The Stanford Softball Team has advanced to the third round of the NCAA playoffs the Super Regional, which is softball's Sweet Sixteen. Each pair of teams plays at a different location this week in a best-of-three series.
Stanford plays Arizona at the Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium, which is between Maples and El Camino Real, just south of the Sunken Diamond. The first game is on Thursday at 6:30, the second on Friday at 5:30, and the third (if required) at 8:30. The winner advances to the Softball World Series in Oklahoma City next week.
Unless this post generates way more interest than I expect, you'll be able to buy tickets at the stadium. You can also buy tickets on-line, but the added charges make that considerably more expensive.
Stanford and Arizona are closely-matched rivals. They've played three times this season, Stanford has won twice. Stanford is #4 in the Pac-10, Arizona #3. Stanford's NCAA RPI is #10, Arizona's is #7. Each team has four players that earned All-West Region honors this season.
Three of Stanford's outstanding players are:
- Senior pitcher Missy Penna ranks among the top 10 pitchers in the nation. She pitched her 1200th career strikeout two weeks ago the first active pitcher in the nation to do that. She pitched her 50th career shutout last week the most in Stanford history. She was a 2008 All-American.
- Junior outfielder Alissa Haber leads Stanford in nearly every offensive category for the third year in a row. She is hitting .439 with 79 hits, 21 doubles (third-best in the nation), 54 runs, a .722 slugging percentage, a .500 on-base percentage and 18 stolen bases. She was an All-American in 2007 and 2008.
- Freshman shortstop Ashley Hansen is hitting .397 with 19 doubles, five triples and four home runs. She is the Pac-10 Freshman Player of the Year.
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