May 1, 2023 2:13 pm ET. Hopefully, I will be able to sleep when its over. Gifts of Life: Times of Love, of War and of Miracles By Dr. Glenn W. Briggs, HOT OFF THE PRESS! Colorado Rockies first baseman hit the longest MLB home run on September 9, when he drilled a 504-foot home run at Coors Field against the Arizona Diamondbacks . And thats the case everywhere. Introducing ESPN's greatest all-time college softball team Apply & Register TODAY for Summer 2023 Classes at Eastern Florida State College, HOT OFF THE PRESS! Copyright 2023 YB Media, LLC. On Sept. 27, 2008, the slugger secured his fifth. May 1, 2023 But back when Jocelyn -- full name Jocelyn Aloha Pumehana Alo -- was 4, there was no fence separating the Alo homes from the ballpark. She is the only college softball player with four 20-home run seasons in her career, hitting 20, 26, 21, and 25 from her freshman to senior season. 10 Softball Crushes No. The thing I'm most proud about Jocie is that it was always a team effort. What we learned from Clemson softball's sweep of Pittsburgh *X52>"M!!EWs9w~w+ P . THE BANNERS HUNG from the backstop at the first park that couldn't contain Jocelyn Alo's talent: She returned on Wednesday, the day before the start of the Rainbow Wahine Classic, and spoke to about 70 girls in the Ha'aheo girls softball program, plus many of their parents. There was a point on Sunday when I yelled at my TV, Quit hitting people! after the third hit batter of the game for Florida pitching. Florida is hanging on right now to one of the last home regionals, but its still up in the air. I literally grew up here. Saint Francis Wolves Defeat P.K. Yonge Softball 0000012664 00000 n 0 He went 7-for-16 (.438) with two homers, three doubles, 10 RBIs, four runs, a 1.000 slugging percentage and .526 on-base percentage in four games. 0000002807 00000 n Jordan Roberts may have just hit the farthest home run in softball history She blasted three home runs in two games, including an absolute bomb, in the series against Tennessee. 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. Seminoles softball: Florida State, Florida show the growth of sport She hit eight in the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened 2020 season, then came alive again last season to get within striking distance to Chamberlain. 0000007885 00000 n 23 Wichita State Drops Midweek Contest at Kansas", "Taylor No-Hits Long Island, Speierman Blanks FAU", "Nicholls State vs Louisiana-Lafayette (Mar 27, 2002)", "Rider 2, Columbia 1 / Columbia 3, Rider 1", "Late Heroics Power Hatters Past Hartford And Iowa", "Norton Sets SFU Home Run Record in Win Over George Mason", "Softball's Comeback Bid Falls Short in Chapel Hill", "No. Softball growth in Florida. The 11 best NCAA softball pitchers of all time. 16 Georgia battled No. Perhaps the longest of those not previously mentioned was Ralph Kiner, who bombarded all the National League left-field distance plateaus of his times. 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"I respect these coaches who pitched to her. 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. Jenny Dalton is one of the numerous players from the list to achieve a three-homer game (second best), one of the elite to do it twice and is the only player to do it in the same year of 1995; Jenna Cone and Suzy Brookshire each achieved the feat once in 2021. Hitting a home run to straight away center field off of a 90-mile-an-hour fastball is difficult to do. Does he have a shot at the SEC record of 40 (Cags is at 25)? 1. You're seeing a softball field that's just out in the middle of nowhere. Harper and Alo are the most recent entries to the top 10, breaking through in 2021. 0000049357 00000 n Alo blasted her 95th career home run Sunday against Texas State in Houston, tying Chamberlains NCAA record. He is also 4-1 with a 3.50 ERA, .183 opponents batting average and 57 strikeouts against 23 walks in 43.2 innings pitched over nine starts on the mound. "We'll have a lot of people out there that get to witness this. The hit was recorded measured. 0000080978 00000 n Her season statistics, as with every one of her seasons in Oklahoma, are nothing short of ridiculous: a .511 batting average, a .690 on-base percentage and a 1.178 slugging percentage. Here's a look at the college baseball programs with multiple Men's College World Series titles. But the No. The frustration reached its peak in the third inning of the Sooners' 8-0 run-rule win over Cal on Friday afternoon. 5 Softball Over Creighton 3-1 (8)", "Spartans & Home Runs Hand-In-Hand in 10-1 Win", "No. [227] Alo became the fifth player to reach 90 home runs February 11, 2022, facing Bri Bower of the Mississippi State Bulldogs. She was. Thirteen percent of her home runs came as grand slams, her 11 the best in college softball lore, as are her 302 runs scored. : @CBSSportsNet / https://t.co/hI5hx46ccD / #BeUnlimited pic.twitter.com/NCwnFY6tQa, Athletes Unlimited (@AUProSports) September 29, 2020. 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April 10, 2023 Space Coast Daily News Brevard Countys Best Newspaper, A MUST-READ! 0000008895 00000 n More From This Game. 14. 13 Arkansas", "No. An inning later, Alo moved within one of the record on a two-out solo shot to left on a full count. I love Lauren. Bates (5 in 2010), Andrea Harrison (17 in 2010), Katelyn Boyd (18 in 2011), Kaila Hunt (21 in 2012), Amanda Locke (18 in 2012), Pendley (22 in 2013), Keilani Ricketts (15 in 2013), Jessica Shults (7 in 2013), Lauren Haeger (20 in 2014 and 19 in 2015), Sydney Romero (10 in 2016 and 12 in 2017), Jessica Warren (21 in 2018) and Alo (34 in 2021) all won national championships those years; Stacie Chambers and Harrison share the Women's College World Series record for home runs with four each in 2009 and 2010 respectively. 3 Oklahoma State, first time in 7 years, The 2023 softball field of 64, predicted by D1Softball, Top 25 finalists revealed for 2023 USA softball player of the year, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. We shot 20-under and finished out of the money. I was honestly in my head a little bit and thankfully I got out of it. "It's a full-circle moment, for sure," she kept saying. 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. That homer was like a siren call sent out to college softball teams throughout the land: Don't be the one to give up the record-breaker. 5/6 UCLA In WCWS Opener, 7-2", "BYU TAKES OUT NO. Cahalan hit a two-run home run in the third inning, to extend her hit streak to 13 games to begin her career. 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. 11. Mauga is one of six Arizona sluggers in the top 13 home run hitters of all-time. 12/15 ARIZONA STATE TO ADVANCE TO THE TEMPE REGIONAL FINAL", "Softball Breaks Records in Doubleheader Sweep At Marshall", "No. PDF Division I Softball Records Through 2020 - Ncaa RB , During last weekends NFL Wild Card round, the Steelers made a statement by handingthe Dolphinsa , The saying has always been its hard to beat a good team twice, and in , The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning will be facing each other once , With National Signing Day less than three weeks away, the Gators are hosting several talented , GAINESVILLE, FL The Florida Gator gymnastics team will kick off their season this Sunday , Floridas head coach, Jim McElwain, announced Friday morning that Randy Shannon would be making the , The NFLWild Cardkicks offSaturday and the quarterback situations could not be any more different. LONGEST HOME RUN EVER HIT! Keep the Country Country one reads, and New City, What a Pity is another. Jocelyn Alo stands on top of the NCAA as the all-time leader in home runs (122), slugging percentage (.987) and total bases (761), second all-time in RBIs (323) and fifth in runs (281). Now while Michigan's Sierra Romero may occupy the last spot on our home run leaders list with 82, she has the honor of topping college softball's all-time leaders in career grand slams. START WITH GAME. "His face dropped," Koishigawa says. SEC teams have hit or been hit by pitches 1,468 times this season. 15. 1 record has little to do with pitching distance. 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. 0000009231 00000 n The opener against Pitt (21-22, 3-14) was decided by one run. 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. Look: Epic College Softball Home Run Is Going Viral - MSN 0000130882 00000 n I think people will start pitching to me normally again. Oklahoma softball star Jocelyn Alo hits 95th home run to tie NCAA record for most career homers. The longest homers measured by Statcast - MLB College baseball career home run leaders. Three weeks to go in the regular season. ABOVE VIDEO: Todd Erickson was inducted into the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. Levi proposed to Jocelyn's mother, Andrea, beneath them, and several years later the family spread the ashes of Levi's father, Pete, at the feet of those very same trees. Chamberlain accomplished her total in the fewer games. 0000004134 00000 n She left no doubt as she blasted Jessica Mullins' 1-0 pitch out to straightaway center in the first inning to give the Sooners a 2-0 lead. The longest games in WCWS college softball history - NCAA [224] Jocelyn Alo hit her 96th home run off Ashley Murphy March 11, 2022 vs. the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine. Twenty minutes after that 31-inning game, they started a 25-inning game. 7 Beavers", "Troy Splits Doubleheader With #17 Georgia Tech; Davis Earns 500th Win At Troy", "Lopes rally with 8 unanswered runs in San Diego", "Tar Heels Persevere To Win Wild One, 11-10, in Extras", "Nelson, Redbird Softball Split Doubleheader With Salukis", "Irish Sweep Doubleheader To Take Series At Boston College", "Seventh Inning Rally Comes Up Just Short For Gamecocks Against No. It was the fourth time Grice received ACC weekly honors in his career and his first as a pitcher, as he received player accolades twice as a freshman in 2021 and once in March 2023. But here is the stat that seems weird. Koishigawa saw potential in the kid, but everything he tried seemed to fail. 16/21 Hawai'i Launches Nine Homers To Sweep UCR", "No. Get the latest news and rumors, customized to your favorite sports and teams. "I feel like Coach (Patty Gasso) kind of just calmed me down through the whole process of this thing," Alo said. Along with Espinoza in 1995, Chambers in 2009, Nuveman in 1999, Majam in 2010 and Alo (in 2018 and 34 in 2021), Elkins (32 in 2015 and 24 in 2014), Camilla Carrera (32 in 2012), Megan Baltzell (30 in 2013 and 27 in 2015), Danyele Gomez (30 in 2006), DJ Sanders (29 in 2017), Jessie Harper (29 in 2019), Angeline Quiocho (28 in 2010), Dalton (28 in 1995 and 25 in 1996), Best (26 in 2005), Mia Davidson (26 in 2019), Bailey Hemphill (26 in 2019), Kelsey Horton (25 in 2018), Katiyana Mauga (26 in 2015 and 25 in 2017), Alex Hugo (25 in 2014), Kristen Rivera (25 in 2003), Leah Braatz (25 in 1998), Kelly Kretschman (25 in 1998) all rank in the top 10 for single-season home runs. 225 0 obj <>stream 17. "It's not really a relief," Levi said, "because I knew she was going to do it." 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. "She had a tremendous weekend and I worried about her a little bit because she, right from the start, was really pressing and that was tough to watch, so to see her just kind of let loose and let it go out here to tie it, tremendous celebration. Oklahoma State and Boston College are out of the mix for a top eight, and Arkansas and East Carolina entered the group at No's 4 and 8. Saint Francis Wolves prey on the weaknesses of the one pitcher left in by P.K. ", 'WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE? The Back Nine comes at you after a crazy weekend that - incredibly - included me hitting some .