Feb. 27, 2004
Tucson, Ariz. - Arizona's Wendy Allen drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk to drive in the winning run in Arizona's 2-1 victory over the seventh-ranked Stanford softball teamFriday night in Worth Wildcat Invitational softball play. The Cardinal falls to 12-3 on the year.
UA, which had been held to one hit by SU's Laura Severson though six innings, got a big second one from Crystal Farley to start the rally.
Arizona's Farley hit a two-out single, Caitlin Lowe drew a walk, then both runners moved up on a wild pitch. Severson (3-1) walked Autumn Champion to load the bases for Allen. Severson ended the day allowing only one earned run over 6.2 innings of work with two strike outs.
Arizona stayed unbeaten at 18-0 with the two hits. The Cats had less than nine hits in a game only once this year, with six against Mississippi on Feb. 6.
UA's Alicia Hollowell held Stanford to four hits and struck out 12 to earn her 12th victory.
The Cardinal came back with a walk by Katherine Hoffman, a Laurin Lappin sac bunt that UA mishandled and an infield hit by Jessica Allister to load the bases with one out. But Champion raced in for a sliding catch on Meghan Sickler's sinking liner in left field for the second out, and Hollowell struck out Michelle Thiry for the third one to thwart the rally.
Hollowell held the Cardinal scoreless until Sickler led off the Stanford seventh with a home run to left field to tie the game at 1-1.
Jessica Allister, Meghan Sickler, Michelle Thiry and Heather Shook each collected one hit for the Cardinal.
Action will continue tomorrow in the Wildcat Invitational as the Cardinal takes on South Florida at 9 a.m.