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CSUN at #13/#14 UCLA
Wednesday, April 13 - 7 p.m.
Oregon State at #13/#14 UCLA
Friday, April 15 - 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 16 - 6 p.m.
Sunday, April 17 - 12 p.m.
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BRUINS HOST CSUN, OREGON STATE
The 13th-ranked Bruins, coming off a three-game sweep of Stanford, finish up their seven-game homestand with four contests this week, starting on Wednesday against CSUN at 7 p.m. The homestand wraps up this weekend versus Oregon State, with games on Friday (7 p.m.), Saturday (6 p.m.) and Sunday (12 p.m.). There will be no television for any of the games, but all four contests will feature live audio and live stats on UCLABruins.com, as well as Twitter updates @UCLASoftball.
BRUINS IN THE POLLS
UCLA remained at 13th in this week's USA Today/NFCA poll and moved up one spot to 14th in the latest ESPN.com/USA Softball rankings.
The UCLA Athletics Department is pleased to announce a generous commitment of $2,000,000 from longtime university benefactors Jim and Phyllis Easton that will be used to support improvements, including a new scoreboard, to Easton Stadium, the home of 11-time NCAA National Champion UCLA Softball.
In appreciation of the Eastons' generosity, the new scoreboard at Easton Stadium will also prominently display the Easton name.
“Few people have had more of an impact upon both the athletic and campus communities here at UCLA than Jim and Phyllis Easton,” said Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero. “From the building of Easton Sports into an athletic equipment empire to their tireless dedication to philanthropy, the scope of the Eastons' contributions reaches well beyond school and department walls. The Eastons have had a direct impact on individual lives, and their generosity and leadership is quite simply an inspiration. I would like to thank both of them for their continued dedication to UCLA and, more specifically, our historic softball program.”
Jim, a UCLA graduate with a degree in engineering, and his wife, Phyllis, have been generous supporters of UCLA Athletics and entities across the university for many years, including the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Anderson School of Management, and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
In 2014, Jim, who has the distinction of serving on the International Olympic Committee and was mayor of the Olympic Athletes Village at UCLA during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, was awarded the UCLA Medal of Honor – the university's highest honor bestowed on an individual for extraordinary achievement.
“It is an honor and pleasure to continue our support of UCLA Athletics with a new scoreboard and improvements at Easton Stadium…home of the top softball program in the country,” said Jim Easton. “We celebrate their success. Go Bruins!”
“Easton Stadium, tucked away on the UCLA campus and enjoyed by fans and players for over 20 years, is a jewel steeped in the tradition of excellence,” said Phyllis Easton. “We are excited and proud to support women's softball with this gift to UCLA Athletics.”
This transformative gift from the Eastons represents significant support for UCLA Softball. Upon securing this gift, UCLA has partnered with Daktronics to design, manufacture and install an integrated video display for Easton Stadium. It is anticipated that the new scoreboard will be installed prior to the UCLA versus Stanford game on April 9.
The new LED video display will feature 15HD pixel layout and measure nearly 14.5 feet high and more than 26.5 feet wide. It will incorporate excellent image clarity and contrast with wide angle visibility to appeal to every seat in the stadium.
“Jim and Phyllis Easton have supported UCLA Softball throughout the history of our program,” said UCLA Softball head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez. “It was the Easton family that provided the funding to transform a field into a stadium in the mid-90's. Today, we thank Jim and Phyllis for another generous donation. The video scoreboard will allow us to share our tradition and keep us in the forefront of college softball.”
McDUFFEE, TAUTALAFUA EARN PAC-12 WEEKLY HONORS
The Bruins received a pair of weekly honors from the Pac-12 Conference on April 4, as redshirt junior Paige McDuffee was named Pitcher of the Week and Brianna Tautalafua earned league Freshman of the Week accolades.
The duo helped the 16th-ranked Bruins to their first series win against Oregon since 2010 and handed the fourth-ranked Ducks their first Pac-12 series loss since 2013.
McDuffee was stellar in two appearances in Eugene, picking up a win on Sunday and posting a 0.72 earned run average and four strikeouts in 9 2/3 innings. Tautalafua's hit total rose throughout the weekend at Oregon, recording one hit on Friday, two on Saturday and three on Sunday. Including a midweek win at Cal State Fullerton, Tautalafua batted .500 with six hits in 12 at-bats, adding three home runs, six runs batted in and five runs scored.
UCLA earned its third and fourth Pac-12 weekly honors on Monday, having now won one of each. Junior Delaney Spaulding (March 14) and sophomore Kylee Perez (Feb. 23) each received conference Player of the Week accolades. McDuffee's award is the first of her career and the 63rd Pac-10/12 Pitcher of the Week award for UCLA, while Tautalafua's nod was the first league Freshman of the Week plaudit for the Bruins in just the second year of the award's existence.
TEAM NOTES
Last season, UCLA set a school record with 28 double plays turned. With 13 games remaining in the regular season, the Bruins have already surpassed that total after turning their 29th on Monday against Stanford. UCLA continues to lead the nation in twin killings, as of stats released by the NCAA following last Sunday's contests ... the Bruins' victory against Oregon was their first series win versus the Ducks since 2010 ... UCLA came back from a four-run deficit (9-5) against Stanford on Sunday to record its biggest comeback of the season. The Bruins previously had a pair of three-run comebacks at Cal State Fullerton on March 29 and versus Colorado State on Feb. 12 ... a total of 23 of UCLA's 25 wins have come when it scores at least three runs ... the Bruins' tie against California on March 21 was just the fifth in school history, the first-ever draw in a conference contest for UCLA and the first tie since Feb. 18, 2000 versus Michigan ... UCLA is 17-3 when hitting at least one home run ... the Bruins are 14-2 when not committing an error ... UCLA is 18-3 when out-hitting its opponent.
PLAYER NOTES
Senior Allexis Bennett had hits and scored runs in all three games of the Stanford series, going 5-for-8 (.625) with five runs, two RBI, two doubles and two walks. Along with a two-hit contest in the final game of the Oregon series, Bennett has seven hits in her last 12 at-bats ... junior Jelly Felix has been on base in all four games she has played in, recording three hits and drawing four walks. She singled in each of the Stanford games, while drawing three walks on Saturday, scoring runs in the first two contests ... sophomore Johanna Grauer tossed her first complete-game shutout of the season on Sunday, striking out three and limiting the Cardinal to five hits over six innings to post her 11th win of the year ... freshman Paige Halstead drove in a pair of runs and had two hits on Saturday against Stanford. She is tied for third on the team with seven multiple-RBI games and fourth with 10 multi-hit contests ... sophomore Madeline Jelenicki has hits in nine of her last 11 games, batting .343 (12-for-35) during that stretch with two homers and 10 RBI. She had a pair of RBI last Saturday against Stanford, including the go-ahead tally during their eight-run sixth inning ... junior Gabrielle Maurice has scored a run in five of her last six games, crossing home plate seven times during that stretch. She hit a pair of home runs in the Oregon series to give her three on the year ... redshirt junior Paige McDuffee retired the last 14 batters of the game on April 3 at Oregon to earn her second win of the season. She tossed 6 2/3 innings and only needed 58 pitches to do so ... sophomore Kylee Perez is one of the hottest hitters in the country, entering this week's play on a 10-game hitting streak. She has 19 hits in her last 35 at-bats for a .543 batting average, adding nine runs batted in and nine runs scored. Her 16 multiple-hit contests are tied with Bennett for the team lead and she has five straight games with at least two hits (three with two, two with three) ... senior Mysha Sataraka tied a career high with five RBI on Saturday against Stanford, recording three hits, including a two-run single and a bases-clearing double. She would also go on to score the go-ahead run during the Bruins' eight-run, sixth-inning ... junior Delaney Spaulding posted four hits and five RBI in each of her last two games against Stanford. She drove in both UCLA runs on Monday on an RBI single and a run-scoring double, while on Sunday, Spaulding had a two-run homer and an RBI single ... sophomore Selina Ta'amilo struck out five in a complete-game win over Stanford on Monday, holding the Cardinal to five hits and one run. It was her 12th win of the season and second of the Stanford series, as she earned a victory in relief on Saturday ... freshman Brianna Tautalafua has reached base in nine straight games, recording a .348 average (8-for-23) with three homers, eight RBI and six walks during that stretch.
BRUINS IN THE NCAA RANKINGS
The Bruins continue to lead the nation in double plays turned, according to stats released by the NCAA on Monday (next release is on Thursday). UCLA is also 13th in on base percentage, 19th in runs per game, 26th in batting average and slugging percentage and 32nd in fielding percentage. Individually, senior Mysha Sataraka leads the country in walks, is 12th in on base percentage and tied for sixth in sacrifice flies with sophomore Madeline Jelenicki. Senior Allexis Bennett is tied for 14th in runs scored, 30th in batting average and 34th in on base percentage, while sophomore Kylee Perez ranks 20th in batting average, tied for 28th in sacrifice hits and 43rd in on base percentage. Junior Gabrielle Maurice is tied for 17th in hit by pitches and junior Delaney Spaulding is tied for 28th in runs batted in.
BRUINS IN THE PAC-12 RANKINGS
As a team, UCLA leads all Pac-12 teams in walks (151) entering Wednesday night's game and is also second in sacrifice hits (27) and hit by pitches (28), tied for second in triples (8) and third in on base percentage (.426), sacrifice flies (13) and fielding percentage (.970). Individually, senior Allexis Bennett is in the top four in five categories, ranking tied for second in hits (52), third in runs scored (43) and on base percentage (.528), tied for third in stolen bases (11) and fourth in batting average (.441). Sophomore Kylee Perez leads the conference in average (.457) and hits (53), ranks second in sacrifice hits (9) and fourth in on base percentage (.523). Senior Mysha Sataraka is tops among league players in walks (42) and on base percentage (.557) and is also tied for second in sacrifice flies (4) with sophomore Madeline Jelenicki, who is tied for first with freshman Paige Halstead with two triples. Junior Gabrielle Maurice has been hit the most times among Pac-12 players with a dozen, while junior Delaney Spaulding is fourth with 43 RBI.
BRUINS VS. MATADORS
UCLA leads the all-time series with CSUN, 43-10, and has won three straight against the Matadors. The Bruins claimed the regular-season matchup in Northridge, 6-4 in 10 innings, last March 26, before run-ruling the Matadors in the opening game of the NCAA Tournament, a 9-1, five-inning triumph at Easton Stadium on May 15. UCLA is 19-5 at home against CSUN, winning the last 12. The Matadors' last win in the series was in 2013 (3-2) in Northridge, while their most recent victory at Easton Stadium was in 1995 (1-0 in 10).
BRUINS VS. BEAVERS
UCLA leads the all-time series with Oregon State, 94-12, and has won eight straight against the Beavers. The Bruins won in Corvallis by scores of 12-2, 11-6 and 6-2 last April 25-27. UCLA has won 13 of its last 14 at Easton Stadium against Oregon State, with the Beavers' lone victory coming in 2012 (7-5). The Bruins are 50-4 all-time at home against OSU.