Feb. 19, 2012
SAN DIEGO -
The San Diego State softball team fell to No. 12/8 UCLA, 1-0, on the final day of the 22nd annual Campbell/Cartier Classic Sunday at SDSU Softball Stadium.
The Bruins' (10-0) run came on an illegal pitch in the top of the fifth inning by Aztec (7-4) redshirt junior Rebecca Arbino (Clovis, Calif./Texas A&M).
"(The illegal pitch) was completely on me as the pitching coach," head coach Kathy Van Wyk said. "It's my job to make sure (the players) know the rules. Rebecca pitched a great game and kept us in it against a very good team."
The decisive inning started with Dani Yudin getting hit by a pitch. Sam Duran replaced Yudin, and moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Ally Carda and to third on a groundout by Marti Reed. With a 2-1 count, Arbino was called for an illegal pitch, which allowed Duran to score the only run of the game.
It was tough ending for Arbino, who allowed the lone run on just four hits (all singles), a walk and a hit batter over seven innings. She struck out four against a team that came into the game with a .412 team batting average, 13 home runs, 28 doubles and 81 runs in nine contests.
UCLA pitcher Jessica Hall was just as effective, giving up three hits (all singles) and a walk, while striking out six over the complete game shutout.
SDSU's best chance to score came in the sixth when sophomore Hayley Miles (Antelope, Calif.) hit a one-out single up the middle and junior Tiffany Corder (San Clemente, Calif./UC Santa Barbara) followed with an eight-pitch pinch-hit single. Redshirt sophomore Patrice Jackson (Kansas City, Mo.) hit Hall hard on a 0-2 pitch, but it was right at Bruin third baseman Stephany LaRosa, who touched third and beat Jackson with a throw to first to end the threat.
Miles singled and walked to lead the San Diego State offense, while juniors Kristin May (Corona, Calif.) and Corder each added pinch-hit singles.
Katie Schroeder had two hits to pace UCLA.
All four of the Aztecs' losses this season have been by one run and three have been against nationally ranked schools (and the other had votes in both national polls).
SDSU heads to the Cathedral City Classic this weekend to take on No. 4/4 Oklahoma (6 p.m. PT) and No. 13/13 Texas (8:30 p.m. PT) on Thursday, New Mexico State (8 p.m. PT) on Friday, Iowa State (10 a.m. PT) on Saturday and No. 8/12 Stanford (1 p.m. PT) and Cal State Northridge (3 p.m. PT) on Sunday.
22nd Annual Campbell/Cartier Classic
Feb. 19, 2012 - SDSU Softball Stadium
No. 12/8 UCLA 1, (--/rv) San Diego State 0
UCLA (10-0) 000 010 0 -- 1 4 0
San Diego State (7-4) 000 000 0 -- 0 3 2
Hall and Yudin; Arbino and Tamayo, Kr. May (6)
W - Hall, 4-0; L - Arbino, 1-1