Saturday, March 12
Fort Collins, CO
9:00 AM
University of Washington
vs
Northern Colorado
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Dawgs Back on the Road to Take on Colorado State and Northern Colorado
March 11, 2022 | Softball
SEATTLE – The Washington Huskies travel to Fort Collins, Colorado for the fifth-straight weekend of road non-conference competition.
The Huskies' Friday games against Northern Colorado and Colorado State were canceled earlier this week due to anticipated weather conditions. Saturday, the Dawgs are scheduled to take on Northern Colorado at 9:00 am PT before competing against host Colorado State at 2:00 pm PT. For the final game of the weekend, Washington will rematch against Northern Colorado Sunday morning at 8:15 am PT.
Washington is 1-0 all-time against Northern Colorado, with the only matchup coming in 2018 in Texas. Gabbie Plain pitched five innings in the shutout and struck out eight batters. Former Husky Sis Bates went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
The Dawgs are 4-0 all-time against Colorado State with the last matchup coming in 1998. All previous competitions were at neutral sites in Nevada and California.
Live stats will be available for all games. Washington's game against Colorado State will be available for streaming on the Mountain West Network.
QUEEN KLINGLER
Senior Baylee Klingler has continued to find success at the plate throughout the start of the 2022 season. She currently leads the Pac-12 in home runs (9), which ranks fifth in the nation. Her 32 RBI are the most by an individual in the NCAA. The Texas native hit her third grand slam of the season against New Mexico State Friday. Against NMSU, she recorded her second multi-home run game of the year (last against Tennessee). She also tallied seven RBI. The last Husky to record seven RBI was Morganne Flores on 2/20/21. Only two other Dawgs have had more RBI in a single game, Michelle Church (8) on 4/30/93 and Taylor Smith (8) on 3/21/10.
PHENOM FRESHMEN
Washington's freshmen have made quite the splash in the first weeks of competition. Against Robert Morris Tuesday, Olivia Johnson hit her first career double, Angie Yellen hit her first career triple and Kinsey Fiedler hit her first home run in Husky Softball Stadium in her first at-bat. Last weekend, Johnson hit two home runs in the Boyd Gaming Classic, hitting .286 and slugging .714. She also tallied six RBI for the weekend. Fiedler currently leads the team in stolen bases (6). Yellen hit her first career home run Saturday against UNLV. She had only seen two at-bats prior to entering as a pinch hitter in the competition. Rylee Holtorf has seen extensive time at shortstop, and is hitting .208 on the year.
PLAIN AND SIMPLE
Gabbie Plain continues to cement her legacy in the Husky record books. Against UNLV Saturday, Plain struck out a season-high 13 batters. This was her 32nd game with 10+ strikeouts. This season, she ranks second with eight wins, third with 76 strikeouts in the Pac-12. The Australian native is tied for first in the nation with six shutouts. She earned Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors for the first two weeks of the 2022 season.
LAST TIME OUT
Washington is 1-0 against Northern Colorado, with the only matchup coming in 2018 in Texas. Gabbie Plain pitched five innings in the shutout and struck out eight batters. Former Husky Sis Bates went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
The Dawgs are 4-0 all-time against Colorado State with the last matchup coming in 1998. All previous competitions were at neutral sites in Nevada and California.
SURE GLAD SHE'S A HUSKY
Madi Huskey had the hot home run hand this past weekend, going yard in the first three games of the Boyd Gaming Classic. The senior recorded a hit in every game from the past weekend. On the year, Huskey is hitting .299 with five home runs and 23 RBI (good for second-most on the team).
IRON SHARPENS IRON
Washington has compiled a tough schedule that will challenge the purple and gold from the get-go. 24 of the Husky's 51 scheduled games are against opponents ranked or receiving votes in the preseason USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The breakdown is as follows: No. 3 UCLA (3) // No. 5 Oklahoma State (1) // No. 8 Arkansas (2) // No. 9 Arizona (3) // No. 11 Missouri (1) // No. 14 LSU (1) // No. 15 Clemson (1) // No. 18 Oregon (3) // No. 21 Arizona State (3) // No. 22 Tennessee (1) // RV Northwestern (1) // RV Iowa State (1) // RV Stanford (3)
RED, WHITE AND BLUE
Selected by members of the USA Softball Women's National Team Selection Committee, Coach Heather Tarr will lead the red, white and blue at the 2022 World Games, in addition to various international competitions throughout 2022. Various Huskies have competed for Team USA over the year, and have been named to future rosters as well. The Husky freshmen trio of Kinsey Fiedler, Olivia Johnson and Rylee Holtorf won the WBSC U-18 World Cup in December 2021 as part of USA Softball's U-18 Women's National Team. The three also won gold at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games, where the U.S. recorded a 10-0 run-rule victory over Mexico in the gold medal game, to finish the tournament undefeated at 6-0.
Seniors Sami Reynolds and Baylee Klingler were named to the USA Softball roster for the 2022 Canada Cup, held in Surrey, B.C., June 20-26, and the Japan All-Star Series, which will take place in Fukushima, Japan, Aug. 1-9. Earlier this year, Reynolds was named as an alternate for the 2022 USA Softball National Team that will compete at the 2022 World Games in July in Alabama.
The Huskies' Friday games against Northern Colorado and Colorado State were canceled earlier this week due to anticipated weather conditions. Saturday, the Dawgs are scheduled to take on Northern Colorado at 9:00 am PT before competing against host Colorado State at 2:00 pm PT. For the final game of the weekend, Washington will rematch against Northern Colorado Sunday morning at 8:15 am PT.
Washington is 1-0 all-time against Northern Colorado, with the only matchup coming in 2018 in Texas. Gabbie Plain pitched five innings in the shutout and struck out eight batters. Former Husky Sis Bates went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
The Dawgs are 4-0 all-time against Colorado State with the last matchup coming in 1998. All previous competitions were at neutral sites in Nevada and California.
Live stats will be available for all games. Washington's game against Colorado State will be available for streaming on the Mountain West Network.
QUEEN KLINGLER
Senior Baylee Klingler has continued to find success at the plate throughout the start of the 2022 season. She currently leads the Pac-12 in home runs (9), which ranks fifth in the nation. Her 32 RBI are the most by an individual in the NCAA. The Texas native hit her third grand slam of the season against New Mexico State Friday. Against NMSU, she recorded her second multi-home run game of the year (last against Tennessee). She also tallied seven RBI. The last Husky to record seven RBI was Morganne Flores on 2/20/21. Only two other Dawgs have had more RBI in a single game, Michelle Church (8) on 4/30/93 and Taylor Smith (8) on 3/21/10.
PHENOM FRESHMEN
Washington's freshmen have made quite the splash in the first weeks of competition. Against Robert Morris Tuesday, Olivia Johnson hit her first career double, Angie Yellen hit her first career triple and Kinsey Fiedler hit her first home run in Husky Softball Stadium in her first at-bat. Last weekend, Johnson hit two home runs in the Boyd Gaming Classic, hitting .286 and slugging .714. She also tallied six RBI for the weekend. Fiedler currently leads the team in stolen bases (6). Yellen hit her first career home run Saturday against UNLV. She had only seen two at-bats prior to entering as a pinch hitter in the competition. Rylee Holtorf has seen extensive time at shortstop, and is hitting .208 on the year.
PLAIN AND SIMPLE
Gabbie Plain continues to cement her legacy in the Husky record books. Against UNLV Saturday, Plain struck out a season-high 13 batters. This was her 32nd game with 10+ strikeouts. This season, she ranks second with eight wins, third with 76 strikeouts in the Pac-12. The Australian native is tied for first in the nation with six shutouts. She earned Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors for the first two weeks of the 2022 season.
LAST TIME OUT
Washington is 1-0 against Northern Colorado, with the only matchup coming in 2018 in Texas. Gabbie Plain pitched five innings in the shutout and struck out eight batters. Former Husky Sis Bates went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
The Dawgs are 4-0 all-time against Colorado State with the last matchup coming in 1998. All previous competitions were at neutral sites in Nevada and California.
SURE GLAD SHE'S A HUSKY
Madi Huskey had the hot home run hand this past weekend, going yard in the first three games of the Boyd Gaming Classic. The senior recorded a hit in every game from the past weekend. On the year, Huskey is hitting .299 with five home runs and 23 RBI (good for second-most on the team).
IRON SHARPENS IRON
Washington has compiled a tough schedule that will challenge the purple and gold from the get-go. 24 of the Husky's 51 scheduled games are against opponents ranked or receiving votes in the preseason USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The breakdown is as follows: No. 3 UCLA (3) // No. 5 Oklahoma State (1) // No. 8 Arkansas (2) // No. 9 Arizona (3) // No. 11 Missouri (1) // No. 14 LSU (1) // No. 15 Clemson (1) // No. 18 Oregon (3) // No. 21 Arizona State (3) // No. 22 Tennessee (1) // RV Northwestern (1) // RV Iowa State (1) // RV Stanford (3)
RED, WHITE AND BLUE
Selected by members of the USA Softball Women's National Team Selection Committee, Coach Heather Tarr will lead the red, white and blue at the 2022 World Games, in addition to various international competitions throughout 2022. Various Huskies have competed for Team USA over the year, and have been named to future rosters as well. The Husky freshmen trio of Kinsey Fiedler, Olivia Johnson and Rylee Holtorf won the WBSC U-18 World Cup in December 2021 as part of USA Softball's U-18 Women's National Team. The three also won gold at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games, where the U.S. recorded a 10-0 run-rule victory over Mexico in the gold medal game, to finish the tournament undefeated at 6-0.
Seniors Sami Reynolds and Baylee Klingler were named to the USA Softball roster for the 2022 Canada Cup, held in Surrey, B.C., June 20-26, and the Japan All-Star Series, which will take place in Fukushima, Japan, Aug. 1-9. Earlier this year, Reynolds was named as an alternate for the 2022 USA Softball National Team that will compete at the 2022 World Games in July in Alabama.
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