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RUINS OFTBALL 2003 SCHEDULE 2003 UCLA B S RECORD: 45-6; 17-4 PAC-10 (2ND) at NCAA Regional 2 • May 15-18 • Fresno, CA JANUARY The Bruins will begin their 2003 postseason on FRI. 31-SUN. 2 STACY WINSBERG MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Thursday afternoon in Fresno, CA. UCLA is the BRUIN QUICK FACTS 31 UCLA VS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT _____ W, 9-0 (5) top-seeded team at NCAA Regional II and will 2003 Record: 45-6 (17-4 Pac-10/Second) FEBRUARY face eighth-seeded Colgate at 12:30 pm on NFCA Ranking (May 6): No. 2 1 UCLA VS. #10 CAL STATE FULLERTON _____ L, 2-0 Thursday. Other teams at NCAA Regional II ESPN.com/USA (May 13): No. 2 1 UCLA VS. #22 ALABAMA ______W, 5-4 include (in order of seed): Georgia, Michigan Head : Sue Enquist 2 UCLA VS. CAL STATE NORTHRDGE ______W, 2-0 State, Fresno State, Long Beach State, North Career Record: 741-136-1 (15th season) 5 at UC Riverside (DH) ____ W, 15-0/W, 20-0 (5) Fri, 14-Sun, 16 UNLV Desert Classic (Las Vegas, NV) Carolina and Long Island. 2003 marks the 19th Softball SID: Amy Symons NCAA Regional appearance for the Bruins, 14 vs. #20 South Carolina ______W, 12-0 (5 ) SID in Fresno: 310/413-0703 or 709-9671 14 vs. #7 LSU ______W, 2-0 and UCLA holds a record of 50-5 (.909) in NCAA SID Email: [email protected] 15 vs. Hawai’i ______W, 10-2 (6) Regional play. The Bruins have won eight NCAA Website: www.uclabruins.com 15 vs. #4 Nebraska ______W, 5-1 titles, most recently in 1999. 16 vs. Utah ______W, 7-0 Fri, 21-Sun, 23 Florida Atlantic inv. (Boca Raton, FL) WATLEY, GOERL EARN TOP PAC-10 SEASON HONORS 21 vs. Rutgers ______W, 8-1 UCLA captured two of the Pac-10’s three individual awards for the 2003 season, it was announced 21 at Florida Atlantic (RV-28th) ______W, 7-0 on Tuesday. Senior has been named the Pac-10 Player of the Year, 22 vs. Florida International ______W, 3-0 while junior Keira Goerl has been named the Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year. Both players are 22 vs. Long Island ______W, 7-0 members of the All-Pac-10 first team. For the full list of Pac-10 honorees, see attached release. 23 vs. Rutgers ______W, 8-0 (5) 26 at UC Santa Barbara (DH) ___ W, 6-0; W, 2-0 ASA/USA SOFTBALL FINALISTS INCLUDE WATLEY FRI, 28-SUN, 2 EASTON CLASSIC (EASTON STADIUM) 28 BOSTON COLLEGE ______W, 9-0 (5) UCLA senior shortstop Natasha Watley has been named as one of three finalists for the 2003 28 MISSOURI ______W, 8-0 (5) USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award. The award, which is considered the Heisman MARCH Trophy in women’s collegiate softball and is the only national player of the year award, is designed to recognize outstanding athletic achievement by female collegiate softball players 1 MISSOURI ______W, 5-0 across the country. The winner will be announced May 21 at the opening ceremony of the NCAA 1 BOSTON COLLEGE ______W, 10-1 (5) 2 MISSOURI ______W, 2-0 Women’s College World in Oklahoma City, OK. Arizona’s Lovie Jung and Texas pitcher Cat Thu. 6-Sun. 9 at Hallowell Chevrolet Classic (Fresno, CA) Osterman are the other two finalists. 6 vs. BYU ______W, 6-0 URNER AMED AC ITCHER OF THE EEK 7 vs. St. John’s ______W, 8-0 (5) T N P -10 P W 8 vs. Cal Poly ______W, 5-0 UCLA freshman Michelle Turner has been named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week, it was announced 9 vs. #13 DePaul ______L, 1-0 on Monday. Turner was 2-0 last week with a 0.00 ERA. She pitched both games of UCLA’s 9 at Fresno State ______W, 5-0 against Arizona State on Saturday and started the evening by throwing the 87th 25 at #8/8 Cal State Fullerton (DH) ___ W, 11-2 (5) no-hitter in the history of UCLA Softball. Turner struck five and walked one, allowing just two 25 at #8// Cal State Fullerton (DH) _____ W, 8-2 Sun Devil baserunners in the game. Turner retired the last 16 batters she faced, including striking 28 at #9/12 Stanford* ______W, 5-0 29 at #6/7 California* ______W, 3-0 out three of the last five batters to step to the plate. She threw just 58 pitches in the game. 30 at #6/7 California* ______W, 4-1 (8) Turner then returned to the circle to the second game of the doubleheader against ASU, APRIL retiring the first two batters of the game before allowing the first Sun Devil of the evening. Turner would go on to complete the shutout as the Bruins won the game by a 9-0 margin (5 inn). 4 #12/12 ARIZONA STATE* ______W, 6-0 5 #2/2 ARIZONA* ______L, 0-3 UCLA VS. NCAA REGIONAL 2 TEAMS 6 #2/2 ARIZONA* ______L, 1-5 11 at #24/RV Oregon State* ______W, 6-1 No. 2 Seed Georgia — UCLA and Georgia met for the first time at last year’s NCAA Regional in 12 at #20/21 Oregon* ______L, 4-5 Columbia, SC, when UCLA’s Tairia Mims hit a walk-off in the eighth to give UCLA 13 at #20/21Oregon ______W, 9-3 a 2-1 victory. The Bulldogs were the SEC regular season champions, but qualified for the NCAA 18 #3/3 WASHINGTON* ______W, 5-2 Tournament as an at-large selection. They have a season record of 55-12. 19 #3/3 WASHINGTON* ______W, 10-0 (6) No. 3 Seed Michigan State — The Spartans and Bruins have met once before, a 6-3 UCLA win on Mar. 25 #6/9 CALIFORNIA* ______W, 10-0 (5) 26 #13/16 STANFORD* ______W, 1-0 9, 1996. Michigan State earned an at-large bid out of the Big Ten, and has a 2003 record of 37-17. 27 #13/16 STANFORD* ______W, 3-2 (8) No. 4 Seed Fresno State — The Bruins and Bulldogs have a long history together, with UCLA 30 at #4/5 Washington* ______W, 11-0 holding a 33-10 all-time record against Fresno State, including a 5-0 win earlier this year. UCLA MAY and Fresno State have met in four NCAA Championship games (1982, 88, 89, 90), with the Bruins 2 #19/21 OREGON* ______W, 4-3 bringing home the title all four times. The Bulldogs have a 33-20 record this season and earned 3 #26/RV OREGON STATE* _____ W, 10-2 (6) an at-large berth out of the Western Athletic Conference. 4 #26/RV OREGON STATE* ______W, 9-1 (5) No. 5 Seed Long Beach State — UCLA holds a 55-7 all-time record against The Beach, with UCLA 9 at #1/1 Arizona* ______L, 5-7 earning wins in two of the teams three meetings last season. Long Beach State earned an at-large 10 at #15/15 Arizona State* (DH) _____ W, 8-0 (6) bid out of the Big West Conference and has a season record of 29-17. 10 at #15/15 Arizona State* (DH) _____ W, 9-0 (5) No. 6 Seed North Carolina — UCLA and North Carolina have never met on the softball diamond. 15 vs. Colgate^ ______12:30 pm vs. Fresno State or Long Beach State^ __ TBD The Tar Heels earned an at-large bid to the Tournament. North Carolina is 39-20-1, and plays in 22-26 College ______TBD the Atlantic Coast Conference. Home Games In BOLD at Easton Stadium; *-Pac-10 No. 7 Seed Long Island — UCLA defeated the Blackbirds by a score of 7-0 at the FAU Worth Conference Games, (DH)-Doubleheaders; ^-NCAA Regionals (Fresno, CA) Invitational in February. That was the first-ever meeting between the Bruins and LIU. Long Island All Times Local to Site and subject to change head coach Roy Kortman is a member of the NCAA softball committee. The Blackbirds earned an Rankings are ESPN.com/NFCA automatic bid to the Tournament as the Northeast Conference champions. No. 8 Seed Colgate — Thursday’s game will be the first meeting between the Bruins and Red Raiders. Colgate is the automatic qualifier from the Patriot League, and has a record of 31-13 USA TODAY/NFCA POLL KEIRA GOERL, ONE-HIT WONDER POLL #13/MAY 6, 2003 If you’re looking for someone to pitch a one-hitter, junior pitcher Keira Goerl is who you want in # School (First-Place Votes) Record Points Last the circle. Although the junior pitcher did complete her first no-hitter of the season on Mar. 28 at 1. *Arizona (22) 47-4 550 1 Stanford, Goerl has turned in 13 one-hit performances, with 12 coming in her first 20 decisions 2 UCLA 43-5 528 2 of the season. Goerl earned Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors on Feb. 25 for her performance 3. Texas 43-7 506 3 at the FAU Worth Invitational, when she posted a 3-0 record with a 0.00 ERA, striking out 26 batters 4. *DePaul 43-5-1 467 6 and holding opposing batters to a .050 average. Each of Goerl’s three appearances were 5. Oklahoma 42-12 461 4 one-hitters. She then earned ESPN.com/USA Softball National Player of the Week and Pac-10 6. *Cal State Fullerton 36-13 430 7 Pitcher of the Week honors on April 1 for her performances against Cal State Fullerton, Stanford 7. Georgia 54-10 412 8 and California. Goerl pitched her first no-hitter of the season and struck out 25 during her 22.1 8. *Washington 40-13-1 408 5 in the circle en route to a 3-0 record. Goerl’s opponents hit just .123 against her, including 9. *California 40-15 379 9 a .106 mark in Pac-10 play. She tallied a 0.31 ERA for the week. She was also named the Co-Pitcher 10. Florida State 43-9 337 12 of the Week on May 5, after posting a 0.00 ERA and 2-0 record against Washington and Oregon 11. *Nebraska 36-15 313 11 State, pitching her 13th one-hitter of the year against Washington and striking out 12 Oregon State 12. *Louisiana State 45-14 308 10 batters in the softball game completed on May 4. 13. Oklahoma State 37-13 289 14 The Mar. 30 game at Cal saw an impressive streak end for Goerl when she allowed an earned 14. Michigan 39-12 239 13 run to the Golden Bears in the bottom of the seventh inning, snapping a streak of 98 innings 15. *Arizona State 30-20 233 16 without having allowed an . Her season totals now include 279 through 16. *Alabama 41-19 212 17 239.2 innings in the circle for an average of 8.2 strikeouts per seven-inning game. She has a 17. *Stanford 36-23 209 15 record of 31-6 with a 0.70 ERA, and ranks fourth in UCLA history with 756 career strikeouts (needs 18. *Oregon 30-16 173 21 four to tie for third). With her May 4 win over Oregon State, she earned her 90th 19. South Florida 51-15 151 19 career win. She needs three more wins to tie for third, and seven to tie Amanda 20. South Carolina 37-16 150 18 Freed’s UCLA career record of 97. Goerl is 90-13 in her Bruin career. 21. Louisiana-Lafayette 40-8 111 22 22. Texas A&M 35-20 96 20 BRUINS FINISH SECOND IN PAC-10, SWEEP ASU IN DOUBLEHEADER 23. Iowa 37-13 45 23 UCLA finished second in the 2003 Pac-10 standings with a record of 17-4, two games behind Arizona 24. Southern Illinois 36-9 34 25 (19-2). The Bruins and Wildcats played a hard-fought game on Friday night in Tucson, but UCLA was 25. Florida 38-21 28 NR unable to come out on top, falling to UA by a 7-5 margin. Claire Sua and Emily Zaplatosch homered Opponents Receiving Votes: Hawaii 8, Oregon State 4 for UCLA in the game, with Sua hitting a solo shot to the second inning, and Zaplatosch putting * indicates UCLA’s 2003 opponents. a two-out, two-run just over the left field fence to tie the game at 5-5 in the sixth inning. ^ indicates possible NCAA opponent The Bruins bounced back with some impressive offensive numbers against Arizona State on Saturday night, downing the Sun Devils 8-0 in Michelle Turner’s first career no-hitter. UCLA ESPN.COM/USA SOFTBALL capitalized on home runs by Tairia Mims, Claire Sua, Stephanie Ramos and the first home run MAY 13, 2003 of senior Monique Mejia’s UCLA career. In the nightcap, the Bruin offense kept rolling as UCLA # School (First-Place Votes) Record Points Last scored six runs on seven hits while sending 11 to the plate in the top of the first inning. Scottsdale, 1. *Arizona (18) 50-5 450 1. AZ, native Caitlin Benyi homered in the game, as did Ramos. Michelle Turner picked up the win. 2. UCLA 43-5 432 2. 3. Texas 43-7 414 3. ENQUIST IS NCAA DIVISION I’S WINNINGEST COACH 4. Oklahoma 43-11 385 4. The 2003 season marks Sue Enquist’s 15th campaign as head coach of the Bruin softball 5. *DePaul 46-5-1 368 6. program. It is her 24th year as part of UCLA’s softball coaching staff and her 28th year of 6. *Washington 42-14-1 351 7. involvement with the program as either a coach or player. Enquist has a 741-136-1 (.845) 7. *California 41-18 347 5. coaching record, the highest winning percentage for an active NCAA Division I head coach, and 8. *Cal State Fullerton 39-13 335 8. 1,168 wins in her Bruin softball career as a player, assistant coach and head coach, combined. 9. ^Georgia 55-12 296 9. As a player from 1975-78, Enquist became UCLA’s first All-American while establishing the Bruin 10. Florida State 46-9 267 10. career record of .401. She was the only UCLA player to complete her career with 11. Oklahoma St. 35-13 248 12. a batting average over .400 until Stacey Nuveman completed her senior year in 2002 (with a .466 12. *Nebraska 36-15 240 11. average), a span of 24 years. 13. *LSU 49-16 230 13. UMERICAL OSTER 14. *Stanford 40-24 217 14. N R 15. *Alabama 45-19 203 16. No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Ht. Hometown (High School) 16. *Arizona State 30-23 202 15. 2 3B/OF R/R Fr. 5-7 Selma, CA (Selma) 17. *Oregon 32-17 160 18. 3 Allison Chislock 1B/OF R/R So. 5-8 Cypress, CA (Cypress) 18. Michigan 40-14 144 17. 5 Alissa Eno IF/OF R/R Fr. 5-5 El Segundo, CA (El Segundo) 19. *South Carolina 38-18 117 19. 9 Amanda Simpson OF L/R Jr. 5-3 Encinitas, CA (La Costa Canyon) 20. Texas A&M 35-20 95 20. 10 Erica Corley OF R/R Fr. 5-8 Laguna Hills, CA (Laguna Hills) 21. Iowa 41-13 93 23. 11 Monique Mejia 2B/OF R/R Sr. 5-4 Corona, CA (Corona Santiago) 22. South Florida 53-17 75 21. 13 Julie Hoshizaki 2B/OF L/L Jr. 5-0 Cerritos, CA (Cerritos) 23. Louisiana Lafayette 43-8 71 22. 14 Keira Goerl P R/R Jr. 5-10 Moreno Valley, CA (Valley View) 24. Florida 40-23 57 24. 19 Caitlin Benyi IF/OF R/R Fr. 5-9 Scottsdale, AZ (Horizon) 25. ^Michigan State 31-16 16 25. 20 Claire Sua IF/P R/R Jr. 5-8 Cooper City, FL (St.Thomas Aquinas) Opp. Receiving Votes: Missouri 9, Oregon State 8, 21 Tairia Mims 1B/C R/R Sr. 5-7 Tucson, AZ (Salpointe Catholic) Hawaii 1 22 Nicole Sandberg C R/R So. 5-4 Orange, CA (Orange Lutheran) 23 Toria Auelua C/3B R/R Sr. 5-6 Garden Grove, CA (Pacifica) 24 Emily Zaplatosch C/1B R/R Fr. 5-7 Scottsdale, AZ (Horizon) 27 Natasha Watley SS/OF L/R Sr. 5-10 Irvine, CA (Woodbridge) 33 Michelle Turner P/OF R/R Fr. 5-9 Buena Park, CA (Kennedy) 44 Stephanie Ramos OF L/L Jr. 5-5 Elk Grove, CA (Elk Grove) WATLEY SPRINTS PAST PAC-10 STOLEN BASES RECORD BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS Feb. 5 Mims and Sua vs. UC Riverside (G1) Senior shortstop Natasha Watley continues to set the tone for the Bruins offensively, batting in the Feb. 28 Mims and Sua vs. Missouri leadoff spot, and anchoring UCLA’s as the team’s starting shortstop. In addition to earning Apr. 6 Benyi, Mims and Sua vs. ASU two National Player of the Week honors on Mar. 11 following the Hedrick’s Hallowell Chevrolet Classic (.786 average with at least two hits and one in all five of UCLA’s games), she earned Pac- GRAND SLAMS 10 Player of the Week honors on Feb. 25 for her performance at the FAU Worth Invitational, where Feb. 5 Mims at UC Riverside (G1, t7th inning) she hit .500, going 8-for-13 with four runs scored, a , six stolen bases and a lead-off home run BRUIN NO-HITTERS against Florida Atlantic, the first Bruin home run to lead off a game since Amanda Freed accom- Mar. 28 Goerl vs. Stanford (7 IP,9K,1BB) plished the feat on April 4, 2001 in game two of a doubleheader at Cal State Northridge. May 10 Turner vs. Arizona State (6 IP, 5K, 1BB) Watley is hitting .503 this season with 56 runs scored, three triples, eight doubles, 10 home runs HITTING STREAKS and 50 RBIs. On Sunday, April 27, Watley hit a game-tying home run in the fifth inning against Name Longest Current Stanford, then ended the game with a walk-off home run to lead off the bottom of the eighth Natasha Watley 19 8 inning. She followed that game with a 4-for-5 two-home run performance at Washington on Apr. Tairia Mims 14 - 30. Watley has held UCLA’s career steals record since the conclusion of her freshman year, and Andrea Duran 8 2 took over the Pac-10 career steals record on Apr. 12, surpassing the 148 bases swiped by Stephanie Ramos 7 2 Arizona’s Alison McCutcheon (1995-98). She currently has 154 career swipes, which ranks in the Toria Auelua 7 1 Claire Sua 6 6 NCAA’s career top-10. The only Bruin in history with multiple 100-hit seasons, Watley currently has Caitlin Benyi 6 1 380 career hits, which is a UCLA record and ranks third on the NCAA’s all-time list. Watley has Emily Zaplatosch 6 - also become the first Bruin in history to record 200 runs scored in a career, ranking sixth in Pac- MULTI-HIT GAMES 10 history with 244, the top non-Arizona player on the list. She ranks in UCLA’s career top-10 in at- Name 2 3 4 5+ Tot bats (839/first), triples (19/2nd) and batting average (.453/2nd). Natasha Watley 19 9 1 - 29 Last summer, Watley played with the U.S. World Championship Team as it earned the top seed Tairia Mims 15 4 2 - 21 for the 2004 to be held in Athens, . Watley was named the Most Valuable Caitlin Benyi 11 4 - - 15 Player of the World Championship tournament, hitting .516 (16-for-31) with 10 runs scored, four Stephanie Ramos 11 1 2 - 14 RBIs and five stolen bases in her 10 starts during tournament play. Emily Zaplatosch 10 2 - - 12 Andrea Duran 9 1 - - 10 MIMS SETS UCLA CAREER DOUBLES MARK Claire Sua 7 3 - - 10 A member of USA Softball’s World Championship team last summer, Tairia Mims hit cleanup for MULTI-RBI GAMES the majority of the 2003 pre-conference season before moving to the third spot in the lineup at Name 2 3 4 5+ Tot the Hedrick’s Hallowell Chevrolet Classic. Mims, who has played third base, first base and Tairia Mims 9 4 2 1 16 this season, has a team-high 18 home runs this season, and is batting .463 on the year (68-for- Claire Sua 11 3 1 - 15 Natasha Watley 8 6 - 1 15 147) with 14 doubles, a triple, 60 RBIs and 44 runs scored to go along with seven stolen bases. Caitlin Benyi 5 2 2 - 9 Mims earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors for her performance at the UNLV Classic, where Emily Zaplatosch 5 1 1 - 7 she hit .647 for the five-game weekend, blasting three home runs, a triple, three doubles, a Stephanie Ramos 3 1 1 - 5 and a walk for a 1.471 . She also had a stolen base during the Toria Auelua 3 2 - - 5 weekend’s play. UCLA’s career doubles leader with 56 (t-4th in Pac-10 history), Mims is currently SCORE BY INNINGS second on UCLA’s career lists with 57 home runs and 218 RBIs. Both of those UCLA career records Tm12 3456789ExTotal are held by Stacey Nuveman (1997, 99, 2001-02), and are out of reach for Mims (NCAA record 90 UCLA 55 43 56 43 64 38 25 4 - - 328 home runs, 299 RBIs-4th NCAA all-time). OPP 6 7 12 7 7 2 10 0 - - 51 ORLD EAM RUINS W T /USA B 2003 BRUINS IN THE RANKINGS Three current Bruins, Keira Goerl, Tairia Mims and Natasha Watley played with USA Softball’s Week NFCA ESPN.com/USA SB World Championship team during the summer of 2002. The team won the World Championship Preseason ____ 1 ______n/a Tournament, qualifying the U.S. for the 2004 Olympic Games as the Olympic tournament’s top Feb. 19 ______1 ______n/a seed. Watley was named the MVP of the World Championship Tournament, while Mims and Feb. 26 ______1 ______1 Goerl saw action in games leading up to the World Championship tournament. Mar. 5 ______1 ______1 Freshman Emily Zaplatosch participated with the U.S. Junior National Team in December 2002 Mar. 12 ______1 ______tie-1 as the team won the 2002 Pan Am Junior Championships in Hermasillo, Mexico, earning a berth Mar. 19 ______1 ______2 in the 2003 Junior Women’s World Championships to be held this summer in Nanjing, China. By Mar. 25 ______1 ______1 virtue of her spot on the most recent Junior National Team, Zaplatosch will be involved in team Apr. 1 ______1 ______1 selection for the Junior Women’s World Championships. She will be joined at the August final Apr. 8 ______2 ______2 tryout in Salem, OR, by Bruin teammate Andrea Duran. Duran was chosen from an open tryout Apr. 15 ______2 ______2 held in Chino, CA, in early January. Apr. 22 ______2 ______2 Apr. 29 ______2 ______2 TEN BRUINS INVITED TO USA SOFTBALL TEAM CAMP May 6 ______2 ______2 USA Softball has announced a list of 50 players invited to participate in a selection team camp, May 13 ______2 ______TBA June 4-8, at the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA. Ten current or former Bruins are AC INAL TANDINGS on that list, including Kaci Clark (1995-96), Courtney Dale (1997, 99-2001), Lisa Fernandez (1990- P -10 F S 93), Amanda Freed (1999-2002), Keira Goerl, Lyndsey Klein (1999-2000), Tairia Mims, Stacey PL.SCHOOL PAC-10 O’ALL GB Nuveman (1997, 99, 2001-02), Natasha Watley and Emily Zaplatosch. Two teams will be 1. Arizona 19-2 50-5 — selected following the team camp. The National team will represent the USA at the U.S. Cup in 2. UCLA 17-4 45-6 2 Honolulu, HI (June 19-22), the Canada Cup in Surrey, B.C., Canada (July 4-13) and the Pan 3. California 10-11 41-18 9 American Games in Santo Domingo (August 5-14). The USA Softball Elite Team will compete in the Oregon 10-11 32-17 9 Canada Cup as well as the Japan Cup in Yokohama, Japan (July 18-20). USA Softball has 5. Washington 9-12 42-14 10 scheduled the Women’s Olympic Team Selection camp for September 3-8, 2003 in Chula Vista, 6. Stanford 7-14 40-24 12 CA. For a complete list of players invited to the June Team Camp, log on to www.usasoftball.com Arizona State 7-14 30-23 12 8. Oregon State 5-16 32-29 14 PAC-10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK ZAPLATOSCH ZAPS BASERUNNERS WEEK PLAYER SCHOOL Freshman Emily Zaplatosch has done an impressive job behind the plate for the 2003 Bruins, Feb. 11 Lovie Jung ______ARIZ throwing out 70% of base runners attempting to steal against her (12-for-17), including one in each Feb. 18 Tairia Mims ______UCLA game against Stanford Apr. 26-27 and two at Arizona on May 9. Zaplatosch is second in the Pac- Feb. 25 Natasha Watley ______UCLA 10 in runners picked off with six, and a league-leading three in Pac-10 play. Offensively, she has Mar. 4 Kristen Rivera ______WASH been solid as well, batting .333 with nine home runs, 26 RBIs, a team-high 25 walks and a .988 Mar. 11 Kara Brun ______ASU on 324 chances. Mar. 18 Erin Goodell ______ORE Zaplatosch homered once in each of UCLA’s doubleheader wins at UC Riverside on Feb. 5. At Mar. 25 Kristen Rivera ______WASH the UNLV Classic, Zaplatosch was one of two Bruins to hit .600 or better for the weekend, going Apr. 1 Lovie Jung ______ARIZ Apr. 7 Courtney Fossatti ______ARIZ 8-for-13 at the plate (.615) with a home run and a , three runs scored and two RBIs for a .923 Apr. 14 Andrea Vidlund ______ORE slugging percentage. Defensively, Zaplatosch threw out both runners who attempted to steal Apr. 21 Brynnen Guthrie ______OSU while she was behind the plate. During the first weekend of Pac-10 play, Zaplaotsch caught Keira Apr. 28 Claire Burnum ______OSU Goerl’s no-hitter on Friday night at Stanford, caught two Cal base runners stealing and picked off May 5 Courtney Scott ______CAL a third during Saturday’s game, and belted a two-run eighth-inning home run on Sunday at Cal. May 12 Jackie Coburn ______ARIZ BENYI BLASTS SEVEN PAC-10 HOME RUNS PAC-10 OF THE WEEK Freshman Caitlin Benyi blasted three of her seven season home runs at Oregon’s Howe Field on April 12 and 13, and had a two-home run game on May 4 at Easton Stadium WEEK PLAYER SCHOOL against Oregon State. Benyi’s fifth-inning home run in the Apr. 12 contest at Oregon started Feb. 11 Amy Harris ______ORE UCLA’s comeback that fell just short, with the Bruins falling to the Ducks by a 5-4 margin. After Feb. 18 Desiree Seranno ______ASU getting hits in her final two at-bats that day, Benyi continued the hot streak in the Apr. 13 game, Feb. 25 Keira Goerl ______UCLA Mar. 4 Tia Bollinger ______WASH recording a in her first at-bat of the day before putting her fourth home run of the season Mar. 11 Dana Sorensen ______STAN over the left field fence in the second inning, and hitting an opposite-field shot in the fourth to give Mar. 18 ______ARIZ UCLA a 6-0 lead. The Bruins would eventually win the contest by a 9-3 margin. Mar. 25 Tori Nyberg ______STAN On Senior day at Easton Stadium (May 4), the freshman stepped up, going 3-for-3 with three Apr. 1 Keira Goerl ______UCLA RBI, two runs scored and two home runs off of Oregon State’s Dena DuBois. She completed Pac- Apr. 7 Alicia Hollowell ______ARIZ 10 play with a home run at Arizona State on May 10, and has hit seven of her eight home runs Apr. 14 Desiree Seranno ______ASU on the season against Pac-10 opponents. Apr. 21 Alicia Hollowell ______ARIZ Benyi has played both right field and center field for the Bruins this season. She started the Apr. 28 Alicia Hollowell ______ARIZ season hitting ninth in the lineup, and finished her first collegiate game by hitting a game-ending May 5 Hollowell/Goerl ___ ARIZ/UCLA home run against Loyola Marymount. Benyi’s homer pushed the Bruin lead to 9-0, and invoked the May 12 Michelle Turner ______UCLA eight run rule in the bottom of the fifth inning. Benyi is the only Bruin starter without a defensive . NFCA PLAYER OF THE WEEK OTHER NOTABLES WEEK PLAYER SCHOOL Senior 2B Monique Mejia hit her first career home run in the first game of UCLA’s doubleheader Feb. 19 Jessica van der Linden ______Fla. St. at Arizona State on May 10, clearing the center field fence. She nearly got a second home run in Feb. 26 Kellin Arnold ______UMass the game, as her sixth inning sacrifice fly had the ASU ’s back against the wall Mar. 5 Leah Gulla ______Oklahoma … As a team, the Bruins have been struck out less often than any other Pac-10 team. UCLA enters Mar. 11 Natasha Watley ______UCLA postseason play with 206 … Only 12 runners have successfully stolen a base against the Bruins Mar. 18 Lindsay Chouinard ______DePaul Mar. 25 Stephanie Best ______Central Florida this season, the lowest total allowed by any Pac-10 team … Senior Toria Auelua concluded her Apr. 1 , TX/Iyhia McMichael, Miss.St. playing career at Easton Stadium in style, hitting a walk-off home run in UCLA’s 9-1 victory over Apr. 7 Alicia Hollowell ______ARIZ Oregon State on Senior Day, May 4. Auelua’s two-out solo home run in her final at-bat at Easton Apr. 14 Marissa Young ______Michigan Stadium brought UCLA’s lead to 9-1, invoking the eight-run rule and ending the game … Junior Apr. 21 Jenny Gladding ______Florida Julie Hoshizaki earned her first career start on Apr. 4 against Arizona State, as she batted ninth Apr. 28 Courtnay Foster ______Northwestern May 5 Cat Osterman ______Texas and played right field. Hoshizaki recorded her first career hit during the sixth inning of that game, May 12 a line-drive single through the left side of the … Allison Chislock recorded her first career hit on Feb. 5 at UC Riverside, an RBI single to right field in UCLA’s 20-0 game two victory … Nicole ESPN.COM PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sandberg earned the first defensive appearance of her UCLA career in the second game of UCLA’s doubleheader at Arizona State on May 10. Sandberg had pinch-hit in the first game of the WEEK PLAYER SCHOOL twinbill, but came in as a defensive replacement for the fourth and fifth innings of UCLA’s 8-0 run- Feb. 18 Desiree Seranno ______ASU Feb. 25 Stacey Jennings ______Tennessee rule win in game two. … Amanda Simpson started UCLA’s season hitting ninth and Mar. 4 Kristen Rivera ______Washington playing left field. It was Simpson’s first career appearance for the Bruins as anything other than Mar. 11 Natasha Watley ______UCLA a pinch-runner. Simpson made the most of the opportunity, drawing a walk and scoring a run in Mar. 18 Lindsay Chouinard ______DePaul the game … Alissa Eno was the fifth Bruin freshman to see game action, playing in both games Mar. 25 Michelle Green ______Georgia of the Feb. 5 doubleheader at UC Riverside. In game one, Eno pinch-ran for Toria Auelua in the Apr. 1 Keira Goerl ______UCLA seventh inning, coming around to score on a home run by Emily Zaplatosch. Eno saw her first Apr. 7 Alicia Hollowell ______ARIZ career as a Bruin in game two, drawing an RBI walk in the fifth inning … Erica Apr. 14 Cat Osterman ______Texas Corley, a freshman outfielder from Laguna Hills, CA, has been added to the UCLA roster. Corley’s Apr. 21 Jenny Gladding ______Florida first game in uniform for UCLA was the April 25 game at Easton Stadium against California. She Apr. 28 Courtnay Foster ____ Northwestern has not seen game action. May 5 Cat Osterman ______Texas May 12 Jackie Coburn ______Arizona “THE LAST TIME” IN UCLA SOFTBALL…

HITTING A Bruin hit home runs in three consecutive at-bats… A Bruin hit a … Tairia Mims, 2/5/03 Stacey Nuveman, 4/7/02 at Arizona (5th, 7th innings); at UC Riverside (G1) (top of the 7th at UCR Softball Field) 2nd inning vs. Stanford 4/12/02 at Easton Stadium

Bruins hit back-to-back home runs… A Bruin hit home runs in consecutive games… Tairia Mims and Claire Sua, May 4 vs. Oregon State Stephanie Ramos, 5/10/03 vs. Arizona State, one in each (), bottom of the third inning game of the doubleheader

Bruins hit back-to-back-to-back home runs… A Bruin hit home runs in three consecutive games… Caitlin Benyi, Tairia Mims and Stephanie Ramos, April 4 Claire Sua, 4/13/03 at Oregon, 4/18 vs. Washington and vs. Arizona State, bottom of the 5th inning. 4/19 vs. Washington

A Bruin hit a game-ending home run… Toria Auelua A Bruin hit home runs in four consecutive games… 5/4/03 vs. Oregon State, a two-out solo home run in the Claire Sua, 4/13 at Oregon, 4/18 vs. Washington, 4/19 vs. bottom of the fifth inning that invoked the eight run rule. Washington and 4/25/03 vs. California

An opponent hit a game-ending home run… A Bruin hit home runs in five consecutive games… Jackie Coburn, Arizona, 5/9/03 Stacey Nuveman in 1997: 2/28 vs. Illinois-Chicago, 2/28 vs. Oregon (two HR), 3/1 vs. San Diego State, 3/1 vs. A Bruin hit two home runs in one game… Caitlin Benyi Oklahoma State and 3/2 vs. Oregon State 5/4/03 vs. Oregon State, a 2-run HR in the first inning and a solo HR in the 5th inning. A Bruin had four hits in a game… Tairia Mims, 4-for-4 vs. Oregon State (scheduled game) A Bruin hit two home runs in consecutive games… on 5/4/03 (1-HR, 3-1B) Natasha Watley 4/27/03 vs. Stanford and 4/30/03 at Washington A Bruin had two doubles in a game… Tairia Mims 4/13/03 at Oregon 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 no-hitter… Michelle Turner, 5/10/03 (G1) at Arizona State (5 K, 1 BB) A Bruin led off a game with a home run… Keira Goerl, 3/28/03 at Stanford (8 K, 1 BB) Natasha Watley, 2/21/03 at Florida Atlantic A Bruin pitched a … A Bruin had two hits in one inning… Keira Goerl 3/6/01 (G1) vs. UC Riverside Natasha Watley, 2/16/03 vs. Utah at the UNLV Classic, 1-1B, 1-2B, bottom of the third inning A Bruin struck out 10 or more batters in a game… A Bruin hit home runs in consecutive at-bats… Keira Goerl, 11 vs. Arizona 5/9/03 11 SO, 5 BB Natasha Watley, 4/27/03 vs. Stanford (5th and 8th innings)

Through games of May 10, 2003 UCLA SOFTBALL’S “RECORD WHEN…”

Playing at home ______17-3 In extra innings______2-0 BRUINS IN THE PAC-10 AND Playing on the Road ______16-2 Doubleheaders ______8-0 NCAA STATISTICS Playing at a Neutral Site ______12-1 (3 doubleheaders scheduled) TEAM # PAC-10 NCAA Day Games______33-5 Multiple-game days______24-2 Batting Average .337 1st 1st Slugging Percentage .575 1st — Night Games ______12-1 (11 dates scheduled, includes DHs On Base Percentage .404 2nd — INCLUDES May 4 vs. OSU) Strikeouts (offensive) 206 1st — Bruins Held Scoreless ______0-3 Stolen Bases 78 1st — Runs Scored 328 2nd 2nd Scoring 1-4 runs ______11-2 vs. Non-Conference ______28-2 ERA 0.74 1st 2nd Scoring 5+ runs ______34-1 vs. Pac-10 (non-league) ______0-0 Opposing Batting Average .139 1st — Batters Struck Out (most=1st) 323 5th — Opponent Held Scoreless ____ 30-0 vs. Pac-10 (league games) _____ 17-4 Runners Picked Off 6 2nd — Allowing 1-4 runs ______15-3 (fewest=1st) 155 1st — Allowing 5+ runs ______0-3 Pac-10 home ______9-2 Runs Allowed 51 1st — Earned Runs Allowed 35 1st — UCLA scores first ______40-2 Pac-10 away ______8-2 Fielding Percentage .973 2nd t-10th Opponent scores first ______5-4 Fewest Stolen Bases Against 12 1st —

vs. Ranked Opponents______21-6 INDIVIDUAL # PAC-10 NCAA Collecting 1-3 hits ______3-2 vs. NFCA Top-10 Opponents ___ 10-4 BATTING AVERAGE Collecting 4-6 hits ______5-3 vs. ESPN.com Top-10 Opponents 11-4 Natasha Watley .503 1st 2nd Collecting 7-9 hits ______13-0 Tairia Mims .463 2nd 6th Collecting 10+ hits ______24-1 vs. Pac-10 schools ______17-4 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE NOT KEPT BY NCAA Tairia Mims .939 2nd Out-hitting Opponent ______42-2 Arizona ______0-3 Natasha Watley .757 4th Out-Hit by Opponent ______2-4 Arizona State ______3-0 Claire Sua .708 5th

Hits are tied ______1-0 Cal ______3-0 ON-BASE PERCENTAGE NOT KEPT BY NCAA Oregon ______2-1 Natasha Watley .551 3rd Errorless ______21-1 Oregon State ______3-0 Tairia Mims .520 4th Emily Zaplatosch .445 8th Committing One Error ______20-2 Stanford ______3-0 Committing 2+ errors______4-3 Washington ______3-0 HITS NOT KEPT BY NCAA Natasha Watley 87 1st Opponent is Errorless______8-2 Tairia Mims 68 5th Opponent has 1 error ______19-2 Days of the Week RBI Opponent has 2 errors ______12-2 Monday ______0-0 Tairia Mims 60 3rd 3rd Opponent has 3+ errors ______6-0 Tuesday ______2-0 Natasha Watley 50 6th t-14th Wednesday ______5-0 Claire Sua 46 8th t-14th One-run games ______4-2 Thursday ______1-0 DOUBLES Two-Run games ______4-2 Friday ______14-1 Tairia Mims 14 t-4th NR 5+ run games ______33-0 Saturday ______13-3 TRIPLES Run-Rule Games ______18-0 Sunday______10-2 Natasha Watley 3 t-2nd NR HOME RUNS Tairia Mims 18 3rd t-4th UCLA hits home run ______31-3 Months Claire Sua 16 4th 8th Opponent hits home run ______8-4 January ______1-0 STOLEN BASES February ______18-1 Natasha Watley 31 1st 10th UCLA hits multiple HRs______21-1 March ______12-1 Monique Mejia 11 t-6th NR UCLA hits 3+ HRs ______16-0 April ______9-3 ERA May ______5-1 Keira Goerl 0.70 1st 4th vs. Left-handed starters ______2-1 Michelle Turner 0.86 3rd NR vs. Right-handed starters_____ 43-5 STRIKEOUTS Keira Goerl 279 3rd NR

VICTORIES Keira Goerl 31 2nd 3rd NOTE: NCAA statistics are based on per-game averages. (thru 5/4) Through games of May 10, 2003