INSIDE SOFTBALL
BY ANNA POULTER-HENDRICKSON
@BadgerSoftball
SCHEDULE (10-1)
This Week
Thurs. at Cal State Fullerton 5 p.m.
Fri.
vs. No. 16 Stanford 3:30 p.m.
Fri
at Cal State Fullerton 8 p.m.
Sat.
vs. No. 8 Cal
1:15 p.m.
Sat.
vs. CSU Bakersfield
8 p.m.
Sun.
vs. Cal Poly
12:30 p.m.
Next Week
SIU-Carbondale Tournament
Mar. 9 vs. Belmont
Mar. 9 at Southern Illinois
Mar. 10 vs. UIC
Mar. 10 vs. Eastern Kentucky
UW���s tough schedule
takes the team west
Badgers will face a pair of Pac-12 teams
W
isconsin���s nine-game
win streak is nice and
its 10-1 record is great, but
now the Badgers hit the road
for another test. California.
The Badgers will face a
pair of Pac-12 opponents in
No. 8 California and No. 16
Stanford while at the 2013
Easton Invitational.
The Pac-12 is year-in and
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year-out, the nation���s top
league. The conference has
made 87 appearances at the
Women���s College World Series, bringing home 23 titles.
Considering the NCAA has
only sponsored the championship since 1982, that is
impressive.
Every team in the league
but one, Utah, qualified for
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the NCAA tournament in 2012.
The tough competition doesn���t
stop there for the Badgers. Cal State
Fullerton, an opponent UW plays
twice, claimed one of the other eight
championships that didn���t go to the
Pac-12.
���Every game in California ��� we���ve
got six out there and they are all
tough teams ��� there���s not going to
be an easy game out there,��� said head
coach Yvette Healy. ���There hasn���t
been an easy game this whole season.���
The Badgers are looking for signature wins to propel them into the
NCAA tournament and California
provides the opportunity for just
that.
Healy notches 200 wins
�� Lost in the excitement during last
weekend���s six wins was a milestone
for Healy. UW���s win over Georgia Southern on Feb. 22 marked
Healy���s 200th career victory. Now
in her third season at UW, Healy
holds a 74-43 record wearing the
Cardinal and White.