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Friday, Feb. 19
6 p.m. - #8/#7 UCLA vs. #15/#16 UCF
Saturday, Feb. 20
3 p.m. - #8/#7 UCLA vs. RV/NR Notre Dame
5:30 p.m. - #8/#7 UCLA vs. Cal Poly
Sunday, Feb. 21
9 a.m. - #8/#7 UCLA vs. #4/#4 LSU
11:30 a.m. - #8/#7 UCLA vs. Pacific
All Games at Big League Dreams Sports Park (33700 Date Palm Drive, Cathedral City, CA)
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SEVENTH-RANKED BRUINS DUEL IN THE DESERT
The seventh-ranked Bruins head to Cathedral City for the first of two straight weekends, taking part in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic I. UCLA kicks off the tournament against #15 UCF on Friday at 6 p.m. On Saturday, the Bruins take on Notre Dame at 3 p.m. and Cal Poly at 5:30 p.m. UCLA closes out the tournament on Sunday versus #4 LSU at 9 a.m. and Pacific at 11:30 a.m.
BRUINS ON THE NET
All five games this weekend will feature live stats on UCLABruins.com and Twitter updates on twitter.com/UCLASoftball. In addition, each contest will feature live video on FloSoftball.com.
BRUINS IN THE POLLS
UCLA remained at seventh in this week's ESPN.com/USA Softball rankings, but fell one spot to eighth in the latest USA Today/NFCA poll. The Bruins lost 11 points in the USA Softball poll and 70 points in the NFCA rankings. UCLA is ranked second in the Pac-12 preseason poll.
BENNETT, SPAULDING ON PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST
Senior Allexis Bennett and junior Delaney Spaulding have been named to the 2016 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List, as announced by ASA/USA Softball on Feb. 3.
In its 15th year, the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, given by the National Governing Body for softball in the United States, is designed to recognize outstanding athletic achievement by female collegiate softball players across the country. Previous recipients of the award include former Bruin Stacey Nuveman, the winner of the inaugural accolade in 2002.
The pre-season Watch List includes 25 seniors, 15 juniors and 10 sophomores. Freshmen can be considered for the award once they have competed at the collegiate level. The Top 25 finalists for the award will be announced on April 13. While an athlete does not have to be on the Watch List to be considered for the Top 25, the eventual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will come from the Top 25 finalists.
The Top 10 finalists will be announced on May 11 and the Top Three finalists will be announced on May 25. On May 31, prior to the start of the 2016 NCAA Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City, the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be revealed.
NEWS AND NOTES
Kelly Inouye-Perez won the 400th game of her head coaching career last Saturday against Wichita State ... senior Mysha Sataraka recorded eight straight hits in three games from Feb. 12-13, which is tied for the fifth-longest streak in UCLA history. Only Lisa Fernandez and Stacey Nuveman (10) and Natasha Watley and GiOnna DiSalvatore (9) had longer streaks.
SCOUTING THE MARY NUTTER COLLEGIATE CLASSIC I FIELD
The Bruins are 3-0 all-time against UCF. The last matchup was a 3-1 UCLA victory on Feb. 18, 2012 in San Diego ... the Bruins hold an 8-1 edge against Notre Dame, but the Irish won the most recent matchup, an 8-4 victory at Easton Stadium last Feb. 6 ... UCLA has won 20 straight against Cal Poly and has a 27-3 advantage all-time. The most recent meetings came in San Luis Obispo on March 27, 2012, as the Bruins swept a doubleheader by scores of 14-0 and 14-5 ... after dropping the initial meeting with LSU, the Bruins have won six in a row, including a 2-0 win at this tournament on Feb. 24, 2013 ... UCLA has won 12 of 13 matchups with Pacific and nine in a row. The last meeting was a 10-2 victory on Feb. 11, 2012 at Easton Stadium.