Friday, March 15
Seattle, WA
7:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
UCLA
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Huskies Host UCLA To Start Pac-12 Play
March 12, 2019 | Softball
SEATTLE - Pac-12 play begins this weekend as the #5 Washington Huskies host the #1 UCLA Bruins on Montlake. Washington will look to extend their seven-game winning streak against the newly-minted #1 team in UCLA. Tickets for all home games are available online.
This weekend will be a matchup of two of the nation's best pitching staffs, with Washington ranked third in the country in ERA and UCLA ranked second. All three of the qualified Pac-12 pitchers with ERAs under 1.00 will be in this series, including Washington's own Gabbie Plain. Plain earned Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week and NFCA National Pitcher of the Week today after allowing only two hits in three starts last weekend.
This is the second matchup against another 2018 Women's College World Series team for Washington this year, which also played Florida earlier. The Huskies will face back-to-back WCWS teams to start Pac-12 play, hosting UCLA this week before heading to Oregon next week. This will be the second year in a row that Washington has faced two WCWS from the previous season in back-to-back Pac-12 series.
Make sure to follow Husky Softball on Twitter with the username @UWSoftball and on Instagram at uwsoftball.
This weekend will be a matchup of two of the nation's best pitching staffs, with Washington ranked third in the country in ERA and UCLA ranked second. All three of the qualified Pac-12 pitchers with ERAs under 1.00 will be in this series, including Washington's own Gabbie Plain. Plain earned Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week and NFCA National Pitcher of the Week today after allowing only two hits in three starts last weekend.
This is the second matchup against another 2018 Women's College World Series team for Washington this year, which also played Florida earlier. The Huskies will face back-to-back WCWS teams to start Pac-12 play, hosting UCLA this week before heading to Oregon next week. This will be the second year in a row that Washington has faced two WCWS from the previous season in back-to-back Pac-12 series.
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HISTORY IN THE CIRCLE | |
| Gabbie Plain became the first Husky ever to throw back-to-back shutouts, allowing no hits against NIU or Seattle U. Since the turn of the century, only eight other pitchers in the Pac-12 have thrown back to-back no-hitters: Megan Kleist (Oregon, 2018), Teagan Gerhart (Stanford, 2010), Alicia Howell (Arizona, 2005 & 2006), Taryne Mowatt (Arizona, 2006), Anjelica Selden (UCLA, 2005), Jenny Gladding (Arizona, 2001), and Becky Lemke (Arizona, 2000). | ||
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THE 700 CLUB | |
| Taran Alvelo recorded her 700th career strikeout at the Husky Classic. She joins Kelly Barnhill (Florida), Nicole Newman (Drake), Megan Good (JMU), and Morgan Florey (Evansville) as the only active pitchers with 700+ strikeouts in their career. Alvelo is also sixth in Husky history in strikeouts now and needs just 40 more to move into the top five. | ||
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NO RUNS ALLOWED | |
| Washington threw shutouts in its last seven games now. Gabbie Plain has a 22.2 IP scoreless streak and has allowed one run in her last 45.1 IP and is now one of three pitchers in Division I (Megan Good- JMU, Kelly Barnhill-UF) with a career ERA under 1.00. Taran Alvelo is on a 22 IP scoreless streak, the second-longest of her career. The last time Washington allowed a run was March 3, against Michigan. | ||
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EXTRA BASES ABOUND | |
| Morganne Flores hit two home runs and a double last weekend, giving her 25 doubles and 25 homers in her career. Only 16 Huskies in program history have record 25 in each category. It was also the third time in Flores' career she has hit multiple homers on the same day, with the other two times being multi-homer games. | ||
Make sure to follow Husky Softball on Twitter with the username @UWSoftball and on Instagram at uwsoftball.
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