No. 11 seed Texas Tech and No. 8 seed UCLA will face off at the Women’s College World Series in an elimination game Sunday. For Red Raider pitcher Kaitlyn Terry, it is her first matchup against her former team. Read more...
Photo: Senior utility Megan Grant screams after hitting a a home run in the top of the second inning against Arkansas on Friday night. Grant hit a four-bagger in each of her first two WCWS contests this year. (Presley Liu/Daily Bruin staff)
No. 8 seed UCLA softball (53-9, 20-4 Big Ten) split its first two contests at the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, including a trouncing of No. Read more...
Photo: Junior utility Soo-Jin Berry yells at the Bruin fans in the Devon Park crowd as she holds up the “Fours Up” hand gesture. The Bruins split their first two Women’s College World Series contests for the third year in a row. UCLA lost back-to-back third-game WCWS contests in 2024 and 2025. (Presley Liu/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 29 at 9:50 p.m. OKLAHOMA CITY — It is hard to stack runs in a single game. It is even harder to plate an onslaught of runners in a single frame. Read more...
Photo: Senior pitcher Taylor Tinsley takes off her pitching mask and smiles as senior infielder Jordan Woolery stands behind her. Tinsley allowed three hits across 20 batters faced in Friday night’s contest. The triumph marked her 33rd individual victory from the circle this year, which is 15 more wins than her next-highest single-season victory tally. (Presley Liu/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 28 at 7:20 p.m. OKLAHOMA CITY – The home run giveth, and the home run taketh away. The Bruins took the lead with back-to-back home runs and then lost the lead on Crimson Tide home runs in their OKC debut. Read more...
Photo: Senior pitcher Taylor Tinsley stands in the circle. Tinsley punched out five Crimson Tide batters but also forfeited 10 hits throughout her first start of the 2026 Women’s College World Series. Tinsley pitched her 31st straight inning for the Bruins in their 6-3 loss. (Presley Liu/Daily Bruin staff)
Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery dominate headlines. And for good reason, as the “Bruin Bombers” have racked up historic senior year campaigns, with Grant setting a single-season home run record with 40 and counting four-baggers, along with Woolery being on track to become the first player in NCAA history to boast a .500 batting average while hitting more than 30 home runs and plating more than 100 runners. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman Aleena Garcia catches a ball as she stands on second base. Garcia notched a UCLA single-game postseason record Saturday with seven RBIs against UCF in the Los Angeles super regional. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 30 at 2:51 p.m. Jordan Chiles is That Girl. But Taylor Tinsley is UCLA softball’s rendition. The senior pitcher has pitched the sixth-most innings out of any pitcher in the nation, completing 215 frames while recording the second-most circle wins with 32 this season thus far. Read more...
Photo: Senior pitcher Taylor Tinsley celebrates in the circle. Tinsley has held a 3.03-sub ERA across her four Westwood campaigns and has accrued 552 strikeouts across her collegiate career. (Presley Liu/Daily Bruin staff)
No. 8 seed UCLA softball (52-8, 20-4 Big Ten) will face No. 1 seed Alabama (54-7, 19-5 SEC) at Devon Park in Oklahoma City on Thursday afternoon to kickstart its Women’s College World Series campaign. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore outfielder Rylee Slimp leans away from a ball that is angling toward her. Slimp, the Bruins’ leadoff hitter, boasts a nation-high 94 runs this season, and she has the third-highest batting average on the team with a .428 clip. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
