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22010010 UUCLACLUCLAA SOFTBALL BBruins WEEKLYr RELEASEu • i FEB.n 9, 2010s • PAGE 1SSOFTBALLOFTBALL SOFTBALL CONTACT: JAMES YBIERNAS • PHONE: (310) 206-8123 • FAX: (310) 825-8664 • E-MAIL: [email protected] • WWW.UCLABRUINS.COM 2010 UCLA SCHEDULE AND RESULTS GAMES 1-5 • FEB. 12-14 • DOT RICHARDSON’S NAT’L COLL. SB INV. • CLERMONT, FLA. OVERALL: 0-0 PAC-10: 0-0 2/12 vs. #7/#8 Georgia 2 2 p.m. PT Friday, Feb. 12 #8/#6 UCLA vs. #7/#8 Georgia 2 p.m. PT #8/#6 UCLA vs. UCF 4 p.m. PT 2/12 vs. UCF 2 4 p.m. PT 2/13 vs. Florida Atlantic 2 10 a.m. PT Saturday, Feb. 13 2 2/13 vs. #16/#18 Tennessee 12 p.m. PT #8/#6 UCLA vs. Florida Atlantic 10 a.m. PT #8/#6 UCLA vs. #16/#18 Tennessee 12 p.m. PT 2/14 vs. #4/#3 Michigan 2 6 a.m. PT 2/17 at UC Santa Barbara (DH) 12 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14 2/19 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 3 4 P.M. #8/#6 UCLA vs. #4/#3 Michigan 6 a.m. PT 2/19 CAL POLY 3 6:30 P.M. 2/20 UC DAVIS 3, A 4 P.M. Gametracker at www.UCLABruins.com 2/20 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 3 6:30 P.M. 2/21 PORTLAND STATE 3, A 12:30 P.M. 2010 SEASON OPENS UP IN FLORIDA 1994, have won its last 19 contests in the Sunshine State. The Bruins (#8 in NFCA poll/#6 in USA Softball poll) begin 2/24 CAL STATE FULLERTON A 2 P.M. their 2010 season this weekend at Dot Richardson’s National HAPPY HOMECOMING 2/26 vs. Colorado State 4 6 p.m. Collegiate Softball Invitational at the NTC Softball Complex in Native Floridian GiOnna DiSalvatore will have plenty of fans 2/26 vs. Texas 4 8:30 p.m. Clermont, Fla. UCLA opens things up against #7/#8 Georgia (5 cheering her on this weekend as the Bruins make a trip to her home 2/27 vs. #17/#15 Baylor 4 3 p.m. p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT) and UCF (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT) on Friday. On state. The junior is the fourth Bruin to come out of the Sunshine 2/27 vs. #15/#17 Northwestern 4 8 p.m. Saturday, the Bruins take on Florida Atlantic (1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. State, joining Chris Olivie, Claire Sua and Dot Richardson, who this 4 PT) and #16/#18 Tennessee (3 p.m./12 p.m. PT) and conclude the weekend’s tournament is named after. 2/28 vs. #14/#16 Ohio State 10:30 a.m. weekend on Sunday against #4/#3 Michigan (9 a.m. ET/6 p.m. PT). 3/3 at UC Riverside 2 p.m. Gametracker will be available for all games at UCLABruins.com. NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH 3/5 vs. #25/#24 Fresno State 5 2 p.m. GiOnna DiSalvatore is not the only non-Californian on this year’s 3/6 vs. UTEP 5 11:30 a.m. ON DECK roster, as she is joined by Washington native Whitney Baker and The Bruins host the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament next UCLA’s fi rst Canadian player, Charlotte Dolan. The freshman is 3/6 vs. Long Beach State 5 7 p.m. weekend at Easton Stadium. There will be 10 games over three the 28th UCLA softball player to hail from outside the state of 5 3/7 vs. Buffalo 11:30 a.m. days, with fi ve of them involving UCLA, which faces Cal State California, but the fi rst to come from our neighbors to the north. 3/7 at San Diego State 5 2 p.m. Northridge and Cal Poly on Friday, UC Davis and Northridge on The state of Arizona leads the list for the most out-of-state Bruins 3/10 #19/#22 NORTH CAROLINA A 2 P.M. Saturday and Portland State on Sunday. with seven, followed by Florida and Washington with four, Australia 3/21 at CSU Bakersfi eld (DH) 1 p.m. with three, Texas with two and Connecticut, Kansas, Hawaii, Ohio, BRUINS IN THE POLLS Nevada, New York and Tennessee with one apiece. 3/23 at Cal Poly (DH) 1 p.m. The Bruins earned preseason rankings of eighth in the USA Today/ A 3/26 LONG BEACH STATE 2 P.M. NFCA poll and sixth in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll. UCLA SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS 3/27 UNLV (DH) 1 P.M. received one fi rst-place vote in the USA Softball rankings. In the Georgia, which opens the year ranked seventh by the NFCA and 3/28 at Loyola Marymount (DH) 12 p.m. Pac-10 preseason poll, the Bruins were third (with one fi rst-place eighth by USA Softball, comes off a 2009 season in which it 4/1 at #1/#1 Washington 1, A 6 p.m. vote), behind Washington and Arizona. went 47-12 and came within a game of reaching the Women’s College World Series Championship Series. The Bulldogs forced 4/2 at #1/#1 Washington 1, A 6 p.m. BRUINS ON THE WEB an if necessary game before losing to eventual national champion 4/3 at #1/#1 Washington 1, A 12 p.m. Gametracker will be available for all UCLA softball games this Washington. Georgia returns 11 letterwinners, seven starters and 4/9 #5/#7 ARIZONA STATE 1, A, B 7 P.M. season at UCLABruins.com. In addition, all Pac-10 contests, as two pitchers from last year’s team. The top returners are junior 4/10 #5/#7 ARIZONA STATE 1, A 6 P.M. well as select non-conference games, will be broadcast on the infi elder Alisa Goler, who hit a team-best .455 with 24 homers 4/11 #5/#7 ARIZONA STATE 1, A 12 P.M. UCLA website. and 83 RBI, and junior outfi elder Taylor Schlopy, who batted .406 1, A with 15 home runs, 47 runs batted in and 21 stolen bases. As a 4/16 at Oregon State 3 p.m. THREE BRUINS NAMED TO USA SOFTBALL POY WATCH LIST team, the Bulldogs hit 85 home runs last season, batting .319 and 4/17 at Oregon State 1, A 12 p.m. The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) announced averaging 6.3 runs per game with 78 stolen bases. In the circle, 4/18 at Oregon State 1, A 11 a.m. its initial watch list for the Ninth Annual USA Softball National Georgia loses 26-game winner Christie Hamilton, so the ace duties 4/23 at #10/#12 Stanford 1, A 7 p.m. Collegiate Player of the Year Award. The list features three Bruins, fall to junior Sarah McCloud, who went 17-2 with a 2.89 ERA and seniors Megan Langenfeld and Kaila Shull and junior Katie 58 strikeouts in 131 innings last season. The Bruins lead the all- 4/24 at #10/#12 Stanford 1, A 1 p.m. Schroeder. time series with the Bulldogs 10-1. UCLA won the fi rst fi ve in the 1, A 4/25 at #10/#12 Stanford 12 p.m. The award, which is considered the most prestigious honor in series, and since a 4-1 loss during the fi rst game of the 2005 4/30 OREGON 1, A 7 P.M. Division I softball, is designed to recognize outstanding athletic Super Regionals, the Bruins have claimed the last fi ve contests. 5/1 OREGON 1, A 6 P.M. achievement by female collegiate softball players across the Just three of the 11 matchups have been on neutral sites, with the 5/2 OREGON 1, A 12 P.M. country. Past winners of the award include former Bruin Stacey rest played at Easton Stadium. UCLA is 3-0 in neutral-site games. Nuveman (2002). The last meetings came during the 2008 Super Regionals, as the 5/7 #12/#11 CALIFORNIA 1, A 7 P.M. The preseason watch list is comprised of 50 players representing Bruins swept the Bulldogs 6-1 and 6-0 (May 24 and 25). Megan 1, A 5/8 #12/#11 CALIFORNIA 6 P.M. 35 schools and 14 conferences. The list includes 27 seniors, 17 Langenfeld is 2-for-4 (.500) with three RBI and three walks for her 5/9 #12/#11 CALIFORNIA 1, A 12 P.M. juniors and six sophomores. career against the Bulldogs, GiOnna DiSalvatore is 4-for-9 (.444) 5/13 at #6/#4 Arizona 1, A 7 p.m. The ASA will announce the 25 fi nalists on April 7. A player does not with a home run and six runs batted in and Samantha Camuso is 5/14 at #6/#4 Arizona 1, A 7 p.m. have to appear on the initial watch list to be considered as a Top 25 3-for-7 (.429) with four walks. 1, A fi nalist. However, once the Top 25 fi nalists are named, the winner 5/15 at #6/#4 Arizona 1 p.m. of the award will come from that list. Freshmen qualify for the Top SCOUTING THE KNIGHTS 5/21-23 NCAA Regionals 25 list once they have competed at the collegiate level. UCF, formerly known as Central Florida, went 27-27 last season 5/27-30 NCAA Super Regionals Just days before the start of postseason play, a list of 10 fi nalists and fi nished fi fth in Conference USA.