2010 Opponents Wisconsin Badgers
St. John’s Red Storm
Thursday, April 29 • 4:00 p.m. (ET) Melissa Cook Stadium • Notre Dame, Ind.
Saturday, May 8 • 12:00 p.m. (ET) Saturday, May 8 • 2:00 p.m. (ET) Sunday, May 9 • 11:00 p.m. (ET) Red Storm Field • Jamaica, N.Y.
Series: Notre Dame, 3-2 Series streak: Notre Dame, W2 First meeting: Feb. 24, 1996 - Wisconsin, 10-9 Last meeting: April 14, 2009 - Notre Dame, 4-2 Location: Madison, Wis. Founded: 1848 Enrollment: 42,041 Nickname: Badgers Colors: Cardinal and white Conference: Big Ten Home field: Goodman Softball Complex Athletic director: Barry Alvarez Head coach: Chandelle Schulte (Eastern Michigan, ’82) Assistants: Julie Wright and Roanna Brazier 2009 record (conference): 15-40 (3-17) Conference finish: 11th Final NFCA ranking: none Starters returning / lost: 7 / 5 Letterwinners returning / lost: 7 / 6 Newcomers: 8 Softball contact: Karl Anderson Office: 608.262.8216 Fax: 608.262.8184 Pressbox: 608.265.0750 E-mail: kga@athletics.wisc.edu Website: uwbadgers.com
Location: Queens, N.Y. Founded: 1870 Enrollment: 20,352 Nickname: Red Storm Colors: Red and white Conference: BIG EAST Home field: Red Storm Field Athletic director: Chris Monasch Head coach: Amy Kvilhaug (Providence ’96) Record at St. John’s: 62-97 (5th season) Career record: 182-212 (9th season) Assistants: Laura Taylor, Andy Russo 2009 record (conference): 24-26 (11-13) Conference finish: 7th Final NFCA ranking: none Starters returning / lost: 7 / 2 Letterwinners returning / lost: 10 / 6 Newcomers: 5 Softball contact: Stephen K. Lee Office: 718.990.1523 Fax: 718.969.8468 E-mail: stephen.lee09@stjohns.edu Website: redstormsports.com
BIG EAST Championship
NCAA Championship
May 13-15 Louisville, Ky. • Ulmer Stadium
May 20-June 6
Notes: The Irish were tabbed third in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The Irish received two first-place votes for 125 total points. Four squads received first-place votes and topped 110 points in the poll. Louisville was named the favorite to win the BIG EAST title this season, as 2009 BIG EAST Player of the Year Melissa Roth leads a group of six returning players for the Cardinals who were all-BIG EAST selections last season. Louisville garnered six first-place votes and 137 total points to earn top billing in 2010. DePaul was second with six fewer points than Louisville. The Blue Demons received four first-place votes and 131 points. The final first-place vote was awarded to USF, who entered last year’s BIG EAST finale as the No. 5 seed and upset No. 4 Syracuse before falling to top-seeded DePaul in the semifinals. Louisville will host the BIG EAST Championships (May 13-15) at Ulmer Stadium for the third consecutive season. The league’s regular-season format differs for the 2010 season, as most meetings will consists of three-game series instead of the previous two-game format utilized in the past.
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Series: Notre Dame, 28-1 Series streak: Notre Dame, W2 First meeting: April 21, 1996 - Notre Dame, 2-0 Last meeting: May 7, 2009 - Notre Dame, 5-1
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME®
Notre Dame has appeared in the NCAA Tournament 14 times overall and made its eleventh consecutive appearance following the 2009 regular season. The Irish have advanced to the final day of regional action five times. They were eliminated on the final day by Iowa in 2001, Northwestern in 2005 and 2006 and Michigan in 1995 and 2009. Liz Miller guided the Irish to their first NCAA appearance and returned five more times. Deanna Gumpf has steered her Irish squads to eight NCAA trips in as many seasons. Notre Dame has an overall record of 21-28 (.429) in the NCAA Tournament through 14 trips. The program registered three of those wins in one of the more memorable showdowns at the NCAAs in 2001.