The drought is over. Entering this weekend, UCLA softball hadn’t reached the Women’s College World Series for the past four years – the longest drought in school history. The Bruins needed to beat the Missouri Tigers in a best-of-three NCAA Super Regional series to ensure that drought wouldn’t extend another year. No. 7 seed UCLA […]
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NCAA Super Regional series format to challenge UCLA’s pitching
This weekend, UCLA softball will get a shot at a do-over as the Bruins enter the NCAA Super Regional for the second straight year. Last year, the Bruins’ season ended on the third game of a best-of-three set, when they fell to the lower-seeded Kentucky Wildcats at home. This year, No. 7-seeded UCLA (48-10) will […]
Softball enters NCAA Super Regional coming off three-game sweep
UCLA softball settles in for the postseason after a regular season in which the Bruins switched lineups, moved players around and made a general mess of a lot of scorecards. No. 7 seed UCLA (48-10) used 11 players, just two over the minimum, to pull off their three-game NCAA Regional sweep, and – most notably […]
Softball turns mistakes into successes in three-game regional sweep
For a team that was favored going into the NCAA Regional, No. 7 seed UCLA softball did not disappoint. UCLA swept its three opponents, Cal State Northridge, Texas and San Diego State, to win the Los Angeles regional in decided fashion, outscoring the competition 21-2 over the weekend and advancing to the NCAA Super Regional. […]
Softball seeks repeat outcome against CSUN in NCAA Regional
The last time these two teams met, seven innings were not enough. Neither were eight. Nor nine. On March 26, UCLA softball went on the road to face Cal State Northridge in a game that lasted 10 innings. The Bruins scored two unearned runs in the top of the 10th that put them ahead for […]
UCLA softball’s Ally Carda named Pac-12 Player of the Year
The Pac-12 named UCLA softball’s senior pitcher Ally Carda its Player of the Year for the second-straight season Wednesday. Carda’s award marks the 14th time a Bruin has been honored with the title and the fourth time a softball player has won Pac-12 Player of the Year award in consecutive seasons. Carda also earned an […]
Softball’s win streaks reveal weakness against ranked opponents
Before this weekend, UCLA was on fire, having won 13 straight games. That streak snapped on Thursday, with a loss to Arizona State. With the postseason approaching, the Bruins will reveal whether their pair of losses in Tempe, Arizona, extinguished the fire or fanned the flames. “I think it will fuel us because this feeling […]