# 2013 NCAA Division I softball season

The 2013 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 2013. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2013 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2013 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 6, 2013.

## Conference standings

2013 Big 12 Conference softball standings :
| 2013 Big 12 Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 1 Oklahoma ‍†‍‍$^y$ 15–2 .88257–4 .934 No. 3 Texas ‍‍‍$^y$ 14–4 .77851–10 .836 No. 20 Baylor ‍‍‍$^y$ 10–8 .55642–17 .712 Kansas ‍‍‍ 9–8 .52934–16 .680 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 6–12 .33330–26 .536 Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 4–14 .22230–26 .536 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 4–14 .22221–34 .382 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA | 2013 Big Ten Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 6 Michigan ‍†‍‍$^y$ 20–2 .90951–13 .797 No. 8 Nebraska ‍‍‍$^y$ 16–6 .72745–16 .738 Minnesota ‍‍‍$^y$ 14–6 .70036–19 .655 Wisconsin ‍‍‡‍$^y$ 16–7 .69644–13 .772 Northwestern ‍‍‍ 12–10 .54531–22 .585 Illinois ‍‍‍ 11–12 .47822–27 .449 Michigan State ‍‍‍ 9–10 .47424–25 .490 Ohio State ‍‍‍ 10–13 .43534–22 .607 Iowa ‍‍‍ 8–15 .34830–24 .556 Purdue ‍‍‍ 8–15 .34823–32 .418 Penn State ‍‍‍ 5–17 .22716–34 .320 Indiana ‍‍‍ 3–19 .13619–35 .352 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2, 2013 Rankings from NFCA |
| 2013 Southland Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT McNeese State ** ‍‍‍ 19–5–0 .79238–15–0 .717 Northwestern State ‡ ‍‍‍ 18–7–0 .72040–15–0 .727 Sam Houston ‍‍‍ 17–10–0 .63037–24–0 .607 Central Arkansas ‍‍‍ 15–10–0 .60038–20–0 .655 Lamar ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .51924–35–0 .407 Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ 13–13–0 .50032–22–0 .593 Nicholls ‍‍‍ 12–13–0 .48022–26–0 .458 Stephen F. Austin ‍‍‍ 9–17–0 .34616–32–0 .333 Houston Baptist ‍‍‍ 6–20–0 .23115–27–0 .357 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍ 6–21–0 .22211–39–0 .220 ‡ – SLC Tournament Champion **Southland Tournament #1 seed champion As of May 18, 2013 Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches | 2013 Sun Belt Conference softball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT RV Western Kentucky ‍†‍‍$^y$ 20–3 .87043–18 .705 No. 17 South Alabama ‍‍‡‍$^y$ 17–3 .85048–9 .842 No. 12 Louisiana–Lafayette ‍‍‍$^y$ 19–4 .82647–15 .758 North Texas ‍‍‍ 12–9 .57129–24 .547 Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 10–12 .45528–29 .491 FIU ‍‍‍ 10–13 .43527–28 .491 Troy ‍‍‍ 7–14 .33321–32 .396 Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍ 3–20 .13019–35 .352 Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍ 1–21 .0457–47 .130 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 15, 2019 Rankings from |

## Women's College World Series

The 2010 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 30 to June 4, 2013 in Oklahoma City.
| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | |
| 14 | Nebraska | 3$^{(8)}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Washington | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Washington | 4 | 11 | Washington | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Tennessee | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Tennessee | 9 | 7 | Tennessee | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Florida | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Florida | 2 | | | | 7 | Tennessee | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Texas | 0 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Nebraska | 8$^{(15)}$ | | | | | | | | 4 | Texas | 0 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Florida | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Florida | 9 | 2 | Florida | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Texas | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Tennessee | 3$^{(12)}$ | 0 | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Oklahoma | 5 | 4 | — | |
| 5 | Arizona State | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Oklahoma | 5 | 4 | — |
| 4 | Texas | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Texas | 5 | 4 | Texas | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Oklahoma | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Michigan | 1 | 1 | Oklahoma | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 7 | | | | 1 | Oklahoma | 6 | — | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 11 | Washington | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Arizona State | 0 | | | | | | | | 11 | Washington | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Michigan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Michigan | 2 | 8 | Michigan | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Washington | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Season leaders

Batting
* Batting average: .484 – Thomasina Garza, Texas Southern Tigers
* RBIs: 84 – Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma Sooners
* Home runs: 30 – Megan Baltzell, Longwood Lancers & Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma Sooners
Pitching
* Wins: 40-12 – Olivia Galati, Hofstra Pride
* ERA: 0.87 (17 ER/136.0 IP) – Michelle Gascoigne, Oklahoma Sooners
* Strikeouts: 422 – Blaire Luna, Texas Longhorns

## Records

Junior class single game home runs: 4 – Alexandria Anttila, Georgetown Hoyas; April 6, 2013
Sophomore class slugging percentage: 1.113% – Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma Sooners
Sophomore class runs: 87 – Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma Sooners

## Awards

* USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year:
Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma Sooners
* Honda Sports Award Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year:
Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma Sooners
* Honda Sports Award Softball:
Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma Sooners
| YEAR | W | L | GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
| 2013 | 35 | 1 | 45 | 40 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 238.1 | 123 | 47 | 42 | 63 | 350 | 1.23 | 0.78 |
| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
| 2013 | 61 | 153 | 44 | 58 | .379 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 111 | .725% | 51 | 33 | 9 | 9 |

## All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.
First Team
| Position | Player | Class | School |
| P | Keilani Ricketts | SR. | Oklahoma Sooners |
| P | Blaire Luna | SR. | Texas Longhorns |
| P | Hannah Rogers | JR. | Florida Gators |
| C | Amber Freeman | SO. | Arizona State Sun Devils |
| 1B | Lauren Chamberlain | SO. | Oklahoma Sooners |
| 2B | Lauren Gibson | SR. | Tennessee Lady Vols |
| 3B | Raven Chavanne | SR. | Tennessee Lady Vols |
| SS | Madison Shipman | JR. | Tennessee Lady Vols |
| OF | Janie Takeda | SO. | Oregon Ducks |
| OF | Kayla Braud | SR. | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| OF | Cassidy Bell | SR. | Penn State Nittany Lions |
| UT | Kaitlin Ingelsby | JR. | Washington Huskies |
| UT | Alexa Peterson | JR. | Oregon Ducks |
| AT-L | Lauren Haeger | SO. | Florida Gators |
| AT-L | Taylor Hoagland | SR. | Texas Longhorns |
| AT-L | Chelsea Thomas | SR. | Missouri Tigers |
| AT-L | Rachele Fico | SR. | LSU Tigers |
| AT-L | Jessica Moore | SR. | Oregon Ducks |
Second Team
| Position | Player | Class | School |
| P | Olivia Galati | SR. | Hofstra Pride |
| P | Dallas Escobedo | JR. | Arizona State Sun Devils |
| P | Jolene Henderson | SR. | California Golden Bears |
| C | Megan Baltzell | SO. | Longwood Lancers |
| 1B | Alicja Wolny | SR. | Louisville Cardinals |
| 2B | Katie Keller | JR. | Louisville Cardinals |
| 3B | Shelby Pendley | SO. | Oklahoma Sooners |
| SS | Cheyenne Coyle | JR. | Arizona State Sun Devils |
| OF | Haylie McCleney | FR. | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| OF | B.B. Bates | SR. | UCLA Bruins |
| OF | Brianna Turang | SR. | Oklahoma Sooners |
| UT | Tatum Edwards | JR. | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
| UT | Cali Lanphear | FR. | Texas A&M Aggies |
| AT-L | Sierra Romero | FR. | Michigan Wolverines |
| AT-L | Kaila Hunt | JR. | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| AT-L | Emilee Koerner | SO. | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| AT-L | Brianna Cherry | SR. | ULL Ragin' Cajuns |
| AT-L | Hannah Campbell | JR. | South Alabama Jaguars |
Third Team
| Position | Player | Class | School |
| P | Kaia Parnaby | SR. | Hawaii Rainbow Wahine |
| P | Aimee Creger | JR. | Tulsa Hurricanes |
| P | Lacey Waldrop | SO. | FSU Seminoles |
| C | Sarah Draheim | SR. | ULL Ragin' Cajuns |
| 1B | Geri Ann Glasco | FR. | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 2B | Kaylan Howard | SR. | Oregon Ducks |
| 3B | Kaitlyn Richardson | SO. | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
| SS | Taylor Thom | JR. | Texas Longhorns |
| OF | Tomeka Watson | SR. | Elon Phoenix |
| OF | Maggie Hull | SR. | Kansas Jayhawks |
| OF | A.J. Andrews | SO. | LSU Tigers |
| UT | Jaclyn Traina | JR. | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| UT | Brooke Short | SR. | Longwood Lancers |
| AT-L | Sara Nevins | JR. | USF Bulls |
| AT-L | Jennifer Gilbert | JR. | Ball State Cardinals |
| AT-L | Stephanie Pasquale | JR. | Temple Owls |
| AT-L | Ashley Lane | SR. | Michigan Wolverines |
| AT-L | Melissa Dumezich | SR. | Texas A&M Aggies |