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8 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS ('91, '93, '94, '96, '97, '01, '06, '07) • 10 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 22 WCWS APPEARANCES • 30 CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 95 ALL-AMERICANS Twitter: @UA_Softball • Instagram: @UA_Softball • Snapchat: UA_Softball • YouTube: Arizona Softball SID Contact: Danny Martinez • [email protected] • 520-621-0084 • www.ArizonaWildcats.com 2017 ARIZONA WILDCATS Overall (NFCA Rank) 45-4 (3rd) #3 ARIZONA vs. #23 ARIZONA STATE Pac-12 (Standing) 15-3 (1st) Home 24-1 ARPIL 28-30 • HILLENBRAND STADIUM Road (Away + Neutral) 21-3 WILDCATS SUN DEVILS vs. Ranked 9-4 45-4 (15-3) Record (Pac-12) 27-14 (6-9) 3 | 2 | 2 NFCA | USA | RPI 23 | 23 | 22 FEBRUARY (15-1) .346 (4th) Team Avg (NCAA) .286 (99th) 9 Fordham! W, 8-1 82 (1st) Home Runs (NCAA) 33 (22nd) 10 Cal State Northridge! W, 6-0 1.17 (2nd) Team ERA (NCAA) 1.79 (21st) 11 (21) Baylor! W, 4-0 .977 (10th) Team Fld% (NCAA) .972 (31st) 11 (RV) Northwestern! W, 11-3 (5) 92 (2) Wins in Series (2016) 51 (1) 12 (RV) Tulsa! W, 10-2 (6) 4-1 (NMSU/Oregon) Last Week 1-2 (Utah) 16 Drake% W, 7-0 17 Ball State% W, 9-1 (6) THE GAMES 17 Abilene Christian% W, 7-0 Date Time (MST) (Rank) Opponent Location 18 Drake% W, 21-0 (5) 19 North Dakota State% W, 2-1 Friday, April 28 6 p.m. (23) ASU Tucson, Ariz. (Hillenbrand Stadium) 18 Boston College% W, 12-2 (5) Saturday, April 29 6 p.m. (23) ASU Tucson, Ariz. (Hillenbrand Stadium) 23 Louisville# W, 5-3 Sunday, April 30 5 p.m. (23) ASU Tucson, Ariz. (Hillenbrand Stadium) 23 (23) BYU# W, 9-0 (6) 24 Purdue# W, 13-1 (5) FOLLOW THE CATS 25 LIU Brooklyn# W, 21-2 (5) 25 (1) Florida State# L, 0-1 T.V.: Pac-12 Networks (pac-12.com/live) MARCH (20-0) Live Stats: arizonalivestats.com 3 (RV) Texas W, 3-0 4 (RV) Texas W, 2-1 Radio: 1400 AM (Derrick Palmer) 5 (RV) Texas W, 4-2 Live Updates: Twitter: @UA_Softball 10 @ Cal State Northridge^ W, 10-1 (6) 10 Quinnipiac^ W, 7-1 11 Hartford^ W, 18-0 (5) THIS WEEK: It's senior weekend for third-ranked Arizona (45-4, 15-3 Pac-12), which hosts rival Arizona 11 Cal State Bakersfi eld^ W, 8-0 (6) State for the fi nal regular season series at Hillenbrand Stadium in 2017. Arizona will celebrate the careers 12 @ Loyola Marymount^ W, 10-0 (5) of its eight seniors, Nancy Bowling, Alexis Dotson, Michelle Floyd, Katiyana Mauga, Mo Mercado, Danielle 12 Bryant^ W, 5-0 O'Toole, Mandie Perez and Eva Watson in a postgame ceremony on Sunday. The Wildcats will look to carry 14 (9) Oklahoma& W, 4-3 momentum from a series win over sixth-ranked Oregon into its three-game Territorial Cup series vs. ASU. 14 @ Long Beach State& W, 4-0 The Wildcats meet the Sun Devils on Friday (6 p.m.), Saturday (6 p.m.) and Sunday (5 p.m.) in a series tele- 17 @ Oregon State* W, 6-2 18 @ Oregon State* W, 7-1 vised on the Pac-12 Networks. 19 @ Oregon State* W, 7-4 (8) 24 (6) Washington* W, 3-0 CATS AT A GLANCE 25 (6) Washington* W, 12-0 (5) • Arizona is off to its best 49-game start (45-4) and 18-game conference start (15-3) since 2004. Arizo- 26 (6) Washington* W, 5-2 na's 45 victories already eclipse its last six seasons' win totals. 29 Grand Canyon W, 6-2 29 Grand Canyon W, 13-0 (5) • The Wildcats are second in the NCAA RPI, a metric relied on heavily for seeding the NCAA Tournament. 31 @ (RV) California* W, 7-0 The Pac-12 has four teams in the top seven in the rankings. Arizona was second in the NCAA Softball APRIL (10-3) Committee's initial top-10 rankings. 1 @ (RV) California* W, 6-0 2 @ (RV) California* W, 6-1 • Arizona has fi ve fi nalists for USA Softball Player of the Year (Katiyana Mauga, Mo Mercado, Danielle 7 Stanford* W, 20-1 (5) O'Toole, Mandie Perez and Taylor McQuillin), the most in the NCAA. The Wildcats also have the most 8 Stanford* W, 12-0 (5) fi nalists for NFCA DI Freshman of the Year, three (Jessie Harper, Dejah Mulipola and Alyssa Palomino). 9 Stanford* W, 8-0 (5) • Four seniors were selected in this week's NPF Draft, the most of any school in the country (no other 13 @ (14) Utah* W, 5-1 14 @ (14) Utah* L, 3-6 school had more than two). UA had three of the fi rst nine picks and four of the fi rst 19 overall. Katiya- 15 @ (14) Utah* L, 2-3 na Mauga (#6) went to the Texas Charge, Danielle O'Toole (#8) went to the Chicago Bandits and Mo 18 @ New Mexico State W, 8-0 (6) Mercado (#9) and Mandie Perez (#19) went to the USSSA Pride. 18 @ New Mexico State W, 11-1 21 (6) Oregon* W, 2-0 22 (6) Oregon* W, 10-7 PROJECTED LINEUP 23 (6) Oregon* L, 3-4 Player Pos. Yr. Hometown Avg. R 2B HR RBI OPS SB-ATT 28 (23) Arizona State* 6 p.m. 1. Mandie Perez LF Sr. Whittier, Calif. .396 58 8 4 33 1.043 5-5 29 (23) Arizona State* 6 p.m. 2. Dejah Mulipola C Fr. Garden Grove, Calif. .357 50 11 11 46 1.146 1-2 30 (23) Arizona State* 5 p.m. 3. Katiyana Mauga 3B Sr. San Diego, Calif. .361 40 6 21 53 1.414 0-0 MAY (0-0) 5 @ UCLA* 5 p.m. 4. Mo Mercado SS Sr. Temecula, Calif. .407 31 12 9 47 1.146 0-0 6 @ UCLA* 6 p.m. 5. Jessie Harper 1B Fr. Stevenson Ranch, Calif. .331 31 10 16 39 1.118 0-0 7 @ UCLA* 1 p.m. 6. Alyssa Palomino CF Fr. Mission Viejo, Calif. .322 48 11 15 53 1.183 1-1 19-21 NCAA Regionals 7. Tamara Statman DP So. Scottsdale, Ariz. .303 20 7 2 20 .882 0-0 26-28 NCAA Super Regionals 8. Reyna Carranco 2B Fr. Oxnard, Calif. .306 28 3 1 14 .804 0-1 JUNE (0-0) 1-7 Women’s College World Series 9. Ashleigh Hughes RF Jr. Antelope, Calif. .384 27 2 1 14 .849 5-5 Home; Neutral site; (NFCA Ranking) ! - Hillenbrand Invitational // Tucson, Ariz. PITCHERS % - Wildcat Invitational // Tucson, Ariz. Player R/L Yr. Hometown W-L ERA SO IP Opp. Avg. # - Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic // Palm Springs, Calif. 3 Danielle O'Toole LHP Sr. Upland, Calif. 24-3 0.93 171 172.1 .174 ^ - CSUN/LMU Tournament // Northridge/Los Angeles 18 Taylor McQuillin LHP So. Mission Viejo, Calif. 15-1 1.52 131 92.0 .180 & - Long Beach Doubleheader // Long Beach, Calif. 6 Nancy Bowling RHP Sr. Simi Valley, Calif. 5-0 2.03 28 31.0 .179 * - Pac-12 Game Times local to site 94 Michelle Floyd RHP Sr. San Marino, Calif. 1-0 0.00 13 16.1 .127 1 8 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS ('91, '93, '94, '96, '97, '01, '06, '07) • 10 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 22 WCWS APPEARANCES • 30 CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 95 ALL-AMERICANS QUICK FACTS • Katiyana Mauga is heating up. She has 11 home runs in her last 47 at-bats, hitting .468 with 24 RBI in those 15 games. She has been named Pac-12 Player of the Week three of the last four weeks and four times overall this season. GENERAL INFORMATION • Mauga hit fi ve home runs last week, including her 88th career homer in the series clincher vs. Oregon. Location Tucson, Ariz. That broke the Arizona career record and moved her to within seven of the NCAA mark. She leads the Enrollment 40,200 Pac-12 and is second in the country with 21 home runs; she's the only player in NCAA history with Nickname Wildcats 20-plus homers in every season in her career. Colors Cardinal and Navy • Through 49 games this season, Arizona has outscored its opposition by more than 300 runs (383-61). Conference Pac-12 Its off ense has hit more home runs (NCAA-most 82) than its opponents have total runs (61). UA has Home Field Hillenbrand Stadium (2,956) nearly 200 more hits (449) than its opponent has total bases (282). President Ann Weaver Hart • All four of Arizona's losses are to teams currently ranked in the top 10, and three of those losses came Athletics Director Dave Heeke by one run. The Wildcats have played 11 games against current top-10 teams and are 7-4. Faculty Representative Jory Hancock • Head coach Mike Candrea became the fi rst coach in NCAA softball history to reach 1,500 Division I SWA/Senior Assoc. A.D. Erika Barnes victories earlier this season vs. Washington. Candrea, who is 1,513-383-2 (.800), trails only Michigan's Carol Hutchins (1,518 wins) in NCAA history. Candrea's victories have occurred over 30 years of coach- COACHING STAFF ing while Hutchins is in her 34th year (including a season in a lower NCAA division). Head Coach Mike Candrea • Candrea is the fastest coach in NCAA history, in any sport, in any division, to record 1,500 career wins. Alma Mater Arizona State ‘78 • UA leads the Pac-12 in batting average (.346), slugging percentage (.608), on-base percentage (.443), Year at Arizona 32nd year runs scored (383), hits (449), RBI (346), doubles (77), home runs (82), walks (211), ERA (1.17), opposing Division I Record 1,513-383-2 batting average (.174), strikeouts (343) and fi elding percentage (.977).