SoftballDavid Gottlieb, Sports editor UCLA softball was picked to finish second in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll, which was released Monday. The Bruins were one of just two teams to receive first-place votes. The remaining seven first-place votes went to Oregon, which the coaches expect to win the conference. The conference rankings don’t quite line […]
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Softball sisters look to play college game together for first time
During one of Briana and Kylee Perez’s first experiences with softball, then-11-year-old Kylee Perez threw the ball right at then-8-year-old Briana Perez’s face, knocking out a tooth in the process. It might have seemed unlikely at the time, but there was a dream in the Perez family that one day, the two sisters would play […]
UCLA softball switches up strategies during offseason fall ball
The softball season doesn’t start for another three months, but UCLA has already been hard at work, playing in a series of five exhibition matches over the last three weeks. The Bruins normally practice among themselves during the offseason – and no more than the NCAA-mandated 20 hours per week. However, fall ball presents the […]
Bruins play for US in World Cup of Softball, team finishes second
The 12th installment of the World Cup of Softball just wrapped up and the No. 2-ranked United States took three Bruins to Oklahoma City. 2015 alumnus Ally Carda, rising junior Paige Halstead and 2017 alumnus Delaney Spaulding represented both UCLA and their country against the likes of No. 1-ranked Japan and No. 3 Canada. Like […]
UCLA softball season ends in disappointment after promising start
For UCLA softball, it was a season that started with high hopes, yet ended like the two previous. The Bruins advanced to the College World Series in Oklahoma City, one of their goals of the season. However, they failed to attain their biggest goal of the season – winning the program’s 13th national championship and […]
Softball exits Women’s College World Series after falling to Washington
Ali Aguilar stepped to the plate to lead off the sixth inning for the Washington Huskies. The game was scoreless. Moments later, a softball off Aguilar’s bat landed 273 feet away from home plate, giving Washington a 1-0 advantage over UCLA. The No. 5-seeded Bruins could not answer back, and their season ended Saturday night […]
Bruins defeat Texas A&M Aggies 8-2 after five-run final inning
The Bruins needed to reignite their offense, and that starts at the top of the order. In the first inning, junior second baseman Kylee Perez drew first blood, whacking a deep one to center field. That home run sent No. 5-seeded UCLA softball on its way to an 8-2 victory against No. 9-seeded Texas A&M, […]