#13 Bruins Host Fullerton, Cal This Week

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Cal State Fullerton at #13/#14 UCLA
Tuesday, April 18
7 p.m.
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RV/#22 California at #13/#14 UCLA
Friday, April 21
7 p.m.
TV: Pac-12 Network Los Angeles
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RV/#22 California at #13/#14 UCLA
Saturday, April 22
7 p.m.
TV: Pac-12 Network National and Los Angeles
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RV/#22 California at #13/#14 UCLA
Sunday, April 23
5 p.m.
TV: Pac-12 Network National and Los Angeles
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#13 BRUINS AT HOME FOR FOUR GAMES THIS WEEK
The 13th-ranked Bruins host a pair of Golden State foes this week at Easton Stadium, entertaining Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday at 7 p.m. before taking on #22 California on Friday (7 p.m.), Saturday (7 p.m.) and Sunday (5 p.m.). Tuesday and Friday's games will have live audio on UCLABruins.com, while all three UCLA-Cal contests will be broadcast on Pac-12 Network Los Angeles.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bruins will have another four-game stretch next week, this time on the road. UCLA will play at CSUN on Wednesday, April 26 at 3:30 p.m. before heading to the Bay Area for a matchup at Stanford (Friday, April 28 at 6 p.m.; Saturday, April 29 at 1 p.m.; Sunday, April 30 at 12 p.m.).

BRUINS IN THE POLLS
UCLA fell five spots to 13th in this week's USA Today/NFCA poll and five to 14th in the latest ESPN.com/USA Softball rankings.

SCOUTING THE CAL STATE FULLERTON TITANS
Cal State Fullerton enters Tuesday's game at 23-18, having gone 6-3 so far in Big West Conference play. As a team, the Titans are hitting .265 with 13 home runs and 47 stolen bases, averaging 3.4 runs per game. Four players are hitting over .300, led by sophomore Ariana Williams' .359 clip with a team-best 19 stolen bases. Senior Delynn Rippy is second at .357 with seven steals, senior Alexis Gonzalez is batting .325 with a team-best five homers and 31 RBI and junior Samantha Vandiver is hitting .322. Senior Kelsey Kessler leads the pitching staff with a 12-6 record, a 1.81 earned run average and 113 strikeouts in 123 2/3 innings, while senior Cerissa Rivera is 4-2 with a 1.94 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 57 2/3 innings.

THE SERIES: BRUINS VS. TITANS
UCLA won its sixth straight matchup against Cal State Fullerton on March 4 at Fullerton, winning 2-0 on a pair of unearned runs in the sixth inning. Johanna Grauer struck out seven in a four-hit shutout, while Bubba Nickles went 2-for-2. The Bruins lead the all-time series with the Titans 45-33-1 and hold a 22-14-1 mark at Easton Stadium, where UCLA has won the last three.

SCOUTING THE CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS
California, which plays at Sacramento State on Wednesday, is 25-13 and 3-8 in Pac-12 play. The Golden Bears are hitting .277 as a team with eight home runs and 41 stolen bases, averaging 4.3 runs per game. Four players, junior Jazmyn Jackson (.354), senior Kylie Reed (.347), junior Kobie Pettis (.327) and sophomore Lindsay Rood (.318), are hitting over .300. Redshirt sophomore Zoe Conley has thrown a team-best 145 1/3 innings with a team-high 111 strikeouts, posting a 15-8 record and a 2.60 earned run average. Senior Katie Sutherland-Finch is 4-1 with a 1.25 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 33 2/3 innings.

THE SERIES: BRUINS VS. GOLDEN BEARS
UCLA is unbeaten in its last eight matchups against California, posting seven wins and a tie in the last game, a rain-shortened affair in Berkeley last March. The Bruins are 87-29-1 all-time against the Bears and 45-8 at home. UCLA has outscored California 39-22 during its eight-game unbeaten streak.

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