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)

At the end of baseball postgame interviews, hitters and pitchers often thank one another for their separate contributions to the game on offense and defense. When it comes to UCLA softball, however, the two can come together, just as they did for senior Ally Carda during UCLA’s weekend sweep of Arizona. Read more...

Photo: Ally Carda got the win in all three games she pitched in the Bruin’s weekend sweep of the Wildcats. The senior added four RBIs at the plate. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)

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)

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)