Sophomore sprinter Kayla McBride runs with the baton in the women’s 4×400-meter relay at the UCLA-USC dual meet May 3. McBride competed in the 400-meter dashes at the Big Ten championships and the NCAA West Regionals. She placed 37th at the latter and therefore did not earn an individual spot in the one-lap event at the NCAA championships. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
Wonka’s Golden Ticket.
A lucky scratcher.
And an NCAA championship punch ticket.
Each secures a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The only difference is, the Bruins had to earn it.
Kaitlyn Terry will play in Sunday’s elimination game.
But not as a Bruin.
Terry spent her first two collegiate campaigns with No. 8 seed UCLA softball (53-9, 20-4 Big Ten) before transferring to No.
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.
This post was updated May 30 at 6:07 p.m.
Sir Isaac Newton’s first law of motion says an object in motion will stay in motion.
Saturday seemed to prove that it would take a force a lot stronger than a tournament-opening loss and two-run deficit in the ninth to stop the Bruins in their tracks.
“We’ve kind of developed an identity,” said junior utility Phoenix Call.
When UCLA gymnastics’ season ended with a third-place finish at the national semifinal, it marked more than just the close of the Bruins’ 2026 campaign – it also brought an end to senior Jordan Chiles’ collegiate career.
searching for more articles...