For the first time since winning the NCAA championship in 2010, UCLA softball (42-13) has claimed the No. 5 seed heading into the playoffs – starting with regionals Friday at Easton Stadium. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshmen pitcher Rachel Garcia has been the main force for the Bruins in the circle this season. Garcia has pitched 154 2/3 innings this season, far more than any of the other UCLA pitchers. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
Whenever the opposition put up a run this weekend, UCLA softball was ready to answer back. “If another team throws a punch we’re just as ready to throw a punch right back,” said junior second baseman Kylee Perez. Read more...
Photo: Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said that one of the stats she keeps is how often her offense answers back in the inning after the opponent puts up runs. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
No. 10 UCLA softball (42-13, 16-8 Pac-12) took the final two games of its series against No. 22 Arizona State (30-20, 9-15) to finish off a road sweep. Read more...
Photo: Junior second baseman Kylee Perez’s (pictured) 4-for-4 performance was one of two that UCLA softball put together this weekend. Senior shortstop Delaney Spaulding went 5-for-5 a day earlier. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
Rachel Garcia threw a complete game and hit a go-ahead homer to give the Bruins the win. The redshirt freshman fired seven innings, yielding five hits – all singles – and three runs in No. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman Rachel Garcia broke the 3-3 tie with a solo home run in the top of the seventh to give No. 10 UCLA the lead on the road against ASU. Garcia, who was also the starting pitcher, had an RBI in the top of the third to score the Bruins’ first run of the night. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
UCLA softball has reached the last stop of its regular season campaign: No. 22 Arizona State. Traveling to Tempe, Arizona, for their final series, the No.10 Bruins (39-13, 13-8 Pac-12) currently are ranked fifth in the Pac-12 – out of contention for the Pac-12 title that the Sun Devils claimed last weekend. Read more...
Photo: Junior pitcher Selina Ta’amilo and the Bruins will finish regular season play against the Arizona State Sun Devils over the weekend. UCLA will then find out its postseason fate when the NCAA bracket is revealed Sunday night. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
UCLA softball celebrated seniors shortstop Delaney Spaulding, outfielder Gabrielle Maurice and pitcher Paige McDuffee this past weekend during senior weekend. They did it both with a ceremony and with winning a pivotal series against Arizona, building on the successes of previous weeks and putting themselves in a better position for a higher postseason seed. Read more...
Photo: Gabrielle Maurice helped UCLA beat Arizona in the final regular season home-series of her career. Maurice and the Bruins will have one more series against Arizona State before the postseason begins. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12 and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Read more...
Photo: Arizona only took one game off UCLA in the weekend’s series at Easton Stadium, but it was enough for the Wildcats to clinch their first Pac-12 regular season title since 2007. The Wildcats will now wait for the postseason while the Bruins have one more series left. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
