On her final downswing, Megan Faraimo sought to deliver a strike. The ball didn’t spin toward the strike zone. It found everything but, sailing high over the heads of both her catcher and the umpire. Read more...
Photo: Megan Faraimo looks into home plate between pitches. The redshirt senior pitcher for UCLA softball tied her season high with three home runs allowed Friday night but escaped with a nation-leading 23rd win. (Amelie Ionescu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
After 13 straight wins, the Bruins will head home for their final Pac-12 home series of the season. No. 2 UCLA softball (40-4, 15-3 Pac-12) will host Arizona State (27-17, 5-10) Friday through Sunday for the first time since its May 6-8 series a season ago, where the Bruins lost two out of three to the Sun Devils in Tempe. Read more...
Photo: Kirk Walker coaches redshirt senior outfielder Kelli Godin. The associate head coach is in his 22nd year with the program and his first in the position. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)
Led by strong performances all over the field, the Bruins prevailed with their second run-rule victory in as many midweek games. No. 2 UCLA softball (40-4, 15-3 Pac-12) defeated Long Beach State (21-19, 11-4 Big West) on Wednesday at the LBSU Softball Complex by a score of 10-0 after only five innings. Read more...
Photo: Taylor Tinsley of UCLA softball gets hyped after retiring the side. The freshman pitcher finished one hit shy of a second career no-hitter for the Bruins on Wednesday night. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin)
No. 2 UCLA softball (39-4, 15-3 Pac-12) has a chance to exact revenge on Arizona State (21-16, 5-10) in the Bruins’ final Pac-12 home stand of the regular season. Read more...
After a power surge in Tucson, the Bruins return home with some new hardware. No. 2 UCLA softball (39-4, 15-3 Pac-12) is set to visit Long Beach State (21-18, 11-4 Big West) for a midweek contest Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Maya Brady watches the ball fly after a hit at the plate. The redshirt junior utility for UCLA softball currently leads the Pac-12 in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs scored, hits and total bases. (Ella Greenberg Winnick/Daily Bruin)
In a tie ballgame in the top of the seventh inning, Sharlize Palacios stepped up to the plate with two runners on base. The redshirt junior catcher, who transferred from Arizona prior to the season, had a chance to put the Bruins ahead against her former team. Read more...
Photo: Sharlize Palacios rounds the bases after hitting a home run. The redshirt junior catcher for UCLA softball went yard Saturday and Sunday, accumulating six RBIs amid the Bruins’ sweep of the Wildcats. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated April 13 at 4:14 p.m. Coming off of a home sweep and a resulting jump in the polls, the Bruins will face a ranked team for the first time in two weeks. Read more...
Photo: Megan Faraimo of UCLA softball delivers a pitch. The redshirt senior pitcher has not allowed a run since March 25, when she surrendered two earned to Oregon. (Ella Greenberg Winnick/Daily Bruin)
