Looking at the stat sheets, it takes a while to find a marked difference between No. 7 UCLA and No. 14 Arizona. The team’s batting averages are almost identical: UCLA is ranked No. Read more...
Photo: Senior pitcher Ally Carda faces the nation’s best offense in terms of batting average this weekend: the Arizona Wildcats. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
It’s the top of the fifth inning, the Bruins clinging to a 4-3 lead, and the game stops – pitching change. Emerging from the bullpen on the third-base line, senior pitcher Ally Carda walks toward the mound. Read more...
Photo: Senior pitcher Ally Carda (left) and senior catcher Stephany LaRosa (right) have cultivated a strong bond that extends beyond their pitcher-catcher relationship on the field. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)
UCLA finished up a three-game sweep of Oregon State with a win Monday night, priming itself for the home stretch, and a shot at the Pac-12 championship in the process. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore shortstop Delaney Spaulding both scored and knocked in as many runs as Oregon State scored as a team – two – on Monday’s matchup. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
With the way that UCLA softball has played against unranked opponents this season – winning 33 games and losing just one – a win against lower-tiered opponent may seem like a foregone conclusion. Read more...
Entering the weekend, UCLA softball is two and a half games back of Oregon for first place in the Pac-12. With only three series left before the NCAA Regional, UCLA will put its seven-game win streak on the line against the other Oregon team: Oregon State. Read more...
Photo: Junior catcher/first baseman Brittany Moeai and UCLA face the Pac-12’s second-worst pitching team this weekend in Oregon State. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
Although UCLA softball is reaching the end of its Pac-12 conference play, coach Kelly Inouye-Perez is still shaking things up for her squad. Even heading into the series on a four-game winning streak, Inouye-Perez decided to utilize two brand new lineups this weekend as No. Read more...
Photo: Senior catcher Stephany LaRosa batted cleanup for the first time since March 7, and hit 3-for-6 on the weekend with two home runs and four RBIs in UCLA’s sweep of California. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Sophomore shortstop Delaney Spaulding and senior catcher Stephany LaRosa bat back-to-back in the UCLA softball batting order. They are also back-to-back on the team’s home run leaderboard as they are tied for the lead with eight home runs on the year. Read more...
Photo: Senior catcher Stephany LaRosa trots around the bases after hitting her sixth home run of the season on April 3 against Oregon. LaRosa has hit four home runs in the six games since, and is currently tied for the UCLA team lead in home runs. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)
