Dogs fall to UCLA

I want to say sorry. Things have been really crazy the past 2 days between softball and work.

The Fresno State Bulldogs fall to UCLA 9-5 in the final game of the LA regional. The bats came alive for the dogs getting 8 hits and 5 runs. The problem was we couldn't get the pitching. Moh ran out of gas and the UCLA hitters were not fooled. They scored 8 runs off of the Fresno State Ace.

The future is bright for dog fans with Melloh and Oakes in the circle. Add Soph Ortega to the current line-up this team should be loaded with talent for next years run in the playoffs.

Fresno gets...

...the Host school UCLA. The Bruins are the #2 overall seed. The bats need to continue to roll for the Dogs if they want to stay in the winners bracket.

Fresno State/UNLV

Player of the game

Morgan Melloh, Soph P

If we didnt give Morgan Melloh the player of the game "title" it would be a crime (kind of like not giving her the Pitcher of the year award, but thats a different story). The first 12 outs record by strike out for Morgan. She ended the game with 16 total, one more than her previous 7-inning high of 15 against USU last year. Her all time personal record is 20 in the marathon against the Wahine earlier this year. She gave up 6 hits over the 7 inning CG, only letting one Rebel score.

Fresno State now waits for the the winner UCLA/LBSU game for the 1 PM game tommorrow.

Melloh vs Holverson?

In 2008 Fresno State pitcher Morgan Melloh came onto the college softball scene in a big way. She was named the Freshman of the Year and Pitcher of the Year. First team All-WAC/West Region/Easton sports All-American and 2nd team NFCA All-American.

Fast Forward to 2009. Morgan continues to roll through opposing teams line-ups like a hot knife through butter. This year, however, she was not named WAC Pitcher of the Year. Katie Holverson was given that honor. Lets take a look at both players stats

Holverson
overall (WAC only)
27-9 (8-0)
1.66 ERA (1.77 ERA)
5 Shut Outs (2)
238.0 IP (71.1)
226 Ks (75)
67 BBs (17)
.208 B/AVG (.249)

Melloh

28-14 (12-2)
1.48 ERA (1.14 ERA)
17 Shut Outs (5)
297.2 IP (111)
414 Ks (133)
100 BB (16)
.167 B/AVG (.177)

Here are the Numbers. Do you agree with the WACs choice?

Melloh All-West Pick

According to Gobulldogs.com Fresno State Ace Morgan Melloh has been named to the All-West Region team. This is the second time in her first two years she has been named to this team. She is now eligible for the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-American team. She was named a 2nd teamer las year.



Link to the Gobulldogs.com article

2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-West Region

P Hillary Bach Arizona State University

P Morgan Melloh Fresno State University

P Missy Penna Stanford University

P Stephanie Ricketts University of Hawai'i

C Stacie Chambers University of Arizona

C Kaila Shull University of California, Los Angeles

1B Krysten Cary California Polytechnic St. Univ., SLO

1B Amanda Tauali'i University of Hawai'i

2B Tiare Jennings New Mexico State University

2B Amanda Kamekona University of California, Los Angeles

3B Krista Donnenwirth Arizona State University

3B Jennifer Griffin Long Beach State University

3B Shannon Koplitz Stanford University

3B Jenae Leles University of Arizona

SS Ashley Hansen Stanford University

SS Amberly Waits Louisiana Tech University

OF Kaitlin Cochran Arizona State University

OF Alissa Haber Stanford University

OF Brittany Lastrapes University of Arizona

OF Tanisha Milca University of Hawai'i

OF Katie Schroeder University of California, Los Angeles

OF Lauren Schutzler University of Arizona

Utility/Pitcher Anna Cahn California Polytechnic St. Univ., SLO

Utility/Pitcher Megan Langenfeld University of California, Los Angeles

Utility/Non-Pitcher GiOnna DiSalvatore University of California, Los Angeles

Utility/Non-Pitcher Jessica Mapes Arizona State University

NCAA Tourny Kicks off Today

4 Games
10 AM (PT)
Radford
(6) Georgia

12:30 PM
North Carolina
Campbell

2 PM
BYU
Kentucky

4:30 PM
(11) Ohio State
Canisius

UNLV

Fresno State will open with UNLV. The Rebels ended their season tied for third place (7-8). They finished their year at 31-19 over all. They are also coming into post season play on a low note dropping a 7-1 game to San Diego State in their last game.

The Rebels are hitting .304 as a team, lead by Ashli Holland (.342). UNLV is also lead by Jaci Hull in RBIs and HRs (50 RBIs, 11 HRs).

The problem for the Rebels it seems is their pitching. As a team their ERA is just north of 4. The lowest regular pitcher has an ERA of 4.01 (Traci Odegard and Stephan Breante). Opposing teams are hitting just south of .300 against the Rebel Hurlers. No Rebel has more than 60 strike outs.

The 4 seed, Long Beach State

LBSU comes into the LA regional with a 34-19 record. Like Fresno State and UCLA they are coming into the tournament on a hot streak winning 5 in a row and 10 of there last 12 games. The 49ers finished in 3rd place of the Big West.

In the boxes the niners are hitting .273 as a team. The team is lead by Sr Danielle Linke (.353, 25 RBIs and 7 home runs). While another Sr, Jennifer Griffin, leads the team in RBIs (40).

In the circle Long Beach has two good options, Fr Taylor Petty and So Brooke Turner. Petty is 15-4 with a 1.41 ERA. Brooke is 17-11 with a 2.34 ERA. Turner leads the Niners with 145 Strike outs.

Tickets now on sale

- All Tournament passes=

Adult-$29
Students-$17

- Sinlge day passes=

Adult-$11
Student-$7

All seating at Easton Stadium is General Admission. (first-come, first-served)

A closer look

Over the next couple of days we are going to take a closer look at each opponent in the LA regional with Fresno State. Let’s start with the host school, UCLA. UCLA comes into the NCAA tournament red hot winning 6 in a row and 15 of the last 16.

As a team the Bruins are hitting .322. They are lead by Katie Schroeder at a .417 clip. UCLA only has 2 starters batting under the .300 mark. The Bruins have some pop behind there bats too, hitting 72 out of the park. Kaila Shull leads UCLA with 55 RBIs.

It looks like the Bruins split time in the circle between Megan Langenfeld and Donna Kerr. Langenfeld has a 0.93 ERA and a record of 14-1. She will also see time at First were she has the 3rd highest Batting average for the Bruins. Kerr is 18-6 with a 2.55 ERA. She also leads the team with 221 strike outs.

UCLA and Fresno State has a few opponents in common, seven to be exact. UCLA went 7-6 (not including head-to-head) while Fresno went 4-4 against teams they had in common. The Highlight win out of that group would be winning 3 of 4 from Washington.