Quest For Bru-103: Golf/Softball/Baseball Open Thread
by Nestor on May 31, 2008 10:42 AM PDT
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PrintOnce again a huge Saturday of action in Bruin Nation.
You can start the day by tracking the men's golf team's quest for Bru-103 out at Kampen Course in West Lafayette, Indiana (Purdue University for those who are wondering). Apparently you can watch the action via a link in the official site here. You can also track the scores online here.
Then all of our eyes shift a little down South to Oklahoma City where the softball team is going to try to bounce back from last night's loss against the winner of Florida v. Virgina Tech game this evening sometime around 4 pm PST:
Photo Credit: UCLA Softball (flickr)
Again the game according to ESPN will be on sometime around 4 pm PST and will be broadcast live on the mothership. I am sure you can also track it via the official site here.
Then the night will end with the baseball team taking on the Titans on their home turf (behind the Orange Curtain) starting at 8 pm PST. That game will be broadcast live on ESPNU . As always you can follow the action live here.
So there you go. You know what to do.
I do have one note to get off my chest before I sign off in this post ...
GOOOO LAKERS!!! BEAT THE CELTICS!!!
And now ...
Swing away.
GO BRUINS.
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Men's golf
Up by 5 through their 1st third of the final round. Stanford and Southern Cal tied for second.
Wild Swings
We should probably expect more of the same (wild swings).
Chappell has finished 8, Flores has finished 9, Francis and Leslie have finished 10, Lee has finished 11. That means that there are still 42 holes left to play. A lot can happen.
Flores had 4 birdies and 1 bogie on front 9- had not shot less than 3 over the first 3 days- hope he can keep it going.
Go Bruins !!
by islandbruin on May 31, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Golf Lead Shrinking
lead now 6 with all players through 11. 30 total holes left to play.
Go Bruins
Chappell
Chappell has 7 shot lead with 7 to play for individual title
Golf seems to be choking
Their 10 stroke lead has evaporated and they’re tied with SC now through 12-15.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 31, 2008 2:11 PM PDT reply actions
They've dropped 11 shots in 4 holes
USC hasn’t made a charge.
by SuperBruinMan on May 31, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Back in the Lead
UCLA by 1 with 17 total holes to play. This will be close.
Would be truly disgusting to finish 2nd to $C on the women’s and men’s golf teams.
Bruins now up by 3
15 total holes left to play
Lead in golf is now 2 shots
11 total holes left to play
Lead in golf back up to 3
9 total holes left to play
No
There’s a ton of teams, but most are out of contention. UCLA is atop the leaderboard, USC is three strokes back
not exactly
but each pairing in today’s final round includes a player from UCLA and a player from $C, so it is easy to see whether you are helping or hurting your team against the only real competition- Stanford is 4 back and their round is complete
Stanford may back in
Sitting at +43 in the clubhouse, Stanford isn’t out of it either. USC-UCLA are at +39 with 7 holes to play.
3 players out on the course as Leslie and Lee are already in
We still have Francis on 18, Flores on 17, and Chappell on 16
by lil eg not cs on May 31, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Also,
Our highest score is already in the clubhouse (i.e. the 5th score) so everything out on the course counts now
Tied with 5 total holes to go
Chappell and Flores thru 16, Francis thru 17
From following this tournament I've noticed
the late bogey’s have been common. I think the finishing holes are just extremely difficult.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 31, 2008 3:19 PM PDT reply actions
Haha
Ok so we have 1 player left on 18. SC has 1 player left playing on 18.
We have a 1 shot lead on 18
by lil eg not cs on May 31, 2008 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Chappell- YES
long and straight drive on 18
Beautiful
Chappell is on the green in 2
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 31, 2008 3:31 PM PDT reply actions
Chappell on green in 2
2 putt would let 66 fly the flag
$C still mathematically alive
arrgh- all depends on these putts
Holy *&^%
I have been holding my breath for last two hours!!! Didn’t want to jinx the thread until it was official!!!!!!!!
GO BRUINS!!!!!!!!!!!
Is it official? I want to fly my flag!
I don’t have to understand what happened. I love my Bruins. All Bruins.
sjh
66- fly the flag
1st ncaa title for men’s golf since 88
It was crazy watching the feed as well
Even the announcers weren’t clear on what the team scores were. That, added to the swings, made it particularly exciting.
And it seemed like
There were two paces in the threads …. one following the feed … one following just the score online.
And to pull this off against Southern Cal and Stanford … FREAKING AWESOME.
Honestly
That is one of the best, at least in terms of excitement, finishes to a golf tourney I remember seeing. Congrats guys.
Absolutely
And, by the way, did they fix the BB interface? I want to post from the baseball game later!
On my way outside to fly it.
Thanks to all for this thrilling report.
Back in a moment.
sjh
PS. I want softball, too!!!
sjh
The Bruin Flag Rules in Houston Texas!!!!
I never want to take it down. Come on Softball—you’re next!!!
sjh
!!!
AWESOME!!! Had my dad on phone from Reno giving him play-by-play!
Am I reading the scoreboard correctly?
Here is the scoreboard.
Were the Trojans ranked number 1 in the country?
Speaking of softball
I haven’t been paying any attention to softball in the last few hours.
Is UCLA’s game going to start on time or did the previous game end late?
66- Scoring
I don’t know if this will help with the exotica of NCAA golf scoring. Full disclosure in advance- I was a poli sci major, so hopefully the math works.
There are 5 golfers on each team. The four low scores each day are used to determine the total score for the team for that day.
On day 1, Chappell was -3, Flores, Francis and Leslie were each +4. Lee’s +7 gets thrown out. The team total vs. par is therefore -3+4+4+4= +9, which equals 297 (par for 4 golfers on par 72 course would be 288).
On day 2, Lee led the team at even par, Chappell and Francis were each 1 over, and Flores was +3. Leslie’s plus 8 gets thrown out. The team total vs. par is 0+1+1+3= +5.
On day 3, Chappell was -4, Leslie was +2, Flores was +4, and Lee and Franchis were each +8. One of the +8’s gets thrown out. The team total vs. par is -4+2+4+8= +10.
Today, Chappell, Francis and Leslie were all +4. Flores was +6. Lee’s +8 gets thrown out. The team total vs. par is +4+4+4+6= +18.
For the four days, total score vs. par is +9+5+10+18= +42.
This was a real team effort. Even though Lee had the highest score in 3 of the 4 rounds, he led the team on day 2. Without him, we would be watching some team in red hoist the trophy.
Chappell
Is he in contention for the individual title? Is there a link where folks can track his score if they are interested?
Four Freshmen Starters ... Bodes well for the future, too
Does women’s softball have the designated hitter rule?
Congrats to the Golf team - Bru-103!!!
Sad to say that I completely forgot about that – too much CNN + Barbri today!
Jelly Dominates when she gets ahead
She needs to settle down.
When she gets the first batter out.
And, gets ahead in counts.
Also, not on that bunt, she stayed away from the play.
sjh
Frustrating -- yesterday, Jelly threw a 3 hitter and they scored 4 runs to beat us
We also left many on base.
sjh
Wow
Umm questionable call there. Schroeder is hit with the pitch but the ump rules shes in the strike zone so its called a strike
Amazing stat
We’ve only scored 1 run in Oklahoma, and it was unearned.
We really need to explode here
sjh
Very Disappointing
I hate the Gators. Almost as much as SUC. It pains me to have lost to them twice in hoops and now in softball. Their fans are the most obnoxious, cockiest that I know of this side of SUC. I could hear one of them screaming “waaaaaaaaaaaa” when the coach was clarifying the strike call to overrule the HBP. Typical
As far as our play, very disappointed that we couldn’t sacrifice runners over. Is this the players or the coaching? Are we still getting the players we once did? Florida had numerous players from California—I think half of their team was from SoCal.
What also disappointed me, especially in the late innings of ASU, was poor plate discipline. The Lady Bruins were striking out on pitches well outside the zone, especially in the late innings.
We outhit both ASU and Florida but coldn’t manufacture any runs. Errors hurt too. Bottom line, one run in the CWS will not get it done.
At least we got 103 in golf!
Here’s to hoping that baseball digs deep against a tough CSUF squad they have had trouble with of late.
by orlandobruin on May 31, 2008 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow amazing news about golf
the practice over at wilshire country club I believe where my dad is general manager, would leave to congratulate them
to get it straight on softball, they lost 0-2? so elimination?
O.A.
Fullerton starts off at the plate
Brewer with a 1-2-3 1st inning. Bruins coming to the plate, as the designated home team.
March to 150
At the rate of 3 championships per year (Womens’ WP, Womens’ Tennis and Mens’ Golf this year so far), the Bruins would reach 150 championships in 17 years.
My roman numerals are dusty, but wouldn’t that mean gold C and L? Sweet.
10-2 UCLA
Wild pitch allows Crawford to score from 3rd, Murphy to advance to 2nd.
Brady Dolan hitting, Murphy on 2nd, 2 outs in the 4th inning.
Hell Yeah!
Apparently Fullerton isn’t putting on as much of a clinic as am570 would lead me to believe, seeing as how we are leading 10-2. What time did this game start? It’s 10:30 and it’s only the 5th?!?
Stanford Regional
Pepperdine on brink of winning 2nd game in this regional. If they win, then winner of Stanford- UC Davis would need to beat Pepperdine twice.
Winner of Stanford regional plays winner of Fullerton regional in Super-Regional for berth in Omaha.
11-3
RBI single, bases still juiced. Kind of liked the symmetry of 10-3 on a night we won #103, but I’ll take 11 and more. Like to see the Titans burn their bullpen going into tomorrow.
by Give me a B... on May 31, 2008 11:20 PM PDT reply actions
Nice win, Bruins!
Hoo, can the Cavs knock out CSUF tomorrow?
by Give me a B... on May 31, 2008 11:52 PM PDT reply actions
They have a fair shot
I am not sure who UVa will have available to start tomorrow afternoon, so can’t really say how well the matchup will be. I would tend to give CSUF the edge at first glance, though this game does not bode well.
Pat McAnaney appears the likely UVa starter
He is the Hoos’ normal #3 starter, though he has been lit up in recent outings (last 3 starts: 0-3, 17er, 20h in 10 2/3 ip), so I would imagine some hesitation on O’Connor’s part in sending him to the mound.
Matt Packer would seem to be the best bet, having been introduced into the rotation late in the season with some success (8g/2gs, 3er in his last 19.1 ip). His appearance in Friday night’s game (picking up the loss, allowing an unearned run in 2 1/3 ip) would seem to preclude his getting the start in the early Sunday game though. Jeff Lorick is another possibility, but like McAnaney has struggled recently (11 er in his last 4 appearances – 10 ip).
Confirmed re. McAnaney starting v. CSUF
does not leave much pitching for the nightcap, if they make it.
LET'S GO
1-2 count, 2 outs. Called strike 3! UCLA WINS!
Huge win
Not just beating CSUF but blowing them away!!
Congrats
Props to the Men’s Golf and Baseball teams for getting it done!
Wish I could say the same for softball. I’ll have an update hopefully within the week. For now, here are some photos from Oklahoma City.
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