2002 UW Softball Weekly Release #14 ---May 1, 2002 --- www.gohuskies.com Last Road Trip: The sixth-ranked Washington 2002 HUSKY SOFTBALL: softball team heads out on its final regular SOFTBALLSOFTBALL season and Pac-10 road trip of 2002, traveling Quick Facts to No. 16 Oregon State and Oregon for three Location: Seattle, Wash. 2002 Schedule/Results Founded: 1861 games. Enrollment: 34,000 Record: 39-15 (8-7 Pac-10) The Huskies start with a single game in Colors: Purple & Gold Date Opponent Time Corvallis, Ore., on Friday, before heading to President: Dr. Richard L. McCormick 2/1 vs. LBSU (@ UCLA)! W, 8-0 (6) Eugene for a two-game series Saturday and Director of Athletics: Barbara Hedges 2/2 at CSU Northridge! W, 10-0 (5) Sunday. 2/2 vs. Louisiana-Monroe! W, 5-2 The UW, which has played four conference Head Coach: Teresa Wilson (Missouri, 1984) 2/3 vs. SJSU (@UCLA)! W, 9-1 (5) games each of the last two weeks, will round Record at UW: 478-179 (.728)/10 years 2/3 vs. No. 23 SDSU (@UCLA)! W, 6-0 out conference play with three games versus Record Overall: 682-340 (.667)/16 years 2/8 vs. Florida Atlantic# W, 2-1 (10) Asst. Coaches: Scott Centala, 6th year, 2/8 at No. 15 Florida State# W, 6-4 Arizona State and Arizona at Husky Stadium Drew Christmon, 2nd year 2/9 vs. Louisville# W, 7-0 next weekend. Softball Contact: Peggy Curtin 2/10 vs. No. 22 South Carolina# W, 8-1 E-mail: [email protected] 2/10 vs. Florida Atlantic (@FSU)W, 3-1 2/14 at Florida (DH) L, 4-9; W, 8-2 Climbing The Charts: With seven wins over Media Rel. Ph./Fax: (206) 543-2230/5000 2/15 vs. TN-Chattanooga$ W, 6-1 its last nine games, the Washington softball 2/15 vs. Hofstra$ W, 6-0 team has continued to move up the national rankings. 2/16 at Florida$ L, 2-3 This week, the Huskies are ranked sixth, after spending one week at the No. 8 spot. On April 2/16 vs. TN-Chattanooga$ W, 9-1 (5) 17, the UW found itself in the ninth slot following two weeks at No. 10. 2/17 at Florida$ L, 5-6 2/22 vs. Penn State% L, 3-4 The team’s No. 6 national ranking ties as the highest this season (Feb. 20), when the UW 2/22 vs. No. 13 Fresno St.% L, 0-2 opened the year with a perfect 10-0 record. Washington was ranked fourth in the 2001 preseason 2/23 vs. Boston University% W, 8-0 (6) poll, its highest previous ranking since spending 12 weeks at No. 1 in 2000. 2/23 vs. Wisconsin% W, 2-0 Overall, the Huskies have remained in the top 15 in each of the last 92 poll datings, a streak 2/24 vs. No. 11 Oregon St.% L, 0-3 3/1 vs. Brigham Young^ L, 4-6 that began with the preseason poll in 1996. 3/1 vs. UNLV^ W, 4-0 3/2 vs. Utah State^ W, 1-0 Save Us, Please: With Tia Bollinger’s (Santa Ana, Calif.) team-best fourth save of the season 3/2 vs. Utah^ W, 4-1 versus California (April 27), the Washington pitching staff has now tied the school record for 3/3 vs. UC Santa Barbara^ W, 15-5(5) most saves in a season with eight. The Huskies matched the mark set by the 1997 squad, 3/11 Simon Fraser W, 13-0 (5) 3/14 vs. Utah& W, 4-0 which also had eight saves, including a school-record six by then freshman Jamie Graves. 3/14 vs. No. 10 Fresno State& W, 5-4 Along with Bollinger’s four saves in 2002, freshman pitchers Ashley Boek (Redding, Calif.) 3/15 vs. No. 18 La.-Lafayette& W, 3-2 and Leslie Scott (Edmond, Okla.) also both have two each to their credit. 3/15 vs. Texas Tech& W, 10-3 A year ago, the Husky pitching staff had just one save by Shannon Walsh on February 21, at 3/16 vs. No. 22 Florida St. L, 2-3 3/24 vs. Santa Clara (DH) W, 9-0 (5); 5-2 Tennessee-Chattanooga. 3/26 at No. 19 Pacific (DH) W, 9-5; 9-7 3/29 No. 1 UCLA* L, 0-2 Going Yard: With two last week, the Washington softball team has now belted 45 home runs 3/30 No. 1 UCLA* W, 9-6 this season, tying its mark from a year ago. The 45 home runs are the second most in program 4/2 Portland St. (DH) W, 6-2; 9-1(5) 4/5 at No 2 Arizona* L, 0-1 history behind the team’s 84 in 2000 and also ranks second so far in the Pac-10 behind Arizona 4/6 at No. 8 Ariz. St.* L, 2-3 (79). 4/7 at No 8 Ariz. St.* L, 1-6 In 2002, eight different Huskies have hit at least one home run, led by junior Jaime Clark 4/12 No. 8 California* L, 1-4 (Tustin, Calif.), who has 15, and freshman Kristen Rivera (Perris, Calif.), who took over the 4/13 No. 3 Stanford* W, 11-3 (5) team lead with her 16th in the team’s 6-3 win at California. 4/15 No. 3 Stanford* W, 3-0 4/19 Oregon* W, 6-0 4/20 No. 14 Oregon St.* W, 3-1 Oops, She Did It Again: You would think that by now, opposing teams would know not to test 4/21 No. 14 Oregon St* W, 1-0 the arm of UW centerfielder Rita Roach (Norwalk, Calif.), especially when it comes to plays 4/24 at No. 1 UCLA* L, 3-5 at the plate. Roach threw out her fifth runner of the year at home plate versus Stanford last 4/26 at No. 7 Stanford* W, 1-0 4/27 at No. 6 California* W, 6-3 Friday, as Cardinal Sarah Beeson tried to score from second on a two-out single up the middle 4/28 at No. 6 California* L, 2-3 with the score knotted at 0-0 in the bottom of the sixth. 5/3 at No. 16 Oregon State* 2 p.m. So far this season, the Huskies have thrown out 11 runners trying to score on a non-force out 5/4 at Oregon* 2 p.m. at the plate. 5/5 at Oregon* 1 p.m. 5/10 Arizona State* 2 p.m. 5/11 Arizona* (DH) 1 p.m. Rivera Still Rocks: Part of the Huskies’ resurgence in the Pac-10 has been the hot and timely 5/16-19 NCAA Regionals TBA hitting of freshman catcher Kristen Rivera. While she cooled off a little, Rivera still led the 5/23-27 NCAA CWS team last week in batting average with a .455 mark, including two runs scored, three doubles, Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA a home run and four RBI. Below are a few notes on Rivera recent surge on offense: ! = at Early Bird Classic (LA/Northridge, CA) # = at Seminole Challenge (Tallahassee, Fla.) - Over The Last Nine Games: Hitting .400 (10-for-25) with seven runs scored, three doubles, $ = at University Centre Invite (Gainesville, Fla.) six home runs and 17 RBI for a 1.240 slugging percentage ... six, multi-RBI games ... six of 10 % = at NFCA Leadoff Classic (Columbus, Ga.) hits are home runs ... at least one hit in seven of nine games ... hit home runs in four consecutive ^ = at Red Desert Classic (St. George, Utah) games from April 13-20 ... belted five home runs in four games from April 13-20 ... three home & = at Kia Klassic (Fullerton, Calif.) Bold = Home Games All times PT runs in consecutive plate appearances versus then third-ranked Stanford in a two-game span *= Pac-10 Conference Matches (April 13, 15) ... game-winning RBI in four consecutive games (April 15-21) ... Huskies are 7-2 2002 UW Softball Weekly Release #14 ---May 1, 2002 --- www.gohuskies.com over that span after starting the Pac-10 season 1-4. - Other Notes: 13 of Rivera’s 16 home runs have come over the last 24 games ... her 16 home runs are the third-most in school history and the second most by a true freshman. SOFTBALL SOFTBALLSOFTBALL At The Top Of Their Game: In the fourth set of NCAA rankings through April 29, Washington USA Today/NFCA continues to appear prominently in several categories. Div. I Poll (5/1/02) As a team, the Huskies rank 30th in both team batting average (.290) and winning percentage Rank Team (1st Pl Vts) W-L Vts LR (.722), while they are 28th in earned-run average (1.39) and 21st in scoring (5.15 runs/game). 1. UCLA (27) 44-6 675 1 Individually, Jaime Clark ranks second in the nation in RBI with 61, is tied for seventh in 2. Arizona 44-7 647 2 most home runs with 15 and has the 22nd-best batting average (.421). Kristen Rivera has 3. LSU 45-8 620 3 also shot up in the rankings with her hot hitting. The freshman is currently tied for fourth in the 4. Arizona State 38-13 564 5 home run category with 16 and ranks third behind Clark in RBI (58). 5. California 45-16 559 6 Sophomore pitcher Tia Bollinger rounds out the group with the 45th-best ERA (1.11) and 6.