CHRIS CODUTO/Arizona Daily Wildcat Arizona freshman catcher Nick Hundley attempts to make a play at the plate against a Cal baserunner during the Golden Bears 12-7, 10-inning, victory over the Wildcats.

The race for the conference title heated up between Stanford, Arizona State and Arizona last weekend.

No. 9 Stanford (31-14, 13-5), who is two games in front of Arizona, swept Southern California last weekend. The Cardinal won both games of a double header on Saturday by identical 8-4 scores.

Stanford catcher Ryan Garko was named conference Player of the Week after he went 10-13 with three home runs, two doubles and 12 RBI. Pitcher Mark Romanczuk threw a three-hit complete game shutout and ran his record to 9-0 on Saturday.

Both players were named the Pac-10 Player and Pitcher of the Week respectively.

Stanford has six games remaining on its conference schedule against California and UCLA.

No. 7 Arizona State (43-9, 10-5) is one and half games behind Stanford and a half a game in front of the Wildcats. ASU did not play last weekend but beat Oklahoma 9-4 in Norman the last time out. The Sun Devils hit their 12th grand slam on the season that tied the NCAA record for most slams in a season.

ASU has nine games left on its conference schedule versus Oregon State, and Washington and it closes out the season against Arizona in Tempe. The final three games could decide second place that may influence seedings for both schools in the NCAA Regionals.

The Wildcats (33-17, 11-7) are in third after winning two out of three against California last weekend. After a bye this week, UA will face Oregon State at home and then the Sun Devils. Arizona is two conference wins short of getting an automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals and is a candidate for an at-large bid.

Records continue to fall

With six games left in the season, Arizona has already set one school offensive record and matched several others this season.

The Wildcats slammed seven homeruns to tie the school record for the most hit in a single same against Sacramento State en route to a 21-13 win on April 28. The mark tied another seven homerun-performance on Feb. 8, 2001, against Washington State.

In the game on April 28, freshman outfielder Brad Boyer doubled four times and scored six runs öö both tied school marks. UA, which is in its centennial season, didn't leave a runner on base for the first time in history.

Earlier this season Arizona pounded Brigham Young University 32-3 on Feb. 1. The lineup pounded out 32 hits to tie the record set on May 7, 1965. In the BYU game sophomore catcher Rick Mercado singled six times, also tying the record for the most hits in a game.