It’s a new season, but the end goal remains the same for Megan Faraimo. “First and foremost is to win a natty,” said the redshirt junior pitcher/first baseman. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior pitcher/first baseman Megan Faraimo throws a pitch against Long Beach State on Nov. 5. Faraimo and No. 3 UCLA softball will kick off the 2022 season this weekend with five games in three days. (Chelsea Rose Westman/Daily Bruin staff)
In this episode of “Out of Bounds,” Daily Bruin’s sports podcast, Sports editor Jon Christon talks with assistant Sports editors Bryan Palmero and Olivia Simons about UCLA softball and baseball, respectively, and their forecasts for each team’s upcoming season. Read more...
No. 3 UCLA softball opens its 2022 season against Cal State Northridge on Thursday, night in Westwood. The Bruins begin the year ranked in the top three for the 13th time in program history and have a chance to climb even further right away with a matchup against No. 1 Oklahoma – the team that knocked the blue and gold out of the postseason last year – looming at the end of opening weekend. Read more...
The start of the 2021-2022 school year has arrived and with it comes a number of Bruins making their inaugural campus visits. For those who have yet to step foot in Westwood, it may be challenging to gauge which sporting events to attend. Read more...
Photo: UCLA softball finished the 2021 season with a 47-7 record, a Pac-12 title and a trip to the Women’s College World Series. The Bruins lost pitcher Rachel Garcia from that team, but return most of the rest of the roster heading into the 2022 season. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
With the 2021-2022 season for UCLA Athletics beginning this month, the Daily Bruin Sports staff takes a look at the expectations for all 21 varsity teams, discussing the best- and worst-case scenarios for each club along with one key storyline surrounding each roster. Read more...
Photo: (Nathan Koketsu/Daily Bruin)
In a final 13 years in the making, the red, white and blue met a familiar fate. The No. 1-ranked United States softball team – which features four Bruins on the roster – went scoreless against No. Read more...
Photo: In softball’s return to the Olympics, Team USA softball – which features four Bruins, including pitcher Rachel Garcia (left) and shortstop Delaney Spaulding (right) – lost to Japan in the gold medal final Tuesday in Tokyo, extending a 17-year first-place drought. (Left to right: Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff, Daily Bruin file photo)
