UCLA
Stanford
Bruins Earn Bay Area Sweep
June 21, 1999 | Softball
April 25, 1999
<><>STANFORD, Calif. - The Stanford University Softball team was swept in Pac-10 doubleheader by #1 UCLA on Sunday afternoon at the Stanford Softball Complex. The Bruins took game one by a 12-1 score, then won game two by a 3-0 decision. With the losses, #8 Stanford moves to 35-18 overall, 5-13 in the Pac-10, while UCLA goes to 49-2, 16-2 in the Pac-10.
In the first game, UCLA scored two runs in the first, three in the third, three in the fourth and four more in the fifth on the way to the victory. Stanford scored it's only run in the third inning on a passed ball by the UCLA catcher. Stacey Nuveman paced the Bruins as she hit two home runs and had five RBI. Leading the way for Stanford was freshman Jessica Mendoza, who went 2-for-2.
Game two saw UCLA scores its first run in the top of the fourth inning. After Nuveman sigled to lead off the inning, Julie Adams hit a triple to right center that gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead The Bruins later scored two more runs in the seventh to provide the final margin of victory. Those runs came courtesy of four straight base hits by the Bruins with one out.
