UCLA junior pitcher Ally Carda is one of 25 college softball players nominated for the 2014 national player of the year award. This weekend against Stanford, Carda showed why she should be considered a leading candidate. Read more...
Photo: After allowing seven runs in UCLA’s 12-9 loss to Stanford Friday, junior pitcher Ally Carda allowed just one run in the next two games, both wins. (Agnijita Kumar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sometimes, a break from the game can be the best remedy for a slump. For the first month of the 2014 season, junior catcher Stephany LaRosa was stuck in one of the toughest hitting droughts of her career. Read more...
Photo: After a knee injury forced her to miss two weeks of the season, junior catcher Stephany LaRosa has returned as a stronger and more disciplined hitter heading into this weekend’s series against Stanford. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The sunlight strained Alyssa Tiumalu’s eyes more than ever. With recent concussions weighing on her brain, she was sensitive to being outside in the bright California sun. Read more...
Photo: Senior outfielder Alyssa Tiumalu spent a combined total of 23 months in rehab during her career at UCLA. This season, her 40 starts are the most she has recorded since her freshman year. (Dang-Co Vu/Daily Bruin)
Freshman outfielder Jelly Felix didn’t come into the season as a starter for the UCLA softball team. While two other freshmen – outfielder Gabrielle Maurice and shortstop Delaney Spaulding – began the year as starters, Felix had to work her way toward a starting position during the course of this season. Read more...
Photo: Freshman outfielder Jelly Felix had to wait 19 games before she made her first career start for the Bruins. In that start, she hit a two-run home run. Since then, Felix has started in 16 of UCLA’s last 28 games. (Dang-Co Vu/Daily Bruin)
Mild temperatures and rainy conditions in Berkeley couldn’t put a damper on the UCLA softball team’s torrid offense this weekend. After the first game was cancelled due to a rain-out, the No. Read more...
Photo: Junior pitcher Ally Carda scored two runs and pitched a complete game in UCLA’s 3-2 victory over Cal on Sunday. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA softball team had to play its first 27 games of the season without its vocal leader in the outfield. Sophomore outfielder Allexis Bennett was suspended for the winter quarter because of violation of team rules, forcing her to miss all of UCLA’s 27 games during that period. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore outfielder Allexis Bennett’s speed has been a vital asset to UCLA softball this year. In the past 18 games, she leads the Bruins with 10 stolen bases. (Nathan Vanderveer-Harris/Daily Bruin)
Before Monday’s doubleheader against Long Beach State, UCLA softball coach Kelly Inouye-Perez mentioned a quote to her team. The quote came from Norman Shindle, and it reads: “A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of others.” The No. Read more...
Photo: Junior catcher Stephany LaRosa showed some self-sacrifice Monday, taking a walk with two runners on base instead of showing less patience and trying to drive the runners in herself. (Dang-Co Vu/Daily Bruin)
