Weekend warmup: Last turn for Lindsay Pluimer!

Bruin teams are in action all over the place this weekend; if you’re in town, you can say goodbye to one of UCLA’s best-ever women’s basketball stars this weekend, senior Lindsay Pluimer (pictured) in her home finales.

Baseball:

>> The Bruins were crushing Cal State Northridge on Tuesday, 22-2, when the game was halted due to darkness; it will be completed April 15. UCLA (2-1) outlasted UC Santa Barbara, 5-4, in 13 innings Wednesday at Jackie Robinson Stadium. On Friday, UCLA will meet Southern University in the inaugural Urban Invitational at 6 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Bruins will then play Bethune-Cookman at the MLB Urban Youth Academy at 5 p.m. Saturday. The academy is at 901 E. Artesia Blvd., Compton. (telephone: [310] 763-3479). The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2. The Bruins will finish the weekend at USC at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Softball:

>> The 14-2 Bruins moved up to No. 4 in the national rankings this week and Anjelica Selden was awarded two National Player of the Week awards and Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors for her three-win, 38-strikeout performance at the Palm Springs Classic last weekend. Freshman second baseman Gionna DiSalvatore was named Pac-10 Player of the Week for her 8-12 hitting spree and slugging percentage of 1.250 in Palm Springs. UCLA shut out Cal State Bakersfield on Wednesday, 3-0, with Donna Kerr (6-1) pitching four innings and Megan Langenfeld finishing the final three frames. This weekend, UCLA plays in the San Diego Classic against James Madison (2 p.m.) and San Diego (4:30 p.m.) on Friday at the University of San Diego, against Eastern Michigan (9 a.m.) and San Diego State (2 p.m.) on Saturday at San Diego State and against Saint Peter's at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at USD.

Track and field:

>> The men’s and women’s teams are in Seattle this weekend for the Mountain Pacific Indoor Championships. More important, the Bruins will open their outdoor season March 8 with the UCLA Invitational at Drake Stadium.

Men’s basketball:

>> UCLA (24-3 overall, 12-2 in the Pac-10) is in the Arizona desert trying to hold on to a one-game lead in the Pac-10. The Bruins are ranked fourth in the nation and have a chance to move up after Tennessee’s loss to Vanderbilt this week, but must defeat Arizona State (17-9, 7-7 in Pac-10 play) tonight and Arizona in Tucson at 1 p.m. Sunday. Tonight’s game will be televised locally on FSN Prime Ticket beginning at 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Pacific time and will be televised nationally on CBS.

Men’s golf:

>> The Bruin "Blue Team" (second squad) finished second this week at the Cal State Bakersfield Spring Invitational, one shot behind Cal State Stanislaus. Junior Erik Flores was the tournament champion, carding a 10-under 206 for the three rounds, one shot ahead of fellow Bruin Craig Leslie. The Bruins are off this weekend.

Men’s tennis:

>> Sixth-ranked UCLA (8-1) stomped UC Santa Barbara at home Wednesday and will travel to La Jolla this weekend for the 119th Pacific Coast Doubles Championships.

Men’s volleyball:

>> Hoping that a change of scenery will help, slumping —  but still seventh-ranked — UCLA (10-7) is in Muncie, Ind., this week for matches against No. 14 Ball State on Friday and Saturday evenings, both starting at 4:30 p.m. Pacific time. The Cardinals (10-6) have won nine of their last 10. Live audio of the matches can be heard on the BallStateSports.com website.

Women’s basketball:

>> The Bruins (14-13 overall, 9-7 [5th] in Pac-10 play) finish their 2007-08 home schedule with games against Arizona State (18-9, 12-4) tonight at Pauley Pavilion and on Saturday against Arizona (9-18, 3-13) at 11 a.m. Both games will be audiocast on uclabruins.com with Dave Marcus on the play-by-play and Michael Sondheimer as analyst. Saturday’s game also will be available on KTLK-AM (1150). These will be the final home games in the outstanding career of senior Lindsay Pluimer, who ranks sixth in the Pac-10 in scoring (14.5 points per game), eighth in rebounding (6.4 per game) and in the top 10 in six of the 13 individual categories.

Women’s golf:

>> The Bruins are top-ranked, but all bets are off in high winds and strong UCLA efforts in rounds one and three at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational — second-best each day —  was for naught as the second round blew any chance UCLA had for victory. The Bruins finished sixth overall with their best individual performance by All-American Tiffany Joh. She overcame an 80 in the second round to shoot a two-under 70 in the final round and finish fifth overall. UCLA is off until March 9.

Women’s gymnastics:

>> UCLA (12-1) lost to No. 2 Utah last Sunday and suffered injuries to all-around stars Anna Li and Brittani McCullough, both of whom had concussions. The Bruins are, however, ranked ninth in the country and will take on No. 10 Oregon State (8-1) at 2 p.m. Sunday at Pauley Pavilion. UCLA will webcast the meet on uclabruins.com, with Darren Preston and former U.S. Olympian and NCAA champion Steve McCain on the call. Sunday's meet is UCLA's second annual Breast Cancer Awareness meet and the Bruins will wear leotards with pink accents and pink ribbons. All fans are encouraged to wear pink, and pink wristbands will be given away to all attendees. Pink Crocs will also be given away to 30 lucky fans.

Women’s swimming:

>> UCLA is competing in the Pac-10 Swim Championships this week in Long Beach (swimming) and Federal Way, Wash. (diving). Ranked 15th in the nation, the Bruins set a school record 7:14.73 in the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Wednesday with freshmen Lauren Hall, Alex Sullivan and Emily Bibb plus junior Anna Poteete. The meet continues through Saturday at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach.

Women’s tennis:

>> The Bruins (8-3) are ranked 11th in the nation, but dropped Wednesday’s match to No. 4 Baylor (10-1), 5-2, at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. UCLA has its hands full this weekend as well, with No. 6 Stanford coming to the LATC at 1:30 p.m. Friday, followed on Saturday by No. 8 California.

Women’s water polo:

>> No. 1-ranked UCLA (17-0) has only one match this week, at UC Santa Barbara, beginning at noon Saturday.

Lindsay Pluimer photo courtesy of UCLA