No. 3 Bruins celebrate winsin Fiesta Bowl Tournament

Wednesday, February 17, 1999

No. 3 Bruins celebrate wins

in Fiesta Bowl Tournament

SOFTBALL: Team’s pitching contains hitting power of Texas, New
Mexico State

By Kimberly Edds

Daily Bruin Contributor

UCLA has the power to compete with anybody in the country. So
far, they have dominated the opposition, winning all seven of their
games and outscoring their opponents by a whopping 48 to 5
margin.

Opening their season against Santa Clara on Feb. 5, the Bruins
swept the Broncos 14-1 and 3-0.

No. 3 UCLA (7-0) continued their winning streak when they
traveled to the Fiesta Bowl Tournament in Tempe, Ariz., knocking
off No. 7 Texas and former UCLA pitcher Christa Williams in an
exciting 5-4 extra inning defeat of the Longhorns Saturday.

Starting former right fielder Lupe Brambila knocked in a crucial
RBI in the seventh inning to tie the game at four, capping a four
run inning for the Bruins. Texas failed to score in the bottom of
the seventh, forcing the game into extra innings.

UCLA started the eighth inning with center fielder Christie
Ambrosi as a baserunner on second. According to NCAA rules, a
baserunner is placed on second to facilitate a quick finish.

Amanda Freed sacrificed Ambrosi to third, who eventually scored
on a wild pitch by Williams to put UCLA up 5-4. In the bottom of
the eighth pinch runner Audrey Hicks was placed on second base and
sacrificed to third. But with two outs and Williams up, UCLA
pitcher Courtney Dale struck out her former teammate to give UCLA
the 5-4 win.

UCLA capped off the weekend with a 2-0 win over New Mexico State
on Sunday.

The Bruins earned their fourth shutout of the tournament and
their fifth on the year, as pitcher Amanda Freed held the Aggies to
just three hits.

With the win, Freed improved to 4-0. Prior to their win over
Texas, UCLA had wins over Mississippi State, 5-0, Maryland, 11-0,
and Utah, 8-0.

There was no champion in the Fiesta Bowl Tournament, or UCLA
would have been it.

The team is looking to add to its seven game winning streak when
it hosts Cal State Northridge today at Easton Stadium at 1 p.m.
CSUN has yet to play a game this season.

After facing CSUN on Wednesday, UCLA will travel to Las Vegas to
compete in the UNLV Softball Classic this weekend.

DERRICK KUDO/ Daily Bruin

First baseman Kim Wuest gets ready to catch a hit down the line
in a game against LMU last season.

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