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Kenzie Fowler Archive
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No. 3 ASU, No. 11 UA advance to softball Super Regionals
It took Arizona State a little longer to get the job done, but when the dust settled over the weekend, both of the state’s Pac-12 softball teams survived their regional tournaments and are headed to the Super Regionals. The Sun Devils had a little trouble with a pesky Syracuse squad that forced a double header [...] -
ASU, UA softball drop in rankings after Kajikawa Classic
The Kajikawa Classic softball tournament at Arizona State opens the season and is a good way to get an early preview of Arizona’s Pac-12 teams. It wasn’t ugly this year…but it couldn’t be called pretty, either. Last year, the University of Arizona was ranked No. 2 in the nation and ASU entered the season at [...] -
ASU is early favorite for 2nd straight national softball title
The Arizona Wildcats took their place on the pedestal of college softball at the start of the 1990′s, beginning a rivalry with mighty UCLA, which had ruled the college softball world in the 80′s. Now there appears to be a new sheriff in town, and suddenly it is becoming a three-way dominance of the game. [...] -
Tucson high school pitchers keeping UA softball on top
When Mike Candrea put Stacy Iveson on his coaching staff in July, he added some great talent and experience to the University of Arizona softball program. But a significant added-value benefit became obvious when Estela Pinon signed her letter of intent to play for the Wildcats. The young pitcher led her Yavapai College team to [...] -
UA hiring coup: Stacy Iveson joins softball coaching staff
Mike Candrea just finalized one of the biggest recruiting coups for his University of Arizona softball program. But this ‘recruit’ will make her contributions on the bench rather than on the field. Candrea, the Wildcats 26-year head coach, today announced the return of Stacy Iveson to the nationally-ranked program. Iveson made her mark as a [...] -
Line drive fells Fowler; may miss softball series with ASU
There’s never a good time for a sports injury. But the timing of the fluke concussion to Arizona’s premier pitcher, Kenzie Fowler, couldn’t have been worse. Not only was the Wildcats softball squad moving up in the national polls after taking the weekend series from No. 8 Washington, but they are scheduled to begin a [...] -
Fowler, Escobedo throw first pitches to open great rivalry
And so it starts… the battle of the young guns in college softball. Arizona softball fans will be treated to a chance to watch two of the best softball pitchers in the country this season as Arizona’s Kenzie Fowler and Arizona State’s Dallas Escobedo take the mound. Both are throwing in this weekend’s Kajikawa Classic [...] -
UA softball using fall play to get back on winning track
Nothing like a little fall ball to shake off the lingering hangover from last year. The University of Arizona softball team, still smarting from its loss to UCLA in the Women’s College World Series last year (PhxFan article 6.09.10), got its mojo back in gear by coasting through the Arizona Fall Classic with five straight [...] -
Will an Arizona pitcher be the next Jennie Finch?
When the queen of softball retired last month, there was no successor to the throne in waiting. And that presents a problem for the sport. Jennie Finch’s retirement announcement was somewhat unexpected. She just decided she wanted to spend more time with her family. But she’s only 29 years old and has been the face [...] -
UA women play for nat’l softball title, but men stumble
The University of Arizona softball team dug itself out of a deep hole at the Women’s College World Series to go on to win the right to meet UCLA for the national title. The Cats (52-12) dropped their opening game of the WCWS to Tennessee, 0-9, in a bizarre contest that saw UofA’s ace pitcher, [...]
