Monday, May 18

Softball sweeps Sun Devils, earns No. 5 NCAA Tournament seed

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)


Garcia propels softball to 4-3 victory against Arizona State

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)


Softball’s NCAA seed hinges on final regular-season series versus ASU

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)


Softball builds on momentum for postseason, celebrates senior weekend

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)


Around the League: Pac-12 teams deliver strong showings in softball, women’s golf, baseball

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)


Softball scores series victory over Pac-12 leader Arizona

Coming into this weekend’s series at Easton Stadium, Arizona softball was third in the country with a combined ERA of 1.23. Coming out of the series, it’s now a bit higher. Read more...

Photo: Bubba Nickles’ three-run shot ended Friday evening’s game against No. 3 Arizona. The freshman center fielder sent a ball to deep left center, and the home run put the mercy rule into effect in the bottom of the fifth inning. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)


Softball focuses on aggressive play, communication to fend off Arizona

They’ve combined for 20 national titles, but UCLA and Arizona softball are only focused on this weekend’s series. The Bruins and the Wildcats are two of the most decorated programs in college softball and lead the Pac-12 conference in softball titles. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Brianna Tautalafua and the UCLA softball team will take on No. 3 Arizona in the penultimate conference series of the season. The Bruins will counter the Pac-12 leader in home runs with strong pitching, key hits and pinpoint communication. (Hannah Johnson/Daily Bruin)



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