Salisbury University Softball
2003 NCAA Division III World Series - Team Notes
May 13, 2003

* Salisbury is making its second straight and third overall appearance in the World Series. The Sea Gulls have finished fifth in both prior appearances (1998, 2002).

* For the second straight year, SU won its regional by losing its opening game and advancing with five wins through the lower bracket.

* The Sea Gulls have established a new team record for victories for the second straight year. SU won 40 games in 2002 and brings a 42-4-1 record into this year’s championship round.

* Salisbury upset #1 seed and previously unbeaten Pacific Lutheran 5-1 in the opening game of the 2002 World Series. The Gulls finished 1-2 overall and were eliminated with losses to eventual champion Ithaca (5-3) and Lake Forest (6-0).

* Senior 3B Lisa Gentilella has a chance to become SU’s first three-time all-American in 2003. She has been selected to the NFCA AA squad in both 2001 (2nd team) and 2002 (1st team).

* Gentilella is also the 2003 Capital Athletic Conference Player of the Year, marking the seventh straight year that a Salisbury player earned the conference’s top individual award.

* Four Sea Gull players were named to the 2003 all-Atlantic Region first team, announced last week. Freshman pitcher Lacey Lister, junior 1B Rosie Aley, and senior P/OF Katie Mullinix (selected as Utility) joined Gentilella on the 15-player first team. Sophomore C Kim Rementer was named to the second team. Senior SS Kate Garland was selected to the third team.

* Aley and Gentilella are also first team selectees to the 2003 Verizon/CoSIDA All-District 2 Academic Team. Both are eligible for the national Academic All-America squad.

* The Sea Gulls set a new team record with a 16-game winning streak in 2003. The streak came to an end in the first round of the NCAA East Regional last week.

* Freshman pitcher Lacey Lister registered all five wins in last week’s East Regional, improving to 24-1 for the season. She entered last week’s regional ranked fourth nationally in victories (NCAA Statistics through May 4).

* Lister’s 24 wins this year is the second highest single-season total in team history. Senior Katie Mullinix established the Salisbury record with a nation’s best 35 victories in 2002. 

* Mullinix has won 18 games this season and enters the World Series with 55 career wins, two shy of the Salisbury career record (Kelly Bradford, 1997-99).

* The Sea Gull pitching staff has registered a school-record 27 shutout wins this season.

* The Sea Gulls have already established new team season records for stolen bases (122), sacrifice hits (115), and strikeouts by Salisbury pitchers (304) in 2003.

* Salisbury brings a .346 batting average into the World Series and ranks among the national leaders in team ERA (0.83) and fielding percentage (.973).