Consistency is crucial as softball faces LMU

Today’s matchup with Loyola Marymount represents the start of the home stretch for UCLA softball. With just six games remaining before postseason play, the Bruins are hoping to finally find what has been eluding them all season – consistency – against a Lions team that has won nine of its last 12 games. If UCLA’s […]

Softball succumbs to Oregon rallies, drops series

The ball grazed the glove of UCLA freshman outfielder Allexis Bennett as it passed over the center field wall. In a moment, the feeling throughout Easton Stadium, which had been rocking all weekend, turned from exaltation to exasperation on Sunday. It was a fitting end to the Bruins’ roller coaster Pac-12 series against the Ducks, […]

Softball earns series win against rival Arizona

In a matchup featuring perhaps the biggest rivalry in college softball, No. 19 UCLA (30-15, 7-11 Pac-12) turned what in the past has been a heavyweight bout against No. 25 Arizona, into a relatively one-sided affair. The Wildcats showed fight in Game 1, winning Thursday’s 10-inning affair 8-6, but the Bruins took the final two […]