(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) After being named the No. 8 team in the nation headed into the postseason, the Arizona State softball team won its first game of the 2018 NCAA Tournament Friday night 2-0 against New Mexico State. Southpaw Giselle "G" Juarez almost claimed a no-hitter, but it was broken in the
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ASU Softball: Sun Devils lose in 9 innings to UCLA’s walk-off home run
(Photo: Liesl Babicka/WCSN) The No. 6 Arizona State (43-11, 16-8 Pac-12) softball team falls 2-1 to No. 1 UCLA (50-4, 20-4 Pac-12) in nine innings after senior Madeline Jelenicki hit a walk-off home run to left field. With Jelenicki’s home run the Bruins took the series from ASU. Southpaw G Juarez took
ASU Softball: No. 1 UCLA ties series after 5-1 win over Sun Devils
ASU Softball: No. 6 Sun Devils face tremendous challenge in final series against No. 1 UCLA
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) No. 6 Arizona State softball closes out the regular season with a tough test against No. 1 UCLA at Easton Stadium in Los Angeles this weekend, May 10-12. This final three-game series will bring the best out these two top-tiered softball squads as ASU (42-9) and UCLA (48-3) have
ASU Softball: Seniors get final regular season win at Farrington as they sweep Stanford
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) With a day full of emotions, the No. 8 Arizona State softball team conquered their final regular season game at Farrington Stadium Sunday afternoon. With another game consisting of two errors, the Sun Devils assembled their offense to sweep Stanford with a 3-2 win. Stanford pitcher Nikki Bauer not
ASU Softball: Sun Devils pull out 4-3 win despite six errors against Stanford
ASU Softball: Sun Devils sweep Utes behind stellar pitching
(Photo: Liesl Babicka/WCSN) No. 9 ranked Arizona State used stellar pitching and timely hitting to secure a three-game sweep over the Utah Utes. Game 1 Arizona State began the first game of the three-game set off with a run-rule 12-0 victory over the Utah Utes behind phenomenal pitching and a revived offense. Sophomore G
ASU Softball: Devils pick up victory 4-0 over Oregon in series closer
(Photo: Liesl Babicka/WCSN) In what is described as a very simple game that is hard to do by Arizona State head softball coach Trisha Ford, sometimes it’s the smallest adjustments that make the biggest difference. “I came in earlier today,” shortstop Jade Gortarez said. “Watched film, went over all the pitchers, my
