This is probably my final Daily Bruin byline.

Five years without a national championship.

There’s nothing like a thousand-mile, mid-week road trip to break a nine-game winning streak.

It was raining.

UCLA softball was in free fall. For the first time in four years, the Bruins had lost four games in a row.

Last year was an interesting one for NCAA softball: It was the first time in 21 years that neither UCLA nor Arizona played in the championship game.

On Tuesday, the No. 4 UCLA softball team emerged victorious, which was just fine with Bruin coach Kelly Inouye-Perez.
But she was not fine with the umpires.

UCLA softball has a history of being the sport’s juggernaut, but a school an hour south is the closest thing to its kryptonite.

They had just demolished visiting Simon Fraser 13-2. So why was the UCLA softball team running postgame sprints on Tuesday afternoon?

Before the softball season began, UCLA head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez made a prediction about her offense.