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)

The Pac-12 named UCLA softball’s senior pitcher Ally Carda its Player of the Year for the second-straight season Wednesday. Carda’s award marks the 14th time a Bruin has been honored with the title and the fourth time a softball player has won Pac-12 Player of the Year award in consecutive seasons. Read more...

Photo: On Wednesday, UCLA softball senior Ally Carda was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year. The pitcher also earned an honorable mention for the All-Defense team. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)

Before this weekend, UCLA was on fire, having won 13 straight games. That streak snapped on Thursday, with a loss to Arizona State. With the postseason approaching, the Bruins will reveal whether their pair of losses in Tempe, Arizona, extinguished the fire or fanned the flames. Read more...

Photo: Junior utility player Kylee Perez said the Bruins come together after losses even more than they do after wins. So far this season, the statistics have proven that statement to be true. UCLA lost its series against No. 1 Oregon in early April, but rallied off a 10-game win streak right after.(Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)

Senior pitcher Ally Carda threw her arms up and put her hands behind her head, as her chin sunk to her chest. There was no need to see the ball fly over the left field wall. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore shortstop Delaney Spaulding hit two home runs this weekend in UCLA’s series loss to Arizona State. She has a current batting average of .410 for the season. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)

The situation was almost exactly the same. For the second year in a row, No. 6 UCLA (44-9, 18-4 Pac-12) had a Thursday-night game at No. Read more...

Photo: Freshman utility player Maddy Jelenicki was one of four Bruins to hit a home run on Thursday night against the Sun Devils. But three of those home runs, including Jelenicki’s in the fifth inning, were solo homers that didn’t put much of a dent in the Arizona State lead. Jelenicki said after the game that the Bruins need to work on producing more timely hits. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)

Call it déjà vu. Last season, UCLA softball went into the final series of its regular season against Arizona State with a chance to secure the Pac-12 title and failed. Read more...

Photo: Junior catcher/first baseman Brittany Moeai said the softball team prefers not to talk about the implications of this weekend’s important games. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)