2002 UCLA BRUINS SOFTBALL 2002 UCLA SOFTBALL OVERALL: 32-3 March 29-30 • at Washington • Seattle, WA FEBRUARY Following a 12-day break for final exams, the top-ranked Bruins returned to action on Mon- BRUIN QUICK FACTS FRI. 1-SUN. 3 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE TOURN. (EASTON STADIUM) day, March 25, for a doubleheader sweep of 1LOUISIANA-MONROE ______________ W, 8-0 (5) 2002 Record: 32-3 2SAN DIEGO STATE _______________ W, 8-0 (5) No. 10 Fresno State, giving head coach Sue 3SAN JOSE STATE ___________________ W, 3-0 Enquist the 1,100th victory during her UCLA National Ranking: No. 1 NFCA/USA Today Head Coach: Sue Enquist Fri. 8-Sun. 10 at Fiesta Bowl Tournament (Tempe, AZ) career (player, assistant coach and head coach, 8 vs. Texas Tech _________________ W, 11-0 (5) combined). Career Record: 673-124-1 (14th season) 8 vs. Texas A&M ________________ W, 9-1 (5) Now, UCLA travels to Seattle for its Pac-10 Softball SID: Amy Symons 9 vs. Texas (RV) _________________ W, 14-0 (5) opener, a two-game set against No. 12 Wash- SID Office Phone: 310/206-8123 9 vs. Nebraska (#12) ________________ W, 6-1 ington. Last season, the Bruins swept all three 10 vs. Utah State _________________ W, 9-0 (6) SID Email: [email protected] 10 vs. Southwest Texas State (#17) _____ W, 4-0 conference games from the Huskies, and UCLA Website: www.uclabruins.com Fri, 15-Sun, 17 UNLV Tournament (Las Vegas, NV) holds a 24-12 advantage in the all-time series. 15 vs. Texas Tech ________________ W, 13-2 (5) UCLA RETURNS TO DIAMOND WITH SWEEP OF BULLDOGS 15 vs. Alabama (#13) _________________ W, 9-1 16 vs. Brigham Young ____________ W, 10-2 (5) Coming off of a 12-day break for winter quarter final exams, the top-ranked UCLA softball team 16 vs. Nebraska (#12) _____________ W, 11-2 (5) returned to action on Monday for its final non-conference games of the 2002 season, playing host 17 vs. LSU (#4) ______________________ W, 7-0 to No. 10 Fresno State at Easton Stadium. The opening game of the afternoon was a pitchers duel 20 UC RIVERSIDE (DH) ___ W, 14-0 (5); W, 6-0 between UCLA’s Keira Goerl, who was coming off of back-to-back Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week 23 at Long Beach State (DH) __ L, 3-2 (9); W, 10-0 honors, and Fresno State’s Jamie Southern. The two teams combined for four hits on the day, with 27 CAL STATE FULLERTON (DH) _ L, 3-1; W, 5-2 the Bruins scoring the lone run of the contest in the third inning on an RBI single by Amanda Freed. MARCH Goerl pitched a one-hit shutout, striking out eight and walking one. FRI, 1-SUN, 3 STACY WINSBERG M EMORIAL (EASTON S TADIUM) In the nightcap, Freed stepped into the circle and posted another impressive performance, 1 TX A&M CORPUS CHRISTI (DH) _ W, 9-1 (5); W, 8-0 (5) scattering five hits while striking out five and walking one in the 7-0 victory. The Bruins offense 2PURDUE (DH) ______________ W, 4-2; W, 3-0 showed up for game two, pounding out 13 hits, including doubles from Freed, Claire Sua and 3FLORIDA _________________________ W, 11-1 Stephanie Ramos to go along with the fifth home run of the year for Tairia Mims. Fri. 8-Sun. 10 at NIST (Pleasanton, CA) 8 vs. Long Beach State (RV) ___________ W, 4-1 BRUINS SWEEP UC SANTA BARBARA PRIOR TO FINAL EXAMS 8 vs. UNC-Greensboro ___________ W, 8-0 (6) 8 Iowa (#17) ______________________ W, 4-0 UCLA completed its winter quarter playing schedule on March 13, defeating UC Santa Barbara 9 Virginia _________________________ W,2-0 with game scores of 7-1 and 4-0. In the opening game of the doubleheader, the Bruins scored a 9 Iowa (#17) ________________________ L, 0-1 run in each of the first two innings before breaking out for five runs in the bottom of the fourth, 9 Virginia ________________________ W, 3-0 featuring a monster home run from designated player Claire Sua on a very blustery day at Easton 13 UC SANTA BARBARA (DH) _ W, 7-1; W, 4-0 Stadium. 25 FRESNO STATE (#10) (DH) __ W, 1-0; W, 7-0 The nightcap saw Keira Goerl take to the circle for UCLA, where she struck out eight, walked 29 at Washington* (#12) _______________ 2 pm one and allowed just two hits while improving her season record to 14-1. The Bruins opened the 30 at Washington* (#12) _______________ 2 pm scoring in the first inning, with Watley circling the bases on a bunt single, stolen base, and two wild APRIL pitches. The Bruins added three more runs in the second inning, with a two-RBI triple by Watley, 5 at Arizona State* ___________________ 6 pm and an RBI single by Freed. 6 at Arizona*~^ _____________________ 2 pm 7 at Arizona*^ ______________________ 1 pm HEAD COACH SUE ENQUIST 12 STANFORD*^ ____________________ 2 PM The 2002 season marks Sue Enquist’s 14th campaign as head coach of the Bruin softball 13 CALIFORNIA* ____________________ 2 PM program. It is her 23rd year as part of UCLA’s softball coaching staff and her 27th year of 14 CALIFORNIA*^ ____________________ 1 PM 19 OREGON STATE* _________________ 2 PM involvement with the program as either a coach or player. Enquist has a 673-124-1 (.844) 20 OREGON* _______________________ 2 PM coaching record and 1,100 wins in her Bruin softball career as a player, assistant coach and head 21 OREGON*^ _______________________ 1 PM coach, combined. As a player from 1975-78, Enquist became UCLA’s first All-American while 24 WASHINGTON*^ _________________ 2 PM establishing the Bruin career batting average record of .401. She is still the only UCLA player to 26 at California* ______________________ 2 pm complete her career with a batting average over .400. 27 at Stanford* _______________________ 7 pm 28 at Stanford ________________________ 1 pm 2002: YEAR OF THE BRUIN NO-HITTER? MAY Through the first six weeks of the 2002 season, Bruin pitchers have combined for six no-hitters, the highest total for a Bruin squad since Dee Dee Weiman and B’Ann Burns combined for 10 no- 3 at Oregon* _______________________ 2 pm 4 at Oregon State* ___________________ 2 pm nos during the 1994 season. So far this year, sophomore Keira Goerl has posted four no-hitters, 5 at Oregon State* ___________________ 1 pm while senior Amanda Freed has two. In 1994, Weiman had five no-hitters, Burns had three, and 10 ARIZONA*^______________________ 2 PM two no-hitters were shared between the two pitchers. 11 ARIZONA STATE* (DH) ______________ 1 PM 16-19 NCAA Regionals^ __________________ TBD 23-27 College World Series _______________ TBD THIS WEEKEND Fri. Mar. 28 at Washington (#12) ______________________ Seattle, WA 2 pm Home Games In BOLD at Easton Stadium; *-Pac-10 Conference Games, Sat. Mar. 29 at Washington (#12) ______________________ Seattle, WA 2 pm ~-Televised by FOX Sports Net; ^live audio broadcast on www.uclabruins.com NEXT WEEK (DH)-Doubleheaders; Fri. Apr. 5 at Arizona State (#6)______________________ Tempe, AZ 6 pm All Times Local to Site and subject to change Sat. Apr. 6 at Arizona (#2) • FOX Sports Net ____________ Tucson, AZ 2 pm Sun. Apr. 7 at Arizona (#2) • uclabruins.com ___________ Tucson, AZ 1 pm USA TODAY/NFCA POLL 78 GONE, EIGHT TO GO FOR NUVEMAN 27 MARCH 2002 With eight home runs this season, Bruin slugger Stacey Nuveman currently has 78 career home runs, giving her third place on the NCAA’s all-time list. Nuveman now has the best career # School (First-Place Votes) ‘01 Record Points Last 1. UCLA (26) 32-3 674 1 home run total of any non-Arizona player, and is quickly approaching the NCAA career record of 2. *Arizona (1) 31-4 643 3 85 home runs, held by Arizona’s Leah Braatz and Laura Espinoza. She needs seven home runs 3. *Stanford 27-3 623 2 to tie and eight to break the NCAA career home run record. 4. *Nebraska 28-5 596 4 Although Cal junior Veronica Nelson has broken the previous NCAA record for walks, Nuveman 5. *LSU 24-7 561 5 is third on the all-time list with 204 career walks, just seven behind the previous record holder, 6. *Arizona State 30-7 530 6 Oregon State’s Tarrah Beyster (211). Finally, Nuveman ranks fourth on the NCAA’s Division I career 7. *Cal State Fullerton 30-9 514 7 RBI list with 272. Once again, she is the top non-Arizona player on that list, and needs 44 RBI to 8. *California 32-10 479 8 move up to third (#3 Espinoza had 315 RBI). 9. Oklahoma 28-8 449 9 Nuveman has played in 235 games as a Bruin (through March 26), ranking her tied for fifth in 10. Florida Atlantic 38-6 435 11 UCLA softball history. She is closing in on Julie Marshall’s record for career games played as a 11. *Fresno State 28-9 394 10 Bruin (246), and is on pace to break the record on Apr. 24 at Easton Stadium against Washington. 12. *Washington 27-8 377 12 FREED CLOSES IN ON UCLA WINS RECORD 13. Michigan 21-6 355 13 Senior Amanda Freed enters Pac-10 play this Friday with a career pitching record of 91-17, 14. *Oregon State 24-9 311 15 needing just six more victories to surpass B’Ann Burns (96 from 1994-97) for the UCLA career 15.