Huskies Ranked Fourth by Conference Coaches

By Athletic Communications on January 27, 2011 4:58 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

The pre-season Pac-10 coaches poll was released today for softball and the league's coaches predict the Huskies to finish fourth in 2011.

Arizona and UCLA tied for first with four first-place vote and 46 total points. Arizona State was picked second (30), follow by Cal and Washington tied with 26. Stanford was picked sixth with 22 votes, just one ahead of Oregon. Oregon State finished eighth with seven votes.

Washington has won the Pac-10 three times since joining in 1993. The Huskies won in 1996, 2000 and 2010.

The Huskies are ranked No. 10 in the pre-season NFCA coaches poll and No. 11 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll.