COLLEGE SCENE UCLA.

Byline: - Chris Cocoles and Jill Painter

Sophomore Billy Susdorf (Hart High of Newhall) juggled pitching and hitting assignments with the Bruins last season. But when the need arose for an everyday outfielder, the pitching part of Susdorf's routine was lifted. He has responded by becoming one of UCLA's top run producers, hitting .286 with six homers and 29 RBI after coming out of a slump.

``When we were losing some games, I thought one of the reasons was Billy wasn't hitting like he started off at the beginning,'' coach Gary Adams said. ``I felt like if we could get Billy in the groove, our team's going to move again.''

Susdorf won't be returning to the mound in the foreseeable future.

USC 

The football team, which won the Orange Bowl in January, will be part of USC's 23rd Annual ``Swim with Mike'' fund-raiser Saturday at the USC McDonald's Swim Stadium.

The event hopes to raise $400,000 for the Physically Challenged Athletes Scholarship Fund at USC. The event was devised in 1981 by friends of former All-American USC swimmer Mike Nyeholt, who was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident.

Football players will swim in a position-against-position relay race in the morning. The event, which has raised more than $3.5 million since its inception, runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

CSUN 

Former Cal State Northridge quarterback Marcus Brady, who played the Matadors' final season before the football program was cut in 2001, is back at Northridge to finish his business degree.

Brady, who holds all five of CSUN's major career passing marks, had a whirlwind football season in the fall. He was signed by Green Bay as a free agent but was released near the end of training camp. Then Winnipeg of the Canadian Football League traded his rights to Toronto, with whom he spent last season.

He's working out here and will return to Toronto next month.

``I'll have a chance to compete for the starting job,'' Brady said.

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT

The baseball connection between the Lions and rival Pepperdine, who meet in a key West Coast Conference series this weekend, starts with the coaching staff.

Head coach Frank Cruz graduated from Pepperdine in 1983. Assistant coach Jay Adams was a standout pitcher for the Waves from 1998-2001 and helped them win two NCAA Regional appearances.

Cruz also has worked with Pepperdine coach Frank Sanchez. The duo was on Mike Gillespie's coaching staff before taking their current jobs.

``It's a series where we just want to kick the tar out of each other,'' said Cruz, whose team is leading the WCC's West Division. The Waves are atop the Coast Division.

PEPPERDINE

The top-ranked women's golf team has won all four of its tournaments this spring. The Waves have the country's top-ranked player, Katherine Hull, who played in the LPGA's Office Depot Championship in Tarzana over the weekend.

Hull is dominating the college circuit, winning four tournaments, including two in a row. Hull and Lindsey Wright, the Australians on the team, are experienced, but two of their top-five scorers are freshmen - Courtney Clark and Carolina Llano - and one is a sophomore, Rachel Kyono.

Pepperdine's No. 1 ranking is a first for the program under coach Laurie Gibbs, who's in her 10th season.

``It's great, but it's kind of funny because we forget about that,'' Gibbs said. ``They're hard workers.''