- 2008 Women's College World Series
The 2008
Women's College World Series was held May 29th through June 4th,2008 inOklahoma City, Oklahoma . EightNCAA Division I college softball teams met after having advanced through a 64-team bracket to play atASA Hall of Fame Stadium . The official host for the event was theUniversity of Oklahoma .Participants
All Tournament Team
The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team: [cite news|url=http://www.hokiesports.com/softball/recaps/20080603aaa.html|title=Tincher named to WCWS All-Tournament Team]
*Francesca Enea, Florida
*Charlotte Morgan, Alabama
*Stacey Nelson, Florida
*Holly Tankersley, La.-Lafayette
*Angela Tincher , Virginia Tech
*Megan Gibson , Texas A&M
*Jami Lobpries, Texas A&M
*Kaitlin Cochran, Arizona State
*Krista Donnenwirth, Arizona State
*Lesley Rogers, Arizona State
*Jackie Vasquez, Arizona State
*Katie Burkhart, Arizona State (Most Outstanding Player)WCWS records tied or broken
*6,240 Session 1 (Games 1 and 2) total attendance — WCWS record [cite news|url=http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2008/05/28/Sports/Ua.Softball.Team.Loses.In.1st.Round.Of.Wcws.After.Delay-3377237.shtml|title=UA softball team loses in 1st round of WCWS after delay]
*8,230 Session 3 (Games 5 and 6) total attendance — WCWS record [cite news|url=http://newsok.com/wcws-notebook-getting-pearlsonal/article/3251062/|title=WCWS Notebook: Getting 'Pearl'sonal]
*In Game 11, Florida catcher Francesca Enea hit twohome runs to allow her team to defeat Texas A&M 6–1. She tied the WCWS record for the most home runs in a game that was set by UCLA's Yvonne Gutierrez in 1992 and tied by Arizona's Lindsey Collins in 1999. [cite news|url=http://www.aggiesports.com/softball/Women-s-College-World-Series-Notebook2008-06-02T00-13-11|title=Women's College World Series Notebook|date=2008-06-02]
*Arizona State's 11-0 victory over Texas A&M was the largest margin of victory in a WCWS clinching game. [ [http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/recaps/060308aad.html Sun Devils - NCAA champs!] ]WCWS Leaders
Team
Individual
Post-Series Notes
*At the conclusion of their run in the series, Florida compiled a 70–5 overall record, becoming the first NCAA team to record 70 wins. [ [http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/060208/spo_285334950.shtml Gators' NCAA run ends] ]
*The 2008 WCWS marked the first time that Arizona did not return to the championship game/series while defending one of their eight national championships.
The Tournament
ee also
2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament References
External links
* [http://www.ncaasports.com/softball/womens NCAA Softball]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3391101 Schedule, results, and game times] atESPN
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3411746 "Get to know the Women's College World Series field"] at ESPN
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