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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Four members of the No. 8 UCLA softball team have been named to the 2024 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List, the organization announced Wednesday. Redshirt seniors Maya Brady and Sharlize Palacios and sophomores Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery were among the athletes listed. The four Bruins rank second in terms of representation on the list. Recognized as the most distinguished individual honor in NCAA Division I Softball, two Bruins have r...
Senior Imaan Minwalla , freshman Leena Powell, junior Morgan Maddox and sophomore Joelle Trepagnier all smiles after they ran the 4X100 meter relay race. The same four girls also ran the 4X400 meter relay. They placed sixth in the 4X100 and second in the 4X400 meter relays at the Arcadia Invitational. Photo By Culver City High School...
SAN FRANCISCO – Aaliyah Jordan was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week and Megan Faraimo hauled in Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors for the third straight week, the conference office announced Monday afternoon. The No. 3 UCLA softball team has now received a Pac-12-leading nine weekly awards so far this season. Six different Bruins (32-4, 8-3) have been recognized which is tied for the most in a single season for UCLA (2008, 1997). This marks Jordan's second Pac-12 Player of the Week award o...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Redshirt senior Megan Faraimo on the No. 3 UCLA softball team has been named NFCA National Pitcher of the Week, the organization announced Tuesday morning. This marks the second time in Faraimo's career she has received the major weekly award (first: Feb. 18, 2020). Faraimo, who was named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week on Monday, led UCLA (27-3, 4-2) in the circle to both of its wins over No. 10 Washington last weekend. The Oceanside, Calif. native totaled 10 strikeouts and 1...
UCLA redshirt junior Maya Brady has been selected as the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I NFCA Player of the Week for her performances at the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament last week. The organization announced the honor Tuesday morning. Brady opened her 2023 season going 13-for-16 with 13 RBI and four home runs in her first six games to help the Bruins to a 6-0 start to the year. In that stretch, Brady tied a 24-year-old UCLA record with 10 consecutive base hits after going 4-for-4 with...
After losing five of their first six games of the season the Culver City girls softball team turned their season around during Bay League play. Towards the end of the Bay League schedule the Lady Centaurs went on a seven-game winning streak to capture second place in league play and finish league play with an 8-2 record. Their overall season record was 16-12. For their efforts several girls made post season All-Star teams this month. Topping the list was All-CIF Division 3 selection Evann...
While playing mostly infield for the Culver City high school girls softball team, the sure-handed Evann McDowell was named to the All-CIF Division 4 softball team this week. She had the second highest fielding average on the varsity team, at .981. The senior also batted .506 with 39 hits and 13 doubles. After losing five of their six games at the beginning of the season the Lady Centaurs turn their season around and finished second in the tough Bay league with a record of 8-2 and they made it...
UCLA softball is a super program. A dynasty. They are headed back to the College Softball World Series for the seventh time in a row. For the past 40 years the program has been one of the best in the nation. Thirteen National Championships is their calling card. The head coach, Kelly Inouye-Perez is 267-102 in her 16 seasons as the manager of the Bruins. The Bruins will played Texas in the first round of the World Series last Thursday. If they win, they will play Saturday at 12 p.m. and if they...
UCLA'sS softball quest to defend its National title fell by the wayside at the Women's College World Series last weekend in Oklahoma City. The 12-time Champions were eliminated by the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday night, 10-3. It's the same program the Bruins beat to take the 2019 crown. It was also the swan song for seven UCLA seniors, including U.S. Olympic team members, Rachel Garcia and Bubba Nichols. "They (Oklahoma) straight up came up and threw punches back and beat us on the field...
OKC Bound! The UCLA Bruins will travel to Oklahoma City to defend their 2019 NCAA National Softball Championship beginning this Thursday. After losing Game 1 of the best-of-three series in uncharacteristic fashion, the 12-time National Champions rallied in dramatic fashion to shutout Virginia Tech in the final two games this past weekend at the Super Regionals in Westwood. It was a just and fitting end for Rachel Garcia, Bubba Nickles and the five other seniors who enjoyed their last official...
UCLA Softball's path to repeat as National Champions is starting to look familiar. The Bruins completed a three-game sweep while hosting the NCAA Los Angeles Regionals over the weekend... but it wasn't easy. Like in 2019, the team earned the right to host the Super Regionals this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May 27-29, at Easton Stadium, located just south of Sunset Blvd in the northwest corner of the campus. The Bruins will face Virginia Tech, winner of the Tempe Regionals this past...
PAC-12 Champs and circle the Conference wagons. UCLA is hosting the 2021 NCAA Softball Los Angeles Regionals starting this Friday at Easton Stadium, on the heels of winning back-to-back PAC-12 titles. The Bruins swept all three Conference games at the University of Arizona this past weekend to win its 11th overall PAC-12 championship, tying them with none other than the Wildcats for most ever. UCLA will face-off against Long Beach State this Friday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m., in the second game of...
What's better than a weekend of UCLA Softball at the Bruins house in Easton Stadium, capping a four-game sweep over Stanford University on Sunday, highlighted by Senior Day and Mother's Day celebrations among the players, parents and families in attendance? "It's just been amazing with the support that my family has given me, and especially on Mother's Day," said Bruin pitcher Rachel Garcia, who was interviewed by PAC-12 Network announcers, Natasha Watley and Brian Webber. Garcia had just won...
UCLA completed the 2021 softball preseason in prime form as the Bruins swept back-to-back doubleheaders this past weekend, with each game a shutout, and almost as if expected. And the two-year wait is over as the team hosts the Arizona State Sun Devils for their PAC-12 season opener, a four-game series starting this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 19-21 at Easton Stadium on the UCLA campus. Due to COVID protocol measures, PAC-12 Softball was cancelled the week before the season was scheduled...
UCLA completed the 2021 softball preseason in prime form as the Bruins swept back-to-back doubleheaders this past weekend, with each game a shutout, and almost as if expected. And the two-year wait is over as the team hosts the Arizona State Sun Devils for their PAC-12 season opener, a four-game series starting this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 19-21 at Easton Stadium on the UCLA campus. Due to COVID protocol measures, PAC-12 Softball was cancelled the week before the season was scheduled...
There are four preseason games remaining on the 2021 UCLA Bruins softball schedule before the team begins to defend its 2019 PAC-12 title on Friday, March 19. After the Bruins beat U.C. San Diego, 7-1, last Tuesday afternoon, March 9, to improve its season record to 11-1, they are scheduled to play consecutive doubleheaders this Thursday and Friday, March 11 and 12, against U.C. Santa Barbara and UNLV, respectively. The defending National Champions have to be satisfied with their comfortable...
"We say things like: pressure is a privilege. That means people are expecting great things from us. And that can only be a positive for us." (Kelly Inouye-Perez, UCLA Softball Head Coach. February 2021) Some things are special. The defending National Champion UCLA softball team has successfully opened the 2021 season with five consecutive victories. After last season's remarkable 25-1 start was abruptly cancelled due to COVID, the Bruins have resumed defending their 2019 title with a...
The UCLA softball team is headed back to the College Softball World Series for the fifth straight year after they beat James Madison University two games to none in a best of three game series last weekend in Westwood. In the final game last Saturday the Bruins pounded out 10 hits, including two home runs by Taylor Pack to beat the Dukes 7-2. Their first game in the College World Series was played last Thursday against Minnesota in Oklahoma City in the double elimination tournament. If the 51-6...
The No. 2 ranked UCLA softball team can clinch the top spot in the Pac-12 if they can win one or two games against visiting Arizona on Friday and Saturday. The Bruins are 19-2 in league play but Washington and Arizona are close behind at 17-4. The Bruins need a combination of things to happen this weekend to claim the league championship. Friday's game against the Wildcats starts at 5 p.m. and Saturday's game starts at 12 p.m. These will be the last regular games before the NCAA regional...
The third-seeded Bruins got another outstanding performance by redshirt-sophomore pitcher, Rachel Garcia, and added some timely hitting, by scoring two of their three runs scored with two outs. The third-seeded Bruins advanced to the Women's College World Series for the fourth year in a row and 28th time with a 3-2 victory over No. 14 Arizona on Friday to sweep the Los Angeles Super Regional at Easton Stadium. The Bruins (56-5 overall) will face the winner of the Tallahassee Super Regional...
What is one of the best kept sports secrets in Los Angeles? It's the UCLA Bruins softball team. They are currently 28-2 and ranked No. 4 in the nation. They are one of the best hitting teams in the nation and they have one of the best pitchers in the nation in Rachel Garcia. Last weekend they swept Oregon State in a three game series. In the last game of the series on Monday Selina Ta'amilo pitched a complete game and their offence was led by the hitting of Aaliyah Jordan, Garcia and Kinsley...
The UCLA women's basketball team is the last team from Southern California to survive the madness in March. Their two wins last Saturday and Monday have put them in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA women's tournament for the third straight year. Next up for the 26-7 Bruins is a date with 28-6 Texas in the Kansas City Regional at 6 p.m. on Friday. To reach the regionals the Bruins had to win two games at home. Last Saturday they beat American University 71-60 and Monday they destroyed Creighton 86-64....
Men, ages 55 and older, and women, 45 and up, play Sunday mornings at Veterans Park in the Culver City Senior Softball League. New players of all abilities are invited to play in pickup games, 9 a.m. in December and January before the start of the 2018 season, when they can be added to team rosters. Rostered players need not feel obligated to have to participate every Sunday as managers can get substitutes from the free agent pool during the 10-month season. About 100 senior softball players play in the slow-pitch league that provides an...
The UCLA softball program hopes to continue its post season success this weekend at the College World Series in Oklahoma City starting with the game they played on Thursday, June 1 against Louisiana State University (LSU). Check your local listings or the Bruin website to find out when their next game will be played. The Bruins are currently 5-0 in the post season and that includes victories over Lehigh, San Jose State and Cal State Fullerton in the Regionals and two wins over the University of...
The UCLA softball team will host the Southern California NCAA Regionals this weekend beginning with their game against Lehigh at 8:30 p.m. tonight (Friday) at Easton Stadium on the UCLA campus. If the Bruins win on Friday they will play on Saturday at 2 p.m. If they win their game on Saturday they will play on Sunday at 4 p.m. in the championship round. The other two teams in the three-day four-team double-elimination tournament are San Jose State and Fullerton. The No. 9 Bruins are 42-13 and...
