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U N I V E R S I T Y O F W A S H I N G T O N HHUSKYUSKY SSOFTBALLOFTBALL April 22, 2009 Softball Media Relations Contact: Rosie Leutzinger ([email protected]) 2009 SCHEDULE & RESULTS NO. 3 HUSKIES FACE TOUGH TEST AT ARIZONA 34-7 Overall; 7-4 Pac-10 9-0 Home; 6-6 Away; 19-1 Neutral SCHOOLS Date Opponent Time/Result RED DESERT CLASSIC - St. George, Utah 2/6 #12 Tennessee W, 2-1 No. 4/8 Arizona State (36-9, 6-4) No. 7/9 Arizona (36-9, 8-2) 2/6 BYU W, 7-3 2/7 Southern Utah W, 9-0 (5) 2008 - 66-5, 18-3 2008 - 41-19, 13-8 2/7 Loyola Marymount W, 4-2 ‘08 NCAA - National Champions ‘08 NCAA - College World Series 2/8 Utah W, 4-0 CAMPBELL CARTIER CLASSIC - San Diego, Calif. 2/13 UC-Santa Barbara W, 3-0 2/13 Utah State W, 16-3 (5) No. 3 Washington (34-7, 7-4) 2/14 @ #25 San Diego State W, 5-0 2/15 #25 Long Beach State W, 14-1 (5) 2008 - 30-25-1, 7-14 CATHEDRAL CITY CLASSIC - Palm Springs, Calif. ‘08 NCAA - Regionals 2/20 Long Island W, 7-3 2/20 #2 Florida W, 1-0 (9) 2/21 Mississippi W, 8-2 All Times Pacifi c 2/22 Nebraska W, 6-0 All games available via Gametracker, www.GoHuskies.com 2/22 #23 Ohio State W, 1-0 (8) HUSKY SOFTBALL CLASSIC - Seattle, Wash. Friday, April 24 2/27 Seattle W, 8-0 (6) No. 3 Washington at No. 4/8 Arizona State, 7:00 p.m. 2/28 Portland State W, 11-1 (5) 3/1 Portland State W, 8-2 (5) Farrington Stadium, Tempe, Ariz. 3/1 Boise State Cancelled EASTON SEC/PAC-10/BIG 12 CHALLENGE - Tuscaloosa, Ala. Saturday, April 25 3/6 #24 Baylor W, 1-0 (8) No. 3 Washington at No. 7/9 Arizona, 7:00 p.m. 3/6 @ #1/3 Alabama L, 6-0 3/7 #11/12 Georgia W, 2-0 Hillenbrand Stadium, Tucson, Ariz. 3/7 @ #1/3 Alabama W, 6-0 3/8 #11/12 Georgia L, 2-0 Sunday, April 26 JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC - Fullerton, Calif. 3/12 #24 Florida State W, 4-1 No. 3 Washington at No. 7/9 Arizona, Noon 3/13 Penn State W, 14-13 Hillenbrand Stadium, Tucson, Ariz. 3/13 #10 Michigan W, 1-0 3/14 #21 Fresno State W 3-0 (11) 3/15 @ Cal-State Fullerton L, 3-2 THIS WEEK 3/21 New Mexico^ W, 14-3 (5) The No. 3 Washington softball team concludes its eight-game road swing and plays its fi nal road Pac-10 games of the 3/21 New Mexico^ W, 4-3 (8) season this weekend when they travel down to the desert to play No. 4/8 Arizona State on Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m. 3/22 New Mexico^ W, 9-2 and No. 7/9 Arizona, Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at Noon. UW will head home following the three-game series and 3/27 @ #12/16 California* W, 9-1 (5) play its fi nal seven Pac-10 games at home. The weekend will be crucial for Pac-10 title implications as the Huskies 3/28 @ #3 Stanford* L, 1-0 (11) 3/29 @ #3 Stanford* L, 2-0 sit in a tie for second with the UCLA with ASU just a half-game behind. Arizona, meanwhile, leads the conference by 4/3 #9/14 Arizona*^ W, 6-0 two games, with one of their two losses coming to UW. 4/4 #4/8 Arizona State* W, 11-3 (5) 4/5 #4/8 Arizona State* W, 3-2 The Huskies will look for a repeat of their three-game sweep over the Arizona schools in Seattle a month ago when 4/10 @ #7/9 UCLA*^ L, 2-0 (11) Danielle Lawrie no-hit the Wildcats's No. 1-ranked offense and also shut down Arizona State twice in their fi rst home 4/11 @ #7/9 UCLA*^ L, 10-0 (5) 4/17 @Oregon* W, 2-0 sweep of the Arizona schoools since 2000. The Huskies have not managed a three-game sweep of the Arizona schools 4/18 @Oregon State* W, 1-0 (9) in Arizona since the league went to three-game series in 2000 and last took two-of-three in 2003. They did win 3-of-4 4/19 @Oregon State* W, 7-1 in both 1996 and '98 when doubleheaders were still in place. 4/24 @ #4/8 Arizona State* 7 p.m. 4/25 @ #7/9 Arizona* 7 p.m. FOLLOW THE ACTION LIVE 4/26 @ #7/9 Arizona* Noon 4/29 UCLA*^ 1 p.m. All games this weekend can be followed live on Gametracker via the Washington athletic site, www.GoHuskies. 5/1 Oregon State*^ 1 p.m. com. Additionally, an online chat and blog will take place on GoHuskies.com. Saturday and Sunday's games against 5/2 Oregon* 3 p.m. Arizona will be broadcast live via webcast on Arizona's website, www.arizonaathletics.com. 5/3 Oregon* Noon 5/7 Stanford*^ (FSN) 1 p.m. BECOME A HUSKY FAN ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER 5/8 California*^ 3 p.m. 5/9 California* Noon Fans can follow the Husky softball team and receive updates throughout the season on the UW Softball Twitter page 5/15-17 NCAA Regionals TBA by logging on to www.twitter.com/UWSoftball. The Huskies can also be found on Facebook via the Washington Softball 5/22-24 NCAA Super Regionals TBA fan page. Search for "Washington Husky Softball" on Facebook to fi nd the offi cial fan page. 5/28-31 NCAA World Series TBA LAST WEEK (DH) Indicates Doubleheader Bold indicates home game at Husky Softball Stadium. The Huskies took care of business against the Oregon schools, sweeping the three-game series to move into second in * indicates Pac-10 Conference game. the conferece. In the weekend opener, UW snapped a 38-inning scoreless drought on the road when Ashley Charters ^ indicates radio broadcast on KKNW-1150 AM and Danielle Lawrie knocked solo home runs in the fi fth inning to lead UW to a 2-0 win over Oregon in which Lawrie (FSN) indicates TV broadcast on FSN threw a two-hit shutout. Lawrie then pitched her second consecutive shutout, allowing just three hits and striking All times Pacifi c. out 13 in a 1-0 nine-inning win over Oregon State in which Jenn Salling drove in Charters with the game-winning run. Game times and dates are subject to change. Ranking listed at time of game. On Sunday, the Huskies broke out for seven runs on 11 hits to support another solid outing by Lawrie, picking up their third-straight win by a 7-1 margin to earn a sweep in Oregon for the fi rst time since 2003. University of Washington Athletics • Athletic Communications • 229 Graves Building • Box 354070 • Seattle, WA 98195-4070 UW SOFTBALL APRIL 22, 2009 HUSKIES IN THE POLLS SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION: No. 4/8 Arizona State (36-9, 6-4 2009; 66-5, 18-3 2008) NFCA ESPN.com Series vs. UW: Washington leads 45-16 Preseason 21 15 About Arizona State: The defending national champion Sun Devils are a solid threat to repeat in 2009, returning Feb. 10 10 7 one of the best hitters in the nation in Kaitlin Cochran. The Pac-10's active leader and ASU's all-time leader with Feb. 17 7 3 67 home runs, Cochran is second in the conference with a .458 average and third with 18 home runs. If it weren't Feb. 24 3 1 for Arizona, the Sun Devils would be leading the conference in nearly every offensive category as they are second March 3 3 1 March 10 3 T-2 behind the Wildcats in runs per game (7.71), home runs (73) and average (.340). Hillary Bach has led the Sun Devils March 17 3 3 in the circle, going 21-3 with a 2.59 ERA. March 24 2 2 March 31 3 3 Series History: The Huskies have dominated the series with ASU and continued that success earlier this season April 7 3 3 when they swept both games against the Sun Devils in Seattle, earning an 11-3 mercy-rule victory in the fi rst game April 14 4 4 and a 3-2 walk-off win in the second game to clinch the season series. The Sun Devils had won three of the last April 21 3 3 four and six of eight in the series since UW won 12 in a row between 2002-05. ASU took two of three last season but UW was able to grab one win over the eventual national champs, a 3-0 decision in Tempe. NFCA/USA Today Division I Top 25 Poll - April 21 SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION: RANK TEAM RECORD PRV. No. 7/9 Arizona (36-9, 8-2 2009; 41-19, 13-8 2008) 1. Florida (30) 46-3 1 Series vs. UW: Arizona leads 55-18 2. UCLA 32-8 3 About Arizona: The Wildcats are leading the conference with an 8-2 record after sweeping Cal and Stanford at 3. Washington 33-7 4 4. Arizona State 36-9 5 home last weekend. Arizona boasts the nation's highest-scoring offense, putting up nearly nine runs a game.