Feb. 27, 2013

Game Notes

WEEK 4 (MARCH 1-3): WILDCAT INVITATIONAL // Hillenbrand Stadium
#17 Arizona (10-5) vs. UC Riverside (5-9) // Boston University (1-4) // Portland State (4-11)
THE GAMES
Friday, March 1
11:00 a.m. 	Portland State vs. UC Riverside
1:00 p.m. 	Portland State vs. Boston University
4:00 p.m. 	ARIZONA vs. UC Riverside
6:00 p.m. 	ARIZONA vs. Boston University
Saturday, March 2
11:00 a.m.	Boston University vs. UC Riverside
1:00 p.m. 	Portland State vs. UC Riverside
4:00 p.m. 	ARIZONA vs. Boston University
6:00 p.m. 	ARIZONA vs. Portland State
Sunday, March 3
9:00 a.m. 	UC Riverside vs. Boston University
11:00 a.m. 	ARIZONA vs. Portland State
Home team listed in bold // First team listed will occupy third base dugout //
Game times will change based on the length of the previous game. Games will not
begin before scheduled time.
FOLLOW THE CATS
Live Video: A free online stream of the five Arizona games will be available at
http://pac-12.com/live/arizonawildcats.
aspx
Live Audio: An online audio stream of the games will be available at
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/uaathletics
Live Stats: Find Gametracker links for all games at
http://www.arizonawildcats.com/scoreboard/
Live Updates: Twitter: @UA_Softball (twitter.com/ua_softball) & Facebook: Arizona
Athletics (facebook.com/arizonaathletics)

Arizona hosts it second and final regular season tournament this weekend when it welcomes Portland State, UC Riverside and Boston University for the three-day, 10-game event. The Wildcats compete at 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. MST on Friday and Saturday and complete the tournament at 11:00 a.m. MST on Sunday.

The Wildcat Invitational is in its 18th year of competition, non-consecutive. Arizona hosted the Wildcat Invitational in 1988 and every year from 1996-2011. The Cats have an 84-3 record all-time in the event. Its last loss at the tournament came March 8, 2008 in a 2-1 decision to Creighton.

UA is coming off of a 2-3 performance at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. to drop the Cats to 10-5 on the season. Arizona was shutout thrice during the weekend, twice against ranked opponents. Arizona fell to No. 2 Oklahoma 5-0, Ohio State 6-0 and No. 11 LSU 3-0. Arizona earned a come-from-behind victory against Long Beach State 4-3 after being down to its final out five times in the seventh inning, trailing by two runs. Chelsea Goodacre brought home the game's tying and go-ahead runs with a double which would eventually give the Cats a win. Goodacre hit two home runs in Arizona's 5-3 win against Loyola Marymount.