PREVIEW: Cougars Close Regular Season Against #12/#13 Arizona

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Softball team wraps up the regular season with a three-game set against #12/#13 Arizona beginning on Friday at Cougar Softball Stadium.

Houston starts the series at 6 p.m., Friday, before a 2 p.m., Saturday, start and a noon, Sunday, conclusion.

The Cougars will honor its senior student-athlete, Ranci Willis, in a pregame ceremony on Sunday. Houston will also sign postgame autographs for youth in attendance following the series finale.

#12/#13 Arizona
Date \| Time				May 2 \| 6 p.m. \| Watch \| Stats \| Tickets May 3 \| 2 p.m. \| Watch \| Stats \| Tickets May 4 \| Noon \| Watch \| Stats \| Tickets
Location				Cougar Softball Stadium \| Houston, Texas
Game Notes				Game Notes

SERIES vs ARIZONA

All-Time: 0-4
At Houston: First Meeting
Last Houston Win: N/A
Last Arizona Win: 7-4; April 9, 2016
Last 10 in Series: 0-4
Current Streak: L4

HEAD COACH KRISTIN VESELY
Overall record: 233-214-1 (9th season)
At Houston: same

FIRST PITCH

Houston is coming off a 1-2 weekend in Orlando, Fla., in a series against UCF.
The Cougars meet the Wildcats for the first time in Houston and renew the series for the first time since 2016.
Freshmen are well represented in the starting lineup for this year's squad. Out of 428 positional start this season, first-years have earned 210 of them (49 percent) while underclassmen as a whole have snagged 379 of the team's 428 starts (89 percent). It is believed to be both one of the most freshmen heavy lineups and underclassmen heavy lineups.
Wells continues to collect accolades, this time being named Softball America's #11 First Baseman in the country in April. She previously was the #9 first baseman in the publication's February list while also being chosen as the #1 freshman in the Big 12. She was previously selected for both Softball America's and D1Softball's Freshman Watch Lists.
Sophomore Jordee Wilkins entered Houston's single-season list for doubles with her 13^th of the year against Texas Tech, sitting just four shy of tying the program record set by Arielle James in 2019. She also sits in a tie for second in single-season triples with five.
Wells hit her second grand slam of the season against HCU, marking the 11^th time that a Cougar has hit multiple in a season and becoming just the 16^th Houston player to hit multiple in a career.
Houston has been drawing walks at a prolific rate this season. Picking up 232 bases on balls through the first 40 games, the Cougars rank third in the nation in the category, sitting 19 walks behind leader Ohio State who has played nine more game. Both teams in front of Houston has played at least nine more games.
In the walk total is five games where Houston drew double-digit walks, including 13 against New Mexico on Feb. 7 which is the second most walks drawn in a single game by a NCAA Division I team this season as well as a new program record for walks in a game.
The Cougars' walk total this season has already eclipsed the season total from 23 of Houston's seasons.
Houston used a 5-3-5 triple play to clinch a 4-3 win against Pitt on Feb. 15. It was the team's second triple play in program history and its first since April 7, 2007, against UTEP. The Cougars are one of eight NCAA Division I teams to turn a triple play this season.

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