Author Archives: Ben Azar

After opening up Pac-10 play last weekend, this weekend the UCLA softball team faces its toughest set of games so far this year. The No. 3 Bruins (30-3, 2-1 Pac-10) travel to the desert to take on No. 9 Arizona State (37-3, 1-0) today and No. 2 Arizona (30-4, 1-1) on Saturday and Sunday. The […]

Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden returned home Wednesday after spending three nights in a hospital. Wooden spent Sunday through Tuesday night in the hospital after suffering from a case of diverticulitis ““ an inflammation near the colon. The coach watched Monday night’s national title game from his hospital bed. “Coach Wooden came home this morning,” […]

All year long, the UCLA basketball team had been able to win games with inconsistent offensive performances. This was especially true of the NCAA Tournament when the Bruins won Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight and Final Four games shooting a combined 39.1 percent (58-148) from the field and 27.6 percent (13-47) from 3-point range. But against […]

Filling out a bracket has never been more fun than it is this year. Not only can Bruin fans pick UCLA to go to the Final Four and actually have some reason behind it, but the way the bracket has been drawn up, the upset potential has never been better. And I’m not just talking […]

As Michigan first baseman Samantha Findlay trotted around the bases after crushing a two-run home run to give the Wolverine softball team a one-run lead over UCLA in the top of the seventh inning, it brought back familiar painful memories for the Bruins. But rather than accept their fate, the No. 3 Bruins (27-1) battled […]

Coming off of a weekend where the UCLA softball team breezed through the competition, the Bruins had an entirely different type of game Wednesday against Cal State Fullerton. Thanks to the brilliant pitching of sophomore Anjelica Selden and clutch 10th-inning hitting from the bottom of the order, the end result was still the same for […]

When a team composed of the same players has improved results from one season to the next, there is often an X-factor that boosts that team up a notch. For this season’s UCLA softball team, which has won 13 of its first 14 games this year after winning 11 of its first 14 games last […]