MAY 20-22, 2010 
NJCAA DIVISION I SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Tournament Location: Canyons Complex, St. George, Utah
Tournament Director:  Steven Bingham
285 South 400 East
St. George, UT 84770    
Office: 435-627-4560 /  Fax: 435-627-4569 /  Email: binghams@sgcity.org  
NJCAA Representative: Norma Carr

Official Tournament Website - http://www.sgcity.org/recreation/njcaa_2010/


Watch All Games LIVE at www.njcaa.org/tv

2010 NJCAA Division I Softball Championship Seeding (Records are Prior to Tourney Play)
Seed 1 - Salt Lake CC, Utah (59-3)
Seed 2 - Chipola College, Fla. (47-11)
Seed 3 - Miami Dade College, Fla. (45-6-1)
Seed 4 - Wallace State CC, Ala. (56-7) 
Seed 5 - Yavapai College, Ariz. (50-14)
Seed 6 - Blinn College, Tex. (44-9)
Seed 7 - Chattanooga State CTC, Tenn. (51-12)
Seed 8 - Seward County CC, Kan. (47-12)
Seed 9 - Seminole State CC, Okla. (43-12)
Seed 10 - Odessa College, Tex. (33-27)
Seed 11 - Temple College, Tex. (33-20)
Seed 12 - Indian Hills CC, Iowa (33-22)
Seed 13 - John A. Logan College, Ill. (38-9)
Seed 14 - Western Nebraska CC, Neb. (43-19)
Seed 15 - Georgia Perimeter College, Ga. (28-13)
Seed 16 - Pitt CC, NC (39-11)

Miami Dade Captures NJCAA DI Softball Title

ST. GEORGE, Utah -- Miami Dade pitcher Erika Bennett saved her best performance for her final junior college game as she fired a one-hit shutout to help lead the Lady Sharks to the NJCAA Division I softball national championship with a 7-0 victory over Wallace State CC Saturday afternoon at the Canyons Complex. The national title is the first for Miami Dade (51-7), while Wallace State (62-9) finished second for the second-straight year after winning the NJCAA title in 2008.  

Bennett, who named tournament MVP, fanned five and faced one batter over the minimum in seven innings complete, only giving up a lone infield single to WSCC infielder Cortney McNett in the fourth inning.

Meanwhile the Shark offense gave Bennett plenty of support as MDC pounded out 12 hits, including three home runs, beginning with a Veronika Fukunishi solo homer that broke a scoreless tie as part of a two-run fourth inning. Kristen Exposito followed that up with a two-run blast in the fifth, and Ashley Silveira closed the scoring with a pinch-hit two-run homer in a three-run seventh frame. Miami Dade head coach Carlos Caro won the tournament's Karen L. Sykes Outstanding Coach award.

Fukunishi, who also earned all-tourney honors, led MDC with three hits, including double to go with her homer, while Exposito, Amanda Lara and Rebecca Hall had two safeties apiece. In addition, infielder Simone Suetsugu, utility player Geovanny Nunez and catcher Vivian Morimoto were named to the all-tournament team.

WSCC hurler Kelsey Dennis, who named to the all-tournament team for the second-straight year, suffered the loss after allowing four runs on seven hits with two strikeouts in 4.1 innings of work. Dennis was joined on the all-tournament team by WSCC infielder Jessica Graves and outfielder Summer Wilkerson.

#3 Miami Dade College                    000 220 3        7   12   0       
#4 Wallace State CC                        000 000 0        0    1    0

Bennett and Morimoto. Dennis, Skinner (5) and Orr. W - Bennett. L - Dennis. 2B - MDC, Lara, Exposito, Fukunishi. HR - Exposito, Suetsugu, Silveira. T - 2:09.

Miami Dade College LF Rebecca Hall celebrates making the final catch with 3B Simone Miyahira as the Sharks clinch the 2010 NJCAA national championship with a 7-0 triumph over Wallace State CC Saturday afternoon in St. George, UT. (Photo courtesy of St. George Recreation Department.)

2010 NJCAA Division I Women's Softball National Tournament MVP, Miami Dade pitcher Erika Bennett, who fired a one-hit shutout at Wallace State CC in the title game Saturday afternoon in St. George, Utah. Photo Credit -- St. George Recreation Department

Miami Dade College pinch hitter Ashley Silveira (#11) celebrates with her teammates at home plate after connecting on a pinch hit two-run home run in the seventh inning of the Sharks' NJCAA national championship clinching 7-0 triumph over Wallace State CC Saturday afternoon in St. George, UT. (Photo courtesy of St. George Recreation Department.

2010 NJCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S SOFTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
INFIELD - Katie Campbell, Seminole State CC; Leah Kelley, Chattanooga State CC; Jessica Graves, Wallace State CC; Simone Suetsugu, Miami Dade College; Danielle Muniz, Yavapai College; OUTFIELD - Summer Wilkerson, Wallace State CC; Veronika Fukunishi, Miami Dade College; Vanessa House, Yavapai College; BATTERY - Kelsey Dennis, Wallace State CC; Vivian Morimoto, Miami Dade College; Cyd Allen, Salt Lake CC; Erika Bennett, Miami Dade College; UTILITY/DP - Geovanny Nunez, Miami Dade College

KAREN L. SYKES OUTSTANDING COACH OF THE 2010 NJCAA TOURNAMENT
Carlos Caro, Miami Dade College

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER OF THE 2010 NJCAA TOURNAMENT
Erika Bennett, Pitcher, Miami Dade College (4-0, 0.54 ERA, 32 K in 26.0 IP, 1-hit ShO in title game vs. Wallace State CC)

Tournament Results (Complete Tournament Stats)
May 20th
Game 1 - Salt Lake CC, Utah def. Pitt CC, NC, 8-0 (Box Score)
Game 2 - Seminole State College, Okla. def. Seward County CC, Kan., 4-0 (Box Score)
Game 3 - Yavapai College, Ariz. def. Indian Hills CC, Iowa, 8-0 (Box Score)
Game 4 - John A. Logan College, Ill. def. Wallace State CC, Ala., 8-7 (Box Score)
Game 5 - Miami Dade College, Fla. def. Western Nebraska CC, Neb., 7-0 (Box Score)
Game 6 - Blinn College, Tex. def. Temple College, Tex., 8-7 (8 inn.) (Box Score)
Game 7 - Chattanooga State CTC, Tenn. def. Odessa College, Tex., 6-2 (Box Score)
Game 8 - Chipola College, Fla. def. Georgia Perimeter College, Ga., 7-4 (Box Score)
Game 9 - Seward County CC, Kan. def. Pitt CC, NC, 5-2 (Box Score)
Game 10- Wallace State CC, Ala. def. Indian Hills CC, Iowa, 9-0 (Box Score)
Game 11 - Temple def. Western Nebraska, 5-1 (Box Score)
Game 12 - Odessa def. Georgia Perimeter, 5-4 (Box Score)
Game 13 - Salt Lake def. Seminole State, 5-1 (Box Score)
Game 14 - Yavapai def. John A. Logan, 9-1 (Box Score) 
Game 15 - Miami Dade def. Blinn, 5-3 (Box Score)
Game 16 - Chipola def. Chattanooga State, 10-4 (Box Score)

May 21st
Game 17 - Seminole State def. Odessa, 5-2 (Box Score)
Game 18 - Temple def. John A. Logan, 6-5 (Box Score)
Game 19 - Wallace State def. Blinn, 6-1 (Box Score)
Game 20 - Chattanooga State def. Seward County, 8-0 (Box Score)
Game 21 - Yavapai def. Salt Lake, 3-0 (Box Score)
Game 22 - Miami-Dade def. Chipola, 16-7 (Box Score)
Game 23 - Wallace State def. Chattanooga State, 7-2 (Box Score)
Game 24 - Seminole State def. Temple, 10-0 (Box Score)
Game 25 - Wallace State def. Salt Lake, 3-0 (Box Score)
Game 26 - Seminole State def. Chipola, 9-6 (Box Score)
Game 27 - Miami Dade def. Yavapai, 11-1 (Box Score)

May 22nd
Game 28 - Wallace State def. Seminole State, 4-2 (Box Score)
Game 29 - Wallace State def. Yavapai, 8-4 (Box Score)
Game 30 - Miami Dade def. Wallace State, 7-0 (Box Score)