Author Archives: David Gottlieb

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. Carda pitched 12 innings […]

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. The No. 7 Bruins (41-8, 15-3 Pac-12) beat the Beavers (25-23, 5-16) by a score of 6-2 Monday, extending their win streak to 10 games. […]

Entering the weekend, UCLA softball is two and a half games back of Oregon for first place in the Pac-12. With only three series left before the NCAA Regional, UCLA will put its seven-game win streak on the line against the other Oregon team: Oregon State. No. 7 UCLA (38-8, 12-3 Pac-12) starts a three-game […]

This past weekend, UCLA softball’s three-game sweep of Stanford was about as one-sided as it gets. The Bruins outscored the Cardinal 40-9, inducing the mercy rule in all three games. The different offenses of both teams featured prominently in UCLA’s 40-run rout, but the series also highlighted the differences between the two teams’ pitching staffs. […]

Last weekend, UCLA only managed to score 12 runs in its three games against Oregon, ultimately dropping the series two games to one. This weekend, the Bruins matched that 12 run total in their first game alone, en route to a three-game sweep of the Stanford Cardinal. No. 9 UCLA (35-8, 9-3 Pac-12) put up […]

After a long offseason, fans and analysts often quench their thirst for sports by examining preseason games under a magnifying glass, hoping to predict information about the regular or even the post season. However, preseason play generally presents unique challenges that regular season play does not, just as it has for the UCLA softball team […]