#4 Bruins Open 2018 Hosting Winsberg Tournament

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Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament Schedule
Friday, February 9
10:30 a.m. - Maryland vs. Cal Poly (live stats)
1 p.m. - Middle Tennessee vs. Cal Poly (live stats)
3:30 p.m. - Maryland vs. UCLA (live audio/live stats)
6 p.m. - Middle Tennessee vs. UCLA (live audio/live stats)

Saturday, February 10
12 p.m. - Cal Poly vs. UCLA (live stats)
2:30 p.m. - UC Riverside vs. Maryland (live stats)
5 p.m. - Cal Poly vs. Maryland (live stats)

Sunday, February 11
9 a.m. - Maryland vs. Middle Tennessee (live stats)
11:30 a.m. - Middle Tennessee vs. UC Riverside (live stats)
2 p.m. - Cal Poly vs. UCLA (live audio/live stats)
4:30 p.m. - UC Riverside vs. UCLA (live audio/live stats)

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All Games at Easton Stadium
Team listed second is home team and in third base dugout (exception: Sunday 11:30 a.m. game - MTSU in third base dugout, UCR in first base)

FOURTH-RANKED BRUINS OPEN 2018 SEASON HOSTING STACY WINSBERG MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
The fourth-ranked UCLA softball team begins its 2018 campaign this weekend, hosting the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament at Easton Stadium. UCLA will play twice on Friday (Maryland at 3:30 p.m. and Middle Tennessee at 6 p.m.), once on Saturday (Cal Poly at 12 p.m.) and twice on Sunday (Cal Poly at 2 p.m. and UC Riverside at 4:30 p.m.). Free live audio (except for Saturday game) and live stats will be available for all games at UCLABruins.com.

HONORING STACY WINSBERG
This weekend's tournament honors former UCLA softball player Stacy Winsberg. Winsberg was a four-year letterwinner with the Bruins (1982-1985) and played for three national championship teams ('82, '84, '85). She was also a two-time ASA All-American and played internationally in the Tri-National Tournament and the Japan Cup in 1985. Winsberg lost her battle with cancer in December 2001, and beginning with the 2002 edition, this tournament has been named in her honor. The Winsberg family will be recognized prior to Saturday's UCLA game against Cal Poly.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bruins play six times next week, starting on Thursday, Feb. 15 at Easton Stadium against Fordham at 6 p.m. UCLA then heads to Cathedral City for the Presidents' Day weekend for the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic I, facing UC Santa Barbara (8 p.m.) on Saturday, Feb. 17, Syracuse (5 p.m.) and UAB (7:30 p.m.) on Sunday, Feb. 18 and Grand Canyon (11:30 a.m.) and Team Japan (2 p.m.) on Sunday, Feb. 19. Live audio and live stats will be available for all six games at UCLABruins.com.

BRUINS IN THE POLLS
The Bruins are ranked fourth in the ESPN.com/USA Softball preseason rankings, earning 410 points and one of 20 first-place votes, while coming in at fifth in the USA Today/NFCA poll, receiving 645 points. UCLA is one of six Pac-12 teams ranked in the Top 25 of both polls: Oregon (#3 USA Softball/#3 NFCA), Washington (#4 NFCA/#5 USA Softball), Arizona (#7 USA Softball/#7 NFCA), Utah (#15 NFCA/#16 USA Softball) and Arizona State (#19 USA Softball/#23 NFCA), with California also receiving votes in both polls. In the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches poll, UCLA was second, earning 55 points and a pair of first-place votes.

GARCIA, PEREZ NAMED TO USA SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST
Senior Kylee Perez and redshirt sophomore Rachel Garcia are two of 50 players named to the 2018 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List, as announced on Jan. 31.

The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award enters its 17th season and recognizes outstanding athletic achievement by Division I female collegiate softball players across the country. Previous recipients of the award include the first honoree in 2002, UCLA's Stacey Nuveman. Four Bruins have been Top 3 finalists for the award (Nuveman, 2002; Natasha Watley, 2002-2003; Megan Langenfeld, 2010; Ally Carda, 2014).

The preseason Watch List includes 23 seniors, 18 juniors and nine sophomores, with freshmen ineligible for consideration (freshmen can be considered for the award once they have competed at the collegiate level). The Top 25 finalists will be announced on April 25. An athlete does not have to be on the Watch List to be considered for the Top 25, but the eventual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will come from the Top 25 finalists. The Top 10 finalists will be named on May 9, with the Top 3 announced on May 23. The POY will be revealed on May 29.

Garcia was named the NFCA National Freshman of the Year in 2017, as well as NFCA Second Team All-American, Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year, NFCA All-West Region Second Team, All-Pac-12 First Team and All-Pac-12 Freshman Team. She went 23-9 with three saves, a 1.87 earned run average and a team-best 212 strikeouts in 202 2/3 innings in the circle, tying for 26th nationally in strikeouts, tying for 28th in wins and tying for 48th in saves. Garcia also led all Pac-12 pitchers in strikeouts, earning three Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week awards, four Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors and one USA Softball National Player of the Week nod. At the plate, Garcia hit .325 with eight home runs and 29 runs batted in, placing third with 21 walks and tied for third with 12 doubles. She had 15 multiple-hit games and eight multi-RBI contests.

Perez, a three-time NFCA All-Region and three-time All-Pac-12 selection, including First Team for both as a junior in 2017, led the Bruins with a .408 batting average and two triples. She was also second with 15 doubles, 51 runs scored, a .433 on base percentage, nine stolen bases and five hit by pitches, adding three home runs and 31 runs batted in. Perez led the team with 25 multiple-hit games to go with 10 multi-RBI contests. She was seventh in the nation in hits with 86 and 50th in batting average, while also ranking first among Pac-12 players in hits and fourth in average.

NEWS AND NOTES
Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez is 14 wins away from 500 for her career ... the Bruins had 13 comeback victories last season ... UCLA was 35-0 last season when leading after five innings and has won 62 in a row when ahead after five ... Kylee Perez enters her senior year with a .389 batting average, which is sixth in UCLA history. The All-West Region and All-Pac-12 Conference First Team selection from a year ago, who was seventh in the nation in hits with 86 in 2017, has seen her average increase exactly 20 points every season (.368 in 2015, .388 in 2016, .408 in 2017) ... senior Johanna Grauer is tied for third in Bruin annals in saves (7), while senior Selina Ta'amilo is tied for 10th (4). Ta'amilo is also tied for 10th in career appearances (104) ... senior Madeline Jelenicki is tied for second at UCLA in sacrifice flies (13) ... four of the five Bruins who were named NFCA All-Region a year ago return this season. Redshirt sophomore Rachel Garcia, who was the NFCA National Freshman of the Year and Second Team All-American, was recognized on the All-West Region Second Team in 2017 along with Jelenicki (.323, 15 HR, team-best 69 RBI in 2017) and the graduated Delaney Spaulding. In addition to Perez's First Team honor, junior Zoe Shaw (.326, 10 RBI, 22 BB - tied for team lead) was named to the Third Team ... additional impact returning position players include junior Brianna Tautalafua, who was tied for first with 16 homers, second with 52 RBI and third with a .335 average, sophomore Bubba Nickles (.282, 10 HR, 35 RBI) and junior Paige Halstead (.277, 6 HR, 21 RBI), all three of who played in all 63 games in 2017 ... Grauer (11-4, 2.88 ERA) and Ta'amilo (14-0, 2.83 ERA), along with Garcia, combined to start 56 of 63 games in 2017 ... the Bruins bring in the top-ranked recruiting class in the nation, according to FloSoftball.

BRUINS AGAINST THE STACY WINSBERG MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT FIELD
UCLA is 6-0 all-time against Maryland, with all the matchups coming at neutral sites. The Bruins' last victory against the Terrapins came in 2014 in Cathedral City (10-5). UCLA has outscored Maryland 45-8 over the six contests with four shutouts ... the Bruins have never faced Middle Tennessee, which is located in Murfreesboro, Tenn. and plays in Conference USA ... UCLA is 29-3 all-time against Cal Poly and has won 22 in a row over the Mustangs. The Bruins are 11-1 at home against the Mustangs. The two teams have met in each of the last two seasons in Cathedral City, with UCLA winning 9-1 in five innings in 2016 and 3-1 in 2017. The last time Cal Poly played at Easton Stadium, the Bruins claimed an 8-0, five-inning win in 2010 ... UCLA is 19-2 all-time against UC Riverside, with the Bruins winning all seven matchups in Westwood. The teams haven't met since 2010, when the Highlanders posted a 3-2 upset victory in Riverside. In the last contest at Easton, the Bruins won 14-0 in five innings in 2007.

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