Ducks Bound For Bay Area Tilts
THIS WEEK'S SOFTBALL ACTION
Friday, 4/11 ? No. 22 California, (32-15, 1-5), 3 p.m. ? www.CalBears.com
Saturday, 4/12 ? No. 8 Stanford (34-7, 1-5), 1 p.m. ? www.GoStanford.com
Sunday, 4/13 ? No. 8 Stanford (34-7, 1-5), Noon ? www.GoStanford.com
WHAT’S ON TAP
EUGENE ? The University of Oregon softball team (26-16, 1-5) looks to climb the Pac-10 standings this week ? its third in league action - and travels to the Bay Area to take on another pair of top-25 ranked foes with identical Pac-10 marks as UO.
On Friday, the Ducks play at No. 22 California, then swap sides of the Bay for single games Saturday and Sunday vs. No. 8 Stanford.
Oregon received a vote this week in one of the two top-25 polls, and four other members of the ?Conference of Champions’ stand top 25 - No. 1 Arizona State, No. 1 UCLA, No. 7 Arizona and No. 23 Washington.
Last Sunday at home, the Ducks staked their first win in nearly three years over then-No. 8 Arizona. UO held off the returning national champion, 3-2, thanks to a three-run homer by Neena Bryant and a season-high eight strikeout performance by Alicia Cook.
Two days before, UO lost a hard-fought 3-2 game to No. 1 Arizona State on a seventh-inning solo homer by All-American Kaitlin Cochran. Its other loss was a 5-1 defeat to UA’s returning World College World Series Most Outstanding Player Taryne Mowatt.
Next week, UO has four away (but nearby) games in the Willamette Valley ? a doubleheader at Portland State (Wednesday, April 16) and a pair of games at Oregon State (Friday-Saturday, April 18).
QUICK QUACKS
Senior Alicia Cook’s season-high strikeouts (8) vs. UA matched her tally from earlier outings vs. returning NCAA Super Regional qualifier South Carolina. Cook’s 11th victory of the season last weekend gives has an identical record as last year’s pitching MVP, junior Melissa Rice (11-8). The latter hurler won nine games in a row before a tough 2-0 loss at No. 1 UCLA two weeks ago. In that outing, she allowed only one base runner (via a walk) in her final five innings after allowing two runs the first inning. The pair both rank top-10 in school history in many career categories, including wins (fourth / seventh), shutouts (fourth / sixth) and strikeouts (fourth / eighth).
At the plate the last two weeks, sophomore centerfielder Neena Bryant knocked in RBIs vs. UCLA, Oregon State and Arizona to continue her spring surge. In the Cascade Clash tournament’s eight games the two weeks prior, she led the Ducks in average (.652), home runs (5), RBI (14), runs (9), hits (15) and doubles (4). On the season, she tops Oregon in batting average (.385), hits (50), doubles (9), slugging (.662), on-base pct. (.400), RBI's (36), home runs (9), total bases (86), and ranks top three in runs (second, 23) and stolen bases (third, 17).
In the Pac-10 rankings this week, Bryant ranked top 10 in hits (fourth-tie, 50), total bases (fourth, 86), stolen bases (fifth, 16), slugging (sixth, .662), RBIs (sixth-tie, 36) and home runs (seventh-tie, 9).
Sophomore right fielder Blair Williamson was inserted into the team’s leadoff slot for the first time vs. Arizona after her recent heroics at the plate. In a stretch of four games vs. UCLA, Oregon State, Arizona State and Arizona, she went 5-for-7 with two doubles and also got on via a hit by pitch.
Freshman second baseman Cortney Kivett leads the Pac-10 in steals (30), and her 49 hits ranks sixth in the league and second for UO. Her 30 thefts rank fourth all-time in a season for UO and ninth all-time on the career charts. Her twin sister Ashley is second among Ducks in conference game batting (.417, 5-for-12), and had a two-run homer in the seventh inning vs. Oregon State last week.
Other Ducks in this week’s Pac-10 rankings included junior Sari-Jane Jenkins (stolen bases, third-tie, 20; triples, third-tie, 2), Cook (saves, first-tie, 4; wins, 10th-tie, 11; strikeouts, 10th, 112) and Rice (wins, 10th-tie, 11).
IN A LEAGUE OF HER OWN
Head Coach Kathy Arendsen became the first Duck skipper to stake 200 wins at the end of February in Las Vegas. The week before, the sixth-year head coach became the all-time wins leader among Duck softball coaches after she passed Tami Brown (192-172, 1990-96). Arendsen’s career winning percentage (.618, 209-129) is also a school best, ahead of Teresa Wilson’s mark (.548, 126-104, 1986-89). The 18th-year collegiate coach Arendsen sports a 581-404 overall record after prior stops at Mississippi State, Yale, Eastern Illinois and Western Connecticut.
ALL-TIME VS. CAL / STANFORD
The Ducks claimed the Cal and Stanford series with 2-1 ledgers last year ? the first year they won both series in the same season since 2000 (also by the same counts that season). Arendsen’s crew also won the Stanford series in 2006 (2-1), ’04 (2-1) and ’03 (2-1). All-time, UO is 29-22 vs. Stanford, while Cal holds the upper hand in the UO series, 66-32.
STANFORD SNIPPETS
Last week on the road, No. 8 Stanford (34-7, 1-5) beat Washington (3-1) and Sacramento State (3-0), and lost to Washington (4-1) and UCLA (3-1). Stanford's 12th-year head coach John Rittman, a two-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year, enters this weekend with 499 career wins. Cardinal outfielder Alissa Haber was a third-team All-American last year, while junior pitcher Missy Penna was a second-team All-Region pick in '07 with Haber. This year, sophomore centerfielder Rosey Neill paces the league in home runs (16) and total bases (100) and ranks second in slugging (.903) and RBIs (second-tie, 43), and Haber stands top five in the league in hits (third, 51) and batting average (fifth, .395). Pena ranks second in the league in strikeouts (251) and fourth in ERA (1.02), just ahead of freshman Ashley Chinn (fifth, 1.48).
BEAR TRACKS
Last week, No. 21 California (32-15, 1-5) got swept on the road by UCLA (5-0, 2-1) and Washington (2-1). Golden Bear head coach Diane Ninemire returns for her 21st year in Berkeley, and was tabbed the national coach of the year after the Bears won the national title in 2002. The winningest coach in Cal softball history entered the year with an 889-430 career mark, and the Bears are after their 21st straight winning season. A pair of Cal freshman rank top five in several offensive categories - Sanoe Kekahuna ranks second in the conference in hits (52) and RBIs (43), and fellow frosh Valerie Arioto stands top four in triples (first, 4), runs (second, 40) and hits (fourth, 50). Junior outfielder Gina Leomiti was an All-Pac-10 honorable mention in 2007 and is fourth in the league in RBIs this year (37).Sophomore Marissa Drewrey stands third in the league in wins (20), fourth in strikeouts (207) and ninth in ERA (1.70), just ahead of Arioto (10th, 1.96).
A PEAK AT THE PAC-10 SLATE
After this week’s games at California and Stanford, two more away weekends for UO close April, although the first weekend includes nearby games at Portland State (Wednesday, April 16 - doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.) and Corvallis (Friday-Saturday, April 18, 4 p.m., April 19, 1 p.m.). The Ducks return home for the final two weekends of the season to host Stanford (Friday, May 2, 4 p.m.), California (Saturday, May 3, 1 p.m.; Sunday, May 4, Noon), UCLA (Thursday, May 8, 4 p.m.) and Washington (Friday, May 9, 1:30 and 4 p.m.; Saturday, May 10, 1:30 p.m.).
UO’s original game vs. Washington on March 28 that was postponed because of snow and rain will be made up on Friday, May 9 at 1:30 p.m. as part of a doubleheader.
A SLATE VS. A WHO’S WHO OF COLLEGE SOFTBALL
With all eight members of the ?Conference of Champions’ NCAA qualifiers last year, a challenging weekend is nothing new. Including the non-conference slate this year, the Ducks have 37 games against 21 NCAA qualifiers from ’07, including five regional champions, three World Series participants and both NCAA championship participants.
DUCK BATTING NOTES
- Five Ducks that have played all 42 games are batting .280 or better:
Neena Bryant, So., CF - .385, 50-for-130, 9 home runs, 36 RBI, 17 stolen bases, .662 slugging
Cortney Kivett, Fr., 2B - .355, 49-for-138, 30 stolen bases
Lovena Chaput, Sr., SS - .292, 35-for-120, 4 home runs, 6 doubles, 17 RBI, 13 walks
Sari-Jane Jenkins, Jr., LF - .291, 37-for-127, 20 stolen bases, 18 walks
Joanna Gail, Sr., 3B - .282, 33-for-117, 9 doubles, 7 home runs, 25 RBI
- Sophomore right fielder Blair Williamson is the newest face in the Duck starting lineup and is the team’s leading hitter in Pac-10 action (.500, 5-for-10, 2 doubles). Her first two hits in that span came as a pinch hitter vs. the Bruins and Beavers. The next game, her two doubles vs. ASU’s All-America hurler Katie Burkhart was her first career game with multiple, multiple-base hits. She nearly had another line drive extra base hit vs. Burkhart that was robbed by a leaping grab by the first baseman behind the bag. The next day on Saturday, she garnered UO’s only hit and run in Mowatt of Arizona’s 5-1 one-hit win. Prior to this past week’s two starts, she hadn’t started a game since late February’s win over Long Island in the Louisville Slugger Classic in Las Vegas.
- Altogether, six Ducks have homered this year and five have four or more. The power parade includes four returnees ? Bryant (9), Gail (7), Chaput (4) and Kayleen Hudson (4) ? and two freshmen ? Monique Fuiava (4, including a grand slam) and catcher Ashley Kivett (2). Round-trippers from the Cascade Clash went to Bryant (5), Gail (3), Chaput (1), and Hudson (1), and Kivett added another homer vs. Oregon State to open April. UO’s 10th-best individual season home run mark is 10 ? a mark that Bryant achieved last year as a freshman and is one away from this week. As a team, UO stood fourth in the Pac-10 this week in homers (30).
- This season, Fuiava, Gail and Bryant are the first Ducks to hit multiple homers in a game. Bryant was the most recent honoree with a pair of solo home runs in her 3-for-3 day vs. UC Davis in UO’s 7-2 Cascade Clash win in late March. Gail cleared the fence twice in her 3-for-3 afternoon vs. Cal State Bakersfield earlier in the month at San Diego State. Fuiava’s effort vs. Colorado State the opening weekend included a grand slam, and her 6 RBIs is a team high in ’08, and only one off the school record (7) that four share. Others on the team with grand slams from prior seasons include Gail (2) and Hudson (2).
- Among current Ducks the career home run leader is Chaput (20) who ranks 10th all-time and moved past recent Duck star Beth Boskovich (19). Other Ducks with +10 career homers include Bryant (19), Gail (17), Hudson (16), and redshirt Jenn Salling (14).
- In recent action on the UO all-time career charts, Lovena Chaput moved to fourth all-time in doubles (34), and is two away from third place (36). Freshman and season stolen base leader Cortney Kivett (30) is six away from third all-time in a season (36).
- Besides Bryant’s offensive antics in the Cascade Clash to close March, senior Joanna Gail also hit at a +.500 clip in the tourney (.500, 12-for-24, 3 doubles, 3 home runs, 9 RBI), and four others topped .280 ? freshman Monique Fuiava (.333, 7-for-21, 3 doubles, 4 RBI), senior Kayleen Hudson (.394, 5-for-17, 1 double, 1 homer, 3 RBI, 4 walks), senior Lovena Chaput (.286, 6-for-21, 1 double, 1 home run, 5 RBI, 4 walks), and freshman Cortney Kivett (.280, 7-for-25, 2 RBI, 1 walk, 7 steals).
- In late February in Palm Springs, freshman first baseman Monique Fuiava homered for Oregon it its 1-0 win vs. then-No. 6 Oklahoma. The Las Vegas native led the team in the tourney in batting (.333), hits (5), doubles (1), homers (1), runs (3), on-base pct. (.444), slugging (.600) and total bases (9), and ranked second in walks (3). Fuiava also went 2-3 in UO’s 2-1 win vs. NCAA qualifier Long Island with a double. Other Ducks with notable stat lines in their second trip to Palm Springs - Joanna Gail (.313, 5-16, 1 double) and the Kivett twins Cortney (.278, 5-18, 1 walk, 2 stolen bases) and Ashley (.250, 3-12, 1 stolen base).
- Cortney Kivett went 4-4 in her first collegiate game with a double and a stolen base, and came back with a 2-4 day the next morning vs. Cal Poly and had an RBI and stolen base in both games. The Yucaipa, Calif., native had a 15-game hitting streak ended in the Mid-March’s Cascade Clash opener, then proceeded to go 7-for-21 the next three games and hit safely in nine of her next 11 games. The leadoff hitter ranks second for UO in ’08 in hits (49) and average (.355), third in on-base percentage (.382) and fourth in runs (18) and total bases (50).
- UO’s 15 hits vs. Colorado State tied a team record that has been matched many times, the most recent in a 6-5 win at Oregon State in 2007.
- Lovena Chaput’s four runs in a 13-2 win vs. Northwestern State tied a team record shared by four others.
- Ashley Kivett’s two doubles vs. Cal Poly ranks second all-time for UO, as did sister Cortney Kivett’s four hits in her debut vs. Colorado State.
- Oregon’s 14 runs vs. Colorado State was the second-most under sixth-year head coach Kathy Arendsen (behind last year’s 15-8 win last year vs. College World Series qualifier and then-No. 8 Texas A&M). That 14-run tally was three shy of the school record (17 vs. Rutgers, 17, 1999).
DUCK PITCHING NOTES
- The past month, junior right-hander Melissa Rice won nine straight games and also had a save. Her 2-0 Cascade Clash shutout of UC Davis was the 12th of her career and ranks her sixth all-time for UO. Two more complete game blankings will put her in a tie for fifth. She also ranks top-10 for UO in career wins (seventh, 40), innings (eighth, 421.2), strikeouts (eighth, 271), appearances (eighth, 95) and complete games (ninth, 36).
- Senior Alicia Cook’s win over Arizona leaves her fourth all-time for UO in career victories (50), and she's now nine behind her sister Jennie Cook (third, 59). She also ranks top 10 in Duck history in strikeouts (fourth, 388), shutouts (fourth, 19), innings (seventh, 504.2), appearances (seventh, 109) and complete games (seventh, 52)
- This season, Rice shares the team lead in wins (11) and also paces UO in ERA (2.63) and opposing batting average (.214), and ranks second in innings (106), strikeouts (77), starts (18), shutouts (3) and appearances (24). Cooks owns top team honors in wins (11-tied), shutouts (4), saves (4), strikeouts (116) and innings (129.2) and ranks second in ERA (2.98).
- Cook owns UO’s season high in strikeouts (8) vs. returning national champion Arizona, and fellow NCAA Super Regional qualifier South Carolina. She also had seven against Northwestern State and San Diego State, six vs. Colorado State, Idaho State, Mississippi Valley State, Northern Illinois, Pacific, Southern Utah and UC Davis, and five vs. Harvard, Northridge and Tennessee. In the Cascade Clash tourney, Rice had a season high six in four no-hit innings vs. Idaho State, and also against Idaho State, and UNLV and Southern Utah in consecutive outings in February. She also whiffed five batters in games vs. Fresno State, James Madison, Mississippi State, Northern Illinois and San Diego State.
- In the span of 30 hours in late February in the Palm Springs, Cook logged shutouts over No. 6 Oklahoma, 1-0, and Pacific, 10-0, and had a save in the 3-1 win vs. Michigan State. Other shutouts in '08 by Cook have come over over Idaho State (2-0), Northridge (2-0), Pacific (10-0), South Carolina (3-0), and by Rice vs. Mississippi Valley State (10-0), San Diego (2-0) and UC Davis (2-0). Cook and Rice combined on blankings of NCAA veteran Harvard (6-0) and New Mexico State (2-0), and Rice partnered with freshman Brittany Rumfelt on a shutout of Idaho State (8-0).
- Rice pitched the first four innings of a five-inning, 8-0 Cascade Clash no-hitter vs. Idaho State, before Rumfelt added a final no-hit inning in relief. Rice also pitched a one-hit five inning 10-0 complete game vs. Mississippi Valley State, and two-hit complete games vs. UCLA and UNLV that went six and seven innings, respectively. Cook allowed only one hit in her Cascade Clash wins vs. Mississippi Valley State (6.1 innings) and Idaho State (5 innings), and also allowed two hits in her 3-0 seven-inning complete game shutout of South Carolina.
- Rumfelt (4-0) won her first four collegiate starts. After a stress fracture in her pitching hand index finger, she has appeared in five of UO’s last 11 games, and allowed runs only to UCLA (5) and Arizona (2) in those 13 innings ? the latter outing which was a six-inning relief stint. A month prior in her last action in Palm Springs, she won starts over returning NCAA qualifier Long Island, 2-1, and Michigan State, 3-1. In previous weekends, she posted a 13-2 win over Northwestern State (5 innings, 2 earned runs, 5 strikeouts, 1 walk) and a 14-4 win in her collegiate debut vs. returning NCAA qualifier Cal Poly (4 innings, 11 hits, 4 earned runs, 1 strikeout, 2 walks).
MISC. DUCK NOTES
- The Duck defense is fairly new look in '08, even for the returnees. Five players started multiple games the first weekend in the same tournament that didn’t do so in ’07 ? freshmen Monique Fuiava (1B-DP), Ashley (C) and Cortney Kivett (2B), sophomore Carlyn Re (1B) and redshirt senior Kayleen Hudson (RF-DP). Sophomore Blair Williamson (RF) started multiple games in a tournament only once last year, while three of UO’s starters have done so than at different positions than they did in the non-conference slate in ’07 ? Chaput (SS in ?08, LF in ?07), Jenkins (LF in ?08, CF in ’07) and Bryant (CF in ?08, RF in ’07).
- Five Ducks have started all 42 games this year ? Bryant (CF), Chaput (SS), Gail (3B), Jenkins (LF) and Cortney Kivett (2B). Kayleen Hudson (RF-DP) has started 40 contests, and Fuiava (DP-1B) has started 40 and played all 42.
STAT WATCH ? UO ALL-TIME CHARTS
Lovena Chaput, Sr., SS, Tualatin, Ore.
Career Doubles ? 4th-tie, 34 ? needs 2 to tie for 3rd (36); (6 in 2008, 28 in 2005, ’06, ?07)
Career Triples ? 11th, 6 ? needs 1 to tie for 8th (7); (0 in 2008, 6 in 2005, ’06, ?07)
Career Home Runs ? 10th, 20 ? needs 1 to tie for 9th (21); (4 in 2008, 16 in 2005, ’06, ?07)
Sari-Jane Jenkins, Jr., LF, Salem, Ore
Career Stolen Bases ? 67, 3rd ? needs 4 to tie for 2nd (71); (20 in 2008, 47 in 2006, ?07)
Career Runs ? 100 ? needs 4 to tie for 10th (104); (26 in 2008, 74 in 2006-07)
Neena Bryant, So., CF, Placentia, Calif.
Career Home Runs ? 19 ? needs 1 to tie teammate Lovena Chaput for 10th (20); (9 in 2008, 10 in 2007)
Career Stolen Bases ? 31 ? needs 3 to tie for 8th (34)
Season Home Runs ? 9 ? needs 1 to tie for 10th (10)
Season RBIs ? 36 ? needs 6 to tie for 10th (42)
Season Stolen Bases ? 17 ? needs 4 to tie for 10th (21)
Season Doubles ? 9 ? needs 3 to tie teammate Lovena Chaput for 10th (12)
Joanna Gail, Sr., 3B, Poway, Calif.
Career Home Runs ? 17 ? needs 3 to tie teammate Lovena Chaput for 10th (20); (7 in 2008, 10 in 2005, ’06, ’07)
Season Home Runs ? 7 ? needs 3 to tie for 10th (10)
Season Doubles ? 9 ? needs 3 to tie teammate Lovena Chaput for 10th (12)
Cortney Kivett, Fr., 2B, Yucaipa, Calif.
Season Stolen Bases ? 30, 4th ? needs 6 to tie for 3rd (36)
Career Stolen Bases ? 30, 9th ? needs 4 to tie for 8th (34)
Alicia Cook, Sr., P, Elmira, Ore.
Season Strikeouts ? 112 ? needs 1 to tie for 10th (113)
Career Shutouts ? 4th, 19 ? needs 2 to tie for 3rd (21); (4 in 2008, 15 in 2005, ’06, ?07)
Melissa Rice, Jr., P, Colville, Wash.
Career Shutouts ? 6th, 12 ? needs 2 to tie for 5th (14); (3 in 2008, 9 in 2006, ?07)
Career Innings ? 8th, 421.2 - needs 64 to tie for 7th (482); (106 in 2008, 315.2 in 2006, ?07)
RECENT PAC-10 RECAPS (vs. Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon State)
4/6 ? Oregon 3, No. 8 Arizona 2, Eugene, Ore.
Thanks to a special softball alumni reunion, several generations of UO’s greatest players savored first-hand a 3-2 home win over returning national champion and No. 8 Arizona at Howe Field. Oregon (26-16, 1-5) scored all its runs in the third inning on a three-run home run by sophomore Neena Bryant who launched the two-out, first pitch over the center field wall. That round tripper was her ninth of the season and 19th of her career (both of which were one shy of Duck all-time top-10 season and career marks). On the mound for UO, senior right-hander Alicia Cook wowed the home crowd with a season-high eight strikeouts, and walked three, allowed nine hits, and both of her runs allowed were earned. Cook’s strikeout total tied her previous season high that she recorded vs. returning NCAA Super Regional qualifiers Baylor and South Carolina. In front of a season-high crowd of 459 spectators, UO’s win over UA was its first since 2005’s 3-0 home victory in early May 2005. Ducks with hits included Sari-Jane Jenkins (1-for-2, 1 run, 1 walk), Bryant (1-for-3, 1 run, 3 RBI) and Lovena Chaput (1-for-2, 1 walk).
4/5 - No. 8 Arizona 5, Oregon, 1, Eugene, Ore.
A 40-minute rain delay before the start of the game did little to slow the Wildcats (27-9, 4-1) who scored three runs in the first inning, then added single runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Oregon (25-16, 0-5) scored its run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Sophomore right fielder Blair Williamson got on via a single up the middle on a 1-2 count, advanced to second and third bases on a sacrifice bunt and groundout, respectively, then scored on a wild pitch. Williamson (1-for-2) was also hit by pitch in the seventh inning to reach base for the sixth time in her last eight at-bats. Lovena Chaput also reached twice on walks, and Sari-Jane Jenkins, Joanna Gail and Carlyn Re were also issued bases on balls by Arizona’s All-America ace Taryne Mowatt (16-7) who struck out 12 Ducks and threw 146 pitches. On the mound for UO, junior starter Melissa Rice retired only one of the first five batters before freshman Brittany Rumfelt came in with the bases loaded and gave up another RBI single before she got an RBI fly out and groundout to end the inning. Rumfelt pitched until the seventh inning when Arizona loaded the bases, and Rice re-entered and forced grounder force-outs to home and second base to end the game. Rice (11-8) took the loss and gave up three hits, three earned runs, walked none and struck out none in her one inning of work. In her longest Pac-10 appearance to date, Rumfelt pitched six innings, struck out two, walked one, allowed 10 hits, and one of her two runs allowed were earned.
4/4 ? No. 1 Arizona State 3, Oregon 2, Eugene, Ore.
Sophomore Blair Williamson went 2-for-3 to help the Ducks nearly defeat No. 1 Sun Devils before a seventh inning home run by All-American Kaitlin Cochran. UO (25-15, 0-4) came back from a 2-0 deficit with two runs to tie the game, 2-2, in the bottom of the fifth inning. Freshman catcher Ashley Kivett opened with a double to left center field, that was followed by an RBI double to right center field by Williamson, who later scored on a Sari-Jane Jenkins bunt single. In her first start since late February, Williamson’s two doubles gave her a season high in hits (2) - tops on the day for UO and her fourth in the five most recent at-bats. A fifth potential hit was robbed in the seventh inning Friday by a leaping grab by the first baseman on a line drive down the line. Three other Ducks hit safely? Cortney Kivett (1-for-3, 1 walk), Jenkins (1-for-4, 1 RBI) and Ashley Kivett (1-for-3, 1 run). Duck starter Alicia Cook pitched the first 4.1 innings and gave up four hits, struck out three, walked five and her two runs allowed were earned. Junior Melissa Rice (11-7) pitched the last 2.2 innings, struck out one, walked none, and allowed three hits and one run ? the center field homer by Cochran.
4/2 ? Oregon State 7, Oregon 4, Eugene, Ore.
In Wednesday’s first installment of the annual Civil War series vs. Oregon State, UO came back from a 7-1 deficit in the seventh inning to put runners on first and third base and the tying run at the plate before the final out was retired. Freshman Ashley Kivett started the rally with a two-run homer over the right field wall ? her second of the season ? that scored sophomore pinch hitter Blair Williamson who had singled to open the inning. Junior Neena Bryant added UO’s last run three batters later with an RBI double off the top of the center field wall. UO’s first run came in the bottom of the fifth inning when Ashley Kivett walked, advanced to third base after a pair of wild pitches, and scored on a groundout by junior left fielder Sari-Jane Jenkins. OSU (23-16, 2-2) went up, 4-0, in the third inning with an RBI double, two-run homer and another RBI double, then added its final runs on a three-run homer in the fifth inning. Junior Duck starter Melissa Rice pitched the opening 2.2 innings, gave up six hits, struck out two, walked none and all four of her runs allowed were earned. She was relieved by senior Alicia Cook (2.1 innings, 3 hits, 3 ER, 1 BB) and freshman Brittany Rumfelt (2 innings, 0 runs, 1 SO, 0 BB). Ashley Kivett (2-for-2, 2 runs, 2 RBI) and senior shortstop Lovena Chaput (2-for-4) each had multiple-hit afternoons, and four others hit safely.
UO SEASON PREVIEW
In 2007, the Ducks seek their fifth postseason trip under sixth-year head coach Kathy Arendsen, buoyed by the memories from an often-magical ’07 season. UO racked up 44 victories ? second most in school history ? and a school record 18-game early season win streak that put the Ducks in the top 10 in the national polls in the opening months of the schedule.
IN THE POLLS
In the national preseason polls, UO held its place among the country’s elite programs with 20th and 23rd ?place rankings in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and USA Softball polls, respectively. Returning national champion Arizona led both rankings and was among seven Pac-10 teams spotted, and their rankings follow: Arizona (1st / 1st ), Arizona State (3rd / 2nd), UCLA (14th / 10th ), Washington (11th / 14th), Stanford (19th / 17th) and Oregon State (18th / 19th).
TOP DUCK RETURNEES
The Ducks welcome back many of last year’s stars from one of its deepest teams ever (with 2007 stats in ()). Junior outfielder Sari-Jane Jenkins (.396, 82 hits, 27 RBI, 38 SB) and senior third baseman Joanna Gail (.281, Defensive MVP .971) were All-Region Second Team picks. Jenkins’ sophomore season totals in hits (82), stolen bases (38) and doubles (16) ranked second most in school history and her hits and doubles totals ranked third and first in the Pac-10 last year.
In ’07, the Salem, Ore., product Jenkins was also a Pac-10 Second-Team pick, while Gail and sophomore outfielder Neena Bryant (.309, 14 doubles, 10 HR’s, 46 RBI) were honorable mention all-league selections. Bryant led the gold-medal winning U.S. junior national team in batting (,571) last summer in the World Junior Championships, and had several top-10 season all-time marks for UO (see end of release).
Senior shortstop Lovena Chaput was an All-Pac-10 Second Team pick in 2005 and an ASA All-America shortstop two summers ago. Redshirt senior Kayleen Hudson missed last year, and had a career high .293 average in ’06 and ranked second on the team in slugging (.455) and third in on-base (.362) and home runs (4).
Arendsen’s pitching staff returns both of last year’s 20-game winners - senior Alicia Cook (23-5, 10 shutouts, 125 strikeouts) and junior Melissa Rice (21-14, eight shutouts, 114 strikeouts) ? the first duo to notch the feat in school history.
A RIGOROUS SCHEDULE
The Ducks typically play one of the nation’s tougher schedules, and will again in ?08 with 37 games against returning NCAA qualifiers from last season. Not surprisingly, those opponents include five regional champions, three World Series participants and both championship participants. The Ducks spent nearly the entire first six weeks of the season on the road at a pair of tournaments in both Palm Springs (Cathedral Kickoff 2/8-10, Palm Springs Classic 2/21-24) and Las Vegas (Louisville Slugger Classic, 2/15-17, Las Vegas Invitational 3/7-9) and another in San Diego (San Diego Classic, 2/28-3/2).
After UO’s home opener vs. Portland State (3/5), the Eugene-Springfield community will get plenty of face time with its favorite team with most of UO’s next 10 games in the cozy confines of Howe Field as part of the Cascade Clash, March 13-25. Afterwards the Ducks open the Pac-10 season on the road at Washington and UCLA (3/28-30), then have their first Civil War showdown vs. Oregon State, Wednesday, April 2, soon followed by games vs. Arizona State and Arizona (4/4-6). The Ducks wrap up the season five weeks later at home vs. UCLA and Washington (5/8-10).
So far this year, the Ducks have a 10-11 record against those returning NCAA qualifiers with victories over Cal Poly (14-4), South Carolina (3-0), Long Island (2-1), then-No. 6 Oklahoma (1-0), Harvard (6-0), Southern Utah (10-6, 4-2) and Mississippi Valley State (10-0, 6-1) and returning national champion Arizona (3-2).
Oregon losses have come to returning national runner-up and then-No. 6 Tennessee (5-0), Mississippi State (3-0), then-No. 2 Northwestern (7-0), returning World Series qualifier and then-No. 10 Baylor (8-4), then-No. 22 Fresno State (4-1), then-No. 20 Ohio State (7-0), returning Super Regional qualifier and then-No. 1 UCLA (2-0, 12-0), Oregon State (7-4), College World Series returnee and then-No. 1 Arizona State (3-2) and returning national champion Arizona (5-1).
NEW FACES
The Ducks have welcomed six newcomers who have challenged for immediate duty ? freshmen Monique Fuiava (first base), twins Ashley and Cortney Kivett (catcher / second base), Brittany Rumfelt (pitcher) and Kaitlin Vitek (catcher) and junior transfer Shelley Deadmond (outfield). Cortney Kivett has started every game and has replaced All-Pac-10 second baseman Suzie Barnes, and Rumfelt won all four of her starts this year. Fuiava has shared duties at first base with sophomore Carlyn Re, and Ashley Kivett and Vitek have stabilized UO’s future behind the plate and have rotated with senior and two-year starter Aime Morris. Deadmond was an all-league honorable mention at Butte Junior College and is one of the team’s top pinch runners and could play any outfield position.
SISTER ACT
Freshman Kivett twins ? Ashley and Cortney ? aren’t the only Ducks with sibling connections. Senior pitcher Alicia Cook is the younger sister of former Duck great Jennie Cook. The elder Cook lettered from 1996-99 and ranks top 10 for UO in games (second, 140), wins (third, 59), complete games (third, 82), innings (fourth, 720). The younger Cook, Alicia, has already passed her sister in shutouts (Alicia, fourth, 19; Jennie, eighth, 9) and strikeouts (Alicia fourth, 388; Jennie eighth, 241), and for comparison here are Alicia’s other career stats and UO all-time rankings: 109 games (#7), 504.2 innings (#7), 50 wins (#4), 52 complete games (#7) and 19 shutouts (#4).
HOME GAME STATUS
Fans can call (541) 346-6148 for home game updates that may be rescheduled because of inclimate weather.
IN THE AIR
A broadcast of every home game for the remainder for the season will be also streamed online at the www.GoDucks.com website for O-Zone members. Oregon’s season finale vs. Washington, Saturday, May 10 at noon will be broadcast by Fox Sports Northwest. A pair of conference games in early April vs. then-No. 1 and then-No. 8 Arizona were televised by the Oregon Sports Network on Oregon Comcast Cable systems on Channel 37.
2007 DUCK SEASON REVIEW
The Ducks advanced to the regional final for the fourth time under Arendsen last May after opening round wins in the postseason vs. Penn State (4-0) and South Carolina (8-4), before losing twice afterwards to the host Gamecocks. UO soared through the non-conference stretch and climbed as high as 10th and 11th, respectively, in the national polls thanks to a 24-3 start that included a school record 18-game winning streak. Afterwards, UO continued to fly high en route to a 44-19 record and second-most wins in school history.
Individually, the Ducks amassed a school record seven All-Pac-10 honors, led by NFCA Player of the Year finalist and redshirt sophomore shortstop Jenn Salling. The first-year Duck also nabbed UO’s first Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year award after she ranked second nationally in batting (.481), and added school records in RBI (73), slugging (.873) and walks (46). A pair of then-seniors ? Suzie Barnes and Ann Marie Topps - were tabbed to the Pac-10 All-Second Team. Barnes handily broke season records for stolen bases (41) and runs (64) and Topps crushed 19 home runs, three more than the previous Duck all-time best.
SUMMER FUN
After last year’s record-breaking collegiate season, the Ducks continued to shine on the club, national and international stages. Last August, redshirt sophomore shortstop Jenn Salling started at shortstop and hit in the middle of the Canadian National Team’s lineup in the China Cup in Beijing, China. Afterwards, the Port Coquitlam, B.C. native was selected to Canada’s Olympic Team ? one of the top medal hopefuls this August. Senior Joanna Gail started at third base for the Greek National Team in their Europe-Africa Olympic qualifying tournament as the squad finished tied for fourth and celebrated wins over numerous countries, including the Czech Republic, England and Holland. The Poway, Calif., native made her Olympic debut back in ’04 in Athens before her freshman season. Sophomore Neena Bryant was one of the top hitters on the gold-medal U.S. team at the World Junior Championships last June. The U.S. team was unbeaten (10-0), and the outfielder from Placentia, Calif., led the team in batting (.571) in her nine games and her other offensive numbers follow: 7-12, 1 double, 1 triple, 8 RBI, .545 slugging. In the summer season, Gail and Jenkins started for the ASA national champion Brakettes team (Stratford, Conn.), and Jenkins was an All-America choice.
TOP DUCK
Sixth-year UO head coach Kathy Arendsen has directed Oregon to its most successful stretch in school history. She entered the 2008 season ranked first all-time among Duck softball mentors in winning percentage (.612, 183-116), followed by Nancy Plantz (.588, 20-14, 1980) and Teresa Wilson (.548, 126-104, 1986-89). The current Duck mentor now has 209 wins and moved her past former all-time leader Brown in early March (192-172, .527, 1990-96).
Arendsen’s first season in ’03 was one of UO’s greatest when the Ducks tied for third in the Pac-10 (37-19, 10-11) and had one more Pac-10 win than the previous three years combined. UO continued to shine with several other of its finest seasons in 2004 (42-21, 10-11) and 2005 (36-25, 7-14), then raised the stakes even higher in ’07 (44-19). UO sprinted out to a 24-3 start thanks to a school-record 18-game win streak and top-10 national ranking, and later reached the regional final for the fourth time in her five seasons.
Prior to her arrival to Eugene, she resurrected the Mississippi State program in 1997 after a 10-year hiatus, and her Bulldogs twice made the regional final. She spent four seasons prior as the head coach at Yale as its winningest coach (90-73), and two seasons at Eastern Illinois (46-36, 1990-91) and one at Western Connecticut (18-10, 1983).
As a player, she initially staked her name as one of the greatest pitchers in collegiate and U.S. history in a career that included 4,038 strikeouts, three Broderick (National Player of the Year) Awards and national titles for Texas Women’s University in 1979 and ’80. Afterwards, she pitched for the Raybestos Brakettes (Stratford, Conn.) and went 338-26, and staked 79 no-hitters, 42 perfect games, 265 shutouts and a 0.15 ERA. After her retirement, the Deerland, Mich., native was elected to the International Softball Hall of Fame, ASA Hall of Fame, Softball Hall of Fame, Cal State Chico Hall of Fame, Texas Women’s University Hall of Fame, Michigan ASA Hall of Fame and Grand Rapids Hall of Fame.
MORE LOVE FOR THE DUCK STAFF
Oregon’s recent success can also be tied to the continuity of one of the nation’s top staffs that includes associate head coach J. Gaudreau, Arendsen’s top assistant the past 14 seasons, and assistant coach Mick Hokanson who returns for his third season in Eugene and 17th overall in the collegiate ranks. The squad also added former pro centerfielder and Nebraska All-American Kim (Ogee) Harris as a volunteer coach just before the start of the season. A pair of All-Pac-10 picks from last year, Suzie Barnes and Ann Marie Topps, will serve as undergraduate coaches this year as they finish their degrees and help expedite the transition for a new class of Duck stars.
IN THE DUCK RECORD BOOKS
Sari-Jane Jenkins, Jr., LF, Salem, Ore.
Career Average ? 8th, .337 (169-502; 37-127 in 2008, 132-375 in 2006-07)
Career Stolen Bases - 3rd, 68 (2nd is 71) - (20 in 2008, 48 in 2006-07)
Career Runs (10th is 104) ? 100 (26 in 2008, 74 in 2006-07)
Career Hits (10th is 182) ? 169 (37 in 2008, 132 in 2006-07)
Career Doubles (10th is 28) ? 23 (2 in 2008, 21 in 2006-07)
Career Triples (8th-t is 7) ? 5 (2 in 2008, 3 in 2006-07)
Career Walks (10th is 63) ? 37 (18 in 2008, 19 in 2006-07)
Season Average ? 7th, .396, 2007
Season Runs ? 5th, 48, 2007
Season Hits ? 2nd, 82, 2007
Season Doubles ? 2nd, 16, 2007
Season Stolen Bases ? 2nd, 38, 2007
Season Stolen Bases ? 20, 2008 (10th is 21, 5th is 22)
Neena Bryant, So., CF, Placentia, Calif.
Career Average ? 6th, .340 (108-318; 50-130 in 2008, 58-188 in 2007)
Career Doubles (10th is 28) ? 23 (9 in 2008, 14 in 2007)
Career Home Runs (10th is 20) ? 19 (9 in 2008, 10 in 2007)
Career RBIs (10th is 92) ? 82 (36 in 2008, 46 in 2007)
Career Stolen Bases ? 9th, 31 (17 in 2008, 14 in 2007)
Season Doubles (10th is 12) ? 9, 2008
Season Doubles - 4th-t, 14, 2007
Season Home Runs (10th is 10) ? 9, 2008
Season Home Runs ? 10th-t, 10, 2007
Season Runs Batted In (10th is 42) ? 36, 2008
Season Runs Batted In ? 4th, 46, 2007
Season Extra Base Hits (9th is 22) ? 18, 2008
Season Extra Base Hits ? 5th, 25, 2007
Season Total Bases (10th is 104) ? 86, 2008
Season Total Bases ? 9th-t, 104, 2007
Lovena Chaput, Sr., SS, Tualatin, Ore.
Career Doubles ? 4th-tie, 34 (3rd is 36) ? (6 in ’08, 28 in 2005-07)
Career Triples ? 11th, 6 (8th is 7) ? (0 in ’08, 6 in 2005-07)
Career Home Runs ? 10th, 20 (9th is 21) ? (4 in ’08, 16 in 2005-07)
Season Doubles - 10th-t, 12, 2006
Cortney Kivett, Fr., 2B, Yucaipa, Calif.
Season Stolen Bases ? 30, 4th (3rd is 36), 2008
Season Hits (9th is 66) ? 49, 2008
Alicia Cook, Sr., P, Elmira, Ore.
Career Games ? 7th, 109 (6th is 114) ? (26 in 2008, 83 in 2005-07)
Career Wins ? 4th, 50 (3rd is 59) ? (11 in 2008, 39 in 2005-07)
Career Complete Games ? 7th, 52 (6th is 60) ? (12 in 2008, 40 in 2005-07)
Career Shutouts ? 4th, 19 (3rd is 21) ? (4 in 2008, 15 in 2005-07)
Career Innings ? 7th, 504.2 (6th is 631) ? (129.2 in 2008, 375 in 2005-07)
Career Strikeouts ? 4th, 388 (3rd is 445) ? (112 in 2008, 276 in 2005-07)
Career ERA (min. 200 IP) - 10. Alicia Cook 2.38 (170 ER, 504.2 innings) ? (43 ER in 2008, 127 in 2005-07)
Season Victories ? 4th, 23, 2007
Season Complete Games ? 10th-t. 23, 2007
Season Strikeouts ? 112, 2008 (10th is 113)
Season Strikeouts ? 7th, 125, 2007
Melissa Rice, Jr., P, Colville, Wash.
Career Shutouts ? 6th, 12 (5th is 14) ? (3 in 2008, 9 in 2006-07)
Career Victories ? 40, 7th (6th is 47) ? (11 in ’08, 29 in 2006, ’07)
Career Innings ? 8th, 421.2 (7th is 482.0) ? (106 in 2008, 315.2 in 2006-07)
Career Complete Games ? 9th, 36 (8th is 42) ? (9 in ’08, 27 in 2006-07)
Career Strikeouts ? 8th, 271 (7th is 316) ? (77 in ’08, 194 in 2006-07)
Career Appearances ? 8th, 95 (7th is 114) - (24 in ’08, 71 in 2006-07)
Season Victories ? 6th, 21, 2007
Season Appearances ? 9th, 40, 2007
Season Starts ? 9th, 34, 2007
Season Complete Games ? 10th-t. 23, 2007
Season Strikeouts ? 9th, 114, 2007
OREGON SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS
Head Coach (Alma Mater): Kathy Arendsen (Chico State ?80)
Record at Oregon: 209-129, Sixth Season
Overall Record: 581-404, 18 years
Associate Head Coach: J. Gaudreau (Sixth year)
Assistant Head Coach: Mick Hokanson (Third year)
Volunteer Coach: Kim (Ogee) Harris
Undergraduate Assistant Coaches: Suzie Barnes, Ann Marie Topps
2007 Overall Record: 44-19 / 2007 7-14 (7th)
2007 Conference Record (place): 7-14 (7th)
2007 NCAA Record: 2-2 (Regional, Columbia, S.C.)
Final NFCA / USA Softball Rankings (Season High): 22nd (10th) / 20th (11th)
Letterwinners Returning/Lost (Starters Returning/Lost): 12/4 (7/3)
Position Players Returning/Lost (Pitchers Returning/Lost): 11/4 (2/1)
Top 2007 Returnees
Sari-Jane Jenkins (Jr., OF, .396, 82 hits, 27 RBI, 38 SB)
Neena Bryant (So.,OF, .309, 58 hits, 10 HR, 46 RBI)
Alicia Cook (Sr., P, 2.06 ERA, 23-5, 10 SHO, 197 IP, 125 K)
Melissa Rice (Jr., P, 2.87 ERA, 21-14, 8 SHO, 202.2 IP, 114 K)
Redshirt (Olympic-CANADA): Jenn Salling (So., SS, .481, 76 Hits, 14 HR, 73 RBI)
Key 2007 Losses
Ann Marie Topps (DP, .2727, 19 HR, 61 RBI)
Suzie Barnes (2B, .311, 61 Hits, 41 SB)
Kristi Leiter (1B, .278, 42 hits, .988 fielding)
Newcomers (6)
Shelley Deadmond, Jr., OF, Chico, Calif.
Monique Fuiava, Fr., 1B, Las Vegas, Nev.
Ashley Kivett, Fr., C-3B, Yucaipa, Calif.
Cortney Kivett, Fr., 2B, Yucaipa, Calif.
Brittany Rumfelt, Fr., LHP, Lakeport, Calif.
Kaitlin Vitek, Fr., C-3B, Valencia, Calif.
LETTERWINNERS
Returning (# of letters): 12
Neena Bryant: 2
Lovena Chaput: 3
Alicia Cook: 3
Joanna Gail: 3
Kayleen Hudson: 3
Sari-Jane Jenkins: 2
Amie Morris: 3
Melissa Rice: 2
Hannah Barril: 1
Neena Bryant: 1
Carlyn Re: 1
Jenn Salling: 1
Blair Williamson: 1
Lost: 3
Suzie Barnes: 4
Kristi Leiter: 4
Ann Marie Topps: 4
2008 DUCK NUMERICAL ROSTER
# Name Pos. B/T Yr.
1 Cortney Kivett 2B L/R Fr.
2 Sari-Jane Jenkins OF L/R Jr.
4 Blair Williamson OF L/R So.
5 Lovena Chaput OF L/R Sr.
6 Neena Bryant OF R/R So.
7 Alicia Cook RHP R/R Sr.
8 Amie Morris C R/R Sr.
9 Joanna Gail 3B R/R Sr.
10 Hannah Barril UT L/R So.
11 Ashley Kivett C R/R Fr.
13 Kaitlin Vitek C/3B R/R Fr.
15 Monique Fuiava 1B R/R Fr.
16 Melissa Rice RHP R/R Jr.
20 Kayleen Hudson OF R/R Sr.
24 Carlyn Re 1B L/R So.
25 Shelley Deadmond OF L/R Jr.
27 Jenn Salling SS R/R So.
35 Brittany Rumfelt LHP L/L Fr.
Head Coach: Kathy Arendsen, 6th Year
Asst. Coaches: J. Gaudreau (6th year), Mick Hokanson (3rd year)
Volunteer Coach: Kim (Ogee) Harris, 1st Year
Undergraduate Assistant Coaches: Suzie Barnes, Ann Marie Topps, 1st Year
DUCK PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
COACHES
Kathy Arendsen (AIR-un-son)
J. Gaudreau (GOD-row), Mick Hokanson (HOKE-an-son).
PLAYERS
Hannah Barril (bah-RILL)
Lovena Chaput (Luh-VEE-nuh CHAP-it)
Monique Fuiava (foo-EE-ah-vah) Sari-Jane (SARRY-Jane) Jenkins
Ashley & Courtney Kivett (KIHV-et)
Carlyn Re (CAR-lin RAY)
Kaitlin Vitek (VEE-tek)
POTENTIAL STARTERS (’08 Starts)
C: Amie Morris (14) / A. Kivett (29)
1B: M. Fuiava (40) / Carlyn Re (34)
2B: Cortney Kivett (42)
SS: Lovena Chaput (42)
3B: Joanna Gail (42)
RF: Kayleen Hudson (40)
CF: Neena Bryant (42)
LF: Sari-Jane Jenkins (42)
DP: Monique Fuiava (40), Kayleen Hudson (40), A. Kivett (29)
DUCK ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
# Name Pos. B/T Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/College)
10 Hannah Barril UT L/R 5-1 So. Juneau, Alaska (Juneau Douglas)
6 Neena Bryant OF R/R 5-6 So. Placentia, Calif. (El Dorado)
5 Lovena Chaput OF L/R 5-9 Sr. Tualatin, Ore. (Tualatin)
7 Alicia Cook RHP R/R 5-10 Sr. Elmira, Ore. (Elmira)
25 Shelley Deadmond OF L/R 5-6 Jr. Chico, Calif. (Butte/Chico)
15 Monique Fuiava 1B R/R 5-8 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev (Mojave)
9 Joanna Gail 3B R/R 5-9 Sr. Poway, Calif. (Poway)
20 Kayleen Hudson OF R/R 5-8 Sr. Northglenn, Colo. (Northglenn)
2 Sari-Jane Jenkins OF L/R 5-6 Jr. Salem, Ore. (South Salem)
11 Ashley Kivett C R/R 5-4 Fr. Yucaipa, Calif. (Yucaipa)
1 Cortney Kivett 2B L/R 5-3 Fr. Yucaipa, Calif. (Yucaipa)
8 Amie Morris C R/R 5-7 Sr. Salem, Ore. (Sprague)
24 Carlyn Re 1B L/R 5-6 So. Tualatin, Ore. (Tualatin)
16 Melissa Rice RHP R/R 5-8 Jr. Colville, Wash. (Colville High School)
35 Brittany Rumfelt LHP L/L 5-8 Fr. Lakeport, Calif. (Clear Lake)
27 Jenn Salling SS R/R 5-5 So. Port Coquitlam, BC (Terry Fox)
13 Kaitlin Vitek C/3B R/R 5-8 Fr. Valencia, Calif. (William S. Hart)
4 Blair Williamson OF L/R 5-8 So. Salem, Ore. (Sprague)
BY CLASS
Seniors: 5
Juniors: 3
Sophomores: 5
Freshmen: 5
AT BAT / BY POSITION
Right/Left: 11/7
Infielders/Outfielders: 7/6
Pitchers/Catchers: 3/3
BY STATE
California: 7
Oregon: 6
Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, Washington, British Columbia: 1
VARIOUS PAC-10 TEAM RANKINGS
(as of 4/9/08)
HITTING
Average
1. California, .297
6. Stanford, .285
8. Oregon, .277
Runs
3. California, 252
4. Stanford, 223
8. Oregon, 164
Hits
2. California, 261
7. Stanford, 299
8. Oregon, 292
Home Runs
3. Stanford, 38
4. Oregon, 30
5t. California, 27
Stolen Bases
1. Oregon, 84
2. California, 56
5. Stanford, 45
PITCHING
ERA
2. Stanford, 1.15
6. California, 2.17
7. Oregon, 2.20
Strikeouts
3. Stanford, 329
4. California, 313
7. Oregon, 207
Walks
3. Stanford, 70
5. Oregon, 86
8. California, 175
Opposing Batting Average
2. Stanford, .161
6. California, .213
7. Oregon, .232
PAC-10 INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
HITTING
Batting Average
5. Alissa Haber, Stan., .395
10. Sanoe Kekahuna, Cal, .377
Runs
2. Valerie Arioto, Cal, 40
3. Erika Racklin, Cal, 39
4. Gina Leomiti, Cal, 37
Total Bases
1. Rosey Neill, Stan., 100
3. Sanoe Kekahuna, Cal, 89
4. Neena Bryant, UO, 86
6. Alissa Haber, Stan., 79
Slugging
2. Rosey Neill, Stan., .903
6. Neena Bryant, UO, .662
7. Sanoe Kekahuna, Cal, .645
Hits
2. Sanoe Kekahuna, Cal, 52
3. Alissa Haber, Stan., 51
4t. Valerie Arioto, Cal, 50
4t. Neena Bryant, UO, 50
6t, Cortney Kivett, UO, 49
Triples
1. Valerie Arioto, Cal, 4
3t. Sari-Jane Jenkins, UO, 2
RBIs
2t. Sanoe Kekahuna, Cal, 43
2t. Rosey Neill, Stan., 43
4t, Gina Leomiti, Cal, 37
6t. Neena Bryant, UO, 36
9t, Bernice Masaniai, Cal, 35
Home Runs
1. Rosey Neill, Stan., 16
7. Neena Bryant, UO, 9
Stolen Bases
1. Cortney Kivett, UO, 30
3t. Sari-Jane Jenkins, UO, 20
5. Neena Bryant, UO, 16
PITCHING
ERA
4. Missy Pena, Stan., 1.02
5. Ashley Chinn, Stan., 1.48
9. Marissa Drewrey, Cal, 1.70
10. Valerie Arioto, Cal, 1.96
Strikeouts
2. Missy Pena, Stan., 251
4. Marissa Drewrey, Cal, 207
10. Alicia Cook, UO, 112
Wins
1. Missy Penna, Stan., 23
3. Marissa Drewrey, Cal, 20
10t. Alicia Cook, UO, 11
10t. Melissa Rice, UO, 11
Saves
1t. Alicia Cook, UO, 4
THIS WEEK’S NATIONAL POLLS (4/9)
USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll
http://nfca.org/top25/index.php?cat_id=1
Rk Team Record Totals PVS
*1 Arizona State (22) 41-2 736 1
2 Alabama (4) 35-3 718 2
3 Florida (3) 43-2 694 3
*4 UCLA (1) 35-3 667 4
5 Texas A&M 33-6 622 6
6 Michigan 32-4 603 5
*7 Oklahoma 32-8 512 11
*8 Stanford 34-7 511 7
*9 Arizona 27-10 506 8
10 Houston 32-5 478 9
*11 Tennessee 36-7 477 12
12 LSU 29-10 407 10
*13 Fresno State 35-7 379 13
*14 Northwestern 20-9 351 15
15 North Carolina 36-7-1 319 16
16 Long Beach State 29-10 283 17
17 Georgia 35-11 267 14
18 Louisiana-Lafayette 27-10 223 19
19 Virginia Tech 28-10 200 21
20 Hawai'i 28-10 196 20
*21 San Diego State 29-10 179 22
22 DePaul 24-12 112 18
*23 Washington 24-12-1 94 25
*24 California 32-15 68 23
25 Nevada 29-14 27 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Auburn 21, Iowa 17, Texas State 13, *Mississippi State 12, Missouri 11, Notre Dame 11, BYU 10, Central Florida 7, *Baylor 6, Purdue 5, *Ohio State 2, UMass 2, Florida State 1, Creighton 1, Maryland 1, *Kansas 1
Dropped Out: *No. 24 Ohio State
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by NCAA Division I head coaches representing each conference. Records shown are through March 30, 2008. First-place votes are in parentheses.
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25
http://www.usasoftball.com/folders.asp?uid=3208
Rk Team Record Points PVS
*1. UCLA (15) 35-3 491 1
*2. Arizona St (2) 41-2 479 2
3 Alabama (1) 35-3 456 T3
4. Florida (2) 43-2 452 T3
5 Michigan 32-4 410 5
6 Texas A&M 36-6 409 6
*7. Arizona 27-10 358 8
*8. Stanford 34-7 332 7
*9. Oklahoma 32-8 326 12
*10. Tennessee 36-7 304 13
11. Houston 32-5 292 9
*12. Fresno State 35-7 284 10
13. LSU 29-10 254 11
*14. Northwestern 20-9 253 15
15. Long Beach St 29-10 230 14
16. Hawaii 28-11 180 18
17. North Carolina 36-7-1 173 17
*18. San Diego St. 29-10 154 19
19. Georgia 35-11 146 16
20. Virginia Tech 28-10 123 22
21. ULL 27-10 115 20
*22. California 32-15 78 21
*23. Washington 24-12-1 75 24
*24. Mississippi St. 32-14 33 23
25. DePaul 24-12 19 25
Parenthesis Denotes first place votes.
Others receiving votes: UMASS (17), Nevada (17), Missouri (14), *Kansas (9), BYU (6), Iowa (3), Auburn (2), *Baylor (2), Hofstra (2), *Oregon (1), South Florida (1).
* (Asterisk) Indicates Duck opponents in 2008.
