Since childhood, she has always been a Bubba among Madilyns. On nearly every softball team that she has played for, Madilyn Nickles has shared a first name with at least one teammate. Things got pretty confusing. “My dad, he would always try and get my attention by just yelling Madilyn or Maddie, and I would […]
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UCLA softball fails to advance past first day of college world series
UCLA softball exited the Women’s College World Series without winning a single game for the first time in school history. The No. 12 Bruins’ NCAA Tournament run ended Saturday afternoon following the team’s 8-4 defeat to the No. 8 Florida State Seminoles. UCLA had lost its first game of the double-elimination round 10-3 to No. […]
UCLA softball comes back to clinch Oregon series, advances to WCWS
This post was updated on May 29 at 11:40 p.m. The Bruins were two outs away from the end of their season Sunday evening when Gabrielle Maurice stepped to the plate. After losing game one of the Eugene Super Regional to No. 5-seeded Oregon on Saturday, the No. 12-seeded Bruins trailed the Ducks 1-0 throughout […]
UCLA softball wins first matchup of NCAA Tournament with no-hitter
Johanna Grauer started off UCLA softball’s 2016 NCAA Tournament run by throwing a no-hitter. For the first 4 1/3 innings, so did Cal State Bakersfield’s Amber Mills. The first half of game two in the Los Angeles Regional was a defensive battle. Neither Grauer nor Mills allowed a single baserunner until the bottom of the […]
Well-rested UCLA softball to enter NCAAs with home advantage
The UCLA softball schedule has been relentless since the season began in mid-February. The Bruins started the year with a string of five-game weekend tournaments that included nine double-headers. During the regular season, they played midweek nonconference games in between several of their Pac-12 series. The team never had more than a five-day rest until […]
Senior’s walk-off home run the latest feat in stellar career
UCLA softball was in a tight spot last Friday night. Down 6-5 to Arizona State with only three outs to spare, the Bruins desperately needed to continue the late-inning rally that had cut the Sun Devils’ lead down to a single run. With runners on first and second, Mysha Sataraka stepped to the plate. Despite […]
UCLA softball leads weekend series against ASU with 8-6 victory
Mysha Sataraka kicked off UCLA softball’s senior weekend in fitting fashion with a walk-off seventh inning home run. The senior third baseman’s three run shot was one of two on the night that helped the Bruins (31-13-1, 12-5-1 Pac-12) outscore the Arizona State Sun Devils (27-20, 3-13 Pac-12) in their 8-6 victory Friday. Sataraka’s first […]