Toss out the 11 NCAA titles, because there's no mistake about it. The UCLA softball team, which began its championship-winning postseason trek around this time one year ago, is heading into the playoffs as an underdog, and it's no elephant in the outfield. Read more...

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Senior GiOnna DiSalvatore, who is the program’s all-time leader in doubles with 63 in her career, returns home to Florida when UCLA takes on Jacksonville in Gainesville, Fla., today in the opening game of the NCAA Gainesville regional.

As far as postseason ventures go, the UCLA softball team will officially begin its national title defense under unfamiliar circumstances. Read more...

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Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez and the UCLA softball team will not be hosting an NCAA Regional for the first time in eight years.

At this time last year, the Bruins had won 13 of their final 15 conference games, including several of the come-from-behind variety. Read more...

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Sophomore B.B. Bates hit a three-run home run to secure a 7-4 victory for the No. 12 Bruins on Friday. UCLA lost two out of three games in the series to Oregon.

Dani Yudin doesn't walk up to home plate "“ she struts. Read more...

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Junior catcher and first baseman Dani Yudin and the No. 12 Bruins face the No. 11 Ducks in the last series of the Pac-10 season today through Saturday in Eugene, Ore.

With the team teetering on the brink of an utter weekend collapse, a pair of unsung Bruins delivered one mother of a tandem performance. Read more...

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Assistant coach Gina Vecchione congratulates Devon Lindvall after the sophomore center fielder made an overhead catch for the final out in the top of the fifth inning of UCLA’s 5-1 win over Arizona on Sunday. Lindvall also drove in two runs, including a lead-off solo home run.

From the grasp of her bleeding hands, then-senior star Megan Langenfeld added another chapter to UCLA softball championship lore. Read more...

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Pitcher Donna Kerr and four other Bruin seniors will play in their final regular-season home game Sunday against Arizona.

Practice has ended on a late Tuesday afternoon, and GiOnna DiSalvatore is sitting on the bench outside the clubhouse of Easton Stadium, dabbling into pop culture while nibbling away at a Popsicle. Read more...

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Senior third baseman and Florida native GiOnna DiSalvatore has been an integral part of a UCLA team that won its 11th NCAA title last season. Throughout her four years, the first-team All-American has played first, second and third base. Earlier this season, she became the all-time program leader in doubles.