May 25, 2001
On the Diamond
-The Stanford softball team will take on UCLA in a winner's bracket game of the Women's College World Series on Friday night at 6:30 p.m. (PT) ... The sixth-seeded Cardinal (53-14-1) picked up its first-ever World Series win with a 2-1 eight-inning win over LSU on Thursday night ... The second-seeded Bruins (60-5) advanced to tonight's game with a 2-0 win over Iowa.
At the Plate
-Jessica Mendoza extended her hitting streak to 10 games with her first-inning double against LSU ... Her season-high is a 12-game hitting streak (3/3 - 3/24).
-Sarah Beeson's fourth-inning home run was the second off of LSU's Britni Sneed this year ... Beeson had a solo home run in the Cardinal's 2-0 win earlier this year (2/23/01) ... Both were lead off homers ... It was also Beeson's first round tripper since a three-run shot on April 25 against Saint Mary's.
In the Circle
-Dana Sorensen's seven hits allowed against LSU tied a season high ... She gave up seven hits against Oregon (4/6/01).
-In 199.1 innings of work, Sorensen has allowed just 14 earned runs ... She has 286 Ks and just 40 BBs ... Her record of 26-4 is a school best for wins in a season.
Between the Lines
-The Cardinal is 47-4 when it scores first ... Stanford is outscoring opponents 67-15 in the first inning and 43-6 in the fifth.
-With the 2-1 win over LSU on Thursday, Stanford improved its postseason record to 7-7 in four appearances ... The Cardinal has a 5-1 mark this year in the postseason.
-Stanford is 3-2 in extra-inning games this year ... The last postseason extra-inning game for the Cardinal prior to Thursday night's game was a 13-inning 2-1 loss to Central Michigan (5/18/00).
Past and Present
-Stanford went 1-2 this year with UCLA ... The Cardinal snapped the Bruins' 35-game winning streak with a 1-0 win at Stanford (3/30/01) in the Pac-10 opener ... Dana Sorensen and Amanda Freed battled it out in the circle ... Both gave up two hits, and Freed gave up one unearned run in the fourth ... UCLA won both games in Los Angeles - an 8-0 five inning win (4/28/01) and a 2-0 win (4/29/01) ... Keira Goerl pitched a one-hitter for the Bruins in the 8-0 win and then combined with Courtney Dale for a two-hitter in the 2-0 win ... The two losses at UCLA came in the midst of Stanford's seven-game Pac-10 losing streak.