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University Information
Location: Chapel Hill, N.C
Founded: 1789
Enrollment: 25,972 (15,961 undergraduates)
Nickname: Tar Heels
School colors: Carolina blue and white
Affiliation: NCAA Division I
Conference: Atlantic Coast
Chancellor: Dr. James Moeser
Athletic Director: Dick Baddour
Senior Women's Administrator: Dr. Beth Miller
Athletic department phone: (919) 962-6000

Softball Information
Softball coach: Donna J. Papa (Connecticut, 1979)
Record at UNC: 634-381-4 (18 years)
Career record: 663-396-4 (20 years)
Office phone: (919) 962-5223
Best time to reach: 9 a.m. to noon
Assistant coach: Beverly Smith (UNC, 1994)
Office phone: (919) 962-5224
Assistant coach: Megan Smith (UNC, 1999)
Office phone: (919) 843-0128
Home field: UNC Softball Complex (500)
Dimensions: 200 feet to all fields
Press box phone: TBA
Head athletic trainer: Scott Oliaro
Grad. student athletic trainers: Heather Wayne, Mike Hughes
Strength and conditioning coach: Steve Gisselman

Office of Athletic Communications
Softball contact : Rob Feagans
Office phone: (919) 843-5678/962-2123
Office Fax: (919) 962-0612
Email address: rfeagans@uncaa.unc.edu
Mailing address: P.O. Box 2126, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27515
Athletic department website: www.TarHeelBlue.com

Team Information
2003 record: 40-22-1
2003 Atlantic Coast Conference record: 4-3 (2nd)
2003 ACC Tournament: 0-2 (Lost 3-1 to Georgia Tech, lost 9-8 to Maryland)
2003 NCAA Tournament: 1-2 (At Fresno, Calif., regional, lost 9-1 to Michigan State, won 10-2 against Long Island, Lost 2-0 to Fresno State)

Starting fielders returning: Six
Michelle Hoffmann (So., C), Jaclyn Holden (So., 1B), Emily Price (Sr., SS), Megan Welch (So., 2B), Dionne Streete (Sr., 3B), Natashalyn Snipes (Sr., OF)

Starting fielders lost: Three Quinn Porter (OF), Anna Tharrington (C), Tiffany Tolleson (OF)

Pitchers returning: Four
Crystal Cox (So., 24-13, 1.17 ERA), Alison Yin (So., 13-5, 1.77 ERA), Brandi Griffin (Jr., 2-2, 2.56 ERA), Ashley Allen (Jr., 1-2, 3.45)

Pitchers lost: None

Letterwinners returning: 14
Ashley Allen (Jr., P), Julia Bove (So., 2B), Crystal Cox (So., P), Jessica Graziano (Sr., IF), Brandi Griffin (Jr., P), Michelle Hoffmann (So., C), Jaclyn Holden (Fr., 1B), Emily Price (Sr., SS), Jessica Robinson (Sr., 1B/DP), Natashalyn Snipes (Sr., OF), Dionne Streete (Sr., 3B/IF), Megan Welch (So., 2B/SS), Alison Yin (So., P), Jessica Young (Jr., OF)

Letterwinners lost: Five
Lauren Parker (OF), Quinn Porter (OF), Tiffany Stewart (OF), Anna Tharrington (C), Tiffany Tolleson (OF)

Newcomers: Six
Erin Dudley (Fr., OF), Erica Ennis (Jr., P, will redshirt in 2004), Anna Evans (Fr., C/SS), Whitney Gelin (Fr., C), Joslin Higgins (Fr., 3B/C/P), Marissa May (Fr., OF), Theresa Nicholas (Fr., C/OF)