Author Archives: John Michael Earnest

Heading into the last weekend of the regular season, the UCLA softball team was looking for consistent performances to build on going into postseason play. The results from the weekend games weren’t what the Bruins had in mind. On Thursday, the No. 1 Bruins (43-7, 15-5 Pac-10) took down the No. 5 California Bears (44-12, […]

The UCLA softball team was able to put its past struggles in Oregon behind and play like the top-ranked team in the nation last weekend. The Bruins defeated the Oregon Ducks 7-0 on Friday and the Oregon State Beavers 1-0 on Saturday, before the final game with the Beavers on Sunday was rained out. This […]

After two weeks on the road, battling teams in the desert heat of Arizona and the torrential rains of Washington, the UCLA softball team is glad to be back home. The top-ranked Bruins (34-3, 6-1 Pac-10) swept the last two weekend series, continuing their Pac-10 dominance on the road. Now they return home, where they […]

This weekend was a wet one for the entire Pacific Coast. But the UCLA softball team took care of business while it could. Although the top-ranked Bruins’ Saturday game against Washington was rained out, UCLA was able to salvage the first half of its road trip by defeating the Huskies 6-0 on Friday evening. “Whenever […]

The UCLA women’s softball team just made the Arizona desert a little less dusty. The No. 3 Bruins swept the weekend set against the Arizona schools to improve to 33-3 overall and 5-1 in the Pac-10. The No. 2 Wildcats of Arizona and the No. 9 Sun Devils of Arizona State were playing well coming […]

Someone had better check the softballs being fed to the UCLA softball team. The No. 3 Bruins have knocked out 39 long balls in 33 games, and don’t look to them slowing down soon. This weekend, they continued their pace, courtesy of the bats of junior utility player Ashley Herrera, senior third baseman Andrea Duran, […]

The No. 4 UCLA women’s softball team roared into Lakewood this weekend, winning all five of their games to sweep the Long Beach State Invitational and continue a remarkable 20-game winning streak. It was raining once again this weekend, but the wet weather was no match for the Bruins’ determination and skill. “We can play […]