PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 // PAC-12.ORG // 925.932.4411 For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Contact: Allison Yee ([email protected]) 2012 PAC-12 CONFERENCE SOFTBALL STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT Home Away W L PCT Home Away Neutral Streak California 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 12 0 1.000 0-0 0-0 12-0 W12 Washington 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 14 1 .933 0-0 1-0 14-1 W1 Arizona State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 14 2 .875 14-2 0-0 0-0 W10 Stanford 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 13 3 .812 4-1 0-1 9-1 W7 Oregon 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 8 2 .800 0-0 0-0 8-2 W7 Utah 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 11 3 .786 0-0 1-0 10-3 W7 Arizona 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 13 4 .765 4-0 0-0 9-4 W4 Oregon State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 13 4 .765 0-0 1-1 12-3 W5 UCLA 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 11 4 .733 4-0 2-0 5-4 W1 THIS WEEK IN PAC-12 SOFTBALL For the third consecutive week, CALIFORNIA holds the No. 1 spot in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll as both polls have fea- tured seven Pac-12 teams all season. The Bears have also moved up to No. 2 in the USA Today/NFCA poll. Washington jumped in the rankings to No. 4/3 after a 4-1 weekend against top-25 competition. The Stanford cracked the top-10 in the ESPN/USA Softball rankings. Cardinal JR P Teagan Gerhart, the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week, earned USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week. ARIZONA JR 3B Brigette Del Ponte earned Pac-12 Player of the Week for the third time in her career. Pac-12 teams will play in tournaments from California to New Mexico to Florida this week. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Wednesday, February 29 Oregon State at Cal State Fullerton (2) 6 p.m. PT No. 2/1 Paci!c at California 2 p.m. PT No. 11/10 Stanford vs. Florida International (2) 3:45 p.m. PT No. 14/16 UCLA vs. No. 19/17 Auburn (3) 10 a.m. ET Thursday, March 1 No. 14/16 UCLA vs. Fordham (3) 12:15 p.m. ET Wichita State at Arizona State 7 p.m. MT Utah vs. North Dakota (5) 10 a.m. MT Utah vs. Cal State Bakers!eld (5) 12 p.m. MT Friday, March 2 No. 4/3 Washington at Paci!c (4) 12:15 p.m. PT College of Charleston at No. 15/14 Arizona, 7 p.m. MT No. 4/3 Washington vs. TBA (4) TBA North Dakota State at No. 5/5 Arizona State (1) 5 p.m. MT Boise State at No. 5/5 Arizona State (1) 7 p.m. MT Sunday, March 4 No. 2/1 California vs. Florida International (2) 11 a.m. PT College of Charleston at No. 15/14 Arizona, 1 p.m. MT No. 2/1 California vs. Maryland (2) 1:30 p.m. PT Creighton at No. 5/5 Arizona State (1) 3 p.m. MT No. 18/18 Oregon vs. Illinois State (3) 2:30 p.m. ET No. 18/18 Oregon vs. Virginia (3) 9 a.m. ET No. 18/18 Oregon vs. No. 10/11 Baylor (3) 4:45 p.m. ET No. 18/18 Oregon vs. North Carolina (3) 11:15 a.m. ET Oregon State vs. Indiana (2) 3:45 p.m. PT Oregon State vs. Florida International (2) 11:15 a.m. PT Oregon State vs. Northwestern (2) 6 p.m. PT No. 11/10 Stanford vs. Michigan State (2) 11:15 a.m. PT No. 11/10 Stanford vs. Indiana (2) 11 a.m. PT No. 11/10 Stanford vs. East Carolina (2) 1:30 p.m. PT No. 11/10 Stanford vs. Northwestern (2) 1:30 p.m. PT No. 14/16 UCLA vs. Hofstra (3) 9 a.m. ET No. 14/16 UCLA vs. No. 10/11 Baylor (3) 2:30 p.m. ET Utah vs. North Dakota (5) 10 a.m. MT No. 14/16 UCLA vs. No. 16/15 Michigan (3) 4:45 p.m. ET Utah at No. 24/RV New Mexico (5) 12 p.m. MT No. 4/3 Washington vs. Sacramento State (4) 11 a.m. PT No. 4/3 Washington vs. TBA (4) TBA No. 4/3 Washington vs. Delaware (4) 1:15 p.m. PT All game times local to site and subject to change. Saturday, March 3 (1) Wilson/DeMarini Invitational, Tempe, Ariz. College of Charleston at No. 15/14 Arizona 7 p.m. MT (2) DeMarini Invitational, Fullerton, Calif. Wichita State at No. 5/5 Arizona State (1) 5:30 p.m. MT (3) Citrus Classic, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Howard at No. 5/5 Arizona State (1) 7:30 p.m. MT (4) Louisville Slugger Classic, Stockton, Calif. No. 2/1 California vs. East Carolina (2) 9 a.m. PT (5) New Mexico Invitational, Albuquerque, N.M. No. 2/1 California vs. Northwestern (2) 11:15 a.m. PT Rankings from NFCA/USA Softball No. 18/18 Oregon vs. Purdue (3) 10 a.m. ET No. 18/18 Oregon vs. Pittsburgh (3) 12:15 p.m. ET Oregon State vs. Michigan State (2) 1:30 p.m. PT PAC-12 VS. OTHER PAC-12 IN THE RANKINGS CONFERENCES USA Today/NFCA Top 25 ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 America East .......................................... 2-0 Atlantic Coast ......................................... 0-2 Feb. 28 Feb. 28 Team Record Pts. Prev. Team Record Pts. Prev. Atlantic 10 ............................................. 2-0 1. Alabama (14) 13-0 727 2 1 California (16) 12-0 496 1 Atlantic Sun ........................................... 0-0 2. California (5) 12-0 712 3 2. Alabama (4) 13-0 481 2 Big East ................................................. 6-0 3. Florida (10) 13-1 681 1 3. Washington 14-1 434 7 Big South ............................................... 0-0 4. Washington (1) 14-1 660 5 4. Florida 13-1 423 3 Big Ten ................................................ 12-1 5. Arizona St. 14-2 635 4 5. Arizona State 14-2 422 4 Big 12 .................................................... 7-5 6. Texas 11-0 578 8 6. Texas 12-1 399 9 Big West .............................................. 20-1 7. Georgia 12-2 512 13 7. Georgia 12-2 368 13 Colonial Athletic Association ................... 2-0 8. Oklahoma 8-1 504 6 8. Tennessee 10-3 347 9 Conference USA .................................... 4-0 9. Tennessee 10-3 493 10 9. Oklahoma 9-3 317 6 Great West ............................................. 1-0 10. Baylor 12-2 476 9 10. Stanford 13-3 307 15 Horizon League ...................................... 0-0 11. Stanford 13-3 424 14 11. Baylor 12-2 283 10 Ivy League ............................................. 0-0 12. La.-Lafayette 12-0 372 17 12. Louisiana-Lafayette 12-0 256 18 Metro Atlantic ........................................ 2-0 13. Missouri 6-3 367 11 13. Missouri 6-3 255 11 Mid-American ........................................ 3-0 14. UCLA 11-4 349 7 14. Arizona 13-4 249 16 Missouri Valley ....................................... 4-0 15. Arizona 13-4 346 15 15. Michigan 11-3 224 12 Mountain West ....................................... 6-4 16. Michigan 11-3 342 12 16. UCLA 11-4 210 5 Northeast ............................................... 5-0 17. Louisville 12-0 287 18 17. Auburn 13-0 208 19 Paci!c Coast .......................................... 6-1 18. Oregon 8-2 271 19 18. Oregon 8-2 176 21 Southeastern .......................................... 7-3 19. Auburn 14-0 238 24 19. Louisville 12-0 162 20 Southern ................................................ 1-0 20. Florida St. 15-0 136 RV 20. Florida State 15-0 102 25 Southland .............................................. 3-2 21. Texas A&M 9-6 124 16 21. Texas A&M 9-6 89 14 Summit League ...................................... 2-0 22. Hawai‘i 12-0 105 25 22. Hawaii 12-0 57 RV Sun Belt ................................................. 1-0 23. Oklahoma St. 6-5 81 21 23. South Florida 10-2 52 RV Western Athletic ................................... 11-3 24. New Mexico 13-2 65 RV 24. North Carolina 11-2 49 24 Independent .......................................... 0-0 24. Nebraska 9-7 52 22 25. Georgia Tech 8-7 35 17 Total ................................. 108-22 (.831) RV: North Carolina 39, Georgia Tech, 30, Hous- RV: Nebraska (28); DePaul (19); Maryland (19); ton 29, USF 27, Maryland 21, LSU 15, DePaul LSU (9); UMASS (5); New Mexico (5); Arkansas PAC-12 VS. RANKED TEAMS 14, Massachusetts 14, Arkansas 6, Purdue 5, (4); Syracuse (3); Paci!c (3); BYU (1); North New Mexico St. 4, Syracuse 3, Kentucky 2, Carolina State (1); Ohio State (1); SC Upstate (1). Arizona .................................................. 1-4 Oregon St. 2, S.C. Upstate 2. Arizona State .......................................... 0-1 California ............................................... 1-0 CAL’S ARIOTO AND ASU’S BACH EARN PAC-12 SOFTBALL Oregon ................................................... 2-0 WEEKLY HONORS Oregon State .......................................... 1-1 Stanford ................................................. 1-1 WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – ARIZONA junior third baseman Brigette Del Ponte was named Pac-12 Softball UCLA ..................................................... 3-3 Player of the Week and STANFORD junior pitcher Teagan Gerhart was named Pac-12 Softball Pitcher of Utah ...................................................... 0-0 the Week for February 20-26, Commissioner Larry Scott announced today. Washington ............................................ 5-1 Total ................................... 14-11 (.560) Del Ponte hit .571 (8-for-14) with two home runs and a double at the Cathedral City Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. Del Ponte collected a team-best 15 bases while accumulating a 1.071 slugging percent- age.