The scene was set for three Bruins to match or surpass three UCLA records set by two legendary alumni Saturday.

Stacey Nuveman and Natasha Watley both had their records of over 20 years fall, with the latter there to see it.

No. 8 UCLA softball (41-5, 16-2 Big Ten) swept a doubleheader in five-inning, run-rule fashion against California (13-33, 3-15 ACC) by a combined score of 22-6. Continuing its heavy-hitting season – where the Bruins boast a .393 batting average that ranks third in the nation and are second in home runs in the country – UCLA broke more records, both individually and as a team.

The Bruins now hold the Big Ten single-season home run record with 154, shattering the previous mark by seven.

Senior infielder Jordan Woolery, who recorded four home runs across the two games, reached 30 on the season – making her and senior utility Megan Grant the first duo in NCAA softball to both reach 30 home runs.

But the stat to watch for Woolery was RBIs, as she started the day with 90, just one behind Stacey Nuveman’s UCLA single-season record set in 1999.

Woolery smashed Nuveman’s record, recording 10 RBIs on the day to become the fifth player in NCAA Division 1 history to hit the 100-RBI mark.

The record-breaking play came in just the second inning, off Woolery’s first home run of the day.

“On Wednesday, I knew I was close, but my parents weren’t there, so I was like, ‘Oh, maybe don’t break it when my parents aren’t there,’” Woolery said. “I knew it was close, but I didn’t realize it was going to happen so fast today.”

Many of Woolery’s RBIs this season have sent sophomore outfielder Rylee Slimp home.

And Slimp was approaching a record of her own.

After scoring a run in the first inning to tie Watley’s runs-scored record at 75, Woolery’s homer gave Slimp her own record as well.

“Slimp, honestly, she might be one of the most underrated people on the team. I feel like she’s quietly hitting .450, and no one’s really talking about it,” Woolery said. “It is really impressive … throughout the whole year, from February all the way to now, and that’s going to continue on too.”

Watley, who handed out a Golden Ticket to the Athletes Unlimited Softball League postgame, said the day was incredible.

“Being back in the ‘Bruin Bubble,’ as we call it, on the day somebody broke my record,” Watley said. “This was supposed to be, how it was supposed to happen.”

For the third individual tied record of the day, Grant’s first attempt at tying Nuveman’s single-season home run record – just after Slimp had homered and before Woolery homered to start the second game – was just inches away from eclipsing the wall.

Then, in the fourth, her 31st home run gave UCLA an eight-run lead, allowing the Bruins to run-rule the Golden Bears in the fifth.

Associate head coach Lisa Fernandez has worked closely with the Bruins’ batters this season.

“The only thing you can control is the effort you put forth, some decisions that you decide to make,” Fernandez said. “The game, as you saw, Megan hit the ball right off the wall. Six inches and it’s another home run.”

On the pitching side, sophomore pitcher Brynne Nally allowed just one more batter on base through the first four innings before giving up four runs in the fifth and ceding the circle to Natalie Cable.

Senior pitcher Taylor Tinsley took over for the second game and went the distance, allowing just three hits and one run through five innings.

Postgame, the Bruins celebrated their three seniors who received Golden Tickets to the AUSL, as well as their record-breaking day.