THE GAME (Times MST)
45 | Wednesday, April 25 (6 p.m.) |  vs.  | Live Stream | Live Stats | Twitter Updates | Tickets

Parking: Paid parking will be available in Cherry and Second Street Garages. Surface lots and meters surrounding Hillenbrand Stadium will be free of charge beginning at 5 p.m.
   

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LEADING OFF

• Coming off its biggest series victory to date, taking 2-of-3 from No. 8 Arizona State in Tempe, Arizona returns home to begin a seven-game homestand. UA welcomes New Mexico on Wednesday and Oregon State Friday-Sunday this week.
• Arizona moved back into the top 10 this week, both in the NFCA Top 25 as well as the NCAA RPI. UA sits at No. 10 in both.
• The Wildcats just completed five straight weekends vs. ranked Pac-12 opponents, including four top-10 opponents. UA faced No. 1 Washington, No. 22 California and No. 5 Oregon, No. 4 UCLA and No. 8 Arizona State in consecutive weeks. UA played 12 games against top-10 competition in a 17-game span. This season, Arizona has played 13 games against top-10 teams this season, the most since facing 13 in 2011. 
• Arizona is second nationally, averaging 1.32 home runs per game. On the season, the Cats have hit 58 homers, with two more, the Cats will cross the 60-homer plateau for the fifth straight season. 
• Alyssa Palomino leads the Pac-12 with 15 home runs, Jessie Harper is tied for second with 13 and Dejah Mulipola is eighth with 10 home runs. Arizona is the only team in the Pac-12 and one of four teams nationally (Campbell, Fordham, Eastern Kentucky) that has three players with 10-or-more home runs.
• The Wildcats are averaging 1.68 home runs per game at home this season and 0.96 per game on the road. No one likes hitting at Hillenbrand more than Alyssa Palomino, who's batting .460 with nine home runs in 22 games at home this season. 
• Taylor McQuillin has nine shutouts this season, one off the NCAA lead. Three of them have come against ranked teams, including one-hitters vs. No. 4 Oklahoma (2/24) and No. 22 Cal (3/29). She also has a no-hitter this season (2/11 vs. New Mexico).
• Despite returning six starters and 12 letterwinners from the 2017 Pac-12 Championship team, seven of the nine positions feature a new face in 2018. Only two players (catcher Dejah Mulipola and second baseman Reyna Carranco) are in the same position as last year; Jessie Harper (1B to SS), Alyssa Palomino (CF to 1B), Ashleigh Hughes (RF to CF) are all playing new positions. 
• Head Coach Mike Candrea is second in NCAA history with 1,551 career victories, 14 behind Michigan's Carol Hutchins (1,565).
• The top six Wildcat hitters (by batting average) are all underclassmen, including five sophomores. The sophomore class is hitting .340 with 43 home runs while all other classes are hitting a combined .259 with 15 home runs.