This week in Pac-12 softball
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• Two more series between top-20 opponents are set to take place in Pac-12 softball this week as the halfway mark of Conference play hits. No. 2 OREGON hosts No. 19 ARIZONA STATE in Eugene, with all three games of the series to be televised on Pac-12 Networks. No. 18 WASHINGTON travels to play at No. 16 ARIZONA in a three-game series beginning Friday, with Saturday and Sunday’s contests to be televised on Pac-12 Networks. UTAH is off to Corvallis to play at OREGON STATE, while STANFORD hosts No. 9 UCLA. No. 20 CALIFORNIA will spend its bye week with a home game against St. Mary’s and a three-game series in Berkeley against UNLV.
• Six teams are ranked in both the NFCA and the USA Softball polls for the eighth-straight week. The Pac-12 has had at least five teams ranked in both polls dating back 158 weeks to the first USA Softball poll in 2006.
• Utah’s Hannah Flippen was voted Pac-12 Player of the Week, while Oregon’s Karissa Hovinga was voted Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week and Washington’s Krystal Aubert was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week.
UPCOMING PAC-12 SOFTBALL SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Apr. 7
#19 Arizona State at UTEP (DH), 4 p.m. MT
Stanford at San Jose State, 6 p.m. PT
Wednesday, Apr. 8
Cal State Fullerton at #9 UCLA, 2 p.m. PT
St. Mary’s (CA) at #20 California, 3 p.m. PT
Friday, Apr. 10
#19 Arizona State at #2 Oregon *, 1 p.m. PT (P12N)
Utah at Oregon State *, 1 p.m. PT
#18 Washington at #16 Arizona *, 5 p.m. PT
#9 UCLA at Stanford *, 7 p.m. PT
Saturday, Apr. 11
UNLV at #20 California (DH), 12 p.m. PT
Utah at Oregon State *, 1 p.m. PT
#19 Arizona State at #2 Oregon *, 3:30 p.m. PT (P12N)
#9 UCLA at Stanford *, 7 p.m. PT
#18 Washington at #16 Arizona *, 7:30 p.m. PT (P12N)
Sunday, Apr. 12
#19 Arizona State at #2 Oregon *, 12 p.m. PT (P12N)
#9 UCLA at Stanford *, 12 p.m. PT
UNLV at #20 California, 12 p.m. PT
Utah at Oregon State *, 12 p.m. PT
#18 Washington at #16 Arizona *, 2 p.m. PT (P12N)