Bruins to wrap up season against Arizona schools

No. 1 Arizona and No. 2 UCLA will play against each other today,
but the game between the two best teams in softball won’t
matter as much as it usually does.

With three games left in the season, UCLA’s chances at the
Pac-10 title are slim. A conference title for the Bruins (43-5,
15-3 Pac-10) would depend on two things. Firstly, UCLA would need
to sweep Arizona (48-4, 17-1) and No. 15 Arizona State. Secondly,
Arizona would have to lose both games to No. 8 Washington, since
Arizona holds the head-to-head record tiebreaker over the
Bruins.

When the Wildcats came to Easton Stadium back on April 5 and 6,
they swept the Bruins 3-0 and 5-1.

But Arizona isn’t looking at today’s game against
UCLA as anything extraordinary.

“Every Pac-10 game is important,” Arizona coach Mike
Candrea said. “All of them.”

The Bruins will face Arizona State on Saturday in a doubleheader
which starts at 7 p.m.

The NCAA regional brackets will be announced on Sunday at 7 p.m.
on ESPNEWS.

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Bruin pitcher Keira Goerl was named co-Pac-10 Pitcher of the
Week, along with Arizona’s Alicia Hollowell.

Goerl pitched 13 scoreless innings this past week against
Washington and Oregon State, winning both games.

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UCLA catcher Emily Zaplatosch was one of nine players added to
the list of players invited to the 2003 Women’s National Team
Selection Camp.

Among the 50 players are nine current or former Bruins.