NCAA SOFTBALL: BRUINS GO LONG IN REGIONAL OPENER UCLA 11, MISSOURI STATE 2.Byline: Daily News UCLA's softball team hadn't homered in seven games, but the Bruins broke out of their slump in Friday's NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Regional opener at Easton Stadium, clubbing four in an 11-2, mercy-rule rout of Missouri State. Jodie Legaspi hit two home runs and Krista Colburn ended the game with a two-run shot in the sixth, sending the top-ranked Bruins (44-7) to a winners-bracket matchup today with Long Beach State, a 1-0 winner over San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. State in the first game. The double-elimination tournament A double-elimination tournament is a competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches. runs through Sunday, with the winner advancing to a Super Regional. Anjelica Selden Anjelica "Jelly" Selden is an American athlete who was born in Vacaville, California and attended Vanden High School from 2001 to 2005. She is the starting pitcher for the UCLA Bruins women's softball team, and she has recorded 65 wins and 893 strikeouts in her NCAA Division I surrendered four hits and struck out 11 in six innings to improve to 29-5. Legaspi's first homer provided a 3-0 first-inning lead, and 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 made it 7-0 in the second, an inning climaxed with Caitlin Benyi's two-run shot. Legaspi and Colburn homered in a three-run sixth. Missouri State (40-16) must beat San Diego State (32-14) today to remain alive. Long Beach State (31-20) scored its run in the sixth inning. Kourtnee Gervasi, whose mother died Tuesday with lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. , got the game's first hit, went to second on a sacrifice bunt, then scored when shortstop Chrissie Markham threw the ball away after Tiffanie Wedell's grounder. Pete Manarino, the 49ers' coach, on Wednesday told Gervasi that it was ``her decision'' whether she played in the regional. ``I wasn't sure what I was going to do this weekend,'' Gervasi said. ``I figured I should be out there, with my team. I actually made the decision when it was time to get on the bus. I knew that there was nothing else I could do but be out there.'' Michelle Turner set a school record with her 26th victory, recording her eighth shutout and 30th complete game. She and Aztecs pitcher Christina Ross breezed through the first five innings, with infield errors providing the only base runners. |
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