Washington softball evens series with No. 7 Stanford

The Washington Huskies softball team earned a 3-1 victory over the Stanford Cardinal.

After being stifled by the No. 7 Stanford Cardinal and pitcher NiJaree Canady on Friday night, the No. 8 Washington Huskies rebounded for a 3-1 victory on Saturday.

The Huskies opened the scoring thanks to shortstop Rylee Holtorf, who slapped a two-run single into left field with the bases loaded in the second inning.

The only other runs in the game came in the sixth inning when Stanford outfielder Kyra Chan cut Washington’s lead in half with an RBI single, but right fielder Alana Johnson answered in the bottom of the frame with her team-leading twelfth home run of the season to give the Huskies a two-run advantage.

Lindsay Lopez earned her tenth win of the year after an excellent performance, going 7 innings and allowing 4 hits, 1 earned run, 2 walks, with 5 strikeouts. Stanford’s Regan Krause saw her record fall to 17-4 on the season after working all 6 innings, letting up 6 hits, 3 earned runs, and 2 walks while striking out 3 batters.

With the win, the Huskies moved 31-9 on the season and 13-7 in Pac-12 play, while Stanford fell to 38-11 overall and 14-6 against conference opponents. The two teams will play the rubber match of the three-game series on Sunday at noon when Washington will also celebrate senior day.