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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 Softball (May 13): No. 2 1 UCLA VS. #22 ALABAMA ____________ W, 5-4 include (in order of seed): Georgia, Michigan Head Coach: 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 shortstop Natasha Watley has been named the Pac-10 Player of the Year, 22 vs. Florida International ___________ W, 3-0 while junior pitcher 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 Series 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 doubleheader 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 out 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 pitch the second game of the doubleheader against ASU, APRIL retiring the first two batters of the game before allowing the first Sun Devil hit 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 home run in the eighth inning 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 World Series _______________ 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.