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)
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.
This post was updated May 27 at 11:22 p.m.
Track and field athletes are no stranger to long, strenuous seasons.
But the Bruins will enter the homestretch of their season with postseason aspirations on the horizon.
This post was updated May 27 at 11:07 p.m.
No. 8 seed UCLA softball (52-8, 20-4 Big Ten) will face No. 1 seed Alabama (54-7, 19-5 SEC) on Thursday afternoon in the first round of the Women’s College World Series.
This post was updated May 25 at 9:52 p.m.
The comeback kids did it again.
No. 1 seed UCLA (51-6, 28-2 Big Ten) bested No. 3 seed Oregon (40-16, 20-10) 3-2 in 11 innings to win the Big Ten championship, achieving its third walk-off victory of the conference tournament in just as many days.
With the bases loaded and the score tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 11th, Oregon right-hander Devin Bell sailed a fastball high and tight to junior infielder Phoenix Call, which the home plate umpire ruled as a hit-by-pitch.
This post was updated May 25 at 10:11 p.m.
No one has more home runs – with 200 – in a single season.
Now, no one has more runs in a single season – with 651 – than the Oklahoma City-bound Bruins.
Nine hours and 20 minutes after the originally posted game time, junior first baseman Mulivai Levu put a bow on the never-ending day.
The Bruins had to wait an eternity for a celebration, but it was well worth it.
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The story of the Bruins’ season has been home runs and high-scoring games.
But with a 3-1 lead entering the bottom of the fifth inning, this game looked to be an exception.
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