UCLA SOFTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE • APRIL 24, 2012 • PAGE 1 2012 UCLA BRUINS SOFTBALL SOFTBALL CONTACT: JAMES YBIERNAS • PHONE: (310) 206-8123 • FAX: (310) 825-8664 • E-MAIL: [email protected] • WWW.UCLABRUINS.COM 2012 UCLA SCHEDULE AND RESULTS #15/#14 UCLA AT #1/#1 CALIFORNIA • APRIL 27-29 • BERKELEY, CALIF. OVERALL: 33-12 PAC-12: 9-6 2/9 #13/#18 KENTUCKY 2, A W, 7-1 Friday, April 27 Sunday, April 29 2/10 #13/#18 KENTUCKY 2, A W, 12-0 (5) #15/#14 UCLA at #1/#1 California 3 p.m. #15/#14 UCLA at #1/#1 California 12 p.m. 2/11 PACIFIC 2, A W, 10-2 (6) Saturday, April 28 Gametracker for all games at UCLABruins.com 2/11 #13/#18 KENTUCKY 2, A W, 6-2 #15/#14 UCLA at #1/#1 California 1 p.m. Live updates for all games at twitter.com/UCLASoftball 2/14 at Loyola Marymount W, 24-2 (5) 2/17 vs. UC Davis 3 W, 7-1 2/17 vs. Boise State 3 W, 4-1 14TH-RANKED BRUINS TAKE ON TOP-RANKED CALIFORNIA (113), fourth in on base percentage (.482) and hit by pitches 2/18 vs. UCF 3 W, 3-1 The 14th-ranked Bruins (33-12, 9-6 Pac-12) head to the Bay Area (30), tied for sixth in hits (264) and seventh in batting average this weekend for a matchup with #1 California (42-3, 13-2 Pac- 2/19 vs. UC Santa Barbara 3 W, 8-0 (6) (.378). Senior Andrea Harrison is listed six times, coming in at 12). Game times are Friday at 3 p.m., Saturday at 1 p.m. and fourth in slugging (.662), home runs (53) and total bases (447), 2/19 at San Diego State 3 W, 1-0 Sunday at 12 p.m. Gametracker will be available at UCLABruins. fi f th in runs batted in (182), sixth in doubles (47) and seventh 2/24 vs. #13/#13 Georgia 4 L, 4-13 (5) com, as well as live updates at twitter.com/uclasoftball. in hit by pitches (19). Senior Dani Yudin is tied for third in walks 2/25 vs. Fresno State 4 L, 3-6 (113), sixth in on base percentage (.444) and eighth in hit by 2/25 vs. #8/#8 Texas 4 L, 4-5 ON DECK pitches (18), senior Samantha Camuso is 10th in slugging (.594) 2/26 vs. #11/#11 Missouri 4 L, 5-7 (6) The Bruins entertain Arizona next weekend in their fi nal regular- and sophomore Jessica Hall is third in saves (6) ... freshman Ally 2/26 vs. Syracuse 4 W, 6-3 season homestand. Game times are Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m., Carda has earned a win and produced at least a pair of hits in the 3/2 vs. #16/#15 Michigan 5 L, 3-5 Saturday, May 5 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, May 6 at 12 p.m. same game six times (Loyola Marymount, Fordham, Pittsburgh, 3/2 vs. Fordham 5 W, 9-5 UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly, Stanford-Game 3) ... Camuso hit her 3/3 vs. #10/#11 Baylor 5 W, 10-6 BRUINS IN THE POLLS 10th homer of the year on April 20 against Utah to give her 30 3/3 vs. #19/#17 Auburn 5 L, 1-11 The Bruins are 14th in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll and 15th for her career and her second double-digit homer season (16 in 3/4 vs. Hofstra 5 W, 9-4 in the USA Today/NFCA rankings this week. UCLA earned 23 more 2010) ... sophomore Talee Snow has reached base in 24 of her 3/7 MICHIGAN STATE A W, 14-3 (5) points and moved up one spot in the USA Softball standings, last 26 games and is hitting 106 points better from her freshman 3/9 vs. Eastern Kentucky 6 W, 9-1 (6) while the Bruins remained at 15th in the NFCA rankings despite to sophomore season (.239 to .345) ... Stephany LaRosa’s 15 3/9 vs. Long Beach State 6 W, 14-0 (5) receiving 28 additional points. home runs are the second most by a freshman in a single season 3/10 vs. Charleston Southern 6 W, 9-1 (5) at UCLA. Stacey Nuveman holds the record with 20 in 1997 ... 3/11 vs. Pittsburgh 6 W, 5-3 BRUINS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS Hall’s four saves tie her for second on UCLA’s single-season 3/11 vs. Utah State 6 W, 2-0 Through games played on April 22, the Bruins are the nation’s list with Christa Williams (1997). Megan Langenfeld holds the 3/24 at UC Santa Barbara W, 10-6 leader in batting average at .359 and slugging percentage at record with fi ve saves in 2008 ... Harrison is two homers away 3/27 at Cal Poly W, 14-0 (5) .621. UCLA is eight points ahead of second-place Chattanooga from tying for third in UCLA history (Caitlin Benyi, 55). She has 3/27 at Cal Poly W, 14-5 in batting average and 39 points ahead of second-place Alabama reached double fi gures in dingers for the third straight season 1 3/30 OREGON STATE W, 8-4 in slugging. The Bruins are also in the top fi ve in three other ... junior B.B. Bates leads the Bruins with nine game-winning RBI 1 3/31 OREGON STATE W, 8-0 (5) categories, ranking second in home runs (73), third in runs per and seven game-winning runs scored ... sophomore Kellie Fox 1 4/1 OREGON STATE L, 5-7 game (7.27) and fourth in doubles (79). Individually, freshman recorded her fourth-career, three-hit game in the fi rst end of an 1 4/5 at #7/#5 Arizona State L, 1-9 (6) Stephany LaRosa is in the Top 50 nationally in six categories, April 10 doubleheader against Stanford ... Schroeder’s next at-bat 1 4/6 at #7/#5 Arizona State L, 1-9 (5) ranking sixth in batting average (.456), tied for sixth in runs batted will be the 700th of her career. She is also two doubles away from 1 4/7 at #7/#5 Arizona State L, 2-4 in (57), tied for eighth in sacrifi ce fl ies (4), 11th in slugging (.859), 40 and one steal shy of 50 ... sophomore Alyssa Tiumalu hit her 1 4/10 #15/#18 STANFORD L, 9-11 tied for 16th in home runs (15) and tied for 32nd in runs scored. 10th career home run on April 20 against Utah ... Yudin is one RBI 1 4/10 #15/#18 STANFORD W, 12-4 (5) Senior Katie Schroeder is tied for eighth in runs (52), 13th in on away from 100 for her career. 4/11 #15/#18 STANFORD 1 W, 5-2 base percentage (.550), tied for 15th in doubles (14) and 16th 1 in average (.473). Junior B.B. Bates is 44th in slugging, while her 4/13 at #7/#8 Washington W, 7-5 SCOUTING THE CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 1 and senior Andrea Harrison are both tied for 30th in homers (13) 4/14 at #7/#8 Washington W, 5-0 California has won all fi ve of its Pac-12 series’, beginning league 1 and tied for 48th in RBI (41). Sophomore Jessica Hall is tied for 4/15 at #7/#8 Washington L, 2-5 play with three straight sweeps of Stanford, Washington and Utah. ninth with four saves, senior Dani Yudin is tied for 22nd with 35 4/18 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W, 10-3 Over the last two weekends, the Golden Bears have taken two of 1 walks and senior Samantha Camuso is 38th with a .757 slugging 4/20 UTAH W, 5-0 three against Arizona and Oregon. Cal, which is 9-1 at home, is 1 percentage. 4/21 UTAH W, 11-8 hitting .334 as a team with 68 home runs and 70 stolen bases, 4/22 UTAH 1 W, 9-1 (6) averaging 7.1 runs per game. Six players are hitting over .300, NEWS AND NOTES 4/27 at #1/#1 California 1 3 p.m. Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez recorded her 250th-career led by senior Valerie Arioto, who is tops on the team with a .416 4/28 at #1/#1 California 1 1 p.m. coaching victory with last Friday’s win against Utah ... with last batting average, 20 home runs and 53 runs batted in. Senior 4/29 at #1/#1 California 1 12 p.m. Saturday’s win versus the Utes, the Bruins won their 400th Pac- Jamia Reid is fi rst with 38 stolen bases and second with a .397 5/4 #13/#11 ARIZONA 1, A, B 7 P.M. 10/12 game ... along with their Pac-12-best .359 batting average batting average, while freshmen Danielle Henderson (13) and 5/5 #13/#11 ARIZONA 1, A 6 P.M. (through April 22), the Bruins are also fi rst in the conference in Breana Kostreba (11) both have double fi gures in homers. The 5/6 #13/#11 ARIZONA 1, A 12 P.M. slugging (.621), on base percentage (.447), runs scored (327), Bears are hitting .295 during Pac-12 play with 29 homers and 1 5/10 at #16/#15 Oregon 6 p.m. hits (435), doubles (79), home runs (73), runs batted in (309) 12 stolen bases, averaging 6.4 runs per game.