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Softball

Headed to the Mountains

  • No. 5 Stanford is back on the road after a Pac-12 series sweep over #20 Arizona last weekend, the first sweep over the Wildcats since 2009.
  • The Cardinal will kick off the weekend in Salt Lake city to take on the Utah Utes. Stanford took the last series 2-1 at home last year and had a seven game win streak before that loss in the series. The overall record betweent the two is 22-16, with the two first meeting in 2000.
  • Stanford and Utah are tied in the Pac-12 standings with 8-4 conference records, which ties for third.
  • On Monday, Stanford will head down to BYU in Provo to wrap up the week on the road. Stanford holds an 11-4 series advantage over the Cougars, with the two last facing off in the 2022 season with BYU taking a 4-3 win.
  • Stanford entered the top 5 of all major polls this week, the highest ranking since 2009. 
  • Stanford has had one of the best starts in program history, only losing 3 games in 30 matchups. The last time Stanford had a start like this was in 2009, where the team went 21-9, and 26-4 in 2010.
  • Stanford recorded the second longest win streak in program history with 21 ending when it lost to Oregon in game two of the conference series. The longest win streak came in 2009 where the Cardinal won 28 straight games.
  • Stanford recorded eight straight shutouts this season from 3/1 against UC Davis to 3/10 against Kansas and has 16 total on the season, which is sixth nationally and first in the Pac-12.
  • Stanford's pitching staff is dominant in the circle and is led by NiJaree Canady and Alana Vawter. The Cardinal has a team ERA of 1.41 which is fifth in the nation, having allowed only 50 runs across 37 games.
  • Freshman NiJaree Canady has thrown six solo shutouts, while Regan Krause has four and Alana Vawter has three.
  • Stanford pitchers have thrown four no-hitters this season, two from Canady and two from Regan Krause.
  • Stanford has a .982 fielding percentage which is fourth nationally and has only allowed 1.35 runs per game.
  • The Cardinal ranks 12th nationally in triples per game (.38) with 14 overall.

Arizona's Hillenbrand Stadium will serve as the host site for the inaugural Pac-12 Softball Tournament, which is set to make its debut from May 10-13, 2023. The four-day event will begin with a play-in game between the eighth and ninth-place teams in the regular-season standings on Wednesday. That winner will advance to an eight-team, single-elimination bracket with the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship being contested on the following three days. The winner of the Pac-12 Softball Tournament will receive the Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.