Arizona State Results DATE OPPONENT (rank) RESULT Jan. 31 Texas-San Antonio W, 6-5 Feb. 1 Texas-San Antonio W, 6-3 Feb. 2 Texas-San Antonio W, 9-1 (5) Wednesday, April 30, 2003 Feb. 7 SW Texas State# W, 12-8 Feb. 7 Texas# (12) L, 0-1 SUN DEVIL Feb. 8 Iowa State# W, 3-1 Feb. 8 Mississippi State# W, 5-4 NO. 16/15 ARIZONA STATE TRAVELS TO Feb. 9 Utah# L, 3-5 NO. 15/12 STANFORD & NO. 9/6 CALIFORNIA Feb. 9 Massachusetts# (25) L, 2-5 (8) ON TAP: The No. 16/15 Arizona State Sun Devils (28-19; 5-10 Pac- Feb. 14 Illinois State% W, 4-1 10) will head out on their final Pac-10 road trip, travelling to the Bay Feb. 15 Iowa% W, 5-1 Area to take on No. 15/12 Stanford (35-20; 5-10 Pac-10) on Friday, Feb. 15 Illinois State% W, 3-1 May 2 at 7:00 p.m. The Devils will then travel over to Berkeley to Feb. 16 Iowa% W, 8-0 (5) face No. 9/6 California (39-14; 8-7 Pac-10) on Saturday, May 3 at Feb. 16 Utah State% W, 12-2 (6) 2:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 4 at 1:00 p.m. Earlier in the Pac-10 Feb. 21 vs. DePaul^ (8) W, 1-0 season in Tempe, the Devils defeated California, 1-0 and split with Feb. 22 vs. Liberty^ W, 11-5 Stanford, 2-1/1-4. In the all-time series, ASU leads Stanford 27-13, Feb. 23 vs. Ohio State^ (21) W, 1-0 while Cal leads the all-time series against ASU, 49-32. Feb. 28 UC Riverside W, 16-0 (5) Feb. 28 Oklahoma (9/11) L, 2-7 LAST TIME OUT: ASU dropped all three road to the Oregon March 1 Oklahoma (9/11) L, 0-6 schools. Oregon State scored eight runs, six unearned off 12 hits to defeat ASU, 8-4, in Corvallis. ASU had a 3-0 lead until the bottom of March 1 UC Riverside W, 7-0 the third when OSU went ahead 5-3 off back-to-back home runs. March 2 Oklahoma (9/11) L, 5-8 ASU got one back in the fifth to cut the lead to 5-4 off a March 2 UC Riverside W, 9-2 Cheryl Evans , but OSU would score three more runs on four March 7 vs. Virginia Tech! W, 8-3 hits and another ASU to seal the win. In the first against March 7 vs. Santa Clara! W, 2-1 Oregon, a grand slam highlighted a five run fifth inning to break a March 8 vs. Oregon State! (17/17) W, 3-2 (8) scoreless game open and to carry Oregon to a 5-2 win. The Devils March 8 vs. California! (8/9) L, 1-6 did get two runs back in the sixth when Phelan Wright a two-run March 9 vs. Santa Clara! W, 1-0 to left field, her team-leading 14th of the year. In the sec- March 9 vs. Sacramento State! W, 12-9 ond game, Oregon scored an unearned run in the second and two March 13 vs. Oklahoma+ (6/6) L, 3-5 more in the sixth for a 3-0 win. Oregon posted the first run on a hit March 13 vs. Cal State Northridge+ L, 3-4 and an error. ASU had a chance to get on the board in the sixth off March 14 vs. UNLV+ W, 2-1 two hits, but an inning ending 1-6-3 quelled the threat. March 28 Oregon* (19/19) W, 2-0 TOUGH SCHEDULE/TOUGHER CONFERENCE: As in any sea- March 29 Oregon State* (22/21) W, 7-1 son, Arizona State will face many of the nation’s top teams and tradi- March 30 Oregon State* (22/21) W, 3-0 tionally holds a high RPI. Last year, ASU was second in the Pac-10 April 4 @ UCLA* (1/1) L, 0-6 in most games played against top-25 teams (34). This year is no April 5 @ Washington* (3/4) L, 1-2 different as ASU will have played 30 regular-season games against April 6 @ Washington* (3/4) L, 0-1 nationally ranked teams in the USA Today/NFCA and ESPN/USA April 11 California* (6/5) W, 1-0 Softball Collegiate Top-25. Within the toughest conference in the na- April 12 Stanford* (16/13) W, 2-1 tion, the Pacific-10, ASU will face a nationally-ranked team nearly April 13 Stanford* (16/13) L, 1-4 every time out. Seven of the eight Pac-10 teams are ranked in the April 18 @ Arizona* (1/1) L, 0-8 (5) top-25, including three of the top four and five of the top-12. The April 19 @ Arizona* (1/1) L, 1-2 Pac-10 holds a 202-47-1 (.810) record against non-conference teams. April 23 Arizona* (1/1) L, 2-4 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: For the second straight year, senior short- April 25 @ Oregon State* L, 4-8 stop Kara Brun is one of 25 finalists for national player of the year April 26 @ Oregon* (23/20) L, 2-5 honors. The Softball Association, the National Governing April 27 @ Oregon* (23/20) L, 0-3 Body of Softball in the , announced its initial watch list May 2 @ Stanford* (15/12) 7:00 p.m. for the 2nd annual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award. May 3 @ California* (9/6) 2:00 p.m. Brun and junior third baseman Phelan Wright were among the initial May 4 @ California* (9/6) 1:00 p.m. 40 players selected to be on the watch list. Last year, Wright was May 9 Washington* (FSN) 7:00 p.m. one of 10 finalists for the inaugural player of the year honor, while May 10 UCLA* 7:00 p.m. Brun was one of the 25 finalists. The award is considered the Heisman May 10 UCLA* 9:00 p.m. Trophy in women’s collegiate softball and is the only national player May 15-18 NCAA Regionals TBD of the year award. It will then be reduced to 10 players on April 29th, May 22-26 NCAA College World SeriesTBD with three finalists named on May 13th. The winner of the 2003 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award will be announced at the All home games are bolded. 2003 NCAA Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. Ranking are by USAToday/NFCA & ESPN/USA Softball. * Pacific-10 Conference game. Will Phillips, Softball Contact # Fiesta Bowl Tournament, Phoenix/Tempe, Ariz. % Louisville Slugger Tournament, Tempe, Ariz. Carson Center/Media Relations Office, Room 131 ^ NFCA Leadoff Classic Tournament, Columbus, Ga. Tempe, Arizona 85287-2505 ! National Invitational Tournament, San Jose, Calif. (480) 965-6592 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 + KIA Klassic Tournament, Fullerton, Calif. [email protected] • www.thesundevils.com 2003 Sun Devil Softball — 2•2•2 April 30, 2003

USA Today/NFCA Top-25 THE WRIGHT STUFF: Junior All-American third baseman Phelan Wright enters the 2003 season as one of the premier softball players in the country. After posting out- Team (first place) Record Pts. LR standing numbers as a freshman and as a sophomore, Wright continues to post great 1. Arizona (22) 45-4 550 1 numbers. One of 40 finalists for National Player of the Year honors , Wright is currently 2. UCLA 39-5 528 2 at a .343 clip with a team-leading 45 RBIs (a career-high and 18 coming with 2 3. Texas 39-7 506 3 outs) and 14 home runs, a new single-season record at ASU. Wright also accom- 4. Oklahoma 38-9 464 5 plished an ASU record (as far as the books indicate) by slugging three home runs in 5. Washington 40-9-1 459 4 three straight at-bats against SW Texas State. In addition, she is currently ASU’s all- 6. DePaul 39-5-1 438 6 time leader in career batting average (.386). Last year Wright led the team throughout 7. Cal State Fullerton 33-15 415 7 (t) the year in batting average (.405/4th Pac-10), hits (75/6th Pac-10) and doubles (17/ 8. Georgia 52-9 389 10 3rd Pac-10). She finished second in home runs (8), RBIs (40) and batted .350 in the 9. California 39-14 384 9 pitching rich Pac-10 Conference. Wright also led the team in multi-hit games (23), 10. Louisiana State 43-12 331 11 multi-RBI games (11) and posted the team’s second longest hitting streak at 10 games. 11. Nebraska 34-13 327 7 (t) She was also one of 10 finalists for National Player of the Year honors and was named 12. Florida State 41-9 309 13 first-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-10. Wright also was named to the NIST All- 13. Michigan 36-10 286 14 Tournament team and the Region III All-Tournament team. As a freshman, Wright was 14. Oklahoma State 35-11 279 15 named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year after leading ASU in batting average 15. Stanford 35-20 239 16 (.399/average was the highest posted by a freshman in the Pac-10 since 1999), hits 16. Arizona State 28-19 217 12 (67) triples (2) and slugging percentage (.530). She also earned second-team All- 17. Alabama 40-17 208 17 Pac-10 honors, Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week honors and Pac- 10 Player of the Week honors. In 21 Pac-10 games she batted an amazing .418 in the 18. South Carolina 36-15 180 18 pitching rich conference and posted the team’s longest hitting streak at 13 games (fifth 19. South Florida 49-14 132 20 longest in the Pac-10). Wright produced a team-high 18 RBIs with two outs and fin- 20. Texas A&M 34-18 116 19 ished tied for second on the team with 17 multi-hit games and third in multi-RBI games 21. Oregon 28-15 106 23 (6). She batted .530 at the National Invitational Tournament, earning all-tournament 22. Louisiana-Lafayette 35-7 99 21 (t) honors and led the team in postseason batting average at a .455 clip, earning Region 23. Iowa 37-12 64 24 III All-Tournament team honors. 24. Illinois 35-11-1 44 21 (t) 25. Southern Illinois 34-9 21 NR HEAD COACH LINDA WELLS: The Sun Devil softball program continues its suc- Dropped Out: Florida. cess on the national scene under the tutelage of 14th-year head coach Linda Wells, one of the most prominent and successful coaches in NCAA history. Wells, who is Receiving Votes: Southwest Texas (13), Notre Dame currently the seventh-most successful active coach in NCAA Division I history with (10), Florida (10) Texas-Arlington (5), Oregon State 847 victories, has led the Sun Devils to 10 (six consecutive 1997-02) NCAA Regional (4), Northwestern (4), North Carolina (3), Hawaii (3). appearances in 13 seasons, including two trips in the past four years to the College World Series (1999/2002). While at Arizona State, Wells has compiled 496 wins (nine short of the all-time record) and has had seven players earn a total of 10 All-American ESPN.com/USA Softball awards. Wells’ vast coaching experience and tireless work ethic has not gone unno- Team (first place) Record Pts. LR ticed by the country or by the world as she was named the head coach of the Greek 1. Arizona (18) 45-4 450 1 Olympic National Team that will compete in the 2004 in Athens. Wells, who has previous international experience, was selected among several highly quali- 2. UCLA 39-5 432 2 fied coaching professionals to lead the host team into the games. Wells’ achieved a 3. Texas 39-7 414 3 coaching milestone that few can or will ever obtain, winning 800 career games. The 4. Washington 40-9-1 383 4 Sun Devils earned Wells her 800th win with an 11-1 win over Rutgers (3/16/02). The 5. Oklahoma 38-9 365 5 2002 team, arguable her most talented and successful, also tied a school-record in 6. California 39-14 355 6 the national polls, finishing at No. 3 and for posting the most wins in a single season 7. DePaul 39-5-1 350 7 with 46. The 2002 season also marked the second appearance for Wells in the Women’s 8. Cal State Fullerton 33-13 353 8 College World Series where they finished third, the best in school history since the 9. Georgia 52-9 314 10 NCAA established the current format. Players again flourished under Wells as she 10. Nebraska 34-13 253 9 produced two All-Americans, five All-Pac-10 players, two All-Pacific Region players 11. Louisiana State 43-12 252 12 and two Academic All-American players. Wells also had two players earn National 12. Stanford 35-20 247 13 Player of the Week honors and five Pac-10 /Player of the Week honors. With 13. Florida State 41-9 230 14 the addition of five All-Pac-10 selections in 2002, Wells has now coached 64 all con- 14. Oklahoma State 33-11 218 15 ference players during her tenure at Arizona State, averaging five All-Pac-10 selec- 15. Arizona State 28-19 213 11 tions every season. Wells has coached 31 career .300 hitters at ASU in her 12 sea- 16. Michigan 36-10 201 16 sons, averaging a combined .330 — not an easy accomplishment in the pitching-rich 17. Alabama 40-17 167 17 Pac-10 where games are traditionally low scoring. 18. South Carolina 36-15 135 18 19. Oregon 28-15 125 20 BEHIND THE PLATE: Senior Adriana Garcia, who is having her best year as a Sun 20. Texas A&M 34-18 116 19 Devil, leads a trio of catchers in 2003. Garcia is currently hitting at .312 (fourth-best) 21. South Florida 49-14 88 21 and has already surpassed all of last year’s totals by hitting eight home runs (third- 22. Louisiana-Lafayette 35-7 64 23 highest on the team) and posting 29 RBIs (also third-highest). She has also thrown 23. Iowa 37-12 44 24 out 14 base runners, picked off another while recording 27 assists and a .993 fielding 24. Florida 36-20 28 22 percentage. Last year Garcia played in 60 games, making 57 starts with five doubles, 25. Missouri 31-16 21 NR 21 RBIs, while 17 of her 21 RBIs came with two outs. Defensively, she picked off eight base runners and made only two errors in 268 chances for a team-high .993 fielding Dropped Out: Illinois. percentage. Prior to ASU, Garcia earned 2001 NFCA/NJCAA Division I Diamond National Catcher of the Year honors and was a 2001 first-team All-American. The two- Receiving Votes: Oregon State (19), Illinois (13), Mas- sachusetts (7), Southern Illinois (4), Northwestern (3), time all-region and all-conference selection, Garcia played two years at Arizona West- Hawaii (2). ern College in Yuma, Ariz. where she batted .448 with six home runs and 68 RBIs. Garcia recorded a fielding percentage of .991, while throwing out 29 base runners *TEAMS IN BOLD INDICATES 2003 OPPONENTS. attempting to steal. 2003 Sun Devil Softball — 3•3•3 April 30, 2003

Arizona State Starters & Key Reserves

# Name Yr. Pos. B/T Avg. Notes 99 Desiree Serrano R-Fr. P R/R .000 17-12 with 6 saves; 195 ; .208 opponent avg. 4 Kristin Farber Jr. OF L/R .306 46 career steals in 52 attempts; 44 hits and 31 runs scored 7 Kara Brun Sr. SS/2B R/R .393 Team high 57 hits and 12 doubles; second-best 10 HR/32 RBIs 13 Phelan Wright Jr. 3B R/R .343 First-team All-American; team-high 45 RBIs and 14 home runs 24 Cheryl Evans Jr. P/1B R/R .333 JC first-team All-American; 5 HRs and 6 doubles; 2-3 pitching rcd. 17 Adriana Garcia Sr. C R/R .312 Career-high 8 home runs and 29 RBIs; 40 hits and 3 sac flys 8 Jennifer Forner Sr. OF L/L .272 31 hits with 6 doubles and 16 runs scored; batting .349 as leadoff 9 Jen McCard Fr. 2B R/R .098 Played and started in 42 games; hit first career HR vs. Oklahoma 12 Valerie Sevilla So. OF L/R .264 2 doubles with 10 runs scored, 5 sacrifices and 7 assists from OF 20 Kim Zadrozny Fr. 2B/OF R/R .097 Played in 24 games with 14 starts; 2 RBIs and 6 assists from OF 23 Ashley Werschky Fr. P/1B R/R .212 7-4 with 67 pitched; hit 2 home runs with 9 RBIs 10 Carla Strege Fr. 2B/1B R/R .154 Played in 33 games with 19 starts; 10 hits and 2 doubles 22 Keri Pulcifer Jr. OF R/L .256 Started 29 games with 20 hits, 2 home runs and a grand slam 1 Billie Akauola So. OF R/R .231 Played in 31 games; NFCA Leadoff Classic All-Tournament Team 5 Kari Reidhead Jr. 1B L/L .250 Played in 20 games; 2 x 2 with 2 RBIs against Utah State 21 Joy Hull Jr. OF R/R .188 Played in 17 games with 7 starts; double with 8 putouts 19 Susan Aguilar Jr. P R/R .000 10 appearances.; 2-0 in 17 innings 15 Katie Cobos Jr. C R/R .000 Played in 27 games with 6 runs scored 6 Andria Berrera Jr. C/OF R/R .000 Played in 18 games with 5 runs scored

ASU Career Leaders BRUN’S AN ALL-TIME HIT: Senior shortstop Kara Brun, who was featured on espn.com (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/index), has made a huge impact while wear- Batting Average ing the Maroon and Gold, offensively and defensively. Brun, who has a team-leading 1. Phelan Wright (2001-present) .386 12 doubles this year, is currently the all-time record holder with 49. She also became 2. Lisa Dacquisto (1994-97) .378 ASU’s all-time home run hitter, currently at 34 and all-time RBI producer at 164. Brun 3. Leanne Easley (1972-75) .377 leads the team in batting average (.393), runs (39), hits (57) and is second in home 4. Rachel Brown (1991-92) .362 runs (10). At the National Invitational Softball Tournament, Brun, who hit safely in all 5. Jodi Rathbun (1985-87) .361 six games, led the team in every offensive category, batting .591 (13 x 22) with three 6. Kara Brun (2000-present) .349 home runs, three doubles, seven runs scored and seven RBIs. She had a 1.136 Peggy McAbee (1978-79) .349 8. Nichole Thompson (1999-2002) .333 slugging percentage and a .485 on-base percentage. Brun also did not in 22 9. Raja Woods (1997-98) .332 at bats and did not commit an error in 20 chances. For her efforts she was named the 10. Kristin Farber (2001-present) .321 Pac-10 Player of the Week and to the All-NIST Tournament Team. Brun, one of 25 finalists for National Player of the Year honors as a junior, led the team in home runs Home Runs (10), RBIs (52) and finished second in hits (72). The 52 RBIs was also a single- 1. Kara Brun (2000-present) 34 season record along with her 10 home runs. Brun was a first-team All-Pac-10 selec- 2. Erica Beach (1999-2002) 27 tion and struck out only 14 times in 206 at bats (once every 15 ab). She also turned a 3. Phelan Wright (2001-present) 26 Pac-10 and team-high 17 double plays, as well as leading the team and Pac-10 with 4. Suzie Gaw (1979-82) 16 168 assists. Academically, Brun is just as impressive, earning second-team Verizon 5. Chris Gill (1997-99) 14 Academic All-American acclaim, first-team Academic All-Pacific Region and first-team Runs Batted In Academic All-Pac-10 honors. She also earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors (2/ 1. Kara Brun (2000-present) 164 25). As a sophomore, Brun earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors, as well as the 2. Erica Beach (1999-2002) 153 team’s Defensive Player of the Year while recording a 12 game hitting streak, second 3. Chris Gill (1997-99) 115 longest on the team and eighth longest in the Pac-10. She batted .311 with 59 hits, a 4. Phelan Wright (2001-present) 112 team-high 34 runs and posted team-highs in RBIs (42) and doubles (10). Brun finished 5. Alyssa Johnson (1993-96) 108 second on the team in home runs (6), had a .458 slugging percentage and recorded a 6. Kathy Escarcega (1984-87) 95 team second-best 15 RBIs with two outs. Defensively, she turned 14 double plays, good for fourth in the Pac-10 and led the team with 129 assists. As a freshman, Brun Hits earned All-Pac-10 second team honors, selected to the Region V All-Tournament team 1. Lisa Dacquisto (1994-97) 296 2. Kara Brun (2000-present) 256 and was named the team’s Freshman and Defensive Player of the Year. 3. Nichole Thompson (1999-2002) 253 4. Ann Rowen (1988-91) 245 RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL: Junior Kristin Farber looks to continue her fast pace 5. Missy Hixon (1999-2002) 228 from last year when she led the team for the second straight year in stolen bases (21). 6. Alyssa Johnson (1993-96) 224 This year, Farber is 9-for-13, and in her two-plus year career, Farber has been cut 7. Erica Beach (1999-2002) 222 down only six times in 52 chances and is fourth all-time with her 46 steals. Named to the 2002 WCWS All-Tournament Team, Farber also posted the team’s longest hitting Doubles streak (third longest in Pac-10) at 16 games and batted .330. In her initial season she 1. Kara Brun (2000-present) 49 was named the team’s Freshman of the Year, earning second-team All-Pacific Region 2. Kathy Escarcega (1984-87) 39 3. Missy Hixon (1999-2002) 37 accolades and was named honorable mention All-Pac-10 after finishing fifth in the Alyssa Johnson (1993-96) 37 Pac-10 with 16 stolen bases. 5. Phelan Wright (2001-present) 29 Nichole Thompson (1999-2002) 29 GOING DEEP ALL-TIME: Through 47 games this season, the Devils have hit 43 Chris Gill (1997-99) 29 home runs, shattering the all-time mark of 31 set in 2000. Eight different players have hit home runs while six different players have slugged multi-home runs with Phelan Stolen Bases Wright (14) Kara Brun (10) and Adriana Garcia (8) leading the team. ASU has hit at 1. Lisa Dacquisto (1994-97) 102 least one home run in 24 games and have tallied multi-home runs in 10 different games. 2. Erin Hull (1994-98) 52 In addition, the Devils have hit three grand slams to date (Wright, Pulcifer, Evans). The 3. Raja Woods (1997-98) 47 43 home runs is fifth-best in the Pac-10 Conference. 4. Kristin Farber (2001-present) 46 2003 Sun Devil Softball — 4•4•4 April 30, 2003

SERRANO ON FIRE: In 40 appearances (Pac-10 high), freshman pitcher Desiree Arizona State Records Serrano is now 17-12 overall with six shutouts (two combined), six saves (second- best in the Pac-10 and second all-time in the Pac-10—single season) and 195 Pacific-10...... 5-10 strikeouts (63 looking — second in the Pac-10), while holding opponents to a .208 Non-Conference ...... 23-9 batting average. Serrano was named the Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season, picked up her sixth save of the year against No. 6 California and Against Ranked Teams ...... 8-16 pitched a complete game three-hitter against No. 16 Stanford to post her 17 win of Against Unranked Teams ...... 20-3 the year. Against Cal, Serrano came in relief in the fifth inning and pitched the final Home Games...... 19-8 three innings, allowing only four hits with three strikeouts to help record the com- Road Games ...... 0-8 bined 1-0 shutout. The next night versus Stanford, Serrano pitched her 17th com- plete game of the year as she limited the Cardinal to three hits and one run with four Neutral Sites...... 9-3 strikeouts as ASU won 2-1. Overall, Serrano went 1-0 with a save, worked 10 innings Day Games ...... 18-15 (0.70 ERA), giving up seven hits, one run with seven strikeouts. To open Pac-10 play Night Games...... 10-4 against the Oregon schools, she recorded a perfect 0.00 ERA, going 2-0 with one shutout, one combined shutout and a save to propel ASU to its best start in confer- Vs. Right Handed Starters ...... 26-13 ence play since joining the Pac-10 in 1987. Overall in three appearances, Serrano Vs. Left Handed Starters...... 2-6 pitched 14.1 innings, allowed eight hits, no runs, walked only three batters while ...... 1-1 striking out 14. At the NIST Tournament, Serrano recorded a 4-0 record, including a One Run Game...... 10-5 shutout in 30 innings with 37 strikeouts. In addition, Serrano posted shutout wins against No. 8 DePaul and No. 21 Ohio State at the NFCA Leadoff Classic. Serrano Two Run Game...... 3-3 recorded four of Arizona State's five wins, including her first career no-hitter as she Five Run (+) Game...... 9-5 led the Sun Devils to a perfect 5-0 record to take the Louisville Slugger Classic Shutouts ...... 9-6 Tournament title and win Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors. On the weekend, Serrano ASU Scores First ...... 20-6 went 4-0 with a 0.31 ERA in 22 innings of work. She allowed only nine hits and one earned run while striking out 26 batters. In her no-hitter against Iowa, Serrano faced Opponent Scores First ...... 8-13 one batter over the minimum, and was just an error short of a as Out-Hit Opponents ...... 24-2 she struckout five Hawkeye's to record ASU’s first no-hitter since Kirsten Voak ac- Out-Hit by Opponents ...... 2-15 complished the feat (2/29/01). In her opening win against Illinois State, Serrano did January...... 1-0 not allow an earned run while striking out 10 Redbirds. In the Sun Devils other game against Illinois State, Serrano came in relief and pitched the final three innings for the February ...... 14-4 win, allowing just one hit with four strikeouts. March ...... 11-5 April...... 2-10 DEVIL NOTES: Arizona State was picked to finish sixth in the 2003 Pac-10 Pre- May...... 0-0 season Coaches Poll ... the Sun Devil preseason ranking of No. 13 is the lowest beginning ranking since the 1999 preseason poll tabbed ASU No. 15. Also, the No. Last 5 Games ...... 0-5 13 ranking is the lowest ASU has been ranked since the beginning of May 1999 (No. Last 10 Games ...... 2-8 16) before the Devils advanced to the College World Series, finishing 7th ... the Current Winning Streak...... 0 opening game against UT-San Antonio on January 31 was the earliest opening game, Longest Winning Streak ...... 9 dating back to at least the mid 1980’s and is the earliest opening game in head coach Linda Wells 14 years ... ASU’s 3-0 start to the Pac-10 season was they best since Longest ...... 7 joining the conference in 1987 ... ASU is holding opponents to a .160 average with the bases loaded (9-for-55) and has held Pac-10 opponents to a .059 average in 17 TELEVISION EXPOSURE: The Sun Devils are chances ... ASU is hitting .435 with the bases loaded (three grand slams) and .320 scheduled to have two games broadcast live on with runners in scoring position ... ASU’s nine game winning streak (2/14-28) was the KAZ-TV (cable channel 13). The televised longest in two years ... Kara Brun’s 17 game hitting streak was a team high and the games are against Pac-10 foes Stanford (April third longest in the Pac-10 ... Brun has struckout only six times in 145 at bats (1:24) 12) and Arizona (April 23). The Devils are also ... the Devils have hit two less home runs (43) than doubles (45) this year ... ASU is selected for a FOX Sports Net broadcast against fourth in the Pac-10 with a .278 batting average ... ASU is first in the Pac-10 in Washington on Friday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m. That turning double plays with 18. game, however, will be broadcast at a later date and time. STADIUM & FIELD AWARDS: For the second time in the past three years, Arizona State was the college/university winner of the NFCA/Turface Grounds Crew Field NEW TOP-25 RANKINGS: In addition to the Maintenance award for the 2002 season. Dedicated in April, 2000, Alberta B. USA Today/NFCA Top-25, a second Top-25 poll Farrington Stadium is a 1,500 seat facility that includes 500 back seats. Among the will be released by ESPN/USA Softball. The stadium’s many features are sunken dugouts, home/visitor/umpire locker rooms, of- poll is voted on by NCAA Division I coaches rep- fices, trainers room, concession stands, a team shop and a team room. Arizona resenting 15 ASA regions and 12 collegiate con- State also won the 2000 NFCA/Turface Grounds Crew Field Maintenance award. ferences. The poll is also voted on by selected The field maintenance staff is headed by Pete Wozniak. Award winners were cho- media members. In this release the rankings are sen by a panel of independent judges made up of grounds maintenance profession- in the order of the USA Today/NFCA Poll/ als selected by the NFCA and Turface. Farrington Stadium was also awarded “The ESPN.com/USA Softball. Crescordia” (To Grow In Harmony) honor in 2000. The honor is for Environmental Excellent in building and structures awarded by the Valley Forward Association and MEDIA INFORMATION: All publicity for the ASU Honeywell. softball team are coordinated by Assistant Me- dia Relations Director Will Phillips at (480) 965- 1237. Any interviews with ASU softball players or coaches should be arranged through Phillips with at least 48 hours notice.