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2019 ARIZONA SOFTBALL OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Week 1: USF OPENING WEEKEND INVITATIONAL (Feb. 8-10 • TAMPA, FLA.) Twitter: @ArizonaSoftball • Instagram: @ArizonaSoftball • Snapchat: UA_Softball • YouTube: Arizona Softball SID Contact: Danny Martinez • [email protected] • 520-621-0084 • www.ArizonaWildcats.com schedule/results USF OPENING WEEKEND INVITATIONAL • FEB. 8-10 • TAMPA, FLA. Overall (NFCA Rank) 0-0 (7th) Pac-12 0-0 Home 0-0 Road (Away + Neutral) 0-0 vs. Ranked 0-0 #19/14 MICHIGAN RV/RV SOUTH FLORIDA FEBRUARY (0-0) #7/6 ARIZONA #5/5 FLORIDA ILLINOIS STATE NC STATE 8 (19) Michigan1 2:30 p.m. 2018: 43-16 2018: 44-13 2018: 39-23 2018: 56-11 2018: 21-33 2018: 23-31 8 @ South Florida1 7:15 p.m. THE GAMES 9 (5) Florida1 12:45 p.m. 9 Illinois State1 5:45 p.m. Date Time (EST/MST) (Rank) Opponent Location 10 North Carolina State1 11:15 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8 2:30 p.m./12:30 p.m. (19) Michigan USF Softball Stadium 14 New Mexico2 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8 7:15 p.m./5:15 p.m. (RV) South Florida USF Softball Stadium 15 South Florida2 3:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9 12:45 p.m./10:45 a.m. (5) Florida USF Softball Stadium 2 15 Illinois-Chicago 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9 5:45 p.m./3:45 p.m. Illinois State USF Softball Stadium 16 Alabama2 3:45 p.m. 16 New Mexico2 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10 11:15 a.m./9:15 a.m. North Carolina State USF Softball Stadium 17 Cal State Fullerton2 1:30 p.m. 21 Missouri3 3:30 p.m. N/A • N/A • arizonawildcats.com/sblive • arizonalivestats.com • @ArizonaSoftball 21 UC Santa Barbara3 6 p.m. 22 Oklahoma State3 3 p.m. LEADING OFF 22 Long Beach State3 5:30 p.m. • Arizona returns seven starters, all four pitchers and 17 total letterwinners from a 43-16, super regional 23 Oklahoma3 10 a.m. team from a season ago. 23 (exh.) Team Japan3 12:30 p.m. 28 Drake4 6 p.m. • The Wildcats are ranked No. 7 in the NFCA Top 25 and No. 6 in the USA Softball Top 25. Arizona's No. 6 MARCH (0-0) ranking in the USA Softball preseason poll is its highest since 2011 (No. 1). 1 Drake4 4 p.m. • Arizona will play each of the top fi ve teams in the preseason NFCA Top 25 and 12 total ranked teams this 1 Kent State4 6:15 p.m. season. UA's blockbuster of a schedule gets started this week with 19th ranked Michigan and No. 5 Florida 2 Minnesota4 4 p.m. in Tampa. 2 Kent State4 6:15 p.m. 4 • While the Wildcats are away for the USF Opening Weekend Invitational, the fi nishing touches are being 3 James Madison 1:30 p.m. placed on Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium, which is in the fi nal stages of an $8 million renovation. Ground 5 @ New Mexico State 3:30 p.m. was broken immediately after the 2018 season and will be complete for the stadium's grand opening on 5 @ New Mexico State 5:30 p.m. Feb. 14 for Arizona's home opener vs. New Mexico (6 p.m.). 8 Florida State 6 p.m. 9 Florida State 6 p.m. • The Wildcats return a Pac-12-high six all-conference players from a season ago, including fi rst-team selec- 10 Florida State 12 p.m. tions Jessie Harper, Taylor McQuillin and Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza. Palomino-Cardoza (2018) and Harper 15 Oregon* 6 p.m. (2017) were All-American fi rst basemen each of the last two seasons. Palomino-Cardoza led the Pac-12 in 16 Oregon* 2 p.m. home runs last season (19) and Harper fi nished second (18) for the second straight season. 17 Oregon* 12 p.m. • Arizona is one of only two teams in the country to return four fi rst-team NFCA all-Region players from 2018 22 @ Oregon State* 5 p.m. (Jessie Harper, Taylor McQuillin, Dejah Mulipola, Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza). 23 @ Oregon State* 2:30 p.m. • The 2018 NCAA leader in shutouts (15) Taylor McQuillin returns for her senior season in 2019. McQuillin 24 @ Oregon State* 12 p.m. enters the year eighth in Arizona history in career strikeouts (583). 29 Arizona State* 5 p.m. 30 Arizona State* 5 p.m. • In January, junior catcher Dejah Mulipola was selected to the U.S. Women's National Team for its summer 31 Arizona State* 4 p.m. competitions and continued training for the 2019 Tokyo Olympics, following the Wildcats' 2019 campaign. APRIL (0-0) Mulipola is one of just two current collegiate players on the roster. 3 UTEP 2 p.m. • Arizona head coach Mike Candrea enters 2019 second in NCAA history with 1,563 career victories in 31 3 UTEP 4 p.m. years. He trails only Michigan's Carol Hutchins, who has won 1,571 games over 35 seasons. 5 @ Utah* 6 p.m. 6 @ Utah* 12 p.m. • The Wildcats fi nished tied for sixth nationally with 75 home runs in 2018, their NCAA-most 15th season 7 @ Utah* 12 p.m. with at least 70 home runs. In 2019, UA returns 62 of those 75 homers. Adding in Rylee Pierce's eight hom- 12 @ Grand Canyon 5 p.m. ers she hit last season at Missouri, the Cats have 70 home runs on their roster from 2018. That's the most 12 @ Grand Canyon 7 p.m. in the country. 13 @ Grand Canyon 1 p.m. PROJECTED LINEUP (2018 Stats) 18 Stanford* 6 p.m. Player Pos. Yr. Hometown Avg. R 2B HR RBI OPS SB-ATT 19 Stanford* 6 p.m. 20 Stanford* 12 p.m. 1. Jenna Kean RF So. Los Alamitos, Calif. .271 21 3 1 8 .709 7-7 26 @ California* 3 p.m. 2. Reyna Carranco 2B Jr. Oxnard, Calif. .335 40 13 2 28 .830 3-3 27 @ California* 1 p.m. 3. Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza CF RJr. Mission Viejo, Calif. .363 32 8 19 42 1.196 1-1 28 @ California* 12 p.m. 4. Jessie Harper SS Jr. Stevenson Ranch, Calif. .340 39 14 18 51 1.093 1-1 MAY (0-0) 5. Rylee Pierce* 1B Sr. Visalia, Calif. .318 37 12 8 23 .940 5-5 3 Washington* 5 p.m. 4 Washington* 1 p.m. 6. Dejah Mulipola C Jr. Garden Grove, Calif. .313 36 6 12 36 1.015 3-4 5 Washington* 12 p.m. 7. Malia Martinez 3B Jr. Poway, Calif. .262 14 7 4 23 .702 0-0 9 @ UCLA* 7 p.m. 8. Ivy Davis DP So. Huntington Beach, Calif. .207 15 2 4 17 .742 5-5 10 @ UCLA* 5 p.m. 9. Carli Campbell LF RSo. Tucson, Ariz. .300 24 2 0 7 .650 0-0 11 @ UCLA* 12 p.m. 17-19 NCAA Regionals 24-26 NCAA Super Regionals Pitcher R/L Yr. Hometown W-L ERA SO IP Opp. Avg. JUNE 18 Taylor McQuillin LHP Sr. Mission Viejo, Calif. 28-12 1.68 287 242.0 .172 5/30-5 Women's College World Series 22 Alyssa Denham RHP Jr. Alvin, Texas 11-3 1.85 72 106.0 .227 20 Hanah Bowen RHP So. Ramona, Calif. 4-1 4.52 33 31.0 .233 Home; Neutral site; (NFCA Ranking) 24 Gina Snyder RHP RSr. Tucson, Ariz. 0-0 1.11 4 6.1 .167 1 - USF Opening Weekend Invitational; Tampa, Fla. 2 - Hillenbrand Invitational; Tucson, Ariz. 23 Vanessa Foreman LHP Fr. Lakewood, Calif. - - - - - 3 - Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic; Palm Springs, Calif. 71 Marissa Schuld RHP Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz. - - - - - 4 - Wildcat Invitational; Tucson, Ariz. * - Pac-12 Game * 2018 stats accumulated at Missouri 8 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ('91, '93, '94, '96, '97, '01, '06, '07) • 12 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS ('79, '92, '94, '95, '97, '98, '01, '03, '04, '05, '07, '17) 1 2019 ARIZONA SOFTBALL OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Week 1: USF OPENING WEEKEND INVITATIONAL (Feb. 8-10 • TAMPA, FLA.) 2019 QUICK FACTS THIS WEEK: Seventh-ranked Arizona is set to begin the 2019 campaign at the USF Opening Weekend In- vitational in Tampa, Florida, Feb. 8-11, returning to the event for the fi rst time since 2009. A loaded fi eld GENERAL INFORMATION awaits the Wildcats, who will take on #19 Michigan, South Florida, #5 Florida, Illinois State and North Carolina Location ........................................................... Tucson, Ariz. State over the three-day tournament. Arizona's matchup with Michigan features the NCAA's two winningest Enrollment ..................................................................43,500 coaches; Carol Hutchins has won 1,571 games over 35 seasons, eight more than Candrea's 1,563 over 31 Nickname ................................................................ Wildcats years of coaching. When the Wildcats take on No. 5 Florida, it will be UA's fi rst matchup with a top-fi ve team Colors ....................................................Cardinal and Navy since 2008 (#3 Texas A&M; L, 2-3); the Cats are looking for their fi rst win vs. a top-fi ve team on opening week Conference..................................................................Pac-12 since Feb. 10, 2007 (#4 Northwestern; W, 4-3). Arizona will take on Michigan and South Florida on Friday, Home Field .......................Hillenbrand Stadium (2,639) Florida and Illinois State on Saturday and North Carolina State on Sunday. President .............................................Dr. Robert Robbins Athletics Director ...........................................Dave Heeke OPPONENTS Faculty Representative .......................... Ricardo Valerdi #19 Michigan: The Wolverines return seven starters and 14 total letterwinners from last season's 44-13 sea- SWA/Senior Assoc. A.D. ...............................Erika Barnes son in which they won their 20th Big Ten Championship and qualifi ed for the NCAA Tournament.