2001 UW Softball Weekly Release #1 --- February 5, 2001 --- www.gohuskies.com Start With A Fiesta Dip: Washington will kick 2001 HUSKY SOFTBALL: off its 2001 campaign at the 17-team Fiesta SOFTBALLSOFTBALL Bowl Invitational in Phoenix, Ariz., February 9- Quick Facts 11. The Huskies will play some of the nation’s Location: Seattle, Wash. 2001 Schedule/Results Founded: 1861 top perennial powers including Louisiana State, Enrollment: 25,000 Record: 0-0 (0-0 Pac-10) South Carolina and Nebraska, in addition to Colors: Purple & Gold Date Opponent Time New Mexico State, Texas Tech and Georgia. President: Dr. Richard L. McCormick 2/9 vs. LSU! 8 a.m. Director of Athletics: Barbara Hedges vs. New Mexico St.! 10 a.m. 2/10 vs. Texas Tech! 10 a.m. 400 And Beyond: The UW enters this season Head Coach: Teresa Wilson (Missouri, 1984) vs. South Carolina! 12:30 p.m. just one win away from recording the program’s Record at UW: 399-141 (.739)/8 years 2/11 vs. Georgia! 9 a.m. 400th victory. After just eight seasons, the Record Overall: 603-302 (.666)/14 years vs. Nebraska! 11 a.m. Huskies have won nearly 74 percent of their Asst. Coaches: Scott Centala, 5th year, 2/16 vs. Maryland# 10 a.m. games, carrying a 399-141 record into this year. Drew Christmon, 1st year vs. South Carolina# 12 p.m. Softball Contact: Peggy Curtin 2/17 vs. Notre Dame# 7 a.m. Media Day: The Washington softball team will E-mail: [email protected] at South Florida# 11 a.m. have a Media Day on Tuesday, February 6, at Media Rel. Ph./Fax: (206) 543-2230/5000 2/18 vs. Hofstra# 7 a.m. 2/21 at TN-Chattanooga (DH) 1 p.m. the Husky Softball Stadium at 12:45 p.m. (rain 2/23 vs. Southern Miss.$ 2 p.m. or shine) before practice starts at 1:30 p.m. Coach Teresa Wilson and players will be available vs. New Mexico$ 4:30 p.m. for interviews at that time. 2/24 vs. Michigan State$ 7 a.m. 2/24-2/25 Playoffs$ TBD Four At First: The University of Washington softball team, which finished fifth in the nation last 3/2 at Utah% 11 a.m. year at the College World Series, has been ranked fourth in the 2001 USA Today/NFCA vs. BYU% 1 p.m. preseason coaches’ poll released January 24. 3/3 vs. Missouri% 11 a.m. The Huskies’ number four national ranking marks the 66th consecutive poll in which the vs. Southern Utah% 1 p.m. team has been within the top six, dating back to the beginning of the 1996 season. Last year, 3/4 vs. Nebraska% 10 a.m. 3/10 Texas 2 p.m. the UW occupied the top spot for 12 straight weeks, including six as the unanimous selection, 3/11 Texas 2 p.m. after being ranked second in the preseason poll. Washington has been in the top 25 every year 3/15 vs. Hawai’i^ 9 a.m. since late in 1993, its inaugural season. vs. Texas^ 5 p.m. The UW, which kicks off its 2001 campaign in Phoenix, Ariz., February 9, will face 15 of the 3/16 vs. New Mexico St.^ 9 a.m. top 25 teams at least once during the regular season. Six other future Husky opponents also 3/16-18 Playoffs^ TBD received votes in the poll. 3/20 vs. Northwestern (@ Full.) 3 p.m. UCLA, the 2000 national runner-up, tops the list with 13 of the 27 first-place votes, while at CSU Fullerton 5 p.m. fellow Pac-10 member Arizona is ranked third with four first-place votes. All eight Pac-10 schools 3/21 at CSU Northridge (DH) 1:30 p.m. 3/30 at California* 2 p.m. which sponsor softball are ranked in the top 25, including Arizona State (sixth), California 3/31 at Stanford* 2 p.m. (seventh), Stanford (15th), Oregon State (16th) and Oregon (20th). 4/1 at Stanford* 1 p.m. 4/6 Arizona* 2 p.m. PAC-10 Power: The University of Washington softball team, which has made five consecutive 4/7 Arizona State* 2 p.m. trips to the College World Series, has been picked to finish fourth in the Pac-10 in a poll of 4/8 Arizona State* 1 p.m. conference coaches released January 16. 4/10 Portland State (DH) 2 p.m. The Huskies, who finished their 2000 season with a number five national ranking, received 4/13 at UCLA* 2 p.m. 27 points overall to place behind Arizona (46), UCLA (46) and Arizona State (34). Arizona and 4/14 at UCLA* 2 p.m. 4/20 at Oregon* 2 p.m. UCLA both tied for first place with 46 points and four of the eight first-place votes. Behind 4/21 at Oregon State* 2 p.m. Washington was Stanford (25), California (20), Oregon State (17) and Oregon (9). 4/22 at Oregon State* 1 p.m. Over the past three seasons, the Huskies have been picked by the conference coaches to 4/24 at Portland State (DH) 2 p.m. finish second twice (1998, 2000) and third once (1999). Washington won the Pac-10 title for 4/27 Stanford* 2 p.m. the second time in school history in 2000, compiling a 17-4 record during conference play. 4/28 California* 2 p.m. 4/29 California* 1 p.m. Begin With A ‘W’: The Huskies have had great success in season-openers, winning five 5/2 UCLA* 2 p.m. straight and losing just two in the program’s eight-year history. The Huskies are 29-11 (.725) on 5/4 Oregon State* 2 p.m. 5/5 Oregon* 2 p.m. opening weekends, going undefeated in 1996 (6-0) and in 2000 (3-0), despite playing 21 ranked 5/6 Oregon* 1 p.m. foes. The team has also kicked off its season in Arizona seven times and in San Diego the 5/11 at Arizona State* 7 p.m. other two years. 5/12 at Arizona (DH)* 6 p.m. 5/17-20 NCAA Regionals TBA Phoenix Forecast : The Huskies will make their way to the Fiesta Bowl lnvitational hosted by 5/24-27 College World Series TBA Arizona State for the sixth time in program history. This year’s tournament will feature 17 (Oklahoma City, Okla.) teams in a scramble format with each team playing at most two, single games a day or six ! = at Fiesta Bowl Tournament (Phoenix, Ariz.) # = at Holiday Inn Invitational (Tampa, Fla.) games over the three-day span. The games will be divided between two sites, the Rose Mofford $ = at NFCA Leadoff Classic (Columbus, Ga.) Sports Complex in Phoenix, and Alberta B. Farrington Stadium on the campus of Arizona % = at Red Desert Classic (St. George, Utah) State. The UW will play all six of its games in Phoenix. ^ = at Kia Klassic (Fullerton, Calif.) Bold = Home Games All times PT *= Pac-10 Conference Matches Scouting the LSU Tigers (0-0): The eighth-ranked Tigers enter the season with five starters 2001 UW Softball Weekly Release #1 --- February 5, 2001 --- www.gohuskies.com returning from last year’s team, which went 59-13 and fell to Southern Mississippi in the regionals. Leading the way will be a pair of returning pitchers in Ashley Lewis (0.84 ERA in 2000) and Britni Sneed (27-7 in 2000), while shortstop Stephanie Hastings and outfielder Dee Douglas add both speed on the basepaths as well as steady bats at the plate. SOFTBALL LSU, under first-year head coach Yvette Girouard, handed the Huskies their first loss of the SOFTBALLSOFTBALL 2000 season at the Texas Invitational, but the UW won the two schools’ next two meetings. USA Today/NFCA Washington holds a 5-1 all-time record against LSU. Div. I Poll (Preseason) Rank Team (1st Pl. Vts.) W-L Vts LR Scouting the New Mexico State Roadrunners (0-2): Under second-year coach Lea Ann 1. UCLA (13) 46-12-1 655 2 Jarvis, New Mexico State returns eight players from last year’s squad which went 27-31 and 2. Oklahoma (10) 66-8 642 1 11-13 in the Big West (6th). Senior Lizette Olivares led the Big West Conference in stolen 3. Arizona (4) 59-9 632 3 bases (24) in 2000, and also was first on her team in batting average (.302) en route to first- 4. Washington 61-9 541 5 team all-conference honors. Last weekend, New Mexico State lost a pair of games to Texas 5. Alabama 66-14 535 6 Tech, and is scheduled to play a pair of doubleheaders versus in-state rivals, Western and 6. Arizona State 43-20 523 t10 7. California 49-25 484 7 Eastern New Mexico before heading to Arizona. 8. LSU 59-13 465 9 The Huskies hold a perfect 4-0 all-time record against the Roadrunners, recording a 5-0 9. Fresno State 54-14 455 t10 victory on February 5, 1999. 10. DePaul 40-22 412 8 11. Michigan 45-16-1 362 13 Scouting the Texas Tech Red Raiders (2-0): Washington and Texas Tech will meet for the 12. Nebraska 52-21 353 14 first time in the two schools’ history in the second day of the Fiesta Bowl Invitational. The Red 13. Iowa 46-15 301 15 Raiders, who picked up a pair of wins over New Mexico State in 2001, are coming off a 19-34 14.