2001 UCLA BRUINS NCAA Regional • May 17-20, 2001 • The eight-time NCAA Champion UCLA Bruins begin the quest for their ninth UCLA QUICK FACTS NCAA and 10th National Championship 2001 Overall Record: 55-5 this Thursday at Easton Stadium with a 2 2001 Pac-10 Record: 16-5 (2nd) pm first pitch against Coastal Carolina. The NFCA Ranking: No. 2 Lady Chanticleers earned their tournament Head Coach: 2001 SCHEDULE/RESULTS bid by winning Big South Conference. Two Career Record: 634-120-1 (13th season) Overall: 55-5; Pac-10: 16-5 of the five teams traveling to Easton Stadium Softball SID: Amy Symons Date Opponent Time/Result at Early Bird Classic (San José, CA) for this regional have former Bruins on their SID Phone: 310/206-6831 F 3 at San José State ______W, 8-0 (5) coaching staffs (DeeDee Weiman, Wiscon- Website: www.uclabruins.com F 3 vs. Cal State Northridge (RV) _ W, 13-0 (5) sin/ Karen Howard, SDSU). Additionally, F 3 vs. Cal Poly ______W, 5-0 F 4 vs. Cal State Northridge (RV) _____ W, 7-0 UCLA and Fresno State have a long and storied postseason rivalry, as the Bruins and Bull- F 4 vs. Cal Poly ______W, 10-2 (6) dogs have faced off in four NCAA Championship games (1982-88-89-90, all UCLA wins). F7at Cal State Fullerton (#14) _ W,6-0/W,18-3(5) F 10 SAN DIEGO (DH) ____ W,8-0 (6)/W,7-0 UCLA has never faced Coastal Carolina on the softball diamond, and leads the all-time F 14 LONG BEACH STATE (#22) ____ W, 7-0 series against the other four schools: 32-9 vs. Cal State Northridge (4-0 in 2001), 30-10 vs. at UNLV Classic (Las Vegas, NV) Fresno State (1-0 in 2001), 47-2 vs. San Diego State, and 3-0 vs. Wisconsin (all in 2001). F 16 vs. Portland State ______W, 20-0 (5) F 16 vs. Kansas ______W,15-1 (5) UCLA Softball NCAA History F 17 vs. Wisconsin (RV) ______W, 9-2 F 17 vs. Nebraska (#12)______W, 6-2 With its selection to the 2001 NCAA Tournament field, UCLA has now been invited to F 18 vs. Florida International _____ W, 10-0 (5) 18 of a possible 20 Regional Tournaments. The Bruins have won eight NCAA (1982-84-85- at Texas Invitational (Austin, TX) F 23 vs. Wisconsin (RV) ______W, 12-1 88-89-90-82-99) and nine total National Championships (AIAW, 1978), and have played in F 23 vs. Cal State Fullerton (#11) ______W, 4-0 the NCAA Championship game a record 14 times. UCLA won the 1995 NCAA Champion- F 24 at Texas (#22) ______W, 4-3 (8) ship, but its participation in that tournament was later vacated by the NCAA. The Bruins F 25 vs. Wisconsin (RV) ______W, 1-0 F 26 at Southwest Texas State (RV) W, 4-3 (10) were not invited to the NCAA Tournament on two occasions, in 1986, and in 1998, a year in F 26 at Southwest Texas State (RV) ______W, 3-1 which UCLA was ineligible for postseason play. EASTON CLASSIC (EASTON STADIUM, ) M2 COLORADO STATE (DH) W, 11-3 (6)/W, 2-0 Bruin Basics M3 SOUTH FLORIDA (DH) __ W, 10-0 (5)/W,5-3 M 4 UNLV ______W, 3-0 Last year’s NCAA runner-up, the 2001 Bruins have benefitted from the return of Pac- M 6 UC RIVERSIDE (DH) _ W,10-0 (5)/W,4-0 10 Player of the Year Stacey Nuveman, who returned to Westwood after sitting out the 2000 at Hedrick’s Hallowell Chevrolet Classic (Fresno, CA) M 8 vs. Colorado State ______W, 8-1 collegiate season in order to catch for the U.S. Olympic Team. Nuveman was the starting M 9 vs. Cal Poly ______W, 9-1 (6) catcher on the gold medal team in Sydney, Australia, last fall. A solid freshman class has also M 9 vs. DePaul (#11) ______W, 4-0 reaped big rewards for the Bruins, as freshman Keira Goerl has taken over UCLA’s M 10 vs. New Mexico State ______W, 4-0 M 10 vs. Oregon State (#15) ______W, 3-2 No. 1 starter spot since was diagnosed with a forearm injury on April 16. M 11 at Fresno State (#7) ______W, 8-2 Eight Bruins, including Nuveman (first team), Freed (first team) and Goerl (second team) M 14 at UC Santa Barbara ______W, 6-1 M 30 at Stanford (#5)* ______L, 0-1 were named All-Pac-10 on Monday. Joining that trio were sophomores 3B/C Tairia Mims M 31 at Cal (#C3)* ______W, 2-1 (9) and All-America shortstop on the first team, freshman 1B/DP Claire Sua A 1 at Cal (#3)* ______W, 5-1 on the second team, and senior DP/P Courtney Dale and freshman OF Stephanie Ramos A 4 at CS Northridge (#25) _ W, 8-0/W,12-1 (6) A 6 ARIZONA STATE (#9)* ______L, 1-6 as honorable mention selections. A 7 ARIZONA (#2)*# ______L, 0-4 The best pitcher in the nation when she hurled UCLA to an NCAA Championship in A 8 ARIZONA (#2)*^ ______W, 3-0 A 13 WASHINGTON (#13)* _____ W, 5-4 (14) 1999, Dale is nearly recovered from off-season surgery on her right (pitching) shouler. She A 14 WASHINGTON (#13)*^ ______W, 4-0 has seen significant time in the circle during the second half of the Pac-10 schedule, includ- A 20 at Oregon State (#16)* ______L, 1-2 ing last Saturday’s 1-0 win at Arizona State. Dale is 7-0 with a 0.80 ERA in 2001. A 21 at Oregon* ______W, 4-3 A 22 at Oregon* ______W, 6-3 A 25 at UC Riverside___ W,12-0 (5)/W,8-0 (5) A 27 CAL (#4)* ______W, 2-0 A 28 STANFORD (#3)* ______W, 8-0 (5) THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE • MAY 17-20, 2001 A 29 STANFORD (#3)*^ ______W, 2-0 M 2 at Washington (#12)* ______W, 4-3 NCAA REGIONAL — UCLA, HOST M 4 OREGON* ______W, 6-4 M 5 OREGON STATE (#14)* ______W, 4-0 May 17 G2: No. 2 Fresno State vs. No. 5 Wisconsin ...... 9:00 am EASTON M 6 OREGON STATE (#14)* ______W, 4-1 G3: No. 3 CS Northridge vs. No. 4 San Diego St...... 11:30 am EASTON M 11 at Arizona (#1)*^ ______L, 0-4 G1: No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 6 Coastal Carolina ...... 2:00 pm EASTON M 12 at Arizona State (#11)* W, 1-0/W, 8-6 (8) G4: Loser G1 vs. Loser G2 (loser eliminated) ...... 4:30 pm EASTON NCAA REGIONAL (LOS ANGELES, CA- UCLA, HOST) May 18 G5: Winner G4 vs. Loser G3 (loser eliminated)...... 10:00 am EASTON M17COASTAL CAROLINA ______2 PM G6: Winner G2 vs. Winner G3 ...... 12:30 pm EASTON M24-28 College World Series& _ (Oklahoma City, OK) ALL TIMES LOCAL TO GAME SITE G7: Winner G1 vs. Winner G5* (*eliminated w/loss) ...... 3:00 pm EASTON Home games in BOLD at Easton Stadium; * Pac-10 Conference May 19 G8: Bye or Loser G7 vs. Loser G6 ...... 10:00 am EASTON Game; Rankings are NFCA; ^ indicates internet broadcast # indicates game broadcast live on FOX Sports Net G9: Winner G7 vs. Winner G6 ...... 12:30 pm EASTON &Games broadcast live on ESPN or ESPN2 G10: Winner G8 vs. Loser G9 (loser eliminated)...... 3:00 pm EASTON No. in parentheses () indicates innings played if not 7 May 20 G11: Championship Game (G9 winner vs. G10 winner) ...... 12:30 pm EASTON G12: Second Champ. Gm. (If necessary) ...... 3:00 pm EASTON NFCA/USA TODAY POLL (5/9/01) 2001 UCLA Bruins Softball… …page 2

NO.SCHOOL (1ST PLACE)RECORD POINTS UCLA 2nd in Pac-10 Standings; Nuveman Player of the Week 1. Arizona (25) 54-4 673 The Bruins posted a 2-1 record last week, falling to Arizona at Hillenbrand Stadium 2. UCLA (2) 53-4 649 then rebounding to sweep a hard-fought doubleheader at ASU’s Farrington Stadium by 3. LSU 49-9 587 scores of 1-0 and 8-6 (8 inn). For her efforts in the desert, Stacey Nuveman was named the 4. Stanford 46-12-1 573 Pac-10 Player of the Week, hitting .556 (5-for-9) with a .600 on-base percentage and .889 5. Oklahoma 41-7 559 while hitting a and knocking in three runners. She was also 6. California 48-13 539 7. Alabama 47-7 497 perfect in the field on nine chances. Nuveman led the Pac-10 in hitting during the regular 8. Notre Dame 50-3 474 season with a .450 average. It was the seventh weekly honor of Nuveman’s career, 9. Arizona State 34-17 458 and her second this season. 10. Cal State Fullerton 46-12 447 Watley’s Hitting Streak Snapped, But Record-Setting Continues 11. Nebraska 47-11 406 Sophomore All-America shortstop Natasha Watley put together a 32-game hitting 12. Washington 36-19 397 streak earlier this season (March 2-May 2), a streak that is tied for the fifth-longest in NCAA 13. DePaul 47-13-1 352 Division I history. In addition, Watley now has 46 steals this season, extending her UCLA 14. Oregon State 40-22-1 303 15. Iowa 42-11 287 single-season record. That total leads the Pac-10 and is fifth on the conference’s all-time 16. Florida State 52-8 269 single-season list. Watley has also set a new UCLA record for runs scored in a season with 17. Fresno State 38-17 247 72, and is just 10 hits shy of tying Christie Ambrosi’s single-season UCLA record of 103 18. Pacific 47-11 228 hits, set in 1999. t19. Louisiana-Lafayette 45-8 161 Watley is one of two Bruin starters hitting over .400. Her .425 season batting average t19. Southwest Texas State 48-9 161 trails only Stacey Nuveman, includes a team-high five triples, and ranks 13th on the NCAA 21. Michigan 37-14-1 131 Division I statistics list, and she also ranks 13th in the NCAA with 0.77 steals/game. Her 22. South Carolina 37-17-1 118 record-setting freshman campaign included team highs of a .426 batting average and steal- t23. Cal State Northridge 30-22 57 ing 32 bases on 37 attempts. In addition to setting a new Bruin single-season record for t23. Massachusetts 39-11 57 stolen bases and taking over the UCLA career lead in that category, Watley set an NCAA 25. Kansas 31-25 35 Division I postseason record with four steals against Canisius in UCLA’s postseason opener Rec. Votes: South Florida (7) Teams in italic are on UCLA’s regular-season schedule on May 18, 2000. Her current career total is 78 swipes, ranking 10th on the Pac- 10’s all-time list. Watley has been named first-team All-Region and All-Pac-10 this year. 2001 BRUINS IN THE RANKINGS Head Coach Sue Enquist The 2001 season marks Sue Enquist’s 13th campaign as head coach of the Bruin soft- WEEK NFCA/USA TODAY Preseason...... 1 ball program. It is her 22nd year as part of UCLA’s softball coaching staff and her 26th year Feb. 21 ...... 1 of involvement with the program as either a coach or player. Enquist has a 634-120-1 (.840) Feb. 28 ...... 1 coaching record and 1,061 wins in her Bruin softball career as a player, assistant coach and March 7 ...... 1 head coach, combined. As a player from 1975-78, Enquist became UCLA’s first All-Ameri- March 14 ...... 1 March 21 ...... 1 can while establishing the Bruin career batting average record of .401. She is still the only

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April 4 ...... 1 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ April 11 ...... 1 2001 UCLA BRUINS NUMERICAL ROSTER April 18 ...... 1 April 25 ...... 2 No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Ht. Hometown / HS / Previous School May 2 ...... 2 2 Erin Rahn** OF R/R Jr. 5-1 San Diego, CA (Mt. Carmel) May 9 ...... 2 3 Lupe Brambila*** OF R/R Sr. 5-6 Van Nuys, CA (James Monroe) 2001 MULTI- GAMES … 4 Marin Noack*** C/1B R/R Sr. 6-1 LaVerne, CA (Bonita) 5 Casey Hiraiwa**^ UT R/R Jr 5-6 Honolulu, HI (Iolani) Name 2 3 4 5+ Total Watley 20 8 1 - 29 7 Amanda Freed** P/OF R/R Jr. 5-8 Cypress, CA (Pacifica) Mims 21 3 - - 24 9 Amanda Simpson OF L/R Fr. 5-3 Encinitas, CA (La Costa Canyon) Sua 16 4 1 - 21 Nuveman 17 4 - - 21 10 Crissy Buck**^ IF/OF R/R Jr. 5-4 Las Vegas, NV (Green Valley) Freed 10 3 1 - 14 11 Monique Mejia* 2B/OF R/R So. 5-4 Corona, CA (Corona Santiago) Dale 11 2 - - 13 Ramos 9 4 - - 13 12 Stephanie Swenson*** P R/R Sr. 5-9 San Juan Capistrano, CA (San Clemente) 2001 HITTING STREAKS 13 Julie Hoshizaki 2B/OF L/L Fr. 5-0 Cerritos, CA (Cerritos) 14 Keira Goerl P R/R Fr. 5-10 Morena Valley, CA (Valley View) Name Longest Current Watley 32 (Pac-10 Record) 1 20 Claire Sua IF/P R/R Fr. 5-8 Cooper City, FL (St.Thomas Aquinas) Mims 12 2 21 Tairia Mims* 1B/C R/R So. 5-7 Tucson, AZ (Salpointe Catholic) Nuveman 9 8 Sua 8 2 22 Courtney Dale***^ P/OF R/R Sr. 5-10 Fresno, CA (Bullard) Ramos 8 2 23 Toria Auelua* C/3B R/R So. 5-6 Garden Grove, CA (Pacifica) Dale 7 - Buck 7 - 24 Marcel Torres P/3B R/R Fr. 5-8 Diamond Bar, CA (Diamond Bar) 27 Natasha Watley* SS/OF L/R So. 5-10 Irvine, CA (Woodbridge) 2001 SCORE BY INNINGS… 33 Stacey Nuveman**^^ C/IF R/R Jr. 6-0 LaVerne, CA (St. Lucy’s Priory) Tm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ex Total 44 Stephanie Ramos OF L/L Fr. 5-5 Elk Grove, CA (Elk Grove) UCLA 76 41 56 96 48 37 13 3 2 2 374 OPP 12315167 41701 0 75 * indicates letters won at UCLA; ^ Utilized Redshirt Year page 3… …2001 UCLA Bruins Softball ALL-TOURNAMENT BRUINS Nuveman Named Pac-10 Player of the Year EARLY BIRD TOURNAMENT For the second time in her career, UCLA junior catcher Stacey Nuveman has earned No All-Tournament team was named. Pac-10 Player of the Year honors, it was announced on Monday. Nuveman leads the Pac-10 UNLV CLASSIC conference in batting average (.450), on-base percentage (.609) and slugging percentage No All-Tournament team was named. (.887). Additionally, she ranks second in the Conference in doubles (15), RBIs (69) and walks (63) while also ranking third in (134), and fifth in home runs (17). Nuveman TEXAS INVITATIONAL was honored as Pac-10 Player of the Week twice this season, giving her seven in her career. No All-Tournament team was named. She first won Pac-10 Player of the Year honors as a sophomore in 1999, a year in which the EASTON CLASSIC Bruins won their most recent NCAA Championship. No All-Tournament team was named. She’s Baaack!: Nuveman Moves Up NCAA Career Lists HEDRICK’S HALLOWELL CHEVROLET CLASSIC With 17 home runs this season, Bruin slugger Stacey Nuveman currently has 68 career Tairia Mims home runs, giving her fourth place on the NCAA’s all-time list. Nuveman now has the best career home run total of any non-Arizona player. Jenny Dalton is next on the list with 76 PAC-10 SOFTBALL STANDINGS career home runs (see page 7 of notes). PL.SCHOOL PAC-10 GB O’ALL Through 60 games, Nuveman has walked 63 times (18 intentional walks), equivalent 1. Arizona^ 19-2 - 57-4 to 29% of her total plate appearances and a 1.1 per-game average that contributes to an 2. UCLA^ 16-5 3.0 55-5 impressive .609 on-base percentage. Nuveman is fourth among active players on the NCAA’s 3. Stanford^ 11-10 8.0 48-13-1 career walks list, and has become the second Bruin in history to record more than 200 Washington^ 11-10 8.0 37-21 career RBIs, with 231, the sixth-best total in NCAA Division I history. She is the active 5. Oregon State^ 10-10 8.5 43-22 leader on the NCAA career list in that category. 6. Arizona State^ 9-12 10.0 34-20 Nuveman returned to the Bruins in 2001 after missing the 2000 collegiate season in 7. California^ 6-14 12.5 49-15 order to play for the U.S. Olympic Team. Despite the fact that she is in her fifth year as a 8. Oregon 1-20 18.0 28-40 Bruin, Nuveman is considered an athletic junior in 2001 and has remaining collegiate eligi- ^advanced to NCAA Regional play bility for the 2002 season. Bruins Dominate NCAA Statistics UCLA’s 55-5 record translates to a .917 winning percentage, ranking second among BRUIN NO-HITTERS NCAA Division I schools. That is just one of several categories where the Bruins rank in the Mar. 4 Freed vs. UNLV (7 inn, 6 K, 1 BB) national top-10, as the team batting average of .340 is tied for second, the team fielding Mar. 6 Goerl vs. UC Riverside (perfect gm) percentage of .974 ranks sixth and the team’s 0.92 ERA is ninth (through games of May 13). Apr. 25 Goerl/Dale vs. UC Riverside (5 inn) Individually, four Bruins rank in the current NCAA Statistical Leaders: batting aver- ULTI OME UN AMES age (5. Nuveman, .450; 13. Watley, .425), RBIs (3. Nuveman, 1.15/gm; 5. Mims, 1.10/gm), M -H R G home runs (11. Nuveman, 0.28/gm; 16. Mims, 0.25/gm), stolen bases (13. Watley, 0.77/gm) Feb. 7 Nuveman at CS Fullerton (G2, 2 HR) and ERA (5. Freed, 0.51). Feb. 16 Mims vs. Wisconsin (2 HR, consec.AB) UCLA’s 4-3 win at No. 12 Washington on May 2 gave the Bruins the seventh 50-win GRAND SLAMS season in program history. UCLA has achieved the 60-win plateau twice, in 1990 and 1999. Freed Focused on Return to Circle Feb. 10 Sua vs. San Diego (G1) Feb. 18 Watley vs. Florida International Junior P/OF Amanda Freed spent her summer as a traveling alternate with the U.S. Mar. 3 Sua vs. South Florida (G1) Olympic Team, and returned to the Bruins as the same dominant pitcher who tossed UCLA to last year’s NCAA Championship Game before being diagnosed with an injury to her BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS right (pitching) forearm on April 16. She has since returned to the lineup offensively, and Feb. 18 Watley and Mims vs. Florida Int’l defensively in centerfield. She is expected to return to the circle before the conclusion of the Mar. 9 Sua and Brambila vs. Cal Poly season. Prior to her injury, Freed pitched 123.0 innings with a 17-3 record and one . May 4 Nuveman and Sua at Washington She has struck out 128 and walked 18, good for a impressive K:BB ratio of 7:1. The Bruins have allowed just 14 earned runs with Freed in the circle for a 0.51 ERA, good for seventh in UCLA’S SOFTBALL the nation. Offensively, Freed is hitting .303 with three home runs, eight doubles and three triples for 26 RBI. She has stolen 15 bases on 16 tries. This year, she was named first-team NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS All-Region, and was also named first-team All-Pac-10 for the second consecutive season. 1999 • NCAA She was also a second-team All-Pac-10 honoree as a true freshman in 1999. 1992 • NCAA Freshman Firepower 1990 • NCAA Claire Sua has started all 60 of UCLA’s games and is third on the team with a .381 1989 • NCAA batting average. She has eight home runs — including two grand slams — 48 RBIs and 23 1988 •NCAA 1985 • NCAA runs scored. Sua entered the lineup as the designated player in UCLA’s first five games (at 1984 • NCAA the Early Bird Classic) before making her defensive debut at first base in the doubleheader 1982 •NCAA at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 7. Sua was named to the All-Pac-10 second team on Monday. 1978 • AIWA NCAA Tournament Appearances* . 17 (107-23) NCAA CWS Appearances ...... 16 (65-19) continued… * including 2001, not including the vacated 1995 postseason. ALL-PACIFIC-10CONFERENCE 2001 UCLA Bruins Softball… …page 4 Freshman outfielder Stephanie Ramos started UCLA’s first 29 games before breaking FIRST TEAM a the fourth metacarpal bone in her left hand. She was hitting .405 with seven doubles, 12 Lauren Bauer, ARIZ SR OF RBIs and 22 runs scored, and had 18 putouts and an assist when the injury occurred. She Sarah Beeson, STAN JR 1B Tia Bollinger, WASH FR P returned to the Bruin starting lineup on April 6 against Arizona State and is currently Jaime Clark, WASH SO SS hitting .336 with nine doubles, a and a home run. She was an honorable mention All- , ARIZ JR P Pac-10 selection this season. Jocelyn Forest, CAL JR P Marcel Torres has started 14 games, with the majority coming in Pac-10 play. Torres Amanda Freed, UCLA JR P/OF earned a single in her first collegiate at-bat, entering the game as a pinch hitter in the Toni Mascarenas, ARIZ SR 3B bottom of the seventh inning in the first game of the Cal State Fullerton doubleheader. Jessica Mendoza, STAN JR OF Torres hit her first career home run on Feb. 16 against Portland State, and is hitting .368 Tairia Mims, UCLA SO 3B/C with 34 games played, two doubles and two home runs. Veronica Nelson, CAL SO 1B Baserunning specialists Amanda Simpson and Julie Hoshizaki both see regular game Stacey Nuveman, UCLA JR C Dana Sorensen, STAN SO P action, with Simpson stealing two bases with 17 runs scored. She has appeared as a pinch Natasha Watley, UCLA SO SS runner in 52 of UCLA’s 60 games. Hoshizaki has pinch-run in 39 games with 14 runs scored. Forget Waldo, Where’s Tairia? SECOND TEAM Sophomore Tairia Mims is on the field and producing impressive offensive numbers Erica Beach, ASU JR P/DP from the No. 3 spot in the lineup, but you never know where you’ll find her on the field Kara Brun, ASU SO SS defensively. Nicole DiSalvio, CAL SR P Mims has started all 60 games for UCLA: 14 games in right field, eight games at first Crystal Draper, OSU JR P base, 27 at third base and 11 games behind the plate. UCLA’s starting first baseman a year Shawna Feldt, OSU SR SS Nicole Giordano, ARIZ SR OF ago, Mims was a catcher and third baseman in high school and ASA ball. Since coming to Keira Goerl, UCLA FR P UCLA, she has learned first base and right field, making her one of Sue Enquist’s most Kelly Hauxhurst, WASH SR OF versatile athletes defensively. Becky Lemke, ARIZ SR P Mims, a first-team All-Pac-10 selection, was named the Pac-10 Player of the Week for Leneah Manuma, ARIZ FR 1B/DP Feb. 12-18 after hitting six home runs with 19 RBI during that stretch. For the 2001 season, Claire Sua, UCLA FR 1B/DP Mims currently has a .371 average with 14 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs, 66 RBI, 49 Nichole Thompson, ARIZ JR OF runs scored and 16 walks, for a .436 on-base percentage and a .710 slugging percentage. In Mackenzie Vandergeest, ARIZ FR OF/UT comparison, she totalled nine home runs, 32 RBI and eight doubles last year as a freshman. Phelan Wright, ASU FR 3B Goerl Power HONORABLE MENTION A second-team All-Pac-10 selection,Keira Goerl has pitched in 29 of UCLA’s games Paige Bowie, CAL SR SS and has a 1.22 ERA with 146 in 178 . Goerl pitched a five-inning Clare Burnum, OSU SO UT against UC Riverside on March 6, and all 14 innings on April 13 against Kira Ching, STAN SO 2B Washington. Batters are hitting .181 against Goerl, and she is 25-2 on the 2001 season. She Lindsey Collins, ARIZ SR C was named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week for April 23-29 after pitching 19 scoreless innings Courtney Dale, UCLA SR DP/P and allowing just four hits with 12 strikeouts (vs. UCR, Cal and Stanford) and allowing Kim DePaul, WASH SR 3B opposing batters to hit just .063. Since Amanda Freed was diagnosed with a forearm injury Kristin Farber, ASU FR OF on April 16, Goerl has taken over UCLA’s top spot in the pitching rotation, and has accu- Candace Harper, CAL JR 2B Missy Hixon, ASU JR 2B mulated a 9-2 record as the pitcher of record in 11 of a possible 15 games. On a similar Alyssa Laux, ORE SO 2B note, in that 15-game span, Goerl has pitched 67 of a possible 98 innings for UCLA. Eryn Manahan, CAL SO 2B Sophomore Set Amanda Oleson, WASH FR UT UCLA’s defensive set in its final regular season games at Arizona featured an all-room- Amber Phillips, CAL SR OF mate infield, which also happens to be the Bruins entire sophomore class. Around the Stephanie Ramos, UCLA FR OF Christie Rosenblad, WASH SR 2B horn: 3B Toria Auelua, SS Natasha Watley, 2B Monique Mejia and 1B Tairia Mims. Kirsten Voak, ASU JR P Happy Birthday to You, and You! Robin Walker, STAN JR SS Two Bruins have birthdays during this first week of postseason play, with freshman Lisa Wangler, ORE SO P/OF outfielder Stephanie Ramos celebrating on Wednesday’s practice day and Bruin assistant coach Gina Vecchione blowing out her candles on Thursday, May 17. PLAYER OF THE YEAR Injury Report Stacey Nuveman, UCLA Junior P/OF Amanda Freed was diagnosed with an injury in her right forearm on PITCHER OF THE YEAR April 16. She has returned to the lineup offensively, and in centerfield on defense. A date Jennie Finch, ARIZ for her return to the circle has not yet been determined. Sophomore Toria Auelua tore her NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR right meniscus while warming up Courtney Dale in game one of UCLA’s doubleheader at Tia Bollinger, WASH Southwest Texas State on Feb. 26 and underwent surgery on Feb 28. She returned to the CO-COACHES OF THE YEAR starting lineup for the first time on May 6 against Oregon State. Junior Casey Hiraiwa tore , ARIZ • John Rittman, STAN a tendon in her left hand during UCLA’s Alumnae game on March 24, and had surgery on April 6. No timetable has been set for her return, although she may see action as a base runner in the postseason. page 5… …2001 UCLA Bruins Softball UCLA SOFTBALL IN NCAA POSTSEASON PLAY 1982 1987 1991 1996 NCAA CHAMPIONS NCAA RUNNER-UP NCAA RUNNER-UP NCAA THIRD PLACE CENTRAL REGIONAL WEST REGIONAL NORTHWEST REGIONAL REGION VIII UCLA 4, Wyoming 0 UCLA 1, Long Beach State 0 UCLA 4, Central Michigan 0 Cal State Fullerton 5, UCLA 1 UCLA 5, Wyoming 0 UCLA 2, Long Beach State 0 UCLA 5, Central Michigan 0 UCLA 8, SW Missouri State 2 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • OMAHA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES •O MAHA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • OKLAHOMA CITY UCLA 7, Cal State Northridge 5 UCLA 2, Oklahoma State 1 (13 inn.) UCLA 1, Arizona State 0 UCLA 1, Florida State 0 UCLA 14, Cal State Fullerton 1 UCLA 1, Western Michigan 0 UCLA 3, Nebraska 0 Arizona 1, UCLA 0 UCLA 7, Cal State Fullerton 2 UCLA 1, Arizona State 0 UCLA 1, Cal State Fullerton 0 UCLA 5, Missouri 0 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • OKLAHOMA CITY UCLA 1, Cal State Fullerton 0 (10 inn.) UCLA 1, Texas A&M 0 UCLA 1, Long Beach State 0 (11 inn.) UCLA 2, Michigan 0 UCLA 2, Fresno State 0 (8 inn.)* Texas A&M 1, UCLA 0 UCLA 5, Fresno State 1 (13 inn.) Arizona 4, UCLA 0 1983 Texas A&M 4, UCLA 1* Arizona 5, UCLA 1* UCLA 3, Southwestern Louisiana 2 1988 1992 Washington 8, UCLA 2 NCAA THIRD PLACE 1997 NORTHEAST REGIONAL NCAA CHAMPIONS NCAA CHAMPIONS NCAA RUNNER-UP UCLA 1, Rhode Island 0 WEST REGIONAL NORTHWEST REGIONAL UCLA 1, Rhode Island 0 UCLA 3, Cal State Fullerton 0 UCLA 1, Utah 0 LAFAYETTE, LA REGIONAL UCLA 3, Nicholls State 0 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES •O MAHA UCLA 2, Cal State Fullerton 0 UCLA 7, Utah 2 Southwestern Louisiana 4, UCLA 1 UCLA 1, Missouri 0 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • SUNNYVALE, CA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • OKLAHOMA CITY UCLA 8, Louisiana Tech 0 UCLA 1, Northern Illinois 0 UCLA 4, Massachusetts 0 UCLA 3, Northeast Louisiana 0 Cal State Fullerton 6, UCLA 1 UCLA 6, Fresno State 1 UCLA 10, California 0 UCLA 9, Southwestern Louisiana 0 (5) UCLA 3, Southwestern Louisiana 0 UCLA 2, South Carolina 1 (17 inn.) UCLA 5, Arizona 0 UCLA 4, Fresno State 0 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • OKLAHOMA CITY Texas A&M 1, UCLA 0 (14 inn) UCLA 4, Cal Poly Pomona 1 UCLA 11, Massachusetts 1 UCLA 2, Fresno State 0 (8 inn.) Fresno State 2, UCLA 1 UCLA 2, Arizona 0* 1984 Arizona 2, UCLA 0 (14 inn.) UCLA 3, Fresno State 0* 1993 NCAA CHAMPIONS UCLA 7, Michigan 3 1989 UCLA 4, Washington 3 UNNER UP WEST REGIONAL NCAA R - UCLA 1, Washington 0 HAMPIONS UCLA 1, Arizona State 0 NCAA C WEST REGIONAL Arizona 10, UCLA 2 (5 inn.)* UCLA 3, Arizona State 0 WEST REGIONAL UCLA 2, Cal State Fullerton 1 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES •O MAHA UCLA 5, Long Beach State 1 UCLA 1, Cal State Fullerton 0 1999 UCLA 6, Utah State 0 UCLA 3, Long Beach State 0 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • OKLAHOMA CITY NCAA CHAMPIONS UCLA 1, Northwestern 0 (9 inn.) COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • SUNNYVALE, CA UCLA 3, Connecticut 0 REGION I • LOS ANGELES, CA Oklahoma State 1, UCLA 0 Texas A&M 2, UCLA 0 (8 inn.) UCLA 3, South Carolina 0 UCLA 7, Alabama 0 UCLA 2, Cal State Northridge 0 UCLA 1, Nebraska 0 (8 inn.) UCLA 9, Cal Poly Pomona 0 UCLA 14, Creighton 0 UCLA 5, Oklahoma State 0 UCLA 1, Texas A&M 0 (8 inn.) UCLA 2, Oklahoma State 1 UCLA 5, Minnesota 0 UCLA 1, Southwestern Louisiana 0 UCLA 1, Texas A&M 0 (13 inn.)* UCLA 3, Arizona 0 UCLA 12, Missouri 5 UCLA 1, Fresno State 0* Arizona 1, UCLA 0* 1985 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • OKLAHOMA CITY 1990 1994 UCLA 3, DePaul 2 (9 inn.) NCAA CHAMPIONS NCAA FOURTH PLACE UCLA 1, Fresno State 0 AT-LARGE REGIONAL NCAA CHAMPIONS UCLA 2, DePaul 1 (8 inn.) Pacific 3, UCLA 1 NORTHWEST REGIONAL REGION IV UCLA 3, Washington 2* UCLA 3, Pacific 0 UCLA 2, Northern Iowa 0 UCLA 2, Georgia State 1 2000 UCLA 2, Pacific 0 UCLA 4, Northern Iowa 0 UNLV 1, UCLA 0 UCLA 3, South Carolina 1 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES •O MAHA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • OKLAHOMA CITY NCAA RUNNER-UP UCLA 2, UNLV 1 UCLA 1, Utah 0 UCLA 4, Kent 0 REGION IV • LOS ANGELES, CA UCLA 3, UNLV 2 Cal State Fullerton 2, UCLA 0 UCLA 6, Long Beach State 0 UCLA 8, Canisius 0 (5 inn) COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • OKLAHOMA CITY UCLA 1, Northwestern 0 UCLA 2, Oklahoma State 1 UCLA 10, Long Beach State 4 Fresno State 1, UCLA 0 UCLA 3, Nebraska 0 UCLA 3, Florida State 0 UCLA 6, Florida State 1 UCLA 9, Illinois - Chicago 0 UCLA 1, Cal State Fullerton 0 Fresno State 1, UCLA 0 UCLA 7, Florida State 1 UCLA 11, Utah 1 UCLA 2, Nebraska 1 (9 inn.)* UCLA 2, Fresno State 0* COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • OKLAHOMA CITY Arizona 5, UCLA 2 UCLA 4, Alabama 1 UCLA 3, Washington 2 UCLA 6, Southern Mississippi 0 Oklahoma 3, UCLA 2*

*denotes championship game UCLA overall record in NCAA Tournament: 107-23 (.823); Bruins Overall record in NCAA WCWS: 65-19 (.774). 2001 UCLA Bruins Softball… …page 6 “THE LAST TIME” IN UCLA SOFTBALL…

HITTING A Bruin hit a grand slam… Claire Sua, 3/3/01 vs. A Bruin hit home runs in three consecutive games… South Florida at Easton Stadium Tairia Mims: 2 vs. Wisconsin 2/17/01; 1 vs. Nebraska 2/17/01, 1 vs. Florida International 2/18/01, all at Bruins hit back-to-back home runs… Stacey the UNLV Classic Nuveman/Claire Sua 5/2/01 at Washington A Bruin had four hits in a regulation (7 inn) game… A Bruin hit a game-ending home run… Lupe Amanda Freed 2/26/01 G2 at Southwest Texas State Brambila 3/10/01 vs. Oregon State (b7th) at the (3-1B, 1-HR) Hedrick’s Hallowell Chevrolet Classic (Fresno, CA) A Bruin had four hits in a game… An opponent hit a game-ending home run… Claire Sua 4/13/01 vs. Washington Lauren Bauer, Arizona, 5/6/00 (4 singles including GWRBI; 14-inning game)

A Bruin hit two home runs in one game… Tairia A Bruin had two doubles in a game… Mims, 2/16/01 vs. Wisconsin (consecutive AB) Stacey Nuveman, 2/18/01, vs. Florida International at the UNLV Classic A Bruin hit three home runs in a single day… Tairia Mims: 2 vs. Wisconsin 2/17/01; 1 vs. Nebraska PITCHING 2/17/01, both at the UNLV Classic. A Bruin pitched a solo no-hitter… Amanda Freed vs. UNLV 3/4/01 at Easton Stadium A Bruin led off a game with a home run… (7 inn, 6K, 1 BB) Amanda Freed, 4/4/01 (G2) at Cal State Northridge UCLA pitched a no-hitter… A Bruin had two hits in one inning… Keira Goerl and Courtney Dale vs. UC Riverside Courtney Dale 3/11/01 at Fresno State (4th inning) 4/25/01 at UCR. (5 inn. Goerl: 3 IP, 3K, O BB; at the Hedrick’s Hallowell Chevrolet Classic Dale: 2 IP, 1K, 1BB) A Bruin hit home runs in consecutive at-bats… A Bruin pitched a perfect game… Tairia Mims, 2/16/01 vs. Wisconsin at the UNLV Keira Goerl 3/6/01 (G1) vs. UC Riverside Classic A Bruin struck out 10 or more batters in a game… A Bruin hit home runs in consecutive games… Amanda Freed, 10 vs. Washington 4/14/01 Stacey Nuveman 3/6/01 vs. UC Riverside

Through games of May 12, 2001 page 7… …2001 UCLA Bruins Softball UCLA SOFTBALL’S “RECORD WHEN…”

Playing at home ______19-2 vs. Left-handed starters ______4-0 PAC-10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Playing on the Road ______19-3 vs. Right-handed starters ___ 51-5 Playing at a Neutral Site ____ 17-0 WEEK PLAYER SCHOOL 2/12 Christie Rosenblad ______WASH Day Games ______45-4 In extra innings ______5-0 2/19 Tairia Mims ______UCLA Night Games ______10-1 Doubleheaders ______16-0 2/26 Sarah Beeson ______STAN 3/5 Leneah Manuma ______ARIZ (8 doubleheaders) 3/12 Stacey Nuveman ______UCLA Bruins Held Scoreless ______0-3 Multiple-game days______31-0 3/19 Pauline Duenas ______CAL (15 dates) 3/26 Traci Feldt ______OSU Scoring 1-4 runs ______21-2 4/2 Kristin Swetel ______ASU Scoring 5+ runs______34-0 4/9 Erica Beach ______ASU vs. Non-Conference ______38-0 4/16 Natasha Watley ______UCLA Opponent Held Scoreless ___ 29-0 vs. Pac-10 (non-league)______1-0 4/23 Brooke Rutschman ______OSU Allowing 1-4 runs ______25-4 4/30 Jaime Clark ______WASH vs. Pac-10 (league games) ___ 16-5 5/7 Phelan Wright ______ASU Allowing 5+ runs ______1-1 5/14 Stacey Nuveman ______UCLA UCLA scores first ______47-0 Pac-10 home ______9-2 PAC-10 OF THE WEEK Opponent scores first ______8-5 Pac-10 away______7-3 WEEK PITCHER SCHOOL 2/12 Kirsten Voak ______ASU 2/19 Maureen LeCocq ______STAN Collecting 1-3 hits ______1-2 vs. Ranked Opponents _____ 24-4 2/26 Dana Sorensen ______STAN Collecting 4-6 hits ______8-3 3/5 Amanda Freed ______UCLA vs. Top-10 Opponents ______9-4 3/12 Jocelyn Forest ______CAL Collecting 7-9 hits ______16-0 3/19 Tia Bollinger ______WASH Collecting 10+ hits ______30-0 3/26 Jocelyn Forest ______CAL vs. Pac-10 schools ______*17-5 4/2 Dana Sorensen ______STAN Out-hitting Opponent _____ 50-1 Arizona ______1-2 4/9 Kirsten Voak ______ASU Out-Hit by Opponent ______1-3 4/16 Jennie Finch ______ARIZ Arizona State ______2-1 4/23 Crystal Draper ______OSU Hits are tied______4-1 Cal ______3-0 4/30 Keira Goerl ______UCLA 5/7 Erica Beach ______ASU Oregon ______2-0 5/14 Crystal Draper ______OSU Errorless ______26-0 Oregon State ______*3-1 Committing One Error _____ 21-3 Stanford ______2-1 NCAA CAREER HOME RUNS Committing 2+ errors______8-2 Washington ______3-0 PL.PLAYER NO Opponent is Errorless ______7-4 1. Leah Braatz, ARIZ (94-95,97-98) ___ 85 *UCLA has a non-league win over OSU Laura Espinoza, ARIZ (92-95) _____ 85 Opponent has 1 error ______21-1 3. Jenny Dalton, ARIZ (93-95) ______76 Opponent has 2 errors _____ 18-0 Days of the Week 4. Stacey Nuveman, UCLA (active)* ___ 68 5. Kelly Kretschman, BAMA (active) __ 60 Opponent has 3+ errors _____ 9-0 Monday ______2-0 Tuesday ______2-0 NCAA CAREER RBI One-run games ______9-2 Wednesday ______9-0 PL.PLAYER NO. Two-Run games ______7-0 Thursday______1-0 1. Jenny Dalton, ARIZ (93-96) ______328 5+ run games ______29-1 Friday ______11-4 5. Shannon Beeler, MINN (96-99) ___ 239 6. Stacey Nuveman, UCLA (active)* __ 231 Run-Rule Games ______17-0 Saturday ______19-1 Sunday ______11-0 NCAA CAREER WALKS UCLA hits home run ______36-0 PL.PLAYER NO. Opponent hits home run ____ 5-3 Months 1. Tarrah Beyster, Oregon St. (97-00) 211 4. Leah Braatz, Arizona (94,95,97,98) 173 February ______21-0 5. Veronica Nelson,Cal (active)* 169 UCLA hits multiple HRs ____ 16-0 March ______15-1 6. Adrienne Ratajczak, Pacific (active) 163 7. Kelly Kretschman, Alabama (active) 159 UCLA hits 3+ HRs ______4-0 April ______13-3 8. Stacey Nuveman, UCLA (active) 157 May ______6-1 * Active NCAA Career Leader Stats through games completed on May 13

Through games of May 12, 2001