2003 UCLA BRUINS SOFTBALL

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1 2003 UCLA BRUINS SOFTBALL 2003 SCHEDULE RECORD: 45-6; 17-4 PAC-10 (2ND) at NCAA Regional 2 May Fresno, CA JANUARY The Bruins will begin their 2003 postseason on Thursday afternoon in Fresno, CA. UCLA is the top-seeded team at NCAA Regional II and will face eighth-seeded Colgate at 12:30 pm on Thursday. Other teams at NCAA Regional II include (in order of seed): Georgia, Michigan State, Fresno State, Long Beach State, North Carolina and Long Island marks the 19th NCAA Regional appearance for the Bruins, and UCLA holds a record of 50-5 (.909) in NCAA Regional play. The Bruins have won eight NCAA titles, most recently in WATLEY, GOERL EARN TOP PAC-10 SEASON HONORS UCLA captured two of the Pac-10 s three individual awards for the 2003 season, it was announced on Tuesday. Senior shortstop Natasha Watley has been named the Pac-10 Player of the Year, while junior pitcher Keira Goerl has been named the Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year. Both players are members of the All-Pac-10 first team. For the full list of Pac-10 honorees, see attached release. ASA/USA SOFTBALL FINALISTS INCLUDE WATLEY UCLA senior shortstop Natasha Watley has been named as one of three finalists for the 2003 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award. The award, which is considered the Heisman 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 across the country. The winner will be announced May 21 at the opening ceremony of the NCAA Women s College World Series in Oklahoma City, OK. Arizona s Lovie Jung and Texas pitcher Cat Osterman are the other two finalists. TURNER NAMED PAC-10 PITCHER OF THE WEEK BRUIN QUICK FACTS 2003 Record: 45-6 (17-4 Pac-10/Second) NFCA Ranking (May 6): No. 2 ESPN.com/USA Softball (May 13): No. 2 Head Coach: Sue Enquist Career Record: (15th season) Softball SID: Amy Symons SID in Fresno: 310/ or SID asymons@ucla.edu Website: UCLA freshman Michelle Turner has been named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week, it was announced on Monday. Turner was 2-0 last week with a 0.00 ERA. She pitched both games of UCLA s doubleheader against Arizona State on Saturday and started the evening by throwing the 87th no-hitter in the history of UCLA Softball. Turner struck out five and walked one, allowing just two Sun Devil baserunners in the game. Turner retired the last 16 batters she faced, including striking out three of the last five batters to step to the plate. She threw just 58 pitches in the game. Turner then returned to the circle to pitch the second game of the doubleheader against ASU, 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). UCLA VS. NCAA REGIONAL 2 TEAMS No. 2 Seed Georgia UCLA and Georgia met for the first time at last year s NCAA Regional in Columbia, SC, when UCLA s Tairia Mims hit a walk-off home run in the eighth inning to give UCLA a 2-1 victory. The Bulldogs were the SEC regular season champions, but qualified for the NCAA Tournament as an at-large selection. They have a season record of No. 3 Seed Michigan State The Spartans and Bruins have met once before, a 6-3 UCLA win on Mar. 9, Michigan State earned an at-large bid out of the Big Ten, and has a 2003 record of No. 4 Seed Fresno State The Bruins and Bulldogs have a long history together, with UCLA holding a all-time record against Fresno State, including a 5-0 win earlier this year. UCLA and Fresno State have met in four NCAA Championship games (1982, 88, 89, 90), with the Bruins bringing home the title all four times. The Bulldogs have a record this season and earned an at-large berth out of the Western Athletic Conference. No. 5 Seed Long Beach State UCLA holds a 55-7 all-time record against The Beach, with UCLA earning wins in two of the teams three meetings last season. Long Beach State earned an at-large bid out of the Big West Conference and has a season record of No. 6 Seed North Carolina UCLA and North Carolina have never met on the softball diamond. The Tar Heels earned an at-large bid to the Tournament. North Carolina is , and plays in the Atlantic Coast Conference. No. 7 Seed Long Island UCLA defeated the Blackbirds by a score of 7-0 at the FAU Worth Invitational in February. That was the first-ever meeting between the Bruins and LIU. Long Island head coach Roy Kortman is a member of the NCAA softball committee. The Blackbirds earned an 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 FRI. 31-SUN. 2 STACY WINSBERG MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT 31 UCLA VS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W, 9-0 (5) FEBRUARY 1 UCLA VS. #10 CAL STATE FULLERTON L, UCLA VS. #22 ALABAMA W, UCLA VS. CAL STATE NORTHRDGE W, at UC Riverside (DH) W, 15-0/W, 20-0 (5) Fri, 14-Sun, 16 UNLV Desert Classic (Las Vegas, NV) 14 vs. #20 South Carolina W, 12-0 (5 ) 14 vs. #7 LSU W, vs. Hawai i W, 10-2 (6) 15 vs. #4 Nebraska W, vs. Utah W, 7-0 Fri, 21-Sun, 23 Florida Atlantic inv. (Boca Raton, FL) 21 vs. Rutgers W, at Florida Atlantic (RV-28th) W, vs. Florida International W, vs. Long Island W, vs. Rutgers W, 8-0 (5) 26 at UC Santa Barbara (DH) W, 6-0; W, 2-0 FRI, 28-SUN, 2 EASTON CLASSIC (EASTON STADIUM) 28 BOSTON COLLEGE W, 9-0 (5) 28 MISSOURI W, 8-0 (5) MARCH 1 MISSOURI W, BOSTON COLLEGE W, 10-1 (5) 2 MISSOURI W, 2-0 Thu. 6-Sun. 9 at Hallowell Chevrolet Classic (Fresno, CA) 6 vs. BYU W, vs. St. John s W, 8-0 (5) 8 vs. Cal Poly W, vs. #13 DePaul L, at Fresno State W, at #8/8 Cal State Fullerton (DH) W, 11-2 (5) 25 at #8// Cal State Fullerton (DH) W, at #9/12 Stanford* W, at #6/7 California* W, at #6/7 California* W, 4-1 (8) APRIL 4 #12/12 ARIZONA STATE* W, #2/2 ARIZONA* L, #2/2 ARIZONA* L, at #24/RV Oregon State* W, at #20/21 Oregon* L, at #20/21Oregon W, #3/3 WASHINGTON* W, #3/3 WASHINGTON* W, 10-0 (6) 25 #6/9 CALIFORNIA* W, 10-0 (5) 26 #13/16 STANFORD* W, #13/16 STANFORD* W, 3-2 (8) 30 at #4/5 Washington* W, 11-0 MAY 2 #19/21 OREGON* W, #26/RV OREGON STATE* W, 10-2 (6) 4 #26/RV OREGON STATE* W, 9-1 (5) 9 at #1/1 Arizona* L, at #15/15 Arizona State* (DH) W, 8-0 (6) 10 at #15/15 Arizona State* (DH) W, 9-0 (5) 15 vs. Colgate^ 12:30 pm vs. Fresno State or Long Beach State^ TBD College World Series TBD Home Games In BOLD at Easton Stadium; *-Pac-10 Conference Games, (DH)-Doubleheaders; ^-NCAA Regionals (Fresno, CA) All Times Local to Site and subject to change Rankings are ESPN.com/NFCA

2 USA TODAY/NFCA POLL POLL #13/MAY 6, 2003 # School (First-Place Votes) Record Points Last 1. *Arizona (22) UCLA Texas *DePaul Oklahoma *Cal State Fullerton Georgia *Washington *California Florida State *Nebraska *Louisiana State Oklahoma State Michigan *Arizona State *Alabama *Stanford *Oregon South Florida South Carolina Louisiana-Lafayette Texas A&M Iowa Southern Illinois Florida NR Opponents Receiving Votes: Hawaii 8, Oregon State 4 * indicates UCLA s 2003 opponents. ^ indicates possible NCAA opponent ESPN.COM/USA SOFTBALL MAY 13, 2003 # School (First-Place Votes) Record Points Last 1. *Arizona (18) UCLA Texas Oklahoma *DePaul *Washington *California *Cal State Fullerton ^Georgia Florida State Oklahoma St *Nebraska *LSU *Stanford *Alabama *Arizona State *Oregon Michigan *South Carolina Texas A&M Iowa South Florida Louisiana Lafayette Florida ^Michigan State Opp. Receiving Votes: Missouri 9, Oregon State 8, Hawaii 1 KEIRA GOERL, ONE-HIT WONDER If you re looking for someone to pitch a one-hitter, junior pitcher Keira Goerl is who you want in the circle. Although the junior pitcher did complete her first no-hitter of the season on Mar. 28 at Stanford, Goerl has turned in 13 one-hit performances, with 12 coming in her first 20 decisions of the season. Goerl earned Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors on Feb. 25 for her performance at the FAU Worth Invitational, when she posted a 3-0 record with a 0.00 ERA, striking out 26 batters and holding opposing batters to a.050 batting average. Each of Goerl s three appearances were one-hitters. She then earned ESPN.com/USA Softball National Player of the Week and Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors on April 1 for her performances against Cal State Fullerton, Stanford and California. Goerl pitched her first no-hitter of the season and struck out 25 during her 22.1 innings in the circle en route to a 3-0 record. Goerl s opponents hit just.123 against her, including a.106 mark in Pac-10 play. She tallied a 0.31 ERA for the week. She was also named the Co-Pitcher of the Week on May 5, after posting a 0.00 ERA and 2-0 record against Washington and Oregon State, pitching her 13th one-hitter of the year against Washington and striking out 12 Oregon State batters in the softball game completed on May 4. The Mar. 30 game at Cal saw an impressive streak end for Goerl when she allowed an earned run to the Golden Bears in the bottom of the seventh inning, snapping a streak of 98 innings without having allowed an earned run. Her season totals now include 279 strikeouts through innings in the circle for an average of 8.2 strikeouts per seven-inning game. She has a record of 31-6 with a 0.70 ERA, and ranks fourth in UCLA history with 756 career strikeouts (needs four to tie Amanda Freed for third). With her May 4 win over Oregon State, she earned her 90th career win. She needs three more wins to tie Lisa Fernandez for third, and seven to tie Amanda Freed s UCLA career record of 97. Goerl is in her Bruin career. BRUINS FINISH SECOND IN PAC-10, SWEEP ASU IN DOUBLEHEADER UCLA finished second in the 2003 Pac-10 standings with a record of 17-4, two games behind Arizona (19-2). The Bruins and Wildcats played a hard-fought game on Friday night in Tucson, but UCLA was unable to come out on top, falling to UA by a 7-5 margin. Claire Sua and Emily Zaplatosch homered for UCLA in the game, with Sua hitting a solo shot to lead off the second inning, and Zaplatosch putting a two-out, two-run home run just over the left field fence to tie the game at 5-5 in the sixth inning. 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 capitalized on home runs by Tairia Mims, Claire Sua, Stephanie Ramos and the first home run of senior Monique Mejia s UCLA career. In the nightcap, the Bruin offense kept rolling as UCLA scored six runs on seven hits while sending 11 to the plate in the top of the first inning. Scottsdale, AZ, native Caitlin Benyi homered in the game, as did Ramos. Michelle Turner picked up the win. ENQUIST IS NCAA DIVISION I S WINNINGEST COACH The 2003 season marks Sue Enquist s 15th campaign as head coach of the Bruin softball program. It is her 24th year as part of UCLA s softball coaching staff and her 28th year of involvement with the program as either a coach or player. Enquist has a (.845) coaching record, the highest winning percentage for an active NCAA Division I head coach, and 1,168 wins in her Bruin softball career as a player, assistant coach and head coach, combined. As a player from , Enquist became UCLA s first All-American while establishing the Bruin career batting average record of.401. She was the only UCLA player to complete her career with a batting average over.400 until Stacey Nuveman completed her senior year in 2002 (with a.466 average), a span of 24 years. NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Ht. Hometown (High School) 2 Andrea Duran 3B/OF R/R Fr. 5-7 Selma, CA (Selma) 3 Allison Chislock 1B/OF R/R So. 5-8 Cypress, CA (Cypress) 5 Alissa Eno IF/OF R/R Fr. 5-5 El Segundo, CA (El Segundo) 9 Amanda Simpson OF L/R Jr. 5-3 Encinitas, CA (La Costa Canyon) 10 Erica Corley OF R/R Fr. 5-8 Laguna Hills, CA (Laguna Hills) 11 Monique Mejia 2B/OF R/R Sr. 5-4 Corona, CA (Corona Santiago) 13 Julie Hoshizaki 2B/OF L/L Jr. 5-0 Cerritos, CA (Cerritos) 14 Keira Goerl P R/R Jr Moreno Valley, CA (Valley View) 19 Caitlin Benyi IF/OF R/R Fr. 5-9 Scottsdale, AZ (Horizon) 20 Claire Sua IF/P R/R Jr. 5-8 Cooper City, FL (St.Thomas Aquinas) 21 Tairia Mims 1B/C R/R Sr. 5-7 Tucson, AZ (Salpointe Catholic) 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 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)

3 WATLEY SPRINTS PAST PAC-10 STOLEN BASES RECORD Senior shortstop Natasha Watley continues to set the tone for the Bruins offensively, batting in the leadoff spot, and anchoring UCLA s defense as the team s starting shortstop. In addition to earning 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 stolen base in all five of UCLA s games), she earned Pac- 10 Player of the Week honors on Feb. 25 for her performance at the FAU Worth Invitational, where she hit.500, going 8-for-13 with four runs scored, a triple, six stolen bases and a lead-off home run against Florida Atlantic, the first Bruin home run to lead off a game since Amanda Freed accomplished the feat on April 4, 2001 in game two of a doubleheader at Cal State Northridge. Watley is hitting.503 this season with 56 runs scored, three triples, eight doubles, 10 home runs and 50 RBIs. On Sunday, April 27, Watley hit a game-tying home run in the fifth inning against Stanford, then ended the game with a walk-off home run to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning. She followed that game with a 4-for-5 two-home run performance at Washington on Apr. 30. Watley has held UCLA s career steals record since the conclusion of her freshman year, and took over the Pac-10 career steals record on Apr. 12, surpassing the 148 bases swiped by Arizona s Alison McCutcheon ( ). She currently has 154 career swipes, which ranks in the NCAA s career top-10. The only Bruin in history with multiple 100-hit seasons, Watley currently has 380 career hits, which is a UCLA record and ranks third on the NCAA s all-time list. Watley has also become the first Bruin in history to record 200 runs scored in a career, ranking sixth in Pac- 10 history with 244, the top non-arizona player on the list. She ranks in UCLA s career top-10 in atbats (839/first), triples (19/2nd) and batting average (.453/2nd). Last summer, Watley played with the U.S. World Championship Team as it earned the top seed for the 2004 Olympic Games to be held in Athens, Greece. Watley was named the Most Valuable Player of the World Championship tournament, hitting.516 (16-for-31) with 10 runs scored, four RBIs and five stolen bases in her 10 starts during tournament play. MIMS SETS UCLA CAREER DOUBLES MARK A member of USA Softball s World Championship team last summer, Tairia Mims hit cleanup for the majority of the 2003 pre-conference season before moving to the third spot in the lineup at the Hedrick s Hallowell Chevrolet Classic. Mims, who has played third base, first base and catcher this season, has a team-high 18 home runs this season, and is batting.463 on the year (68-for- 147) with 14 doubles, a triple, 60 RBIs and 44 runs scored to go along with seven stolen bases. Mims earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors for her performance at the UNLV Classic, where she hit.647 for the five-game weekend, blasting three home runs, a triple, three doubles, a sacrifice fly and a walk for a slugging percentage. She also had a stolen base during the weekend s play. UCLA s career doubles leader with 56 (t-4th in Pac-10 history), Mims is currently second on UCLA s career lists with 57 home runs and 218 RBIs. Both of those UCLA career records are held by Stacey Nuveman (1997, 99, ), and are out of reach for Mims (NCAA record 90 home runs, 299 RBIs-4th NCAA all-time). WORLD TEAM/USA BRUINS Three current Bruins, Keira Goerl, Tairia Mims and Natasha Watley played with USA Softball s World Championship team during the summer of The team won the World Championship Tournament, qualifying the U.S. for the 2004 Olympic Games as the Olympic tournament s top seed. Watley was named the MVP of the World Championship Tournament, while Mims and Goerl saw action in games leading up to the World Championship tournament. Freshman Emily Zaplatosch participated with the U.S. Junior National Team in December 2002 as the team won the 2002 Pan Am Junior Championships in Hermasillo, Mexico, earning a berth in the 2003 Junior Women s World Championships to be held this summer in Nanjing, China. By virtue of her spot on the most recent Junior National Team, Zaplatosch will be involved in team selection for the Junior Women s World Championships. She will be joined at the August final tryout in Salem, OR, by Bruin teammate Andrea Duran. Duran was chosen from an open tryout held in Chino, CA, in early January. TEN BRUINS INVITED TO USA SOFTBALL TEAM CAMP USA Softball has announced a list of 50 players invited to participate in a selection team camp, June 4-8, at the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA. Ten current or former Bruins are on that list, including Kaci Clark ( ), Courtney Dale (1997, ), Lisa Fernandez ( ), Amanda Freed ( ), Keira Goerl, Lyndsey Klein ( ), Tairia Mims, Stacey Nuveman (1997, 99, ), Natasha Watley and Emily Zaplatosch. Two teams will be selected following the team camp. The National team will represent the USA at the U.S. Cup in Honolulu, HI (June 19-22), the Canada Cup in Surrey, B.C., Canada (July 4-13) and the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo (August 5-14). The USA Softball Elite Team will compete in the Canada Cup as well as the Japan Cup in Yokohama, Japan (July 18-20). USA Softball has scheduled the Women s Olympic Team Selection camp for September 3-8, 2003 in Chula Vista, CA. For a complete list of players invited to the June Team Camp, log on to BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS Feb. 5 Mims and Sua vs. UC Riverside (G1) Feb. 28 Mims and Sua vs. Missouri Apr. 6 Benyi, Mims and Sua vs. ASU GRAND SLAMS Feb. 5 Mims at UC Riverside (G1, t7th inning) BRUIN NO-HITTERS Mar. 28 Goerl vs. Stanford (7 IP,9K,1BB) May 10 Turner vs. Arizona State (6 IP, 5K, 1BB) HITTING STREAKS Name Longest Current Natasha Watley 19 8 Tairia Mims 14 - Andrea Duran 8 2 Stephanie Ramos 7 2 Toria Auelua 7 1 Claire Sua 6 6 Caitlin Benyi 6 1 Emily Zaplatosch 6 - MULTI-HIT GAMES Name Tot Natasha Watley Tairia Mims Caitlin Benyi Stephanie Ramos Emily Zaplatosch Andrea Duran Claire Sua MULTI-RBI GAMES Name Tot Tairia Mims Claire Sua Natasha Watley Caitlin Benyi Emily Zaplatosch Stephanie Ramos Toria Auelua SCORE BY INNINGS Tm Ex Total UCLA OPP BRUINS IN THE RANKINGS Week NFCA ESPN.com/USA SB Preseason 1 n/a Feb n/a Feb Mar Mar tie-1 Mar Mar Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr May May 13 2 TBA PAC-10 FINAL STANDINGS PL. SCHOOL PAC-10 O ALL GB 1. Arizona UCLA California Oregon Washington Stanford Arizona State Oregon State

4 PAC-10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Feb. 11 Lovie Jung ARIZ Feb. 18 Tairia Mims UCLA Feb. 25 Natasha Watley UCLA Mar. 4 Kristen Rivera WASH Mar. 11 Kara Brun ASU Mar. 18 Erin Goodell ORE Mar. 25 Kristen Rivera WASH Apr. 1 Lovie Jung ARIZ Apr. 7 Courtney Fossatti ARIZ Apr. 14 Andrea Vidlund ORE Apr. 21 Brynnen Guthrie OSU Apr. 28 Claire Burnum OSU May 5 Courtney Scott CAL May 12 Jackie Coburn ARIZ PAC-10 PITCHERS OF THE WEEK Feb. 11 Amy Harris ORE Feb. 18 Desiree Seranno ASU Feb. 25 Keira Goerl UCLA Mar. 4 Tia Bollinger WASH Mar. 11 Dana Sorensen STAN Mar. 18 Alicia Hollowell ARIZ Mar. 25 Tori Nyberg STAN Apr. 1 Keira Goerl UCLA Apr. 7 Alicia Hollowell ARIZ Apr. 14 Desiree Seranno ASU Apr. 21 Alicia Hollowell ARIZ Apr. 28 Alicia Hollowell ARIZ May 5 Hollowell/Goerl ARIZ/UCLA May 12 Michelle Turner UCLA NFCA PLAYER OF THE WEEK Feb. 19 Jessica van der Linden Fla. St. Feb. 26 Kellin Arnold UMass Mar. 5 Leah Gulla Oklahoma Mar. 11 Natasha Watley UCLA Mar. 18 Lindsay Chouinard DePaul Mar. 25 Stephanie Best Central Florida Apr. 1 Cat Osterman, TX/Iyhia McMichael, Miss.St. Apr. 7 Alicia Hollowell ARIZ Apr. 14 Marissa Young Michigan Apr. 21 Jenny Gladding Florida Apr. 28 Courtnay Foster Northwestern May 5 Cat Osterman Texas May 12 ESPN.COM PLAYER OF THE WEEK Feb. 18 Desiree Seranno ASU Feb. 25 Stacey Jennings Tennessee Mar. 4 Kristen Rivera Washington Mar. 11 Natasha Watley UCLA Mar. 18 Lindsay Chouinard DePaul Mar. 25 Michelle Green Georgia Apr. 1 Keira Goerl UCLA Apr. 7 Alicia Hollowell ARIZ Apr. 14 Cat Osterman Texas Apr. 21 Jenny Gladding Florida Apr. 28 Courtnay Foster Northwestern May 5 Cat Osterman Texas May 12 Jackie Coburn Arizona ZAPLATOSCH ZAPS BASERUNNERS Freshman Emily Zaplatosch has done an impressive job behind the plate for the 2003 Bruins, throwing out 70% of base runners attempting to steal against her (12-for-17), including one in each game against Stanford Apr and two at Arizona on May 9. Zaplatosch is second in the Pac- 10 in runners picked off with six, and a league-leading three in Pac-10 play. Offensively, she has been solid as well, batting.333 with nine home runs, 26 RBIs, a team-high 25 walks and a.988 fielding percentage on 324 chances. Zaplatosch homered once in each of UCLA s doubleheader wins at UC Riverside on Feb. 5. At the UNLV Classic, Zaplatosch was one of two Bruins to hit.600 or better for the weekend, going 8-for-13 at the plate (.615) with a home run and a double, three runs scored and two RBIs for a.923 slugging percentage. Defensively, Zaplatosch threw out both runners who attempted to steal while she was behind the plate. During the first weekend of Pac-10 play, Zaplaotsch caught Keira Goerl s no-hitter on Friday night at Stanford, caught two Cal base runners stealing and picked off a third during Saturday s game, and belted a two-run eighth-inning home run on Sunday at Cal. BENYI BLASTS SEVEN PAC-10 HOME RUNS Freshman outfielder 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 against Oregon State. Benyi s fifth-inning home run in the Apr. 12 contest at Oregon started UCLA s comeback that fell just short, with the Bruins falling to the Ducks by a 5-4 margin. After getting hits in her final two at-bats that day, Benyi continued the hot streak in the Apr. 13 game, recording a single in her first at-bat of the day before putting her fourth home run of the season over the left field fence in the second inning, and hitting an opposite-field shot in the fourth to give UCLA a 6-0 lead. The Bruins would eventually win the contest by a 9-3 margin. On Senior day at Easton Stadium (May 4), the freshman stepped up, going 3-for-3 with three RBI, two runs scored and two home runs off of Oregon State s Dena DuBois. She completed Pac- 10 play with a home run at Arizona State on May 10, and has hit seven of her eight home runs on the season against Pac-10 opponents. Benyi has played both right field and center field for the Bruins this season. She started the season hitting ninth in the lineup, and finished her first collegiate game by hitting a game-ending home run against Loyola Marymount. Benyi s homer pushed the Bruin lead to 9-0, and invoked the eight run rule in the bottom of the fifth inning. Benyi is the only Bruin starter without a defensive error. OTHER NOTABLES Senior 2B Monique Mejia hit her first career home run in the first game of UCLA s doubleheader at Arizona State on May 10, clearing the center field fence. She nearly got a second home run in the game, as her sixth inning sacrifice fly had the ASU right fielder s back against the outfield wall As a team, the Bruins have been struck out less often than any other Pac-10 team. UCLA enters postseason play with 206 Only 12 runners have successfully stolen a base against the Bruins this season, the lowest total allowed by any Pac-10 team Senior Toria Auelua concluded her playing career at Easton Stadium in style, hitting a walk-off home run in UCLA s 9-1 victory over Oregon State on Senior Day, May 4. Auelua s two-out solo home run in her final at-bat at Easton Stadium brought UCLA s lead to 9-1, invoking the eight-run rule and ending the game Junior Julie Hoshizaki earned her first career start on Apr. 4 against Arizona State, as she batted ninth and played right field. Hoshizaki recorded her first career hit during the sixth inning of that game, a line-drive single through the left side of the infield 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 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 twinbill, but came in as a defensive replacement for the fourth and fifth innings of UCLA s 8-0 runrule win in game two. Amanda Simpson started UCLA s season opener hitting ninth and playing left field. It was Simpson s first career appearance for the Bruins as anything other than a pinch-runner. Simpson made the most of the opportunity, drawing a walk and scoring a run in the game Alissa Eno was the fifth Bruin freshman to see game action, playing in both games of the Feb. 5 doubleheader at UC Riverside. In game one, Eno pinch-ran for Toria Auelua in the seventh inning, coming around to score on a home run by Emily Zaplatosch. Eno saw her first career plate appearance as a Bruin in game two, drawing an RBI walk in the fifth inning Erica Corley, a freshman outfielder from Laguna Hills, CA, has been added to the UCLA roster. Corley s first game in uniform for UCLA was the April 25 game at Easton Stadium against California. She has not seen game action.

5 THE LAST TIME IN UCLA SOFTBALL HITTING A Bruin hit a grand slam Tairia Mims, 2/5/03 at UC Riverside (G1) (top of the 7th at UCR Softball Field) Bruins hit back-to-back home runs Tairia Mims and Claire Sua, May 4 vs. Oregon State (suspended game), bottom of the third inning Bruins hit back-to-back-to-back home runs Caitlin Benyi, Tairia Mims and Stephanie Ramos, April 4 vs. Arizona State, bottom of the 5th inning. A Bruin hit a game-ending home run Toria Auelua 5/4/03 vs. Oregon State, a two-out solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning that invoked the eight run rule. An opponent hit a game-ending home run Jackie Coburn, Arizona, 5/9/03 A Bruin hit two home runs in one game Caitlin Benyi 5/4/03 vs. Oregon State, a 2-run HR in the first inning and a solo HR in the 5th inning. A Bruin hit two home runs in consecutive games Natasha Watley 4/27/03 vs. Stanford and 4/30/03 at Washington A Bruin hit three home runs in a single day Tairia Mims: 2 vs. Wisconsin 2/17/01; 1 vs. Nebraska 2/17/01, both at the UNLV Classic. A Bruin led off a game with a home run Natasha Watley, 2/21/03 at Florida Atlantic A Bruin had two hits in one inning Natasha Watley, 2/16/03 vs. Utah at the UNLV Classic, 1-1B, 1-2B, bottom of the third inning A Bruin hit home runs in consecutive at-bats Natasha Watley, 4/27/03 vs. Stanford (5th and 8th innings) A Bruin hit home runs in three consecutive at-bats Stacey Nuveman, 4/7/02 at Arizona (5th, 7th innings); 2nd inning vs. Stanford 4/12/02 at Easton Stadium A Bruin hit home runs in consecutive games Stephanie Ramos, 5/10/03 vs. Arizona State, one in each game of the doubleheader A Bruin hit home runs in three consecutive games Claire Sua, 4/13/03 at Oregon, 4/18 vs. Washington and 4/19 vs. Washington A Bruin hit home runs in four consecutive games Claire Sua, 4/13 at Oregon, 4/18 vs. Washington, 4/19 vs. Washington and 4/25/03 vs. California A Bruin hit home runs in five consecutive games Stacey Nuveman in 1997: 2/28 vs. Illinois-Chicago, 2/28 vs. Oregon (two HR), 3/1 vs. San Diego State, 3/1 vs. Oklahoma State and 3/2 vs. Oregon State A Bruin had four hits in a game Tairia Mims, 4-for-4 vs. Oregon State (scheduled game) on 5/4/03 (1-HR, 3-1B) A Bruin had two doubles in a game Tairia Mims 4/13/03 at Oregon PITCHING A Bruin pitched a no-hitter Michelle Turner, 5/10/03 (G1) at Arizona State (5 K, 1 BB) Keira Goerl, 3/28/03 at Stanford (8 K, 1 BB) A Bruin pitched a perfect game Keira Goerl 3/6/01 (G1) vs. UC Riverside A Bruin struck out 10 or more batters in a game Keira Goerl, 11 vs. Arizona 5/9/03 11 SO, 5 BB Through games of May 10, 2003

6 UCLA SOFTBALL S RECORD WHEN Playing at home 17-3 Playing on the Road 16-2 Playing at a Neutral Site 12-1 Day Games 33-5 Night Games 12-1 Bruins Held Scoreless 0-3 Scoring 1-4 runs 11-2 Scoring 5+ runs 34-1 Opponent Held Scoreless 30-0 Allowing 1-4 runs 15-3 Allowing 5+ runs 0-3 UCLA scores first 40-2 Opponent scores first 5-4 Collecting 1-3 hits 3-2 Collecting 4-6 hits 5-3 Collecting 7-9 hits 13-0 Collecting 10+ hits 24-1 Out-hitting Opponent 42-2 Out-Hit by Opponent 2-4 Hits are tied 1-0 Errorless 21-1 Committing One Error 20-2 Committing 2+ errors 4-3 Opponent is Errorless 8-2 Opponent has 1 error 19-2 Opponent has 2 errors 12-2 Opponent has 3+ errors 6-0 One-run games 4-2 Two-Run games run games 33-0 Run-Rule Games 18-0 UCLA hits home run 31-3 Opponent hits home run 8-4 UCLA hits multiple HRs 21-1 UCLA hits 3+ HRs 16-0 vs. Left-handed starters 2-1 vs. Right-handed starters 43-5 In extra innings 2-0 Doubleheaders 8-0 (3 doubleheaders scheduled) Multiple-game days 24-2 (11 dates scheduled, includes DHs INCLUDES May 4 vs. OSU) vs. Non-Conference 28-2 vs. Pac-10 (non-league) 0-0 vs. Pac-10 (league games) 17-4 Pac-10 home 9-2 Pac-10 away 8-2 vs. Ranked Opponents 21-6 vs. NFCA Top-10 Opponents 10-4 vs. ESPN.com Top-10 Opponents 11-4 vs. Pac-10 schools 17-4 Arizona 0-3 Arizona State 3-0 Cal 3-0 Oregon 2-1 Oregon State 3-0 Stanford 3-0 Washington 3-0 Days of the Week Monday 0-0 Tuesday 2-0 Wednesday 5-0 Thursday 1-0 Friday 14-1 Saturday 13-3 Sunday 10-2 Months January 1-0 February 18-1 March 12-1 April 9-3 May 5-1 BRUINS IN THE PAC-10 AND NCAA STATISTICS TEAM # PAC-10 NCAA Batting Average.337 1st 1st Slugging Percentage.575 1st On Base Percentage.404 2nd Strikeouts (offensive) 206 1st Stolen Bases 78 1st Runs Scored 328 2nd 2nd ERA st 2nd Opposing Batting Average.139 1st Batters Struck Out (most=1st) 323 5th Runners Picked Off 6 2nd Hits Allowed (fewest=1st) 155 1st Runs Allowed 51 1st Earned Runs Allowed 35 1st Fielding Percentage.973 2nd t-10th Fewest Stolen Bases Against 12 1st INDIVIDUAL # PAC-10 NCAA BATTING AVERAGE Natasha Watley.503 1st 2nd Tairia Mims.463 2nd 6th SLUGGING PERCENTAGE NOT KEPT BY NCAA Tairia Mims.939 2nd Natasha Watley.757 4th Claire Sua.708 5th ON-BASE PERCENTAGE NOT KEPT BY NCAA Natasha Watley.551 3rd Tairia Mims.520 4th Emily Zaplatosch.445 8th HITS NOT KEPT BY NCAA Natasha Watley 87 1st Tairia Mims 68 5th RBI Tairia Mims 60 3rd 3rd Natasha Watley 50 6th t-14th Claire Sua 46 8th t-14th DOUBLES Tairia Mims 14 t-4th NR TRIPLES Natasha Watley 3 t-2nd NR HOME RUNS Tairia Mims 18 3rd t-4th Claire Sua 16 4th 8th STOLEN BASES Natasha Watley 31 1st 10th Monique Mejia 11 t-6th NR ERA Keira Goerl st 4th Michelle Turner rd NR STRIKEOUTS Keira Goerl 279 3rd NR Through games of May 10, 2003 NOTE: NCAA statistics are based on per-game averages. (thru 5/4) VICTORIES Keira Goerl 31 2nd 3rd