UCLA baseball (52-8, 28-2 Big Ten) failed to qualify for the Men’s College World Series as the NCAA tournament’s No. 1 overall seed for the third time in program history since 2015 after falling to Los Angeles Regional No.
It’s been nearly a week since then-No. 1 UCLA baseball was eliminated in its own NCAA regional.
People, many of whom have doubted the Bruins’ legitimacy all year long, feel like they’ve been proven right.
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.
UCLA baseball (51-7, 28-2 Big Ten) became the first No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament to lose its regional opener when Saint Mary’s (34-25, 15-12 WCC) came out victorious 3-2 in Friday’s Los Angeles Regional opener.
No. 1 UCLA baseball (48-6, 28-2 Big Ten) defeated then-No.13 Oregon (38-15, 20-10) 9-6 in the former’s last regular season home game to clinch the three-game weekend series.
The Oregon faithful may want a refund after Friday’s bait and switch.
All three contests between the Bruins and Ducks – a pair of Pac-12-turned-Big-Ten adversaries both boasting top-15 rankings – were sold out by Thursday, UCLA Baseball posted on X.
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