Senior (2006): Finished the season with a 1.93 ERA with a record of 2-1 ... Made a total of 15 appearances and recorded two saves ... Kept batters to a .198 average.
Junior (2005)
Combined for four shutouts on the year ... Held opponents batting average to .217 to lead the pitching staff in that category ... Came out of the bullpen and registered two saves ... Recorded 36 appearances in relief, making the second-most appearances in the circle ... Finished second on the team in strikeouts, tallying 72 Ks ... Of the 72 strikeouts, 21 batters were caught looking ... Earned the C-USA Academic Medal ... Member of C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Finished ranked the following in C-USA: Tied for seventh in saves, eighth in opposing batting average, tied for ninth in appearances, first in games in relief, second in home runs allowed, fourth in runs allowed and earned runs allowed ... 2/5/05 vs. FIU - Came out of the bullpen and pitched one-third of an inning, not allowing a hit or run ... 2/12/05 vs. No. 19 Florida - Came in relief and pitched three scoreless innings ... Stuck out five and only allowed two hits ... 2/19/05 vs. Seton Hall - Saw an inning of work out of the bullpen ... Pitched a scoreless, hitless inning ... 2/19/05 vs. Jacksonville - Came in relief for an inning ... Allowed no hits, runs or walks and struck out one ... 2/25/05 vs. Wagner - Came in the game to pitch the final inning (sixth) ... Allowed only one hit and no runs while striking out two ... 3/2/05 vs. St. Bonaventure (Game 1) - Came in the game in the fifth with two on and no out, got out of the inning and came back in the sixth to strike out the side ... 3/6/05 vs. Jacksonville - Picked up her first win of the year ... Came in the game out of the bullpen in the fourth inning and pitched three shutout innings ... Struck out three while only allowing four hits ... Didn't allow a walk ... 3/8/05 vs. Temple - Posted her second-consecutive win of the season ... In four and two-thirds innings of work, pitched three shutout innings and only allowed one run in the fourth inning ... Struck out six batters while only allowing three hits ... 3/12/05 vs. Chattanooga - Struck out five after coming in the game out of the bullpen ... 3/19/05 vs. Louisville (Game 2) - Came in the game in relief and struck out four in five and two-thirds innings of work ... 3/25/05 vs. Southern Miss (Game 1) - Came in the game in relief and pitched two innings, striking out three ... 3/26/05 vs. Southern Miss - Came out of the bullpen and only gave up one hit in two innings of work while facing seven batters ... 4/2/05 vs. East Carolina (Game 2) - Got work out of the bullpen, pitching two innings and only allowing one hit ... 4/13/05 vs. No. 15 Florida - Recorded her first save of the season after coming in the game in the seventh inning ... Came in the game with one out and bases loaded and forced the Gators' batter to ground into the game-ending double play ... 4/20/05 vs. UCF - Came in the game in the seventh inning and picked up her second save of the year ... Struck out two batters ... 5/7/05 vs. Saint Louis (Game 1) - Struck out five batters in two innings of relief work ... NCAA REGIONAL ... 5/21/05 vs. Bethune-Cookman - Came in the game out of the bullpen and pitched two and one-third scoreless innings.
Sophomore (2004)
Made six appearances in the circle out of the bullpen ... Struck out nine in eight and two-thirds innings of work ... Picked up her only win of the season pitching two scoreless innings in USF's 4-3 victory over Long Island (March 6) ... Bulls trailed 3-2 prior to her relieving Danielle Urbanik in the fourth inning ... Picked up her first collegiate hit and stolen base on March 4 against Mercer in a 7-1 victory ... Named to C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Freshman (2003)
Finished the season with a record of 6-6 and a 3.64 era ... Pitched a season-high seven innings against Wagner ... Gave up only two hits and struck out seven in her first victory of the season ... Came back two outings later and pitched five shutout innings against Maine in a 4-0 victory ... Picked up her sixth win of the season in the second game of a doubleheader against Stetson where she pitched only one inning and struck out one.
High School
Four-year softball MVP (1999-2002) at Verona High ... First Team All-Conference from 1999-2002 ... Received all-district honors all four seasons ... All-State Selection in 1999 (third team), 2000 (second team) and 2001-2002 (first team) ... Team captain junior and senior year ... Received Women's Sports Advocates of Wisconsin Award of Excellence in 2002 ... Lettered four years in softball as well as earning three letters in basketball ... Worked as a clinician at the Verona Recreation Department ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Four year honor roll member.
Personal
Full name is Nicole Lynn Christensen ... Born on Aug. 1, 1984 in Indianapolis, Ind. ... Daughter of Connie and Mike Christensen ... Has three brothers: Jimmy (29), Andy (26) and Paul (24) ... Majoring in sports medicine.
