2022 Arizona Wildcats softball team

2022 Arizona Wildcats softball
2022 Arizona Wildcats softball
NCAA Starkville Super Regional champion; NCAA Columbia Regional champion
Women's College World Series, Second Round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
CB	No. 6
Record	39–22 (8–16 Pac-12)
Head coach	Caitlin Lowe (1st season);
Home stadium	Rita Hillenbrand Stadium

2022 Pac-12 Conference softball standings
	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 8 Arizona State ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	4	–	0	.833	43	–	11	–	0	.796
No. 5 UCLA ‍‍‍^y	19	–	5	–	0	.792	51	–	10	–	0	.836
No. 11 Washington ‍‍‍^y	14	–	10	–	0	.583	38	–	17	–	0	.691
Stanford ‍‍‍^y	11	–	13	–	0	.458	39	–	22	–	0	.639
No. 23 Oregon ‍‍‍^y	10	–	14	–	0	.417	33	–	19	–	0	.635
Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	9	–	15	–	0	.375	39	–	22	–	0	.639
Utah ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0	.375	27	–	27	–	0	.500
‍‍‍^y	8	–	16	–	0	.333	39	–	21	–	0	.650
California ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0	.333	28	–	27	–	1	.509

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2022^[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2022 Arizona Wildcats softball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wildcats were coached by Caitlin Lowe, who is in her first season with Arizona. They played their home games at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium and competed in the Pac-12 Conference.

Personnel

Roster

2022 Arizona Wildcats roster^[2]

Pitchers

7 – Hanah Bowen – Senior
11 – Jessie Fontes – Sophomore
19 – Madi Elish – Freshman
34 – Devyn Netz – Sophomore

Catchers

12 – Bailey Thompson – Grad. Student
15 – Izzy Pacho – Junior
18 – Sharlize Palacios – Sophomore

Infielders

00 – Sophia Carroll – Sophomore
7 – Hanah Bowen – Senior
15 – Izzy Pacho – Junior
20 – Carlie Scupin – Sophomore
30 – Blaise Biringer – Sophomore
34 – Devyn Netz – Sophomore
36 – Amber Toven – Freshman

Utility

2 – Hannah Martinez – Senior
9 – Allie Skaggs – Sophomore
55 – Giulia Koutsoyanopulos – Sophomore

Outfielders

3 – Allie Enright – Freshman
6 – Janelle Meoño – Sophomore
21 – Jasmine Perezchica – Sophomore
22 – Paige Dimler – Freshman

Coaches

2022 Arizona Wildcats softball coaching staff^[2]

Caitlin Lowe – Head coach – 9th season
Taryne Mowatt-McKinney – Assistant coach – 5th season
Lauren Lappin – Assistant coach – 1st season
Ray Camacho – Volunteer assistant coach – 5th season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at Arizona.

Schedule

2022 Arizona Wildcats game log (39–22)

Regular Season: 33–20 (Home: 24–10; Away: 6–8; Neutral: 3–2)

Post Season: 6–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 5–0; Neutral: 1–2)

February: 10–4
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
1	February 10	No. 9	Southern Utah*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	22–1 (5)	Bowen (1–0)	Winston (0–1)	—	1,058	1–0	–
2	February 11	No. 9	Southern Utah*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	15–0 (5)	Netz (1–0)	Owen (0–1)	—	2,577	2–0	–
3	February 12	No. 9	No. 2 Alabama*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	0–11 (5)	Kilfoyl (1–0)	Bowen (1–1)	—	2,959	2–1	–
4	February 12	No. 9	New Mexico*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	1–0	Bowen (2–1)	Guindon (1–1)	—	2,509	3–1	–
5	February 18	No. 9	UC Santa Barbara*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	11–1 (6)	Netz (2–0)	Snyder (0–1)	—	N/A	4–1	–
6	February 18	No. 9	Long Beach State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	7–2	Bowen (3–1)	Fernandez (0–1)	—	2,664	5–1	–
7	February 19	No. 9	Loyola Marymount*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	4–3	Bowen (4–1)	Perez (1–2)	—	N/A	6–1	–
8	February 19	No. 9	No. 16 Kentucky*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	6–7	Sullivan (2–0)	Bowen (4–2)	—	2,887	6–2	–
9	February 20	No. 9	Long Beach State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	12–2 (5)	Netz (3–0)	Quinlan (0–1)	—	2,634	7–2	–
10	February 24	No. 8	vs. Cal Baptist*	Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, California	6–2	Netz (4–0)	Hernandez (0–3)	—	N/A	8–2	–
11	February 24	No. 8	vs. Cal State Fullerton*	Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, California	0–1	Sutherlin (2–1)	Elish (0–1)	—	N/A	8–3	–
12	February 25	No. 8	vs. Bethune Cookman*	Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, California	8–1	Fontes (1–0)	Gonzalez (2–2)	—	N/A	9–3	–
13	February 25	No. 8	vs. UC Davis*	Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, California	3–0	Elish (1–1)	Fitzgerald (1–3)	—	N/A	10–3	–
14	February 26	No. 8	vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*	Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, California	2–10 (5)	May (5–0)	Netz (4–1)	—	850	10–4	–

March: 9–6
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
15	March 3	No. 9	North Dakota*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	8–0 (5)	Elish (2–1)	Jones (2–4)	—	2,305	11–4	–
16	March 4	No. 9	Iowa State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	11–3 (5)	Netz (5–1)	Charles (2–1)	—	2,626	12–4	–
17	March 5	No. 9	Boise State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	5–4	Elish (3–1)	Caudill (6–1)	Netz (1)	N/A	13–4	–
18	March 5	No. 9	Texas State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	11–10	Elish (4–1)	Mullins (5–4)	—	2,773	14–4	–
19	March 6	No. 9	Loyola Chicago*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	11–0 (5)	Netz (6–1)	Pepkowski (3–2)	—	2,700	15–4	–
20	March 11	No. 8	Yale*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	5–1	Netz (7–1)	Conway (1–2)	—	2,700	16–4	–
21	March 12	No. 8	UNLV*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	7–2	Bowen (5–2)	Bressler (9–3)	—	N/A	17–4	–
22	March 12	No. 8	Marist*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	11–0 (5)	Netz (8–1)	Myers (4–1)	—	2,807	18–4	–
23	March 13	No. 8	Marist*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	12–2 (5)	Bowen (6–2)	Pleasants (2–9)	—	2,630	19–4	–
24	March 19	No. 9	at No. 4 UCLA	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	0–5	Faraimo (10–1)	Netz (8–2)	—	1,328	19–5	0–1
25	March 20	No. 9	at No. 4 UCLA	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	0–3	Azevedo (11–1)	Elish (4–2)	—	1,328	19–6	0–2
26	March 21	No. 9	at No. 4 UCLA	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	0–7	Faraimo (11–1)	Netz (8–3)	—	556	19–7	0–3
27	March 25	No. 14	No. 20 Arizona State	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	2–9	Morgan (12–1)	Bowen (6–3)	Schuld (2)	2,977	19–8	0–4
28	March 26	No. 14	No. 20 Arizona State	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	0–11 (5)	Lopez (4–1)	Netz (8–4)	—	2,925	19–9	0–5
29	March 27	No. 14	No. 20 Arizona State	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	0–8 (5)	Schuld (8–2)	Bowen (6–4)	—	2,914	19–10	0–6

April: 12–6
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
30	April 1	No. 19	No. 11 Washington	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	7–12	Nelson (4–0)	Netz (8–5)	—	2,654	19–11	0–7
31	April 2	No. 19	No. 11 Washington	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	5–7	Moore (5–1)	Bowen (6–5)	—	2,668	19–12	0–8
32	April 3	No. 19	No. 11 Washington	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	10–9	Bowen (7–5)	Moore (5–2)	—	2,670	20–12	1–8
33	April 8	No. 20	at Oregon State	Oregon State Softball Complex Corvallis, Oregon	1–4	Haendiges (10–2)	Bowen (7–6)	—	532	20–13	1–9
34	April 9	No. 20	at Oregon State	Oregon State Softball Complex Corvallis, Oregon	1–3	Mazon (12–3)	Elish (4–3)	—	593	20–14	1–10
35	April 10	No. 20	at Oregon State	Oregon State Softball Complex Corvallis, Oregon	9–1 (5)	Bowen (8–6)	Haendiges (10–3)	—	540	21–14	2–10
36	April 14	No. 25	No. 17 Oregon	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	11–8	Netz (9–5)	Kliethermes (7–4)	Bowen (1)	2,669	22–14	3–10
37	April 15	No. 25	No. 17 Oregon	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	3–11 (5)	Hansen (9–4)	Bowen (8–7)	—	2,807	22–15	3–11
38	April 16	No. 25	No. 17 Oregon	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	12–4 (5)	Netz (10–5)	Hansen (9–5)	—	2,777	23–15	4–11
39	April 19	No. 24	UTEP*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	9–0 (5)	Bowen (9–7)	Collins (2–5)	—	2,461	24–15	–
40	April 19	No. 24	UTEP*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	10–2 (5)	Netz (11–5)	Calderon (2–4)	—	2,461	25–15	–
41	April 23 (1)	No. 24	at Utah	Dumke Family Softball Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah	3–5	Smith (7–5)	Bowen (9–8)	—	N/A	25–16	4–12
42	April 23 (2)	No. 24	at Utah	Dumke Family Softball Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah	8–0	Netz (12–5)	Sandez (8–8)	—	N/A	26–16	5–12
43	April 24	No. 24	at Utah	Dumke Family Softball Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah	6–5	Elish (5–3)	Smith (7–6)	Netz (2)	1,000	27–16	6–12
44	April 27		at New Mexico State*	NM State Softball Complex Las Cruces, New Mexico	14–9	Elish (6–3)	King (6–13)	—	368	28–16	–
45	April 27		at New Mexico State*	NM State Softball Complex Las Cruces, New Mexico	11–0 (6)	Fontes (1–0)	King (6–14)	—	584	29–16	–
46	April 30	No. 25	Fresno State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	8–4	Netz (13–5)	Hanlon (4–6)	—	N/A	30–16	–
47	April 30	No. 25	Fresno State*	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	5–1	Bowen (10–8)	West (4–6)	—	2,744	31–16	–

May: 7–4
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
48	May 6	No. 25	at California	Levine-Fricke Field Berkeley, California	1–7	Halajian (18–7)	Bowen (10–9)	—	283	31–17	6–13
49	May 7	No. 25	at California	Levine-Fricke Field Berkeley, California	2–9	Reimers (2–1)	Netz (13–6)	—	713	31–18	6–14
50	May 8	No. 25	at California	Levine-Fricke Field Berkeley, California	5–2	Elish (7–3)	Halajian (18–8)	Netz (3)	831	32–18	7–14
51	May 12	No. 25	Stanford	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	10–6	Elish (8–3)	Vawter (21–11)	—	2,585	33–18	8–14
52	May 13	No. 25	Stanford	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	0–10 (5)	Krause (11–14)	Netz (13–7)	—	2,811	33–19	8–15
53	May 14	No. 25	Stanford	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, Arizona	3–4	Vawter (22–11)	Bowen (10–10)	—	2,671	33–20	8–16
54	May 20		Illinois*	Mizzou Softball Stadium Columbia, Missouri	8–3	Bowen (11–10)	Sickels (12–9)	—	2,781	34–20	–
55	May 21		No. 16 (15) Missouri*	Mizzou Softball Stadium Columbia, Missouri	2–0	Bowen (12–10)	Weber (15–7)	—	N/A	35–20	–
56	May 22		No. 16 (15) Missouri*	Mizzou Softball Stadium Columbia, Missouri	1–0	Netz (14–7)	Weber (15–8)	—	2,474	36–20	–
57	May 27		Mississippi State*	Nusz Park Mississippi State, Mississippi	3–2	Bowen (13–10)	Wesley (9–8)	—	2,209	37–20	–
58	May 28		Mississippi State*	Nusz Park Mississippi State, Mississippi	7–1	Netz (15–7)	Wesley (9–9)	—	2,299	38–20	–

June: 1–2
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
59	June 2		No. 7 Oklahoma State*	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	2–4	Maxwell (19–4)	Bowen (13–11)	—	12,320	38–21	–
60	June 3		Oregon State	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	3–1	Bowen (14–11)	Mazon (17–12)	—	12,247	39–21	–
61	June 5		No. 14 Texas*	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	2–5	Czech (12–1)	Bowen (14–12)	—	12,403	39–22	–

Win
Loss
Postponement
Bold: Wildcats team member

Rankings from NFCA.
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
* indicates a non-conference game.

Source:^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
NFCA / USA Today	9	9	8	9	8	9	14	19	20	25	24	25	25	—	—	7	7
Softball America	7	10	13	16	14	13	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	6
ESPN.com/USA Softball	11	11	10	16	16	16	17	24	24	—	—	—	—	24	—	7	7
D1Softball	15	16	16	18	20	20	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	9	9

References

^ "Softball Standings". Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2022 Softball Roster". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
^ "2022 Softball Schedule". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved March 28, 2022.

[1] "Softball Standings". Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2022.

[roster-2] "2022 Softball Roster". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved March 28, 2022.

[3] "2022 Softball Schedule". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved March 28, 2022.

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Arizona Wildcats softball
Venues	UA Softball Field (1974–1992) Mike Candrea Field at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium (1993–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024 2025
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics