2003 UCLA BRUINS SOFTBALL 2003 SCHEDULE RECORD: 10-1 at Florida Atlantic Invitational • Feb. 21-23 • Boca Raton, FL JANUARY FRI. 31-SUN. 2 STACY WINSBERG MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Fresh from the team title at the UNLV Classic, BRUIN QUICK FACTS 31 UCLA VS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT _____ W, 9-0 (5) the Bruins return to the road this weekend, FEBRUARY flying to Boca Raton, FL, for the Florida Atlantic 2003 Record: 10-1 Invitational. The Bruins are scheduled to face NFCA Ranking: No. 1 1 UCLA VS. #10 CAL STATE FULLERTON _____ L, 2-0 Rutgers, Florida Atlantic, Florida International Head Coach: Sue Enquist 1 UCLA VS. #22 ALABAMA ____________ W, 5-4 and Long Island in round-robin play. Wisconsin Career Record: 706-131-1 (15th season) 2 UCLA VS. CAL STATE NORTHRDGE ______ W, 2-0 Softball SID: Amy Symons 5 at UC Riverside (DH) ____ W, 15-0/W, 20-0 (5) is also participating in the Invitational, but is not Fri, 14-Sun, 16 UNLV Desert Classic (Las Vegas, NV) SID Phone: 310/206-8123 scheduled to play the Bruins in round-robin 14 vs. #20 South Carolina _________ W, 12-0 (5 ) play. The Bruins remain atop the NFCA poll, as SID Email: [email protected] 14 vs. #7 LSU ______________________ W, 2-0 the first regular season poll was released on Website: www.uclabruins.com 15 vs. Hawai’i ___________________ W, 10-2 (6) Wednesday, February 19. 15 vs. #4 Nebraska __________________ W, 5-1 16 vs. Utah _________________________ W, 7-0 TAIRIA MIMS NAMED PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Fri, 21-Sun, 23 Florida Atlantic inv. (Boca Raton, FL) Senior 1B/C Tairia Mims hit .647 (11-for-17), with a 1.471 slugging percentage, helping the Bruins 21 vs. Rutgers ________________________ 3 pm to go 5-0 at the UNLV Tournament in Las Vegas. Of her 11 hits, seven were for extra bases, 21 at Florida Atlantic (RV) _______________ 7 pm 22 vs. Florida International _____________ 3 am including three doubles, a triple and three home runs. She added seven runs scored and seven 22 vs. Long Island ____________________ 5 pm RBI, a sacrifice fly and a walk. Against No. 20 South Carolina, Mims went 2-for-3 with a home run, 23 Championship Play _________________ TBA three RBI and two runs scored in the Bruins’ 12-0 rout of the Gamecocks. In a 5-1 win against No. 26 at UC Santa Barbara (DH) __________ Noon 4-ranked Nebraska, she gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead with a two-out solo homer in the third, and FRI, 28-SUN, 2 EASTON CLASSIC (EASTON STADIUM) finished the game going 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. 28 MISSOURI VS. BOSTON COLLEGE ____________ 9 AM 28 UCLA VS. BOSTON COLLEGE __________ 11:30 AM UCLA VS. FLORIDA ATLANTIC TOURNAMENT OPPONENTS 28 UCLA VS. MISSOURI __________________ 2 PM Rutgers— Friday will mark the first meeting between the Bruins and Scarlet Knights. Rutgers is MARCH coached by Pat Willis and have a 1-1 record this season. 1 UCLA VS. MISSOURI __________________ 9 AM Florida Atlantic— UCLA holds a 1-0 all-time record against the Owls, with a 7-3 win on Feb. 6, 1 UCLA VS. BOSTON COLLEGE __________ 11:30 PM 2000 at the UNF/Louisville Slugger Invitational in Tampa, FL. The Owls are coached by Joan Joyce 1BOSTON COLLEGE VS. MISSOURI ____________ 2 PM and have a record of 5-6 this season. 22ND PLACE VS. 3RD PLACE _______________ 10 AM Florida International— UCLA holds a 3-0 all-time record against FIU, with the most recent contest 21ST PLACE VS. WINNER OF 10 AM GAME ________ 1 PM taking place on Feb. 18, 2001, at the UNLV Classic, a 10-0 five-inning Bruin win. The Golden Thu. 6-Sun. 9 at Hallowell Chevrolet Classic (Fresno, CA) 6 vs. BYU ___________________________ 6 pm Panthers are coached by Kim Gwydir and has a 4-11 record this season. 7 vs. St. John’s ______________________ 4 pm Long Island— The Blackbirds and Bruins have never met on the softball field. LIU is coached by 8 vs. Cal Poly _______________________ 7 pm Roy Kortman and has a 2003 record of 1-1 this season. 9 vs. DePaul _______________________ 11 am Wisconsin (possible opponent)— UCLA and Wisconsin have played three times, all during the 9 at Fresno State ____________________ 1 pm 2001 season with the Bruins winning all three matchups. The Badgers are coached by Karen 25 at Cal State Fullerton (DH) ____________ 5 pm Gallagher and have a record of 5-3 this season. 28 at Stanford* _______________________ 7 pm 29 at California* ______________________ 2 pm BRUINS WIN UNLV CLASSIC TITLE 30 at California* ______________________ 1 pm The Bruins turned in an impressive performance at the UNLV Classic last weekend, defeating APRIL three teams ranked in the top-20 of the NFCA/USA Today poll en route to the UNLV Classic title. 4 ARIZONA STATE* _________________ 2 PM UCLA was the only undefeated team in tournament play. Tairia Mims led the Bruins offensively 5 ARIZONA* _______________________ 2 PM (see above), while Keira Goerl allowed just one run in 24 innings in the circle, striking out 25 and 6 ARIZONA* ________________________ 1 PM holding opposing batters to a .100 batting average. The Bruins had production from every spot 11 at Oregon State* ___________________ 2 pm 12 at Oregon* _______________________ 2 pm in the batting order, as every player that started a game at the UNLV Classic had at least one RBI, 13 at Oregon ________________________ 1 pm and eight of the nine had at least one extra-base hit. Freshman Emily Zaplatosch joined Mims 18 WASHINGTON* __________________ 2 PM over .600 for the weekend, hitting .615 (8-for-13) with a double, a home run, two RBIs and three 19 WASHINGTON* __________________ 2 PM runs scored. She had a .923 slugging percentage for the tournament, and a 1.000 FLD%. 25 CALIFORNIA* ____________________ 2 PM 26 STANFORD* _____________________ 2 PM NEXT WEEK IN BRUIN SOFTBALL 27 STANFORD* ______________________ 1 PM The Bruins return home next weekend for the UCLA Tournament, featuring Boston College, 30 at Washington* ____________________ 2 pm Missouri, and UCLA. There will be three games on Friday, three on Saturday and two on Sunday MAY in the double round-robin tournament. Sunday’s games will be a third-place and championship 2 OREGON* _______________________ 2 PM game. 3 OREGON STATE* _________________ 7 PM 5 OREGON STATE* __________________ 1 PM 9 at Arizona* _______________________ 7 pm 10 at Arizona State* (DH) _______________ 7 pm THIS WEEK IN BRUIN SOFTBALL • FAU INVITATIONAL 15-18 NCAA Regionals ____________________ TBD 22-26 College World Series _______________ TBD Feb. 21 vs. Rutgers _______________________________ Boca Raton, FL 3 pm Home Games In BOLD at Easton Stadium; *-Pac-10 Feb. 21 vs. Florida Atlantic (RV) ______________________ Boca Raton, FL 7 pm Conference Games, (DH)-Doubleheaders; Feb. 22 vs. Florida International _____________________ Boca Raton, FL 3 pm All Times Local to Site and subject to change Feb. 22 vs. Long Island ____________________________ Boca Raton, FL 5 pm Feb. 23 Championship Play ________________________ Boca Raton, FL TBA USA TODAY/NFCA POLL GOERL STILL STRONG IN THE CIRCLE PRESEASON POLL Junior pitcher Keira Goerl has started toe 2003 season the way she left off last year, recording # School (First-Place Votes) ‘02 Record Points Last strikeouts at an impressive clip. At the UNLV Classic, Goerl turned in a 4-0 record with a 0.29 ERA, 1. UCLA (19) 9-1 547 1 striking out 25 and walking six during her 24 innings in the circle. She pitched two complete-game 2 *Arizona (1) 13-1 524 2 shutouts and one combined shutout (with Michelle Turner), and held opposing batters to a .100 3. *Nebraska 9-1 494 t-4 batting average. Her season totals now include 62 strikeouts and through 54.2 innings in the 4. *California 10-2 460 3 circle for an average of 7.9 strikeouts per seven-inning game. 5. *Washington 9-0-1 458 6 NQUIST INS TH AME 6. Texas (2) 14-0 450 12 E W 700 G 7. *Cal St. Fullerton 10-4 388 10 The 2003 season marks Sue Enquist’s 15th campaign as head coach of the Bruin softball 8. *DePaul 5-0 361 11 program. It is her 24th year as part of UCLA’s softball coaching staff and her 28th year of 9. *LSU 7-3 352 7 involvement with the program as either a coach or player. Enquist has a 706-131-1 (.843) 10. Oklahoma 5-2 329 8 coaching record and 1,133 wins in her Bruin softball career as a player, assistant coach and head 11. Florida State 9-3 308 9 coach, combined. As a player from 1975-78, Enquist became UCLA’s first All-American while 12. *Stanford 10-2 304 14 establishing the Bruin career batting average record of .401. She was the only UCLA player to 13. Georgia 13-1 292 t-17 complete her career with a batting average over .400 until Stacey Nuveman completed her senior 14. *Arizona State 11-3 286 13 year in 2002 (with a .466 average), a span of 24 years. 15. Michigan 2-3 285 t-4 16. *South Carolina 7-3 195 20 WATLEY CONTINUES CLIMBING CAREER CHARTS 17. *Alabama 10-5 172 22 Senior shortstop Natasha Watley continues to set the tone for the Bruins offensively, batting in the 18. *Oregon State 11-4 144 23 leadoff spot, and anchors UCLA’s defense as the team’s starting shortstop.