MAY 6 UPDATE

TOP 25

Michigan.  S/S Northwestern.  Big 10 Title at stake; Michigan must sweep.

California. Friday lost to Oregon State 2-0.  Brianne McGowan (W) and Kelly Anderson (L) each tossed a theree-hitter but the Beavers strengthened thgeir grasp on the PAC 10 top rung with 2 runs in the top of the 4^th.  Mia Longfellow singled to center to start the inning, and advanced to 2^nd on a sac bunt by Vanessa Iapala.  Lisa Allen doubled with two out to bringnin the first run.  McGowan immediately followed with an rbi double right center for the final run.  Cal threatened in the 2^nd when Julie Meyer hit a two-out double but was stranded. Cal bunched two of its hits in the 7^th.  XChelsea Spencer started the bottom of the 7^th with a single, but was forced at 2nd by Jessica Pamanian.  Cal reached n3rd when Emily Freidman singled to center but Meyer struck out to end the game.   S/S Oregon

Arizona.  Lost Friday to UCLA 6-0.  S/S Washington

Texas A&M. Big 12 May 11 #1 seed

Stanford.  Friday beat Oregon 5-1.  The fourth-ranked Stanford Cardinal capitalized on five Oregon errors to defeat the Ducks 5-1 at Smith Family Stadium  Friday evening. The loss snaps a five-game win streak for the Ducks (32-20 overall, 5-11 Pacific-10 Conference) and the Cardinal improve to 38-11, 11-5 with the win.

Stanford left fielder Jackie Rinehart led off the second inning with an infield single and came around to score later in the inning on an RBI by Tricia Aggabao to give the Cardinal the first lead of the game, 1-0. Catcher Leah Nelson made it 2-0 in the third inning, driving in center fielder Catalina Morris, who had doubled to lead off the inning.

Nelson and Morris combined again in the fifth inning after Morris singled with one out and advanced to second on a passed ball. Nelson drove her in with a two-out single to center field and third baseman Michelle Smith scored later in the inning after an Oregon error to extend the Cardinal lead to 4-0 after five complete innings.

Designated player Anna Beardman scored another unearned run for Stanford in the bottom of the sixth inning to make it 5-0

Oregon had a single each by Breanne Sabol, Beth Boskovich and Ashley Richards to load the base with one out in the first inning, but Cardinal pitcher Becky McCullough retired the next two batters to prevent the Ducks from scoring. McCullough scattered just two hits over the next five innings of play and retired 15 of 17 batters.

The Ducks rallied in the seventh inning after a one-out double by T.J. Eadus and a single by Kayleen Hudson. Freshman Joanna Gail had her second RBI in as many games to score pinch runner Dani Baird and put the Ducks on the board. It was as close as Oregon got as the Cardinal defense turned a double play and McCullough forced a pop out to end the game.

Junior pitcher Amy Harris (15-11) took the loss for Oregon and had four strikeouts to move to second all-time at Oregon with 447 career strikeouts.   S/S Oregon State

Oregon State.  Friday defeated Cal 2-0.  S/S Stanford

Baylor.  Big 12 May 12 #4 seed

Texas.  Big 12 May 12 #3 seed

Georgia.  SEC May 12  #1 seed

Oklahoma.  Big 12, May 11  #2 seed

Alabama.  F/S Arkansas.  SU Lipscomb

UCLA.  Friday defeated Arizona 6-0.  In one of her better 2005 appearances, Lisa Dodd shut-out the Wildcats with a hard-to-hit changeup, backed up by a solid defense, and an offense that chipped away at UofA starter Leslie Wolf.  After Cailin Benyi doubled, Emily Zaplatosch singled for one run and Kristen Dedmon hit a bloop single for the second run.  Caitlin Benyi scored her second run of the game on a Zaplatosch rbi in the 6^th.  Zaplatosch swcored on an rbi groundout by Krista Colburn.  Dodd also drove in a run (Jodie Legaspi single) as the Bruins brought eight batters to the plate in the 6^th.   Benyi capped her good night with a solo HR in the 7^th.  The Wildcats rallied in their last stand.  Courtney Fossatti out ran a bunt single.  Allyson von Liechtenstein singled.  Caitlin Lowe slapped her second hit to load the bases  with one out.  Autumn Champion ground to short, and Jodie Legaspie threw home for the force. Kristie Fox grounded back to Dodd. The win clinched the season-sweep for the Bruins, who defeated Arizona 9-1 and 5-4 earlier in the season in Los Angeles. It marked the first three-game win streak against the Wildcats since 1995. Arizona had won 27 of the last 35 games in the series entering the season. S/S Arizona State.

Tennessee.  S/S LSU

Louisiana-Lafayette.  S/S Middle Tennessee

Northwestern.  S/S Michigan.  Big 10 title at stake

Fresno State.  Bulldogged Nevada 14-0 in Game 1.  As powerful as the offense was this night, particularly that 8-run torrent in the top of the 7^th, Jamie Southern (W) never let Nevada into the game. M Nevada got two hits in the 5^th, and one each in the last two innings.  Kristen Sylvester drove in 2 runs in the top of the 1^st.  Leticia Pacheco singled in a run in the 3^rd, two fielding errors allowed two more runs.  Rachael Donaldson homered in the 5^th, 6-0.  In the 7^th, Pacheco doubled and scored on Pacheco’s single.  Donaldson walked, and Jenna Cervantez cranked a 3-run homer. Kristy Vilasenor singled and scored on Christina Clark’s double.  Southern drove ina run, before Nicole Willis hammered a 2-run homer, 14-0.  Nevada got a single from Candice Rainwater and Lindsey Hall reached on an error, but the rally ended.  Southern improved to 23-3.  Jordan McPherson (11-9) too the loss. Game 2 Fresno State 5-3. Fresno State banged out 12 hits but Nevada hung tough and FSU took a 5-3 win, Southern (relief) again besting McPherson.  Willis continued to wield a heavy bat, belting a 2-run HR in the top of the 1^st.  Nevada wasted a double by Kristen Stith in the 1st, but solved FSU starter Amanda Nesbitt in the 2nd.  Rainwater doubled; Vanessa Briones singled, and Ashley Ablahani drove in a run.  Southern doubled and scored on Pacheco’s single, another run scoring on an error, 4-1.  Again Nevada rallied, 2 runs scoring in the bottom of the 3^rd on a double by Lindsey Hall.  But that was the last run for Nevada.  FSU closed out the scoring on Clark’s home run in the 4^th.

 

Georgia Tech.  May 9 Troy St DH.  May 12 ACC tournament. Georgia Tech (45-11, 11-4 ACC), ranked 17th in the nation, is the top seed, while Florida State (32-22, 11-6 ACC) is the second seed. Virginia (29-30, 9-8 ACC) is seeded third and NC State (40-23, 7-7 ACC) is the fourth seed. North Carolina (36-25, 9-9 ACC) captured the fifth seed, followed by Maryland (24-19, 5-9 ACC) and Virginia Tech (38-20, 4-13 ACC).

Iowa.  S/S Illinois.

Missouri.  S/S Nebraska

Southern Illinois.  S/S Indiana State.

Auburn.  May 12 SEC.

Washington.  Friday run-ruled Arizona State 8-0 (5).   All the rbi’s were HRs. With two of its first three batters on with walks, the Huskies jumped ahead 3-0 in the 1^st on Kathy Fiske’s home run.  Aimee Minor jacked a 2-run shot in the 3^rd.  Kristen Rivera belted a 3-run HR in the 4th.  Caitlin Noble (14-7) was the winner over Desiree Serrano (12-7).  S/S Arizona

Florida.  May 7, Kentucky.

Nebraska.  Missouri weekend.

DePaul.  S/S Louisville.

Long Beach State.  May 7-8 UC  Santa Barbara

Oregon.  Friday lost 5-1 to Stanford.  S/S California.

NFCA SCOREBOARD

HEADLINES

The following headlines appearing in ColleSports.Com are links to stories appearing on college web sites.  Click on the headlines to read the stories.

May 6, 2005 UCLA: Softball Shuts Out No. 3 Arizona 6-0
May 6, 2005 Fresno State: No. 16/16 Softball Swats Way to 14-0 Victory Over Nevada
May 6, 2005 Florida State: Florida State Falls Short In Second Game Of Twin Bill With Brigham Young, 5-2
May 7, 2005 UNLV: Rebels Put Run-Rule In Effect, Win 8-0 In Six
May 6, 2005 Arizona State: Softball Falls in Five Innings to No. 20 Washington, 8-0
May 6, 2005 Tulsa: Tulsa Comes Back to Beat Louisiana Tech, 2-1
May 6, 2005 UT-Arlington: MCNEESE STATE ELIMINATES LADY MAVS FROM SLC TOURNEY
May 6, 2005 Nevada: Nevada Drops Two To WAC-Leading Fresno State
May 6, 2005 UMKC: Softball Splits Doubleheder at IUPUI
May 6, 2005 Quinnipiac: Softball Offense Explodes in Sweep of St. Francis (N.Y.)
May 6, 2005 Rhode Island: Rams Drop Final Two Games To The UMass Minutewomen
May 6, 2005 Cal: McGowan, No. 7 Oregon State Outlast No. 2 California, 2-0
May 6, 2005 UMass: Softball Sweeps Rhode Island, 12-2 and 9-0, Behind Busa's No-Hitter And Two Home Runs
May 6, 2005 SEMO: Redhawks Get Back on Track with 3-1 Win Over Panthers
May 6, 2005 Florida State: Rain Delays Florida State, BYU Doubleheader
May 6, 2005 South Carolina: Gamecock Softball Hosts Mississippi State to Wrap Up Regular Season
May 6, 2005 Pacific: Pacific Softball Releases Summer Camp Dates
May 6, 2005 Oregon State: Back-to-Back Doubles Provide No. 7 Softball With 2-0 Upset Of No. 2 California
May 6, 2005 Grand Valley State: GVSU Drops 4-1 Contest to Saginaw Valley State
May 6, 2005 Utah: Utes Outslug UVSC for Softball Win
May 6, 2005 Villanova: Big East Bound: Villanova Sweeps Pitt in Winner-Take-All Doubleheader
May 6, 2005 Grand Valley State: Lakers Drop 7-2 Decision Against Wayne State in GLIAC Tournament
May 6, 2005 UT-Arlington: UTA COMEBACK NOT ENOUGH IN 8-3 LOSS TO BEARKATS
May 6, 2005 Tennessee Women: 10TH-RANKED LADY VOLS CONCLUDE REGULAR SEASON AT LSU
May 6, 2005 St. John's: Red Storm Softball Will Not Makeup Doubleheader with Pittsburgh
May 6, 2005 Maryland: Terps Softball Wraps Up Regular Season Saturday Against George Mason
May 6, 2005 Houston: Weekend Series With UAB Includes Senior Day
May 6, 2005 Purdue: Rivalry Weekend
May 6, 2005 Akron: Zips Travel To Toledo For Key Two-Game MAC Series
May 6, 2005 Samford: Bulldogs Look To Secure OVC No. 2 Seed Against EKU This Weekend
May 6, 2005 Michigan State: Spartans Host Miami (Ohio) In Final Home Date Of The Year Sunday
May 6, 2005 Kansas: KU Wraps Up Regular Season in Ames
May 6, 2005 UAB: Blazers Head To Houston With Season On The Line
May 6, 2005 Wayne State: Softball Advances With 7-2 Win Over Grand Valley
May 6, 2005 Baylor: Marcello to Serve as Consultant for NPF Champions
May 6, 2005 Iowa: Hawkeyes Wrap Up Regular Season
May 6, 2005 Boston College: Softball Sweeps Dartmouth In Season Finale
May 6, 2005 Quinnipiac: Softball Doubleheader Against St. Francis (N.Y.) Moved Up
May 6, 2005 Florida State: FSU Softball Closes Out Regular Season In Utah Friday And Saturday
May 5, 2005 Akron: Zips Drop Game one at Youngstown State, Bounce back For Game Two Victory

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