No. 1 Washington Pounds Eighth-Ranked Stanford

Friday, March 31

Stanford, Calif.

2:00 PM

University of Washington

1-0, 1-0

Stanford

0-1, 0-1

Washington

Stanford

Jenny Topping Earns NFCA Player Of The Week Honors

March 31, 2000 | Softball

Box Score

By: Washington Athletics

March 31, 2000

Box Score

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Redshirt freshman Jenny Topping knocked a three-run homer in the top of the first inning, and No. 1 Washington scored a run in each of the next three innings to put No. 8 Stanford away, 6-0, in the Huskies' Pac-10 season opener. UW improves to 37-3 and will meet No. 4 Cal Saturday at 2 p.m., while the Cardinal falls to 30-5 and 1-2 in league play.

Senior Rosie Leutzinger and junior Kim DePaul both singled before Topping sent her 18th ball of the season over the fence, this one just inside the left field foul pole.

In the second frame, senior Erin Helgeland led off with a double and moved to second on a wild pitch. Junior Kelly Hauxhurst moved her to third and another wild pitch brought her home. Senior Jennifer Spediacci, who pitched five innings of the shutout, walked in the third inning and was sacrificed to second by senior Melissa Downs. Spediacci stole third before a single by junior Christie Rosenblad scored her.

Topping hit a long double in the fourth inning to score DePaul, who had earned a base on balls. Senior Jamie Graves relieved Spediacci (20-1) in the sixth inning.

Mar. 31, 2000
No. 1 Washington 6, No. 8 Stanford

Washington	311 100 0	6 7 0
Stanford	000 000 0	0 5 0

Jennifer Spediacci, Jamie Graves (6) and Jenny Topping, Tori Nyberg, Maureen LaCocq (2) and Kelly Wiginton. WP-Spediacci (20-1). LP-LaCocq (4-2). 2B-UW: Topping. HR-UW: Topping.