Before the season started, Arizona softball head coach Caitlin Lowe was asked about a pitching staff that lost most of its experience after last year.
“We’re just going to have to be able to match them up with their strengths and play defense behind them,” Lowe said in February. “I think as long as our pitchers take that to heart and feel like they have a solid group behind them, then they don’t feel like they have everything on their shoulders.”
Heading into Pac-12 play in early March, Lowe was still talking about how they would go with matchups and the ball would go to whoever “gets hot.