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Softball Notes: On-deck circle

JON HELGASON/Arizona Daily Wildcat

UA junior Lovie Jung hits a pop fly Sunday in Arizona's 7-2 win over Louisiana-Lafayette. Jung was named the Pac-10 Player of the Week Monday.

By Brandon Johnson
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday Mar. 27, 2002

Freshman left fielder Courtney Fossatti returned to action for the Wildcats over the weekend and quickly made her impact felt.

The left-handed slap hitter went 4-for-10 in the series with Louisiana-Lafayette and reached base six of the 12 times she stepped into the batters box.

Fossatti leads the team in batting with a .460 average.

Honors all-around: The Pacific 10 Conference recognized senior pitcher Jennie Finch and junior shortstop Lovie Jung Monday for their outstanding play over the weekend.

Finch was named Pac-10 pitcher of the week after striking out 23 batters in her two starts against Louisiana-Lafayette.

Jung was named the conference's player of the week after going 4-for-10 at the plate against the Lady Cajuns, including two home runs and six RBIs.

Jung leads the team in five statistical categories including runs scored (41), doubles (8), hits (44), walks (26) and at-bats (102).

Good start but: Jennie Finch appeared in the March 20 edition of Sports Illustrated as part of the "Faces in the Crowd" section.

"Faces in the Crowd" features lesser-known athletes not in the professional ranks who excel in their given sport.

That was a good start, but maybe the magazine should take a look at her numbers and realize she deserves a full-fledged feature.

Apparently, winning an NCAA-record 58 straight games is only good enough to make you an average "face in the crowd" in the world of college athletes.

Ouch: Sophomore designated player/first baseman Leneah Manuma leads the team in home runs (16) and slugging percentage (.989). She also has the unfortunate honor of leading the team in the most painful category, having been hit by a pitch 11 times this season.

Manuma was hit three times against Louisiana-Lafayette including once on Sunday when she took a pitch off of her right elbow.

The slugger shook it off, put a protective pad over her elbow, and clubbed one of her longest homers of the year three at-bats later.

Dangerous No. 9: Freshman centerfielder Crystal Farley spent all three games against Louisiana-Lafayette hitting out of the number nine spot.

She proved to be a thorn in the Lady Cajuns' side, going 5-8 and scoring four runs.

She also added an RBI and a stolen base.

Memorable 900: Head coach Mike Candrea picked up his 900th career victory at Arizona last Friday and won't soon forget it.

That's because he watched the sixth and seventh innings of the game from beyond the Arizona bullpen after being tossed from the game by first-base umpire Steve Arnold.

With no outs, and Louisiana-Lafayette senior center fielder Jerie Alexander on first, Arnold called an illegal pitch on Finch.

Finch proceeded to throw the ball anyway, and Louisiana-Lafayette junior third baseman Becky McMurtry flied out to Jung at short.

After the play, Arnold sent McMurtry back to the plate and moved Alexander to second, saying Finch had thrown an illegal pitch.

An upset Candrea ran out to the circle and began arguing with Arnold.

As he walked away, Candrea made one final comment over his shoulder and was then tossed from the game.

The ejection marks the second time Candrea has been thrown out of a game this season.

In both cases, the umpire was a Tucson resident.

Awe struck: Louisiana-Lafayette may have been a little overwhelmed playing in Hillenbrand Stadium this past weekend.

In their first 27 games of the year, the Lady Cajuns played in front of a total of 4,802 fans.

During this past weekend's series against Arizona, they nearly saw that many fans as 4,445 people watched the three-game set.

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