UCLA softball players past, present and future are helping team USA get off to a strong start at the 11th World Cup of Softball. The Women’s National and Elite teams are 6-1 and 4-2 respectively to open the tournament. Read more...

Photo: After totaling just one home run across 620 at-bats during her UCLA career, outfielder Allexis Bennett has already gone deep twice this summer for team USA. She is one of six Bruins representing the United States on the international stage. (Daily Bruin file photo)

The collegiate softball season may have just ended but Delaney Spaulding and Paige Halstead have stayed busy on the softball field. On June 4, the two were in Oklahoma City representing UCLA in the Women’s College World Series. Read more...

Photo: Delaney Spaulding kicked off the summer playing the USA National Softball team. The rising senior infielder started the first two games for USA, but was a combined 0-3 with three walks at the plate. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)

UCLA softball­ exited the Women’s College World Series without winning a single game for the first time in school history. The No. 12 Bruins’ NCAA Tournament run ended Saturday afternoon following the team’s 8-4 defeat to the No. Read more...

Photo: Senior Mysha Sataraka hit her first career grand slam Saturday, but it wasn’t enough as UCLA softball fell to Florida State 8-4. Sataraka drove in all seven of the Bruins’ runs in the Women’s College World Series. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)