CSUN SOFTBALL : MATADORS POUND OUT WIN CSUN 5, SW MISSOURI ST. 0.Byline: Bill Schlotter Daily News Staff Writer The Cal State Northridge softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team did what it does best Friday night in its opening game of the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association regionals at Cal State Fullerton - pound the softball. Home runs by Chelo Lopez and Scia Maumausolo and three doubles were the driving force in the top-seeded Matadors' 5-0 win over Southwest Missouri State. ``They certainly have some good sticks,'' said Southwest Missouri coach Holly Hesse. ``Hitters 3 (Maumausolo), 4, (Lopez), 5 (Jennifer Richardson) and 6 (Shelby Wilcox) really hit the ball and that was the difference in the first inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. .'' One-hit pitching by the tandem of Richardson and Tara Glaister (22-7) didn't hurt the Matadors, either. Northridge scored four times in the first on 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 doubles by Lopez, Richardson and a two-run homer by Wilcox, her second of the season. Maumausolo's solo homer Noun 1. solo homer - a home run with no runners on base solo blast home run, homer - a base hit on which the batter scores a run in the third, her 17th of the season, made it 5-0 and tied the senior catcher for third place on the all-time NCAA home-run list with 46. Northridge, ranked No. 6 in the latest coaches' poll, plays again at 1 p.m. today against 15th-ranked and third-seeded Cal State Fullerton, a 5-1 winner over 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 . The loser (jargon) loser - An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally). Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. of today's game will have to play again at 6 p.m. Northridge coach Janet Sherman said she planned to split the pitching between Richardson, who went three innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. and gave up the only hit, and Glaister, who had eight strikeouts in her four innings. ``We wanted to throw Jennifer in there, get her some innings and get her comfortable,'' Sherman said. ``And we wanted to throw Tara in there, get her some innings and get her comfortable.'' So who goes today? ``We'll see,'' Sherman said. ``Probably both.'' The Matadors (43-14) played with the poise and confidence of a veteran team from the opening pitch Friday. Maumausolo found that a pleasant surprise. ``We came out in the first inning and our jitters jitters 'Butterflies' Psychology An episode of nervousness or anxiety that often precedes a public event; jitters is a type of performance anxiety which may affect actors in a stage production–stage fright or soloist musicians; it may respond to anxiolytics were gone,'' she said. ``That's kind of surprising, considering how many new players we have on this team.'' Today's full schedule is Fullerton vs. Northridge at 1 p.m., UCLA vs. Southwest Missouri State at 3:30 p.m., with the Fullerton-Northridge loser playing the UCLA-Missouri winner at 6 p.m. The regional championship will be decided at 1 p.m. Sunday, with another game at 3:30, if necessary. The champion will join seven other regional champs in Columbus, Ga., Wednesday for the College World Series. Cal State Fullerton 5, UCLA 1: Losing pitcher B'Ann Burns (26-6) allowed the most hits (15) and most home runs (three) of any Bruins team this season. Chris Zboril and Traci Fischer hit solo home runs in the first inning as the Titans (40-26) took a 2-0 lead. Senetha Thomas' three-run homer in the third inning made it 5-1. UCLA, the defending national champion, hadn't allowed more than 12 hits and a single home run in any previous game this season. |
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