SoŌ ball Contact: James Ybiernas • Phone: (310) 206-8123 • FAX: (310) 825-8664 • E-mail: jamesy@athleƟ cs.ucla.edu • www.uclabruins.com 2008 UCLA Softball Schedule & Results NCAA WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA Rankings: USA Softball (3), NFCA (5) Overall: 50-7 Pac-10: 17-4 Thursday, May 29 2/8 Nevada 2 W, 10-1 (5) Game 1 • 10 a.m. • Louisiana-Lafayette vs. #1 Florida • ESPN 2/8 #5 Oklahoma 2 W, 6-1 Game 2 • 12 p.m. • Virginia Tech vs. #5 Texas A&M • ESPN 2/9 Santa Clara 2 W, 27-1 (5) 2/9 UC Santa Barbara 2 W, 7-5 (8) Game 3 • 4 p.m. • #6 Arizona State vs. #3 Alabama • ESPN 2/10 #5 Oklahoma 2 L, 0-7 Game 4 • 6 p.m. • #7 Arizona vs. #2 UCLA • ESPN 2/15 vs. #22 Missouri 3 W, 4-0 2/15 vs. South Carolina 3 W, 6-2 Friday, May 30 3 2/16 vs. Illinois L, 2-6 Game 5 • 4 p.m. • Winners Games 1 and 2 • ESPN2 2/16 vs. Portland State 3 W, 7-4 2/17 vs. Wisconsin 3 W, 4-1 Game 6 • 6 p.m. • Winners Games 3 and 4 • ESPN2 2/22 vs. Massachusetts 4 W, 4-2 2/22 vs. #18 Georgia 4 W, 5-2 Saturday, May 31 2/23 vs. #10 Baylor 4 W, 6-1 Game 7 • 9 a.m. • Losers Games 1 and 2 • ESPN 2/23 vs. #14 Hawai’i 4 W, 3-0 2/24 vs. #2 Northwestern 4 W, 6-2 Game 8 • 11 a.m. • Losers Games 3 and 4 • ESPN 2/27 Cal State Bakersfi eld W, 3-0 Game 9 • 4 p.m. • Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 6 • ESPN 2/29 vs. James Madison 5 W, 8-0 (5) Game 10 • 6 p.m. • Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 5 • ESPN 2/29 @ San Diego 5 W, 10-0 (6) 3/1 vs. Eastern Michigan 5 W, 8-0 (6) 3/1 @ #20 San Diego State 5 W, 2-1 (9) Sunday, June 1 3/2 vs. Saint Peter’s 5 W, 10-0 (5) Game 11 • 10 a.m. • Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 9 • ESPN 3/5 UNLV W, 1-0 Game 12 • 12 p.m. • Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 10 • ESPN 3/7 vs. #24 Virginia Tech 6 W, 1-0 Game 13 • 4 p.m. • Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11 (if necessary) • ESPN2 3/7 vs. Notre Dame 6 W, 3-2 Game 14 • 6 p.m. • Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12 (if necessary) • ESPN2 3/8 vs. Rutgers 6 W, 9-0 3/9 vs. #8 Northwestern 6 W, 2-0 3/9 vs. Long Beach State 6 W, 1-0 (8) Monday, June 2 - Wednesday, June 4 3/12 Cal State Fullerton L, 0-1 (8) Championship Series (best 2-of-3) • All games at 5 p.m. on ESPN2 3/13 Cal State Northridge W, 7-0 3/25 @ UC Santa Barbara W, 7-2 3/25 @ UC Santa Barbara W, 8-1 All Times Pacifi c (Central Time 2 Hours Ahead) • Gametracker on UCLABruins.com 3/28 Oregon State 1 W, 3-0 3/29 Oregon 1 W, 2-0 BRUINS START WORLD SERIES AGAINST ARIZONA SCORE FIRST AND SCORE OFTEN 3/30 Oregon 1 W, 12-0 (5) 4/2 #24 Washington 1 W, 7-6 (8) The 10-time NCAA champion and 11-time national UCLA is 43-0 this season when scoring fi rst and 29-0 4/4 #7 Stanford 1 W, 3-1 champion UCLA Bruins (50-7) open up play at the when scoring in the fi rst inning. The Bruins crossed 4/5 #21 California 1 W, 2-1 Women’s College World Series Thursday at 6 p.m. home plate in their fi rst at-bat on Saturday against 1 4/6 #21 California W, 5-0 PT against Pac-10 rival and two-time defending Georgia and have scored in their initial trip to the 4/11 @ #1 Arizona State 1 L, 0-3 4/12 @ #7 Arizona 1 L, 0-8 (6) champion Arizona (41-17) at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium plate three times this postseason (twice vs. Nevada in 4/13 @ #7 Arizona 1 W, 2-1 in Oklahoma City. The Bruin-Wildcat contest is the Regionals). UCLA has scored at least four runs in all 1 4/18 @ #20 Washington W, 2-1 fourth and fi nal game during the opening day of the fi ve NCAA Tournament games to improve to 33-0 when 4/19 @ #20 Washington 1 W, 4-0 4/25 @ #21 California 1 W, 7-2 tournament. All WCWS games will be aired live on plating four or more. 4/26 @ #7 Stanford 1 W, 1-0 ESPN or ESPN2 and Gametracker will be available on 4/27 @ #7 Stanford 1 W, 4-1 UCLABruins.com. COMEBACK KIDS 5/2 #10 Arizona 1 W, 2-1 5/3 #1 Arizona State 1 W, 5-0 The Bruins came from behind in each of their fi rst four 5/4 #1 Arizona State 1 L, 2-5 BRUINS IN THE POSTSEASON postseason games to bring their comeback victory total 5/8 @ Oregon 1 W, 3-1 UCLA is making its 24th appearance in the NCAA to 10. Despite scoring fi rst in both contests against 1 5/9 @ Oregon State L, 3-5 Tournament and its 23rd appearance in the College 5/10 @ Oregon State 1 W, 5-1 Nevada during Regionals, the Bruins fell behind but 5/16 Cal State Fullerton 7 W, 8-3 World Series. The Bruins are 159-36 (.815 winning pct.) still came back to record the win. Against Cal State 5/17 #20 Nevada 7 W, 6-4 (9) in NCAA Tournament games and 84-27 (.757) in WCWS Fullerton in the fi rst postseason contest and Georgia 7 5/18 #20 Nevada W, 4-3 contests. A breakdown of UCLA postseason results is on Saturday, the Bruins surrendered a fi rst-inning home 5/24 #23 Georgia 8 W, 6-1 5/25 #23 Georgia 8 W, 6-0 available on page 22 of this release. run to see their opponent draw fi rst blood, but UCLA 5/29 #7 Arizona 9 6 p.m. PT won both games and is now 7-7 when its foe scores All Times Pacifi c and subject to change A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME? the fi rst run. # - NFCA/USA Softball National Ranking at Time of Game Half of the WCWS fi eld went undefeated during the fi rst 1 - Pacifi c-10 Conference Games 2 - Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament (Easton Stadium) two rounds of the postseason, including the Bruins, who NIFTY FIFTY 3 - Louisville Slugger Desert Classic (Las Vegas/Henderson, Nev.) along with Alabama, Texas A&M and Arizona State went The Bruins recorded their 50th victory of the season 4 - Palm Springs Classic (Cathedral City, Calif.) a perfect 5-0 during Regionals and Super Regionals. with Sunday’s triumph against Georgia, marking the 5 - San Diego Classic I (San Diego, Calif.) 6 - Long Beach State Invitational (Lakewood, Calif.) Of the 26 previous NCAA champions, 23 came into the program’s 12th 50-win campaign. In the previous 11 7 - NCAA Regionals (Easton Stadium) WCWS undefeated. Stats and recaps for UCLA Regional occasions where the Bruins have reached the 50-win 8 - NCAA Super Regionals (Easton Stadium) 9 - NCAA Women’s College World Series (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and Super Regional games are available on pages 9-14 plateau, they have won the national title fi ve times and of this release. reached the championship game four more times. 11-Time NaƟ onal Champions (AIAW - 1978; NCAA - 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004) UCLA SoŌ ball Weekly Release • May 27, 2008 • Page 2 DOUBLE VISION .314. On offense, the Bruins rank in the top half of the ESPN/USA Softball Top 25 Poll (May 13) UCLA’s 93 doubles are the third most in program history conference in doubles (2nd, 93), slugging (3rd, .455), on No. School (1st-Place Votes) Record Points Last for a single season, with three Bruins ranking in the top base percentage (3rd, .390), triples (T-3rd, 6), sacrifi ce 1. Florida (20) 62-2 500 1 fi ve in doubles for one year. Junior Amanda Kamekona fl ies (T-3rd, 12), hits (4th, 478), total bases (4th, 691) 2. Arizona State 56-5 471 2 is tied for third on the single-season charts with 17 and sacrifi ce hits (4th, 48). In the circle, UCLA is fi rst in 3. UCLA 45-7 451 3 two-baggers, while freshmen Samantha Camuso and opposing batting average (.154) and third in strikeouts 4. Alabama 51-6 445 4 GiOnna DiSalvatore are each tied for fi fth with 15 (512). On an individual level, senior Anjelica Selden is 5. Texas A&M 49-7 425 6 doubles. With three doubles in the postseason and third in the Pac-10 with a 0.98 earned run average, 6. Michigan 48-6 388 5 two more last weekend, sophomore Megan Langenfeld second in opposing batting average (.148) and fi fth in 7. Arizona 36-16 364 9 moved into double fi gures in the category with 10. The strikeouts (308) and wins (28). Freshman Donna Kerr 8. Oklahoma 43-12 353 7 all-time Bruin record is 108, set in 1999.