CHATTER: UCLA'S SUSDORF BACKS UP COACH.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Billy Susdorf spent the weekend providing the answer to the question his coach frequently has been asked. ``Everyone always asked me why I recruited him,'' UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX baseball coach Gary Adams said of the outfielder from Hart High of Newhall. Susdorf showed why as he batted .533 with two home runs, a double and seven RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in in the Bruins' season-opening series against Cal State Northridge last weekend that saw UCLA win two of the three games. He had multiple hits in each game. The performance not only supported Adams' belief in the sophomore but also earned Susdorf Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members player-of-the-week honors. ``I always knew he could hit,'' Adams said. Susdorf, who batted .338 with 17 RBI and one home run as a reserve last season, also wasn't surprised by the quick start. ``I knew once I got a chance to get in the lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. I could do this,'' Susdorf said. ``I don't expect to just play average, I want to play great.'' ... The Valley Raiders' track and field team is holding signups for its spring season Saturday at Birmingham High in Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The coed program is open to ages 5 to 15. The season starts March 1 and runs through May. ... Today's girls' water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. game between Harvard-Westlake of Studio City and visiting Louisville of Woodland Hills pits some of the region's elite players against each other for the Mission League title. Senior Marisela Pasos set the Louisville scoring record with more than 90 goals this season. She highlights a Royals lineup looking to hand first- place and defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Harvard-Westlake its first league loss. The Wolverines counter with Morgan Hooker, last year's Daily News Player of the Year, and fellow senior standouts Julie Spataru and Emily Caesar Caesar (sē`zər), ancient Roman patrician family of the Julian gens. There are separate articles on its two most distinguished members, Julius Caesar and Augustus. . The contest is big enough Harvard-Westlake considered not sending its varsity lineup to the first day of the prestigious Irvine tournament if a scheduling problem could not be resolved. But the game against Louisville was moved up a day so the Wolverines could also compete in the tournament, which begins Thursday. ``We want the league title,'' Harvard-Westlake coach Larry Felix said. ``We want to get the best seed we can for playoffs. ``It's a good tournament, but we'd send out JV for the first day if we had to.'' CAPTION(S): box Box: AREA COLLEGE COMMITMENTS |
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