Author Archives: Ben Azar

On paper, it looks simple. UCLA (46-7) has the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, is the No. 1 team in the nation, and has won 10 NCAA Championships. South Florida (50-23) is unseeded and is making its first Super Regional appearance in the program’s history. But in order for UCLA to advance […]

The numbers are absolutely staggering. One hundred and twenty-five combined postseason games played. A 187-43 record. 111 home runs, 374 RBI’s and 435 runs scored. Two national championships. But numbers only tell part of the story of the four players who make up the UCLA softball team’s senior class. It is the work ethic, attitude, […]

Anjelica Selden has been here before. Last season, during the UCLA softball team’s improbable run to the College World Series, Selden, then a freshman, pitched every inning of the 14 postseason games the Bruins played over a two and a half week span. This season, Selden will be counted on to pitch a similar number […]

All year long, junior left fielder Ashley Herrera has been asked to fill a specialized role for the UCLA softball team. Herrera, exclusively a right-handed hitter for the team last season, has hit from the left side for most of this season. As a left-handed hitter at the bottom of the lineup, Herrera’s job is […]

If there was any cause for concern for the top-ranked UCLA softball team heading into NCAA Regionals play over the weekend, it was the recent lack of power displayed by the Bruins. The Bruins sported a seven-game home run drought heading into the weekend, and dropped their final two games of the regular season to […]

As discussion brews over which UCLA team will be the one to bring home the school’s 100th national championship, one team seems to remain overlooked. That team is the No. 5 men’s golf team, which opens up regional play today at the Lake Nona Golf Course in Orlando, Fla. The Bruins are participating in the […]

With Barry Bonds’ pursuit of 714 career home runs still going on, the talks about how steroids have tainted his accomplishments and the game itself in recent years have only accelerated. If you listen to talk radio, read sports columns or even just chat about it with friends on campus, the predominant opinion is clear: […]