Sydney Stewart gets her pitch to lift Arizona softball to rivalry series win over ASU

Arizona pitcher Jalen Adams (12) and catcher Sydney Stewart (21) encourage each other during the Wildcats’ 6-4 win vs Arizona State on Mar. 22, 2026 | Photo by Ryan Kelapire Winning two out of three conference series to start the Big 12 season is a big deal. Winning a rivalry series as one of them is even bigger.

The No. 13 Arizona Wildcats (23-8, 6-3) did that on a brutally hot Sunday afternoon as they took down the No. 20 Arizona State Sun Devils* (23-9, 3-6) by the score of 6-4 to win the series 2-1.

“The goal is win the series every weekend,” said Arizona senior Jalen Adams . “Obviously want to sweep whatever, but winning that series is really big, and we want to do that every weekend. ” Catcher Sydney Stewart came up big in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run home run.

It was one of very few strikes Stewart saw in the weekend’s three games. She was walked six times to go along with her four hits. This one was a no-doubter to the south end of Candrea’s Corner, and it wasn’t even a hitter’s pitch.