NCAA SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES: UCLA STAYS UNBEATEN UCLA 2, IOWA 0.Byline: Daily News Amanda Freed Amanda Louise Freed (born December 26, 1979 in Fountain Valley, California) is an American softball player. She attended UCLA where she played softball. The Bruins have one of the best softball traditions in the nation, having won 10 of 24 championships. struck out five in a complete-game four-hitter and designated hitter designated hitter n. Baseball Abbr. DH A player designated at the start of a game to bat instead of the pitcher in the lineup. Noun 1. Claire Sua drove in both runs as 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 remained undefeated in the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Softball World Series by defeating Iowa 2-0 on Thursday in front of 3,192 at Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm . Tairia Mims doubled and singled for two of the five hits against Iowa ace Kristi Hanks, who struck out three and walked five in a complete-game loss. The loss dropped the Hawkeyes (49-13) into a losers'-bracket game with Louisiana State on Saturday. UCLA (60-5) plays again today in a winners'-bracket matchup with Pacific-10 Conference-rival Stanford. Stephanaie Ranos, Sua and Freed had the other hits for the Bruins, who scored twice in the sixth inning. Ramos started the outburst with a one-out double to left field. Mims followed with a single to right. Ramos took third, and the Hawkeyes intentionally walked Stacey Nuveman to set up a force play at any base. Sua then singled to right to drive in Ramos and Mims. Kristin Johnson and Christina Schmaltz schmaltz also schmalz n. 1. Informal a. Excessively sentimental art or music. b. Maudlin sentimentality. 2. Liquid fat, especially chicken fat. had two hits apiece to lead the Hawkeyes, who stranded four, including Schmaltz in the seventh inning. Mims helped hold off a potential Iowa rally in the seventh, doing the splits to make a game-ending forceout at first base after Hawkeyes pinch hitter Megan Atkins grounded to Bruins shortstop Natasha Watley. Freed improved to 20-3 with the win. |
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