2007 Sun Devil Week 5 - March 5 - 11, 2007 Pac-10 vs. Big XII Tournament • Tempe, Ariz. • Mar. 9-11

2007 Season Results #3/6 Softball Hosts Pac-10 Vs. Big XII Tourna- Overall Record: 22-2 ment Pac-10 Record: 0-0 DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/W-L This Week Feb. 8 NW St. (DH) Farrington W; 8-0 & 10-1 The Arizona State Sun Devil Softball team will host their fourth Feb. 9-11 Kajikawa Classic Tempe, Ariz. 6 Wins tournament of the 2007 season which will see the Pac-10 face Feb. 16-18 Littlewood Classic Farrington 5 Wins off with the Big XII in the battle of conferences as Washington Feb. 23-25 Palm Springs Cla. Palm Springs, Ca. 4 W, 1 L and ASU take on Texas Tech and Missouri. The tournament will Mar. 2-4 Wilson/DiMarini Cla. Farrington 4 W, 1 L run March 9-11 with Both Pac-10 teams facing both Big XII teams Mar. 7 Creighton Farrington W; 4-0 Friday and Saturday before entering a playoff round on Sunday. Mar. 9-11 Pac-10 vs. Big XII Farrington All Day For a full tournament schedule please scroll to the end of this re- Mar. 15-18 Judi Garmen Classic Fullerton, Calif. All Day lease or visit the ASU Softball home page on the sundevils.com. Mar. 21 UTEP (DH) El Paso, Texas 2&4 pm Mar. 22 BYU Farrington 7:00 pm Series History Mar. 23-25 Diamond Devil Invt. Farrington All Day Since 1982, the Sun Devils have compiled a fl awless 5-0 series history Mar. 30 UCLA* Westwood, Calif. 1:00 pm over the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Their last match-up in 2004 saw ASU Mar. 31 Washington* Seattle, Wash. 1:00 pm take the win 3-0. Apr. 1 Washington* Seattle, Wash. 1:00 pm Apr. 6 Arizona* Tucson, Ariz. 7:00 pm Against Missouri the Sun Devils are nearly neck-and-neck as ASU holds Apr. 7 Arizona* Tucson, Ariz. 7:00 pm a slim 6-5 series history record over the Tigers. The last meetings in Apr. 13 Cal* Farrington 7:00 pm 2004 saw them split a two-game series 1-1 with both teams run ruling Apr. 14 Stanford* Farrington 7:00 pm each other. ASU winning 8-0 in the fi rst match-up, and the Tigers 10-1 Apr. 15 Stanford* Farrington 1:00 pm in the next. Apr. 18 Arizona* Farrington 7:00 pm Apr. 20 Oregon* Farrington 7:00 pm Up Next Apr. 21 Oregon State* Farrington 7:00 pm The Sun Devils the road for only the second time on the season as Apr. 22 Oregon State* Farrington 1:00 pm they take off for Fullerton, Calif. to compete in Cal State Fullerton’s Judi Apr. 24 UNLV (DH) Farrington 3&5 pm Garman Classic March 15-18. Before heading into pool play the Sun Apr. 27 Stanford* Palo Verde, Calif. 7:00 pm Devils will face off against Notre Dame, Fresno State and Louisiana- Apr. 28 Cal* Berkeley, Calif. 1:00 pm Lafayette. Apr. 29 Cal* Berkeley, Calif. 1:00 pm May 4 Oregon State* Corvallis, Ore. 3:00 pm Where they Stack up May 5 Oregon* Eugene, Ore. 1:00 pm As always, the Sun Devils will play one of the toughest sched- May 6 Oregon* Eugene, Ore. 1:00 pm ules in the country, with the always powerful Pac-10 Conference May 10 Washington* Farrington 7:00 pm schedule. Currently, the Pac-10 has all eight teams ranked in the May 11 UCLA* Farrington 7:00 pm top 25, with two in the Top-10 alone. May 12 UCLA* Farrington 1:00 pm May 18-20 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA May 25-26 NCAA Super Reg. TBA TBA May 31-June 6 WCWS Oklahoma City, OK All Day

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Quick Facts Non-Stop Until they reach the top 2007 Facts In the fi rst polls of 2006, the Sun Devils were ranked fi fth 2007 Overall Record: ...... 22-2 2007 Pac-10 Record/Standing: ...... 0-0/1st in in both the NFCA and USA Softball polls. Week Two saw 2007 NFCA/USA Softball Team Ranking: ...... #3/6 them jump up to No. 2, while last week saw ASU remain 2 in the NFCA poll and slip to #3 in the USA Softball Poll, despite 2006 Review being undefeated at 13-0. Last week even after a loss to 2006 Record: ...... 53-15 2006 Conference Record/Finish: ...... 11-10/4th Northwestern, the Sun Devils remained No. 2 in the NFCA 2006 Postseason Record: ...... 6-2 Poll and slipped to No. 4 on the USA Softball Poll. Currently 2006 Postseason Finish: ...... WCWS (Fifth) after suffering their second loss, the Sun Devils are now 2006 Final Ranking: ...... 6th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ...... 7/1 holding a #3 and #6 ranking in the polls. Last year, the Sun Devils fi nished ranked 6th in the country after posting an Coaching 53-15 overall record and advancing to the NCAA Women’s Head Coach: ...... Clint Myers, 2nd Year Career Record: ...... 534-58 College World Series for the fi fth time. The Sun Devils have Record at ASU: ...... 53-15 now made two consecutive postseason appearances and Assistant Coach: ...... Robert Wagner, 2nd Year 20 since 1982, the fi fth most in NCAA history. Assistant Coach: ...... Kirsten Voak, 2nd Year

History Leaders of the Pac NCAA Appearances: ...... 20 After only three weeks of play the Sun Devils are already Best Finish: ...... Five WCWS (82, 87, 99, 02, 06) fi nding themselves at the top of the Pac-10. Leading in School Information wins, the Sun Devils are also dotting their names in indi- Home Facility: ...... Farrington Stadium (1,535) vidual standings. Kaitlin Cochran is leading in batting av- Founded: ...... 1885 erage (.514), second in (.829), fi rst in Enrollment: ...... 63,278 Conference: ...... Pacifi c-10 on-base percentage (.585), fi rst in runs scored (26), fi rst in Nickname: ...... Sun Devils hits (36), third in RBIs (23), and in doubles (6) and fi rst in Colors: ...... Maroon and Gold with 58. President: ...... Dr. Michael Crow Vice President for Athletics: ...... Lisa Love is no slouch on the mound either as she is Sports Information Department fouth in the Pac-10 in ERA (1.09), fouth in batters struck out W. Tennis SID: ...... Kerry Howe Howe’s Email: ...... [email protected] (116), fourth in batters struck out looking (25), sixth in wins Howe’s Offi ce Phone: ...... 480-965-1237 (9) and third in runs allowed (11). Howe’s Cell Phone: ...... 480-254-8345 SID Offi ce Phone: ...... 480-965-6592 SID Offi ce Fax: ...... 480-965-5408 Web Site: ...... www.thesundevils.com Mailing Address: ...... PO Box 872502 ...... Tempe, AZ, 85287-2505

On offense, ASU is second in the Pac-10 in batting average (.329), slugging percentage (.533), on-base percentage (.432) and doubles (31). The Sun Devils lead the Pac in runs scored (152), hits (193), RBIs (147), home runs (27) and total bases (313).

On defense, ASU is leading the Pac-10 in opposing batting average (.182), wins (22) and doubles allowed (7) and batters struck out looking (54). 2007 Sun Devil Softball Week 5 • Mar. 5-11 2007 Page 3 2007 NFCA POLL Sun Devils to watch The Amateur Softball Association, the National Governing Body MARCH 7 of Softball in the United States, has selected its initial “Watch Rank Record School List” for the 6th Annual USA Softball National Collegiate Player of 1 20-0 Tennessee the Year Award. This award, which is considered one of the most prestigious honors in women’s collegiate softball, is designed to 2 14-3 Arizona* recognize outstanding athletic achievement by female collegiate 3 22-2 Arizona State* softball players across the country. Already on the list for this sea- son are junior pitcher, Katie Burkhart and sophomore First-Team T4 19-2 Texas A&M All-American, Kaitlin Cochran. The pair was also named to the ESPN.com Pre-season All-American List. T4 21-0 Alabama 6 23-0 Oklahoma At the Helm: Head Coach Clint Myers enters his second season as the leader of Sun Devil 7 15-5 Northwestern Softball after a 2006 campaign that saw the Sun Devils set offensive records in: wins with 47 (former record was 46 set in 2002), runs with 307 (former 8 17-3 Texas record was 294 in 1996), home runs 66 (former record was 45 set in 2003), 9 20-1 Michigan RBIs with 285 (former record was 259 in 1996), walks with 228 (former record was 180 in 2000) and pitched with 666 (former record was 415 in 10 21-3 LSU 2004 and 1999). The 2006 team also recorded an 11-10 record in conference play, their fi rst winning record in Pac-10 play since 1991, placing them fourth 11 15-2 Washington* in the Pac-10 after fi nishing last the year before and being picked to fi nish last 12 15-6 UCLA* in the coaches pre-season poll. 13 16-5 Stanford* 14 11-7 Oregon State* 15 20-4 ULL 16 20-4 Baylor 17 20-2 Oregon* 18 14-3 Southern Illinois 19 18-8 Florida 20 20-3 Georgia Tech 21 15-8 Georgia 22 15-5 Illinois State 23 13-9 California* 24 14-6 N.C. State 25 12-7 Florida State

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POLL - MARCH 6 2007 Roster Rank Record School Numerical 1 20-0 Tennessee No. Name Pos. B/T Hgt. Yr. Exp. 2 Caylyn Carlson IF R/R 5-3 Fr. HS 2 14-3 Arizona* 4 Megan Elliott P R/R 5-10 Fr. HS 3 21-0 Alabama 5 Rhiannon Baca SS S/R 5-6 Jr. 2V 4 19-2 Texas A&M 6 Himmita Hixson OF S/R 5-5 Sr. 3V 5 23-0 Oklahoma 7 Katie Burkhat P R/L 5-10 Jr. 2V 6 22-2 Arizona State* 8 Michelle Smith OF L/R 5-4 Sr. 3V 7 20-1 Michigan 9 Bianca Cruz 3B R/R 5-9 Sr. 1V 8 17-3 Texas 11 Kaycee Gamez SS R/R 5-7 Fr. HS 9 21-3 LSU 12 Jessica Mapes OF L/R 5-1 So. 1V T10 15-2 Washington* 14 Clarissa Andorfer-Lopez IF/OF L/R 5-2 Fr. HS T10 15-5 Northwestern 16 Kaitlin Cochran OF L/L 5-9 So. 1V 12 16-5 Stanford* 17 Marisa Trevino IF R/R 5-7 Sr. 1V 13 20-4 ULL 18 Heidi Knabe C R/R 5-10 Sr. 3V 14 20-4 Baylor 20 Brittney Matta C R/R 5-8 Fr. HS 15 20-2 Oregon* 21 Jackie Vasquez OF L/R 5-5 Jr. 1V 22 Mindy Cowles 2B R/R 5-3 Jr. 2V 16 15-6 UCLA* 23 Katie Crabb SS/3B R/R 5-11 Fr. HS 17 11-7 Oregon State* 33 Kristen Miller C R/R 5-9 Jr. 1V 18 15-5 Illinois State 99 Ashley Muenz IF R/R 5-4 Fr. HS 19 20-3 Georgia Tech 20 14-3 Southern Illinois 21 12-5 DePaul Head Coach: Clint Myers 2nd Year at ASU 22 13-8 California* Assistant Coaches: Robert Wagner, 2nd Year (Washington ‘95); Kirsten Voak, 2nd Year (Arizona State ‘02) 23 15-8 Georgia Director of Operations: Jim Beitia 24 18-8 Florida 25 14-6 N.C. State PAC 10 versus BIG XII CHALLENGE MARCH 9-11, 2007 FARRINGTON STADIUM/

ARIZONA STATE TEXAS TECH WASHINGTON MISSOURI

FRIDAY 12:00 Texas Tech vs. Washington

2:30 Missouri vs. Washington

5:00 Missouri vs. ASU

7:30 Texas Tech vs. ASU

SATURDAY 12:00 Missouri vs. Washington

2:30 Texas Tech vs. Washington

5:00 Texas Tech vs. ASU

7:30 Missouri vs. ASU

SUNDAY 10:00 Pac 10 #2 Seed vs. Big XII #2 Seed

12:00 Pac 10 #1 Seed vs. Big XII #1 Seed

• Team listed fi rst occupies 1B dugout • Underlined team is home team