Bullsfan

Its now 8 p.m., hours after the game and I still cant understand the play call when it's 4th and 1, we decide to call a pitch play with only SJ Green out there blocking. Why not run the same play we scored on when Jackie Chambers decided to call a bone head time out? I just couldnt believe the lack of energy that was out there this morning. My friend said it right, "they obviously dont want to go to a bowl game."

I really hope we play Florida A&M next year and they bring their band and they rock our field, that will hopefully make the band step it up a notch.

The one thing that I noticed about Louisiville is that their special teams is bad.....I think that is one thing that we need to concentrate on is special teams....they couldn't stop the kick off returner, got lucky on a holding call, and then gave up the big punt return for a TD. Then on Miami's winning drive they made the kick off returner look like Dante Hall. If our special teams can score, we can beat the Cards.

Yes Julimiste played great as did Hall but can we not forget the play of Bruce Gipson. If it wasn't for him we wouldn't have even had the opportunity to win this ball game. He had the crucial block field goal. We need to remember this kid lost his brother this past week. Great game for him.

Ellis and Groves Earn All-American Honors OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (May 27, 2004)-Two members of the University of South Florida softball team were named to the 2004 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-American team. The awards were announced Wednesday in Oklahoma City. Holly Groves was named to the 2nd team as the Designated Player while Leigh Ann Ellis was named to the 3rd team as an at-large selection. Groves from Seminole, Florida led the Bulls in almost every offensive category in 2004. Groves hit .422 during the ’04 campaign with 18 home runs and a nation leading 82 RBI. The slugger holds USF career records for home runs with 33 and a slugging percentage of .590. Groves holds single-season records for batting average (.422), hits in a season with 95, home runs (18), RBI (82), total bases (167) and slugging percentage (.742). Groves was a Conference USA first-team selection, she was named to the 1st team Southeastern All-Regional Team as well as to the All-Region tournament team at the Tallahassee region. Groves led the team in the NCAA regional with a .400 batting average while going 6-for-15 with four runs scored, a home run and two RBI. Groves hit her 18th home run of the season in third game of the tournament against Florida, over the left centerfield fence. Despite being a Bull for only two seasons the lefty-hurler from Barboursville, West Virginia has set single season records at USF for victories in back-to-back years. In 2003 Ellis shattered the previous record of wins in a season with a 34 win season. The ‘south paw’ returned in 2004 and broke her previous record with 43 wins. She recorded back-to-back 300 plus strikeout seasons, 320 in 2003 and 313 in ’04. Ellis also logged 610 innings pitched for the Bulls in two years. Ellis was named Conference USA Pitcher of the Year, along with Groves was named to the 2nd team Southeastern All-Regional Team. Ellis finished the NCAA Regional tournament with a 3-2 record while posting a 2.00 ERA. She started all five games for the Bulls, pitching 28.0 innings with 36 strike outs on her way to a spot on the All-Region tournament team. Ellis and Groves becomes only the fifth and sixth All-American at USF in softball. Leslie Kanter in 1986, Lisa Wunar in 1987 and Monica Triner a two-time All-American in 1998 and 1999 are the Bulls who earned All-American status. http://gobulls.usf.edu/Sports/News.asp?i=787&s=Softball

http://gobulls.usf.edu/Sports/News.asp?i=746&s=Softball Five Bulls Receive All-Conference USA Honors CHICAGO, Ill. (May 12, 2004)-Five members of the University of South Florida softball team received all-conference honors on Wednesday afternoon, announced by the league office. Leigh Ann Ellis, Carmela Liwag and Holly Groves were named to the First Team All-Conference USA, while Shelly Riker was selected to the second team and Danielle Urbanik was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team. Ellis was also selected as the league's Pitcher of the Year. Ellis leads the league with a 39-4 (.907) record that currently ranks second in the nation. Her 0.73 ERA ranks 11th in the nation while she is tied for 19th with four saves. The senior has struck out 258 batters in 248.2 innings pitched. Ellis has thrown 13 complete-game shutouts this season, including one against then-No. 7 Stanford. She has struck out eight or more batters in 13 games and leads the league with a total of 258 Ks. In 49 appearances, she has allowed just 26 earned runs and has yet to allow a triple or home run during her time in the circle. Ellis has kept her opponents to a .155 batting average this year. She is also a five-time C-USA Pitcher of the Week honoree and was named Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Player of the Week for the period ending March 7. Groves currently leads the Bulls in six offensive categories including batting average (.434), hits (86), home runs (17) and RBI (80). Her 80 RBI is leading the nation and she currently holds the conference record for home runs and RBI in a season. Liwag is batting .377 on the year with 75 hits and is tied with Groves for the team high in doubles with 18. Liwag became the only Bull to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game. She has 476 putouts to go along with her 20 assists. Riker is USF’s all-time stolen base leader with 104. She is second on the team with a .398 batting average and runs scored with 57. Riker has an on-base percentage of just under .500 and is 19-21 in stolen bases this year. As a freshman Urbanik has a 12-4 record on the year with a 2.53 ERA. Not only a threat from in the circle but also from the plate, Urbanik is batting .261 on the year with four doubles and 19 RBI. She connected on her first collegiate home run on April 18th in game one against UAB and then followed it up with a her first no-hitter in game two. Ellis, Groves, Liwag and Riker were all selected to the 2004 Conference USA Softball Preseason All-League team, voted on by the league’s coaches The Bulls will play ECU tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. in the first game of the C-USA Tournament in Louisville, Ky. First-Team All-Conference USA C: Lacy Wood, Louisville IF: Kristen Glowacz, Houston IF: Carmela Liwag, USF IF: Audrey Rendon, Louisville IF: Saskia Roberson, DePaul OF: Holly Groves, USF OF: Auriel Jenkins, Southern Miss OF: Shannon Nord, Louisville P: Leigh Ann Ellis, USF P: Aja Sherman, Louisville UT: Sarah Martz, DePaul Second-Team All-Conference USA C: Krista Jessup, East Carolina IF: Ashley Davis, Southern Miss IF: Christina Douglas, DePaul IF: Jessica Huerta, Southern Miss IF: Kate Manuse, East Carolina IF: Beth Mullins, UAB IF: Christine Sheridan, East Carolina OF: Sara Bausher, Louisville OF: Shelly Riker, USF OF: Linda Secka, DePaul P: Jessica Holaway, Southern Miss P: Jenny Johnson, Houston UT: Jenilee Skender, Houston Conference USA All-Freshmen Team Jamie Adams, Houston Catherine Bishop, Louisville Jessica Evans, DePaul Kady Garrick, Louisville Holly Krzan, UAB Sue Logan, Southern Miss Courtney Moore, Louisville Jessica Moore, Charlotte Audrey Rendon, Louisville Linda Secka, DePaul Danielle Urbanik, USF Most Valuable Player: Auriel Jenkins, Southern Miss Pitcher of the Year: Leigh Ann Ellis, USF Freshman of the Year: Audrey Rendon, Louisville Coach of the Year: Gay McNutt, Southern Miss

Ellis and Groves Named to Watch List OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (April 7, 2004)-USF seniors Leigh Ann Ellis and Holly Groves have each been named one of the 25 finalists for the 2004 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award. The award, which is considered the Heisman Trophy in women's collegiate softball and is the only national player of the year award, is designed to recognize outstanding athletic achievement by female collegiate softball players across the country. The final list is comprised of 25 players that represent 18 colleges and six different Conferences. Groves is currently leading the team in almost every offensive category. She is batting .447 with 15 doubles, 14 home runs and 69 RBI. She holds the single-season record for home runs and RBI at USF; she is also the all-time home run leader at the school. With her 69th RBI she broke the single-season record for Conference USA. Ellis is 28-4 on the year with a 0.77 ERA. In the last 30.1 innings of work, she has not allowed an earned run and in 17 appearances, she has not allowed an extra base hit. She holds the single-season record with 320 strikeouts and innings pitched with 315.2. http://gobulls.usf.edu/Sports/News.asp?i=642&s=Softball

CHICAGO, Ill. (March 29, 2004)-Leigh Ann Ellis has been named Co-Conference USA Pitcher of the week for her performance in the period ending March 28. Ellis allowed no earned runs in three wins and one save. Ellis (26-4) pitched three wins and one save to lead USF over an undefeated week. The lefty pitched two one-hitters and struck out 21 batters in 17.1 innings over four games. Ellis allowed no earned runs during the stretch and has improved her ERA to 0.83. Her opponents managed to grab just six hits off of her, all of which were singles. This is the fourth time this season Ellis has earned conference honors. The Bulls will look to extend their 13-game win streak this weekend with a three-game series against Saint Louis.