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South Florida Bulls softball Founded 1973 University University of South Florida Athletic director Michael Kelly All-time Record 1677-866-1 (.659) Head coach Ken Eriksen (23rd season)Conference AAC Location Tampa , FL Home stadium USF Softball Stadium (Capacity: 1600) Nickname Bulls Colors Green and gold[1] 1983, 1984 2012 1976, 1981 2006, 2012 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 2013 1997, 1998, 2008, 2016, 2018, 2019
The South Florida Bulls softball team represents University of South Florida in NCAA Division I college softball . The team participates in the American Athletic Conference . The Bulls are currently led by head coach Ken Eriksen . The team plays its home games at USF Softball Stadium located on the university's campus.[2]
USF's softball team has won two national championships, both coming before softball was an NCAA sanctioned sport. They won in the American Softball Association in 1983 and 1984.[3]
History
Pre-NCAA
Before softball officially became an NCAA sport in 1985, the Bulls (known as the Lady Brahmans until 1987) played in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women and the American Softball Association . Unfortunately, not many records exist from this era of USF softball, and 1985 is recognized by the school as the first official season of the team as that is the year they joined the NCAA. However, it is known that the team's actual first season of play was in 1973 and that the team went to the AIAW Quarterfinals in 1976 and 1981.[4] After the AIAW disbanded in 1982, the American Softball Association (now USA Softball ) took over as the top collegiate governing body for the sport. The Lady Brahmans won the national championship in both years of the ASA before joining the NCAA in 1985, making them the first team in USF history to win a national championship.[5]
Coaching history
Years
Name
Record
Win Percentage
1973–1996
Hildred Deese
686-355
.659
1997–2019
Ken Eriksen
975–502–1
.660
2020
Jessica Moore (interim)
16-9
.640
Season by season results
Year
Conference
Games Played
Record
Win Percentage
Conference Record
Coach
Postseason
1973
Independent (AIAW )
13
10-3
.769
N/A
Hildred Deese
1974
18
13-5
.722
1975
11
6-5
.545
1976
39
30-9
.769
AIAW Quarterfinal
1977
21
10-11
.476
1978
31
18-13
.581
1979
42
32-10
.762
1980
37
21-16
.568
1981
60
37-23
.617
AIAW Quarterfinal
1982
56
40-16
.714
1983
Independent (ASA )
67
52-15
.776
ASA National Champions
1984
38
31-7
.816
ASA National Champions
1985
Independent (NCAA)
59
43-16
.729
1986
50
39-11
.780
1987
51
32-19
.627
1988
52
26-26
.500
1989
48
22-26
.458
1990
45
27-18
.600
1991
53
35-18
.660
1992
51
34-17
.667
1993
46
28-18
.609
1994
51
30-21
.588
1995
Conference USA
49
29-20
.592
9-3
1996
53
41-12
.774
10-2
NCAA Regional
1997
63
50-13
.794
12-0
Ken Eriksen
NCAA Regional
1998
71
57-14
.803
11-1
NCAA Regional
1999
70
44-26
.629
6-6
2000
73
41-33
.562
13-9
2001
77
43-34
.558
14-11
NCAA Regional
2002
58
24-33-1
.414
9-13
2003
73
54-19
.740
19-8
NCAA Regional
2004
74
60-14
.811
18-5
NCAA Regional
2005
71
42-29
.592
17-11
NCAA Regional
2006
Big East
75
50-25
.667
17-3
NCAA Super Regional
2007
66
44-22
.667
15-5
2008
64
44-20
.688
16-4
NCAA Regional
2009
56
34-22
.607
12-10
2010
53
24-29
.453
9-13
2011
54
33-21
.611
13-5
2012
64
50-14
.781
17-5
Women's College World Series
2013
61
45-16
.738
18-3
NCAA Regional
2014
American Athletic Conference
60
43-17
.717
13-5
NCAA Regional
2015
56
36-20
.643
6-10
2016
61
45-16
.738
15-3
NCAA Regional
2017
56
32-24
.571
9-8
2018
62
39-23
.629
14-7
NCAA Regional
2019
60
41-19
.683
17-4
NCAA Regional
2020
27
16-9
.640
0-0
Jessica Moore (interim)[a]
Season cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Total
2544
1677-866-1
.659
329-154
19 Appearances
Bold indicates tournament won
Italics indicate Conference Championship
[6] [7] [8] [9]
Championships
National Championships
Conference Championships
Conference Tournament Championships
Coaching staff
Name
Position
Years with team
Ken Eriksen
Head coach (on leave)
23
Jessica Moore
Head Coach (interim)
5
Tommy Santiago
Assistant Coach
1
Morgan Gross
Assistant Coach
1
Kristen Wyckoff
Volunteer Assistant Coach
1
Morgan Gross
Graduate Assistant
1
Michele Latimer
Senior Athletic Trainer
14
Reference: [10]
Perfect Games and No Hitters
Perfect Games
USF pitchers have thrown three perfect games in school history:[11]
Leigh Ann Ellis, March 11, 2003 vs. Canisus
Sara Nevins, March 11, 2012 vs. Toledo
Sara Nevins, May 4, 2014 vs. Temple
No Hitters
Bulls pitchers have also thrown 21 no hitters (not including no hitters that were also perfect games):
Lori Romero, 1985
Lori Romero, 1986
Monica Triner, 1996 vs. Bradley
Monica Triner, 1996 vs. Penn State
Jessi Kowal, 2000 vs. St. Louis
Leigh Ann Ellis, 2003 vs. Ball State
Danielle Urbanik, 2004 vs. UAB
Kristen Gordon/Bree Spence, 2007 vs. ETSU
Cristi Ecks, Capri Catalano & Courtney Mosch, 2009 vs. Hofstra
Sara Nevins, 2012 vs. Central Connecticut
Sara Nevins, 2012 vs. Pittsburgh
Lindsey Richardson, 2013 vs. Maine
Sara Nevins, 2013 vs. Pittsburgh
Lindsey Richardson, 2013 vs. Providence
Lindsey Richardson, 2013 vs. Marshall
Sara Nevins/Erica Nuun, 2014 vs Illinois State
Sara Nevins, 2014 vs. UMass
Sara Nevins, 2014 vs. UConn
Sara Nevins, 2014 vs. UCF
Erica Nuun, 2015 vs. Illinois State
Georgina Corrick, 2018 vs. UNF
Awards and Honors
All Americans
First team
Leslie Kanter, 1986
Dawn Melfi, 1992
Second team
Lisa Wunar, 1987
Monica Triner, 1998
Monica Triner, 1999
Holly Groves, 2004
Sara Nevins, 2012
Erica Nuun, 2016
Georgina Corrick, 2019
Third team
Leigh Ann Ellis, 2004
Tiffany Stewart, 2005
Sara Nevins, 2013
Sara Nevins, 2014
Conference Awards and Honors
Sources:[12] [13]
Conference USA Pitcher of the Year
Conference USA Freshman of the Year
Big East Pitcher of the Year
Big East Freshman of the Year
Cristi Ecks, 2006
Capri Catalano, 2008
AAC Player of the Year
AAC Pitcher of the Year
Sara Nevins, 2014
Erica Nunn, 2016
Georgina Corrick, 2018, 2019
AAC Freshman of the Year
Juli Weber, 2014
Georgina Corrick, 2018
AAC Defensive Player of the Year
National Team members
Monica Triner, 2000
Leigh Ann Ellis, 2005–06
Kourtney Salvarola, 2011–13
Lee Ann Spivey, 2013
Erica Nuun, 2013
Sara Nevins, 2013–15
Astin Donovan, 2015–16
Lauren Evans, 2017–present
Georgina Corrick, 2017–present
USF Athletic Hall of Fame
Monica Triner, 1996-99 (inducted 2011)
Sara Nevins, 2011-14 (inducted 2019)
See also
References
Head coaches Venues WCWS appearances NCAA tournament appearances First-team All-Americans USF Athletic Hall of Fame
Monica Triner
Sara Nevins
Rivalries
Teams Championships & awards
Academics Campuses History People Athletics
Media Facilities Research Related topics
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