UCLA vs Eastern Kentucky
May 17th, 2002
Columbia, SC Regional

1st meeting between the two schools.
Eastern Kentucky is eliminated from the NCAA Tournament.

Note: Game 6 and 7 both had pitchers throwing no hitters. Michelle Greene threw a no-hitter for Georgia in Game 6 while Keira Goerl threw a no-hitter in Game 7.

UCLA plays Georgia tomorrow at 1:30pm.

UCLA
Keira Goerl made her 68th appearance in her career and her 35th on the season. That moved her into 11th in UCLA history for career and 5th in season. The win was her 29th of the season. That ties for 5th in UCLA history. It was her 56th in her career which ties her for 10th. She has now pitched 213 innings this season which is 7th all time in the UCLA record books.

Goerl retired the first 10 batters she faced. 7 of the 10 struck out. She struck out 11 for the game. The no-hitter was her 6th on the season, 8th of her career. Her last no-hitter was April 26th vs California. Goerl threw 57 pitches, 44 strikes.

Monique Mejia stole 3 bases. She now has 27 in her career, and 18 for the season. She is tied for 6th all time for career and tied for 5th for stolen bases in a season. She extended her hitting streak to 10 games.

Stephanie Ramos had 3 RBI’s which is the most since April 7th, 2002 against Arizona.

Natasha Watley single in the 5th inning gave her 104 on the season which is a new UCLA record for hits in a season.

Eastern Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky in their last 10 games have had 7 errorless games. During this time they have made only 3 errors.

Jessica Soto’s start was her 15th of the season and her 20th appearance on the year. She walked a season high of 6 batters.

The shutout was the 4th time this year that EKU was shutout. It was the only time in the year they did not get a base hit.