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Baseball
Aug. 18, 2020 12:11 p.m.
(Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
This post was updated Aug. 18 at 5:16 p.m. to reflect a new illustration for the Swim & Dive team.
With the Pac-12’s recent cancellation of all athletic competitions for the rest of the 2020 calendar year, many UCLA sports will be waiting longer than usual to start their seasons.
By Jon Christon, Jack Perez, Michael Waldman, Taiyo Keilin, and Kyle Boal
Softball
May 15, 2020 2:03 p.m.Two UCLA softball seniors to stay on another year in light of Olympics postponement
When she heard that her team was getting back two star players, coach Kelly Inouye-Perez had just one thought for them.
“Welcome back,” Inouye-Perez said.
Both redshirt senior pitcher/first baseman Rachel Garcia and senior utility Bubba Nickles will rejoin UCLA softball for the 2021 season.
By Jon Christon
Softball
May 7, 2020 3:08 p.m.Garcia, Nickles to return to UCLA softball after Olympics postponed
The Bruins are getting back two key players from their 2019 championship run.
UCLA softball will welcome back redshirt senior pitcher/first-baseman Rachel Garcia and senior utility Bubba Nickles for the 2021 season.
By Jon Christon
Baseball
May 4, 2020 3:30 p.m.Mom, son reflect on bond as quarantine throws curveball to their respective teams
Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez can still remember the moment her son took his first steps.
Her son – Mikey Perez – was just a toddler, traveling with his mother and the UCLA softball team in Oklahoma City when he walked for the first time in a hotel room, with the whole team surrounding him.
By Taiyo Keilin
Beach Volleyball
April 22, 2020 4:21 p.m.With Olympics postponed, current and former Bruins use the extra time to train
While the world faces shortages of necessary goods, many people are surrounded by an abundance of one thing: time.
And if it’s possible to keep future goals in focus, extra time can be a good thing, according to some of the current and former UCLA student athletes who had been preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
By Jacqueline Dzwonczyk
Softball
April 15, 2020 9:08 p.m.No. 1 UCLA softball looks back on winning season, considers future of team
A month on from the unexpected early end to the Bruins’ season, coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said she will never forget the uncertainty she felt when the team found out the year was over.
By Coral Smith
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