The Ally Carda era, which ran from 2012 to 2015, is over. The days when the Bruins would lean heavily upon the two-time Pac-12 Player of the Year as a workhorse on the mound and as an offensive virtuoso in the box are gone. UCLA softball has begun to form a new identity early on […]
Category Archives: Softball
Softball launches season with near-perfect weekend at Aggie Classic
Entering the season with high expectations and a No. 7 national ranking, the UCLA softball team got coach Kelly Inouye-Perez’s 10th year off to a milestone start. Inouye-Perez surpassed the 400-win mark in her career as the Bruins won four of their five games at the Aggie Classic in College Station, Texas. With a pair […]
Softball opens season in Texas, eyeing Women’s College World Series return
For a large part of the past 30 years, the UCLA Bruins have been the New York Yankees of NCAA Softball. The Bruins have won a record 11 championships and appeared in 25 Women’s College World Series, the most of any school. However, recent history has not been kind to UCLA. The Bruins are currently […]
The Rundown: Jan. 12
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Laced with regret Jeff Locke’s main job is punting, but it was his side job that brought him an outbreak of negative attention this past weekend. His role as the holder for Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh’s missed 27-yard field […]
The Rundown: Oct. 27
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Just screaming Former Bruin linebacker Eric Kendricks continued a solid rookie season on Sunday with six tackles and two sacks in his Minnesota Vikings’ win over the Detroit Lions. Kendricks, who led UCLA with 149 tackles last year before being […]
The Rundown: Oct. 20
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Women’s golf in second place at the Stanford IntercollegiateAfter a strong showing in day two of the Stanford Intercollegiate, UCLA women’s golf currently stands in second place behind the host team. The Bruins are 3-over par with a score of […]
UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame inducts softball alumna Janice Parks
Feared. Humble. Reliable. Contagious confidence. The best player in the country. These are just a handful of words used to describe UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame inductee and former softball powerhouse third baseman Janice Parks. When Parks, class of 1989, first put on a Bruin jersey, however, she was told she didn’t have much of […]