UCLA vs Georgia
May 18th, 2002
Columbia, SC Regional
1st ever meeting between UCLA and Georgia
UCLA will play tomorrow at 12pm Eastern against the winner of South Carolina and Georgia.
UCLA
UCLA is 18-2 all time vs SEC teams.
Keira Goerl made her 36th appearance and her 32nd start on the season. Goerl has allowed 3 hits, 1 unearned run, and struck out 23 in her last 13 innings.
Monique Mejia 10 game hitting streak snapped.
Defensively UCLA has made 11 errors in their last 6 games. The 4 errors are the most for UCLA since March 30th, 2002 against Washington. They lost that game 9-6.
UCLA extended their winning streak to 20 games.
UCLA is 2-1 in extra inning games this year.
Tairia Mims has 5 RBI’s in UCLA’s last 3 games. She had 2 RBI’s in the win vs Georgia.
Georgia
Georgia is 0-8 all time vs Pac-10 teams. First time that Georgia has ever played the top ranked team in the nation. 0-16 vs top 5 teams in history. LSU is the only top 5 team that they have faced this season. They are 0-5 vs LSU this season.
Nicole Barber’s 9 game hitting streak snapped. She has hit safely in 11 of her last 13 games.
Michelle Green faced 40 straight batters before allowing her first hit in the regionals. She pitched eleven and one-third consecutive innings during the streak. Only 3 batters reached base during that time, two by base on balls, and one by intentional walk.
Georgia is 12-4 in their last 16 games.
Georgia is 5-2 in extra inning games this year.