College softball's all-time home run leaders. Todd Erickson of Palm Bay, Brevard County, Florida, breaks the Guinness Book Of World Records for the longest softball hit of 541 feet. Roberts was playing on "Team Osterman" as part of the innovative Athletes Unlimited Softball season. The Seminoles' win put a dent into the 20-28 all-time record against their rivals. "Just see ball, hit ball," Alo said. But the No. Emailed daily. Oklahoma's Jocelyn Alo sets NCAA softball record with 96th home run (0:40), The story behind Jocelyn Alo's record home run. We're tracking college baseball scores and how to watch the top 25 college teams this weekend. Alo tied the NCAA freshman home run record with 30 in 2018 before slumping a bit to 16 in 2019. 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 She ultimately hit 26 more home runs to standalone at the top as the home run queen. Sixteen times over the next eight games she was walked, and the strategy rarely seemed to have purpose; in seven of those eight games, the undefeated and No. It starts with the make-up game against FSU in Jacksonville Tuesday night, the last regular season non-conference game of the season. I love Lauren. Roberts was teammates with Barnhill at Florida, but she sure treated the pitcher rudely with that homer. This is a competitive sport, and if you want to see what your pitchers are made of, put them in front of one of the best hitters and see what happens. trailer To have the school record in home runs for DI softball's winningest program is quite a lofty accomplishment. I had it for seven years, and I've enjoyed every minute of it. Chickens run from yard to yard, with no respect for property lines, and the breathtaking mountains -- now famous for providing the setting for the Jurassic Park movies -- are so vibrant it's like seeing the world through a green filter. I just play a tournament here and there, he said. 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. She stood on the infield dirt and fought unsuccessfully to hold back tears as she told the girls, "This means a lot to me. 0000006798 00000 n The Back Nine comes at you after a crazy weekend that incredibly included me hitting some really nice golf shots. It's not just about the Sooners, it's a moment in softball history. Of our Top 10 most untouchable softball records, a half-dozen are pitching records most recorded when the pitching distance was 40 feet as compared to today's mandatory 43-foot distance. 0000009343 00000 n And to wait, if I start thanking people, I will need two columns. At any rate, the six guys who were drafted seemed to end up in ideal spots and got there in such different ways. I started playing softball midway through my Navy term, he said. Addison Barnard set the sophomore record by hitting 33 in 2022. 188 38 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. Pennant races. 0000008140 00000 n NCAA Division I softball career 50 home runs list, "OU Dominates Texas, One Win Away From Title", "Bulldogs Fall In Extras In Game 1 Of Super Regional", "Harper Takes NCAA Home Run Lead in Doubleheader Sweep of NMSU", "Mauga Hits 50th Homer As Arizona Drops A Pair", "NCAA Softball Regional Results Los Angeles, CA (UCLA)", "Cajuns Take The Sun Belt Title Outright With Game 2 Victory", "No. Adam Dunn played just 44 games with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but one of his eight home runs stands as the longest witnessed at Chase Field. 0000130882 00000 n Harper and Alo are the most recent entries to the top 10, breaking through in 2021. 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). STADIUM TOUR: 15 best places to watch NCAA softball according to the fans. 188 0 obj <> endobj 0000000016 00000 n 0000080978 00000 n 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. 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. 0000085696 00000 n 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. "If it's good enough for Walter Payton and Jerry Rice," Levi says, "then it's good enough for us.". Alo was walked intentionally with nobody on base and the Sooners up by eight runs, and the crowd -- which included the softball team from Campbell High School, Alo's alma mater -- reacted with anger and disbelief. ", 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. (0:40). Andrea, though, said, "It's a massive relief. From March 20 to April 2, 2009, Kaitlin Cochran hit 7 homers in 7 consecutive games, another NCAA record. 0 1 Sooners Dominate Iowa in HOF Classic Finale", NCAA Division I softball career .400 batting average list, NCAA Division I softball career 200 RBIs list, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_I_softball_career_50_home_runs_list&oldid=1152704774, This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 20:24. Special props to Gainesville Ice for coming through again. She hit homer No. 0000009603 00000 n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRlSHG5hRY4, Heres an updated thread of all the recruits who picked the Gator hat today! Could not have been scripted.". Will there ever be another 100-point scorer in college hockey? The Hogs continue to defy the odds despite injuries and . Just trying to do my thing and do what I do. 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. After tying the NCAA Division I softball record for career home runs (95) on Feb. 20 against Texas State, teams tiptoed around the slugger, walking her 16 times over the next eight games. April 24, 2023 Space Coast Daily News Brevard Countys Best Newspaper, HOT OFF THE PRESS! Gasso's team blasted 2.68 home runs per game last year, and are ahead of that mark after blowing past Texas Tech this past weekend. I respect every coach who allowed their pitchers to go after Jocie, and many times they were very successful. "I feel like Coach (Patty Gasso) kind of just calmed me down through the whole process of this thing," Alo said. THE END WAS frustratingly slow. 5/6 UCLA In WCWS Opener, 7-2", "BYU TAKES OUT NO. http://www.vondranbaseball.com [over 695 videos and growing]. And you know what's funny? Now, Alo's pursuit of the record will head to California, where the Sooners will play five games beginning Friday at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. 0000087637 00000 n So, I looked it up. For their careers, Alo (Big 12), Jessie Harper and Katiyana Mauga (Pac-12), Gomez (Sun Belt), Warren (ACC), Sierra Romero (Big Ten), Kate Gordon (CAA), Jennifer Gilbert (MAC), Morgan Noad (Big South), Jenna Cone (A-10), Erika Piancastelli (Southland), Kelsey Horton (WAC), Best (A-Sun), Mia Davidson (SEC), Angeline Quiocho (MWC), Samantha Fischer (WCC), Vicky Galasso (Big Sky), Carrera (USA), Dara Toman (Horizon), Laura Taylor (Big East), Amy Baker (MVC), Lauren May (Ivy), Deanna Dovak (MAAC), Hayley Norton (NEC), Lindsay Thomas (Southern), Madison Perrigan (American), Ashley Ellis and Daniela Pappano (OVC), Darian Tautalafua (Big West) and Torrian Wright (MEAC) all own those conference crowns for home runs. She hit eight in the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened 2020 season, then came alive again last season to get within striking distance to Chamberlain. "We'll have a lot of people out there that get to witness this. They just didn't want to tap into this. Perhaps the longest of those not previously mentioned was Ralph Kiner, who bombarded all the National League left-field distance plateaus of his times. lead the team and all. College softball rankings: The top 25 teams in the NCAA this week . 10. The 11 best NCAA softball pitchers of all time. Alo started Saturday needing five homers to reach Chamberlains mark after hitting two during the Sooners first three games but going four consecutive games without a homer. START WITH GAME. College baseball career home run leaders. 12/15 ARIZONA STATE TO ADVANCE TO THE TEMPE REGIONAL FINAL", "Softball Breaks Records in Doubleheader Sweep At Marshall", "No. We seriously are at a loss for words. 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. Jocelyn grew up as her father, Levi, did and his father and grandfather and great-grandfather before him: on a 2-acre lot with six family homes on Hau'ula's Kukuna Road. Todd Erickson performed the hitting exhibition to bring awareness to the fight against cancer. Alo was walked, repeatedly, incessantly, needlessly. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA Not many of us can say we hit a ball further than former Major League baseball player Jose Canseco, a four-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award and an athlete that averaged 40 home runs for every 162 games. Yet, that doesnt stop , NBA great Michael Jordan opened up about his thoughts about shootings of African-Americans and the , With the college football season approaching, the Florida Gators have announced that former starting QB , Just a few short days after their big win over Argentina, team USA won its , The House Bill 2 came between Charlotte, North Carolina and the 2017 All-Star Game. 12 Cal", "No. Coming around third, she threw the traditional Hawaiian shaka hand signal into the air and pumped a fist at her family in the stands. 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. But Alo had a monster day in Houston to move to the doorstep of the record. The homer, a two-run shot that put the Sooners up 9-0, came on a 2-1 pitch from Hawai'i senior right-hander Ashley Murphy, who entered the game having thrown just 2 innings this season. Although he didnt participate in sports before his military career, there must have been a latent love of the game in Ericksons psyche, because to this day he considers his best sports-related gift the tickets to a Major League Baseball game he received as a kid. At the end of the camp, the BYU coach presented Jocelyn with her first Division I offer, but he pulled Levi off to the side and said, "If she keeps hitting this like this, she won't be going to BYU. 0:00. 0000003967 00000 n [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. The Gators needed a sweep against an inferior team and had to hang on in the finale to take all three from Missouri. 10 Softball Crushes No. 15. Oklahoma star Jocelyn Alo took her place next to former Sooners . Saint Francis Wolves prey on the weaknesses of the one pitcher left in by P.K. 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Alo blasted her 95th career home run Sunday against Texas State in Houston, tying Chamberlains NCAA record. There are currently 225 batters in the 50 Home Runs Club: Stacey Nuveman hit her 86th career home run against Kristen Hunter of the Oregon State Beavers May 4, 2002. Grice led Clemson to a 3-1 week, including a series win at No. 1 FSU Extends Unbeaten Streak To 26 Games", "Wolverines Rebound With Five-Inning Wins Over SISU, No. Jocelyn Alo, who set a new NCAA career home run record this season. Erickson could arguably be the best softball player in the world, considering that he should hold the world record at 576 feet for the longest batted ball, a feat many people cant wrap their minds around. Her reaction was equal parts exuberance and relief. 3 UCLA in Wild Series Opener", "UTSA Splits SLC Doubleheader At Texas-Arlington; Rogers Ties SLC Single-Season Home Run Record", "Bishop-Riley's 50th Homer Highlights Liberty's 7-2 Win Over NMSU", "Georgia Defeats Winthrop, Omaha Friday, 11-0, 8-3", "Pease Dominant for Minnesota in Shutout Victory Against Iowa", "Scupin Homers Thrice, Cats Sweep Thursday Doubleheader", "DiMeo, Rush Hit Home Runs in Loss to Wagner", "Softball Completes Shutout-Series Sweep At Arkansas With 10-0 Win", "No. Koishigawa monitored the reaction of his catcher and immediately realized his mistake. This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission. Some do, most dont. She was facing fellow former Florida Gator Kelly Barnhill in the bottom of the fourth inning on Monday night and launched a homer. 18. 0000039620 00000 n College softball expert roundtable: Who has the most to prove and who can stop Oklahoma? It's like she's playing another sport entirely, but as Gasso says, "This is relief, it is pride, it is so many different emotions. No outfield fence. Especially happy to see Ventrell Miller go to Tampa Bay. Larry Niemeyer's record for softballcoaching victories is the topunbreakable record. 16. Subscribe for new videos: https://bit.ly/38vXDzk CLICK THE LINK ABOVE TO READ MY FULL BASEBA. In four years with the Gators, Roberts had 27 home runs. He is the sixth Tiger in history to earn ACC weekly honors four times in a career and first since Seth Beer (2016-18). 7 Texas softball sweeps No. She cranked 21 home runs in her 2018 senior campaign giving her 83 all time. 0000012734 00000 n Christi Orgeron set a season record when 6 of her 22 went for grand slams in 2012; Haley Outon, Taylor Edwards and Stephanie Best each hit a record two grand slams in a single game, Best's both coming in the same inning. The commitment is something else. Veronica Nelson was walked 108 times in 2002 while hitting 9 homers for another all-time NCAA season record. Oklahoma softball star Jocelyn Alo hits her record-breaking 96th home run vs. Hawai'i on Friday night. Folks, I know you cant wait until the 28thBob Dooley Invitational is over and I quit talking about it. 0000049357 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. Oklahoman. That's a long way away. Elkins holds the junior class record by hitting 32 in 2015. When gargantuan Frank Howard hit a mighty home run off Robin Roberts in Philadelphia on September 1, 1958, the next great tape measure home run career was initiated. An epic college softball home run is going viral this week. 9 Baylor", "Washington Softball Defeats ASU in NIST Semifinal", "Lancers Split A Pair of Games To Open 2015 Slate", "Cajuns Sweep ULM And Capture Sun Belt Championship", "Gilbert Now MAC Career RBI Leader As SB Sweeps Akron", "Noad Makes History, Chants Take Two With Huge Rally", "No. 0000008895 00000 n I was thinking to myself, Self, Jac Caglianone is going to obliterate the school home run record and put it in an unreachable category, and then I remembered hes back next year. 13 Arkansas", "No. %PDF-1.5 % Here are the longest homers Statcast has tracked since Opening Day of the 2015 season. She didn't get another chance after Grace Lyons' two-run, walk-off home run in the fifth gave the Sooners a 8-0 win. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions. Jordan Roberts may have hit the farthest home run in fastpitch softball history. The opener against Pitt (21-22, 3-14) was decided by one run.
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