TWITTER: @ARIZONASOFTBALL • INSTAGRAM: @ARIZONASOFTBALL ARIZONA SOFTBALL FACEBOOK: /ARIZONASOFTBALL • YOUTUBE: /ARIZONASOFTBALL SID CONTACT: DANNY MARTINEZ • E: [email protected] 2021 GAME NOTES C: (520) 409-1810 • O: (520) 621-0084 • ARIZONAWILDCATS.com SCHEDULE/RESULTS WEEK 5 » ARIZONA at FLORIDA STATE • MARCH 11-13 OVERALL: 13-1 • PAC-12: 0-0 HOME: 10-0 • AWAY: 3-1 • NEUTRAL: 0-0 • RANKED: 0-1 • STREAK: W1 #2 ARIZONA WILDCATS #15 FLORIDA STATE RANK 13-1 11-4 DATE UA OPP OPPONENT SCORE (INN.)/TIME (LOCAL) T.V. 2/11TH 36at Texas1 Canceled Longhorn Network GAME 15 » THURSDAY, MARCH 11 • 4 p.m. MST/6 p.m. EST • TALLAHASSEE, FLA. • JOANNE GRAF FIELD 2/12FR 3-vs. Sam Houston State1Canceled Longhorn Network GAME 16 » FRIDAY, MARCH 12 • 4 p.m. MST/6 p.m. EST • TALLAHASSEE, FLA. • JOANNE GRAF FIELD 2/13SA 3-vs. Sam Houston State1Canceled Longhorn Network GAME 17 » SATURDAY, MARCH 13 • 4 p.m. MST/6 p.m. EST • TALLAHASSEE, FLA. • JOANNE GRAF FIELD 2/13SA 38vs. Alabama1 Canceled Longhorn Network 2/19FR 4-SOUTHERN UTAH2 W, 8-0 (6) W1 ACC NETWORK PLUS• WATCHESPN.COM ($)• ARIZONASTATS.COM • @ARIZONASOFTBALL 2/19FR 4-NEW MEXICO2 W, 5-2 W2 2/20SA 4-NEW MEXICO2 W, 12-0 (5) W3 BY THE NUMBERS LEADING OFF 2/20SA 4-SEATTLE UNIVERSITY2 W, 10-2 (5) W4 ARIZONA FLORIDA STATE » Second-ranked Arizona (13-1) wraps up its 10 2/21SU 4-SOUTHERN UTAH2 W, 10-1 (5) W5 13-1 RECORD 11-4 days in Florida with a marquee three game se- TH 3 W6 ries at No. 15 Florida State (11-4) this Thursday 2/25 3-BYU W, 12-0 (5) W1 Streak W1 through Saturday in Tallahassee. 2/25TH 3-COLORADO STATE3 W, 9-1 (6) W7 #2 • #2 RANKING (NFCA • USA Softball) #15 • #16 FR 3 W8 » The Wildcats have ventured into ACC country 2/26 3-SEATTLE UNIVERSITY W, 9-1 (6) Mike Candrea HEAD COACH Lonni Alameda during the regular season for the fi rst time in 2/27SA 3-BYU3 W, 11-3 (6) W9 36th year • 1,646-422-2 Record at School 13th year • 566-171 school history. UA was last at Florida State for the 2/28SU 3 RV OREGON STATE3 W, 3-2 (8) W10 3-1 (USF/UCF/Florida A&M) LAST WEEK 1-1 (vs. Florida) 1996 NCAA Regional, when it went 2-0 vs. the SA W11 host Seminoles on its way to UA's fourth national 3/6 2-at South Florida W, 11-1 (5) ESPN+ championship. 3/7SU 2-at South Florida W, 8-0 (5) W12 ESPN+ STATS (NCAA) » Arizona is 3-1 on its current Sunshine State trip, 3/8MO 222at Central Florida L, 0-2 L1 ESPN+ .366 (12th) BATTING AVERAGE .254 (137th) which features seven games vs. four teams in 3/10WE 2-at Florida A&M W, 8-0 (5) W1 Janelle Meoño » .542 (N/A) Leader Melkayla Irvis » .333 (N/A) three cities over eight days. Arizona run-ruled »3/11TH 215at Florida State 6 p.m.EST ACC Network Extra 2.07 (5th) HOME RUNS/GAME 0.73 (84th) South Florida twice to start the trip in Tampa, fell » FR EST Dejah Mulipola » 0.50 (18th) Leader Elizabeth Mason » 0.27 (140th) to No. 22 UCF on Monday in Orlando, and then 3/12 215at Florida State 6 p.m. ACC Network Extra got back on trip with an 8-0, fi ve-inning win at »3/13SA 215at Florida State 6 p.m.EST ACC Network Extra 0.88 (2nd) EARNED RUN AVERAGE 2.83 (80th) Florida A&M on Wednesday. Alyssa Denham » 0.56 (24th) Leader Caylan Arnold » 1.98 (150th) 3/19FR at Washington* 6 p.m.MST ESPNU » Arizona's 8-0 win at Florida A&M featured a huge 3/20SA at Washington* 3:30 p.m.MST Pac-12 Networks SERIES HISTORY day from Jessie Harper, who homered twice and 3/20SA at Washington 6 p.m.MST Pac-12 Networks drove in a career-most six RBI. Her second home SU MST run, a second-inning grand slam, was the 80th 3/21 at Washington* 12 p.m. Pac-12 Networks ARIZONA FLORIDA STATE home run in her career, making her the 11th play- 3/26FR OREGON STATE* TBA 10 ALL-TIME 3 er in NCAA history to reach 80 career bombs. Five SA 7 Last 10 Meetings 3of those 11 are Wildcats. 3/27 OREGON STATE* TBA L1 Streak W1 3/27SA OREGON STATE TBA March 9, 2019 (11-3) Last Win March 10, 2019 (4-3) » The three games vs. Florida State will wrap up the 3/28SU OREGON STATE* TBA nonconference portion of UA's schedule, with a 2 IN TALLAHASEE 0 four-game series at No. 8 Washington lurking next 4/1TH at Stanford* TBA 2 Last 10 Meetings 0weekend. FR 4/2 at Stanford* TBA W2 Streak L2 » Arizona has outscored its opponents 116-15 4/2FR at Stanford TBA May 19, 1996 (10-3) Last Win - through 14 games and is hitting .366 as a team 4/3SA at Stanford* TBA with nearly twice as many home runs (29) as runs 4/9FR NEW MEXICO STATE4 6 p.m.MST LAST 5 MATCHUPS (2-3) allowed by its pitchers (15). 4/10SA TEAM MEXICO4 3 p.m.MST March 21, 2008 Arizona 13, Florida State 2 (6) Fullerton, Calif. » The loss on Monday ended a 23-game winning SA 4 MST Feb. 25, 2017 Florida State 1, Arizona 0 Palm Springs, Calif. streak for Arizona dating back to last year. It was 4/10 NEW MEXICO STATE 6 p.m. March 8, 2019 Florida State 5, Arizona 3 Tucson, Ariz. the 12th-longest winning streak in school history. WE MST 4/14 GRAND CANYON 4 p.m. March 9, 2019 Arizona 11, Florida State 3 (5) Tucson, Ariz. » The Wildcats have a 0.88 team ERA, second best 4/14WE GRAND CANYON 6:30 p.m.MST March 10, 2019 Florida State 4, Arizona 3 Tucson, Ariz. in the country. UA's pitching staff consists the 4/16FR at Arizona State* 6 p.m.MST Pac-12 Networks Pac-12's fourth best ERA (Alyssa Denham - 0.56), SA MST a pitcher on pace to break the NCAA record for 4/17 at Arizona State* 4:30 p.m. Pac-12 Networks UPCOMING MILESTONES career winning percentage (Mariah Lopez - .943) 4/17SA at Arizona State 7 p.m.MST Pac-12 Networks NAME NEXT MILESTONE CURRENT # NOTES and the only Wildcat on staff to throw a no-hitter 4/18SU at Arizona State* 1 p.m.MST Pac-12 Networks TEAM 2,000 all-time wins 1,995 this year (Hanah Bowen - 2/20 vs. New Mexico). 4/23FR UTAH* TBA H.C. Mike Candrea 1,650 career wins 1,646 1st in NCAA history » Carlie Scupin was named the D1 Softball Fresh- 4/24SA UTAH* TBA Reyna Carranco 100 career RBI 96 man of the Week, Pac-12 Player of the Week and SA Alyssa Denham 60 career wins 54 Pac-12 Freshman of the Week last week after hit- 4/24 UTAH TBA Alyssa Denham 400 career strikeouts 382 ting .438 with four home runs and a ridiculous 15 4/25SU UTAH* TBA Jessie Harper 82 career home runs 80 10th in NCAA history RBI in the Wildcat Invitational. She leads the team 4/30FR CALIFORNIA* TBA Jessie Harper 230 career RBI 220 10th in school history with fi ve home runs and is second with 17 RBI this 5/1SA CALIFORNIA* TBA Mariah Lopez 500 career strikeouts 474 season. 5/1SA CALIFORNIA TBA Dejah Mulipola 59 career home runs 54 10th in school history » A Wildcat has earned the previous two Pac-12 Player of the Week honors after Alyssa Palomi- 5/2SU CALIFORNIA* TBA Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza 70 career home runs 64 8th in school history Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza230 career RBI 203 10th in school history no-Cardoza earned the honor in week 2. 5/7FR at Oregon* TBA Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza48 career doubles 45 10th in school history » The Wildcats have two of the top four home run 5/8SA at Oregon* TBA hitters in the country. Jessie Harper is the active 5/8SA at Oregon TBA CURRENT STREAKS career leader with 80 home runs, 15 shy of the 5/9SU at Oregon* TBA NCAA record, while Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza is TH TEAM STREAKS tied for third among active players with 64 hom- 5/13 UCLA* TBA ers. FR Winning Streak 1 game 5/14 UCLA* TBA Consecutive NCAA Appearances (NCAA Record) 33 years (1987-2019) » Arizona head coach Mike Candrea is the winnin- 5/14FR UCLA TBA Consecutive Winning Seasons 36 years (1984-2020) gest coach in NCAA softball history, with 1,646 SA 5/15 UCLA* TBA HITTING STREAKS (2+) UA Record: 30 games (Amy Chellevold, 1994) wins (all at Arizona). He surpassed Michigan's 5/21-5/23 NCAA Regionals Carol Hutchins in the penultimate game of 2020; PLAYER ACTIVE 2021 LONG CAREER LONG Hutchins is second with 1,635 career victories. 5/28-5/30 NCAA Super Regionals Jessie Harper 7 games 7 games 9 games » All-American second-baseman Reyna Carran- 6/3-6/9 Women's College World Series Isabella Dayton 4 games 4 games 8 games Carlie Scupin 3 games 7 games 7 games co suff ered a broken bone in her right hand last Dejah Mulipola 3 games 6 games 9 games week and will miss time.