Senior becomes UA's all-time strikeout leader; Wildcats sweep 4 games

As the top-ranked Arizona softball team continued to steamroll through its Pacific-10 Conference opponents this weekend, senior pitcher Becky Lemke stole the show.

Lemke fanned eight batters in yesterday's 6-1 victory against the Oregon Ducks to become Arizona's all-time strikeout leader with 880.

She struck out the side in the third inning to surpass former All-American Susie Parra's mark of 874, and received a curtain call from the 1,327 fans at Hillenbrand Stadium.

"It's an honor because they're have been a lot of pitchers at the U of A," said Lemke, who shares the same private pitching coach with Parra.