Sunday, May 24

Jordan Woolery wins Softball America Player of the Year award

This post was updated May 19 at 8:43 p.m. Jordan Woolery has seemingly achieved every possible award across her four-year career with the Bruins. But she had yet to achieve the ultimate accolade – a national player of the year selection.  That changed Tuesday morning, when the senior infielder was named the Softball America Player of the Year. Read more...

Photo: Senior infielder Jordan Woolery screams as she approaches home plate after hitting a home run. Woolery earned her first national player of the year award across her four-year collegiate career Tuesday morning. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA softball advances to super regional with run-rule win against South Carolina

This post was updated May 17 at 10:56 p.m. Megan Grant has hit a lot of home runs this season – more than anyone has ever hit in a single season.  But none of those had been a grand slam – until her 40th. Read more...

Photo: Senior utility Megan Grant looks toward home plate as she rounds the bases after hitting her first grand slam of 2026. The San Bruno, California, local has hammered four home runs across her postseason campaign this year. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA baseball clinches series win over Washington, bouncing back from shutout loss

This post was updated May 17 at 11:11 p.m. It’s been proven they’re not invincible. But the Bruins have also shown they’re resilient. No. 1 UCLA baseball (48-6, 28-2 Big Ten) began its final regular season series on the road with an 8-0 loss to Washington (23-31, 12-18) on Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Junior third baseman Roman Martin (right) hops after he and junior shortstop Roch Cholowsky (left) crossed home. (Kai Dizon/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Softball sweeps past South Carolina in 2nd LA regional win

Less than 24 hours later and it was as if a whole different team was on the field. And the Westwood squad was ready to go the distance this time. Read more...

Photo: Freshman infielder Bri Alejandre celebrates with her team as she crosses the plate. Alejandre hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the second to help lead the Bruins to a six-run inning. The Alhambra, California, local earned All-Big Ten First Team and All-Big Ten Freshman Team selections in her first Westwood campaign. (William Gauvin/Daily Bruin)


UCLA softball walks it off to come back against Cal Baptist in LA regional

This post was updated May 16 at 12:09 a.m. Entering the fifth inning, the Bruins were just two runs away from a run-rule victory. But a 10-run top of the fifth from the Lancers suddenly put the Bruins down four and on the verge of having to win four straight to escape the regional. Read more...

Photo: UCLA softball players swarm redshirt freshman infielder Aleena Garcia at home plate. Garcia hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the third and a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)