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Freshman infielder Jermaine Curtis is a part of UCLA coach John Savage’s No. 5 recruiting c

On Saturday, the 2006 UCLA baseball team shut out and shut down the “Young-timers” alumni team 5-0 at the annual alumni baseball game at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The highlight of the afternoon was the pitching of junior southpaw starter Dave Huff, who threw four innings of one-hit ball and struck out 10. The rest of the staff wasn’t much worse, matching Huff goose egg for goose egg, and only allowing two hits. Offensively, the Bruins were led by seniors Chris Jensen and Sean Smith. Jensen singled and tripled in a run, and scored in the fourth and fifth innings on singles by junior Tim Stewart and freshman Cody Decker. Smith drove in both Stewart and Decker on a double in the three-run fourth. Despite Bruin rallies in the middle innings, the game for the most part was a pitcher’s duel. Both Huff and junior Tyson Brummett, who started for the alumni team, had perfect first innings, with Huff striking out the side. Huff remained perfect until the third inning, when alumnus Mike Svetlic broke up the bid with an infield single. Huff responded again by striking out the side. Alumni were divided into two groups, with graduates after 1980 comprising the “Young-timers” team. Older alumni played each other earlier in the day, with the Blue Team beating the Gold Team 4-1. The team will kick off the regular season on Friday, hosting a three-game series against Fresno State. The first pitch is scheduled at 6 p.m.

OLSON COMPETES: Drew Olson was one of 12 NFL Draft prospects to compete in the Capital One College Football All-Star Challenge yesterday afternoon in Dolphins Stadium in Miami. The Capital One Challenge is a skills competition in which prospective draftees attempt to show off their speed, agility, strength and stamina. The competition, which has featured many high draft picks in the past few years, held a great pool of talent this year as well, including Texas quarterback Vince Young. Also participating at the event were Alabama quarterback Brodie Croyle, Memphis running back DeAngelo Williams, Maryland tight end Vernon Davis, University of Florida wide receiver Chad Jackson, Miami wide receiver Sinorice Moss and Clemson quarterback Charlie Whitehurst. During the nine years that the event has taken place, 24 players were selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, and 11 were chosen in the second. Among last year’s competitors were NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year “Cadillac” Williams, and Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Kyle Orton. Moss’ appearance at the event marked the first time in the event’s history that a brother of a previous competitor has participated (Sinorice’s brother Santana, now of the Washington Redskins, also competed). Other competitors who have gone on to have careers in the NFL include Daunte Culpepper, Donovan McNabb, Edgerrin James, Ron Dayne, Drew Brees, Santana Moss, Deuce McAllister, Javon Walker, Rex Grossman, Ken Dorsey and Charles Rogers, among others. The one-and-a-half hour telecast will be broadcast by ESPN on Saturday at 1 p.m.

TIME CHANGES: The times for the Saturday, May 13 and Sunday, May 14 UCLA baseball games against USC have been changed. Originally, the games were set to be played at 1 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday at Jackie Robinson Stadium, but the times have both been changed to 4:30 p.m. The changes were made in accordance with Fox Sports Net’s schedule, which will be televising both weekend games live. The series with USC begins on Friday, May 12 at 6 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Bruin baseball team opens up their season this Friday at 6 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

HARVEY SELECTED: UCLA men’s soccer senior defender Jordan Harvey was selected as the ninth pick in the MLS Supplemental Draft by the Colorado Rapids last Thursday. Harvey joins teammates Marvell Wynne, Patrick Ianni and Jonathan Bornstein as an MLS draftee. This past season, Harvey earned second team All-Pac-10 honors as a defender for the Bruins while amassing a conference record 14 shutouts. Harvey was an honorable mention in his previous two seasons in Westwood. He also played with the U.S. Under-20 National Team at the World Youth Championships in 2003. Harvey scored a total of 23 points in his career at UCLA, starting 54 of the 69 in which he appeared.

Compiled by John Earnest and Ben Azar, Bruin Sports contributor and Bruin Sports senior staff.