Author Archives: John Michael Earnest

UCLA softball has a history of being the sport’s juggernaut, but a school an hour south is the closest thing to its kryptonite.

They had just demolished visiting Simon Fraser 13-2. So why was the UCLA softball team running postgame sprints on Tuesday afternoon?

Before the softball season began, UCLA head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez made a prediction about her offense.

The UCLA softball season did not start as expected.

One would expect a team that loses its all-time strikeout leader ““ a pitcher that has won the second-most games in team history ““ to have something of a lapse.

Shadows cover Easton Stadium. Practice will probably run late, again. But the women of the UCLA softball team huddle in a ring around the pitcher’s circle.

At the beginning of this year, UCLA softball had more vacant positions than returning starters.