2014 NCAA Division I softball season

2014 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending ChampionsOklahoma
Tournament
Women's College World Series
ChampionsFlorida (1st title)
Runners-upAlabama (9th WCWS Appearance)
Winning CoachTim Walton (1st title)
WCWS MOPHannah Rogers (Florida)
Seasons
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The 2014 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2014. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2014 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2014 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 3, 2014.

Conference standings

2014 American Athletic Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UCF  ‍†‍‍y 15 – 3   .833 43 – 18   .705
South Florida  ‍‍‍y 13 – 5   .722 43 – 17   .717
Louisville  ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 7   .667 36 – 22   .621
Houston  ‍‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 33 – 23   .589
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 28 – 19   .596
Temple  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 15 – 30   .333
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 5 – 15   .250 23 – 33   .411
UConn  ‍‍‍ 3 – 17   .150 13 – 38   .255
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 18, 2014[1]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches
2014 Big 12 Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 5 Oklahoma ‍†‍‍y 16 – 2 – 0   .889 51 – 13 – 0   .797
No. 4 Baylor ‍‍‍y 13 – 5 – 0   .722 49 – 16 – 0   .754
Texas ‍‍‍y 12 – 6 – 0   .667 35 – 23 – 0   .603
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 8 – 10 – 0   .444 35 – 19 – 0   .648
Kansas ‍‍‍y 7 – 11 – 0   .389 34 – 23 – 0   .596
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 26 – 28 – 0   .481
Iowa State ‍‍‍ 2 – 16 – 0   .111 23 – 31 – 1   .427
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [2]
2014 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 5   .783 47 – 15   .758
No. 16 Nebraska  ‍‍‍y 18 – 5   .783 44 – 18   .710
No. 15 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 16 – 6   .727 44 – 12   .786
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y 14 – 7   .667 36 – 20   .643
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 14 – 9   .609 35 – 18   .660
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y 13 – 10   .565 30 – 25   .545
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10   .565 27 – 28   .491
Iowa  ‍‍‍y 9 – 14   .391 16 – 30   .348
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 7 – 16   .304 24 – 26   .480
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18   .217 17 – 39   .304
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18   .217 14 – 35   .286
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 19   .174 12 – 37   .245
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 25, 2014[3]
Rankings from NFCA
2014 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 22 – 5   .815 40 – 15   .727
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 15 – 10   .600 29 – 22   .569
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 25 – 24   .510
Morehead State +  ‍‍‍ 9 – 16   .360 15 – 36   .294
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 7 – 19   .269 13 – 36   .265
Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 20   .231 18 – 38   .321
West
SIU Edwardsville ‡  ‍‍‍ 19 – 5   .792 30 – 23   .566
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 38 – 17   .691
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 9   .640 32 – 23   .582
Tennessee–Martin +  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 27 – 27   .500
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 8 – 18   .308 20 – 32   .385
Southeast Missouri St.  ‍‍‍ 3 – 20   .130 11 – 34   .244
‡ – OVC Tournament champion
As of May 17, 2014[4]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches; + = Also 1 non=conf. tie
2014 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Alabama  ‍†‍‍ 19 – 5   .792 53 – 13   .803
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 46 – 12   .793
Florida  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 55 – 12   .821
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 49 – 15   .766
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 43 – 18   .705
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 50 – 19   .725
LSU  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 38 – 24   .613
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 42 – 19   .689
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 36 – 22   .621
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 39 – 21   .650
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 37 – 22   .627
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 27 – 28   .491
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21   .125 22 – 31   .415
As of Oct 01, 2014[5]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2014 Southland Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
McNeese State **  ‍‍‍ 20 – 6 – 0   .769 40 – 17 – 0   .702
Northwestern State ‡  ‍‍‍ 15 – 10 – 0   .600 30 – 22 – 0   .577
Sam Houston  ‍‍‍ 15 – 11 – 0   .577 27 – 27 – 0   .500
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 14 – 11 – 0   .560 26 – 27 – 0   .491
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 22 – 28 – 0   .440
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13 – 0   .500 25 – 34 – 0   .424
Abilene Christian*  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10 – 0   .500 21 – 28 – 0   .429
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 12 – 14 – 0   .462 20 – 30 – 0   .400
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15 – 0   .423 16 – 36 – 0   .308
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17 – 0   .370 19 – 29 – 0   .396
Nicholls  ‍‍‍ 9 – 16 – 0   .360 19 – 34 – 0   .358
Incarnate Word*  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14 – 0   .333 21 – 31 – 0   .404
‡ – SLC Tournament Champion
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition
**Southland Tournament #1 seed champion
As of May 4, 2014[6]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches
2014 Sun Belt Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 8 Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍†‍‡‍y 19 – 1 – 0   .950 49 – 10 – 1   .825
No. 23 South Alabama ‍‍‍y 15 – 6 – 0   .714 42 – 14 – 0   .750
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9 – 0   .571 30 – 26 – 0   .536
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 33 – 24 – 1   .578
Texas State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12 – 0   .429 26 – 30 – 0   .464
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14 – 0   .300 25 – 27 – 0   .481
Troy  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 22 – 30 – 2   .426
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍ 4 – 16 – 0   .200 21 – 33 – 0   .389
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of March 4, 2019[7]
Rankings from NFCA

Women's College World Series

The 2014 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 29 to June 3, 2014 in Oklahoma City.[8]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
1 Oregon 3
8 Florida State 0
1 Oregon 0
5 Florida 4
5 Florida 11
13 Baylor 0 5
5 Florida 6 —
13 Baylor 3 —
8 Florida State 2
13 Baylor 7
14 Kentucky 7 8
13 Baylor 8
5 Florida 5 6 —
2 Alabama 0 3 —
14 Kentucky 4
6 Louisiana–Lafayette 1
14 Kentucky 0
2 Alabama 2
7 Oklahoma 2
2 Alabama 6
2 Alabama 2 —
1 Oregon 0 —
6 Louisiana–Lafayette 1
7 Oklahoma 3
1 Oregon 4
7 Oklahoma 2

Season leaders

Batting

Pitching

Records

Junior class doubles: 28 – Emilee Koerner, Notre Dame Fighting Irish[9]

Awards

Lacey Waldrop, FSU Seminoles[10]

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2014 38 7 48 42 27 8 1 266.1 190 70 43 80 287 1.13 1.01

Madison Shipman, Tennessee Lady Vols[11]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2014 58 168 56 70 .416 54 18 0 16 140 .833% 46 8 13 17

Annie Aldrete, Tennessee Lady Vols
[12]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2014 58 166 37 60 .361 65 19 2 14 135 .813% 29 37 1 1

Kasey Cooper, Auburn Tigers

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2014 62 177 70 74 .418 77 18 0 10 138 .779% 43 7 2 3

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.[13]

First Team

Position Player Class School
P Lacey Waldrop JR. FSU Seminoles
Cheridan Hawkins SO. Oregon Ducks
Jaclyn Traina SR. Alabama Crimson Tide
C Taylor Edwards SR. Nebraska Cornhuskers
1B Hallie Wilson JR. Arizona Wildcats
2B Alex Hugo SO. Georgia Bulldogs
3B Courtney Ceo SR. Oregon Ducks
SS Sierra Romero SO. Michigan Wolverines
OF Haylie McCleney SO. Alabama Crimson Tide
Branndi Melero JR. Auburn Tigers
Victoria Hayward SR. Washington Huskies
UT Ally Carda JR. UCLA Bruins
Stephany LaRosa JR. UCLA Bruins
AT-L Maddie O'Brien JR. FSU Seminoles
Madison Shipman SR. Tennessee Lady Vols
Kelsey Stewart SO. Florida Gators
Whitney Canion SR. Baylor Bears
Shelby Pendley JR. Oklahoma Sooners

Second Team

Position Player Class School
P Chelsea Wilkinson SO. Georgia Bulldogs
Dallas Escobedo SR. Arizona State Sun Devils
Sara Moulton SR. Minnesota Golden Gophers
Christina Hamilton JR. ULL Ragin' Cajuns
C Amber Freeman JR. Arizona State Sun Devils
1B Micaela Arizmendi SO. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2B Hannah Flippen FR. Utah Utes
3B Kaitlyn Richardson JR. Minnesota Golden Gophers
SS Jill Barrett SR. Tulsa Hurricanes
OF Janie Takeda JR. Oregon Ducks
Jennifer Gilbert SR. Ball State Cardinals
Karley Wester FR. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
UT Jailyn Ford SO. James Madison Dukes
Sahvanna Jaquish FR. LSU Tigers
AT-L Kirsten Verdun SR. DePaul Blue Demons
Kasey Cooper FR. Auburn Tigers
Annie Aldrete FR. Tennessee Lady Vols
Haylie Wagner JR. Michigan Wolverines

Third Team

Position Player Class School
P Sara Nevins SR. USF Bulls
Aimee Creger SR. Tulsa Hurricanes
Hannah Campbell SR. South Alabama Jaguars
C Lexie Elkins SO. ULL Ragin' Cajuns
1B Melanie Fagaly SR. Washington Huskies
2B Emily Carosone SO. Auburn Tigers
3B Missy Taukeiaho SO. Cal State Fullerton Titans
SS Kellie Fox JR. Arizona Wildcats
OF Emilee Koerner JR. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Taylor Gadbois SO. Missouri Tigers
Lindsey Stephens SO. Texas Longhorns
UT Tatum Edwards SR. Nebraska Cornhuskers
Kylee Lahners JR. Washington Huskies
AT-L Lauren Chamberlain JR. Oklahoma Sooners
Shellie Robinson JR. USC Upstate Spartans
Cassie Tysarczyk JR. Texas A&M Aggies
Meredith Owen SR. Stetson Hatters

References

  1. ^ "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  2. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "Softball" (PDF). Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  5. ^ "Softball". ESPN. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  6. ^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  7. ^ "Softball". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  8. ^ "2014 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  10. ^ "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.[dead link‍]
  11. ^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  12. ^ "SCHUTT SPORTS / NFCA FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR". Nfca.org. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  13. ^ "2014 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

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