MAY 2 2008 COLLEGE

5pm ET update

TOP 25 SCORES (ESPN/USA Softball poll +)

1. Arizona State def Washington 3-0
2. Florida
3. Alabama
4. UCLA def Arizona 2-1
5. Michigan
6. Texas A&M
7. Oklahoma
8. Stanford def Oregon 6-0
9. Fresno State
10. Arizona loses to UCLA 2-1
11. Northwestern
12. Tennessee
13. Houston
14. North Carolina
15. Long Beach St
16. LSU
17. ULL
18. Virginia Tech
19. San Diego State def Colorado State 2-1 (first game)
20. U Mass
21. Washington loses to ASU 3-0
22. Nevada def San Jose State 4-1
23. T Mississippi St
24. T Hawaii
25. California def Oregon State 9-1 (5)

26. Missouri
27. DePaul def Syracuse 9-0 (5) no hitter
28. Creighton
29. Georgia
30. Hofstra
31. South Florida
32. BYU def Utah 5-4
33. Oregon

TOP 25 GAME CAPSULES

#1 Arizona State 3  #21 Washington 0 WP-Katie Burkhart   12 K's LP-Aleah Macon

The win ties ASU’s all-time high in conference wins from 1991 and puts ASU at 53-2 overall and 15-1 in conference play while Washington falls to 26-19-1 overall and 5-10 in conference action.   The win combined 12 strikeouts by Burkhart with eight Sun Devil hits.  ASU loaded the bases in the 1st and scored when Rogers drew an rbi walk.  The RBI set a new ASU team single-season record topping the old record of 370. Renee Welty followed suit with a seven-pitch at-bat to pull a walk and another run as ASU took the 2-0 lead after one.  Crabb belted a solo shot in the 4th for the final score.

#4 UCLA 2, #10 Arizona 1  WP Anjelica Selden  LP Taryne Mowatt

No. 4 UCLA Bruins pitcher Anjelica Selden (21-3) flirted with a no-hitter through five-plus, and a walk-off home run by Monica Harrison downed the No. 12 Arizona Wildcats, 2-1, in front of 575 here on Friday afternoon. In a highly-touted pitchers duel, Selden gave up two hits and Taryne Mowatt gave up four. Selden fanned six in the victory, while Mowatt whiffed three in the loss.  Mowatt (19-12) hit Jen Schroeder to lead off the third for the Bruins. Pinch-runner Lauren Mirabal then moved into scoring position with a sac-bunt, went to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a sacrifice fly to center to open the scoring. After another base hit, Mowatt induced a Megan Langenfeld popup to end the inning, 1-0.  Arizona (31-16, 8-8 Pac-10) saw its first base runner when K’Lee Arredondo earned a walk in the top of the fourth, then Jenae Leles was plunked for the 12^th time on the season to put two on with one out. But Stacie Chambers struck out and Laine Roth popped up to shallow left to end the scoring threat.  Selden finally gave up a hit in the top of the sixth. Arredondo hit a two-out double to the wall to bring Leles to the plate once again. Selden recovered, though, and forced a groundout to end the inning. In the UA seventh, Stacie Chambers lined out on a hard shot to deep right, followed by a deep shot to left centerfield caught just off the warning track off the bat of Roth. In the last chance for the Cats, Sam Banister stepped up to the plate and smoked a 1-2 pitch off the scoreboard to tie the game. The sixth bomb of the season for the junior ignited the UA bench and Arizona faithful in attendance. Callista Balko walked to follow up, but Lauren Schutzler struck out to end the half with the game tied, 1-1. After the UA rally, Monica Harrison hit her first career home run to left field to end the game, 2-1.

UCLA (42-5, 13-2) is a perfect 8-0 at home in conference play, making them the only team in the Pac-10 to post an undefeated record in their friendly confines.

#8 Stanford 6 Oregon 0  WP Missy Penna 5H 10K  LP Melissa Rice

Penna struck out three of the six batters she faced in the bottom of the 7th, but the Ducks loaded the bases with two walks and a single by Vitek, bringing up the ever-dangerous Bryant, who struck out to end the game.  Rice held the Cardinal in check until the 5th when Howe and Neill singled with two out, and pinch runner Schroeder scored on an error.  Smith singled and scored with two out in the 6th, then in the 7th, after Neill walked and Coon doubled, Smith stroked a 2-run double. 

New Mexico State vs #9 Fresno State 7:00 PM Fresno, Calif.  (no report at 11pmET)

#19 San Diego State 2  Colorado State 1 WP-Christina Ross   9 K's LP-Cayte Billman

Evenly matched defensively in the early innings, SDSU broke through with a run in the 5th.  Wisneski tripled with one out; and scored on Wells' two-out single.  CSU tied the game in the top 7th, capitalizing on two errors.  The Aztecs won in the bottom half, Knudsen singled with one out, advanced, and scored the winner on the error on McCorkle's grounder. SDSU 38-15, 10-5 MWC.  CSU 24-20, 4-9 MWC.

#22 Nevada 4 San Jose State 1 (9) WP-Katie Holverson  (19-5)  10 K's LP-Deanna Mauer   (12-14)

The Nevada softball team moved one step closer towards its first-ever Western Athletic Conference regular season title on Friday.
The Wolf Pack took a 4-1 victory in nine innings over San Jose State at SJSU Field on Friday, cutting the team’s magic number to one game. Nevada improved to 38-14 overall and 14-3 in WAC play. San Jose State fell to 25-30 and 5-10 in the WAC.
A number of notable events occurred in the game and with the Wolf Pack earning the victory:
- Nevada tied the school record for wins in a season with 38 (2004 team went 38-28).
- Nevada broke school record for WAC wins in a season (2004 team won 13 games when the WAC played a 24-schedule instead of the current 18-game league slate).
- Freshman catcher Noelle Micka went 2-for-5 and broke the school’s single-season record for hits. She now has 70 hits on the year. She passed Jiliane Hartfiel, who has 69 in 2004.
- Nevada tied the school record for longest win streak at 10 straight games.
- Freshman Britton Murdock broke the school record for walks in a season with 29. She passed Cindy Elkins, who drew 28 free passes in 2006.
- Junior Brittany Puzey extended her hitting streak to 10 straight games. It is the third longest streak on the team this season.
Nevada struck first with a single run in the first inning as Puzey doubled and scored on Sam Bias’ single. But the Spartans tied it in the second inning and the teams then played scoreless ball until the ninth.
Nevada took a 2-1 lead when Sam Bias scored on a ground ball by Kym Silagyi. Later in the inning, Micka singled scoring Tyler Schafer. Kristin Stith also scored on the play on an error by the right-fielder.
Nevada started Katie Holverson went the distance, scattering seven hits and yielding just one run. She did not walk a batter and she struck out 10 as she improved to 19-5 on the year and 8-0 in WAC games.
The teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday to close out the regular season. Nevada needs one more victory – or a Fresno State loss – to clinch the WAC title and the No. 1 seed in next week’s WAC Tournament.
NOTES: Nevada streak of at least one home run in nine streak games came to an end ... Micka now has 23 multiple-hit games, which leads the WAC ... Holverson fanned 10 in the game, one off her career-best of 11.
 

#25 California 9 Oregon State 1 (5) WP Marissa Drewery. 

Bernice Masaniai and Sanoe Kekahuna belted home runs to help the 22nd-ranked California Golden Bears to a 9-1 road win over the Oregon State Beavers in five innings on Friday evening. Cal not only improved to 39-20, 6-10 in Pac-10, but also took the season series from the Beavers, winning two of the three games. The Golden Bear offense notched seven hits, while ace sophomore pitcher Marissa Drewrey locked down the Beavers, scattering six hits and striking out five for her 26th win of the season. She has allowed just eight hits, two runs and two walks over her last 15 innings pitched.

Masaniai's home run brought her RBI total to 40 this season, giving Cal three players with 40 or more RBI - Kekahuna (45), Leomiti (41) and Masaniai (40). Valerie Arioto, who scored a run in Friday's contest, also drew a walk, bringing her season total to 40, two shy of tying Kaleo Eldridge's walk total of 42 in 2005 - fifth-most in a single-season. After Cal's seven-run burst in the second inning, the Bears have outscored their opponents, 55-10 in the second inning of games this season. Additionally, Cal is 28-4 when leading after two innings this season.

The Bears clawed their way to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning thanks to a Leomiti two-run double through the right side which plated both Arioto and Erika Racklin.  After Oregon State scored a run in the bottom of the first, Cal put up seven runs in the second inning to take a commanding 9-1 lead. After Vernae Sevilla punched a single up the middle, Kekahuna drilled her eighth home run of the year on a 3-1 count. Later in the inning with Racklin and Shannon Houston on base, Masaniai planted her sixth home run of the season over the left field wall on the very first pitch she saw. Julie Meyer also scored in the inning on a wild pitch.
 

OTHER GAME CAPSULES

#27 DePaul 9, Syracuse 0 no hitter by Heteniak and Dean

Becca Heteniak and Lindsey Dean threw a combined no-hitter to Syracuse, as the No. 20 DePaul softball team topped Syracuse 9-0, in five innings of BIG EAST Conference play at the Syracuse Softball Stadium.  The Blue Demons improve to 43-15, and 15-5 in conference action, while the Orange fall to 20-29, 11-8 in the league.

DePaul has won its last four contests with Syracuse; three of those including this one were five inning, shutout contests.The Blue Demons and Orange finish their doubleheader later today.

#32 BYU 5  Utah 4 WP-Paige Affleck LP-Ashley Smuda SV Christina Trice

BYU scored 3 runs in the top of the 7th inning.  Quiocho walked and scored on an error top of 4th.  Utah countered with 2 runs in the bottom half; on rbi's by Quintero and Boardman.  Snow singled and scored the tying run in the 6th on Davis' single.  Again, Utah responded with two runs.  Quintero walked and Foster jacked a 2-run home run.  Delahoussaye opened the BYU 7th with a home run.  With one out, Vance singled and Snow homered to left field.  BYU 38-16, 11-4 MWC.  Utah 26-22, 9-6 MWC.

UNLV 6, New Mexico 3 (first game)

New Mexico vs UNLV 6 pm Las Vegas, Nev.

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