1992_05 The Daily Collegian May 1992

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Softball to host
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CSUN in regionals
Doug McLeod 	
Sports writer
The Fresno State softball team will host
Cal State Northridge in the first round of
the NCAA Division I softball
chahampionships, it was announced
Su nd ay eveni ng by the selection committee.
The Bulldogs (48-14 overall, 26-10 Big
West conference) received the conferences'
automatic bid as a result of sweeping UOP
Friday afternoon to win the conference title
by one game over runner-up Cal State
Fullerton.
FSU, ranked fourth in the latest NCAA
Softball poll, will face the tenth-ranked
Matadors inabest-of-three series beginning
with a single game Friday, May 15, and
then single games Saturday and if
neccessary, Sunday afternoon.
Overall, head coach Margie Wright
seemed pleased with the draw that the
Bulldogs received.
" It doesn't really make a difference who
comes here because if you want to make it
to the final eight and make it to the
championship, you have to beat whoever
comes bere," she said.
.The 20:team"playoffs will begin this
weekend, with eight regionals, four of
which feature three teams and four that
feature two teams; with the remaining eight
teams advancing to the Women's College
World Series at the ASA Hall of Fame
Stadium in Oklahoma City.
The Bulldogs have mad it into the post¬
season 15 straight seasons, have clinched
the Big West title six straight times and
have been to the last five College Worts'
Series, with a fifth place finish in 1987,
second-place finishes in 1988, 1989, and
1990, and a third-place finish last season.
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Friday night was a game that proved to
be an indicator of things to come for Fresno
State. Bulldog ace Jim Patterson lost his
second game in a row to drop his record to
12-3ontheseason. Patterson only managed
to go 3 2/3 innings, giving up nine runs on
^nine hits.
Long Beach scored a total of 12 runs in
the game as FSU only managed three, all in
the second inning. ?
The loss, combined with Fullerton's 10-0
victory over San Jose State, dropped the
Bulldogs to a tie for first with the Titans and
moved Long Beach to second, only a game
and a half back.
The second game was not much better
than the first, although Fresno State was in
it for a while.
They were down 5-0 after three innings
but' exploded for six in the bottom of the
fourth and added one more in the sixth.
However, the 49ers scored seven runs in
the last three innings while FSU could not
get on the board, losing 12-7.
Steve Soderstrom, who had won seven
of his last eight starts coming in, took the
loss after giving up nine of the 49ers' 12
runs in 71/3 innings of work.
Fullerton lost that same night, so that
kept Fresno State tied with the Titans.
However, both teams had to watch as Long
Beach jumped into the firsf place spot by a
half of a game
Sunday's game three wasan all-out romp
bythe49ers.
Long Beach State jumped on starter Mike .
Salaz2r, scoring 12 runs off the left-hander'
in his five innings.
In all, they scored 18 runs, helped out by
left fielder Michael Case's three home runs.
Long Beach hit a total of five round trippers
on the day, giving them a total of 11 in the
With the sweep, Long Beach is in first
place with a half a game between them and
Fullerton. Fresno State is now in third
place and the Bulldogs have to rely on the
selection committee to decide if they will
participate in postseason play.
Their 37-18 overall record and top 20
ranking should help them when the
committee meets next week to deckle who
gets in the regionals.The teams, sites and
pairings are to be announced on Monday,
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