NCAA SOFTBALL: BUCK'S HR LIFTS BRUINS : UCLA 3 DEPAUL 2.Byline: Berry Tramel Special to the Daily News Christie Ambrosi saved the game for the 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 softball team, which was no surprise. Crissy Buck won it for the Bruins. Surprise, surprise. Buck, the lightweight in UCLA's potent lineup, launched a one-out home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday to beat DePaul 3-2 in the opening game of the Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Women's Softball Tournament for college softball in the United States. The tournament is conducted in an eight-team, double-elimination format. . ``Everyone wants to hit a home run in that situation,'' said Buck, a redshirt freshman from Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . ``But I wasn't thinking home run. I was just looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a base hit. I was looking to get something started.'' Instead, she got something finished. Buck's second homer of the season reached the left-field bleachers and ended a mighty upset bid by DePaul. The Blue Demons were within one out of victory in the bottom of the seventh. But Ambrosi lined a first-pitch single up the middle that scored pinch-runner Erin Rahn and tied the game. ``I have a lot confidence in Christie,'' said UCLA coach Sue Enquist, who ordered a one-out bunt to ensure Ambrosi would bat with a runner in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on . ``She's been a gamer for us all year. When the game's on the line, and you have to put somebody in the box, Christie Ambrosi would be the one I would pick.'' Ambrosi, a first-team All-American from Overland Park Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan., led off the sixth inning with her 10th homer of the season, forging a 1-1 tie. Then she batted in the seventh with defeat looming. ``I was a little nervous,'' admitted Ambrosi. Losing crossed her mind. ``What else crossed my mind was how hard we had worked.'' DePaul pitcher Nicole Terpstra hit her counterpart, Courtney Dale, with a pitch to open the seventh. Even after one bunt became a popout, Enquist called for a sacrifice. And Ambrosi, UCLA's leadoff hitter, came through. ``Sometimes a good hitter hits good pitches, and you have to give credit to good hitters,'' Terpstra said. ``She hit a good pitch, and there's nothing you can do about that.'' The top-ranked Bruins (60-6) advance to a winners' bracket showdown tonight against defending NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association champion Fresno State, which beat Southern Mississippi 1-0. |
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