The gauntlet begins Thursday. Six wins in six days – all against teams ranked in the top eight in the country. That’s what’s needed to emerge from the Women’s College World Series with a national championship trophy. Read more...
Photo: Senior pitcher Ally Carda enters the Women’s College World Series after pitching 31 of UCLA’s 32 innings so far this postseason. Over those 31 innings, Carda has posted a 5-0 record with a 2.21 ERA. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
In the bottom of the sixth inning in game two of the NCAA Super Regional, UCLA pitcher Ally Carda wiped the sweat from her forehead, held her glove to her chest and took a deep breath. Read more...
Photo: UCLA softball celebrates its first NCAA Super Regional victory since 2010. The Bruins swept the Missouri Tigers two games to zero in a best-of-three super regional series over the weekend. (Katie Meyers/UCLA Athletics)
The drought is over. Entering this weekend, UCLA softball hadn’t reached the Women’s College World Series for the past four years – the longest drought in school history. Read more...
This weekend, UCLA softball will get a shot at a do-over as the Bruins enter the NCAA Super Regional for the second straight year. Last year, the Bruins’ season ended on the third game of a best-of-three set, when they fell to the lower-seeded Kentucky Wildcats at home. Read more...
Photo: Senior pitcher Ally Carda looks for redemption this upcoming weekend in the NCAA Super Regional after losing in that round last year. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
UCLA softball settles in for the postseason after a regular season in which the Bruins switched lineups, moved players around and made a general mess of a lot of scorecards. Read more...
Photo: The Bruins relied on Ally Carda to pitch every inning in the NCAA Regional, where she gave up only two runs on 12 hits. UCLA will need a similar performance from the senior this weekend as the team heads into the Super Regional. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)
For a team that was favored going into the NCAA Regional, No. 7 seed UCLA softball did not disappoint. UCLA swept its three opponents, Cal State Northridge, Texas and San Diego State, to win the Los Angeles regional in decided fashion, outscoring the competition 21-2 over the weekend and advancing to the NCAA Super Regional. Read more...
Photo: With UCLA clinging to a 2-0 lead in the second inning against Texas on Saturday, senior pitcher Ally Carda tags out Texas third baseman Randel Leahy at home plate. The Bruins went on to win the game 4-1 and won the NCAA regional round by defeating the San Diego State Aztecs on Sunday. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The last time these two teams met, seven innings were not enough. Neither were eight. Nor nine. On March 26, UCLA softball went on the road to face Cal State Northridge in a game that lasted 10 innings. Read more...
Photo: Pitcher Ally Carda enters her final postseason as a Bruin looking to guide UCLA to its first Women’s College World Series appearance since 2010. Carda recently won her second straight Pac-12 Player of the Year award. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
