SUN DEVIL SOFTBALL @ASUSoftball @ASUSoftball 4 NATIONAL TITLES | 516 WINS SINCE 2007 13 CONSECUTIVE POSTSEASON APPEARANCES ASU SOFTBALL GAME NOTES No. 12/10 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS (24-4, 2-1) vs. No. 20/20 CALIFORNIA (24-5, 1-2) 2018 SCHEDULE / RESULTS OVERALL: 22-3 | PAC-12: 2-1 | H: 19-3 | A: 0-0 | N: 5-1 March 23-25 | Berkely, Calif. | Levine-Fricke Field FEBRUARY LEADING OFF... 8 ^ Tennessee L, 7-4 • Arizona State will continue Pac-12 play this 9 ^ vs. Purdue W, 9-1 weekend with a three-game series against the 9 ^ Nebraska W, 6-4 California Golden Bears in Berkeley, Calif., Friday 10 ^ Notre Dame W, 9-1 through Sunday. First pitches for the series are set 11 ^ Indiana W, 2-1 for 3:00 p.m. PT Friday and Sunday, with game two 12 ^ Saint Mary’s W, 8-4 scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. start time on Saturday. 16 + North Dakota W, 8-0 17 + Illinois State W, 9-1 • The Sun Devils enter Pac-12 play sitting in second 17 + Texas State W, 4-3 No. 12 ARIZONA STATE NO. 20 CALIFORNIA place in the Pac-12 standings after taking 2-of-3 from 18 + San Diego W, 7-0 24-4, 2-1 PAC-12 24-5, 1-2 PAC-12 top-ranked (and previously undefeated) Washington 22 % vs. Mississippi State W, 3-1 last weekend. The Sun Devils shutout the No. 1 22 % vs. Oklahoma L, 7-2 THE MATCHUPS... Huskies, 2-0, on both Saturday and Monday to claim 23 % vs. LIU Brooklyn W, 9-5 their first series win over Washington since the since 24 % vs. Liberty W, 6-0 ARIZONA STATE 2013. 25 % vs. Cal State Fullerton W, 7-3 Record _____________________________ 24-4, 2-1 MARCH Home / Away / Neutral ___________ 19-3 / 0-0 / 5-1 • Sophomore pitcher, G Juarez, has been absolutely 2 Coastal Carolina W, 4-2 Streak _________________________________ W-1 lights out in the circle for the Sun Devils in 2018. 3 Coastal Carolina W, 8-0 Last 5/ Last 10 ________________________ 3-2/8-2 On Monday, Juarez was named the Pac-12 Pitcher 3 New Mexico State W, 3-0 Ranking ______________________________ 12/10 of the Week for the second straight week. In the last 6 South Dakota W, 8-0 Head Coach ______________________ Trisha Ford seven days, Juarez has posted a perfect 3-0 record, 7 Georgetown W, 13-0 Career Record ____________ 198-99-1 (6th Season) struck out 32 batters, and allwed just two walks and 9 Minnesota W, 6-0 Record at Arizona State _ 55-26 (Second Season) eight hits. On the season, Juarez has struck out 130 11 Minnesota W, 9-1 batters, a mark that ranks No. 9 in the country, and 11 Minnesota W, 4-0 CALIFORNIA third in the Pac-12. 14 Iowa L, 3-1 Record _____________________________ 24-5, 1-2 14 Iowa W, 9-0 Home / Away / Neutral ____________1-0/ 5-2 / 18-3 • As a team, ASU enters the weekend series 17 * Washington W, 2-0 Streak __________________________________L-1 batting .311 on the season, a mark that ranks 32nd- 18 * Washington L, 6-0 Last 5/ Last-10 _______________________ 3-2 / 7-3 nationally. Sophomore Kindra Hackbarth leads the 19 * Washington W, 2-0 Ranking ______________________________ 20/20 way for the Sun Devils with an impressive .414 23 * at California 3:00 p.m. Head Coach __________________ Diane Ninemire average so far this season, a mark that ranks 10th- in 24 * at California 3:30 p.m. Career Record __________ 1306-635-1(31st Season) the Pac-12. 25 * at California 3:00 p.m. Record at California ___________________ same 30 North Dakota State 4:00 p.m. • Freshman Danielle Gibson has looked to hit her 30 BYU 6:30 p.m. stride in the Maroon and Gold this season. The 31 North Dakota State 1:30 p.m. GAME INFORMATION Murrieta, Calif., native has gone 29-for-70 at the 31 BYU 4:00 p.m. plate this season, including blasting a team-leading APRIL Date ____________________________ March 23-25 10 home runs. Her .957 slugging percentage leads 6 * at Oregon State TBD Game Times _________ 3 p.m. // 3:30 p.m. // 3 p.m. the Pac-12 this season and ranks ninth- nationally. 7 * at Oregon State TBD Location _______________________ Berkely, Calif. 8 * at Oregon State 12:00 p.m. Venue _____________________ Levine-Fricke Field • Through the first six weeks of the season, ASU 13 * Oregon 7:00 p.m. Dimensions ___________202 (LF), 210 (CF), 202 (RF) has outhit opponents, 219-116, leading to a 162- 14 * Oregon 6:00 p.m. Television ____________________ Pac-12 Network 51 ASU lead in runs scored. Entering the weekend 15 * Oregon 1:00 p.m. series, ASU’s 5.79 runs per game average ranks No. Live Stats ______________________ Stat Broadcast 20 * Arizona 5:00 p.m. 28 in the country, and sixth in the Pac-12. All-Time Series ________________ Cal leads, 67-53 21 * Arizona 2:00 p.m. 22 * Arizona 5:00 p.m. • As a staff, the Sun Devil pitchers have combined 27 * at Utah 4:00 p.m. to post a 1.31 ERA, the 11th- lowest ERA in the 28 * at Utah 1:00 p.m. country entering the weekend series against the 29 * at Utah 11:0 a.m. Golden Bears. MAY ARIZONA STATE PROBABLE STARTERS BY POSITION (BASED ON PREVIOUS GAMES) 1 * at New Mexico State 2:00 p.m. POS # Name Yr. Hometown AVG GP-GS R H 2B 3B HR RBI 1 * at New Mexico State 4:00 p.m. C 13 Maddi Hackbarth So. Oakdale, Calif. .197 28-28 7 14 2 0 6 24 4 * Stanford 7:00 p.m. 1B 41 Danielle Gibson Fr. Murrietta, Calif. .414 26-26 16 29 8 0 10 27 5 * Stanford 6:00 p.m. 2B 20 Marisa Stankiewicz Sr. Gilbert, Ariz. .255 28-28 15 14 1 0 1 5 6 * Stanford 1:00 p.m. 3B 10 Bella Loomis Fr. Chandler, Ariz. .262 20-15 10 11 1 0 0 5 10 * at UCLA 7:00 p.m. SS 15 Jade Gotarez So. Riverside, Calif. .314 28-28 22 27 3 0 4 22 11 * at UCLA 7:00 p.m. RF 22 Kindra Hackbarth So. Oakdale, Calif. .395 28-28 22 34 5 3 0 12 12 * at UCLA 1:00 p.m. CF 47 Morgan Howe Jr. Poway, Calif. .395 26-26 20 30 4 0 5 18 LF 49 Nichole Chilson Sr. Menifee, Calif. .311 27-25 13 19 2 0 4 20 DP 1 Skylar McCarty Jr. Peoria, Ariz. .340 23-16 7 17 4 1 1 2 2018 SUN DEVIL SOFTBALL 2018 QUICK FACTS (Entering Season) G-PEAT PITCHER OF THE WEEK... Following a week that saw sophomore G Juarez strike out 32 batters in 19 innings pitched, GENERAL INFORMATION the lefty was recognized as the Pac-12 Pitcher of the week for the second time in as many Location ......................................................................................Tempe, Ariz. weeks. Juarez was the first ASU pitcher to earn the honor since Mackenzie Popescue was Founded ...................................................................................................1885 named Pitcher of the Week in April of 2014. The back-to-back honors for Juarez makes her Enrollment ............................................................................................91,000 the eighth Sun Devils pitcher to earn the honor multiple times in a season, joining the likes Nickname .......................................................................................Sun Devils of Dallas Escobedo and Hillary Bach as the last pitchers to earned multiple Pac-12 Pitcher School Colors ....................................................................Maroon and Gold honors in a single season. Juarez’ feat of earning the honor twice in a row has not been done Affiliation ...............................................................................NCAA Division I since ASU legend Katie Burkhart earned back-to-back conference honors in 2006. Conference ..........................................................................................Pac-12 President ............................................................................Dr. Michael Crow SUN DEVILS FACE CHALLENGING SCHEDULE IN 2018... Athletics Director ...................................................................Ray Anderson To be the best you have got to play the best. That is an idea not lost on the coaches at Faculty Representative .................................................Dr. Jeffrey Wilson Arizona State who have set out on a 2018 schedule that features 22 games against Head Athletic Trainer ...............................................................Ken McCarty teams ranked in the preseason top-25. Those games include a three-game series against Athletic Dept. Phone .............................................................480-965-4382 conference foes Oregon, Washington, UCLA and Utah, who check in at No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 Ticket Office Phone ..............................................................480-727-0000 and No. 15 respectively. Entering the week, Arizona State’s remaining schedule checks in as the 16th- toughest, based on opponent win percentage. Looking at the most recent rankings, PROGRAM HISTORY First year of softball .............................................................................. 1967 ASU has scheduled contests against 12 teams that are currently either ranked or receiving NCAA appearances/Last ................................................................29/2017 votes.. WCWS appearances/Last ...............................................................11/2013 National championships ........................................1972, 1973, 2008, 2011 FORD EYEING WIN NO. 200... All-Americans ...............................................................................................37 After guiding her team perched on an 24-4 record so far this season, head coach Trisha Ford is eyeing career-win 200. Ford enters this weekend’s slate with a career-record of 198-99- FACILITY INFORMATION 1, moving her just two-wins away from her 200th career victory in just her sixth season as Facility ............................................................................Farrington Stadium a head coach. Since arriving in Tempe, Ford has led the Sun Devils to a 55-26 record that Dimensions (L,C,R) ...............................................................202’, 210’, 202’ translates into a .679 win percentage. Stadium Capacity ..................................................................................1,535 PITCHING POWERING SUN DEVIL SUCCESS... COACHING STAFF While the ASU bats have been on fire this season, ASU’s pitching has been equally as Head coach ..................................................................................Trisha Ford impressive through the first six weeks of the season.