Fernandez leaves cleats on field
Just got a great shot of Lisa Fernandez' cleats, which she left on the field after pitching what could've been her final appearance for the national team tonight against UCLA.
Fernandez struck out six and gave up two runs in the USA's 8-2 win over UCLA. Afterwards,she said that she planned to stick with the national team through the rest of its tour, but that she ``needed to think about things'' after the warm send off she got from UCLA's fans tonight. Fernandez, a UCLA assistant coach who won two national championships as a player for the Bruins and three Honda Awards as the nation's top player, is a three-time Olympic gold medalist. She was left off the US's 15-person roster for this summer's Olympics.
Thanks to Brian MacGregor for the photo.
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This is Brian Dohn's sixth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
wow pictures! a welcome addition. for a second i thought it was just a big nike ad.
My daughter plays division 1 softball and Lisa has been an icon all of my daughter's life. Congratulations on a great career and being a fine role model.
We'll miss you Lisa.
Pictures, eh? Obviously Brian has been holding out on us.
Hey Brian, I think this internet thing is going to be big. How about some more content? :)
A visual aid? You must be joking? What a concept! And in full glorious color? Time to shelf that black and white Kodak camera with the screw on flash bulbs, right Brian?!?