Huskies Continue Homestand Versus Rutgers

Saturday, March 22

Seattle, Wash.

12:30 PM

University of Washington

Rutgers

March 21, 2025 | Softball

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SEATTLE – Washington softball continues its homestand, hosting Rutgers in a Saturday doubleheader at Husky Softball Stadium. Both games will be streamed on B1G+.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, MARCH 22
vs. Rutgers
Food Trucks & Bark at the Park
Husky Softball Stadium (Seattle, Wash.)
12:30 p.m. PT | B1G+ | Live Stats

vs. Rutgers
Food Trucks & Bark at the Park
Husky Softball Stadium (Seattle, Wash.)
3:00 p.m. PT (or 30 minutes after game one) | B1G+ | Live Stats

PURPLE OUT PROGRAM
If you will not be attending a game, head coach Heather Tarr and the team encourages you to participate in our Purple Out Program. Just fill out this form and we'll make sure your seats are filled with cheering Dawg fans!

HOW TO WATCH THE DAWGS THIS SEASON
All UW home games and Big Ten road contests will be available to stream via B1G+. The live streams require a subscription priced at $89.99 for one year or $12.99 per month. The B1G+ subscription allows you access to all non-televised Big Ten events in addition to all non-televised Washington events throughout the year. For more information visit GoHuskies.com/BTN.

Use code SPRING25 at checkout and get 50% off a monthly pass for three months. This offer expires on March 21, 2025 at midnight.

LAST TIME OUT
Washington (21-9, 1-2 Big Ten) opened conference play at home against No. 8 Oregon. The Ducks took the series 2-1 with the lone Husky win coming in the Sunday series finale. Jadyn Glab led the team with a .429 batting average with a home run, two RBI and three walks. She also stole a pair of bases. Jade Bubke and Ava Carroll hit their first home runs inside Husky Softball Stadium in the Huskies' 4-3 victory over Oregon.

NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Alexis DeBoer was named D1Softball National Player of the Week after the Black and Orange Classic to close out the non-conference tournament season. The freshman posted a .538 batting average with seven hits, a double, five home runs, eight RBI, six runs scored and drew five walks while posting a 1.769 slugging percentage. On the season, DeBoer is batting .372 with a team-leading six doubles and 11 walks. She is on a 10-game hitting streak and has 13 consecutive games with an RBI. It is the first national player of the week honor since Olivia Johnson was named NFCA Player of the Week in 2022.

BIG TEN PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
For the first time in program history, a pair of Dawgs have been named Big Ten players of the week. Freshman Alexis DeBoer won Player of the Week, while senior Stevie Hansen was named Pitcher of the Week. DeBoer lead the team with a .579 batting average with 11 hits, 11 RBI, four runs, two doubles and three home runs at the OUTRIGGER Invitational. Hansen anchored the UW pitching staff with a 0.00 ERA, 2-0 record and a save over 12.2 innings. She struck out 16 batters along the way with only four hits and one walk allowed.

A NEW ERA FOR WASHINGTON
The 2024-25 athletic year marks the inaugural season in the Big Ten Conference for Washington Athletics. On Aug. 2, 2024, the Huskies became official members of the Big Ten along with UCLA, USC and Oregon.

HOME SWEET HOME
Since 2018, the Huskies have posted a 102-25 record at Husky Softball Stadium, including a 17-3 record in 2023 and 11-4 in 2024.

GETTING IT DONE IN THE CIRCLE
The Washington pitching staff of Sophia Ramuno, Stevie Hansen, Morgan Reimer and Madi Balk has combined for nine shutouts on the season, 11th-most in the NCAA and second-most in the Big Ten. Their 5.16 strikeout-to-walk ratio is third best in the nation. The staff's 8.59 strikeouts per seven innings ranks fourth in Division I and 1.09 WHIP is 14th. Individually, Ramuno's 12.29 strikeout-to-walk ratio leads the conference while coming in sixth nationally. Her 86 strikeouts is 27th-most in DI and 10.7 strikeouts per seven innings comes in eighth. Hansen is sixth in the B1G with her .91 WHIP which comes in 29th in the nation.

DEBUT MOMENTS
During the first three weeks of the season, 16 Huskies made their debut in the Purple and Gold. Ten saw time in game one against Alabama - Alexis DeBoer, Charity Sevaaetasi, Alycia Flores, Riley Peschek, Gabi Toney, Addie Craig, Morgan Reimer, Ava Carroll, Tia Durst, Rylee Rehbein and Sophi Mazzola. Three more saw time in the second game of the day against Arizona - Jade Bubke, Stevie Hansen and Sophia Ramuno. Madi Balk made her Washington debut during week two against Utah Valley. Freshman Annika Ticen made her debut as a pinch runner against UC Riverside on Feb. 20.

OPENING WEEKEND SUCCESS
Dating back to 2014, the Huskies are 50-8 during opening weekend. In 2023, the Huskies went 4-1 at the Mark Campbell Invitational with the lone loss coming against Oklahoma. In 2024, UW went 3-1 at the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge with the lone also coming against the Sooners in extra innings. Prior to that, Washington went undefeated the previous three seasons over opening weekend.

AMONG THE ACTIVE LEADERS
Fifth year senior Alycia Flores ranks 32nd in NCAA Division I among active players with 128 RBI. Her 201 games played is 16th most and 38 doubles is 31st. Stevie Hansen has moved into the Top 50 active leader in career victories, coming in 32nd with 42. Sophia Ramuno's 381 career strikeouts ranks 37th in NCAA Division I.

NO-NO
Senior pitcher Stevie Hansen threw the 51st no-hitter in program history against UC Riverside at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic on Feb. 20. It was the second no-hitter of Hansen's career - her first came against Utah Valley in 2023 when she was at Oregon. The lone base runner in the game came in the first inning, reaching on an error.

SIMPLY PERFECT
Stevie Hansen threw the ninth perfect game is Washington softball history on March 9 versus Montana. She struck out six of the 15 batters faced in the 11-0 five inning victory over the Griz. Hansen is the fifth Husky pitcher to throw a perfect game joining Nancy Wagner, Jamie Graves, Danielle Lawrie and Gabbie Plain. It was the third no-hitter of Hansen's career and second this season for the senior.

WASHINGTON ALL-TIME PERFECT GAMES
• 4/26/94 - Nancy Wagner vs. Simon Fraser (5 innings)
• 5/9/98 - Jamie Graves vs. Arizona State
• 2/26/06 - Danielle Lawrie vs. Utah Valley (6 innings)
• 2/11/10 - Danielle Lawrie vs. Auburn
• 3/11/10 - Danielle Lawrie vs. Miami (OH)
• 4/25/10 - Danielle Lawrie vs. Cal
• 4/7/18 - Gabbie Plain vs. Utah (5 innings)
• 2/12/21 - Gabbie Plain vs. Southern Utah (5 innings)
• 3/9/25 - Stevie Hansen vs. Montana (5 innings)

OBP QUEEN
Sophomore outfielder Ava Carroll has been on a roll. Last weekend she extended her on base streak to 18 games. During that span, Carroll has a .409 average with 18 hits, 12 runs scored, 10 RBI, eight walks and four extra base hits. On the season, she leads the team with a .463 on base percentage and a .379 batting average.

DAWGS WORLDWIDE
This summer, freshman Morgan Reimer played for the Canadian Junior National Team at the U-18 Softball World Cup Group Stage, helping the team qualify for the 2025 World Cup. During the event, Reimer posted a 0.00 ERA with a 2-0 record over 14.2 innings. She struck out 29 batters and threw a perfect game against Australia. Additional this past summer, head coach Heather Tarr and former Husky Sis Bates led Team USA to a silver medal at the WBSC World Cup Finals. Taran Alvelo joined Team Puerto Rico for the World Cup. Baylee Klingler represented Team USA in the Japan All-Star Series. Representing Team Mexico this summer were Lindsay Lopez and Jillian Celis at the Canada Cup.

REPPING THE RED, WHITE & BLUE
Assistant coach Brad Kilpatrick has been named to the roster for the 2025 WBSC Men's World Cup Finals held from July 8-13 in Prince Albert, Canada.

TOUGH SCHEDULE
Washington has a tough schedule ahead with eight teams ranked on receiving votes in the preseason NFCA poll. The Huskies opened the season with four of their first five games against a ranked team in then-No. 11 Alabama and then-No. 16 Arizona. The Week 6 NFCA poll sees five opponents in the Top 25 in No. 6 UCLA, No. 8 Oregon, No. 10 Arizona, No. 21 Nebraska and No. 24 Grand Canyon. Additionally, Alabama, Cal and Arizona State are receiving votes. As of March 17, the Huskies have the 20th toughest strength of schedule.

ROAD DAWGS
The Huskies will open the first five weeks of the season in the road beginning at the Candrea Classic (Feb. 7-9). Washington will then head back down to The Grand Canyon State for the Littlewood Classic (Feb. 14-16). The Dawgs will continue their road swing with a 12-day trip beginning at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 20-23) then traveling to Northridge for the first mid-week contest of the season versus CSUN on Feb. 24. UW will then head over to Hawaii for the OUTRIGGER Invitational (Feb. 26- March 1). The final tournament of the season will come at the Black and Orange Classic in Pocatello, Idaho (March 8-10). In total the Dawgs will travel almost 11,200 miles over the first five weeks. Washington will make their first appearance at Husky Softball Stadium for the Big Ten opener against Oregon, March 14-16.

NOTES ON COACH TARR
The all-time winningest coach in Washington Athletics history, Heather Tarr eclipsed 800 career wins last season. Her career .723 winning percentage ranks 11th among active Division I softball head coaches with a minimum five years as a head coach. Her 841 wins are 24th most among active coaches. Tarr is one of 10 coaches in the Top 25 (active) to have all of her wins come at one school joining Oklahoma's Patty Gasso (1540; 31 seasons), USC Upstate's Chris Hawkins (1121; 31 seasons), Lehigh's Fran Troyan (950; 30 seasons), Eastern Kentucky's Jane Worthington (927; 33 seasons), Houston Christian's Mary-Ellen Hall (913; 34 seasons), UAlbany's Chris Cannata (872; 30 seasons), Texas State's Ricci Woodard (862; 25 seasons), BYU's Gordon Eakin (847; 23 seasons) and UCLA's Kelly Inouye-Perez (845; 19 seasons).

SCOUTING THE SCARLET KNIGHTS
Rutgers enters the second week of conference action with an overall record of 16-17 and 1-2 in Big Ten play. The Scarlet Knights began B1G action against Maryland with the Terps taking the series. Rutgers won the opening game 5-1. The Scarlet Knights also had a pair of midweek contests at Oregon State (W, 4-2) and at Portland State (W, 8-6) before making their way to Seattle. Ella Harrison leads the pitching staff with a 1.78 ERA and is the nation's leader in complete games (12), innings pitched (114.0), second in strikeouts (145) and third in starts (18). She was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week on March and National Pitcher of the Week on March 11 after a three-shutout weekend with a no-hitter against North Dakota. She also struck out a career-high 16 batters in that game. At the plate, the Scarlet Knights are led by Jillian Anderson with a .384 batting average. LA Matthews leads the team with 28 RBI, six doubles and two home runs. Matthews' five sac flies are third most in the nation.

ALL-TIME VS. RUTGERS
Washington and Rutgers have met once before in 2022 at the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge with the Huskies taking the meeting 9-0 in five innings. Gabbie Plain threw a two-hit shutout with two walks allowed and eight strikeouts. The Huskies tallied 13 hits with Sami Reynolds going 3-for-4 with three RBI. Madison Huskey had a 2-for-4 outing with a three-run home run and an RBI double.

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