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2002 UCLA BRUINS SOFTBALL 2002 UCLA SOFTBALL O’ALL: 47-6; 15-3 PAC-10 May 10-11 • Arizona/Arizona State • Easton Stadium FEBRUARY The top-ranked Bruins return to action at Easton FRI. 1-SUN. 3 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE TOURN. (EASTON STADIUM) Stadium this weekend for the conclusion of RUIN UICK ACTS B Q F 1LOUISIANA-MONROE ______________ W, 8-0 (5) their 2002 regular season. UCLA will play a 2002 Record: 47-6, 15-3 Pac-10 2SAN DIEGO STATE _______________ W, 8-0 (5) single game on Friday afternoon against No. 2 National Ranking: No. 1 NFCA/USA Today 3SAN JOSE STATE ___________________ W, 3-0 Arizona that could decide the Pac-10 champi- Head Coach: Sue Enquist Fri. 8-Sun. 10 at Fiesta Bowl Tournament (Tempe, AZ) onship, before hosting No. 4 Arizona State for Career Record: 688-127-1 (14th season) 8 vs. Texas Tech _________________ W, 11-0 (5) 8 vs. Texas A&M ________________ W, 9-1 (5) a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. The Softball SID: Amy Symons Bruins split their early-season games with the 9 vs. Texas (RV) _________________ W, 14-0 (5) SID Office Phone: 310/206-8123 9 vs. Nebraska (#12) ________________ W, 6-1 Wildcats, and have a 51-42 (1-1 in 2002) all-time SID Email: [email protected] 10 vs. Utah State _________________ W, 9-0 (6) record against UA. Arizona State won its last Website: www.uclabruins.com 10 vs. Southwest Texas State (#17) _____ W, 4-0 meeting with UCLA, but the Bruins lead the all- Fri, 15-Sun, 17 UNLV Tournament (Las Vegas, NV) time series 71-16 (0-1 in 2002). 15 vs. Texas Tech ________________ W, 13-2 (5) 15 vs. Alabama (#13) _________________ W, 9-1 NUVEMAN NAMED PAC-10, NFCA PLAYER OF THE WEEK 16 vs. Brigham Young ____________ W, 10-2 (5) UCLA catcher Stacey Nuveman was named Pac-10 and NFCA/Louisville Slugger Player of the 16 vs. Nebraska (#12) _____________ W, 11-2 (5) Week for April 29 - May 5. Nuveman, a senior from LaVerne, CA, posted a .571 batting average 17 vs. LSU (#4) ______________________ W, 7-0 (4-for-7) with one double, two home runs, five walks and an on-base percentage of .750 this 20 UC RIVERSIDE (DH) ___ W, 14-0 (5); W, 6-0 weekend, helping the Bruins remain tied for first place in the Conference. 23 at Long Beach State (DH) __ L, 3-2 (9); W, 10-0 27 CAL STATE FULLERTON (DH) _ L, 3-1; W, 5-2 Last Saturday (May 4), Nuveman broke the NCAA career home run record at the OSU Softball Complex with her 16th homer of the season and 86th round-tripper of her UCLA career. The MARCH following day, Nuveman hit another home run adding to the record, which now stands at 87 FRI, 1-SUN, 3 STACY WINSBERG M EMORIAL (EASTON S TADIUM) homers all-time. On the season, Nuveman is hitting .555 with 17 home runs, 58 RBI, a 1.066 1 TX A&M CORPUS CHRISTI (DH) _ W, 9-1 (5); W, 8-0 (5) slugging percentage and a .674 on-base percentage. 2PURDUE (DH) ______________ W, 4-2; W, 3-0 3FLORIDA _________________________ W, 11-1 UCLA SWEEPS OREGON SCHOOLS, NUVEMAN TAKES SPOTLIGHT Fri. 8-Sun. 10 at NIST (Pleasanton, CA) 8 vs. Long Beach State (RV) ___________ W, 4-1 The Bruins started slowly on last weekend’s trip to Oregon, opening on Friday with a 2-1 victory 8 vs. UNC-Greensboro ___________ W, 8-0 (6) over Oregon. UCLA recorded just six hits, and both RBI were recorded by Tairia Mims, who had 8 Iowa (#17) ______________________ W, 4-0 an RBI double in the first inning and a home run in the third. 9 Virginia _________________________ W,2-0 UCLA then traveled to Corvallis, OR, for a weekend series at No. 16 Oregon State, winning on 9 Iowa (#17) ________________________ L, 0-1 Saturday by a 10-1 margin and on Sunday, 8-0. The Bruins posted big offensive numbers in both 9 Virginia ________________________ W, 3-0 games, and scored the majority of their runs in the late innings. Saturday’s highlight was Stacey 13 UC SANTA BARBARA (DH) _ W, 7-1; W, 4-0 Nuveman’s leadoff at-bat in the top of the seventh inning, when she blasted her 86th career 25 FRESNO STATE (#10) (DH) __ W, 1-0; W, 7-0 29 at Washington* (#12) _____________ W, 2-0 home run to break the NCAA record. Nuveman led the way again on Sunday, catching Keira 30 at Washington* (#12) ______________ L, 6-9 Goerl’s one-hit shutout and hitting her 87th career home run. Goerl struck out 12 batters in the APRIL game, including nine of the first 12 Beavers to step to the plate. 5 at Arizona State* (#8) ______________ L, 2-3 NUVEMAN BREAKS NCAA CAREER HOME RUN RECORD 6 at Arizona*~^ (#2) ________________ L, 2-3 History was made on May 4 at the OSU Softball Complex in Corvallis, OR, when Bruin senior 7 at Arizona*^ (#2) _________________ W, 6-5 catcher Stacey Nuveman blasted the 86th home run of her UCLA career, a lead-off first-pitch 12 STANFORD*^ (#3) _______________ W, 3-2 13 CALIFORNIA* (#8) _______________ W, 3-0 home run in the top of the seventh inning. Nuveman would then add No. 87 on Sunday, a three- 14 CALIFORNIA*^ (#8)________ W, 1-0 (10) run shot, again in the seventh inning. 19 OREGON STATE* (#14)__________ W,7-0 Nuveman tied the record on Sat., Apr. 27, hitting her 85th career homer in the third inning of 20 OREGON*_____________________ W, 7-0 UCLA’s game at then-No. 7 Stanford. That tied the NCAA record previously held by Arizona’s Leah 21 OREGON*^____________________ W, 3-1 Braatz and Laura Espinoza. Nuveman reached the mark in the 249th game of her career, as 24 WASHINGTON*^ (#8) ____________ W, 5-3 opposed to 251 and 271 for Espinoza and Braatz, respectively. 26 at California* (#6) ________________ W, 3-0 Also notable is Nuveman’s pace for career slugging percentage. Entering the final regular 27 at Stanford* (#7) ______________ W, 13-2 (5) season weekend, Nuveman holds a career slugging percentage of .946, which is 149 points 28 at Stanford (#7) __________________ W, 2-0 higher than the current NCAA career record of .797, held by Braatz. She will also break UCLA’s MAY record for career batting average, as she is currently hitting .469 for her career, an average that 3 at Oregon* ______________________ W, 2-1 would rank second on the NCAA’s all-time list, behind Manhattan’s Stacy Cowen (1991-92). 4 at Oregon State* (#16)_____________ W, 10-1 Nuveman is now second on the all-time list NCAA career walks list with 225 and her single- 5 at Oregon State* (#16)_____________ W, 8-0 season batting average is on pace to a single-season Pac-10 record (Allison McCutcheon, ARIZ, 10 ARIZONA*^ (#2) __________________ 2 PM 11 ARIZONA STATE* (DH)^ (#4) ________ 1 PM .534) and to rank in the NCAA’s top-10. She ranks fourth on the NCAA’s Division I career RBI list 16-19 NCAA Regionals^ __________________ TBD with 293. Once again, she is the top non-Arizona player on that list, and needs 26 RBI to move 23-27 College World Series _______________ TBD up to third (#3 Espinoza had 315 RBI). Home Games In BOLD at Easton Stadium; THIS WEEK *-Pac-10 Conference Games, ~-Televised by FOX Sports Net; Fri. May 10 ARIZONA (#2) ___________________________ Easton Stadium 2 pm ^live audio broadcast on www.uclabruins.com Sat. May 11 ARIZONA STATE (#4) — Doubleheader ______ Easton Stadium 1 pm (DH)-Doubleheaders; Sun. May 12 NCAA Selection Show ___________________________ ESPNEWS 6 pm All Times Local to Site and subject to change NEXT WEEK Thu-Sun, May 16-19 NCAA Regionals _____________________________________ TBA TBA USA TODAY/NFCA POLL HEAD COACH SUE ENQUIST 8 MAY 2002 The 2002 season marks Sue Enquist’s 14th campaign as head coach of the Bruin softball program. It is her 23rd year as part of UCLA’s softball coaching staff and her 27th year of # School (First-Place Votes) ‘02 Record Points Last 1. UCLA (23) 47-6 671 1 involvement with the program as either a coach or player. Enquist has a 688-127-1 (.844) 2. *Arizona (4) 48-7 652 2 coaching record and 1,113 wins in her Bruin softball career as a player, assistant coach and head coach, combined. As a player from 1975-78, Enquist became UCLA’s first All-American while 3. *LSU 49-9 621 3 establishing the Bruin career batting average record of .401. She is still the only UCLA player to 4. *Arizona State 40-15 582 4 complete her career with a batting average over .400. 5. *California 45-19 534 5 6. *Washington 41-16 524 6 THREE BRUINS ON ASA COLLEGIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LIST 7. *Nebraska 45-12 496 7 The Amateur Softball Association, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, 8. *Stanford 40-16 484 8 has announced the ten finalists for the inaugural USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award. 9. *Cal State Fullerton 47-11 464 9 The initial list of 25 finalists was announced on April 12. This award is designed to recognize 10. *Texas 48-11 433 13 outstanding athletic achievement by female collegiate softball players across the country.