For Immediate Release // Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Contact // Heather Ward ([email protected]) 2019 PAC-12 CONFERENCE SOFTBALL STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT Home Away W L PCT Home Away Neutral Streak Arizona 12 0 1.000 6-0 6-0 35 7 .833 18-4 12-0 5-3 W17 UCLA 11 1 .917 5-1 6-0 37 2 .949 14-1 9-0 14-1 W2 Washington 12 3 .800 6-3 6-0 35 6 .852 13-3 7-0 15-3 W13 Stanford 7 2 .788 4-2 3-0 30 7 .811 17-6 5-0 8-1 W2 Arizona State 5 10 .333 5-4 0-6 25 17 .595 21-10 0-6 4-1 L9 Utah 3 9 .250 2-4 1-5 14 25 .359 2-6 2-8 10-11 L2 Oregon State 3 10 .231 0-4 3-6 21 15 .583 0-4 9-8 12-3 L1 Oregon 2 10 .167 0-3 2-7 17 21 .447 0-6 4-9 13-6 L2 California 2 12 .143 1-7 1-5 23 20 .538 5-8 5-7 13-5 W1 ARIZONA’S UNDEFEATED LEAGUE RECORD TOPS RECENT RESULTS PAC-12 SOFTBALL u Pac-12 softball teams continue to rise on the national level as three upper-echelon league teams rank in the top-10 of Wednesday, Apr. 10 the USA Today/NFCA Coaches poll with No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 WASHINGTON and No. 7 ARIZONA. California 8, Saint Mary’s 0 u For the first time this year, three teams rank in the top-5 of the ESPN.com/USA softball poll with UCLA, Washington Friday, Apr. 12 and Arizona at Nos. 2, 3 and 5, respectively. At least two Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top-five in eight different NCAA Arizona 6, Grand Canyon 0 statistical categories, including three national leaders as UCLA leads the country in strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.76), Stan- Arizona 2, Grand Canyon 0 (8) ford owns the most triples per game (0.57) and Arizona paces all teams in home runs per game (1.93). Washington 8, Arizona State 4 Oregon 4, UCLA 3 u Coming into the stretch run of the Pac-12 slate, Arizona (35-7, 12-0 Pac-12) sits atop the league standings with a Oregon State 7, California 1 blemish-free league mark that gives the Wildcats their third-best start in Conference history, just behind the 2017 (13-0) Utah 2, Stanford 1 and 1994 (23-0) squads. Saturday Apr. 13 u UCLA (37-2, 11-1) slipped to No. 2 in the country after owning the top spot for five-straight weeks despite claiming a Arizona 8, Grand Canyon 1 2-1 series over OREGON (3-4, 8-3, 8-1) to stay in second place. Washington (35-6, 12-3) completed its fourth-consec- Washington 9, Arizona State 2 utive Pac-12 series sweep against then-No. 24 ARIZONA STATE (8-4, 9-2, 6-0) to place third in the Pac-12 standings. UCLA 8, Oregon 3 Fourth-place Stanford (30-7, 7-2) earned its fourth Pac-12 series, taking two-of-three from Utah (1-2, 6-3, 6-2) at home Oregon State 6, California 4 last week. Stanford 6, Utah 3 u League pitching has proven its dominance on the mound throughout the course of the season as three teams rank Sunday Apr. 14 in the top-10 nationally in ERA with No. 2 UCLA (1.22), No. 5 Arizona (1.46) and No. 9 Washington (1.58) leading the Washington 6, Arizona State 0 Conference. In turn, it only makes Arizona’s offensive numbers more impressive as the Wildcats rank No. 2 slugging UCLA 8, Oregon 1 percentage (0.627), No. 6 scoring (7.31) and No. 7 in batting average (.347) in the country. California 4, Oregon State 1 UPCOMING SCHEDULE Wednesday, Apr. 17 Saturday, Apr. 20 Washington at BYU BYUtv 12:23 a.m. Washington at Utah P12M, P12W 11 a.m. California at Oregon P12BA, P12O 12 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 18 Stanford at Arizona 12 p.m. California at Oregon P12BA 5 p.m. UCLA UCLA at Oregon State 12 p.m. at Oregon State P12LA 5 p.m. Washington at Utah P12M, P12W 5 p.m. Monday, Apr. 22 Stanford at Arizona 6 p.m. Washington at Utah Valley 10 a.m. Friday, Apr. 19 Tuesday, Apr. 23 UCLA at Oregon State P12LA 5 p.m. Nevada at California 1 p.m. Washington at Utah P12M, P12W 5 p.m. Weber State at Utah 3 p.m. Stanford at Arizona 6 p.m. Portland State at Oregon 5:14 p.m. California at Oregon P12N 7 p.m. Portland State at Oregon 5:14 p.m. Stanford at Fresno State 6 p.m. All Times PT 2019 PAC-12 SOFTBALL PAC-12 VS. OTHER PAC-12 IN THE RANKINGS CONFERENCES USA TODAY/NFCA USA SOFTBALL/ESPN.COM April 16 Atlantic Coast ............................................... 7-6 April 15 Team Record* Points Team Record* Points AAC ............................................................. 4-1 1. Oklahoma (10) 38-2 487 Atlantic 10 ................................................... 4-0 1 Oklahoma (22) 38-2 790 2. UCLA (9) 37-2 486 American East .............................................. 2-0 2 UCLA (10) 37-2 773 3 Washington 35-6 722 3. Washington 35-6 448 Big East ....................................................... 0-0 4. Florida State (1) 38-5 419 Big South ..................................................... 2-0 4 Florida State 38-5 695 5. Arizona 35-7 406 Big Ten ........................................................ 8-8 5 Alabama 41-4 688 6 Florida 36-9 609 6. LSU 36-9 397 Big 12 ...................................................... 10-15 7. Alabama 41-4 394 Big West .................................................... 29-3 7 Arizona 35-7 600 8 Tennessee 32-8 564 8. Tennessee 32-8 361 Big Sky ...................................................... 10-2 9. Florida 36-9 333 Colonial Athletic Association ......................... 3-1 9 LSU 36-9 560 10 Louisiana 37-4 524 10. Texas 35-9 305 Conference USA .......................................... 3-0 11. Louisiana 37-4 299 Horizon League ............................................ 1-0 11 Texas 35-9 477 12 Texas Tech 33-8 371 12. Minnesota 29-10 274 Ivy League ................................................... 2-0 13. Oklahoma State 32-11 227 MEAC .......................................................... 3-1 13 Oklahoma State 32-11 368 14 Auburn 33-10 353 14. Auburn 33-10 208 Mid-American ............................................ 12-0 15. Texas Tech 33-8 198 Missouri Valley ............................................. 7-0 15 South Carolina 31-12 350 16 Georgia 30-13 330 16. Ole Miss 30-11 187 Mountain West ........................................... 13-5 17. Jams Madison 31-7 174 NEC ............................................................. 3-0 17 Ole Miss 30-11 290 18 Minnesota 29-10 248 18. Northwestern 33-7 169 Ohio Valley ................................................... 1-1 19. Michigan 29-11 166 Pacific Coast ................................................ 0-0 19 Arkansas 31-14 241 20 James Madison 31-7 211 20. Virginia Tech 37-6 149 Patriot .......................................................... 5-0 21. South Carolina 31-12 116 Southeastern ............................................ 10-13 21 Virginia Tech 37-6 163 22 Michigan 29-11 132 22. Georgia 30-13 66 Southern ...................................................... 2-0 23. Kentucky 26-17 56 Southland .................................................... 2-0 23 Northwestern 33-7 118 24. Stanford 30-7 54 Summit League ............................................ 4-0 24 Kentucky 26-17 94 25 Colorado State 31-6 36 25. Arkansas 31-14 37 Sun Belt ..................................................... 31-0 West Coast ................................................. 15-0 RV: South Florida (21), Boise State (18), Arizona Western Athletic ......................................... 11-2 RV: Stanford (28), Boise State (19), Arizona State (16), Wisconsin (11), Tulsa (8), Louisville Independent ................................................ 0-0 State (17), Wisconsin (16), Missouri (5), Indi- ana (3), Mississippi State (2), Drake (1), Louis- (6), Missouri (2), Drake (1), USC Upstate (1) Total ................................... 187-65-1 (.722) ville (1), Tulsa (1). WEEK-BY-WEEK RANKINGS PAC-12 VS. RANKED TEAMS (USA Today/NFCA & USA Softball/ESPN.com) Arizona ........................................................ 5-5 ARIZ ASU CAL ORE OSU STAN UCLA UTAH WASH Arizona State ................................................ 3-5 PRE 7/6 12/T12 RV/RV 25/RV RV/RV -/- 2/1 -/- 3/2 California ..................................................... 1-3 2/13 9/9 14/16 RV/RV 19/22 RV/RV -/- 2/1 RV/RV 5/5 Oregon ......................................................... 1-8 2/17 14/13 13/15 RV/RV 17/17 RV/RV -/- 2/2 -/- 5/5 Oregon State ................................................ 0-2 2/24 12/12 15/17 -/RV 20/20 25/23 -/RV 2/2 -/- 5/6 Stanford ....................................................... 2-0 3/3 12/13 16/17 -/RV 24/24 RV/RV RV/RV 2/2 -/- 6/6 UCLA ........................................................... 5-0 3/13 12/12 17/19 -/RV RV/RV RV/RV -/RV 1/1 -/- 5/6 Utah ............................................................ 0-6 3/19 11/10 18/16 -/- -/- RV/RV RV/RV 1/1 -/- 7/8 Washington .................................................. 7-1 3/26 11/9 17/13 -/- -/- -/- RV/24 1/1 -/- 7/8 Total ........................................ 20-30 (.400) 4/2 9/8 21/19 -/- -/- -/- RV/24 1/1 -/- 6/6 4/9 8/6 24/23 -/- -/- -/- RV/25 1/1 -/- 4/4 4/16 7/5 RV/RV -/- -/- -/- RV/24 2/2 -/- 3/3 UCLA VOTED FAVORITE IN SOFTBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL SAN FRANCISCO - UCLA was voted first in the 2019 Pac-12 Softball Preseason Coaches Poll as an- nounced by the Conference office today. The Bruins garnered 61 points and five first-place votes to sit atop the poll after advancing to the Women’s College World Series Championship game last June. WASHING- TON, one of four league teams in the 2018 WCWS, was selected to finish second by a single point garnering 60 points and four first-place votes. 2019 PAC-12 COACHES ARIZONA was picked third with 50 points, ARIZONA STATE was POLL RESULTS selected fourth with 43 points, followed by OREGON STATE and CALIFORNIA in a tie for fifth with 31 points apiece.