A pair of UCLA softball alumnae helped team USA capture gold Sunday at the Women’s Softball World Championship in Surrey, British Columbia. Team USA took home the championship with a 7-3 win to Japan, ending the biannual tournament with an overall record of 9-0. Rising senior shortstop Delaney Spaulding and 2015 graduate pitcher Ally Carda […]
Category Archives: Softball
UCLA players, alums participate in World Cup of Softball
UCLA softball players past, present and future are helping team USA get off to a strong start at the 11th World Cup of Softball. The Women’s National and Elite teams are 6-1 and 4-2 respectively to open the tournament. A contributing factor to Team USA’s early success has been its Bruin-heavy roster with seven players […]
UCLA Honda Cup winners inspire future generations of women athletes
In a brightly lit hotel room, surrounded by cameras and posters, dozens of former collegiate athletes chatted with each other. A former Alabama gymnast sat next to a Missouri State basketball legend at one table while a Texas swimmer took her turn recording a video segment and doing photo ops. On the 40th anniversary of […]
Eight Bruins to join UCLA Athletics 2016 Hall of Fame
Eight UCLA alumni will be inducted in the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame this fall. The new members have a combined 26 NCAA team and individual championships and six Olympic medals over their careers. The group of 2016 inductees also includes an NBA All-Star, Super Bowl champion and a Women’s College World Series Most Outstanding […]
UCLA softball players represent USA in all-star game against Japan
The collegiate softball season may have just ended but Delaney Spaulding and Paige Halstead have stayed busy on the softball field. On June 4, the two were in Oklahoma City representing UCLA in the Women’s College World Series. Just three weeks later, they flew to Tokyo to play for the USA Softball Women’s National Team. […]
Current and incoming Bruins earn national player of the year awards
Six national player of the year awards belong to the Bruins. Three incoming freshmen and three current athletes secured player of the year honors in basketball, softball, soccer, tennis, water polo and golf. Lonzo Ball, men’s basketball Heralded five-star men’s basketball recruit Lonzo Ball ran away with multiple national awards. Ball won the Naismith, MaxPreps, […]
The Rundown: June 13
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. USA Softball teams loaded with Bruins UCLA softball capped off its season in the Women’s College World Series, but many current and former players will compete with USA Softball this summer. Recent graduates Mysha Sataraka and Allexis Bennett will play […]