SEATTLE - With a Pac-12 series sweep fresh on the record, the #7 Washington Huskies return home looking to extend their winning streak against Cal Poly and Pac-12 foe Oregon State. Washington will play four games this week, facing off with Cal Poly on Wednesday, March 27 before hosting Oregon State for a three-game weekend series.
Last weekend, Washington swept Oregon thanks in part to nine home runs over three games. It was the most home runs in a Pac-12 series for the Huskies since 2015, when they hit ten against Stanford. It was Washington's sixth series sweep in the last two seasons and first sweep of Oregon since 2009. Washington will now host Oregon State, which it swept in Corvallis last season.
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HIGH FLORES, HIGHER CEILING |
| Morganne Flores had her third career multi-homer game last weekend, hitting two against Oregon. Over her last ten games, Flores has hit five home runs, scored ten runs, and driven in 11. She also has nine walks in that span, including a four-walk day at Oregon that was the first four-walk day by a Husky since Kaitlin Inglesby in 2014. With 28 career homers, Flores is now 15th in UW history, just behind Kimberlee Souza and Taylor Van Zee. |
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WE LOVE THE 90 |
| After picking up two wins last weekend, Taran Alvelo is now one win away from 90 in her career. Alvelo would join Danielle Lawrie, Jennifer Spediacci, Tia Bollinger, and Jamie Graves as the only Huskies ever with 90+ wins. Only Lawrie and Spediacci have won 100+. Only Megan Good (JMU) and Meghan King (FSU) have 90+ wins among active NCAA pitchers. |
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K KWEENS |
| Taran Alvelo and Gabbie Plain are each in the Pac-12's top five in strikeouts, the only pair of teammates in that group. Alvelo leads the Pac-12 with 146, putting her just four away from 150 on the season. That would give Alvelo 150+ K in four straight years, a mark only achieved by Danielle Lawrie, Caitlin Noble, and Ashley Boek in UW history. Plain is third in the Pac-12 in K/7 behind only Rachel Garcia and Alvelo and needs two more strikeouts to reach 300 in her career. |
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