Bruins Nation May 20, 2019
UCLA Women’s Golf Falls to 18th Place After NCAA Championships Round Two
The Bruins will need to move into the top eight today if they want to move to the match play portion of the competition. The UCLA women’s golf team faces an uphill battle today. After the weather caused the second round to be stopped on Saturday and resumed on Sunday, the NCAA has decided to shorten the stroke play portion of the competition to just 54 holes. To make matters worse, UCLA had another bad day yesterday. The Bruins shot a 16-over 308 as a team, which dropped them from 15th to 18th on the leaderboard. Now, the Bruins will have only one day, rather than two, to make up the...
Los Angeles Times May 20, 2019
UCLA softball defeats Missouri to advance to NCAA Super Regionals
With the season on the line in the NCAA softball regionals Sunday, UCLA rallied the same way it has all season — with a dance party. In the locker room, the Bruins blasted music, shouted the lyrics and then returned to the field. The tactic worked immediately. After falling to Missouri in the first...
Bruins Nation May 20, 2019
UCLA Softball Advances to Super Regional With 13-1 Win Over Missouri
The Bruins won the NCAA LA Regional by easily beating Missouri in Game 7 after losing Game 6, but the bizarre strategies of Kelly Inouye-Perez remain a big concern for the Bruins. The biggest knock on UCLA Softball head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez over the past few seasons has been her bizarre strategic decisions. Sometimes, they pay off and, other times like in the WCWS last season, they really blow up. Today’s strategic decisions were some of the strangest. Thankfully, none of them really blew up, but it still doesn’t excuse them. In Game 6 of the LA Regional this afternoon, Inouye-Perez...
www.ocregister.com May 19, 2019
Whicker: UCLA basketball might be bad, but Mick Cronin has seen worse
He might not have been the coach that the Bruins initially wanted, in a coaching search that began to resemble a lost golf ball hunt. We’ll see if he’s the one they need.
Bruins Nation May 19, 2019
Hubba Bubba! Nickles’ Two Homers Carry UCLA Softball Past Mizzou, 9-1
The Bruins centerfielder hit two homers and had five RBIs in the mercy-rule shortened victory. Bubba Nickles hit two home runs including a fourth-inning grand slam to lead the UCLA Bruins softball team past the Missouri Tigers yesterday in the NCAA Softball Los Angeles Regional. Nickles got things going early for the Bruins when she led off the bottom of the first with a solo homer to center. After Briana Perez reached on an error, Aaliyah Jordan made it 3-0 with another homer to center. Meanwhile, UCLA starter Rachel Garcia pitched four shutout innings, allowing just a walk in the first...
Bruins Nation May 19, 2019
UCLA Baseball Blanks Washington, 4-0; Looks for Sweep Today
The Bruins have now won seven straight and will look to finish their home schedule with another win this afternoon. Last night, Jack Ralston allowed just one hit and three walks over six innings while striking out nine as the UCLA baseball team defeated the Washington Huskies, 4-0. The win was Ralston’s 10th win of the season and it won the series for the Bruins. This afternoon, UCLA will look to break out their brooms as they try to sweep the Huskies at Noon PT. In the top of the second, Michael Toglia led off the inning with a single. Jake Pries was up next and he singled Toglia over...
www.ocregister.com May 19, 2019
Whicker: Ryan Garcia just one of UCLA’s junior achievers
The former La Salle High standout is 8-0 as the Bruins' Friday night ace, part of a recruiting class that has restored the UCLA program.
Los Angeles Times May 19, 2019
UCLA softball gets funky before advancing to NCAA regional final
As the UCLA softball players prepared for their NCAA regionals matchup against Missouri, a guest walked into the locker room. The Bruins erupted. It was Valorie Kondos Field. The retired UCLA gymnastics coach is choreographing a show in Sea World, as she does every summer, but made the trip from...
www.ocregister.com May 18, 2019
UCLA softball run-rules Missouri to advance to NCAA regional final
UCLA used the energy from a special pregame guest to grab a mercy-rule win over Missouri.
Bruins Nation May 18, 2019
UCLA Baseball Tops Washington 8-3; Looks for Series Win Tonight
Jack Ralston will be looking for his tenth win of the season when the Bruins host the second game of this weekend’s series. Last night, Ryan Garcia won his eighth game of the season when the UCLA Bruins beat the Washington Huskies, 8-3, at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Tonight, UCLA will look for the series win when the teams meet again at 7 pm PT. After Garcia struck out the side to start the game, Garrett Mitchell got the Bruins started with a single to right. He was able to advance to second when the Huskies right fielder bobbled the ball. Mitchell scored when Ryan Kreidler hit the first...
Bruins Nation May 18, 2019
No-No! UCLA Softball’s Garcia and Azevedo Combine to Hold Weber State Hitless
The Bruins easily won their opening game in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional. It’s time for the softball postseason! That can only mean one thing: UCLA head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez will over-manage the Bruins. Inouye-Perez was already in mid-postseason form against Arizona last weekend and she was at it again last night. Rachel Garcia had amazing stuff last night. She had faced the minimum of 18 batters through the first six innings last night. At one point, she struck out eight batters in a row over the course of three innings. She struck out the side in the sixth and was just three outs...
Bruins Nation May 18, 2019
UCLA Women’s Golf in 15th Place After First Round of NCAA Championships
The Bruins struggled during the first day of the NCAA Women’s Golf Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. After the first round of the NCAA Women’s Golf Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the UCLA woen’s golf team sits in 15th place. That’s due to the fact that, as a team, the Bruins shot a 23-over 315 yesterday, putting them 13 strokes behind Texas and Arkansas, which both tied for first yesterday. Patty Tavatanakit was UCLA’s best golfer on day one when she shot a 2 over 75, which was good for 13th place. She is six strokes behind Arizona’s Bianca Pagdanganan who...
www.ocregister.com May 18, 2019
Rachel Garcia, Holly Azevedo combine for UCLA softball no-hitter in NCAA Tournament
Garcia took a perfect game into the seventh inning against Weber State, but the Bruins needed to "save bullets" for what they hope is a long postseason run. UCLA next faces Missouri on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Bruins Nation May 17, 2019
UCLA Finishes Midweek Sked Undefeated; Welcomes Washington for Final Regular Season Home Series
The #1 ranked Bruins host the Huskies for a three-game set starting tonight at 6:00 pm PT The UCLA Bruins baseball team (42-8, 19-5 Pac-12) continued its productive season on Tuesday night, beating UC Irvine by the score of 7-0, and finishing their midweek scheduled an undefeated 11-0 in 2019. The Bruins now welcome the Washington Huskies (28-19, 12-12 Pac-12) to Jackie Robinson Stadium in the final regular season home series. UCLA has no midweek game next week before it travels to Oregon for three games to end the regular season. UCLA dropped in RPI to #2 despite winning all of its games...
Bruins Nation May 17, 2019
UCLA Women’s Tennis Faces North Carolina in NCAA Quarterfinals
After beating Washington, 4-0, last Friday, UCLA will now face the 2 seed North Carolina Tar Heels. Last year, the NCAA Women’s Tennis Tournament played the Round of 16 two days before the NCAA Quarterfinals. This year, the NCAA introduced hosted Super Regionals for the Round of 16. So, that format change could affect the outcome of this year’s competition. I don’t know if the top eight seeds all advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals last year, but they did this year. The Bruins have their work cut out for them today, however, when they meet the North Carolina Tar Heels, who are 32-1....
