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2006 NCAA Division I softball season

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Defending ChampionsMichigan
ChampionsArizona (7th title)
Runners-upNorthwestern (4th WCWS Appearance)
Winning CoachMike Candrea (7th title)
2006 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending ChampionsMichigan
Tournament
Women's College World Series
ChampionsArizona (7th title)
Runners-upNorthwestern (4th WCWS Appearance)
Winning CoachMike Candrea (7th title)
WCWS MOPAlicia Hollowell (Arizona)
Seasons
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The 2006 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 2006. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2006 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2006 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 6, 2006.

2006 Big 12 Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 5 Texas ‍†‍‍y 15–2–0 .88255–9–0 .859
No. 14 Nebraska ‍‍‍y 13–4–0 .76544–12–0 .786
No. 20 Baylor ‍‍‍y 12–6–0 .66738–22–0 .633
No. 22 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 11–6–0 .64734–19–0 .642
No. 19 Oklahoma ‍‍‡‍y 8–10–0 .44440–21–1 .653
Kansas ‍‍‍y 8–10–0 .44436–26–0 .581
Missouri ‍‍‍ 7–11–0 .38926–27–0 .491
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 5–13–0 .27821–29–0 .420
Iowa State ‍‍‍ 5–13–0 .27823–28–0 .451
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 4–13–0 .23519–35–0 .352
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [1]
2006 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Northwestern  ‍†‍‍y 16–3 .84250–15 .769
No. 10 Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 14–4 .77844–15 .746
Iowa  ‍‍‍y 12–7 .63239–22 .639
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y 11–7 .61139–23 .629
Penn State  ‍‍‍y 10–10 .50039–17 .696
Indiana  ‍‍‍y 8–9 .47130–25 .545
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 9–11 .45034–25 .576
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8–11 .42124–31 .436
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 7–12 .36830–30 .500
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6–11 .35322–22 .500
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 1–17 .05617–33 .340
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of August 3, 2006[2]
Rankings from NFCA
2006 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UCLA  ‍†‍‍y 15–5 .75050–9 .847
Arizona  ‍‍‍y 15–6 .71454–11 .831
California  ‍‍‍y 12–9 .57148–14 .774
Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 11–10 .52453–15 .779
Oregon State  ‍‍‍y 10–10 .50043–16 .729
Stanford  ‍‍‍y 10–11 .47642–18 .700
Washington  ‍‍‍y 6–15 .28635–25 .583
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 4–17 .19024–29 .453
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2006[3]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2006 Southland Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Texas–San Antonio  ‍†‍‍y 22–5–0 .81537–14–0 .725
Texas State  ‍‍‍ 18–5–0 .78334–22–0 .607
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 16–9–0 .64032–22–0 .593
McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 13–13–0 .50021–30–0 .412
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 12–13–0 .48028–32–0 .467
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 11–15–0 .42323–33–0 .411
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 11–16–0 .40718–30–0 .375
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 10–16–0 .38527–30–0 .474
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .37520–28–0 .417
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 6–21–0 .22210–36–0 .217
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 20, 2006[4]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Women's College World Series

The 2006 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from June 1 to June 6, 2006 in Oklahoma City.[5]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
2 Arizona 39
7 Oregon State 2
2 Arizona 2
3 Texas 0
3 Texas 2
6 Arizona State 0
2 Arizona 0 6
8 Tennessee 1 0
6 Arizona State 3
7 Oregon State 1
6 Arizona State 1
8 Tennessee 3
2 Arizona 8 5 —
4 Northwestern 0 0 —
4 Northwestern 610
5 Alabama 5
4 Northwestern 2
8 Tennessee 0
8 Tennessee 4
1 UCLA 3
4 Northwestern 38 —
1 UCLA 1 —
1 UCLA 4
5 Alabama 1
1 UCLA 2
3 Texas 0

Season leaders

Batting

Pitching

Records

NCAA Division I season grand slams: 6 – Serena Settlemier, Kansas Jayhawks[6]

NCAA Division I season strikeout ratio: 15.4 (630 SO/286.0 IP) – Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

NCAA Division I 7 inning single game combined strikeouts: 34 – Katie Burkhart, Arizona State Sun Devils (15) & Danielle Lawrie, Washington Huskies (19); April 28, 2006

Sophomore class single game strikeouts: 26 – Angela Tincher, Virginia Tech Hokies; March 3, 2006

Freshman class strikeout ratio: 13.4 (221 SO/115.2 IP) – Cassie Cervantes, Sacramento State Hornets

Junior class triples: 14 – Marci Pratt, Southern Utah Thunderbirds

Senior class WHIP: 0.42 (78 H+43 BB/286.0 IP) – Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

Awards

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns[7]

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns[8]

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2006 38 4 47 39 36 28 2 286.0 78 19 17 43 630 0.41 0.42

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