This weekend, two strikingly similar teams will take the diamond at Hillenbrand Stadium, as the Arizona softball team is set to host the Washington Huskies for a three-game series.
“Washington is a very similar. Absolutely,” UA head coach Mike Candrea said. “It will be a very, very good matchup.”
Like the fifth-ranked Wildcats, the sixth-ranked Huskies are in the top three in the Pac-12 in batting average, ERA, and fielding percentage this season.
Both teams are on double-digit winning streaks, too.
“They’re a good team. Very balanced,” Candrea said of UW. “Good pitching. Good offense.