Arizona State Results DATE OPPONENT (rank) RESULT Jan. 31 Texas-San Antonio W, 6-5 Feb. 1 Texas-San Antonio W, 6-3 Feb. 2 Texas-San Antonio W, 9-1 (5) Tuesday, February 4, 2003 Feb. 7 SW Texas State# 3:30 p.m. Feb. 7 Texas# (12) 5:30 p.m. SUN DEVIL SOFTBALL Feb. 8 Iowa State# 3:30 p.m. Feb. 8 Mississippi State# 5:30 p.m. NO. 13 ARIZONA STATE HOSTS Feb. 9 Utah# 12:00 p.m. EAM IESTA OWL OURNAMENT Feb. 9 Massachusetts# (25) 2:00 p.m. 17-T F B T Feb. 14 Illinois State% 5:00 p.m. Feb. 14 Utah State% 7:00 p.m. ON TAP: The 13th-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils (3-0) will host Feb. 15 Iowa% 5:00 p.m. their annual Fiesta Bowl Tournament, Friday, February 7 through Feb. 15 Illinois State% 7:00 p.m. Sunday, February 9 at the Rose Mofford Sports Complex and Feb. 16 Iowa% 1:00 p.m. Farrington Stadium. The Sun Devils will open play against South- Feb. 16 Utah State% 3:00 p.m. west Texas State on Friday at 3:30 p.m. and 12th-ranked Texas at Feb. 21 vs. DePaul^ 12:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Both games will be played on Field 1 at Rose Mofford. On Feb. 21 vs. Liberty^ 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Farrington Stadium, the Devils will face Iowa State at Feb. 22 vs. Ohio State^ 10:00 a.m. 3:30 p.m. and Mississippi State at 5:30 p.m. ASU will end the tourna- Feb. 22 Bracket Play^ 5/7:30 p.m. ment on Sunday back up at Rose Mofford against Utah at 12:00 p.m. Feb. 23 Bracket Play^ TBD and 25th-ranked Massachusetts at 2:00 p.m. Feb. 23 Bracket Play^ TBD Feb. 28 UC Riverside 5:00 p.m. FIESTA BOWL NOTES: The Fiesta Bowl is one of the premier tour- Feb. 28 Oklahoma 7:00 p.m. naments in the country with 10 of the 17 teams ranked in the top-25, March 1 Oklahoma 5:00 p.m. while seven of the teams are ranked in the top-15 ... three teams March 1 UC Riverside 7:00 p.m. from last year’s Women’s College World Series will be competing March 2 Oklahoma 1:00 p.m. (Arizona, Arizona State, Nebraska) ... 46 games will be played dur- March 2 UC Riverside 3:00 p.m. ing the three-day tournament ... the Fiesta Bowl is a chance for many March 7 vs. Virginia Tech! 3:00 p.m. of the teams to play a lot of games, there is no champion crowned March 7 vs. Santa Clara! 7:00 p.m. and no pool or bracket play ... two sites will be utilized on Friday and March 8 Bracket Play! TBD Saturday, the Rose Mofford Sports Complex (25th Ave./Dunlap) and March 8 Bracket Play! TBD ASU’s Farrington Stadium (Sixth St./Rural Rd.) ... eight different con- March 9 Bracket Play! TBD ferences will be represented. March 14 vs. Oklahoma+ 9:00 a.m. March 14 vs. Cal State Northridge+ 1:00 p.m. LAST TIME OUT: The Sun Devils open their 2003 season with a March 15 vs. UNLV+ 9:00 a.m. home three-game sweep of Texas-San Antonio. In the first game, March 15 Bracket Play+ 5:00 p.m. Junior All-American Phelan Wright’s two out, two run single in the March 16 Bracket Play+ TBD bottom of the sixth lifted ASU to a 6-5 win after trailing 5-3. Freshman March 20 Canadian National Team (DH)6:00 p.m. pitcher Desiree Serrano, after starting the game, re-enterd in the March 28 Oregon* 7:00 p.m. seventh to earn the save, while junior Susan Aguilar picked up her March 29 Oregon State* 7:00 p.m. first win. In the second contest, the Devils tallied three runs in the March 30 Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. first and fifth innings to seal the win. Junior pitcher Cheryl Evans April 4 @ UCLA* 2:00 p.m. posted the win with Serrano notching her second save. Senior Kara April 5 @ Washington* 2:00 p.m. Brun continued her hot start with a 2-for-3 night with two runs scored April 6 @ Washington* 1:00 p.m. and an RBI, while Evans also went 2-for-3 with three RBIs. In the April 11 California* (KAZ) 7:00 p.m. final game, Serrano struckout 11 batters and had a no hitter through April 12 Stanford* (KAZ) 7:00 p.m. four innings as ASU run ruled UTSA, 9-1, in five innings. Serrano April 13 Stanford* 1:00 p.m. recorded her first win after striking out nine of the first 12 batters, April 18 @ Arizona* 7:00 p.m. allowing only three hits and one run. ASU’s bats also exploded, es- April 19 @ Arizona* 7:00 p.m. pecially Evans, who drilled to long home runs with three RBIs. Wright April 23 Arizona* (KAZ) 7:00 p.m. also hit her first home run of the year and had three RBIs as well. April 25 @ Oregon State* 2:00 p.m. April 26 @ Oregon* 2:00 p.m. TOUGH SCHEDULE/TOUGHER CONFERENCE: As in any sea- April 27 @ Oregon* 1:00 p.m. son, Arizona State will face many of the nation’s top teams and tradi- May 2 @ Stanford* 7:00 p.m. tionally holds a high RPI. Last year, ASU was second in the Pac-10 May 3 @ California* 2:00 p.m. in most games played against top-25 teams (34). This year will be May 4 @ California* 1:00 p.m. no different as the Devils will face numerous teams ranked in the May 9 Washington* (FSN) 7:00 p.m. NFCA preseason top-25. Within the toughest conference in the na- May 10 UCLA* 7:00 p.m. tion, the Pacific-10, ASU will face a nationally-ranked team nearly May 10 UCLA* 9:00 p.m. every time out. Seven of the eight Pac-10 teams are ranked in the May 15-18 NCAA Regionals TBD top-25, including the top three and six of the top-14. May 22-26 NCAA College World SeriesTBD All home games are bolded. Will Phillips, Softball Contact * Pacific-10 Conference game. # Fiesta Bowl Tournament, Phoenix/Tempe, Ariz. Carson Center/Media Relations Office, Room 131 % Louisville Slugger Tournament, Tempe, Ariz. Tempe, Arizona 85287-2505 ^ NFCA Leadoff Classic Tournament, Columbus, Ga. ! National Invitational Tournament, San Jose, Calif. (480) 965-6592 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 + KIA Klassic Tournament, Fullerton, Calif. [email protected] • www.thesundevils.com 2003 Sun Devil Softball — 2•2•2 February 4, 2003 NFCA/USA Today Preseason Top-25 THE WRIGHT STUFF: Junior third baseman Phelan Wright enters the 2003 season as one of the premier softball players in the country. After posting outstanding num- Team (first place) Record Pts. LR bers as a freshman and as a sophomore, Wright, currently ASU’s all-time leader in 1. UCLA (18) 55-9 543 5 career batting average (.402), earned NFCA first-team All-American honors last year. 2. Arizona (2) 55-12 515 2 She led the team throughout the year in batting average (.405/4th Pac-10), hits (75/ 3. California (2) 56-19 435 1 6th Pac-10) and doubles (17/3rd Pac-10). She finished second in home runs (8), RBIs 4.(t) Michigan 50-11 403 7 (40) and batted .350 in the pitching rich Pac-10 Conference. Wright also led the team in multi-hit games (23), multi-RBI games (11) and posted the team’s second longest 4.(t) Nebraska 50-14 403 6 hitting streak at 10 games. She was also one of 10 finalists for National Player of the 6. Washington 46-18 395 14 Year honors and was named first-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-10. Wright also 7. Louisiana State 56-11 373 9 was named to the NIST All-Tournament team and the Region III All-Tournament team. 8. Oklahoma 49-16 369 8 As a freshman, Wright was named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year after lead- 9. Florida State 55-20 344 4 ing ASU in batting average (.399/average was the highest posted by a freshman in the 10. Cal State Fullerton 53-13 341 10 Pac-10 since 1999), hits (67) triples (2) and slugging percentage (.530). She also 11. DePaul 50-11 336 11 earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors, Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of 12. Texas 50-13 335 16 the Week honors and Pac-10 Player of the Week honors. In 21 Pac-10 games she 13. Arizona State 46-20 321 3 batted an amazing .418 in the pitching rich conference and posted the team’s longest 14. Stanford 44-20 315 15 hitting streak at 13 games (fifth longest in the Pac-10). Wright produced a team-high 18 RBIs with two outs and finished tied for second on the team with 17 multi-hit games 15. Fresno State 50-20 241 17 and third in multi-RBI games (6). Additionally, she batted .530 at the National Invita- 16. Ohio State 55-14 216 13 tional Tournament, earning all-tournament honors and led the team in postseason 17.(t)Notre Dame 44-16 160 19 batting average at a .455 clip, earning Region III All-Tournament team honors.