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Arizona Softball (5-0) Feb. 9, 2004 Contact: Jessica Fish (520-621-4163; [email protected] Cats At Fiesta Bowl Tournament in Phoenix Friday, Feb. 12 Texas A&M-n 2:45 p.m. Rose Mofford Sports Complex, Phoenix Friday, Feb. 12 Texas State-n 4:45 p.m. Rose Mofford Sports Complex, Phoenix Saturday, Feb. 14 ^Dayton-n 3:15 p.m. Rose Mofford Sports Complex, Phoenix Saturday, Feb. 14 ^Texas-n 5:15 p.m. Rose Mofford Sports Complex, Phoenix Sunday, Feb. 15 ^Nevada-n 10:30 a.m. Rose Mofford Sports Complex, Phoenix Sunday, Feb. 15 ^Western Michigan-n 12:30 p.m. Rose Mofford Sports Complex, Phoenix This Week Wildcat Softball Notes The Arizona softball team heads to Phoenix to take part in the …The big scoring margins in several of the opening- Fiesta Bowl Tournament hosted by Arizona State. All of UA’s six weekend games gave UA three run-rule contests of five innings games will be held at the Rose Mofford Sports Complex, 9833 N. out of five games. UA outscored New Mexico 23-0 in two 25th Ave., between Dunlap and Peoria Avenues about a half mile games… east of I-17. The competition includes No. 10 Texas, No. 18 …Alicia Hollowell passed the career 400 strikeout level Texas A&M and Texas State, which also received votes in the last week. The sophomore has 441 in 52 games, No. 5 in UA NFCA poll. UA could face 2003 Player of the Year Cat history. She could end up No. 4 by season’s end, with her coach, Osterman, Texas’ pitching ace. Nancy Evans (733), ahead of her in that spot… Her career won- loss record: 44-5… The Coach …Mackenzie Vandergeest’s eight RBIs in the five Arizona’s Mike Candrea carries a career record of 982-191 in 18 games last week pushed her to No. 7 on UA’s career chart, years at UA, but puts it on hold this season while he’s on partial trailing Olympian Jennie Finch (195) in the No. 6 spot… leave to be head coach of the U.S. Olympic Team. The eight-time …Arizona’s Caitlin Lowe and Autumn Champion give Pac-10 Coach of the Year is a member of the National Fastpitch the club superb speed in the top two spots in the order. Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He has led Arizona to six Champion led off last year as a freshman and earned All-America national championships and seven Pac-10 titles. Candrea has led honors with her short-game ability. Lowe is faster. UA stole a UA to 16 consecutive College World Series. combined 75 bases in the past two years but has nine in nine tries this year, led by Lowe (3-3) and Champion (2-2). Third The Coaches baseman Jackie Coburn got in the act last week and also has two Larry Ray (Idaho State ’74) is 5-0 in his early tenure as acting SBs. Coach Larry Ray has long been a proponent of the short head coach of the Wildcats. Including five seasons (four of game and appears to have some weapons to employ it more competition) building a Florida program he has a career record of effectively this year… Lowe has an early on-base percentage of 174-106. His work with the Arizona program dates to 1986 and .588, and as a pure lead-off hitter – starting an inning – she’s 5- he was Candrea’s top assistant for 10 years. Acting associate for-7 this year… head coach Nancy Evans, a former Honda Award winner as a …All-American junior outfielder Courtney Fossatti will player, has been an assistant at UA since 1999. take a medical redshirt season in 2004 while rehabilitating after off-season ankle surgery. She hit .327 as a sophomore, batting in Last Week the No. 2 spot in the lineup… UA opened the season in solid fashion, outscoring opponents 42- …Wendy Allen’s pitching against UNLV last week was a 3 in five games in its Pepsi Arizona Softball Classic. The Cats good sign for UA, as was Leslie Wolfe’s three-strikeout inning in shut out Cal State Northridge twice and New Mexico once. Alicia the Pepsi title game. Pitching coach Nancy Evans and Larry Ray Hollowell earned four victories without allowing a run, earned or want to give Hollowell a bit less work than she had last year – 297 otherwise, striking out 47 in 21.1 innings pitched. Soph infielder innings, just four shy of the school record held by Teresa Cherry Shelly Schultz started hot, with seven hits for a .636 average (301.1 in 1988), UA’s workhorse hurler in UA’s first College World including a pair of home runs. Freshman center fielder Caitlin Series season… Allen leads the club with 5 RBI in six Lowe showed she comes as advertised with eight hits (.533), opportunities with runners on third and less than two outs, plus a nine runs, three stolen bases and a walk-off homer out of the 9-for-12 effort advancing runners. Autumn Champion leads in lead-off spot. Utility player Wendy Allen hit .385 and drove in nine that category with 8 successes in 10 tries, one reason she runs. Mackenzie Vandergeest hit two home runs and had eight appears to be solid in the set-up role batting second… RBI. Hollowell struck out 47 of the 69 batters she faced. Allen …A trio of UA players had hits in their first at-bats as gave UA a solid pitching performance against UNLV with a three- Wildcats – senior Samantha Quintero, freshman Cortney Nix and hit outing in five innings. freshman Annalyn Hollingsworth… Probable Lineup – Caitlin Lowe-cf, Autumn Champion- The Rankings lf, Wendy Allen-dh/1b, Mackenzie Vandergeest-c, Shelly Schultz- 1b/2b, Jackie Coburn-3b, Kristie Fox-ss, Samantha Quintero-2b, Arizona was ranked No. 2 in the preseason NFCA poll, and No. 3 in the ESPN/USA Softball poll. UA has been ranked steadily Crystal Farley-rf, Alicia Hollowell-p. Reserves: Leslie Wolfe-p, since 1988. Candace Abrams-rf/ph, Allyson Von Liechtenstein-ph/of, Erin Palomarez-ph/1b, Cortney Nix-pr, Jennifer Martinez-ph/inf, Betsy USA Softball Player of Year ‘Watch List’ Wilson-pr/ph, Annalyn Hollingsworth-ph/pr. Three players have been named to the ‘watch list’ for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award, won in its inaugural season last year On Deck: After the Fiesta Bowl Tournament, Arizona will travel to Big by Texas’ Cat Osterman. Sophomore pitcher Alicia Hollowell, senior League Dreams Sports Park near Palm Springs, Calif., for the Palm catcher Mackenzie Vandergeest and freshman outfielder Caitlin Lowe Springs Classic, hosted by Oregon State. UA will face Penn State, were among 15 Pac-10 players on the list, which will be trimmed to 25 on Georgia, Alabama, Cal State Fullerton and Boston College Feb. 20-22. April 6, to 10 on April 28 and to three finalists on May 11. 2004 Arizona Softball Schedule, Results Overall: 5-0 Pac-10: 0-0 Home: 5-0 Road: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 Away (inc neutral): 0-0 vs. Ranked: 0-0 TIMES LISTED ARE SITE TIMES Date Opponent (rank) Atten. Score/Inn WP LP Hits 2-6 New Mexico 876 12-0 (5) Hollowell Dumas 9/1 Date Opponent Atten. Score/Inn WP LP Hits 2-6 Mississippi “ 3-2 Hollowell Callahan 6/7 4-28 *Arizona State 7 p.m. 2-7 Cal State Northridge 904 6-0 Hollowell Wheeler 12/3 4-30 *California 7 p.m. 2-7 Nevada Las Vegas “ 10-1 (5) Allen Kerrigan 10/3 5-1 *Stanford 7 p.m. 2-8 New Mexico 751 11-0 (5) Hollowell Ogas 10/1 5-2 *Stanford 1 p.m. 2-13 ^Texas A&M-n 2:45 p.m. 5-7 *Oregon 7 p.m. 2-13 ^Texas State-n 4:45 p.m. 5-8 *Oregon State 7 p.m. 2-14 ^Dayton-n 3:15 p.m. 5-9 *Oregon State 1 p.m. 2-14 ^Texas-n 5:15 p.m. 5-14 *at UCLA 2 p.m. 2-15 ^Nevada-n 10:30 a.m. 5-15 *at Washington 12 noon 2-15 ^Western Michigan-n 12:30 p.m. 5-15 *at Washington 2 p.m. 2-20 %Penn State-n 10:30 a.m. PDT May-20-23 +NCAA Regionals 2-20 %Georgia-n 1 p.m. PDT May 27-31 ++NCAA Championships 2-21 %Alabama-n 10:30 a.m. PDT 2-21 %Cal State Fullerton-n 3 p.m. PDT Total Home Attendance: 2,531 in three home dates: Average: 844 2-22 %Boston College 9 a.m. PDT 2-27 &Boston University 3 p.m. ^=Fiesta Bowl Tournament, Phoenix; %=Palm Springs Classic, Cathedral City, Calif.; 2-27 &Stanford 5 p.m. &=Worth Wildcat Invitational, Tucson, Ariz.; #=Hillenbrand Invitational, Tucson, Ariz.; 2-28 &Oklahoma State 3 p.m. $=KIA Klassic, Fullerton, Calif.; +=NCAA Regional, TBA.; ++=NCAA Women’s College World 2-28 &South Florida 5 p.m. Series, Oklahoma City, Okla. 2-29 BU/SU/OSU/or USF 10 a.m. or 12 noon 3-5 #Iowa 3 p.m. 2004 Arizona Numerical Softball Roster 3-5 #North Texas 5 p.m. No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Yr. Exp Hometown/School 3-6 #Indiana 3 p.m. 00 Autumn Champion of L/R 5-5 So. 1L Tustin, Calif./Foothill HS 3-6 #Georgia Tech 5 p.m. 2 Wendy Allen p/1b L/L 5-2 Sr.