Pitching shines at UCLA alumni game

On Saturday, the 2006 UCLA baseball team shut out and shut down
the “Young-timers” alumni team 5-0 at the annual alumni
baseball game at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The highlight of the
afternoon was the pitching of junior southpaw starter Dave Huff,
who threw four innings of one-hit ball and struck out 10. The rest
of the staff wasn’t much worse, matching Huff goose egg for
goose egg, and only allowing two hits. Offensively, the Bruins were
led by seniors Chris Jensen and Sean Smith. Jensen singled and
tripled in a run, and scored in the fourth and fifth innings on
singles by junior Tim Stewart and freshman Cody Decker. Smith drove
in both Stewart and Decker on a double in the three-run fourth.
Despite Bruin rallies in the middle innings, the game for the most
part was a pitcher’s duel. Both Huff and junior Tyson
Brummett, who started for the alumni team, had perfect first
innings, with Huff striking out the side. Huff remained perfect
until the third inning, when alumnus Mike Svetlic broke up the bid
with an infield single. Huff responded again by striking out the
side. Alumni were divided into two groups, with graduates after
1980 comprising the “Young-timers” team. Older alumni
played each other earlier in the day, with the Blue Team beating
the Gold Team 4-1. The team will kick off the regular season on
Friday, hosting a three-game series against Fresno State. The first
pitch is scheduled at 6 p.m.

OLSON COMPETES: Drew Olson was one of 12 NFL
Draft prospects to compete in the Capital One College Football
All-Star Challenge yesterday afternoon in Dolphins Stadium in
Miami. The Capital One Challenge is a skills competition in which
prospective draftees attempt to show off their speed, agility,
strength and stamina. The competition, which has featured many high
draft picks in the past few years, held a great pool of talent this
year as well, including Texas quarterback Vince Young. Also
participating at the event were Alabama quarterback Brodie Croyle,
Memphis running back DeAngelo Williams, Maryland tight end Vernon
Davis, University of Florida wide receiver Chad Jackson, Miami wide
receiver Sinorice Moss and Clemson quarterback Charlie Whitehurst.
During the nine years that the event has taken place, 24 players
were selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, and 11 were
chosen in the second. Among last year’s competitors were NFL
Offensive Rookie of the Year “Cadillac” Williams, and
Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Kyle Orton. Moss’ appearance
at the event marked the first time in the event’s history
that a brother of a previous competitor has participated
(Sinorice’s brother Santana, now of the Washington Redskins,
also competed). Other competitors who have gone on to have careers
in the NFL include Daunte Culpepper, Donovan McNabb, Edgerrin
James, Ron Dayne, Drew Brees, Santana Moss, Deuce McAllister, Javon
Walker, Rex Grossman, Ken Dorsey and Charles Rogers, among others.
The one-and-a-half hour telecast will be broadcast by ESPN on
Saturday at 1 p.m.

TIME CHANGES: The times for the Saturday, May
13 and Sunday, May 14 UCLA baseball games against USC have been
changed. Originally, the games were set to be played at 1 p.m. on
Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday at Jackie Robinson Stadium, but the
times have both been changed to 4:30 p.m. The changes were made in
accordance with Fox Sports Net’s schedule, which will be
televising both weekend games live. The series with USC begins on
Friday, May 12 at 6 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Bruin
baseball team opens up their season this Friday at 6 p.m. at Jackie
Robinson Stadium.

HARVEY SELECTED: UCLA men’s soccer senior
defender Jordan Harvey was selected as the ninth pick in the MLS
Supplemental Draft by the Colorado Rapids last Thursday. Harvey
joins teammates Marvell Wynne, Patrick Ianni and Jonathan Bornstein
as an MLS draftee. This past season, Harvey earned second team
All-Pac-10 honors as a defender for the Bruins while amassing a
conference record 14 shutouts. Harvey was an honorable mention in
his previous two seasons in Westwood. He also played with the U.S.
Under-20 National Team at the World Youth Championships in 2003.
Harvey scored a total of 23 points in his career at UCLA, starting
54 of the 69 in which he appeared.

Compiled by John Earnest and Ben Azar, Bruin Sports
contributor and Bruin Sports senior staff.