2016_NCAA_Division_I_softball_season

2016 NCAA Division I softball season
2016 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending Champions	Florida
Tournament
Women's College World Series
Champions	Oklahoma (3rd title)
Runners-up	Auburn (2nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Patty Gasso (3rd title)
WCWS MOP	Paige Parker (Oklahoma)
Seasons
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2016 NCAA Division I softball season

American college softball season

The 2016 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 2016. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2016 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended in June 2016.

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Conference standings

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2016 American Athletic Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 25 South Florida ‍†‍‍^y	15	–	3	.833	45	–	16	.738
UCF ‍‍‍^y	12	–	4	.750	38	–	22	.633
Tulsa ‍‍‡‍^y	9	–	9	.500	35	–	21	.625
Houston ‍‍‍	9	–	9	.500	27	–	29	.482
Memphis ‍‍‍	7	–	11	.389	26	–	31	.456
East Carolina ‍‍‍	5	–	13	.278	23	–	31	.426
UConn ‍‍‍	4	–	12	.250	19	–	33	.365

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 23, 2016^[1] Rankings from Today/NFCA Coaches

2016 Big 12 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	1	.944	57	–	8	.877
No. 21 Baylor ‍‍‍^y	13	–	4	.765	45	–	14	.763
Texas ‍‍‍^y	10	–	7	.588	38	–	16	.704
Kansas ‍‍‍	8	–	9	.471	31	–	20	.608
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍^y	6	–	11	.353	32	–	26	.552
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	23	–	32	.418
Iowa State ‍‍‍	1	–	17	.056	20	–	35	.364

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA ^[2]

2016 Big East Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
DePaul ‍†‍‍	16	–	3	.842	27	–	25	.519
Villanova ‍‍‍	14	–	6	.700	32	–	18	.640
St. John's ‍‍‍	12	–	7	.632	29	–	20	.592
Butler ‍‍‡‍^y	9	–	7	.563	28	–	24	.538
Creighton ‍‍‍	7	–	11	.389	25	–	22	.532
Seton Hall ‍‍‍	7	–	12	.368	24	–	30	.444
Providence ‍‍‍	6	–	14	.300	21	–	28	.429
Georgetown ‍‍‍	3	–	14	.176	9	–	35	.205

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2016^[3] Rankings from NFCA

2016 Big Ten Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Michigan ‍†‍‍^y	21	–	2	.913	52	–	7	.881
No. 20 Minnesota ‍‍‡‍^y	19	–	3	.864	43	–	14	.754
Northwestern ‍‍‍^y	15	–	8	.652	27	–	28	.491
Penn State ‍‍‍	14	–	9	.609	30	–	24	.556
Nebraska ‍‍‍^y	13	–	9	.591	35	–	21	.625
Ohio State ‍‍‍^y	13	–	9	.591	34	–	20	.630
Illinois ‍‍‍^y	12	–	11	.522	36	–	23	.610
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	11	–	11	.500	28	–	24	.538
Indiana ‍‍‍	10	–	13	.435	29	–	25	.537
Michigan State ‍‍‍	8	–	15	.348	27	–	28	.491
Purdue ‍‍‍	8	–	15	.348	27	–	28	.491
Rutgers ‍‍‍	8	–	15	.348	24	–	33	.421
Maryland ‍‍‍	4	–	19	.174	12	–	40	.231
Iowa ‍‍‍	3	–	20	.130	13	–	39	.250

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2016^[4] Rankings from NFCA

2016 Colonial Athletic Association softball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
#8 James Madison ‍†‍‡‍^y	18	–	1	–	0	.947	50	–	6	–	0	.893
Towson ‍‍‍	11	–	8	–	0	.579	37	–	17	–	0	.685
College of Charleston ‍‍‍	11	–	9	–	0	.550	35	–	23	–	0	.603
Elon ‍‍‍	9	–	8	–	0	.529	26	–	25	–	0	.510
Delaware ‍‍‍	9	–	9	–	0	.500	30	–	21	–	0	.588
UNC Wilmington ‍‍‍	8	–	10	–	0	.444	29	–	21	–	0	.580
Hofstra ‍‍‍	8	–	10	–	0	.444	24	–	22	–	0	.522
Drexel ‍‍‍	0	–	19	–	0	.000	20	–	35	–	0	.364

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 24, 2016^[5] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

2016 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Jacksonville State ‡ ‍‍‍	26	–	0	1.000	43	–	17	.717
Eastern Kentucky ‍‍‍	17	–	8	.680	37	–	17	.685
Eastern Illinois ‍‍‍	17	–	8	.680	25	–	28	.472
SIU Edwardsville ‍‍‍	15	–	11	.577	28	–	26	.519
Tennessee–Martin ‍‍‍	14	–	13	.519	30	–	26	.536
Tennessee Tech ‍‍‍	14	–	13	.519	23	–	33	.411
Morehead State ‍‍‍	11	–	11	.500	26	–	27	.491
Murray State ‍‍‍	12	–	14	.462	14	–	31	.311
Belmont ‍‍‍	11	–	16	.407	19	–	35	.352
SE Missouri State ‍‍‍	10	–	17	.370	16	–	33	.327
Austin Peay ‍‍‍	5	–	22	.185	9	–	387	.023
Tennessee State ‍‍‍	3	–	22	.120	10	–	45	.182

‡ – OVC Tournament champion As of May 9, 2016^[6] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

2016 Southeastern Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Florida ‍‍‍	20	–	4	.833	52	–	4	.929
No. 12 Kentucky ‍‍‍	17	–	7	.708	43	–	11	.796
No. 10 Tennessee ‍‍‍	16	–	7	.696	40	–	13	.755
No. 6 Auburn ‍‍‡‍	16	–	7	.696	46	–	9	.836
No. 4 Alabama ‍‍‍	16	–	8	.667	45	–	11	.804
No. 16 Missouri ‍‍‍	14	–	10	.583	39	–	13	.750
No. 13 LSU ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	42	–	14	.750
No. 15 Georgia ‍‍‍	12	–	12	.500	40	–	16	.714
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	11	–	13	.458	38	–	19	.667
No. 17 Texas A&M ‍‍‍	9	–	15	.375	37	–	17	.685
South Carolina ‍‍‍	7	–	17	.292	35	–	20	.636
Mississippi State ‍‍‍	3	–	21	.125	25	–	30	.455
Arkansas ‍‍‍	1	–	23	.042	17	–	39	.304

‡ – Tournament champion As of May 8, 2016^[7] Rankings from NFCA

2016 Southland Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East Division
McNeese State ** ^x‍‍‡‍^y	23	–	4	.852	42	–	12	.778
Nicholls ‍‍‍	21	–	5	.808	39	–	17	.696
Lamar ‍‍‍	18	–	9	.667	35	–	22	.614
Central Arkansas ‍‍‍	16	–	11	.593	35	–	22	.614
Northwestern State ‍‍‍	10	–	17	.370	27	–	25	.519
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍	6	–	21	.222	23	–	32	.418
West Division
Abilene Christian * ^x‍‍‍	19	–	8	.704	26	–	21	.553
Stephen F. Austin ‍‍‍	13	–	13	.500	28	–	29	.491
Sam Houston ‍‍‍	13	–	14	.481	21	–	33	.389
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍	7	–	19	.269	18	–	30	.375
Houston Baptist ‍‍‍	7	–	19	.269	15	–	29	.341
Incarnate Word * ‍‍‍	7	–	20	.259	18	–	34	.346

‡ – SLC Tournament Champion ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition *Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 13, 2016^[8] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

2016 Sun Belt Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 Louisiana–Lafayette ‍†‍‡‍^y	21	–	2	.913	46	–	9	.836
South Alabama ‍‍‍	17	–	6	.739	33	–	18	.647
Texas State ‍‍‍^y	15	–	9	.625	40	–	22	.645
Georgia State ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	33	–	28	.541
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	30	–	27	.526
Troy ‍‍‍	11	–	13	.458	31	–	25	.554
UT Arlington ‍‍‍	8	–	16	.333	29	–	20	.592
Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍	7	–	17	.292	24	–	34	.414
Appalachian State ‍‍‍	2	–	22	.083	11	–	45	.196

‡ – Tournament champion As of March 18, 2019^[9] Rankings from NFCA

2016 West Coast Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
BYU ‍†‍‍^y	11	–	2	–	0	.846	36	–	20	–	0	.643
Loyola Marymount ‍‍‍	10	–	5	–	0	.667	32	–	21	–	0	.604
San Diego ‍‍‍	7	–	6	–	0	.538	21	–	28	–	0	.429
Saint Mary's ‍‍‍	6	–	7	–	0	.462	19	–	26	–	1	.424
Santa Clara ‍‍‍	4	–	9	–	0	.308	9	–	40	–	0	.184
Pacific ‍‍‍	3	–	12	–	0	.200	20	–	28	–	0	.417

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 17, 2016^[10] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

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First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

16	Georgia	5

8	Florida State	4
			16	Georgia	3

			4	Auburn	4
4	Auburn	10

12	UCLA	3
						4	Auburn	8⁽⁸⁾	—

						8	Florida State	7	—
8	Florida State	8

12	UCLA	4
			2	Michigan	0

			8	Florida State	1



										4	Auburn	2	11⁽⁸⁾	1

										3	Oklahoma	3	7	2
3	Oklahoma	3⁽⁸⁾

6	Alabama	0
			3	Oklahoma	7

			2	Michigan	5
2	Michigan	2

10	LSU	0
						3	Oklahoma	7	—

						10	LSU	3	—
6	Alabama	4

10	LSU	6
			16	Georgia	1

			10	LSU	4

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2016	59	162	76	73	.450	79	19	1	11	143	.882%	52	12	15	17

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2016	70	187	69	79	.422	83	21	1	19	163	.871%	71	15	6	7

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2016	63	181	56	73	.403	48	8	1	14	113	.624%	48	19	10	12

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Delanie Gourley	JR.	Florida Gators
	Paige Parker	SO.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Megan Good	SO.	James Madison Dukes
C	Lexie Elkins	SR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
1B	Tera Blanco	SO.	Michigan Wolverines
2B	Sierra Romero	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
3B	Kasey Cooper	JR.	Auburn Tigers
SS	Kristen Brown	SR.	North Carolina Tar Heels
OF	Haylie McCleney	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Emily Crane	SR.	Missouri Tigers
	Koral Costa	SR.	Oregon Ducks
UT	Jailyn Ford	SR.	James Madison Dukes
UT	Kimberlee Souza	SR.	Washington Huskies
AT-L	Sierra Lawrence	SR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Aleshia Ocasio	SO.	Florida Gators
	Sara Groenewegen	JR.	Minnesota Golden Gophers
	Kelsey Nunley	SR.	Kentucky Wildcats
	Marjani Knighten	JR.	Nebraska Cornhuskers

2016_NCAA_Division_I_softball_season

2016 NCAA Division I softball season

Conference standings

Women's College World Series

Season leaders

Records

Awards

All America Teams

References

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Position	Player	Class	School
P	Kylee Hanson	JR.	FAU Owls
	Megan Betsa	JR.	Michigan Wolverines
	Alex Stewart	JR.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
C	Erika Piancastelli	SO.	McNeese State Cowgirls
1B	Alex Powers	JR.	FSU Seminoles
2B	Emily Carosone	SR.	Auburn Tigers
3B	Mysha Sataraka	SR.	UCLA Bruins
SS	Delaney Spaulding	JR.	UCLA Bruins
OF	Aleah Craighton	SO.	ULL Ragin' Cajuns
	Erin Miller	SR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Lindsey Stephens	SR.	Texas Longhorns
UT	Erica Nunn	SR.	USF Bulls
UT	Kayli Kvistad	SO.	Florida Gators
AT-L	Sydney Littlejohn	JR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Nikki Udria	JR.	Oregon Ducks
	Shay Knighten	FR.	Oklahoma Sooners
	Leona Lafaele	SR.	Alabama Crimson Tide
	Ali Aguilar	JR.	Washington Huskies

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Cheridan Hawkins	SR.	Oregon Ducks
	Jessica Burroughs	JR.	FSU Seminoles
	Nisa Ontiveros	SR.	California Golden Bears
C	Emily Naegele	SR.	Northern Illinois Huskies
1B	Jade Rhodes	SR.	Auburn Tigers
2B	Hannah Flippen	JR.	Utah Utes
3B	Bianka Bell	SR.	LSU Tigers
SS	Sami Fagan	SR.	Missouri Tigers
OF	Amanda Lorenz	FR.	Florida Gators
	Karley Wester	JR.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
	Allexis Bennett	SR.	UCLA Bruins
UT	Rainey Gaffin	SR.	Tennessee Lady Vols
UT	Cammi Prantl	SR.	Ohio State Buckeyes
AT-L	Tina Iosefa	SR.	Georgia Bulldogs
	Vanessa Shippy	SO.	Oklahoma State Cowgirls
	Jessica Warren	SO.	FSU Seminoles
	Victoria Vidales	SO.	Texas A&M Aggies
	Sahvanna Jaquish	JR.	LSU Tigers
	Kiki Stokes	SR.	Nebraska Cornhuskers
	Taylor Glover	JR.	CSUN Matadors