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 21, 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 UCLA 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 10 0 1.000 4-0 2-0 4-0 W10 Washington 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 10 0 1.000 0-0 1-0 9-0 W10 California 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 8 0 1.000 0-0 0-0 8-0 W8 Arizona State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 10 2 .833 10-2 0-0 0-0 W6 Stanford 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 8 3 .727 4-1 0-1 4-1 W2 Arizona 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 8 3 .727 4-0 0-0 4-3 W6 Oregon State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 7 2 .700 0-0 1-1 6-2 W3 Utah 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 6 3 .667 0-0 0-0 6-3 W2 Oregon 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 3 2 .600 0-0 0-0 3-2 W2 THIS WEEK IN PAC-12 SOFTBALL CALIFORNIA holds the No. 1 spot in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll for the second straight week as the Pac-12 has seven teams ranked in both polls. The Golden Bears received 16 out of 20 !rst-place votes. Along with Cal, ARIZONA STATE, UCLA and WASHINGTON all sit in the top-10 in the rankings. Cal RS SR P/UTIL Valerie Arioto earned Pac-12 Player of the Week for the second week in a row while ASU SR P Hillary Bach earned the !rst Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week award of her career. Seven of the league’s teams head to the 35-team Cathedral City Classic while Utah heads to the UNC Greensboro Spartan Classic and ASU hosts Central Connecticut. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Thursday, February 23 No. 7/5 UCLA vs. Fresno State (1) 12:30 p.m. PT No. 15/16 Arizona vs. Fresno State (1) 1 p.m. PT No. 7/5 UCLA vs. No. 8/8 Texas (1) 3 p.m. PT No. 15/16 Arizona vs. No. 13/13 Georgia (1) 3:30 p.m. PT Utah vs. Rider (2) 11 a.m. ET Oregon State vs. Iowa State (1) 3 p.m. PT Utah vs. TBD (Bracket Play) (2) TBA Oregon State vs. New Mexico (1) 5:30 p.m. PT No. 5/7 Washington vs. Missouri (1) 5 p.m. PT No. 5/7 Washington vs. No. 1/3 Florida (1) 12:30 p.m. PT Sunday, February 26 Friday, February 24 No. 15/16 Arizona vs. Long Beach State (1) 3 p.m. PT No. 15/16 Arizona vs. No. 21/RV Oklahoma State (1) 8 p.m. PT Central Connecticut at No. 4/4 Arizona State, 12 p.m. MT Central Connecticut at No. 4/4 Arizona State 7 p.m. MT No. 3/1 California vs. Cal State Northridge (1) 1 p.m. PT No. 3/1 California vs. Fordham (1) 3 p.m. PT No. 19/21 Oregon vs. New Mexico State (1) 9 a.m. PT No. 19/21 Oregon vs. No. 22/22 Nebraska (1) 10:30 a.m. PT No. 19/21 Oregon vs. Cal Poly (1) 11 a.m. PT Oregon State vs. Ohio State (1) 12:30 p.m. PT Oregon State vs. Colorado State (1) 11 a.m. PT Oregon State vs. Iowa (1) 3 p.m. PT No. 14/15 Stanford vs. New Mexico State (1) 11 a.m. PT No. 14/15 Stanford vs. Long Island (1) 3:30 p.m. PT No. 14/15 Stanford vs. San Diego State (1) 1 p.m. PT No. 14/15 Stanford vs. No. 6/6 Oklahoma (1) 6 p.m. PT No. 7/5 UCLA vs. No. 11/11 Missouri (1) 11 a.m. PT No. 7/5 UCLA vs. No. 13/13 Georgia (1) 5:30 p.m. PT No. 7/5 UCLA vs. Syracuse (1) 1 p.m. PT Utah vs. Drexel (2) 1 p.m. ET Utah vs. TBD (Bracket Play) (2) TBA Utah at UNC Greensboro (2) 5:30 p.m. ET No. 5/7 Washington vs. No. 22/22 Nebraska (1) 11 a.m. PT No. 5/7 Washington vs. No. 16/14 Texas A&M (1) 10:30 a.m. PT No. 5/7 Washington vs. No. 13/13 Georgia (1) 1 p.m. PT Monday, February 27 Oregon State vs. Maine 12 p.m. PT Saturday, February 25 Oregon State vs. Maine 2 p.m. PT No. 15/16 Arizona vs. Fordham (1) 5:30 p.m. PT No. 15/16 Arizona vs. Syracuse (1) 8 p.m. PT All game times local to site and subject to change. Central Connecticut at No. 4/4 Arizona State 4:30 p.m. MT (1) Cathedral City Classic, Palm Springs, Calif. Central Connecticut at No. 4/4 Arizona State 7 p.m. MT (2) UNC Greensboro Spartan Classic, Greensboro, N.C. No. 3/1 California vs. New Mexico State (1) 12:30 p.m. PT (3) Fullerton, Calif. No. 3/1 California vs. Cal Poly (1) 3 p.m. PT Rankings from NFCA/USA Softball No. 19/21 Oregon vs. No. 21/RV Oklahoma State (1) 10:30 a.m. PT No. 19/21 Oregon vs. Northwestern (1) 3 p.m. PT No. 14/15 Stanford vs. Long Beach State (1) 7:30 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 .......................................... 0-0 Feb. 21 Feb. 21 Atlantic Coast ......................................... 0-2 Team Record Pts. Prev. Team Record Pts. Prev. Atlantic 10 ............................................. 0-0 1. Florida (21) 9-0 733 1 1. California (16) 8-0 494 1 Atlantic Sun ........................................... 0-0 2. Alabama (4) 7-0 717 2 2. Alabama (1) 7-0 477 2 Big East ................................................. 4-0 3. California (5) 8-0 704 3 3. Florida (3) 9-0 464 3 Big South ............................................... 0-0 4. Arizona St. 10-2 626 5 4. Arizona State 10-2 415 6 Big Ten .................................................. 7-1 5. Washington 10-0 614 7 5. UCLA 10-0 406 8 Big 12 .................................................... 2-2 6. Oklahoma 6-1 578 4 6. Oklahoma 6-1 395 4 Big West .............................................. 15-1 7. UCLA 10-0 546 12 7. Washington 9-0 375 9 Colonial Athletic Association ................... 0-0 8. Texas 8-0 500 13 8. Texas 8-0 355 13 Conference USA .................................... 4-0 9. Baylor 6-1 489 9 9. Tennessee 6-2 343 7 Great West ............................................. 1-0 10. Tennessee 6-2 478 10 10. Baylor 6-1 310 10 Horizon League ...................................... 0-0 11. Missouri 3-1 470 6 11. Missouri 3-1 308 5 Ivy League ............................................. 0-0 12. Michigan 8-1 424 11 12. Michigan 8-1 273 11 Mid-American ........................................ 3-0 13. Georgia 8-1 386 14 13. Georgia 8-1 247 14 Missouri Valley ....................................... 4-0 14. Stanford 8-3 379 8 14. Texas A&M 8-2 227 15 Mountain West ....................................... 4-3 15. Arizona 8-3 307 16 15. Stanford 8-3 210 12 Paci!c Coast .......................................... 6-1 16. Texas A&M 8-2 305 18 16. Arizona 8-3 202 16 Southeastern .......................................... 5-1 17. La.-Lafayette 7-0 241 20 17. Georgia Tech 7-3 156 20 Southern ................................................ 0-0 18. Louisville 9-0 201 21 18. Louisiana-Lafayette 7-0 153 21 Southland .............................................. 3-2 19. Oregon 3-1 171 19 19. Auburn 8-0 115 RV Summit League ...................................... 2-0 20. Georgia Tech 7-3 162 23 20. Louisville 9-0 104 23 Sun Belt ................................................. 1-0 21. Oklahoma St. 4-4 150 15 21. Oregon 3-2 99 19 Western Athletic ..................................... 7-2 22. Nebraska 8-3 142 24 22. Nebraska 8-3 73 22 Independent .......................................... 0-0 23. Houston 7-2 129 17 23. Houston 7-2 71 17 Total ................................... 69-15 (.821) 24. Auburn 7-0 76 RV 24. North Carolina 7-0 61 25 24. Hawai‘i 12-0 70 RV 25. Florida State 9-0 41 RV RV: North Carolina 60, Florida St. 42, Kentucky RV: Hawaii (28); Oklahoma State (26); South PAC-12 VS. RANKED TEAMS 15, LSU 10, New Mexico 6, USF 6, Maryland Florida (20); BYU (11); San Diego State (11); 2, Massachusetts 2, Purdue 2, San Diego St. 2, Maryland (10); Syracuse (6); McNeese State (5); Arizona .................................................. 0-3 Syracuse 2, Mississippi St. 1. Mississippi State (3); Kentucky (2); UMass (2); Arizona State .......................................... 0-1 Arkansas (1); Virginia Tech. California ............................................... 1-0 Oregon ................................................... 0-0 CAL’S ARIOTO AND ASU’S BACH EARN PAC-12 SOFTBALL Oregon State .......................................... 1-1 WEEKLY HONORS Stanford ................................................. 0-1 UCLA ..................................................... 3-0 WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – CALIFORNIA redshirt senior pitcher/utility Valerie Arioto was named Pac-12 Utah ...................................................... 0-0 Softball Player of the Week and ARIZONA STATE senior pitcher Hillary Bach was named Pac-12 Softball Washington ............................................ 1-0 Pitcher of the Week for February 13-19, Commissioner Larry Scott announced today. Total ....................................... 6-6 (.500) Arioto earns Player of the Week honors for the second straight week after powering the Golden Bears to four wins at the UNLV Louisville Slugger Classic.