, 0-6 4/5 College of Charleston W, 5-0 4/7 at Charleston Southern* L, 0-4 4/7 at Charleston Southern* W, 3-1 4/8 Winthrop* W, 9-8 4/8 Winthrop* W, 10-2 4/10 UNC Wilmington L, 4-5 4/10 UNC Wilmington W, 13-6 4/12 at Campbell W, 13-2 4/12 at Campbell W, 2-0 4/18 Francis Marion W, 6-5 4/18 Francis Marion W, 10-4 4/20 at Liberty* W, 4-3 4/20 at Liberty* W, 7-5 4/21 at Radford* L, 5-6 4/21 at Radford* W, 8-0 4/24 at College of Charleston L, 0-4 4/24 at College of Charleston L, 1-4 4/25 South Carolina L, 0-8 4/25 South Carolina L, 1-6 4/29 Elon* W, 2-1 4/29 Elon* W, 11-0 5/5 vs. Liberty$ W, 4-0 5/5 vs. Charleston South.$ W, 8-4 5/6 Winthrop$ W, 9-2 5/17 at #2 UCLA& L, 0-8 5/17 vs. #17 Fresno State& L, 4-6

* Big South Conference# - Georgia Southern/Reebok Invitational

(Statesboro, Ga.)! - Coastal Carolina Classic (Conway, S.C.)@ - Ga. Tech Buzz Classic (Marietta, Ga.)$ - Big South Tournament (Salem, Va.)

& - NCAA Regional (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Sarah Lockett earned numerous Big South awards, including Player of the Year.

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Despite a 1-12 record to start the season, the 2006 softball team re-bounded to post a 34-8 record to close the regular season. The squad rolled off win streaks of eight games on three separate occasions throughout the season. The Chanticleers piled up Big South Conference regular season series sweeps against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Charleston Southern, Radford and Winthrop en route to a 10-2 league record and the No. 1 seed in the Big South Tournament.

During the Big South Tournament, Christine Doyle threw back-to-back complete game shutouts, picking up a 4-0 decision over Birmingham-Southern and 1-0 victory over Radford to advance to the Big South Tournament championship game. Coastal Carolina squared off with the Highlanders again in the finals. The teams battled to a 2-2 deadlock after seven innings, forcing the game into extra innings and the use of the international tiebreaker rule, which a player is placed on second base to start each inning. Radford was able to plate the runner from second, giving RU a 3-2 lead heading into the bottom of the frame. An intentional walk followed by a sacrifice bunt set the stage for Ashley Gerdts’ one-out, three-run walkoff home run, giving the Lady Chants the 5-3 victory. The Chants claimed their fifth Big South Tournament Championship earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Chants traveled to Athens Ga. for the Regional round. Coastal Carolina fell to Florida State 7-2 and dropped a 2-1 heartbreaker to Georgia Southern to finish the season. Meagan Johnson was named the league’s Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Head Coach Jess Dannelly was named the Big South Coach of the Year for the seventh time. Kelly Feely, Sarah Holstetler, Johnson and Doyle were selected to All-Conference First Team, while Danyelle Gerdts and Kristina Sheppard were named to the Second Team. Doyle was named the Tournament MVP after tossing 18 innings without allowing an earned run. Hostetler, Feely and Tolleson joined Doyle on the All-Tournament Team. Johnson finished the season with a .390 batting average and belted a school single-season record 20 home runs. She added a 9-3 record on the mound with a 1.76 ERA. Doyle finished the season with a 1.29 ERA and a 20-9 record.

2006 ResultsOverall: 38-22 • Big South: 10-2

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/10 #3 Tennessee L, 4-10 2/10 Illinois State L, 4-6 2/11 #3 Tennessee L, 0-8 2/17 Minnesota# W, 7-1 2/17 at North Carolina# L, 1-5 2/24 Minnesota L, 2-3 2/24 Virginia Tech L, 1-5 2/25 Pittsburgh L, 5-8 2/25 Virginia Tech L, 0-4 3/3 Drake$ L, 0-2 3/3 Ohio State$ L, 0-3 3/4 at #5 Alabama$ L, 2-4 3/4 at #5 Alabama$ L, 2-5 3/5 Ohio State W, 6-0 3/7 USC Upstate W, 4-1 3/7 USC Upstate W, 4-3 3/9 vs. Illinois% W, 7-2 3/9 vs. Central Mich.% W, 11-6 3/10 vs. Fordham% W, 4-0 (8) 3/10 vs. Virginia Tech% W, 4-3 3/11 vs. Chattanooga% W, 4-0 3/11 vs. Tennessee Tech% L, 3-4 (9) 3/15 at UNC Wilmington W, 8-0 3/15 at UNC Wilmington W, 2-1 (8) 3/17 at TAMU-C-C* W, 9-0 3/17 at TAMU-C-C* W, 7-0 3/21 Gardner-Webb W, 14-3 3/21 Gardner-Webb W, 15-4 3/22 North Florida W, 2-0 3/22 North Florida W, 15-4 3/24 #6 California^ L, 1-2 3/24 at East Carolina^ L, 0-4 3/25 Kent State^ L, 0-10 3/25 Penn State^ L, 2-4 (8) 3/26 Buffalo^ W, 8-0 3/28 at Campbell (DH) W, 6-4 3/28 at Campbell (DH) W, 8-1 4/2 at Birm.-Southern* L, 1-8 4/2 at Birm.-Southern* W, 8-0 4/4 College of Charleston W, 7-3 4/4 College of Charleston W, 9-1 4/6 North Carolina State W, 1-0 4/6 North Carolina State L, 4-1 4/11 at Elon W, 5-4 4/11 at Elon W, 6-3 4/13 South Carolina W, 2-1 4/13 South Carolina W, 6-5 (8) 4/15 Charleston Southern* W, 5-0 4/15 Charleston Southern* W, 2-1 4/22 Liberty* L, 1-2 (8) 4/23 Radford* W, 4-2 4/23 Radford* W, 1-0 (8) 5/6 Liberty* W, 5-0 5/8 at Winthrop* W, 6-0 5/8 at Winthrop* W, 4-1 5/11 vs. Birm.-Southern& W, 4-0 5/12 at Radford& W, 1-0 5/13 at Radford& W, 5-3 (8) 5/19 vs. Florida State@ L, 2-7 5/20 vs. Georgia Southern@ L, 1-2 (8)

* - Big South Conference Game# - Triangle Classic (Chapel Hill, N.C.)$ - Crimson Classic (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

% - USF-adidas Spring Break Invitational(Clearwater, Fla.)

^ - ECU Classic (Greenville, N.C.)& - Big South Tournament (Radford, Va.)@- NCAA Athens Regional (Athens, Ga.)

Christine Doyle was named the Big South Tournament MVP.

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Key: Batter, (Years)— games played, hits-at bats, average, home runs, rbi, stolen basesPitcher— appearances, wins-losses, era, innings pitched, strikeouts

Sarah Allain (2002-03) — 33 g, 4-15, .267, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 1 sbKatey Allen (2003-06) — 149 g, 42-227, .185, 0 hr, 11 rbi, 25 sbLisa Anastasio (1999-01) — 135 g, 115-387, .297, 4 hr, 63 rbi, 2 sbMichelle Andrews (1994-96) — 37 app, 16-8, 2.92 era, 156.0 ip, 60 k

Michelle Andrews — 9 g, 1-1, 1.000, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 sbBecky Andrews (1990-91) — 86 g, 50-194, .258, 1 hr, 30 rbi, 2 sbMecaela Ballard (2008-pres.)- 52 g, 31-139, .223, 7 rbi, 7 sbTiffany Barrett (1998) — 56 g, 25-134, .187, 1 hr, 14 rbi, 4 sbDebbie Beck (1983) — 10-41, .250, 0 hr, 4 rbi, 0 sbStephanie Belden (1999-02) — 92 app, 37-30, 2.91 era, 431.1 ip, 146 k

Stephanie Belden — 63 g, 24-121, .198, 4 hr, 18 rbi, 0 sbEricka Bellet (1994-95) — 83 g, 57-182, .313, 0 hr, 24 rbi, 2 sbMissy Bembry (1992-93) — 82 g, 14-81, .173, 0 hr, 10 rbi, 2 sbSusie Benton (1993) — 50 g, 49-135, .363, 0 hr, 21 rbi, 6 sbBrittany Birnbaum (2006-pres.) — 124 g, 67-281, .238, 2hr, 23rbiJennifer Bolebruch (1990-93) — 223 g, 160-607, .264, 0 hr, 52 rbi, 30 sbKim Branson (1995-96) — 30 app, 15-10, 2.98 era, 152.2 ip, 79 k

Kim Branson — 2 g, 0-1, .000, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 sbJennifer Britton (2004) — 35 g, 4-52, .077, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 2 sbCarol Buczek (1988-89) — 41 app, 16-18, 2.30 era, 243.1 ip, 106 k

Carol Buczek — 41 g, 18-102, .176, 1 hr, 16 rbi, 1 sbMichelle Byrd (1990-91) — 5 app, 0-3, 11.28 era, 18.0 ip, 0 k

Michelle Byrd — 114 g, 93-337, .276, 2 hr, 40 rbi, 3 sbCarol Camintz (1983) — 23-72, .319, 1 hr, 8 rbi, 3 sbAllison Cantrell (2005-pres.)— 166 g, 145-504, .288, 18 hr, 73 rbi, 4 sbCourtney Carlson (1991) — 20 g, 1-13, .077, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 0 sbTerri Chatham (1983) — 14 app, 6-6, 3.50 era, 81.2 ip, 39 k

Terri Chatham — 23-69, .333, 1 hr, 6 rbi, 1 sbKimberly Cillis (2004-07) —189 g, 98-436, .225, 8 hr, 41 rbi, 1 sbShannon Connors (2008-pres.)- 1g., 0-1Debbie Cornell (1988-89) — 76 g, 58-230, .252, 2 hr, 20 rbi, 15 sbDee Craft (1989-92) — 211 g, 115-512, .225, 0 hr, 36 rbi, 13 sbDawn Crenshaw (1988) — 15 g, 4-31, .129, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 0 sbKacee Crumpacker (1995-98) — 230 g, 259-666, .389, 23 hr, 145 rbi, 21 sbGay Dailey (1983) — 10-48, .209, 1 hr, 6 rbi, 8 sbChrista Davis (1997-98) — 77 g, 31-183, .169, 1 hr, 23 rbi, 1 sb)Amanda DeGrendele (2000-03) — 138 g, 62-284, .218, 2 hr, 24 rbi, 0 sbChristine Doyle (2003-06) — 86 app, 45-23, 1.44 era, 456.0 ip, 346 k

Christine Doyle — 61 g, 8-47, .170, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 0 sbNiki Douglas (1993-95) — 126 g, 41-174, .236, 4 hr, 27 rbi, 1 sbJenny Dowling (1983) — 20-66, .303, 2 hr, 14 rbi, 2 sbVicki Dulaney (1996-99) — 102 app, 46-43, 2.79 era, 596.1 ip, 324 kZetta Dumkrieger (2000-01) — 66 g, 7-64, .109, 0 hr, 3 rbi, 0 sbDanica Dunkle (1998-99) — 36 g, 5-57, .088, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 1 sbDonna Edgison (1983) — 22-79, .278, 0 hr, 8 rbi, 11 sbHeather Endrenyi (1995-96) — 68 g, 41-188, .218, 0 hr, 14 rbi, 2 sbMichelle Evans (2008-pres)- 45 g, 22-104, 212, 4 hr, 10 rbi

Michelle Evans 32 g, 3-12, 4.08 era, 80 so, 1 sv.Jessica Falca (1996-99) — 227 g, 341-791, .431, 1 hr, 49 rbi, 196 sbKelly Feely (2003-06) — 176 g, 111-440, .252, 20 hr, 79 rbi, 0 sbIrene Finley (2003-06) — 94 g, 15-107, .140, 1 hr, 4 rbi, 2 sbKarlye Fortune (2001-2002) — 76 g, 54-204, .265, 6 hr, 35 rbi, 1 sbAshley Frederick (2007-pres.) — 67 app., 21-30, 2.61 era, 337.2 ip, 215 k

Ashley Frederick — 3 g, 0-1, .000, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 sbJill Friedman (1994-97) — 222 g, 192-637, .301, 1 hr, 84 rbi, 23 sbKim Gayon (1989-90) — 74 g, 37-162, .228, 0 hr, 11 rbi, 9 sbAshley Gerdts (2005-07) — 125 g, 70-304, .230, 18 hr, 45 rbi, 2 sbDanyelle Gerdts (2004-07) — 76 app, 20-36, 3.37 era, 340.2 ip, 240 k

Danyelle Gerdts — 191 g, 122-505, .242, 7 hr, 38 rbi, 27 sbWhitney Gibson (2006) — 13 g, 0-0, .000, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 1 sbDelane Grainger (2004-05) — 105 g, 106-348, .304, 1 hr, 21 rbi, 17 sbSara Graziano (1993-94) — 19 app, 11-6, 2.45 era, 103.0 ip, 169 k Sara Graziano — 109 g, 165-316, .522, 21 hr, 139 rbi, 9 sbJulie Greenhill (1996) — 6 g, 0-5, .000, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 0 sbSandra Griffith (1988) — 5 g, 0-4, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 sbMichelle Hall (1990-93) — 174 app, 104-48, 1.09 era, 1,046.1 ip, 738 k

Michelle Hall — 217 g, 174-593, .293, 15 hr, 125 rbi, 9 sbTammy Hammer (1988) — 5 g, 2-4, .500, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 sbLynee Hastings (2003-06) — 120 g, 38-245, .155, 2 hr, 15 rbi, 0 sbBecky Hill (1988-89) — 21 app, 8-10, 2.23 era, 116.0 ip, 43 k Becky Hill (1988-89) — 83 g, 77-249, .309, 1 hr, 43 rbi, 3 sbDebbie Hines (1988) — 6 g, 1-5, .200, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 0 sbBrittney Hollifield (2007) — 16 app, 4-7, 4.82 era, 65.1 ip, 42 k

Brittney Hollifield — 1 g, 0-2, .000, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0sbCathy Honeycutt (1983) — 20-76, .263, 0 hr, 4 rbi, 12 sbCarla Hood (2004-07) — 177 g, 60-304, .197, 11 hr, 41 rbi, 0 sbSara Hostetler (2003-06) — 218 g, 184-642, .287, 7 hr, 73 rbi, 14 sbStacy Hughes (1988) — 21 g, 7-39, .179, 0 hr, 5 rbi, 0 sbRobyn Hvizdak (2002-pres.) — 19 g, 1-16, .062, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 sbLisa Ibbetson (1983) — 13 app, 8-6, 1.95 era, 104.1 ip, 59 kLisa Ibbetson — 5-30, .167, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 0 sbAlicia Irwin (2007-2008) — 106 g, 50-256, .195, 6 hr, 29 rbi, 1 sbLaura Jackson (1983) — 13-28, .428, 0 hr, 4 rbi, 3 sbDanielle Jenkins (1999-02) — 71 app, 28-22, 2.33 era, 348.1 ip, 144 k

Danielle Jenkins — 146 g, 87-327, .266, 5 hr, 44 rbi, 1 sbEmma Johnson (1983) — 2-12, .167, 0 hr, 8 rbi, 2 sb

Meagen Johnson (2005-06) — 44 app, 18-7, 1.66 era, 185.1 ip, 179 k Meagen Johnson — 95 g, 84-245, .343, 22 hr, 72 rbi, 0 sb

Sherry Johnson (1992-95) — 230 g, 258-697, .370, 31 hr, 194 rbi, 8 sbKimberly Josephson (2000-03) — 216 g, 217-640, .339, 0 hr, 38 rbi, 28 sbKelli Julg (2000-03) — 177 g, 99-368, .269, 7 hr, 54 rbi, 15 sbLeslie Kalama (1993-94) — 72 g, 43-185, .232, 0 hr, 5 rbi, 0 sbBobby Jean Kemmerlin (1996-97) — 113 g, 77-316, .244, 7 hr, 53 rbi, 1 sbSuzanne Kimbrell (2002-03) — 83 g, 51-212, .241, 7 hr, 26 rbi, 5 sbTracy Kirsch (1999-01) — 131 g, 71-311, .228, 1 hr, 38 rbi, 1 sbTrish Kretchman (2004-07) — 35 app, 1-2, 2.89 era, 70.1 ip, 25 k

Trish Kretchman — 33 g, 3-35, .086, 1 hr, 7 rbi, 0 sb Pam Leasure (1983) — 17-63, .270, 0 hr, 7 rbi, 6 sbHolly Lee (2000-03) — 202 g, 205-590, .347, 44 hr, 161 rbi, 4 sbSarah Lockett (1999-01) — 169 g, 190-508, .374, 37 hr, 124 rbi, 8 sbJami Long (1990-91) — 113 g, 100-324, .309, 2 hr, 61 rbi, 6 sbVerity Long-Droppert (2008)- 60 g, 53-168, .315, 8hr, 29 rbi, 8 sbJulie Marcus (1992) — 28 app, 15-13, 1.34 era, 182.2 ip, 89 k

Julie Marcus — 59 g, 35-141, .248, 0 hr, 8 rbi, 0 sbKelly McCoy (2000-03) — 35 g, 8-53, .151, 1 hr, 6 rbi, 1 sbDana McLaughlin (1999) — 4 g, 1-3, .333, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 sbLori Meador (1990-93) — 198 g, 56-297, .189, 0 hr, 26 rbi, 10 sbDawn Medeiros (1989) — 15 g, 3-16, .188, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 0 sbDiana Mendez (2004-pres.) — 54 g, 35-158, .222, 0 hr, 18 rbi, 0 sbMichelle Minton (1991-94) — 199 g, 308-672, .458, 3 hr, 72 rbi, 77 sbShannon Montgomery (1992) — 62 g, 40-176, .227, 3 hr, 23 rbi, 4 sbTonya Moses (1991-92) — 63 g, 15-73, .205, 0 hr, 7 rbi, 2 sbBrittany Nelson (2003-06) — 99 app, 39-32, 2.50 era, 465.1 ip, 329 k Brittany Nelson — 134 g, 77-290, .266, 9 hr, 51 rbi, 0 sbMichelle Newman (1993-94) — 56 g, 37-105, .352, 0 hr, 9 rbi, 11 sbSara Norwood (1994-95,97-98)—108 app, 56-35, 2.17 era, 602.2 ip, 446 k

Sara Norwood — 12 g, 2-6, .333, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 0 sbLinda Olson (1988-90) — 45 app, 18-14, 2.79 era, 237.2 ip, 63 k

Linda Olson — 47 g, 16-77, .208, 0 hr, 7 rbi, 1 sbAmy O’Neil (1997-00) — 233 g, 166-624, .266, 0 hr, 74 rbi, 11 sbJoy Owens (1988) — 17 app, 9-5, 1.66 era, 88.1 ip, 45 k

Joy Owens — 30 g, 22-84, .262, 1 hr, 11 rbi, 1 sbBeth Park (1991-94) — 201 g, 170-565, .301, 2 hr, 106 rbi, 27 sbSusan Parkinson (1998) — 11 app, 3-2, 4.51 era, 45.0 ip, 10 kAshley Pederson (2008-pres.)- 50 g, 12-98, .122, 2 hr, 7 rbi 35 app., 8-13, .122 era, 144.1 ip, 60 kHelene Piel (1983) — 8-30, .267, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 1 sbAshley Pisone (2008-pres.)- 60 g., 24-101, .238, 11 rbi, 9 sbKristie Pulchinski (1998-01) — 190 g, 143-539, .265, 4 hr, 45 rbi, 13 sbKjersti Pratt (1991) — 17 app, 9-5, 3.29 era, 85.0 ip, 16 k

Kjersti Pratt — 17 g, 0-0, .000, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 sbAlexandra Prattes (2002-05) — 100 g, 11-62, .177, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 2 sbJennifer Raiffie (1989) — 34 g, 25-104, .240, 0 hr, 7 rbi, 0 sbRachel Ray (1992-93) — 101 g, 76-269, .283, 3 hr, 32 rbi, 9 sbKelly Reilly (1988) — 45 g, 32-121, .264, 0 hr, 11 rbi, 0 sbLinda Richards (1988) — 48 g, 59-167, .353, 6 hr, 38 rbi, 5 sbCrystal Richardson (1995) — 54 g, 28-126, .222, 0 hr, 6 rbi, 11 sbKelsey Riffel (2006-pres.) — 115 g, 37-204, .181, 2 hr, 16 rbi, 13 sbCindy Ritter (1994) — 58 g, 50-167, .299, 2 hr, 30 rbi, 14 sbMichelle Romano (1988-90) — 131 g, 38-161, .269, 2 hr, 29 rbi, 7 sbCari Rowe (1996-99) — 227 g, 202-710, .285, 13 hr, 129 rbi, 16 sbTracey Russ (1994-97) — 75 app, 38-29, 2.55 era, 425.0 ip, 122 k

Tracey Russ — 67 g, 24-134, .179, 0 hr, 12 rbi, 0 sbJennifer Schmidt (2001-02) — 90 g, 59-230, .257, 4 hr, 25 rbi, 3 sbKara Schwind (2001) — 42 g, 23-99, .232, 2 hr, 15 rbi, 0 sbJessica Scott (2008)- 11 g, 3-23, .131, 2 rbi, 3 sbKeira Session (1996) — 26 g, 1-9, .111, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 5 sbKristina Sheppard (2004-07) — 202 g, 152-536, .284, 23 hr, 96 rbi, 1 sbCrystal Sills (1995) — 20 g, 1-26, .038, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 1 sbHaley Smith (1997) — 6 app, 1-0, 2.56 era, 13.2 ip, 4 kLeslie Steele (1995-98) — 229 g, 163-629, .259, 9 hr, 102 rbi, 3 sbSusette Stone (1988-90) — 137 g, 103-362, .285, 2 hr, 47 rbi, 36 sbCass Stuart (2008-pres.) — 11 g, 3-23, .130, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 3 sbKim Sudowski (1995) — 31 g, 6-41, .146, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 0 sbPenny Taylor (1994) — 46 g, 28-107, .262, 0 hr, 7 rbi, 1 sbSara Thompson (1999-03) — 172 g, 114-439, .260, 6 hr, 44 rbi, 1 sbTammi Thompson (1998-99) — 111 g, 71-322, .220, 0 hr, 21 rbi, 2 sbGlynn Tolleson (2006-07) — 105 g, 65-264, .246, 9 hr, 20 rbi, 10 sbMorgan Tolleson (2002-03) — 24 app, 9-9, 2.58 era, 108.2 ip, 85 k

Morgan Tolleson — 53 g, 29-112, .259, 1 hr, 15 rbi, 0 sbAlyssa Tornatore (2007-pres.) — 76 g, 22-125, .192, 0 hr, 6 rbi, 0 sbErika Trujillo (2006-07) — 49 g, 23-106, .217, 3 hr, 14 rbi, 4 sbAllison Tyndall (1988) — 44 g, 21-108, .194, 0 hr, 10 rbi, 0 sbLaicole Walker (2007-2008) — 87 g, 45-212, .226, 1 hr, 6 rbi, 17 sbNatasha Walker (1993-95) — 135 g, 95-318, .299, 5 hr, 53 rbi, 19 sbJohanna Watson (1983) — 8-32, .250, 0 hr, 4 rbi, 0 sbBrooke Weisbrod (1998-99) — 42 g, 23-90, .256, 4 hr, 18 rbi, 2 sbAmy Weller (1998-01) — 185 g, 69-336, .205, 0 hr, 26 rbi, 5 sbSuzanne Welty (1988) — 47 g, 37-137, .270, 2 hr, 19 rbi, 1 sbAmanda Wiechowski (1995-97) — 148 g, 52-265, .196, 0 hr, 12 rbi, 8 sbTina Williamson (1988-91) — 167 g, 97-412, .235, 1 hr, 55 rbi, 8 sbCandra Witt (2007) — 4 g, 0-5, .000, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 sbLauren Yates (1999-02) — 107 app, 46-35, 1.90 era, 551.1 ip, 323 k

Lauren Yates — 21 g, 6-27, .222, 2 hr, 5 rbi, 0 sbJennifer Zaeske (1996-97) — 98 g, 67-246, .272, 0 hr, 17 rbi, 11 sb

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1984Overall: 19-10

Coach: unknown Date Opponent (site unknown) Result Lander W, 12-2 Lander W, 2-1 Vermont W, 6-2 Vermont L, 1-6 Francis Marion L, 0-10 Trenton State W, 2-1 Francis Marion L, 2-3 (10) Erskine W, 2-0 Erskine L, 2-4 Concord W, 5-1 Concord W, 6-1 Morris W, 9-2 Morris W, 9-4 Erskine W, 2-1 Erskine L, 0-4 Newberry W, 5-2 Newberry W, 4-0 Voorhees W, 4-0 USC Lancaster W, 6-2 USC Lancaster W, 7-2 Central Wesleyan W, 4-1 Central Wesleyan W, 5-4 (8) Francis Marion L, 1-6 Francis Marion L, 1-8 Voorhees L, 1-2 Voorhees W, 12-2 Erskine$ W, 5-1 Winthrop$ L, 0-2 Central Wesleyan$ L, 3-5

$ - NAIA District 6 Playoffs

1987Overall: 19-20 • Big South: 9-9

Coach: Dee Dee KishDate Opponent Result

3/6 Winthrop* L, 0-3 3/6 Winthrop* L, 3-6 3/9 Charleston Southern* L, 4-7 3/9 Charleston Southern* L, 5-11 3/11 St. Louis W, 20-13 3/11 St. Louis W, 4-2 3/13 Campbell* W, 8-5 3/13 Campbell* W, 5-2 3/14 at Armstrong State* W, 13-0 3/14 at Armstrong State* W, 13-0 3/16 Princeton L, 2-5 3/16 Trenton State L, 3-13 3/18 Stockton State W, 3-2 3/18 Stockton State W, 13-7 3/20 at Campbell* L, 1-4 3/20 at Campbell* W, 3-2 3/21 at Winthrop* L, 1-5 3/21 at Winthrop* L, 0-7 3/22 at UNC Asheville* L(forf.), 0-7 3/22 at UNC Asheville* L, 3-10 3/24 Armstrong State* W(forf.), 7-0 3/24 Armstrong State* W(forf.), 7-0 3/25 Hiram L, 2-8 3/27 Erskine W, 6-4 3/27 Hiram L, 3-4 3/28 Campbell L(forf.), 0-7 3/28 Radford W, 8-2 3/28 Methodist W, 6-1 4/4 Spartanburg W, 11-1 4/4 Spartanburg W, 1-0 4/6 at Charleston Southern* W, 4-3 4/6 at Charleston Southern* W, 4-0 4/9 UNC Wilmington L, 2-7 4/9 UNC Wilmington L, 1-3 4/13 at Francis Marion L, 0-10 4/13 at Francis Marion L, 3-4 4/17 Baptist $ L, 1-11 4/18 Campbell $ W, 7-0 4/18 Charleston Southern $ L, 1-5

* Big South Conference$ - Big South Conference Tournament

1988Overall: 28-22 • Big South: 7-3

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 3/2 Furman L, 0-1 3/2 Furman L, 0-1 3/4 Winthrop W, 7-6 3/4 Winthrop L, 4-8 3/5 Rochester Inst. W, 14-1 3/10 East Carolina L, 2-4 3/12 at Campbell W, 4-1 3/12 at Campbell W, 13-4 3/15 Charleston Southern* L, 1-2 3/15 Charleston Southern* L, 7-9 3/17 at Winthrop* W, 4-0 3/17 at Winthrop* L, 4-8 3/18 Campbell* W, 7-6 3/18 Campbell* W, 10-0 3/20 Spartanburg Meth. W, 5-4 3/20 Hiram L, 2-6 3/21 Hiram W, 3-1

3/21 Hiram W, 9-0 3/24 at Francis Marion L, 4-5 3/24 at Francis Marion L, 1-3 3/26 UNC Asheville* W, 5-2 3/26 UNC Asheville* W, 3-1 3/29 at Charleston Southern W, 9-1 3/29 at Charleston Southern W, 10-1 3/30 Bucknell L, 0-2 3/30 Bucknell L, 1-5 4/1 Augusta W, 7-2 4/1 Augusta L, 1-11 4/2 at UNC Wilmington% L, 3-6 4/2 Longwood% L, 4-6 4/2 Radford% W, 6-1 4/2 Campbell% W, 4-0 4/4 UNC Wilmington L, 3-7 4/4 UNC Wilmington L, 5-8 4/5 St. Francis W, 7-0 4/5 St. Francis W, 7-0 4/8 at Augusta* W, 15-10 4/8 at Augusta* W, 10-5 4/15 UNC Wilmington# L, 1-3 4/15 UNC Charlotte# W, 4-3 4/16 at East Carolina# L, 1-9 4/16 UNC Charlotte# W, 6-0 4/16 Charleston Southern# W, 5-4 4/16 UNC Wilmington# W, 9-7 4/17 at East Carolina# L, 1-10 4/22 Charleston Southern$ L, 0-1 4/22 Winthrop$ W, 2-0 4/23 Augusta$ W, 12-0 4/23 Charleston Southern$ W, 5-4 4/23 Charleston Southern$ L, 1-10

* Big South Conference% - UNCW Seahawk Invitational (Wilmington,

N.C.)# - ECU Lady Pirate Invitational (Greenville, N.C.)$ - Big South Conference Tournament (Rock Hill, S.C.)

1989Overall: 17-19 • Big South: 2-6

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 3/13 Campbell W, 6-1 3/13 Campbell W, 2-1 3/18 UNC Wilmington# W, 10-2 3/18 Ohio# L, 4-3 3/19 George Mason# L, 1-2 3/21 Heidelberg W, 8-0 3/21 Heidelberg W, 6-0 3/27 at Charleston Southern L, 5-8 3/27 at Charleston Southern L, 5-6 3/29 at Campbell* W, 4-1 3/29 at Campbell* L, 5-6 3/31 Bucknell W, 3-2 3/31 Bucknell W, 10-3 4/1 vs. Longwood% W, 7-4 4/1 vs. UNC Greensboro% W, 10-3 4/1 vs. Charles County% W, 7-2 4/2 vs. Virginia Tech% W, 22-3 4/2 at UNC Wilmington% L, 2-6 4/4 at UNC Wilmington W, 2-0 4/4 at UNC Wilmington L, 5-6 4/6 South Carolina L, 0-3 4/6 South Carolina L, 0-7 4/11 at South Carolina L, 0-2 4/11 at South Carolina L, 0-1 4/14 Charleston Southern* L, 2-9 4/14 Charleston Southern* L, 5-12 4/16 Winthrop* L, 1-2 4/16 Winthrop* L, 0-2 4/17 UNC Wilmington W, 1-0 4/17 UNC Wilmington L, 4-6 4/18 at UNC Asheville* L, 2-3 4/18 at UNC Asheville* W, 2-0 4/22 Winthrop$ L, 0-2 4/23 UNC Asheville$ W, 5-2 4/23 Charleston Southern$ W, 4-1 4/23 Winthrop$ L, 0-1

* Big South Conference# - ECU Lady Pirate Invitational (Greenville,

N.C.)% - UNCW Seahawk Invitational (Wilmington,

N.C.)$ - Big South Conference Tournament (Conway, S.C.)

1990Overall: 34-21 • Big South: 8-2

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 3/4 North Carolina L, 2-3 3/4 North Carolina L, 1-17 3/6 at Francis Marion L, 6-3 3/6 at Francis Marion L, 4-2 3/8 East Carolina W, 5-3 3/8 East Carolina W, 6-2 3/9 Mercer W(forf.), 7-0 3/9 Mercer W(forf.), 7-0 3/10 at UNC Asheville* W, 4-2 3/10 at UNC Asheville* L, 3-4 3/11 at Furman L, 0-2 3/11 at Furman L, 1-2 (8)

3/13 at Campbell* W, 4-2 3/13 at Campbell* L, 2-4 3/14 Heidelberg W, 2-1 3/14 Heidelberg W, 1-0 3/15 at Augusta* W, 6-1 3/15 at Augusta* W, 14-5 3/17 vs. George Mason# W, 5-2 3/17 vs. Monmouth# W, 2-0 3/17 at East Carolina# L, 0-3 3/18 vs. UNC Charlotte# L, 1-2 3/20 Campbell W, 5-3 3/20 Campbell W, 3-0 3/21 Wright State W, 2-1 3/21 Wright State W, 8-7 3/22 at Charleston Southern* W, 4-1 3/22 at Charleston Southern* W, 3-1 (9) 3/24 Winthrop* W, 5-4 3/24 Winthrop* W, 8-1 3/27 Eastern Illinois L, 3-5 3/27 Eastern Illinois L, 1-14 3/28 South Carolina L, 2-8 3/28 South Carolina L, 0-8 4/1 Augusta W, 7-5 4/1 Augusta W, 5-3 4/3 at South Carolina L, 1-6 4/3 at South Carolina L, 3-11 4/5 at UNC Wilmington W, 1-0 4/5 at UNC Wilmington L, 1-4 4/7 at Winthrop L, 0-2 4/7 at Winthrop W, 5-4 4/9 Francis Marion W, 6-1 4/9 Francis Marion W, 1-0 4/11 Charleston Southern W, 3-0 4/11 Charleston Southern W, 3-2 4/13 vs. Georgia State% L, 2-4 4/13 vs. UNC Charlotte% L, 0-3 4/14 vs. Winthrop% L, 0-3 4/17 UNC Wilmington W, 4-3 4/17 UNC Wilmington W, 1-0 4/19 Campbell$ W, 10-3 4/20 Winthrop$ W, 5-2 4/21 Winthrop$ L, 0-1 4/21 Winthrop$ L, 0-2

* Big South Conference# - ECU Lady Pirate Invitational (Greenville,

N.C.)% - South Carolina Invitational (Columbia, S.C.)

$ - Big South Conference Tournament (Conway, S.C.)

1991Overall: 41-21 • Big South: 8-0

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 3/1 Shippensburg L, 0-1 3/1 Shippensburg L, 4-5 3/4 at Francis Marion W, 10-2 3/4 at Francis Marion W, 8-6 3/9 Campbell* W, 10-2 3/9 Campbell* W, 4-3 3/11 East Carolina L, 2-3 3/11 East Carolina L, 0-4 3/12 Francis Marion W, 5-0 3/12 Francis Marion W, 3-2 3/14 UNC Asheville* W, 10-0 3/14 UNC Asheville* W, 2-0 3/15 vs. Methodist# W, 7-0 3/15 vs. Campbell# W, 8-1 3/15 vs. Methodist# W, 10-0 3/16 vs. Charleston Southern# L, 0-2 3/18 New England W, 8-0 3/18 New England W, 7-1 3/20 at UNC Wilmington W, 6-1 3/20 at UNC Wilmington W, 6-2 3/22 Augusta* W, 6-0 3/22 Augusta* W, 17-0 3/23 vs. UNC Charlotte% L, 1-3 3/23 vs. North Carolina% L, 4-8 3/23 vs. UNC Wilmington% W, 7-6 (8) 3/24 at East Carolina% W, 5-1 3/24 vs. Limestone% W, 4-2 3/25 at Campbell L, 0-1 3/25 at Campbell L, 4-5 3/27 at Augusta L, 3-4 3/27 at Augusta W, 12-2 3/29 Bucknell W, 1-0 3/29 Bucknell W, 8-1 4/1 South Carolina L, 0-7 4/1 South Carolina L, 2-11 4/2 at Charleston Southern* W, 3-0 4/2 at Charleston Southern* W, 8-0 4/4 at Newberry W, 10-0 4/4 at Newberry W, 5-2 4/5 vs. Campbell@ W, 5-0 4/5 vs. East Carolina@ W, 10-3 4/6 vs. UNC Charlotte@ L, 2-3 4/6 vs. Georgia Tech@ W, 4-3 (8) 4/6 at Furman@ L, 2-10 4/7 at UNC Asheville W, 8-2 4/7 at UNC Asheville W, 16-6 4/10 Charleston Southern W, 1-0 4/10 Charleston Southern W, 3-2

4/12 vs. Georgia Southern& W, 5-3 4/12 vs. UNC Charlotte& W, 2-1 (10) 4/13 at South Carolina& L, 0-1 (8) 4/13 vs. Georgia State& L, 1-5 4/13 vs. UNC Charlotte& L, 0-7 4/16 UNC Wilmington W, 9-0 4/16 UNC Wilmington W, 7-3 4/19 Augusta$ W, 1-0 4/19 Winthrop$ L, 1-2 4/20 Campbell$ W, 3-1 4/20 Winthrop$ W, 1-0 4/21 Winthrop$ L, 2-7 4/24 at South Carolina L, 0-5 4/24 at South Carolina L, 0-8

* Big South Conference# - UNC Wilmington Invitational (Wilmington,

N.C.)% - ECU Lady Pirate Invitational (Greenville, N.C.)

@ - Furman Invitational (Greenville, S.C.)& - South Carolina Invitational (Columbia, S.C.)

$ - Big South Conference Tournament (Rock Hill, S.C.)

1992Big South Conference ChampionsNational Invitation TournamentOverall: 38-25 • Big South: 10-2

Coach: Jess DannellyDate Opponent Result

2/28 Furman L, 0-1 2/28 Furman L, 2-3 (8) 3/7 Campbell* W, 2-1 (8) 3/7 Campbell* L, 0-1 3/8 Radford W, 4-0 3/8 Radford W, 2-0 3/10 George Mason W, 11-1 3/10 George Mason W, 7-4 3/11 Radford* W, 4-0 3/11 Radford* W, 11-3 3/12 Dayton W, 2-0 3/12 Dayton W, 3-2 3/13 UNC Asheville* W, 9-0 3/13 UNC Asheville* W, 11-1 3/15 St. Andrews W, 4-0 3/15 St. Andrews W, 4-0 3/17 East Carolina L, 0-1 3/17 East Carolina W, 1-0 3/19 Winthrop W, 1-0 3/21 vs. Delaware# W, 9-0 3/21 vs. Ohio# L, 2-5 3/22 vs. Towson State# W, 6-1 3/22 vs. Central Connecticut# L, 2-4 3/24 Charleston Southern W, 2-1 3/24 Charleston Southern W, 3-1 3/25 at Francis Marion W, 11-3 3/25 at Francis Marion W, 19-5 3/26 Wright State L, 0-1 3/26 Wright State W, 15-3 3/28 Bucknell (at UNCW) W, 10-2 3/28 at UNC Wilmington W, 18-5 3/30 at Charleston Southern W, 5-0 3/30 at Charleston Southern L, 0-3 3/31 South Carolina L, 2-7 3/31 South Carolina L, 7-10 4/2 Francis Marion W, 3-1 4/2 Francis Marion L, 1-4 4/3 vs. North Carolina% L, 3-4 (8) 4/3 vs. Georgia Tech% W, 3-2 4/3 vs. Campbell% W, 10-9 4/4 at Furman% L, 2-4 4/4 vs. Georgia Tech% W, 4-0 4/4 vs. East Carolina% L, 1-8 4/5 at UNC Asheville W, 2-1 4/5 at UNC Asheville L, 1-2 4/8 at South Carolina L, 3-8 4/8 at South Carolina L, 0-3 4/9 at Winthrop* W, 2-1 4/9 at Winthrop* W, 4-3 4/10 vs. George Mason@ W, 10-3 4/10 vs. UNC Charlotte@ W, 5-0 4/11 vs. East Carolina@ L, 2-4 4/11 vs. South Carolina@ L, 1-2 4/12 at North Carolina@ L, 1-2 4/14 UNC Wilmington W, 8-0 4/14 UNC Wilmington L, 4-7 (8) 4/16 Campbell$ W, 5-4 4/17 Winthrop$ W, 4-3 4/18 Winthrop$ W, 7-2 5/16 NE Louisiana! L, 3-10 5/17 Western Illinois! L, 0-8 5/17 DePaul! L, 2-7 5/17 Notre Dame! L, 0-3

* Big South Conference# - ECU Lady Pirate Invitational (Greenville,

N.C.)% - Furman Invitational (Greenville, S.C.)@ - UNC Invitational (Chapel Hill, N.C.)

$ - Big South Conference Tournament (Charles-ton, S.C.)

! - National Invitation Championship (Macomb, Ill.)

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

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1993Overall: 36-14 • Big South: 7-3

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 3/1 Furman W, 2-0 3/1 Furman L, 3-7 3/9 East Carolina W, 4-3 3/9 East Carolina W, 10-5 3/10 Radford* L, 0-3 3/10 Radford* W, 5-4 3/11 Yale W, 1-0 3/11 Yale L, 2-3 3/15 George Mason W, 9-1 3/15 George Mason W, 4-3 3/18 Dayton W, 4-1 3/18 Dayton W, 16-3 3/20 vs. Delaware# W, 6-1 3/20 vs. Ohio# W, 8-4 3/21 vs. Lafayette# W, 12-0 3/21 vs. Cleveland State# W, 8-1 3/21 at East Carolina# L, 1-2 3/24 College of Charleston W, 10-0 3/24 College of Charleston W, 11-1 3/26 vs. Ohio& W, 12-1 3/28 UMBC* W, 5-4 3/28 UMBC* W, 4-1 3/30 at Charleston Southern* W, 5-1 3/30 at Charleston Southern* W, 5-0 4/2 vs. Charleston Southern@ W, 4-3 4/2 vs. Coll. of Charleston@ W, 18-6 4/3 at Furman@ L, 0-12 4/3 vs. Charleston Southern@ W, 2-7 4/3 vs. Coll. of Charleston@ W, 7-3 4/8 at UNC Greensboro* L, 0-1 4/8 at UNC Greensboro* L, 1-6 4/9 vs. Hofstra% W, 7-6 4/9 vs. Virginia% L, 0-6 4/10 vs. Florida State% L, 0-8 4/11 vs. UNC Wilmington% W, 9-1 4/11 vs. Georgia Tech% W, 8-6 4/11 vs. Florida State% L, 1-9 4/13 at UNC Wilmington W, 8-2 4/13 at UNC Wilmington W, 9-1 4/14 Campbell* W, 4-1 4/14 Campbell* W, 6-2 4/15 at Francis Marion W, 9-5 4/15 at Francis Marion L, 1-9 4/18 at College of Charleston W, 4-1 4/18 at College of Charleston W, 14-5 4/20 Francis Marion W, 3-1 (8) 4/20 Francis Marion W, 6-4 4/22 UMBC$ W, 10-0 4/22 Campbell$ L, 0-1 (8) 4/23 Towson State$ L, 2-3

* Big South Conference# - ECU Lady Pirate Invitational (Greenville,

N.C.) & - Winthrop Invitational (Rock Hill, S.C.)@ - Furman Invitational (Greenville, S.C.)% - UNC Invitational (Chapel Hill, N.C.)

$ - Big South Conference Tournament (Buise Creek, N.C.)

1994Overall: 44-15 • Big South: 11-3

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 3/5 Mt. St. Mary’s W, 11-0 3/5 Mt. St. Mary’s W, 8-0 3/8 East Carolina L, 1-2 3/8 East Carolina W, 7-5 3/11 Purdue W, 7-0 3/11 Purdue W, 2-0 3/12 Liberty* W, 11-0 3/12 Liberty* W, 16-0 3/15 George Mason W, 7-0 3/15 George Mason W, 11-7 3/16 at Radford* W, 9-4 3/16 at Radford* W, 9-2 3/18 vs. Rutgers# W, 7-5 3/18 vs. George Mason# W, 7-2 3/19 vs. Lehigh# W, 9-1 3/19 vs. Bucknell# W, 7-0 3/20 vs. Bucknell# W, 11-0 3/20 vs. Delaware# W, 12-3 3/20 at East Carolina# L, 1-2 3/22 UNC Greensboro* W, 2-1 3/22 UNC Greensboro* W, 3-1 3/24 South Carolina State W, 27-0 3/24 South Carolina State W, 35-1 3/25 vs. Georgia Tech% L, 1-2 3/25 vs. Coll. of Charleston% W, 11-1 3/26 vs. St. Francis% W, 8-0 3/26 vs. Marshall% L, 1-5 3/26 vs. Samford% W, 5-4 (8) 3/30 Charleston Southern* L, 1-3 3/30 Charleston Southern* W, 7-1 3/31 at College of Charleston W, 3-0 3/31 at College of Charleston W, 15-3

4/1 at UMBC* W, 9-1 4/1 at UMBC* W, 6-1 4/2 at Towson State* W, 11-2 4/2 at Towson State* W, 10-5 4/5 at UNC Wilmington W, 12-0 4/5 at UNC Wilmington W, 7-6 4/6 College of Charleston W, 9-1 4/6 College of Charleston W, 10-2 4/8 vs. Virginia L, 0-5 4/8 vs. George Mason W, 10-0 4/9 at North Carolina@ L, 0-4 4/9 vs. Georgia Tech W, 6-3 4/10 at North Carolina@ L, 1-10 4/12 at Campbell L, 2-3 4/12 at Campbell L, 6-7 4/15 vs. North Carolina& W, 2-1 4/15 at Tenn.-Chattanooga& W, 9-1 4/16 vs. Texas A&M& L, 0-10 4/16 vs. Samford& W, 3-2 4/17 vs. Nichols State& L, 1-6 4/17 vs. Hofstra& L, 0-5 4/19 UNC Wilmington W, 4-3 4/19 UNC Wilmington W, 2-0 4/21 Winthrop$ W, 10-1 4/21 UMBC$ L, 6-7 4/22 Charleston Southern$ W, 2-0 4/22 UNC Greensboro$ L, 0-10

* Big South Conference# - ECU Lady Pirate Invitational (Greenville,

N.C.)% - Winthrop Invitational (Rock Hill, S.C.)

@ - UNC Invitational (Chapel Hill, N.C.)& - Frost Cutlery/UTC Invitational

(Chattanooga, Tenn.)$ - Big South Conference Tournament (Rock

Hill, S.C.)

1995Overall: 31-28 • Big South: 6-10

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/19 at South Carolina L, 1-10 2/19 at South Carolina L, 0-8 3/5 Towson State* L, 3-5 3/5 Towson State* W, 2-1 3/7 East Carolina W, 6-1 3/7 East Carolina L, 1-4 3/11 UNC Greensboro* L, 4-8 3/11 UNC Greensboro* L, 0-3 3/12 Radford W, 8-2 3/12 Colgate W, 7-6 3/13 Colgate W, 3-2 3/13 George Mason W, 3-1 3/15 George Mason W, 5-4 3/15 UNC Charlotte W, 6-2 3/16 UMBC* L, 0-3 3/16 UMBC* W, 3-0 3/17 vs. North Carolina# L, 4-6 3/18 vs. Colgate# W, 4-1 3/18 vs. Lafayette# W, 3-2 (9) 3/18 vs. UNC Charlotte# W, 4-3 3/19 vs. Michigan State# L, 0-3 3/22 Wright State W, 4-1 3/22 Wagner W, 7-1 3/23 Wright State W, 6-1 3/23 Wright State W, 6-0 3/24 vs. North Carolina@ W, 5-1 3/24 vs. Mercer@ W, 4-2 3/25 vs. Marshall@ W, 10-2 3/25 vs. Toledo@ L, 2-8 3/25 vs. Wright State@ L, 1-7 3/28 Kent State L, 0-3 3/28 Kent State W, 6-4 3/29 at Winthrop* L, 2-3 3/29 at Winthrop* L, 0-1 4/1 at Liberty* W, 7-4 4/1 at Liberty* W, 13-5

4/2 at Radford* W, 12-0 4/2 at Radford* W, 13-4 4/5 at College of Charleston L, 4-7 4/5 at College of Charleston W, 12-4 4/8 Virginia L, 1-6 4/9 South Carolina L, 1-8 4/9 Virginia W, 4-1 4/9 South Carolina L, 0-11 4/11 at Charleston Southern* L, 8-10 4/11 at Charleston Southern* L, 3-4 4/12 College of Charleston W, 7-2 4/12 College of Charleston L, 3-5 4/14 vs. East Carolina% L, 1-4 4/14 vs. Illinois-Chicago% L, 1-9 4/14 vs. Middle TN State% L, 0-1 4/15 vs. Louisiana Tech% L, 1-9 4/15 vs. Georgia Southern% W, 5-0 4/18 at UNC Wilmington W, 13-5 4/18 at UNC Wilmington W, 7-4 4/21 Winthrop$ L, 2-3 4/21 Liberty$ L, 2-10 4/25 UNC Wilmington L, 3-10 4/25 UNC Wilmington W, 3-0

* Big South Conference# - ECU Lady Pirate Invitational (Greenville,

N.C.)@ - Winthrop Invitational (Rock Hill, S.C.)

% - Frost Cutlery/UTC Invitational (Chattanooga, Tenn.

$ - Big South Conference Tournament (Rock Hill, S.C.)

1996Overall: 34-23 • Big South: 12-6

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/29 Mount St. Mary’s W, 8-0 2/29 Mount St. Mary’s W, 11-2 3/3 North Carolina L, 1-4 3/3 Virginia Tech W, 8-6 3/9 UNC Wilmington* W, 1-0 3/9 UNC Wilmington* W, 2-1 3/10 George Mason W, 8-6 3/10 Canisius W, 4-3 (8) 3/11 Radford* W, 6-2 3/11 Radford* W, 3-1 3/13 Liberty* L, 1-4 3/13 Liberty* W, 2-0 3/14 at East Carolina* L, 0-7 3/14 at East Carolina* L, 1-2 3/15 vs. Monmouth# L, 5-9 3/16 vs. Canisius# L, 2-5 3/16 vs. North Carolina# W, 7-5 3/16 vs. Kent State# W, 2-1 (8) 3/17 vs. St. Peter’s# L, 1-2 3/19 Wright State W, 2-0 3/19 Wright State W, 5-4 (9) 3/20 Georgia Southern W, 2-1 (8) 3/20 Georgia Southern W, 4-1 3/21 Kennesaw State L, 2-7 3/21 Kennesaw State L, 5-9 3/22 vs. UT-Chattanooga@ L, 4-5 3/22 vs. UNC Charlotte@ W, 8-1 3/23 vs. Kent State@ L, 0-5 3/23 vs. Maryland@ L, 0-3 3/26 Charleston Southern* W, 10-0 3/26 Charleston Southern* W, 2-0 3/30 at UNC Greensboro* W, 5-2 3/30 at UNC Greensboro* L, 3-10 3/31 at Winthrop* W, 4-2 (8) 3/31 at Winthrop* W, 7-3 4/2 Limestone W, 8-3 4/2 Limestone L, 3-5 4/3 Campbell W, 2-1 4/3 Campbell W, 7-3 4/5 at George Mason* W, 3-0 4/5 at George Mason* W, 13-3

4/6 at UMBC L, 0-5 4/6 at UMBC L, 3-5 4/9 at South Carolina L, 0-10 4/9 at South Carolina L, 2-7 4/10 at College of Charleston W, 11-3 4/10 at College of Charleston L, 4-5 4/17 College of Charleston W, 3-2 4/17 College of Charleston W, 1-0 4/19 Radford$ W, 4-0 4/19 East Carolina$ W, 5-0 4/21 UNC Greensboro$ L, 1-5 4/21 East Carolina$ L, 0-5 4/26 Middle Tennessee State& W, 5-4 4/27 at Tennessee& L, 0-23 4/27 Saint Louis& W, 4-3 4/28 Middle Tennessee State & L, 0-1

* Big South Conference# - ECU Lady Pirate Invitational (Greenville

N.C.)@ - Winthrop Invitational (Rock Hill, S.C.)

$ - Big South Conference Tournament (Greens-boro, N.C.)

& - Lady Vol Invitational (Knoxville, Tenn.)

1997Overall: 29-30 • Big South: 10-6

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/28 Robert Morris# L, 0-6 3/1 at South Florida# L, 5-6 3/1 Mississippi# L, 1-2 3/1 Michigan State# W, 6-5 3/2 Robert Morris# L, 3-4 (10) 3/5 Coker College L, 1-2 3/5 Coker College L, 0-10 3/8 Auburn! L, 3-6 3/8 Radford! W, 3-2 (8) 3/9 UNC Charlotte! W, 9-0 3/9 Auburn! W, 6-5 3/11 at Campbell L, 3-9 3/11 at Campbell L, 5-6 (8) 3/16 Bucknell W, 8-3 3/16 Illinois-Chicago L, 1-4 3/17 Eastern Illinois% L, 2-3 (8) 3/17 Bucknell% W, 9-1 3/18 Illinois-Chicago% L, 0-7 3/18 Bucknell% W, 2-1 3/20 USC Spartanburg W, 7-1 3/20 USC Spartanburg W, 3-1 3/21 vs. Maine& W, 5-0 3/21 vs. Akron& L, 0-7 3/22 vs. Virginia Tech& W, 5-2 3/22 vs. Akron& W, 4-1 3/22 vs. Penn State& L, 5-7 3/25 at College of Charleston W, 6-3 3/25 at College of Charleston W, 11-1 3/29 Francis Marion W, 8-7 3/29 Francis Marion W, 8-0 3/31 at UNC Wilmington* W, 6-1 3/31 at UNC Wilmington* L, 7-8 4/4 UNC Greensboro* W, 2-0 4/4 UNC Greensboro* L, 1-3 (8) 4/6 College of Charleston W, 9-1 4/6 College of Charleston W, 3-0 4/7 East Carolina* L, 5-11 4/7 East Carolina* W, 2-1 4/9 South Carolina L, 3-4 4/9 South Carolina L, 0-6 4/10 Limestone L, 0-7 4/10 Limestone L, 6-8 4/11 at North Carolina@ L, 0-8 4/11 vs. Florida State@ L, 2-12 4/13 vs. Florida State@ L, 1-2 4/16 at Charleston Southern* W, 8-0 4/16 at Charleston Southern* W, 8-4 4/19 Liberty* L, 1-10 4/19 Liberty* L, 0-2 4/20 Radford* L, 3-4 4/20 Radford* W, 6-4 4/26 Winthrop* W, 9-1 4/26 Winthrop* W, 3-0 4/27 UMBC* W (forf.), 7-0 4/27 UMBC* W (forf.), 7-0 5/2 UMBC$ W, 3-1 5/2 East Carolina$ L, 8-9 (8) 5/3 UNC Wilmington$ W, 13-5 5/3 Liberty$ L, 4-5

* Big South Conference# - South Florida Invitational (Tampa, Fla.)! - Lady Chanticleer Classic (Conway, S.C.)% - Coastal Round Robin (Conway, S.C.)

& - Winthrop Invitational (Rock Hill, S.C.)@ - Tar Heel Invitational (Chapel Hill, N.C.)

$ - Big South Conference Tournament (Rock Hill, S.C.)

The 1994 Chants set a school record with 44 wins, the third most in Big South Conference history. The team also finished the season with the third-highest team batting average in NCAA history with a .357 clip.

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

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1998NCAA Tournament

Big South Conference ChampionsOverall: 34-25 • Big South: 11-5

Coach: Jess DannellyDate Opponent Result

2/24 Francis Marion L, 4-6 2/24 Francis Marion L, 6-8 (8) 2/27 vs. Connecticut# L, 1-7 2/27 at #3 South Florida# L, 0-3 2/28 vs. Ohio State# L, 3-11 2/28 vs. Georgia Southern# L, 2-7 3/1 vs. Connecticut# L, 3-5 3/5 St. Bonaventure W, 8-3 3/5 St. Bonaventure W, 10-3 3/13 Evansville W, 4-3 3/13 Virginia Tech L, 0-1 3/14 Evansville W, 1-0 (8) 3/14 Virginia Tech L, 1-5 3/16 Bucknell! L, 5-6 (8) 3/16 Eastern Illinois! L, 4-5 3/17 Princeton! W, 6-0 3/17 Illinois-Chicago! L, 1-9 3/21 vs. NE Louisiana% L, 2-3 (8) 3/21 vs. Providence% L, 1-2 3/22 vs. Samford% W, 7-4 3/22 vs. Virginia Tech% L, 5-6 3/25 Elon W, 3-0 3/25 Elon L, 3-6 3/28 Belmont W, 2-1 3/28 Furman W, 4-1 3/29 Furman W, 4-3 3/29 UNC Wilmington W, 4-1 3/31 Campbell W, 3-2 3/31 Campbell W, 6-3 4/2 UNC Wilmington* W, 5-3 4/2 UNC Wilmington* W, 2-0 4/5 at College of Charleston W, 3-0 4/5 at College of Charleston W, 2-1 (8) 4/7 Charleston Southern* W, 4-2 4/7 Charleston Southern* W, 11-3 4/10 Radford* L, 4-7 4/10 Radford* W, 9-8 4/12 at East Carolina* L, 0-8 4/12 at East Carolina* L, 1-2 4/15 at South Carolina L, 2-3 4/15 at South Carolina L, 0-8 4/18 Liberty* L, 1-2 (8) 4/18 Liberty* W, 3-2 (8) 4/21 College of Charleston W, 6-1 4/21 College of Charleston W, 6-2 4/25 at UMBC* W, 6-5 (8) 4/25 at UMBC* L, 0-8 4/26 at George Mason* W, 8-3 4/26 at George Mason* W, 3-2 4/28 at Winthrop* W, 3-0 4/28 at Winthrop* W, 3-1 5/1 UNC Wilmington$ W, 2-1 5/1 Radford$ W, 4-0 5/2 East Carolina$ W, 8-5 (8) 5/3 Liberty$ W, 2-1 5/8 Florida A&M@ W, 2-1 (8) 5/8 Florida A&M@ W, 5-3 (9) 5/15 at #5 Nebraska& L, 0-7 5/15 vs. Oregon& L, 3-11

* Big South Conference# - USF Louisville Classic (Tampa, Fla.)

! - Coastal Classic (Conway, S.C.)% - Winthrop/Ringor Invitational

(Rock Hill, S.C.)$ - Big South Conference Tournament

(Rock Hill, S.C.)@ - NCAA Play-in Series (Conway, S.C.)

& - NCAA Regional (Lincoln, Neb.)

1999Overall: 29-25 • Big South: 8-6

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/26 at Georgia Southern# L, 3-5 2/26 vs. Auburn# L, 1-10 2/27 vs. Stetson# W, 1-0 (8) 2/27 vs. Middle Tenn. State# L, 2-5 2/28 vs. Stetson# W, 3-2 2/28 at Georgia Southern# W, 8-4 2/28 vs. Auburn# L, 3-15 3/4 St. Bonaventure W, 5-2 3/4 St. Bonaventure W, 7-4 3/10 Bucknell! W, 7-6 3/10 Loyola Chicago! W, 4-0 3/11 Evansville! L, 0-2 3/11 Evansville! L, 0-4 3/12 Loyola Chicago! L, 3-4 3/12 Austin Peay! W, 4-1 3/13 Loyola Chicago! W, 4-2 3/13 Evansville! L, 0-9 3/15 #16 Illinois-Chicago% L, 1-4 3/16 Kentucky% L, 8-9 (8) 3/16 Middle Tenn. State% W, 3-2

3/17 Kentucky% L, 0-7 3/17 Middle Tenn. State% L, 2-3 3/19 vs. Providence@ W, 9-1 3/19 vs. Marshall@ L, 0-4 3/20 vs. St. Bonaventure@ W, 11-2 3/20 vs. Florida International@ L, 2-5 3/23 College of Charleston L, 5-8 4/2 East Carolina* L, 0-13 4/2 East Carolina* W, 6-4 (8) 4/6 at College of Charleston W, 9-0 4/6 at College of Charleston W, 6-1 4/10 at UNC Wilmington* W, 1-0 4/10 at UNC Wilmington* L, 2-5 4/11 George Mason* W, 7-1 4/11 George Mason* W, 5-2 4/14 at Charleston Southern* W, 10-2 4/14 at Charleston Southern* W, 16-4 4/17 Winthrop* W, 6-1 4/17 Winthrop* W, 3-2 4/18 Elon W, 6-0 4/18 Elon W, 4-3 (8) 4/21 #16 South Carolina L, 1-5 4/21 #16 South Carolina L, 4-7 4/24 at Liberty* L, 3-4 (8) 4/24 at Liberty* L, 0-1 4/25 at Radford* L, 3-4 4/25 at Radford* L, 3-4 5/1 Campbell W, 5-2 5/1 Campbell W, 5-4 (9) 5/7 UNC Wilmington$ W, 2-0 5/7 East Carolina$ W, 3-2 5/8 Radford$ W, 4-3 5/9 East Carolina$ L, 0-2 5/9 East Carolina$ L, 1-2

* Big South Conference# - Ga. Southern/Reebok Invitational

(Statesboro, Ga.)! - Lady Chanticleer Invitational (Conway, S.C.)

% - Coastal Carolina Classic (Conway, S.C.)@ - Winthrop/Ringor Invitational

(Rock Hill, S.C.)$ - Big South Conference Tournament

(Rock Hill, S.C.)

2000NCAA Tournament

Big South Conference ChampionsOverall: 37-28 • Big South: 8-2

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/11 vs. South Florida# L, 2-3 2/11 at Florida# L, 0-8 2/12 vs. Stetson# L, 1-6 2/12 at Florida# L, 0-8 2/13 vs. South Florida L, 3-5 2/13 vs. Stetson L, 1-2 2/25 at Georgia Southern% L, 2-3 2/25 vs. Middle Tenn. State% L, 0-1 2/26 vs. Tennessee% L, 0-3 2/26 vs. Elon% W, 9-0 2/27 vs. Elon% W, 6-1 2/29 St. Francis W, 3-2 2/29 St. Francis W, 5-4 3/5 North Carolina L, 0-1 3/5 College of Charleston W, 3-0 3/9 St. John’s L, 1-3 3/9 St. John’s W, 6-3 3/11 Illinois W, 3-2 3/11 Illinois L, 2-3 3/13 Belmont! W, 5-2 3/13 St. Peters! W, 4-1 3/14 Dayton! L, 3-6 3/14 East Carolina! L, 3-7 3/15 Belmont! W, 5-0 3/15 East Carolina! L, 1-4 3/17 vs. Mercer@ W, 9-1 3/17 vs. Pittsburgh@ L, 0-4 3/18 vs. Morgan State@ W, 7-1 3/18 vs. Illinois@ W, 14-2 3/18 vs. Pittsburgh@ L, 1-3 3/22 at UNC Wilmington L, 4-5 (10) 3/22 at UNC Wilmington W, 14-5 3/24 vs. Mercer^ L, 5-10 3/24 vs. SW Missouri State^ L, 1-3 3/25 vs. Maryland^ L, 3-8 3/25 vs. Harvard^ W, 4-1 3/29 Campbell W, 8-2 3/29 Campbell W, 7-1 4/5 UNC Wilmington W, 2-1 4/5 UNC Wilmington W, 7-4 (8) 4/6 Francis Marion W, 1-0 4/6 Francis Marion W, 13-2 4/11 Charleston Southern* W, 9-0 4/11 Charleston Southern* W, 16-0 4/17 Liberty* W, 8-0 4/17 Liberty* L, 0-2 4/18 at #19 South Carolina W, 7-5 4/18 at #19 South Carolina L, 2-5 4/25 at College of Charleston W, 11-2

4/25 at College of Charleston L, 0-4 4/30 at Elon* W, 4-1 4/30 at Elon* W, 5-0 5/7 Radford* L, 6-7 5/7 Radford* W, 8-0 5/9 at Winthrop* W, 2-0 5/9 at Winthrop* W, 7-3 5/12 Winthrop$ W, 14-1 5/13 Liberty$ L, 3-4 5/13 Winthrop$ W, 12-4 5/14 Liberty$ W, 2-0 (8) 5/14 Liberty$ W, 4-2 (8) 5/18 at #5 Arizona State& L, 1-9 5/19 vs. #21 Florida Atlantic& W, 4-2 5/20 vs. Penn State& W, 3-1 5/20 at #5 Arizona State& L, 1-2

* Big South Conference#-Univ. of Florida Tourn. (Gainesville, FL)

% - Georgia Southern Tourn. (Stateboro, GA)! - Coastal Classic (Conway, S.C.)

@ - Winthrop Invitational (Rock HIll, S.C.)^ -Georgia Tech Buzz Classic (Atlanta, Ga.)

$ - Big South Conference Tournament (Conway, S.C.)

& - NCAA Regional (Tempe, Ariz.)

2001NCAA Tournament

Big South Conference ChampionsOverall: 27-23 • Big South: 8-2

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/23 vs. Middle Tenn. St.# L, 0-2 2/23 at Georgia Southern# W, 4-0 2/24 vs. Jacksonville State# L, 3-4 2/24 vs. Samford# W, 5-0 2/25 vs. Jacksonville State# L, 2-3 (8) 3/7 UNC Greensboro W, 4-1 3/7 UNC Greensboro W, 3-2 (8) 3/8 Pittsburgh W, 5-0 3/8 Pittsburgh L, 0-12 3/12 Bowling Green! L, 2-6 3/12 Virginia! L, 1-12 3/13 East Carolina! L, 1-7 3/13 Illinois! W, 1-0 3/14 Illinois! L, 1-4 3/23 vs. Tennessee Martin@ L, 5-6 3/23 vs. Stetson@ L, 1-5 3/24 at Georgia Tech@ W, 7-3 3/24 vs. Illinois-Chicago@ W, 4-3 3/24 vs. North Carolina@ L, 0-9 3/28 #7 Louisiana State L, 2-12 3/28 #7 Louisiana State L, 0-4 4/4 at UNC Wilmington W, 2-1 4/4 at UNC Wilmington W, 7-5 4/5 College of Charleston L, 0-6 4/5 College of Charleston W, 5-0 4/7 at Charleston Southern* L, 0-4 4/7 at Charleston Southern* W, 3-1 4/8 Winthrop* W, 9-8 4/8 Winthrop* W, 10-2 4/10 UNC Wilmington L, 4-5 4/10 UNC Wilmington W, 13-6 4/12 at Campbell W, 13-2 4/12 at Campbell W, 2-0 4/18 Francis Marion W, 6-5 4/18 Francis Marion W, 10-4 4/20 at Liberty* W, 4-3 4/20 at Liberty* W, 7-5 4/21 at Radford* L, 5-6 4/21 at Radford* W, 8-0 4/24 at College of Charleston L, 0-4 4/24 at College of Charleston L, 1-4 4/25 South Carolina L, 0-8 4/25 South Carolina L, 1-6 4/29 Elon* W, 2-1 4/29 Elon* W, 11-0 5/5 vs. Liberty$ W, 4-0 5/5 vs. Charleston Southern$ W, 8-4 5/6 Winthrop$ W, 9-2 5/17 at #2 UCLA& L, 0-8 5/17 vs. #17 Fresno State& L, 4-6

* Big South Conference# - Georgia Southern/Reebok Invitational

(Statesboro, Ga.)! - Coastal Classic (Conway, S.C.)

@ - Ga. Tech Buzz Classic (Marietta, Ga.)$ - Big South Tournament (Salem, Va.)

2002Overall: 28-20 • Big South: 8-2

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result

2/24 vs. Maryland! L, 0-2 (9) 2/24 vs. Indiana! W, 6-2 3/1 vs. Jacksonville State# L, 2-3 3/1 at Georgia Southern# L, 0-2 3/6 College of Charleston L, 2-3 3/6 College of Charleston W, 9-8 (8)

3/9 Furman W, 5-4 3/9 Furman L, 3-8 3/10 Furman W, 2-1 3/11 Arkansas L, 1-7 3/11 Arkansas L, 1-2 3/12 Appalachian State W, 3-2 3/12 Appalachian State W, 8-0 3/13 Appalachian State W, 5-4 (8) 3/13 Appalachian State W, 5-3 3/15 vs. St. Johns@ L, 2-3 3/15 vs. Morehead State@ W, 9-2 3/16 vs. Morgan State@ W, 17-4 3/16 vs. Mercer@ W, 3-2 3/19 Illinois L, 0-5 3/19 Illinois L, 1-6 3/21 at Birmingham-Southern W, 5-1 3/21 at Birmingham-Southern W, 5-1 3/22 vs. Appalachian State& W, 14-3 3/22 vs. Middle Tenn. State& L, 0-11 3/23 vs. Nichols State& L, 1-4 (8) 3/23 vs. Belmont& L, 4-9 4/3 at UNC Wilmington L, 1-3 4/3 at UNC Wilmington W, 4-3 4/7 Radford* L, 0-3 4/7 Radford* W, 4-3 (8) 4/11 Francis Marion W, 2-1 (8) 4/11 Francis Marion W, 7-4 4/14 at Winthrop* W, 6-1 4/14 at Winthrop* L, 0-1 4/16 UNC Wilmington W, 4-0 4/16 UNC Wilmington W, 5-4 4/18 Charleston Southern* W, 7-0 4/18 Charleston Southern* W, 4-3 4/22 Liberty* W, 7-0 4/22 Liberty* W, 8-0 4/28 at Elon* W, 4-3 (8) 4/28 at Elon* W, 13-6 5/1 at South Carolina L, 0-5 5/1 at South Carolina L, 1-4 5/10 vs. Liberty$ L, 3-7 5/11 vs. Charleston Southern$ W, 2-0 5/11 at Winthrop$ L, 0-2

* - Big South Conference game! - South Florida Invitational (Tampa, Fla.)

# - GSU Invitational (Statesboro, Ga.)@ - Winthrop Invitational (Rock Hill, S.C.)& - Ga. Tech Buzz Classic (Marietta, Ga.)

$ - Big South Conference Tournament (Rock Hill, S.C.)

2003Overall: 36-17 • Big South: 8-2

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/21 vs. Gardner-Webb# W, 2-1 (8) 2/21 vs. Hampton# W, 10-2 2/22 at UNC Wilmington# L, 4-8 2/22 vs. Coppin State# W, 15-1 2/23 vs. UMBC# W, 4-0 2/23 vs. Gardner-Webb# W, 4-0 2/23 at UNC Wilmington# W, 3-2 3/1 Charlotte W, 3-0 3/3 Virginia W, 2-0 3/3 Virginia W, 8-0 3/4 East Carolina W, 5-1 3/4 St. Francis (PA) W, 4-3 3/6 vs. Western Michigan@ L, 1-7 3/6 vs. Stanford@ L, 1-7 3/7 vs. Illinois@ L, 1-11 3/7 vs. #21 South Florida@ W, 2-1 3/8 vs. Long Island@ L, 1-3 3/11 Mississippi State L, 3-4 3/11 Monmouth W, 2-1 3/12 Mississippi State L, 2-10 3/12 Mississippi State W, 7-6 3/14 vs. St. Bonaventure& W, 3-2 3/14 vs. Virginia Tech& W, 5-1 3/15 vs. North Carolina& L, 0-7 3/15 vs. Texas Tech& W, 6-1 3/19 Georgia Southern W, 2-1 3/19 Georgia Southern L, 0-1 3/21 TAMU-Corpus Christi* L, 1-3 3/21 TAMU-Corpus Christi* W, 1-0 3/26 Birmingham-Southern W, 2-1 3/26 Birmingham-Southern L, 0-3 3/28 Brown L, 4-7 3/28 Brown W, 3-2 4/1 at UNC Wilmington W, 8-0 4/1 at UNC Wilmington W, 3-0 4/3 at Charleston Southern* W, 5-0 4/3 at Charleston Southern* L, 2-3 4/12 at Liberty* W, 2-1 (8) 4/12 at Liberty* W, 7-4 (8) 4/13 at Radford* W, 1-0 (8) 4/13 at Radford* W, 9-1 4/16 UNC Wilmington W, 4-0 4/16 UNC Wilmington W, 8-1 4/23 at College of Charleston L, 4-9 4/23 at College of Charleston W, 2-1

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4/27 Winthrop* W, 8-0 4/27 Winthrop* W, 8-0 4/30 South Carolina W, 7-6 4/30 South Carolina L, 0-8 5/8 vs. Winthrop$ W, 6-0 5/9 vs. TAMU-Corpus Christi$ W, 2-1 5/10 vs. TAMU-Corpus Christi$ L, 1-3 5/10 vs. TAMU-Corpus Christi$ L, 0-3

* - Big South Conference game# - UNCW Seahawk Classic (Wilmington,

N.C.)@ - Speedline Tournament (Plant City, Fla.)

& - Hokie Fastpitch Classic (Salem, Va.)$ - Big South Conference Tournament

(Rock Hill, S.C.)

2004Overall: 27-29 • Big South: 6-6

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/13 vs Miami (OH)# W, 4-0 2/13 vs George Mason# L, 1-7 2/14 vs Temple# W, 1-0 (8) 2/20 vs #24 Oregon State& W, 2-1 2/20 vs Utah& L, 2-5 2/21 vs Pacific& L,1-10 2/21 vs Stanford& L, 1-3 3/2 Boston College L, 0-1 3/2 Boston College W, 3-1 3/4 vs Northwestern@ L, 2-4 (9) 3/4 vs Jacksonville@ L, 0-3 3/5 vs Rutgers@ L, 2-4 3/5 vs Temple@ L, 1-2 3/6 vs #14 Oregon@ W, 2-1 3/7 vs Long Island @ L, 5-6 3/10 UNC Greensboro W, 5-3 (8) 3/10 UNC Greensboro L, 2-3 3/16 vs TAMU-Corpus Christi* L, 0-1 (8) 3/16 vs TAMU-Corpus Christi* W, 2-1 3/18 at Birmingham-Southern* L, 2-3 (8) 3/18 at Birmingham-Southern* W, 6-3 3/19 vs UNC Wilmington% W, 13-3 3/19 vs UNC Greensboro% W, 6-4 3/20 vs UConn% L, 3-12 3/20 vs Miami (OH)% W, 2-1 3/20 vs North Carolina State% L, 0-3 3/23 Furman W, 2-1 3/23 Furman W, 8-4 3/27 North Carolina L, 0-3 3/27 North Carolina L, 0-11 3/28 Longwood L, 1-5 3/28 Longwood W, 3-2 3/31 UNC Wilmington W, 3-0 3/31 UNC Wilmington L, 4-5 (8) 4/2 at Charlotte W, 5-4 4/2 at Charlotte L, 2-3 4/5 Liberty* L, 3-5 4/5 Liberty* L, 2-8 4/16 at Winthrop* W, 4-3 (8) 4/16 at Winthrop* W, 5-3 4/18 Radford* L, 2-5 (9) 4/18 Radford* W, 6-4 4/21 North Carolina State W, 4-3 4/21 North Carolina State L, 1-4 4/22 College of Charleston W, 4-3 (8) 4/22 College of Charleston W, 10-9 4/28 at #28 South Carolina L, 2-10 4/28 at #28 South Carolina L, 1-2 5/7 Campbell W, 10-1 5/7 Campbell W, 5-2 5/9 Charleston Southern* L, 1-3 5/9 Charleston Southern* W, 4-0 5/13 vs Liberty$ W, 5-4 5/13 vs Winthrop$ W, 3-1 5/14 vs TAMU-Corpus Christi$ L, 0-7 5/15 vs Winthrop$ L, 1-3

* - Big South Conference game# - Triangle Classic (Raleigh, N.C.)

& - Palm Springs Classic (Palm Springs, Calif.)@ - Speedline Invitational (Plant City, Fla.)

% - Georgia Tech Buzz Classic (Marietta, Ga.)$ - Big South Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)

2005Overall: 24-25 • Big South: 6-6

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/5 at South Carolina# L, 2-8 2/5 vs. UNC Greensboro# W, 3-2 (8) 2/6 vs. Stephen F. Austin# W, 1-0 2/6 at South Carolina# W, 3-2 2/11 at #19 Florida^ L, 2-7 2/11 vs. #25 South Florida^ L, 3-7 2/12 vs. Notre Dame^ L, 0-2 2/12 at #19 Florida^ L, 2-5 2/13 vs. #25 South Florida^ L, 1-9 2/19 Appalachian State% W, 2-1 2/19 St. John’s% W, 1-0 2/20 St. John’s% W, 5-3

2/20 Appalachian State% L, 0-2 2/27 Elon W, 8-2 3/10 vs. Illinois@ L, 0-7 3/10 vs. Southern Mississippi@ W, 8-6 3/11 vs. Pittsburgh@ L, 0-1 3/12 vs. Central Michigan@ W, 3-1 3/12 vs. Northern Illinois@ L, 2-7 3/13 vs. Western Michigan@ W, 6-0 3/15 Gardner-Webb L, 1-2 3/15 Gardner-Webb W, 11-3 3/20 vs. TAMU-Corpus Christi* L, 0-12 3/20 vs. TAMU-Corpus Christi* W, 3-2 (9) 3/25 vs. California& L, 1-8 3/25 at North Carolina& L, 0-3 3/26 vs. Harvard& W, 7-1 3/26 vs. Penn State& W, 2-0 3/27 Harvard& W, 6-0 3/31 UNC Wilmington W, 1-0 (8) 4/3 Birmingham-Southern* L, 3-4 4/3 Birmingham-Southern* L, 4-5 (10) 4/6 at College of Charleston L, 2-5 4/6 at College of Charleston L, 1-2 4/16 at Charleston Southern* W, 7-0 4/16 at Charleston Southern* W, 6-0 4/20 at North Carolina State L, 2-4 4/20 at North Carolina State L, 1-9 4/23 at Liberty* W, 2-0 4/23 at Liberty* W, 7-6 (8) 4/24 at Radford* L, 2-4 4/24 at Radford* W, 4-3 5/8 Winthrop* L, 2-3 5/8 Winthrop* L, 3-5 5/12 vs. Birmingham-Southern$ L, 1-3 5/13 vs. Radford$ W, 6-3 5/13 vs. Liberty$ W, 1-0 5/14 at Winthrop$ L, 1-0

* - Big South Conference game# - Gamecock Invitational (Columbia, S.C.)^ - Florida Tournament (Gainesville, Fla.)% - Triple Play Weekend (Conway, S.C.)

$ - Big South Tournament (Rock Hill, S.C.)

2006NCAA Tournament

Big South Conference ChampionsOverall: 38-22 • Big South: 10-2

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/10 #3 Tennessee L, 4-10 2/10 Illinois State L, 4-6 2/11 #3 Tennessee L, 0-8 2/17 Minnesota# W, 7-1 2/17 at North Carolina# L, 1-5 2/24 Minnesota L, 2-3 2/24 Virginia Tech L, 1-5 2/25 Pittsburgh L, 5-8 3/3 Drake$ L, 0-2 3/3 Ohio State$ L, 0-3 3/4 at #5 Alabama$ L, 2-4 3/4 at #5 Alabama$ L, 2-5 3/5 Ohio State W, 6-0 3/7 USC Upstate W, 4-1 3/7 USC Upstate W, 4-3 3/9 vs. Illinois% W, 7-2 3/9 vs. Central Michigan% W, 11-6 3/10 vs. Fordham% W, 4-0 (8) 3/10 vs. Virginia Tech% W, 4-3 3/11 vs. Chattanooga% W, 4-0 3/11 vs. Tennessee Tech% L, 3-4 (9) 3/15 at UNC Wilmington W, 8-0 3/15 at UNC Wilmington W, 2-1 (8) 3/17 at TAMU-Corpus Christi* W, 9-0 3/17 at TAMU-Corpus Christi* W, 7-0 3/21 Gardner-Webb W, 14-3 3/21 Gardner-Webb W,15-4 3/22 North Florida W, 2-0 3/22 North Florida W, 15-4 3/24 #6 California^ L, 1-2 3/24 at East Carolina^ L, 0-4 3/25 Kent State^ L, 0-10 3/25 Penn State^ L, 2-4 (8) 3/26 Buffalo^ W, 8-0 3/28 at Campbell W, 6-4 3/28 at Campbell W, 8-1 4/2 at Birmingham-Southern* L, 1-8 4/2 at Birmingham-Southern* W, 8-0 4/4 College of Charleston W, 7-3 4/4 College of Charleston W, 9-1 4/6 North Carolina State W, 1-0 4/6 North Carolina State L, 4-1 4/11 at Elon W, 5-4 4/11 at Elon W, 6-3 4/13 South Carolina W, 2-1 4/13 South Carolina W, 6-5 (8) 4/15 Charleston Southern* W, 5-0 4/15 Charleston Southern* W, 2-1 4/22 Liberty* L, 1-2 4/23 Radford* W, 4-2 4/23 Radford* W, 1-0 (8)

5/6 Liberty* W, 5-0 5/8 at Winthrop* W, 6-0 5/8 at Winthrop* W, 4-1 5/11 vs. Birmingham-Southern& W, 4-0 5/12 at Radford& W, 1-0 5/13 at Radford& W, 5-3 (8) 5/19 vs. Florida State@ L, 2-7 5/20 vs. Georgia Southern@ L, 1-2 (8) * - Big South Conference Game

# - Triangle Classic (Chapel Hill, N.C.)$ - Crimson Classic (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

% - USF-Adidas Spring Break Invitational(Clearwater, Fla.)

^ - ECU Classic (Greenville, N.C.)& - Big South Tournament (Radford, Va.)@- NCAA Athens Regional (Athens, Ga.)

2007Overall: 22-34 • Big South: 7-8

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/9 vs. #2 Tennessee! L, 0-8 2/9 vs. Gardner-Webb! L, 1-5 2/10 vs. Ohio! L, 7-8 (8) 2/11 vs. #22 N.C. State! L, 1-5 2/17 Lipscomb L, 0-4 2/17 Elon L, 3-4 2/18 Lipscomb L, 3-5 (8) 2/18 Elon W, 8-0 2/23 vs. Illinois State@ L, 4-5 2/23 vs. Virginia Tech@ W, 5-1 2/24 vs. #18 Georgia@ L, 1-5 2/24 vs. Lehigh@ W, 3-2 2/25 vs. #24 UMass L, 1-6 3/2 vs. Stephen F. Austin$ W, 10-0 3/2 vs. Alcorn State$ L, 2-5 3/3 at Ole Miss$ L, 1-4 3/3 vs. Southern Miss$ W, 7-5 3/4 vs. Kennesaw State$ L, 1-7 3/7 at South Carolina L, 1-2 3/7 at South Carolina L, 0-1 3/9 James Madison L, 1-6 (8) 3/10 James Madison L, 4-5 (8) 3/11 James Madison L, 11-10 (8) 3/12 at East Carolina W, 4-3 3/13 at East Carolina L, 1-7 3/13 at East Carolina W, 7-6 3/17 Appalacian State L, 7-8 (10) 3/17 Kennesaw State L, 0-3 3/18 Kennesaw State L, 3-5 3/18 Appalachian State L, 3-9 3/24 at Charleston Southern* W, 5-1 3/24 at Charleston Southern* W, 3-0 3/28 at Charleston Southern* W, 5-0 3/31 Campbell W, 9-1 3/31 Campbell W, 4-3 4/4 UNC Wilmington W, 3-1 4/6 at Radford* L, 0-7 4/6 at Radford* W, 7-5 4/7 at Radford* L, 1-8 4/12 #21 North Carolina L, 2-4 (8) 4/12 #21 North Carolina L, 0-8 4/14 Winthrop* L, 0-5 4/14 Winthrop* L, 0-10 4/15 Winthrop* L, 0-2 4/21 Birmingham-Southern* L, 1-2 4/21 Birmingham-Southern* W, 9-6 4/22 Birmingham-Southern* W, 9-0 4/25 at College of Charleston W, 9-5 4/25 at College of Charleston W, 5-2 4/27 at Liberty* L, 0-4 4/27 at Liberty* W, 3-2 (8) 4/28 at Liberty* L, 3-4 5/10 Birmingham-Southern# W, 7-3 5/10 Liberty# W, 7-4 5/11 Winthrop# L, 5-6 (8) 5/12 Radford# L, 3-4 * - Big South Conference Game

! - Carolina Classic (Conway, S.C.)@ - NFCA Leadoff Classic (Columbus, Ga.)

$ - Red and Blue Classic (Oxford, Miss.)# - Big South Tournament (Conway, S.C.)

2008Overall: 20-40 • Big South: 7-8

Coach: Jess Dannelly Date Opponent Result 2/8 vs Southern Illinois# L, 3-4 2/8 vs Minnesota# L, 3-4 (8) 2/8 vs Southern Illinois# L, 3-4 2/8 vs Minnesota# L, 3-4 2/9 vs UNC Greensboro# W, 2-1 2/9 vs Jacksonville# L, 7-11 2/10 vs UNC Greensboro# L, 4-6 2/10 vs Jacksonville# W, 3-1 2/16 MARYLAND L, 3-4 (10) 2/16 ELON L, 2-5 2/17 MARYLAND L, 0-3 2/17 ELON W, 7-6 2/24 HAMPTON W, 5-1 2/24 HAMPTON W, 3-0 2/29 vs North Florida% L, 1-2(8) 2/29 at Jacksonville% L, 2-8 3/1 vs North Florida% L, 0-6 3/1 vs Virginia% L, 5-9 3/2 vs Stony Brook% L, 0-4 3/7 vs Illinois-Chicago L, 0-5 3/7 vs Hofstra% L, 0-5 3/8 vs Baylor% L, 0-10 3/8 vs Michigan State% L, 0-8 3/9 vs East Tennessee State% L, 0-5 3/12 USC UPSTATE L, 0-1 (10) 3/12 USC UPSTATE W, 6-5 3/16 vs Manhattan& W, 4-3 (8) 3/16 vs Alabama State& W, 6-2 3/20 PRESBYTERIAN W, 6-5 (10) 3/20 PRESBYTERIAN W, 4-2 3/22 GEORGIA TECH L, 1-2 3/22 GEORGIA TECH L, 2-10 3/26 UNC WILMINGTON W, 12-4 3/26 UNC WILMINGTON W, 4-3 3/29 at Birmingham-Southern* L, 0-7 3/29 at Birmingham-Southern* W, 9-1 3/30 at Birmingham-Southern W, 2-1 (8) 4/2 COLL. OF CHARLESTON L, 9-10 4/2 COLL. OF CHARLESTON L, 2-9 4/4 at Charleston Southern* L, 3-4 4/6 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* W, 8-1 4/6 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* W, 3-2 4/8 GARDNER-WEBB L, 3-5 4/8 GARDNER-WEBB L, 3-4 4/9 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 2-6 4/12 LIBERTY* W, 3-2 4/12 LIBERTY* L, 0-1 4/13 LIBERTY* W, 5-2 4/16 at North Carolina L, 0-3 4/16 at North Carolina L, 0-8 4/19 at Winthrop* L, 0-8 4/19 at Winthrop* L, 0-8 4/20 at Winthrop* L, 1-3 4/23 at North Carolina State L, 0-9 4/23 at North Carolina State L, 2-7 4/26 RADFORD* L, 0-2 4/26 RADFORD* L, 1-10 4/27 RADFORD* L, 4-6 5/8 vs Charleston Southern$ W, 3-1 5/8 vs Radford$ L, 3-5 5/9 vs Birmingham-Southern$ W, 1-0 (8) 5/9 vs Liberty$ L, 2-8

* - Big South Confernece game# - JU/Best Western Invitational - Jacksonville,

Fla.% - JU Softball Tournament-Jacksonville, Fla.@ - USF Under Armour Invitational - Clear-

water, Fla.& - Owl Classic - Kennesaw, Ga.

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COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

FacultyFull-time faculty members: 294Faculty members with doctoral or terminal degrees: 80 percentStudent to faculty FTE ratio: 18:1

FinancesTuition for 2008-2009In-state: $8,650 per yearOut-of-state: $18,090 per year

Residence Halls/Meals$7,080 per year

Founded: 1954 (In 1993, the South Carolina Legislature established Coastal Carolina University as an independent, public institution, ending a more than 30-year affiliation with the University of South Carolina.)

Student ProfileEnrollment: Approximately 8,100 studentsSouth Carolina residents: 54 percentOut-of-state residents: 46 percent from 44 states and 33 foreign countriesMale students: 46 percentFemale students: 54 percentAverage SAT score for first-time freshmen: 1,030

Coastal Carolina University Quick Facts

The Campus The campus comprises 53 main buildings on 307 acres including the Burroughs & Chapin Center for Marine and Wetland Studies and the Coastal Science Center, located on the East Campus at the Atlantic Center on U.S. 501. The University also offers courses at the Waccamaw Center for Higher Education in Litchfield, and in Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach and Georgetown. Waties Island, 1,062 acres of pristine barrier island on the Atlantic coast, provides a natural laboratory for extensive study in marine science and wetlands biology. Students enrolled in Coastal Carolina’s Professional Golf Management program staff Quail Creek Golf Club at Coastal Carolina University, a public 18-hole golf facility located adjacent to the campus.

Academic Programs Coastal Carolina University offers baccalaureate degrees in 40 major fields of study and 37 undergraduate minors. The University also offers master’s degree programs in business administration, education, and coastal marine and wetland studies. Coastal Carolina’s many international partnerships make it possible for students to study in places such as Australia, China, Costa Rica, England, Ecuador and Galapagos Islands, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Russia and Spain. Coastal Carolina University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the baccalaureate and master’s degrees. The E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration is accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The Spadoni College of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the South Carolina State Board of Education. Coastal Carolina University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). The Department of Computer Science is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

The UniversityCoastal Carolina University is a dynamic, public, comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, just minutes from Myrtle Beach, S.C. The University offers baccalaureate programs to nearly 8,300 students in 40 fields of study including acclaimed programs in marine science, resort tourism and professional golf management. Graduate programs include an MBA as well as master’s degrees in education and coastal marine and wetland studies. The University prides itself on the interaction of students and faculty in the classroom, through internships and hands-on research. The combined expertise of faculty ranges from emerging market economics to global positioning systems, bottle-nosed dolphins and the history of rock ‘n’ roll. There are 294 full-time faculty members, 80 percent of whom have doctoral or terminal degrees.

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COASTAL CAROLINA EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Robert SheehanSenior Vice President

of Academic and Student Affairs

Will GarlandSenior Vice President

of Finance and Administration

David A. DeCenzo became the second president of Coastal Carolina University on May 7, 2007.

DeCenzo joined Coastal Carolina’s administration in 2002 when he was named dean of the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration. He was named provost and senior vice president of academic affairs n in May 2006. Before joining the Coastal Carolina University faculty, DeCenzo served as director of partnership development in the College of Business and Economics at Towson University in Maryland from 1999 to 2002. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland College Park and a master’s degree and Ph.D. from West Virginia University.

An experienced industry consultant, DeCenzo has served a wide variety of clients including Citicorp Global Technology, Moen Inc., Motorola and others. His major academic interests are in human resource management, management and organizational behavior. He is the author of textbooks that are used widely at colleges and universities throughout the United States and the world. He serves on the board of directors of the Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Center, and he served a two-year term on the Conway Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors.

As dean of Coastal Carolina’s Wall College, DeCenzo led the move to establish a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. He also helped create the Wall Center of Excellence, designed to enhance and reinforce business students’ skills through experiential learning. As provost, he instituted Centers for Excellence to support student internships, research and travel in each of the university’s four colleges.

DeCenzo and his wife, Terri, have four children.

President David DeCenzo (far right) accepts the Sasser Cup and Women’s All-Sports Trophy for Coastal Carolina for the 2006-07 year along with (left to right) Coastal Carolina Athletic Director Warren Koegel, and former Associate AD/Senior Woman Admin-istrator Gina Markland.

Edgar DyerExecutive Vice

President/ University Counsel

Coastal Carolina University Mission StatementOriginal approved by the Coastal Carolina University Board of Trustees on April 18, 1997

Update adopted by the Coastal Carolina University Board of Trustees on December 14, 2007 Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution that seeks to develop students who are both knowledgeable in their chosen fields and prepared to be productive, responsible, healthy citizens with a global perspective. To deliver on this com-mitment, Coastal Carolina recruits highly qualified and motivated students, faculty and staff from the region, state, nation and world to create a diverse and dynamic student-centered learning environment. Because Coastal Carolina embraces the teacher-scholar model, it places primary empha-sis on high quality teaching and engaged learning, and it supports faculty research, creative activities, and expert collaboration in the community, state, nation, and world. This focus enables faculty and staff to mentor students in collaborative research, creative opportunities, and internships. To nurture this active learning community, Coastal Carolina maintains a broad range of contemporary technologies, programming, support services, and innovative course offerings and delivery methods. The result is alumni who are well prepared for profes-sional careers or graduate programs in their chosen fields and who continue to be connected to Coastal Carolina. Inspired by its founding in 1954 to serve the educational needs of the immediate area, Coastal Carolina has grown with the region to become a mid-sized regional comprehensive university with a tradition of a strong liberal arts core. As such, Coastal Carolina commits its resources to maintaining a population of 8,000 – 12,000 students by building baccalaure-ate and selective master’s programs of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services. Coastal Carolina fully embraces its leadership role as a regional center of economic and intellectual resources, lifelong learning, cultural and recreational opportunities, and athletic programs. As Coastal Carolina executes this mission, it recognizes its responsibility to be a role mod-el to the community and to the professions by assuring fair and honest treatment of people with whom it interacts and sustainable stewardship of resources entrusted to it, adopting the highest standards of integrity and accountability, and committing itself to excellence through continuous self-improvement.

President David A. DeCenzo

EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATORS

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MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA

In the next three centuries, the region’s population grew, but

slowly. Landowners gradually developed large plantations in the

area, with rice as the principal crop. In the late 1800s and early

1900s, people began to “vacation” here, although it was quite

rustic. Houses and camps were sparse, and there were few per-

manent residents at the turn of the century. But, drawn by the

ocean, sand and trees, people began to call Myrtle Beach “home”

as the 1900s progressed.

Today, Myrtle Beach is a well known destination for vacationers

from around the country, Canada and abroad. According to the

2000 Census, the city is at the center of the 13th fastest growing

metropolitan area in the U.S. It is

also one of the golf capitals of the

world, boasting more than 100 golf

courses within a 40-mile radius.

The City of Myrtle Beach is the center of the Grand Strand,

a 60-mile crescent of beach on the South Carolina coast. In the

last 25 years, Myrtle Beach has developed into the premier resort

destination on the East Coast. Our 25,000 permanent residents

welcome millions of visitors each year to this full-service resort

community. Guests come to enjoy the wide beaches, the Atlantic

Ocean, and an incredible range of activities and entertainment.

Myrtle Beach was incorporated as a town in 1938 and be-

came a city in 1957. Its name comes from the wax myrtle, a

shrub which grows abundantly in the area. History records that a

party of Spaniards from Hispaniola landed about 50 miles north

of present-day Myrtle Beach in

1526 and eventually established

the first European settlement in

the U.S. about 30 miles to the

south. The settlement, San Miguel

de Cauldape, was abandoned the

following year, though, and the

group returned to Hispaniola.

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COASTAL CAROLINA ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

Warren D. “Moose” Koegel is starting his ninth year as the Director of Athletics at Coastal Carolina University. Koegel, the Chanticleers’ fifth Athletic Director since 1986, was appointed on October 6, 2000.

In Koegel’s years at the helm of the Coastal Carolina Athletic Department, the Chanticleers have flourished both on and off the fields of play. In his tenure to date, Coastal Carolina has been represented in NCAA Championships in men’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s tennis, men’s golf, women’s golf, softball, baseball, women’s indoor track and field, and men’s and women’s outdoor track and field. The Chanticleers also have won the prestigious George F. “Buddy” Sasser Cup five times, including their fourth consecutive award in 2006-07, awarded annually to the top athletic department in the Big South Conference. In addition to the work in their sport, Coastal Carolina’s almost 400 student-athletes combined for almost a 3.0 grade point average during the 2007-08 academic year. For his efforts, Koegel was named the 2008 NACDA Southeast Region Division I FCS Athletic Director of the Year.

Coastal Carolina’s 17 current NCAA Division I sports continue to flourish, including the most recent addition to the Chanticleers’ athletic department — football. Football, which kicked off with the 2003 season and won its first Big South championship in 2004 in just its second year of play, competes at the NCAA Division I-Football Championship Subdivision level. Coastal Carolina completed construction on a 6,408-seat state-of-the-art stadium in 2003, which expanded by almost 1,000 seats for the 2006 season. A new athletic facility which will house the football program, as well as other parts of the department, is also slated for the near future. The new athletic facility will include an expanded

weight room, training room, team meeting rooms, locker rooms for football, offices for all football coaches and staff, and several conference rooms. The facility will also become the new home for the Coastal Carolina University Buddy Sasser Athletic Hall of Fame.

Koegel came to Coastal Carolina from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he had served as an associate athletic director from 1998-2000. At Chattanooga, Koegel helped manage a $5.2 million budget for 16 NCAA Division I sports. His other administrative responsibilities included business operations, athletic scholarships, marketing and serving as the liaison to the coaching staff. He also served on the steering committee for the NCAA I-AA National Championship Football Game.

Prior to his stint at Chattanooga, he had served on the football coaching staffs at the University of Connecticut, Rutgers University and the University of Wyoming. During his tenure on the football coaching staff at the University of Connecticut from 1992 to 1997, he was recruiting coordinator and defensive line coach as well as interim head coach in 1993. Koegel was an assistant football coach at Rutgers University from 1984 to 1990 and Wyoming University from 1977 to 1983.

Koegel played in the National Football League from 1971 to 1976, spending time with the Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Jets. He starred at Penn State University under legendary football coach Joe Paterno. He was co-captain of the Nittany Lions his senior season and earned a bachelor’s degree in 1971. During his college career, he was a Third Team All-American as a senior and played on two Orange Bowl champion teams. He also played in the Hula Bowl, East-West Shrine Game and the College All-State Game. Koegel received Penn State’s Dedicated Player and Outstanding Senior Awards.

Koegel and his wife Elaine have one daughter, Kathryn.

COASTAL CAROLINA ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF

AraLeigh Beam

Asst. Compliance

Director

Kristen Bauer

Women’s Volleyball

Coach

Dwayne Beam

Head Athletic

Trainer

David Bennett

Football Coach

Alan Connie

Women’s XC &

Track & Field Coach

Jess Dannelly

Associate A.D./

Softball Coach

Jody Davis

Women’s Tennis

Coach

Jennifer Spindler

Assistant Athletic

Trainer

Lauren Barker

Business

Manager

Bruce Gregory

Assoc.A.D. for

Internal Operations

Jeff Jacobs

Men’s XC & Track

& Field Coach

Patrick Ransdell

Assistant A.D.-

Major Gifts

Cliff Ellis

Men’s Basketball

Coach

Allen Terrell

Director of Golf/

Men’s Golf Coach

Shaun Docking

Men’s Soccer

Coach

Gary Gilmore

Baseball Coach

Matt Hogue

Assoc. A.D. for

Enhanced Media

Melinda Hyman

Chanticleer Club

Director

Melissa Todd

Administrative

Assistant

Kent Reichert

Assoc. Dir. for

Media Relations

Jon Lenze

Assistant Athletic

Trainer

Alex Souza

Asst. Event

Ops. Coordinator

John Martin

Asst. A.D. for

Media Relations

Bryan Paar

Event Operations

Coordinator

Mark Roach

Senior Associate

A.D.

Joe Mazurkiewicz

Assoc. A.D. for

Academics

Ken Faircloth

Ticket

Manager

Chris Powers

Men’s Tennis

Coach

Cari Rosiek

Associate A.D./

SWA

Katie Quinney

Women’s Golf

Coach

Rohan Naraine

Women’s Soccer

Coach

Kelly Moore

Marketing Asst./

Cheer Coach

Heather Fons

Assistant Athletic

Trainer

Walter GofÞ gan

Student-Athlete

Support Services

Stella Cooper

Special Projects

Coordinator

Brian Gabriel

Head Strength &

Conditioning Coach

Jim Curry

Compliance

Director

Jeff Pounds

Associate

Athletic Trainer

Sonya Woods

Asst. Strength

Coach

Kayla Johnson

Business

Assistant

Vicki Pirher

Student-Athlete

Support Services

Linda Lyerly

Associate A.D/

Finance

Barry Lippman

Assistant Athletic

Trainer

Alan LeForce

Women’s

Basketball Coach

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COASTAL CAROLINA ATHLETIC FACILITIES

Coastal Carolina University provides quality athletic facilities for its teams to compete . From left to right. Top row: The Chanticleer baseball program has won nearly 75 percent of its games at Charles L. Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field through the years. Recently completed renovations to the Stadium improved the players’ locker room and added chairback seats. • Coastal Carolina Track and Field facility is among the finest on the East Coast and is the home of numerous events during the year. • Coastal Carolina Softball Field has seen the Chanticleer softball program win over 70 percent of its home contests. Second row: Brooks Stadium is the newest addition to the athletic landscape, housing the three-time Big South champion football program. • Kimbel Arena houses Coastal Carolina’s men’s and women’s basketball programs and the volleyball program. • Third row: Coastal Carolina’s Weight Room gives student-athletes almost 5,000 square feet of workout space. • The soccer programs play at the Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field. • Bottom row: The TPC of Myrtle Beach hosts the General Hackler Championship and has a practice area exclusively for the Chanticleer men’s golf program, while the women base out of Grande Dunes. • The Billy Nichols Tennis Center and Joseph Holiday Courts give Coastal Carolina’s men’s and women’s tennis programs a first-class home advantage. The facility includes six courts and seating for fans. • Coastal Carolina’s athletic training room is located within Kimbel Arena and houses rehab and treatment equipment for the Chanticleer student-athletes.

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NCAA COMPLIANCE

THE INITIAL ELIGIBILITY & AMATEURISM CLEARINGHOUSEWhat is the Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse?

If you intend to participate in Division I athletics as a freshman, you must register with and be certified by the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse. Your high school counselor should provide you with the student-release form and a red brochure titled, “Making Sure You Are Eligible to Participate in College Sports.”

What does the Clearinghouse need to certify me?After graduation and before school closes for the summer, your high school must send

the Clearinghouse a copy of your final transcript that confirms graduation from high school. You must also have your ACT or SAT scores sent to the Clearinghouse.

How do I have my test scores sent to the Clearinghouse?Test scores must be sent directly from the testing agency. You can accomplish this by

marking code 9999 as one of the institutions to receive your scores, or submit a request for an “Additional Score Report” to the appropriate testing agency.

What is the Amateurism Clearinghouse? Beginning in the Fall of 2006, all prospects planning to enter a Division I or II collegiate

institution for the first time by the Fall of 2007 must also be certified by the NCAA Amateurism Clearinghouse. NCAA President Myles Brand authorized the creation of this branch in response to the NCAA membership’s concerns about amateurism issues related to international and domestic prospective and transfer student-athletes (prospects).

How do I register with these entities?To register with the Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse, complete the Student Release

Form and mail the top (white) copy of the form to the Clearinghouse along with the required registration fee or register online at www.NCAAClearinghouse.net. You should apply for certification after your junior year in high school if you are sure that you wish to participate in intercollegiate athletics as a freshman at a Division I or II institution. If you fail to submit all required documents, your incomplete file will be discarded after three years, requiring you to register again.

Your registration fee will cover certification of initial eligibility and amateur status. The Amateurism Clearinghouse operates through online registration only and is also located at www.NCAAClearinghouse.net. All prospects will be required to complete a questionnaire about their athletics participation prior to full-time collegiate enrollment at a Division I or Division II institution. Prospects will not be permitted to participate in intercollegiate competition until initial eligibility and amateurism certifications are completed.

16 Core-Course RuleFor prospective student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution, you must meet

the 16 core- course rule. The core requirements are:• 4 years of English• 3 years of Mathematics (Algebra I or higher)• 2 years of Natural/Physical Science (One year of lab if offered by high school)• 1 year of additional English, Math or Natural/Physical Science• 2 years of Social Science• 4 years of additional courses (from any of area above, foreign language or nondoctrinal religion/philosophy)Effective August 1, 2008, you must meet a 16-core course requirement.

RECRUITING REGULATIONSWhen do I become a prospective student-athlete?

When you start ninth-grade classes. Before the ninth grade, you become a prospective student-athlete if a college gives you (or your relatives or friends) any financial aid or other benefits that the college does not provide to all prospective students.

When is a college considered to be recruiting me?If any coach or representative of the college’s athletics interests approaches you (or any

member of your family) about enrolling and participating in athletics at that college.

Who can recruit me?Only university coaches and staff. Alumni and friends of the university are NOT

permitted to contact prospective student-athletes in any way.

OFFICIAL VISITSHow many official visits am I allowed to take? Beginning when?

Each prospective student-athlete is limited to five official visits which may be taken following the opening day of classes of your senior year of high school.

What must the school have from me before I take an official visit?The recruiting institution must already have a high school or a college transcript and

ACT or SAT test scores on file

UNOFFICIAL VISITSCan I pay my own way to visit a college campus? Starting when?

You may visit an institution’s campus at your own expense an unlimited number of times before your senior year of high school and continuing in your senior year. This is an unofficial visit.

What can the school give me when I go on an unofficial visit?A maximum of three complimentary admissions to a campus athletic event in which

that school’s team is competing, issued through a pass list only. Such complimentary admissions are for the exclusive use of the prospect and those persons accompanying him on the visit. They can be issued only on an individual game basis.

TELEPHONE CALLS & CONTACTSWho can call me on the telephone? When? How often?

Faculty members and coaches are permitted to call you once during the month of March of your junior year (all sports other than football). Football may call you once during the month of May of your junior year. Additional calls may be made after July 1 of your junior year (all sports other than football and basketball), June 21 for basketball and September 1 for football. After that date, a coach or faculty member can call you or your parents or legal guardian once a week. Boosters are not permitted to call.

In sports other than football, it is permissible to make one in-person, off-campus recruiting contact with you during the month of April of your junior year, then again once per week after July 1 during a contact period, limited to three. Football is permitted to do so beginning September 1 and is limited to six during a contact period.

When are coaches or faculty members allowed unlimited calls to me?At the following times: During the five days immediately before your official visit to

that university; on the day of a coach’s off-campus contact with you; during the time beginning with the initial National Letter of Intent (NLI) signing date in your sport through the two days after the signing date.

Can I call coaches collect or toll free? When?Yes. You may call coaches or universities collect or use a toll-free (1 800) number. They

may receive calls on or after July 1 after you complete your junior year of high school.

CORRESPONDENCE AND RECRUITING MATERIALSFrom whom can I receive letters? Beginning when?

Coaches, faculty members and students (but not boosters) can send you letters, starting September 1 of your junior year in high school. (at the conclusion of sophomore year for men’s basketball).

What can a university send me?A Division I institution may provide you with the following material: general

correspondence, including letters, U.S. Postal Service postcards and institutional note cards, and materials printed on plain white paper with black ink; business cards; e-mail and instant messages; NCAA educational information; pre-enrollment information subsequent to signing a National Letter of Intent with the university; one athletic publication (media guide or recruiting guide) which may include only one color printing inside; schedule cards.

Can they send me anything prior to my junior year?Only questionnaires and summer camp brochures.

Can any other materials be mailed to me?No. Game programs, which may not include posters, can be provided only during

official or unofficial visits to the school’s campus. The same restrictions apply to student-athlete handbooks.

SUMMER JOBSCan a university I have signed with help me get a summer job? Beginning when?

After you sign a National Letter of Intent, the school you signed with may arrange summer employment for you. That employment may begin AFTER you graduate from high school.

Are there payment regulations for summer employment?Yes, all earnings from summer employment must be at a rate of pay that is comparable

with the going rate for that type of work performed. You should be paid by check for hours actually worked.

Can I accept transportation from my employer?Transportation cannot be provided unless transportation is provided to all employees.

An employer cannot provide you with any benefit or privileges that are not provided to all employees.

Can I be paid for teaching or coaching sport skills?You cannot be paid for teaching or coaching sport skills in your sport on a fee per

lesson basis. However, you can be employed by a community agency or club to teach sport skills as long as you have other duties or responsibilities.

ANY QUESTIONS?If you should have any further questions, please contact a member of Coastal

Carolina University’s Athletic Compliance Office.You can also gain further information through the NCAA’s Web site at

www.ncaa.org) and the Web site for the NCAA Clearinghouse, located at www.NCAAClearinghouse.net.

Jim CurryDirector of Compliance

843-349-2976/[email protected]

AraLeigh BeamAsst. Director of Compliance

843-349-2029/[email protected]

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MEDIA OUTLETS

NEWSPAPERSThe Sun News

914 Frontage Road EastMyrtle Beach, SC 29577Phone: 843-444-1767Fax: 843-626-0356

Web:www.thesunnews.comJosh Hoke, beat writer

E-mail:[email protected]

The ChanticleerP.O. Box 261954

Conway, SC 29528Phone: 843-349-2330Fax: 843-349-2743

Claire Arambula, Editor-In-ChiefWeb: www.coastal.edu/ci

The StateP.O. Box 1333

Columbia, SC 29202Phone: 803-771-8415Fax: 803-771-8613

Web:www.thestate.comE-mail: [email protected]

Myrtle Beach Herald2501 North Kings HighwayMyrtle Beach, SC 29577Phone: 843-626-3131Fax: 843-448-4860

E-mail: [email protected]

The Horry Independent2510 North Main Street

Conway, SC 29526Phone: 843-248-6882Fax: 843-248-6024

E-mail: [email protected]

TELEVISIONWPDE-TV (15-ABC)3215 South Cashua Drive

Florence, SC 29501Phone: 843-665-1515Fax: 843-665-4907Web:www.wpde.com

Rich Chrampanis, Sports DirectorMark Haggard, Sports Reporter

E-mail: [email protected]

WBTW-TV (13-CBS)101 McDonald Court

Myrtle Beach, SC 29588Phone: 843-294-8402Fax: 843-293-1760Web:www.wbtw.com

Matt Lincoln, Sports DirectorE-mail: [email protected]

WMBF-TV (10-NBC)918 Frontage Road EastMyrtle Beach, SC 29578Phone: 843-839-9623Fax: 843-839-9625

Web:www.wmbfnews.comJustin Felder, Sports Anchor

E-mail: [email protected]

WIRE SERVICESAssociated Press (Columbia)

P.O. Box 101101Columbia, SC 29211Phone: 800-922-1565Fax: 803-252-2913

Web:www.ap.orgPete Iacobelli, Sports

E-mail: [email protected];[email protected]

PA-Sports Ticker55 Realty Drive, Suite 200

Cheshire, Ct 06410Phone: 800-367-8935Fax: 800-336-0383

FROM I-95From the South, take Highway 327 exit to SC Hwy. 76/301 Turn left onto Hwy. 76/301. This will become Hwy. 576 and then Hwy. 501. After passing through Conway, turn right at the second stop light (approx. 2 miles) into the entrance of Coastal Carolina University. You are now on College Road. Kimbel Arena (basketball/volleyball), Charles L. Watson Baseball Stadium, and the Football/Soccer Stadium are visible on the right from College Road. To get to the Softball Field or the Track & Field Complex, turn right onto Chanticleer Drive after passing Kimbel Arena and before getting to the Baseball Stadium.

From the North, take the “South of the Border” exit (IMPOSSIBLE to miss). Follow signs to Myrtle Beach and this will lead you to Highway 501. Then follow the directions above.

FROM HIGHWAY 17Follow Highway 17 Bypass to Highway 501 (Conway exit). At this point, you are approx. eight miles from campus. You will pass the stoplight at Conway Hospital and then pass a Food Lion shopping center (on left). Just after passing Horry-Georgetown Technical College (on left), take the next left into the entrance of Coastal Carolina University. See directions above to find athletic facilities.

DIRECTIONS TO

COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

Asst. A.D.-Media Relations ............................. John A. Martin Office Phone ................................................ 843-349-2822 E-mail .................................................jamartin@coastal.edu

Assoc. Media Relations Director ......................Kent Reichert Office Phone .................................................843-349-2840 E-mail .................................................kreicher@coastal.edu

Media Relations Assistants ...........Scott Kemps / Kim Warner Office Phone: ...................... 843-349-2848 / 843-349-6467 E-mail [email protected] / [email protected]

Student Assistants .....................Katie McClure, Phil Johnson, .................... Terrel Curry, Kate Dowling, Lindsay Chavez, ................... Chauncey Smith, Samantha Zeisler, Kyle Cole, .......... Kelly Marsengill, Cailin Fitzpatrick, Samantha Mann

Office fax ...........................................................843-349-2819Address: ................ Coastal Carolina Athletic Media Relations ................................................................. P.O. Box 261954 .............(Overnight Address: 132 Chanticleer Drive West) ..............................................................Conway, SC 29528

TO GET SOFTBALL INFORMATIONContact the Media Relations Office or the Internet at

www.GoCCUsports.com

MEDIA INFORMATIONInterviews: Interviews with coaches and players must be arranged through the athletic media

relations office and will be scheduled before or after practices. No interviews will be allowed with players on gameday unless permission is received from the coaching staff through the athletic media relations office. After all home events, Players and coaches will be available in the interview room

following a brief cooling off period. A member of the Coastal Carolina athletic media relations staff will contact all media representatives at the events for interview requests. Under no circumstances

will student-athlete phone numbers be given out.

JohnMartin

KentReichert

COASTAL CAROLINA ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS

Scott Kemps

KimWarner

COASTAL CAROLINA ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS