For Immediate Release: 3/25/08

UCLA Slides Into Top Spot

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - The UCLA Bruins knocked off Arizona State for the No. 1 team in the Nation according to the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll announced today by the Amateur Softball Association. The Bruins (26-3) received nine first-place votes after having an off week last week.

No.2 ASU (34-2), suffered only their second loss of the season,3-2 to Florida State, this past weekend at the Judi Garman Classic but fell to No.2 just two points behind UCLA. They received seven first-place votes, after spending the pastthree weeks at No. 1

With four first-place votes, Alabama (27-3) swept SEC Conference foe Kentucky this past weekend to hold on to the No. 3 ranking.

No. 8 LSU (27-4) continues its trek up the ranking after spending last week at No.10. They remain perfect in the competitive SEC conference with a 6-0 record after sweeping Auburn.

Georgia (30-8) leapt four spots into the Top 20 atNo. 18 as they are currently on an 11-game winning streak while Long Beach State (24-9) jumped six spots to No.14 after going 4-1 at the Judi Garman Classic.

About ASA

The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation’s largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 83 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.

About USA Softball

USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men’s, Women’s, Junior Boys’ and Junior Girls’ National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of the only two women’s sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won eight World Championship titles including the last six consecutive as well as claimed two World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/.