A pair of two-run innings and seven scoreless innings gave No. 7 UCLA (14-3) a 4-0 win over No. 14 Michigan (10-5-1) on Thursday night in the first game of the Judi Garman Classic. The Bruins scored the first runs of the ballgame in the bottom of the third. Senior center fielder Gabrielle Maurice led […]
Category Archives: Softball
Softball relies on strong offense heading into five-game weekend
UCLA softball will head into a defining slate of five games this weekend. The No. 7 Bruins (13-3) will discover their place among the country’s best – facing off against No. 3 Florida (15-1), No. 14 Michigan (9-4-1) and No. 22 Baylor (14-3). South Carolina (14-2) and Cal State Fullerton (7-8) round out the five-game […]
Softball takes three wins but pulls off no upsets in weekend tournament
No surprises here. UCLA softball took home victories against teams that ranked below the Bruins, but took losses against teams that were ranked above them at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic II. No. 6 UCLA (13-3) beat No. 11 Georgia (14-3), North Carolina State (3-11) and No. 7 LSU (12-3), but the Bruins couldn’t pull […]
The Rundown: Feb. 23
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Women’s water polo After recording 13 saves against No. 6 UC Irvine on Friday in No. 3 UCLA’s home opener, sophomore goalie Carlee Kapana garnered the honor of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Week. The first underclassman to […]
Assistant coaches Walker and Fernandez key to UCLA softball’s success
No. 6 UCLA softball (10-1) can hit. Eleven games into the season, the Bruins rank second in the country in both home runs and hits, with 18 and 116, respectively. UCLA’s offense is finding great success in the batter’s box. But looking deeper, these leading statistics reveal an integral element of the program: coaching. The […]
UCLA softball goes undefeated in first weekend of Mary Nutter Classic
Fresh off its first loss to No. 22 Kentucky (5-4), No. 6 UCLA softball (10-1) responded with four wins at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. On Friday, UCLA relied on its pitching staff in a 3-1 win over Cal Poly (6-3) and a 1-0 victory over University of Central Florida (3-4). Sunday was a different […]
UCLA softball splits a doubleheader with Kentucky in extra innings
The day didn’t start well for UCLA softball. After half an inning in the first game of a doubleheader against Kentucky, they trailed 2-0. But after the initial Kentucky outburst, the No. 6 Bruins quickly tacked on two runs and added three more in the second inning en route to a 6-2 win over the […]