Huskies Begin Pac-12 Play in Berkeley

Friday, March 18

Berkeley, CA

3:00 PM

University of Washington

California

Photo by: Caleigh Ryan/University of Washington

March 16, 2022 | Softball

Game Notes

SEATTLE – No. 7 Washington begins Pac-12 play Friday against California in Berkeley at 3:00 pm PT. Saturday, the Dawgs and Bears meet again at 2:30 pm PT, with the finale coming Sunday at 2:00 pm PT.

All games will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Amanda Freed and Jenna Becerra on the call.

Washington is 52-43 all-time against California. The Dawgs are currently on a 12-game win streak and haven't lost a home series to Cal since 1998. On the road, Washington is 24-25 all-time. In the last away series in 2019, the Huskies outscored the Bears 18-2 in a three-game series that included two shutouts.

MAKING HISTORY
Senior Baylee Klingler has over the minimum career at-bats (+250) and the best Husky hitting percentage with .442. Her slugging percentage, 0.859, ranks second on the all-time list. She has 33 career home runs and only needs two more to move into the top ten of Husky history.

LEADER OF THE PAC
The senior currently leads the Pac-12 in home runs (12), which is tied for second-most in the nation. Her 39 RBI are the second-most by an individual in the NCAA. Against Northern Colorado this past Saturday, she tied the Husky single-game record for most home runs in a contest (three). Taylor Smith in 2011 and Kristen Rivera in 2003 are the other two Huskies who have also hit three home runs in a single game. This was her third multi-home run game of the season.

NOT ACTING LIKE FRESHMEN
Washington's freshmen have made quite the splash in the first weeks of competition. Kinsey Fiedler was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week Monday. Fiedler hit .500 on the week with one triple, three home runs and six RBI. In her first at-bat in Husky Softball Stadium against Robert Morris, she hit her first home run since the opening weekend. Her triple against Northern Colorado Saturday was the first of her career, and her three RBI in that game was also a single-game season-high. Against Northern Colorado Saturday, Rylee Holtorf hit her first career home run. Angie Yellen recorded one home run, two doubles and two RBI in the same Northern Colorado game.

GONE STREAKING
Baylee Klingler is on a nine-game hit streak, a five-game extra-base hit streak and a season-long 11 game reached base streak. Kinsey Fiedler is on a career-long five-game hit streak. Brooke Nelson is on a season-long five-game hit streak, and Jenn Cummings is on a season-long nine-game reached base streak.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE
Gabbie Plain continues to cement her legacy in the Husky record books. Against Colorado State Saturday, Plain struck out a season-high 14 batters. This was her 33^rd game with 10+ strikeouts. This season, she ranks fourth with nine wins, third with 90 strikeouts in the Pac-12. The Australian native is third in the nation with six shutouts. She earned Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors for the first two weeks of the 2022 season. Plain is 52 strikeouts away from 1,000 career K's.

LAST TIME OUT
Washington is 52-43 all-time against California. The Dawgs are currently on a 12-game win streak and haven't lost a home series to Cal since 1998. On the road, Washington is 24-25 all-time. In the last away series in 2019, the Huskies outscored the Bears 18-2 in a three-game series that included two shutouts.

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.