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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 28-2 Overall; 0-0 Pac-10 NO. 1 HUSKIES OPEN CONFERENCE PLAY BY HOSTING Date Opponent Time/Result KAJIKAWA CLASSIC - Tempe, Ariz. 2/11 Auburn W, 5-0 NO. 5 UCLA 2/12 Ohio W, 4-3 2/12 #RV Nevada W, 8-0 (6) 2/13 #RV Cal State Northridge W, 10-5 No. 1 Washintgon vs. No. 5 UCLA 2/14 #RV Notre Dame W, 5-0 CAMPBELL CARTIER CLASSIC - San Diego, Calif. April 1-3, 2010 2/19 Utah State L, 7-4 2/19 UC Santa Barbara W, 9-1 (5) Husky Softball Stadium - Seattle, Wash. 2/20 Western Kentucky Cancelled 2/20 @ #RV San Diego State W, 5-0 2/21 Penn State Cancelled Thursday, April 1 - 6 p.m. • Friday, April 2 - 6 p.m. • Saturday, April 3 - Noon CATHEDRAL CITY CLASSIC - Palm Springs, Calif. 2/25 #RV/25 BYU W, 8-0 (6) No. 1 Washington Huskies No. 5 UCLA Bruins 2/26 #12/9 Oklahoma W, 7-4 2010 - 28-2 2/27 #19/21 Fresno State W, 10-2 (5) 2010 - 26-4 2/27 #RV Oklahoma State W, 9-4 2009 - 51-12 2009 - 45-11 2/28 UC Davis W, 9-1 (6) National Champions NCAA Super Regionals BANK OF HAWAI’I INVITATIONAL - Honolulu, Hawaii 3/5 East Carolina W, 6-0 THIS WEEK 3/6 Seattle University W, 12-0 (5) 3/6 @ Hawai’i 1-0 (8) After one of the most successful non-conference seasons in school history, the No. 1 Washington softball team (28-2) 3/7 Seattle W, 11-2 (5) will look to keep the momentum going as Pac-10 play begins this week with a three-game series against No. 5 UCLA 3/7 @ Hawai’i W, 8-4 (26-4). The series kicks off with the fi rst Pac-10 night game in Husky Softball Stadium history when the two national HUSKY SOFTBALL CLASSIC - Seattle, Wash. powers face off Thursday, April 1 at 6 p.m. The teams will face off against Friday at 6 p.m. before a Saturday matinee 3/11 Miami (OH) W, 3-0 at Noon. This weekend marks the fi rst week of the new revamped conference schedule, which features a single three- 3/12 Miami (OH) W, 6-3 game series against each team during the season. The Huskies and Bruins fi nished 1-2 in the Pac-10 last year with 3/13 Portland State W, 5-0 UCLA edging UW for the title, but the Huskies got the ultimate prize at the end of the season with their fi rst National 3/13 Seattle University W, 5-1 Championship. This week also kicks off a diffi cult four-week stretch for UW as they face No. 5 UCLA and No. 2 Arizona 3/14 Seattle University W, 8-3 JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC - Fullerton, Calif. in back-to-back weeks before hitting the road to face No 21 Oregon and No. 14 Cal. 3/18 New Mexico W, 10-1 (5) 3/19 #RV DePaul L, 5-3 CLASS OF 2009 RETURNS! 3/19 #23/RV Louisiana-Lafayette W, 8-0 (5) Thursday's Pac-10 opener will be a special night at Husky Softball Stadium as it is not only the fi rst conference night 3/20 Utah W, 8-0 (6) game in Husky Softball Stadium history, but the seven players who helped make those lights a reality will be back to 3/21 Purdue W, 12-4 (6) commemorate the day. The seven seniors from the 2009 National Championship winning team - Alicia Blake, Ashley 3/27 @ Portland State W, 3-2 Charters, Lauren Greer, Marnie Koziol, Dani Stuart, Jessica Ventoza and Ashlyn Watson - will all be present to help 3/27 @ Portland State W, 7-0 offi cially unveil the National Championship banner in the outfi eld and will also throw out the ceremonial fi rst pitch. 4/1 #5/5 UCLA * 6:00 p.m. 4/2 #5/5 UCLA * (KIXI/UWTV) 6:00 p.m. Blake will also sing the national anthem prior to Friday and Saturday's games. 4/3 #5/5 UCLA * (KKNW/UWTV) 12:00 p.m. 4/9 #3/2 Arizona * 6:00 p.m. It will be a busy weekend at the ballpark as the Husky Band will be in attendance on Thursday, which is also $1.00 4/10 #3/2 Arizona * (UWTV) 4:00 p.m. hot dog day. Thursday is also UW Faculty/Staff Day presented by WSECU, with free general admission available for 4/11 #3/2 Arizona * (UWTV) 12:00 p.m. the 6 p.m. game. 4/16 @ #RV/21 Oregon * 6:00 p.m. 4/17 @ #RV/21 Oregon * 1:00 p.m. LISTEN - OR WATCH - LIVE 4/18 @ #RV/21 Oregon * 12:00 p.m. The Huskies' fi nal two games this weekend can be seem or heard numerous ways if you can't make it out to the ballpark. 4/23 @ #14/14 California * 3:00 p.m. 4/24 @ #14/14 California * 1:00 p.m. The UW's campus television station, UWTV, will air the fi rst of eight live games during the conference season on Friday 4/25 @ #14/14 California * 12:00 p.m. and will also air Saturday's game live. Former Huskies Angie Mentink and Dena Tyson will call the action for the games 4/30 Oregon State * (KKNW) 6:00 p.m. all year. The last two games of each Pac-10 series this year will be shown live on UWTV with the games also re-airing 5/1 Oregon State * (KKNW/UWTV) 4:00 p.m. on a tape-delayed basis on both UWTV and Fox Sports Northwest. For more information, go to www.uwtv.org/softball. 5/2 Oregon State * (KKNW/UWTV) 12:00 p.m. 5/7 #9/11 Stanford * (KKNW/FSN-TV)) 6:00 p.m. Additionally, Friday and Saturday's games will air live on the radio, with KIXI 880-AM airing Friday's 6 p.m. contest 5/8 #9/11 Stanford * (KKNW/UWTV) 4:00 p.m. and KKNW 1150 AM airing Saturday's game, both of which will feature live commentary from Mike Brown and John 5/9 #9/11 Stanford * (KKNW/UWTV) 12:00 p.m. Cowley. Links for both broadcasts are available at GoHuskies.com. A live webcast with commentary will be available for 5/13 @ #7/10 Arizona State * 7:00 p.m. 5/14 @ #7/10 Arizona State * 7:00 p.m. Thursday's game at GoHuskies.com and Gametracker can be found on GoHuskies.com for the entire weekend of games. 5/15 @ #7/10 Arizona State * 12:00 p.m. 5/21-23 NCAA Regionals TBA BECOME A HUSKY FAN ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER 5/28-30 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Fans can follow the Husky softball team and receive updates throughout the season on the UW Softball Twitter page 6/3-10 Women’s College World Series TBA by logging on to www.twitter.com/UWSoftball. Head coach Heather Tarr and National Player of the Year Danielle Lawrie have their own Twitter accounts as well and fans can follow them at www.twitter.com/CoachTarr and www. All Times Pacifi c Home games in bold twitter.com/daniellelawrie5. The Huskies can also be found on Facebook via the Washington Softball fan page at * indicates Pac-10 game Rankings listed: NFCA/ESPN www.facebook.com/UWHuskySoftball. To become a fan of Danielle Lawrie, search Facebook for Danielle Lawrie. University of Washington Athletics • Athletic Communications • 229 Graves Building • Box 354070 • Seattle, WA 98195-4070 UW SOFTBALL MARCH 30, 2010 HUSKIES IN THE POLLS LAST WEEK The Huskies had a light weekend in preparation for Pac-10 play, taking part in a doubleheader at Portland State, NFCA/USA Today Top 25 (3/30) which they swept with wins of 3-2 and 7-0. After a tight fi rst game which saw UW need to come from behind, the Huskies blew away the Vikings in game two. UW left a season-high 10 runners on base in the fi rst game but were able to escape as sophomore Felecia Harris made her fi rst appearance of the season, coming on in relief RANK TEAM RECORD PRV. to pitch two scoreless innnings to earn the victory. After Danielle Lawrie tied the game with an RBI single in the 1. Washington (29) 28-2 1 fi fth and Kimi Pohlman plated the go-ahead run in the sixth, Lawrie was brought in to shut the door, retiring the 2. Michigan 24-5 2 side in order in the seventh to earn her second save this year. 3. Arizona 28-3 4 4. Missouri 23-4 3 The senior got the start in the second game and allowed just six hits in picking up her 12th shutout of the season 5. UCLA 26-4 5 to improve to 18-0. This time, UW took advantage of their 14 hits, with Morgan Stuart going 3-for-3 with a pair of 6. Florida (1) 23-4 6 RBI and Pohlman belting a leadoff home run for her fi rst of the year. Freshman Jerrin Fa'asua added her second 7. Arizona St. 31-4 8 of the year and went 2-for-3 with three RBI as UW cruised to the 7-0 win and a 28-2 non-conference record.