D1 softball update--May 7, 2012

[sluggers]

#1 California swept #23 Oregon State.
#2 Arizona State swept Utah.
#3 Alabama won two out of three from #6 Florida.
#4 Oklahoma won two of three from #8 Texas.
#5 Louisiana-Lafayette lost one game of a three game set to Louisiana-Monroe, losing the one game on a passed ball third strike. (OUCH!!)
#6 Florida lost two of three to #3 Alabama.
#7 Tennessee was idle over the weekend. They beat #9 Louisville in a one-game match earlier in the week.
#8 Texas lost two of three to #4 Oklahoma.
#9 Louisville swept St. John's.
#10 Missouri won two of three from #13 Oregon.
#11 Georgia won two of three from Arkansas. (What is going on in Arkansas? They are starting to win a few games against the good teams.)
#12 Hawaii swept three from Utah State, averaging 12 runs per game.
#13 Oregon lost twice to Missouri.
#14 Washington was swept by Stanford. They scored exactly ZERO runs. (Why are they ranked 14th?)
#15 Arizona lost twice to #16 UCLA.
#16 South Florida lost two out of three to Syracuse. (Uh...they should not be in the top 20.)
#17 UCLA won two from #15 Arizona.
#18 Texas A&M swept Kansas.
#19 Stanford swept #14 Washington
#20 Florida State won one, lost two to Maryland.

 

[sluggers]

Big series this weekend...Arizona State vs. California at Berkley.

 

[Sweet Lou]

Big series this weekend...Arizona State vs. California at Berkley.

Round one goes to Cal 4-2 on 2 run HR in the 7 by Arioto. Escobedo got wild in the 6th walking in 2 runs.

 

[Sweet Lou]

Round two, the Pac-12 championship and undisputed #1 ranking headed into the tournameny goes to Cal with a 5-0 SO.t