The year is 1980.
UCLA’s softball program, helmed by now-Hall of Famers head coach Sharron Backus and assistant coach Sue Enquist, is just in its sixth year of existence.

Alexis Ramirez was flying high during the Opening Weekend of her sophomore year.
She boasted a .455 batting average, hit a home run and recorded three runs along with five hits in just 11 at-bats.

Being a Bruin has been nothing short of a dream come true.
Ever since I was four years old, I dreamt of playing at Easton Stadium, competing for a national championship and representing this program with everything in me.

Around this time last year, I was finishing up my last year of undergraduate studies, overwhelmed with the opportunities presented to me through the transfer portal.

With No. 12 seed Texas Tech and No. 6 seed Texas set to battle it out in the Women’s College World Series final and UCLA softball officially out of the running, Assistant Sports editor Connor Dullinger gives his five main takeaways from the 2025 campaign.

Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez has long talked about “Bruin magic.”
And on the path to its eventual Women’s College World Series exit, No. 9 seed UCLA made its fair share of clutch moves when it mattered most.

This post was updated June 1 at 10:50 p.m.
OKLAHOMA CITY – One out away from the end of the Bruins’ season, the story was written for NFCA First Team All-American juniors third baseman Jordan Woolery and first baseman Megan Grant – nicknamed “the Bruin Bombers” – to save UCLA’s run toward a national title.