Staff Reports Arizona Daily Wildcat April 30, 1998 Arizona survives tight nightcap The top-ranked Arizona softball team continued its dominance over arch rival Arizona State last night with a doubleheader sweep in Tempe, the Wildcats 32nd and 33rd consecutive wins over the Sun Devils. Seniors Alison McCutcheon and Nancy Evans led the way, leading their team to an opening-game 6-0 victory as Evans allowed just four hits in earning her 27th victory of the season while McCutcheon collected two hits and scored twice. In the nightcap, Evans' performance again proved pivotal as she garnered her third save of the season, pitching the seventh inning of a 3-2 victory in relief of freshman Becky Lemke. McCutcheon collected three more hits and scored her fourth run of the night as the Wildcats hung on for the nail-biting win. The senior center fielder also collected three stolen bases to add to her season total, but was caught stealing for the first time this season. Freshman Nicole Giordano provided some added offensive power in the opener with a triple and four RBI while sophomore Katie Swan collected a triple as part of her two hits in the game. Evans struck out nine while walking only one Sun Devil batter. In the second game, Arizona put single runs on the board in the first and sixth inning before ASU tied the game with a pair of runs later in the sixth. The Wildcats bounced back in the seventh, scoring the game-winning run before Evans came on to get the save. Swan cracked her second triple of the night and later came around to score. Arizona plays host to California and Stanford Saturday and Sunday, with both doubleheaders beginning at 1 p.m. Wildcats 6, Sun Devils 0 Arizona (52-3, 18-1) AB R H BI McCutcheon CF 3 2 2 0 Giordano RF 4 1 1 4 Mascarenas 3B 4 0 1 0 Braatz C 4 0 1 1 Pineda 1B 3 0 1 0 Gil PR 0 0 0 0 Hejduk 1B 0 0 0 0 Evans P 4 0 1 0 Collins DP 3 0 0 0 Swan 2B 3 2 2 0 Bauer LF 3 1 1 1 Totals 31 6 10 6 Arizona St. (34-19, 6-13) AB R H BI Braga 2B 3 0 0 0 Langenhuizen CF 3 0 0 0 Hull LF 3 0 1 0 Gill 3B/DP 1 0 0 0 Miller DP 2 0 1 0 Ponce RF 3 0 1 0 Gall 1B/SS 2 0 0 0 Rodgers C 3 0 0 0 Murphy DP/1B 3 0 0 0 Smith SS/3B 3 0 1 0 Totals 26 0 4 0 Arizona 002 000 4- 6 10 1 Arizona State 000 000 0- 0 4 2 E- Pineda, Gall LOB- Arizona 6, Arizona State 6. 2B- Evans, Ponce. 3B-Giordano, Swan, Bauer. SB- McCutcheon, Mascarenas, Braatz. CS- McCutcheon. SF- x. Arizona IP H R ER BB SO Evans 7 4 0 0 1 9 Arizona State IP H R ER BB SO Tsosie 7 10 6 4 1 2 Wildcats 3, Sun Devils 2 Arizona (53-3, 19-1) AB R H BI McCutcheon CF 4 1 3 1 Giordano DP 4 0 0 0 Mascarenas 3B 4 0 0 0 Braatz C 3 0 1 0 Pineda 1B 3 0 1 0 Hanson PR 0 1 0 0 EvansSS/P 3 0 2 1 Gil RF 3 0 1 0 Swan 2B 2 1 1 0 Bauer LF 3 0 0 0 Totals 29 3 9 3 Ariz. St. (34-20, 6-14) AB R H BI Miller DP 3 1 2 0 Langenhuizen CF 2 0 0 0 Hull LF 3 0 2 2 Braga 2B 3 0 0 0 Gall SS 3 0 0 0 Ponce RF 3 0 0 0 Murphy 1B 3 0 1 0 Rodgers C 3 0 0 0 Smith 3B 2 1 2 0 Totals 25 2 7 2 Arizona 100 001 1- 3 9 1 Arizona State 000 002 0- 2 7 2 E- Braatz, Hull, Braga. LOB- Arizona 6, Arizona State 3. 2B- Pineda, Evans, Hull. 3B- Swan. SB- McCutcheon (2), Giordano, Braga. CS- Gil, Hull, Smith. Arizona IP H R ER BB SO Lemke 6 7 2 2 0 4 Evans 1 0 0 0 0 1 Arizona State IP H R ER BB SO Breedlove 7 9 3 3 1 2