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Jordan Roberts may have just hit the farthest home run in softball history Espinoza (30 in 1994 and 37 in 1995), Lauren Chamberlain (30 in 2012 and 30 in 2013) and Alo are the only players with two 30-homer seasons. Katiyana Mauga is the only player in NCAA history to have 20 or more home runs every year of her career. Probably not, but it will be fun to watch the chase. Twenty minutes after that 31-inning game, they started a 25-inning game. Roberts was playing on "Team Osterman" as part of the innovative Athletes Unlimited Softball season. ", As Gasso and I spoke down the left-field line, Levi walked up and put a lei around her neck and a crown of flowers around her head. Come on.". 0000004134 00000 n Her father spent so much money getting her on the mainland -- a tremendous amount of money to move her onto a competitive level. The Palm Bay resident credits the Cansecos with helping him reach that achievement by providing him with good pointers on hitting and the mental approach necessary to push his limits. She ultimately finished with 122 in her career at Oklahoma. 0000085810 00000 n trailer Erickson is more than a softball-hitting phenom; he is a softball-hurling demon. Oklahoma star Jocelyn Alo took her place next to former Sooners . The Back Nine comes at you after a crazy weekend that - incredibly - included me hitting some . 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Laura Espinoza hit an NCAA all-time season and senior class record 37 home runs in 1995; Lexie Elkins is the only player to make the list without hitting a single home run in a full season of play, which came in her freshman year in 2013. Mauga finished her illustrious career the all-time Pac-12 leader in home runs with 92. She hit homer No. 24 Ohio State", "No. On the season, he is hitting .312 with 11 homers, a triple, 12 doubles, 44 RBIs, 37 runs, a .617 slugging percentage, .414 on-base percentage and three steals in 41 games (40 starts) at the plate. Addison Barnard set the sophomore record by hitting 33 in 2022. For example, baseball. Now she doesn't have to think about it. 188 38 At the end of Kukuna -- Hawaiian for grow, fittingly -- there are two iconic coconut trees that provide a sort of gateway to the beach. [227] Alo became the fifth player to reach 90 home runs February 11, 2022, facing Bri Bower of the Mississippi State Bulldogs. NCAA Division I softball career 50 home runs list - Wikipedia May 1, 2023 From March 20 to April 2, 2009, Kaitlin Cochran hit 7 homers in 7 consecutive games, another NCAA record. %%EOF Oklahoma has hit 100 home runs through 36 games, an eye . 1. 0000006798 00000 n Chamberlain sat in the stands two weeks ago at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, California, confident she would see Alo break her record over the course of the five games the Sooners would play. "If it's good enough for Walter Payton and Jerry Rice," Levi says, "then it's good enough for us.". Oklahoma softball: Sooners on record-setting win trajectory The commitment is something else. 13 Arkansas", "No. 12/15 ARIZONA STATE TO ADVANCE TO THE TEMPE REGIONAL FINAL", "Softball Breaks Records in Doubleheader Sweep At Marshall", "No. Get the latest news and rumors, customized to your favorite sports and teams. 0000039351 00000 n "She had a tremendous weekend and I worried about her a little bit because she, right from the start, was really pressing and that was tough to watch, so to see her just kind of let loose and let it go out here to tie it, tremendous celebration. It starts with the make-up game against FSU in Jacksonville Tuesday night, the last regular season non-conference game of the season. Keep the Country Country one reads, and New City, What a Pity is another. She won back-to-back2021 and 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year awards. SEC teams have hit or been hit by pitches 1,468 times this season. The father knew his daughter had the ability and determination to accomplish great things, and he was willing to sacrifice -- and impose the same sacrifice upon his daughter -- to give her the best chance of making it happen. [225] Katiyana Mauga became the third player to reach 90 home runs when she tied Nuveman May 19, 2017, against the New Mexico State Aggies. Oklahoma Takes Down Kansas to Win Series - Sports Illustrated Here are the longest homers Statcast has tracked since Opening Day of the 2015 season. So one day he decided to bet big: He brought Jocelyn to the baseball field from softball practice and announced to his team that from that day forward, Alo -- a catcher at the time -- would be playing with the baseball team. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. She was. The Jayhawks (21-23, 6-12 Big 12) scored two runs in the second inning on a home run by third baseman Michael Brooks and two more in the fifth on a groundout and a wild pitch. 0000085735 00000 n Full circle. Longest home run ever: Longest home run in MLB history, furthest home Nuveman had a long tenure with UCLA, redshirting in 1998 with injury, before being granted a second redshirt to help the 2000 US Olympic team earn the gold medal in 2000 (and then playing the following summer for the USA softball team as well). Pennant races. Here's one: The baseball coach at Jocelyn's high school, Todd Koishigawa, struggled to motivate his starting catcher. Saturday was a different kind of close, with the Tigers getting the shutout but only scoring two runs on a home run by McKenzie Clark . Georgia Bulldogs infielder Lacey Fincher showed off her insane power at the dish over the weekend. She was also named the 2018 Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player in leading Florida State to its first national championship in program history. 1 OU Sweeps Tech, Pushes Win Streak to 28", "Adrienne Monka Joins 50 Home Run Club in 12-3 NU Win At NIU", "No. [223] Lauren Chamberlain hit her 91st home run off Kenzie Grimes April 30, 2015 vs. the North Texas Mean Green. Jordan Roberts was playing on Team Osterman as part of the innovative Athletes Unlimited Softball season. He hosts the weekly DII Nation Podcast available on Spotify and YouTube. February 27, 2023 Space Coast Daily News Brevard Countys Best Newspaper, WATCH! * And for an old one, Radar Love by Golden Earring. 0000008895 00000 n Koishigawa monitored the reaction of his catcher and immediately realized his mistake. March 27, 2023 Space Coast Daily News Brevard Countys Best Newspaper, HOT OFF THE PRESS! She cranked 21 home runs in her 2018 senior campaign giving her 83 all time. Unbelievable. She hit 95 homers in 220 games, as she was limited to just 39 appearances her junior season due to back and PCL injuries. 24/22 Tigers To SEC Title Game", "Bauer's Three Homers Lead Softball Past BSU, 16-2", "Abbey Cheek Homers Twice in 16-2 Win Over No. 405Alison McCutcheon, Arizona, 1995-98 (256 games) Consecutive Hits 13Jennifer Purcell, Nevada, March 18-20, 2016; Haley Ward, Norfolk St., March 23-29, 2013; April Setterlund, Boston U., March 25-April 3, 2010 Batting Average He is also 4-1 with a 3.50 ERA, .183 opponents batting average and 57 strikeouts against 23 walks in 43.2 innings pitched over nine starts on the mound. In four years with the Gators, Roberts had 27 home runs. College softball's all-time home run leaders | NCAA.com Bates (5 in 2010), Andrea Harrison (17 in 2010), Katelyn Boyd (18 in 2011), Kaila Hunt (21 in 2012), Amanda Locke (18 in 2012), Pendley (22 in 2013), Keilani Ricketts (15 in 2013), Jessica Shults (7 in 2013), Lauren Haeger (20 in 2014 and 19 in 2015), Sydney Romero (10 in 2016 and 12 in 2017), Jessica Warren (21 in 2018) and Alo (34 in 2021) all won national championships those years; Stacie Chambers and Harrison share the Women's College World Series record for home runs with four each in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Grice was also named one of 15 national players-of-the-week by Collegiate Baseball on Monday, marking the fifth week he was named a national player-of-the-week during his career. Anything that travels that far oughta have a flight attendant on it. I knew I owed her a trip [to Hawai'i], but this could not be scripted any better. Guiness Book of Baseball World Records "The Guinness Book of Records" English edition is distributed in seventy different countries, with another twenty-two editions in foreign languages. Georgia's Lacey Fincher put the team on her back in the bottom. Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. May 1, 2023 2:13 pm ET. April 10, 2023 Space Coast Daily News Brevard Countys Best Newspaper, A MUST-READ! And while she may be in the bottom of our top 10 here, she is in the all-time top five for slugging percentage, finishing with a .882 career mark. Andrea, though, said, "It's a massive relief. "His face dropped," Koishigawa says. [226] Jessie Harper became the fourth player to reach 90 home runs May 21, 2021, facing Courtney Coppersmith of the UMBC Retrievers. Five generations of the Alo family have lived in this remarkable place, in the shadow of the razor-sharp green mountains, their tops shrouded in clouds. That's not who she is. 0000040078 00000 n As the Ha'aheo players and her Sooners teammates conducted an hourlong camp on the field, Alo walked the perimeter of the park to thank everyone who came. They tied for the most picks with 10 each. Levi stood on the field, 100 yards from the spot five generations of his family called home, and fielded endless questions about his daughter's chances to hit the record-breaking home run -- or even see a pitch that makes one possible. 1 Softball Increases Win Streak To 23 With Two More Wins in Diamond Devil Invitational", "Plain's 14 Strikeouts Help Huskies To 9-0 Win", "Tech Softball Sweeps Doubleheader At Virginia", "Toman Sets Career RBI Record To Highlight Doubleheader Sweep", "Sooners Take Two in Run-Rule Fashion in Ohio", "East Carolina Splits Again On Day Two Of Pirate Clash", "Cougars Take Two Over of Louisville on Saturday", "Roby's Homer Lifts Cards to 6-4 Win at Virginia", "Arizona Softball Goes Undefeated At Palm Springs Classic", "Huskies Collect Season High 17 Hits, Defeat UCLA Sunday Night", "Baker Rewrites Record Books in Creighton Split", "Softball Makes History in 30-8 Win Over LaTech", "Notre Dame vs Louisiana-Lafayette (Mar 16, 2007)", "Folden's Two Homers Completes Sweep Over No. When asked what his favorite softball field is, Erickson does not hesitate, the field at Naval Station Bremerton. 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