Briefs

Tuesday, October 20, 1998

Briefs

Women’s softball holding tryouts

The UCLA women’s softball team will be holding open tryouts for
anyone interested in making this year’s squad on Oct. 27 at 4 p.m.
at Easton Stadium. To be eligible for a tryout, participants must
have a letter from a physician stating that they are able to try
out for the team.

The Bruins hold an all-time record of 903-187-3 and hold seven
NCAA Division I-A Championships, most recently in 1992. They have
made 14 NCAA post-season appearances and have an overall record of
91-19 and each time they have earned a berth to the College World
Series (60-16 in series play).

The likes of Lisa Fernandez (a current UCLA assistant coach),
Dot Richardson, Christie Ambrosi, Jennifer Brundage, Julie Adams,
Sheila Cornell and Stacey Nuveman have all participated in the U.S.
National Team program.

The Bruins hold the services of head coach Sue Enquist as well,
the first softball inductee into UCLA’s Hall of Fame. She has
compiled a 452-70 record (.866 winning percentage) during her
nine-year tenure at UCLA, including three NCAA titles and four
Pac-10 conference titles. She was voted national Coach of the Year
in 1992 and 1995 and has coached 22 players to All-American status.
She currently is UCLA’s career batting-average leader with a .401
average.

With the prestige and acclaim that the UCLA softball program
holds, the coaching staff and the current team await the new season
to unfold and are excited about seeing new faces on the
diamond.

Men’s water polo places second

The UCLA men’s water polo team placed second to UC Irvine at the
Northern California tournament this weekend.

In Saturday’s preliminary rounds, UCLA defeated St. Francis 18-2
and Long Beach State 13-7. Meanwhile the No. 4 ranked UCI
eliminated Brown and Cal from the championship and No. 3 Stanford
shot down Santa Clara and last year’s NCAA champion Pepperdine. In
a 7-5 upset, University of the Pacific prevented No. 1-ranked USC
from competing in the final.

With USC, Berkeley and Pepperdine eliminated, it was a battle
between UCLA, UCI and Stanford for the tournament championship.
UCLA defeated Stanford in an overtime semi-final game, 9-8. By
beating Pacific 6-5, Irvine also advanced to the final.

Irvine came out strong with a 2-0 first quarter lead and kept
its lead to 6-3.

By the time the Bruins made a rally at the fourth quarter, the
tournament final was over at 7-5 win to UCI. Stanford finished
third, while Pacific and USC finished fourth and fifth
respectively.

UCLA’s senior attacker Sam Grayeli scored a total of nine points
last weekend, while sophomores Sean Kern and Andy Bailey scored six
and four, respectively.

The Bruins plan to return up to the Bay Area to play Stanford
and California this weekend.

Compiled from Daily Bruin staff reports.