UCLA earns No. 2 seed

Bruins Earn No. 2 National Seed for NCAA Tournament

May 11, 2008

LOS ANGELES - The UCLA softball team earned the No. 2 national seed for the
2008 NCAA Softball Tournament, as announced on Sunday night. The Bruins
will host Nevada, Purdue and Cal State Fullerton in a regional at Easton
Stadium that begins on Friday. UCLA will face Cal State Fullerton in the
second game on Friday, approximately 30 minutes after the first contest of
the day between Nevada and Purdue, which starts at 2:30 p.m.

All games of the Los Angeles Regional will be televised live on ESPNU. Game
times are as follows:

Friday
Game 1 - Nevada (2 seed) vs. Purdue (3 seed), 2:30 p.m.
Game 2 - UCLA (1 seed) vs. Cal State Fullerton (4 seed), 30 minutes after
Game 1

Saturday
Game 3 - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 3:00 p.m.
Game 4 - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 30 minutes after Game 3
Game 5 - Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3, 30 minutes after Game 4

Sunday
Game 6 - Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5, 2:30 p.m.
Game 7 - Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary), 30 minutes after
Game 6

More information on ticket prices will be posted when it becomes available.

The Bruins concluded the regular season with a 45-7 record and a 17-4 mark
in Pac-10 play. Nevada, the second seed in the regional, won the
regular-season Western Athletic Conference title and earned an at-large
berth, finishing with a 42-16 mark. Third-seeded Purdue, an at-large
selection from the Big Ten Conference, was 34-21 overall and fifth in the
Big Ten, while #4 seed Cal State Fullerton was an at-large selection from
the Big West Conference after concluding the regular season with a 27-26-1
record and a fifth-place finish in the Big West.