The greatest show on dirt returns. Eight teams are set for the final showdown of the 2026 softball campaign. No. 8 seed UCLA softball (52-8, 20-4 Big Ten) will face No. Read more...
Photo: Junior utility Soo-Jin Berry eyes the opposing pitcher as the Iowa transfer stands in the batter’s box. Berry recorded a five-game hitting streak across the Bruins’ regional and super regional contests. (Presley Liu/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 27 at 11:24 p.m. The road back to the national championship is not always easy. But the Bruins are headed back. Read more...
Photo: Senior Kyle An follows through on a swing. An led UCLA with a 6-under 207 at the NCAA regional. (Courtesy of Big Ten Conference)
This post was updated May 27 at 11:22 p.m. Track and field athletes are no stranger to long, strenuous seasons. But the Bruins will enter the homestretch of their season with postseason aspirations on the horizon. Read more...
Photo: The Bruins celebrate the men’s team victory against the Trojans at Katherine B. Loker Stadium. Track and field director Joanna Hayes leads the lap as she stretches out her arms. Hayes is in her second year at the helm of UCLA track and field. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated May 27 at 11:07 p.m. No. 8 seed UCLA softball (52-8, 20-4 Big Ten) will face No. 1 seed Alabama (54-7, 19-5 SEC) on Thursday afternoon in the first round of the Women’s College World Series. Read more...
Photo: Senior infielder Jordan Woolery pumps her fists and yells as she celebrates an out in UCLA’s 14-4 victory against UCF on Saturday. Woolery is on track to become the first player in NCAA history to post a .500-plus batting average while hitting more than 30 home runs and driving in more than 100 runners. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 25 at 9:52 p.m. The comeback kids did it again. No. 1 seed UCLA (51-6, 28-2 Big Ten) bested No. 3 seed Oregon (40-16, 20-10) 3-2 in 11 innings to win the Big Ten championship, achieving its third walk-off victory of the conference tournament in just as many days. With the bases loaded and the score tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 11th, Oregon right-hander Devin Bell sailed a fastball high and tight to junior infielder Phoenix Call, which the home plate umpire ruled as a hit-by-pitch. Read more...
Photo: Junior infielder Phoenix Call looks away from an opposing pitcher as he prepares to get hit by a pitch in UCLA’s 14-4 victory against Maryland on March 22. Call has played in just 37 games this season after starting in 59 as the Bruins’ second baseman last year. (Kai Dizon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 25 at 10:11 p.m. No one has more home runs – with 200 – in a single season. Now, no one has more runs in a single season – with 651 – than the Oklahoma City-bound Bruins. Read more...
Photo: UCLA softball poses for a picture as the squad holds a Women’s College World Series ticket and the Los Angeles super regional trophy. The Bruins hit their 200th home run of the season and set an NCAA single-season run record with their 639th run Saturday night. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 23 at 5:45 p.m. On back-to-back days at the Big Ten tournament, junior first baseman Mulivai Levu was the walk-off hero. Read more...
Photo: Junior first baseman Mulvai Levu swings at a pitch. Levu boasts a .350/.446/.633 slash line this year at the plate, all of which are career highs. (Kai Dizon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
