The Bruins will build a new team with versatility in mind. Four incoming freshmen from California will join UCLA softball for the 2019-2020 season as the Bruins have a chance to defend their 2019 national title. Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said after graduating a large senior class – including starters infielder Brianna Tautalafua and utility Taylor […]
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Former and current UCLA softball players take home USA Softball International Cup
Three Bruins are donning red, white and blue this summer for USA Softball. The trio of UCLA softball players traveled to Columbus, Georgia, for the USA Softball International Cup from July 1 through Sunday. The tournament is one in a series of competitions that the Bruins will participate in this summer with USA Softball. Rising […]
Rachel Garcia caps off softball season with Honda Cup, collection of accolades
Rachel Garcia finished her season at the top. The rising redshirt senior pitcher capped off UCLA softball’s championship season by being awarded the Honda Cup for the best female student-athlete of the year. Garcia won the Honda Sport Award for softball in June, which qualified her – along with 11 other athletes from each of […]
Battle of the Editors: Which Bruin basketball player has created the most lasting legacy in the NBA?
With NBA free agency having started Sunday, the Daily Bruin Sports editors decided to take a look back at some of the most influential professional Bruins. They’ve dominated decades and pioneered positions, but each editor had their own pick for the one whose fingerprints are the most prominent in today’s game. Reggie MillerCoral Smith, assistant […]
UCLA swim and dive hires former Ohio State coach Jordan Wolfrum as head coach
The Bruins are diving into the fall with a new coach. UCLA swimming and diving has hired former Ohio State associate head coach Jordan Wolfrum as its new head coach. Wolfrum worked with the Buckeyes for five years, starting as an assistant coach in 2014 and getting promoted to associate head coach in 2016. She […]
Lisa Fernandez shifts focus to pitchers in 12th year as assistant softball coach
This post was updated June 10 at 12:20 a.m. Lisa Fernandez first met Rachel Garcia at a game in Garcia’s hometown when the redshirt junior pitcher was just a kid. “I was lucky enough to be a bat girl, and I ended up on (Fernandez)’s team, and I got to run out her jacket when […]
Lineup depth and strong senior class key component to softball’s national title
The road was long and sometimes bumpy, but the Bruins made it to the end. No. 2 seed UCLA softball (56-6, 20-4 Pac-12) wrapped up its season Tuesday by winning the Women’s College World Series. The national title was the program’s 12th and UCLA’s 118th. “It’s the chemistry that we’ve built, and then going into […]