In a tale of two weekends, the UCLA softball team has flipped the script of the way it wins ballgames over its current 10-game win streak. At the Easton Desert Classic last weekend, the Bruins smashed 20 homers and won four of their five victories by the mercy rule. This weekend at the Mary Nutter […]
Category Archives: Softball
Softball steps up to oncoming challenges
On a 0-2 count in the top of the second of UCLA’s game against Seattle University, freshman pitcher Paige McDuffee sent a pitch hurtling past the bat of Seattle’s Lisa Maulden.
Softball carries momentum into exhibition against Toyota women’s team
UCLA softball continued its winning ways in its return to Westwood, defeating the Toyota women’s softball team from Japan 5-4 in a shortened five-inning exhibition.
Softball dominates tournament with powerful plays
Amid the glitz and glamour of the Vegas Strip, senior outfielder B.B. Bates and the No. 18 UCLA softball team put on a show of their own in the Easton Desert Classic. UCLA scored early and often in all five of its wins, outscoring its opponents 48 to 8 over the weekend. Four of the […]
Nevada road games means team bonding for softball
The motto for Las Vegas is “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” but the UCLA softball team does not want that motto to apply to its experience there this weekend. The Bruins are traveling to Nevada for their first road trip of the season and they hope that the bonds they form and strengthen […]
Softball team debuts remade infield
Coming into the 2013 season, the UCLA softball team started out ranked No. 19 in the nation, relatively new territory for a team that has won the most national titles in the sport’s NCAA history. One factor contributing to the ranking is the Bruins’ completely retooled infield this season. When last year’s starting shortstop Kellie […]
Softball pitchers lead Bruins in tournament
Opening weekend for UCLA softball brought out a lot of commotion to Easton Stadium for the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament. Six teams kicked off their respective seasons in Westwood, and the Bruins were scheduled to face three of them for a total of five games. However, the team would only complete four games because of […]