Bruins on the World Stage, softball style

by gilbert on Jul 15, 2007 11:51 PM PDT

Three UCLA alums will suit up for the U.S. against Japan tonight in the championship game of the World Cup of Softball (6 p.m. PT, ESPN2).

Natasha Watley, Tairia Flowers and Andrea Duran all contributed to team USA's success -- the U.S. went 5-0 in pool play.

The Bruins' stats so far:
H-AB R RBI HR
Watley (SS) 8-15 5 3 1
Flowers (1B) 5-11 3 11 2
Duran (3B) 2-10 1 1 0

Yes, that's 3/4 of team USA's infield.

This is the third year the World Cup has been played. Japan won the first one against the U.S., the U.S. won last year against Japan. Link to USA Softball release

And obviously, all three of these players had amazing success at UCLA, all playing on at least one NCAA championship team.

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Gilbert

Links man links.

We need links. :-)

by Nestor on Jul 16, 2007 5:06 AM PDT reply actions

Couldn't find any

At the time I looked this up, there were no updated links. I computed the stats myself, and since the U.S. played during the day yesterday, their opponent for the final wasn't known yet when all of the AP stories were written.

I've included the most updated link.

by gilbert on Jul 16, 2007 7:27 AM PDT reply actions