A Little Bit of History
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The Cal State Northridge softball team, behind pitcher Kathy Slaten, defeated Akron in 1985 to win its third consecutive NCAA Division II title.
Slaten, a junior, was 41-11 and had 533 strikeouts in 410 1/3 innings. She finished her career the following season as a four-time Division II All-American and three-time Division II player of the year.
Slaten’s career record at Northridge was 133-33-1 and she gave up only 41 earned runs in 1,221 2/3 innings--an 0.23 earned-run average In her Northridge career, she had 97 shutouts and 1,537 strikeouts.
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