Friday, May 8, 1998
Bruin Davids hope to topple Arizona Goliaths
SOFTBALL: Top Wildcats, Sun Devils will square off against
unranked UCLA
By Kimberly Edds
Daily Bruin Contributor
The UCLA softball team is looking to put it all together as they
finish out their 1998 season with their biggest home stand of the
year.
The unranked Bruins will face No. 1 Arizona and No. 13 Arizona
State this weekend at Easton Stadium.
UCLA goes into the weekend with a record of 17-24 (7-15 Pac-10)
after splitting this past weekend with Oregon and Oregon State.
The Arizona Wildcats have lost just three games on the way to 57
wins, and are 23-1 in the Pac-10.
The last time the Bruins met the Wildcats, Arizona swept,
winning one 16-3 and barely coming up with a 11-9 victory in the
second game. Arizona is coming off a sweep of California and
Stanford last weekend.
Wildcat outfielder Alison McCutcheon was named as this week’s
Pac-10 Player of the Week, her second such honor of the season. She
went 15-for-22 with 10 runs scored, 2 RBI and 12 stolen bases in
Arizona wins over ASU, Stanford and Cal.
The Arizona State Sun Devils (36-22, 8-16 Pac-10) will face No.
4 Washington in Seattle on Saturday. The Bruins split the series in
Tempe earlier in the year, winning game one 6-1, and ASU took game
two 2-0.
Sun Devil pitcher Roxanne Tsosie captured Pac-10 Pitcher of the
Week honors for the second time this year. She tossed her first
no-hitter after shutting out Cal last Saturday in game one. She
then came in to pitch two more scoreless innings in game two for
her second win of the day.
The Bruins will have to step up if they want to finish their
season with a few Ws in the box score.
Senior first baseman Kim Wuest continues to dominate
offensively. She leads UCLA in batting with a .347 average. Third
baseman Nicole Odom, second baseman Laurie Fritz, and shortstop
Casey Hiraiwa all join Wuest in the .300 club.