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2001 UCLA BRUINS SOFTBALL at Cal State Northridge • Apr. 4, 2001 • Northridge, CA Arizona State/Arizona •A pr. 6-8, 2001 •East on Stadium “Welcome to the Pac-10” was the mes- sage for seven of the conference’s eight soft- UCLA QUICK FACTS ball-playing schools last weekend, as only No. 2001 Overall Record: 37-1 2 Arizona remains undefeated in conference 2001 Pac-10 Record: 2-1 2001 SCHEDULE/RESULTS play with a 2-0 record. The Bruins are part NFCA Ranking: No. 1 Overall: 37-1; Pac-10: 2-1 of a four-way tie for second place in the Pac- Head Coach: Sue Enquist 10 with a 2-1 conference record, and will play Date Opponent Time/Result Career Record: 616-116-1 (13th season) at Early Bird Classic (San José, CA) host to three key conference games this Softball SID: Amy Symons F 3 at San José State ____________ W, 8-0 (5) weekend after traveling to Cal State SID Phone: 310/206-6831 F 3 vs. Cal State Northridge (RV) _ W, 13-0 (5) Northridge on Wednesday afternoon. The F 3 vs. Cal Poly ___________________W, 5-0 Website: www.uclabruins.com F 4 vs. Cal State Northridge (RV) _____ W, 7-0 Bruins and Matadors met twice during the F 4 vs. Cal Poly _______________ W, 10-2 (6) first weekend of the season with UCLA winning both games. The Bruins lead that all-time F7at Cal State Fullerton (#14) __ W,6-0;W,18-3(5) series by a 30-9 margin. Against the Sun Devils, the Bruins hold a 69-14 advantage, and F 10 SAN DIEGO (DH) ____ W,8-0 (6);W,7-0 F 14 LONG BEACH STATE (#22) ____ W, 7-0 UCLA leads the series against Arizona by a 49-38 margin. This weekend also marks the at UNLV Classic (Las Vegas, NV) start of the broadcast schedule for Bruin Softball, as Saturday’s game against Arizona will F 16 vs. Portland State __________ W, 20-0 (5) be broadcast live on FOX Sports Net, and Sunday’s game against the Wildcats can be heard F 16 vs. Kansas ________________ W,15-1 (5) F 17 vs. Wisconsin (RV) _____________W, 9-2 live on www.uclabruins.com with Lou Riggs calling the action. F 17 vs. Nebraska (#12)______________ W, 6-2 Bruins Fall to Stanford, Sweep Cal in Pac-10 Openers F 18 vs. Florida International _____ W, 10-0 (5) at Texas Invitational (Austin, TX) UCLA’s school record-tying 35-0 start to the season came to a halt on Friday afternoon F 23 vs. Wisconsin (RV) ____________ W, 12-1 at Stanford, a pitchers duel resulted in a combined four hits and only one runner crossing F 23 vs. Cal State Fullerton (#11) ______W, 4-0 F 24 at Texas (#22) ______________ W, 4-3 (8) the plate as Stanford defeated UCLA, 1-0. UCLA’s Amanda Freed and Stanford’s Dana F 25 vs. Wisconsin (RV) _____________W, 1-0 Sorensen allowed just two hits apiece in both squad’s Pac-10 opener. After the 2-1 Pac-10 F 26 at Southwest Texas State (RV) W, 4-3 (10) start, UCLA leads a four-team log jam for second place in the conference standings. F 26 at Southwest Texas State (RV) ______ W, 3-1 EASTON CLASSIC (EASTON STADIUM, LOS ANGELES) The Bruins rebounded on Saturday, notching a 2-1 nine-inning win over No. 3 Cali- M2 COLORADO STATE (DH) W, 11-3 (6);W, 2-0 fornia. UCLA scored the first run of the game in the third inning, when outfielder Lupe M3 SOUTH FLORIDA (DH) _ W, 10-0 (5); W,5-3 Brambila reached on an error to lead off the inning and was advanced to third base by a M 4 UNLV ______________________ W, 3-0 M 6 UC RIVERSIDE (DH) _ W,10-0 (5);W,4-0 groundout and a sacrifice bunt before third baseman Tairia Mims doubled to left center, at Hedrick’s Hallowell Chevrolet Classic (Fresno, CA) bringing Brambila home. Freshman pitcher Keira Goerl opened the game by retiring the M 8 vs. Colorado State ______________ W, 8-1 first 11 batters she faced, and did not give up a hit until the sixth inning, when the Bears M 9 vs. Cal Poly ________________ W, 9-1 (6) M 9 vs. DePaul (#11) _______________W, 4-0 scored their lone run of the game. Neither team was able to score in the seventh or eighth, M 10 vs. New Mexico State ____________W, 4-0 but the Bruins started hot in the ninth, with a leadoff double by designated player Courtney M 10 vs. Oregon State (#15) ___________ W, 3-2 Dale. Dale was replaced by pinch-runner Julie Hoshizaki, who advanced to third base on a M 11 at Fresno State (#7) _____________W, 8-2 M 14 at UC Santa Barbara ___________ W, 6-1 single by freshman right fielder Marcel Torres. With one out and runners at the corners, M 30 at Stanford (#5)* ______________ L, 0-1 sophomore second baseman Monique Mejia hit a clutch single to left to bring home M 31 at Cal (#3)* _______________ W, 2-1 (9) Hoshizaki and earn the game-winning RBI. Goerl allowed a leadoff double in the bottom A 1 at Cal (#3)* __________________ W, 5-1 A 4 at Cal State Northridge (#25) (DH) 1:30 pm half of the inning before forcing a pop-out, strikeout and groundout to end the game. A 6 ARIZONA STATE (#9)* _________ 2 pm UCLA picked up on Sunday where they left off the day before. After Freed struck out A 7 ARIZONA (#2)*# _______________ 2 pm the side in the first inning, junior catcher Stacey Nuveman led off with a single and was A 8 ARIZONA (#2)*^ ______________ 1 pm A 13 WASHINGTON* _______________ 2 pm replaced by pinch runner Amanda Simpson, who would make her way around the basepaths A 14 WASHINGTON*^ ______________ 2 pm and score on a long single by first baseman Claire Sua. A 20 at Oregon State* ________________ 2 pm A leadoff walk to Freed in the third resulted in a second run for the Bruins, this time on A 21 at Oregon* ____________________ 2 pm A 22 at Oregon* ____________________ 1 pm an RBI single by Nuveman. Freed broke the game open in the fourth with a two-RBI bases A 25 at UC Riverside (DH) ___________ 1 pm loaded single. The play actually resulted in three runs, as a throw to third trying to throw A 27 CAL* _________________________ 2 pm out Brambila went into left field, and Brambila scored on an E2. Cal would score their lone A 28 STANFORD* __________________ 2 pm A 29 STANFORD*^ _________________ 1 pm run in the bottom of the fourth, just the third earned run of the season allowed by Freed. M 2 at Washington* ________________ 2 pm M 4 OREGON* ____________________ 2 pm M 5 OREGON STATE* ______________ 2 pm M 6 OREGON STATE* ______________ 1 pm M 11 at Arizona*^ ___________________ 7 pm M 12 at Arizona State* (DH) __________ 7 pm THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE • APRIL 2-8, 2001 M17-20 NCAA Regionals ________________ TBD M24-28 College World Series& _ (Oklahoma City, OK) Wed. April 4 at No. 25 Cal State Northridge (DH) ......... 1:30 pm Northridge, CA ALL TIMES LOCAL TO GAME SITE Fri. April 6 No. 9 Arizona State ........................................ 2 pm Easton Stadium Home games in BOLD at Easton Stadium; * Pac-10 Conference Game; Rankings are NFCA; ^ indicates internet broadcast Sat. April 7 No. 2 Arizona (TV: FOX Sports Net) .................... 2 pm Easton Stadium # indicates game broadcast live on FOX Sports Net Sun. April 8 No. 2 Arizona (Radio: www.uclabruins.com) ....... 1 pm Easton Stadium &Games broadcast live on ESPN or ESPN2 No. in parentheses () indicates innings played if not 7 NFCA/USA TODAY POLL (4/4/01) 2001 UCLA Bruins Softball… …page 2 NO.SCHOOL (1ST PLACE)RECORD POINTS She’s Baaack!: Nuveman Moves Up NCAA Career Lists 1. UCLA (25) 37-1 672 With 11 home runs this season, Bruin slugger Stacey Nuveman currently has 62 career 2. Arizona (2) 38-2 646 home runs, moving her into fourth place on the NCAA’s all-time list. Nuveman now has 3. Alabama 34-1 609 the best career home run total of any non-Arizona player. Jenny Dalton is next on the list 4. Stanford 32-3-1 587 with 76 career home runs (see page 5 of notes). 5. California 39-4 577 Through 35 games, Nuveman has walked 41 times, equivalent to 31% of her total plate 6. LSU 30-6 520 7. Oklahoma 29-7 504 appearances and a 1.1 per-game average that contributes to an impressive .607 on-base per- 8. DePaul 24-7-1 468 centage. Nuveman is second among active players on the NCAA’s career walks list, behind 9. Arizona State 27-9 460 only Pacific’s Adrienne Ratajczak. She has also become the second Bruin in history to record 10. Cal State Fullerton 33-10 435 more than 200 career RBI, and is the active leader on the NCAA career list in that category. 11. Notre Dame 26-3 400 Nuveman returns to the Bruins in 2001 after missing the 2000 collegiate season in 12. Iowa 24-7 355 order to play for the U.S. Olympic Team. Despite the fact that she is in her fifth year as a 13.