The numbers are staggering.
Through its first 18 games, the Washington softball team leads the NCAA with 32 home runs, ranks second nationally in runs (8.8 per game), second in slugging percentage (.685), fourth in on-base percentage (.465) and fifth in batting average (.385).
That’s not all.
The Huskies’ pitching staff ranks third nationally in earned-run average (0.65), first in the Pac-12 in strikeouts (153) and has posted 11 shutouts. The Huskies have outscored opponents 159-12.
All that adds up to a No. 1 ranking in both national polls — the first time that’s happened for the program since 2010 — as the Huskies enter their first home game of the season Friday against No.