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Christina Sutcliffe enters her fourth season on the coaching staff at Miami after a three-year stint as the head softball coach at the University of Rhode Island. She is in charge of the Miami pitching staff.
Last season, Sutcliffe helped lead a pitching staff that saw sophomore Meredith Linch receive second-team All-MAC honors for the second consecutive season. Miami pitchers were third in the conference with a 2.03 ERA and held MAC opponents to a .234 batting average.
In 2007, Sutcliffe mentored a RedHawk pitching staff that included two freshman standouts in second-team All-MAC honoree Meredith Linch and MAC All-Freshman nominee Shalise Lugo. Linch was named MAC East Pitcher of the Week three times in her rookie campaign. The RedHawk hurlers finished with the second-lowest MAC ERA at 1.48, limited conference opponents to a .222 batting average.
In her first season as an assistant (2006, Sutcliffe's staff of pitchers included Courtney Salmon, who ranks second all-time on the Miami career strike outs list and ended `06 with 125 K's. She also mentored Kelly Cabana, who finished the season ranked among the top ten in the Mid-American Conference in numerous pitching categories. For the season, Cabana tied for second in appearances (40), tied for fifth in games started (25), tied for sixth in saves (2) and tied for eighth in complete games (15). In MAC-only games, Cabana finished the season ranked second in appearances (19) and in complete games (12).
Sutcliffe is married and lives in Trenton.
Coach Schoenly on Christina Sutcliffe: "Christina knows the game of softball inside and out. She has the benefit of having played for a legend (Joan Joyce at Florida Atlantic) and respects the details of the sport. She goes into the game with a `warrior' mentality - extremely competitive and strategically trying to pick apart the opponent. "
CHRISTINA SUTCLIFFE QUICK FACTS:
Coaching History:
- Assistant Coach Miami University (2006-pres.)
- Head Coach Rhode Island (2003-05)
- Assistant Coach Tennessee-Chattanooga (2002)
- Head Coach Boynton Beach High School (2001)
Playing History:
- Pitcher, Florida Atlantic (1997-00)
Degrees:
- Bachelor's in mathematics, Florida Atlantic, 2000
- Bachelor's in education (K-12), Florida Atlantic, 2000
- Master's in education, Florida Atlantic, 2001
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