Bruins take on Cal State Fullerton
By Daily Bruin Staff
Feb. 6, 2001 9:00 p.m.
 NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin The UCLA softball team is set
to face No. 14 CSU Fullerton today after defeating them in an
exhibition game in January.
By Vytas Mazeika
Daily Bruin Contributor
On Jan. 24 the Bruin and Titan softball squads squared off in an
exhibition game. This time around, the game is for real.
After demolishing competition at the Spartan Early Bird
Tournament, top-ranked UCLA (5-0) will travel to No. 14 Cal State
Fullerton (5-1) and inaugurate their new stadium today with a
doubleheader. The first pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m.
“They’re going to be coming out wanting to put on a
show for their crowd,” UCLA junior catcher Stacey Nuveman
said. “They’re going to come out to play, and we want
to bring out the game we had this weekend.”
Outside of the exhibition game played at UCLA a couple of weeks
ago, these two teams have not faced each other since the Bruins
beat the Titans twice in three games at the 1996 NCAA
regionals.
In fact, the last time UCLA faced Fullerton in a regular season
game was Feb. 17, 1991.
“We’re going to open up their stadium and it’s
just good for softball,” Bruin head coach Sue Enquist said
before the exhibition game. “We need to be playing each other
more often and you’ll see that happening each
year.”
On the mound for Fullerton should be sophomores Jodie Cox and
Gina Oaks. Cox (3-1) pitched two shutouts at the New Mexico Diamond
Invitational this past weekend, while Oaks (2-0) pitched a complete
game victory on Friday and hit two grand slams in the second game
Friday afternoon.
The Titans use a well-balanced attack headed by sophomore
All-American catcher Jenny Topping, a sophomore transfer from
Washington who last season led the nation in home runs (24), runs
batted in (90) and slugging percentage (.960) while finishing fifth
in batting (.438).
Fullerton junior infielder Monica Lucatero drove in six runs and
five runs in separate games over the weekend, while junior
outfielder Yasmin Mossadeghi had five home runs in the
tournament.
