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2010 WASHINGTON SOFTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE 2009 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 9 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES • 16 CONSECUTIVE POSTSEASON APPEARANCES Contact: Rosie Leutzinger Phone: 206-685-3119 Email: [email protected] Website: www.GoHuskies.com 2010 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 22-1 Overall; 0-0 Pac-10 NO. 1 HUSKIES WRAP UP TOURNAMENT PLAY AT Date Opponent Time/Result KAJIKAWA CLASSIC - Tempe, Ariz. 2/11 Auburn W, 5-0 JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC IN FULLERTON 2/12 Ohio W, 4-3 2/12 #RV Nevada W, 8-0 (6) 2/13 #RV Cal State Northridge W, 10-5 JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC - FULLERTON, CALIF. - MARCH 18-21, 2010 2/14 #RV Notre Dame W, 5-0 CAMPBELL CARTIER CLASSIC - San Diego, Calif. 2/19 Utah State L, 7-4 No. 1 Washington Huskies 2/19 UC Santa Barbara W, 9-1 (5) 2010 - 22-1 2/20 Western Kentucky Cancelled 2009 - 51-12 2/20 @ #RV San Diego State W, 5-0 National Champions 2/21 Penn State Cancelled CATHEDRAL CITY CLASSIC - Palm Springs, Calif. 2/25 #RV/25 BYU W, 8-0 (6) OPPONENTS 2/26 #12/9 Oklahoma W, 7-4 2/27 #19/21 Fresno State W, 10-2 (5) 2/27 #RV Oklahoma State W, 9-4 2/28 UC Davis W, 9-1 (6) BANK OF HAWAI’I INVITATIONAL - Honolulu, Hawaii 3/5 East Carolina W, 6-0 3/6 Seattle University W, 12-0 (5) 3/6 @ Hawai’i 1-0 (8) 3/7 Seattle W, 11-2 (5) New Mexico #RV DePaul # 23 Louisiana-Lafayette Utah Purdue 3/7 @ Hawai’i W, 8-4 Thursday, March 18 Friday, March 19 Friday, March 19 Saturday, March 20 Sunday, March 21 HUSKY SOFTBALL CLASSIC - Seattle, Wash. 8:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 3/11 Miami (OH) W, 3-0 3/12 Miami (OH) W, 6-3 2010 - 9-12 2010: 11-8 2010: 15-7 2010: 10-10 2010: 8-11 3/13 Portland State W, 5-0 2009 - 13-35 2009: 39-14 (NCAA) 2009: 45-13 (NCAA) 2009: 22-31 2009: 31-20 (NCAA) 3/13 Seattle University W, 5-1 3/14 Seattle University W, 8-3 THIS WEEK JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC - Fullerton, Calif. After a perfect 5-0 weekend in the Husky Softball Classic in their 2010 home debut, the No. 1 Washington softball team 3/18 New Mexico 8:15 p.m. hits the road again to complete tournament play at the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, Calif. The Huskies head into 3/19 #RV DePaul (KKNW) 1:30 p.m. the tournament with a 22-1 record, slightly better than their 20-2 mark heading into the same tournament last year. 3/19 #23/RV Louisiana-Lafayette (KKNW) 3:45 p.m. UW is riding a 17-game winning streak, the fourth longest in school history, and should they win all fi ve games this 3/20 Utah (KKNW) 1:30 p.m. 3/21 Purdue (KKNW) 1:30 p.m. weekend they would sit one shy of the longest streak in school history. The Huskies will play three teams that advanced 3/27 @ Portland State 1:00 p.m. to the 2009 NCAA Tournament, including No. 23 Louisiana Lafayette, a College World Series participant as recently as 3/27 @ Portland State 3:00 p.m. 2008. UW will play one game Thursday night against New Mexico before a doubleheader Friday against DePaul and 4/1 #5/6 UCLA * 6:00 p.m. ULL. The Huskies complete play with single games on Saturday and Sunday against Utah and Purdue, respectively. 4/2 #5/6 UCLA * (KKNW/UWTV) 6:00 p.m. 4/3 #5/6 UCLA * (KKNW/UWTV) 12:00 p.m. TOURNAMENT AT A GLANCE 4/9 #2/2 Arizona * 6:00 p.m. The Huskies have played in the prestigious Judi Garman Classic in each of the 18 years of the program. Last year, UW 4/10 #2/2 Arizona * (UWTV) 4:00 p.m. went 4-1 in the tournament, defeating a trio of ranked teams in Michigan, Florida State and Fresno State along with 4/11 #2/2 Arizona * (UWTV) 12:00 p.m. 4/16 @ #RV/25 Oregon * 6:00 p.m. Penn State before dropping the fi nale to host CS Fullerton. All-time the Huskies are 66-24 in the tournament named 4/17 @ #RV/25 Oregon * 1:00 p.m. after the long-time Titans head coach. UW has gone undefeated fi ve times in the tourney, including 1998 (5-0), 2000 4/18 @ #RV/25 Oregon * 12:00 p.m. (7-0), 2002 (5-0), 2003 (3-0) and 2004 (5-0). The Huskies were named winners of the tournament in 2000 and '04. The 4/23 @ #13/12 California * 3:00 p.m. 2000 team - also ranked No. 1 at the time - won the tournament to improve their record to 31-1 and extend their school- 4/24 @ #13/12 California * 1:00 p.m. record winning streak to 22 games (which would end two games later), a streak UW will try to inch closer to this week. 4/25 @ #13/12 California * 12:00 p.m. 4/30 Oregon State * (KKNW) 6:00 p.m. LISTEN LIVE 5/1 Oregon State * (KKNW/UWTV) 4:00 p.m. The Huskies' fl agship station, KKNW-1150 AM, will air four of this weekend's games live, with Mike Brown and John 5/2 Oregon State * (KKNW/UWTV) 12:00 p.m. 5/7 #10/11 Stanford * (KKNW/FSN-TV)) 6:00 p.m. Cowley calling the action. Friday, Saturday and Sunday's games will all air live on the Seattle station. Go to GoHuskies. 5/8 #10/11 Stanford * (KKNW/UWTV) 4:00 p.m. com for a link to all the action. 5/9 #10/11 Stanford * (KKNW/UWTV) 12:00 p.m. 5/13 @ #7/10 Arizona State * 7:00 p.m. BECOME A HUSKY FAN ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER 5/14 @ #7/10 Arizona State * 7:00 p.m. Fans can follow the Husky softball team and receive updates throughout the season on the UW Softball Twitter page 5/15 @ #7/10 Arizona State * 12:00 p.m. by logging on to www.twitter.com/UWSoftball. Head coach Heather Tarr and National Player of the Year Danielle 5/21-23 NCAA Regionals TBA Lawrie have their own Twitter accounts as well and fans can follow them at www.twitter.com/CoachTarr and www. 5/28-30 NCAA Super Regionals TBA twitter.com/daniellelawrie5. 6/3-10 Women’s College World Series TBA The Huskies can also be found on Facebook via the Washington Softball fan page at www.facebook.com/ All Times Pacifi c Home games in bold * indicates Pac-10 game Rankings listed: NFCA/ESPN UWHuskySoftball. To become a fan of Danielle Lawrie, go to http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Danielle- Lawrie/99278307506. University of Washington Athletics • Athletic Communications • 229 Graves Building • Box 354070 • Seattle, WA 98195-4070 UW SOFTBALL MARCH 16, 2010 HUSKIES IN THE POLLS LAST WEEK The Huskies made their 2010 home debut, revealing their brand new lights - not to mention an attractive purple NFCA/USA Today Top 25 (3/16) outfi eld wall with a fresh National Championship banner - at the Husky Softball Classic. Danielle Lawrie was lights out in the fi rst night game in Husky Softball Stadium history, fi ring her second perfect game of the year in a 3-0 victory over Miami (OH). UW went 5-0 over the weekend, with freshman Baily Harris going 3-0 and Lawrie RANK TEAM RECORD PRV. going 2-0, with her second victory nearly perfect as well. She took another perfect game into the seventh inning 1. Washington (30) 22-1 1 but after returing 41 batters in a row dating back to the Hawaii Invitational, Portland State managed two hits in 2. Arizona 22-1 2 the seventh inning to break the string. Lawrie did maintain the shutout to improve her record to 14-0 and lowered 3. Missouri 16-2 3 her ERA to 0.99. She did not walk a batter in her two starts to give her 160 strikeouts and just seven walks all year. 4. Michigan 18-4 5 Kimi Pohlman led the Huskies at the plate, batting .533 (8-for-15) with six runs and three stolen bases. She had a 5. UCLA 17-4 7 career day on Sunday, going 4-for-4 with three runs and two stolen bases. Niki Williams also had a big weekend, 6. Florida 18-3 4 batting .467 with a home run and fi ve RBI while Jenn Salling and Shawna Wright each drove in six runs, with 7. Arizona St. 24-2 8 Salling belting a pair of long balls. 8. Alabama 17-6 10 9. Georgia 19-3 6 HUSKIES IN THE RANKINGS 10. Stanford 15-3 9 The Huskies still hold the No. 1 spot in both national polls for the sixth straight week and are the unanimous choice 11. Oklahoma 21-3 12 in the NFCA poll for the fi fth time this year and the third week in a row. UW came one vote shy of the unanimous 12. Georgia Tech 22-3 11 sport in the ESPN.com/USA Today poll, with No. 2 Arizona receiving the other vote. 13. California 17-4 13 14. LSU 21-4 14 The Huskies started the season ranked No. 1 for the fi rst time in school history, earning the top spot unanimously in 15.