The Bruin infield (right) circles around sophomore first baseman Mulivai Levu after securing the team’s first super regional berth since 2019, while other members of UCLA baseball gather nearby. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
The Bruins are in the college baseball super regionals for the first time since 2019.
While No. 15 seed UCLA baseball (45-16, 22-8 Big Ten) was likely to be pit against formerly-No.
Big innings have been a theme for the Bruins all weekend.
And a five-run top of the fourth seemed to position UCLA in cruise control.
But no lead, no matter how daunting, is safe on the road to Omaha, Nebraska.
Not unless you have the pitching staff to protect it.
And with its bullpen tossing a shutout seventh, eighth and ninth, No.
Maybe it was home-field advantage.
Maybe it was because it had been four days since UCLA’s last game.
But after getting shut out in Sunday’s Big Ten tournament championship, there’d be no signs of a stagnant offense Friday.
Even after a 5-0 loss in the Big Ten tournament championship Sunday, No. 15 seed UCLA baseball (42-16, 22-8 Big Ten) was selected to host its first NCAA tournament regional since 2019, as UC Irvine (41-15, 24-6 Big West), Arizona State (35-22, 18-12 Big 12) and Fresno State (31-27, 18-12 Mountain West) travel to Jackie Robinson Stadium.
No. 15 seed UCLA baseball (42-16, 22-8 Big Ten) will host UC Irvine (41-15, 24-6 Big West), Arizona State (35-22, 18-12 Big 12) and Fresno State (31-27, 18-12 Mountain West) in the 2025 NCAA Los Angeles Regional at Jackie Robinson Stadium beginning Friday.
This post was updated May 28 at 10:56 p.m.
Jackie Robinson Stadium will remain the Bruins’ home for at least two more games.
No. 15 seed UCLA baseball (42-16, 22-8 Big Ten) was selected to be an NCAA tournament regional host Sunday evening and will return to Westwood for the double-elimination portion of the tournament, which begins Friday.
This post was updated May 26 at 10:10 p.m.
Thousands of red-clad spectators stood and cheered as Cornhusker right-hander Ty Horn started toward home plate with two outs and runners on second and third in the bottom of the sixth.
The Bruins have proven they can come back all season.
In conference tournament pool play alone, UCLA was down two runs to Illinois on Tuesday and a run to Michigan on Wednesday before winning both games.
Payton Brennan’s fifth RBI of the Big Ten tournament evened the Bruins and Wolverines for the second time Thursday, when the redshirt sophomore center fielder’s second hit of the day drove home sophomore third baseman Roman Martin in the bottom of the eighth.
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