Thursday, May 25
Los Angeles, Calif.
6:00 PM
UCLA
vs
Ole Miss
The Bruins scored two-thirds of their runs last weekend via the home run.
Bruins Begin Supers Versus Ole Miss on Thursday
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Thursday, May 25
Game 1 - Ole Miss (visitor) vs. UCLA (home) - 6 p.m. - ESPN
Friday, May 26
Game 2 - UCLA (visitor) vs. Ole Miss (home) - 6 p.m. - ESPN or ESPN2
Saturday, May 27
Game 3 - Ole Miss (visitor) vs. UCLA (home) - 4 p.m. (if necessary) - ESPN
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FIFTH-SEEDED BRUINS HOST #12 OLE MISS IN L.A. SUPERS
The fifth-seeded Bruins entertain #12 Ole Miss this weekend at Easton Stadium in the Los Angeles Super Regional, with a trip to the Women's College World Series on the line. The best 2-of-3 series begins on Thursday at 6 p.m. on ESPN and continues on Friday at 6 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2. The if necessary third game will be played Saturday at 4 p.m. on ESPN. All games will also feature free live audio and live stats on UCLABruins.com.
WHAT'S NEXT
The winner of the Los Angeles Super Regional advances to Oklahoma City and next week's WCWS. The UCLA-Ole Miss winner will take on the Florida State-LSU Super Regional winner next Thursday, June 1 at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium.
BRUINS IN THE POLLS
UCLA closed the regular season at eighth in the USA Today/NFCA poll and ninth in the ESPN.com/USA Softball rankings.
BRUINS IN NCAA SUPER REGIONAL PLAY
In the 13th year of the Super Regional format, the Bruins are making their ninth appearance (2005, '06, '08, '09, '10, '14, '15, '16 and '17). UCLA has a 14-6 (.700) record in Super Regional play, advancing to the WCWS in '05 (2-1 over Georgia), '06 (2-0 over USF), '08 (2-0 over Georgia), '10 (2-0 over Louisiana-Lafayette), '15 (2-0 over Missouri) and '16 (2-1 over Oregon). The Bruins' two Super Regional losses have come to Missouri ('09) and Kentucky ('14), both 2-1 setbacks. UCLA, making its 33rd appearance in the NCAA Tournament, is 198-53 (.789 winning percentage) following last weekend's Regional sweep and is two wins away from 200 NCAA Tournament victories. With the Bruins' 3-0 record, they are now 93-14 (.869) in Regionals and have gone undefeated 23 of 33 times. The entire UCLA NCAA postseason history is available on the penultimate page of this release.
GARCIA TOP 3 FINALIST FOR NFCA FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Rachel Garcia has been named a Top Three finalist for the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award, as announced by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association on Wednesday. Her fellow finalists are Minnesota's Kendyl Lindaman and Oregon's Maggie Balint. The Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year trophy will be presented during a live ceremony on May 31 at the Women's College World Series.
FIVE BRUINS NAMED TO NFCA ALL-REGION TEAMS
Five Bruins were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-West Region Teams on May 18, as junior Kylee Perez earned First Team honors, senior Delaney Spaulding, junior Madeline Jelenicki and freshman Rachel Garcia picked up Second Team accolades and sophomore Zoe Shaw received Third Team plaudits.
Spaulding became just the 11th Bruin to earn four All-Region awards after being named First Team in 2015 and 2016 and Second Team in 2014. Perez's award is her third in as many seasons, receiving a First Team nod last year and a Third Team recognition as a freshman. Jelenicki is a two-time All-Region honoree, receiving First Team accolades in 2016. Garcia and Shaw each earned their first All-Region awards.
GARCIA NAMED PAC-12 FOY, FIVE BRUINS HONORED
Rachel Garcia was named Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year, as announced on May 15, and was one of five Bruins to receive All-Conference honors.
Garcia is the sixth Bruin to earn Pac-10/12 Newcomer or Freshman of the Year honors, joining Tanya Harding (1995), Julie Adams (1996), Stacey Nuveman (1997), Anjelica Selden (2005) and Stephany LaRosa (2012).
Garcia, who was also named All-Freshman Team, was joined on the All-Pac-12 First Team by senior Delaney Spaulding and juniors Madeline Jelenicki and Kylee Perez. Freshman Bubba Nickles picked up All-Pac-12 Second and Freshman Team accolades, while Perez and Spaulding were selected to the All-Pac-12 Defensive Team.
Spaulding became the 29th Bruin to receive four All-Conference honors, picking up her third consecutive First Team award. Perez's All-Pac-12 nod was her second in a row and her third straight All-Conference selection. Jelenicki recorded her second All-Pac-12 award and her initial First Team plaudit after being named Second Team a year ago.
SPAULDING, GARCIA EARN PAC-12 WEEKLY HONORS
Senior Delaney Spaulding was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on May 16, while redshirt freshman Rachel Garcia picked up her fourth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor after the Bruins ended the regular season with a sweep at #22 Arizona State.
Spaulding's Player of the Week award is her first of the season and third of her career. She won the honor once as a sophomore on March 9, 2015 and once last season on March 14, 2016. UCLA has won 79 Pac-10/12 Player of the Week awards.
Garcia picked up her seventh weekly honor, having won Pac-12 Freshman of the Week four times (April 25, April 11 and March 28) and Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week three times (April 25, April 11, Feb. 21). The award is the sixth Freshman of the Week honor for UCLA in just the third year the accolade has been bestowed.
TRENDING TOPICS
Redshirt freshman Rachel Garcia picked up her 20th victory of the season in Sunday's Regional Championship game against Cal State Fullerton, striking out nine in her 11th complete game. In her 40 appearances, she has given up zero or one earned run in 27 of them, including all three last weekend. Garcia has also been ramping up her strikeout total, producing at least eight in three of her last five games ... at the plate, Garcia has hits in five of her last six, batting .421 (8-for-19) over her last two weekends with two homers and four RBI. She hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning on May 11 at Arizona State, adding another solo shot last Saturday versus San Jose State. Garcia had an eight-game hit streak from April 14-28 and reached base in 18 in a row from April 14-May 20 ... sophomore Paige Halstead reached in all three games last weekend, leaving the yard for the first time since April 28 with a solo homer on Sunday versus Cal State Fullerton ... junior Madeline Jelenicki set a career high with a nine-game hitting streak from April 26-May 12, batting .367 (11-for-30) with two homers and 18 RBI during that stretch. The team leader in multi-RBI contests at 19 has eight in her last 13 games after hitting two-run homers in each Regional game. After recording 42 RBI in her first 45 games, Jelenicki has 24 RBI in her last 13 contests ... senior Gabrielle Maurice has hits in four of her last six contests, including a season-best, three-hit game in the opener at ASU on May 11. She had a career-high, 10-game hitting streak from April 14-30, batting .375 (12-for-32) with two RBI ... freshman Bubba Nickles has hits in 14 of her last 19 contests, recording two-hit games against San Jose State and Fullerton last weekend. She is the seventh Bruin freshman to post double digits in homers when she hit her 10th on May 12 at ASU ... junior Kylee Perez carries a 10-game hitting streak into Super Regionals, as she is batting .543 (19-for-35) with 17 runs scored and 10 RBI during that stretch. In her 40 games in which she has collected a hit, she has gone for multiple hits in 24 of them to lead the team. Perez, who has scored a run in six straight and 11 of 13, drove in a career-high five at ASU on May 13 and set a personal best with five hits at Stanford on April 28 ... sophomore Zoe Shaw, the Bruins' leading hitter in Pac-12 play (.415), has raised her average 80 points in the last 21 games. She had a career-best, seven-game hitting streak from April 22-May 5, batting .667 (10-for-15) with eight runs and five walks during that stretch. Shaw has hits and runs in five in a row entering this weekend ... senior Delaney Spaulding has hits in seven in a row and 11 of her last 12, batting .463 (19-for-41) with six homers and 18 RBI over the last dozen contests. She also has homers in six of 12, RBI in nine of 12 and runs scored in 10 in a row. Spaulding tied a school record with five hits on May 12 at ASU to post the 10th, five-hit game at UCLA and second of the season (Perez, April 28 at Stanford). She also scored five runs to become just the second Bruin to accomplish that feat (Samantha Camuso, 2008) ... junior Selina Ta'amilo earned her 14th win of the season last Saturday versus SJSU. With a 14-0 record, she has tied Michelle Turner (2003) and DeeDee Weiman (1991) for the second-best undefeated campaign in Bruin history. Lisa Fernandez went 29-0 in 1992 ... like Jelenicki, sophomore Brianna Tautalafua left the yard in all three games last weekend, including the Bruins' fifth grand slam of the season on Sunday. She has hits, runs and RBI in each of her last five games, batting .556 (10-for-18) over her last handful with four homers and 14 RBI. Tautalafua has raised her batting average 28 points during her five-game hitting streak.
SCOUTING THE OLE MISS REBELS
Ole Miss (43-18) is on a seven-game postseason winning streak entering Super Regionals, having gone 4-0 to win the SEC Tournament and then sweeping its home Regional last weekend, defeating Southern Illinois (8-0 in five innings), Arizona State (2-0) and North Carolina (7-2). The Rebels are hitting .298 as a team with 31 home runs and 100 stolen bases, averaging 5.1 runs per game. Four players are hitting over .300, led by junior Elantra Cox's .438 average, with her also placing second with 24 steals. Sophomore Kylan Becker is second at .378 and tied for third with 16 steals, while senior Miranda Strother is third at .319 and first with 25 stolen bases. In the circle, junior Kaitlin Lee has thrown Ole Miss' last 55 2/3 innings and is 23-10 on the season with a 1.70 earned run average and 117 strikeouts in 239 innings. Freshman Morgan Bruce is 8-5 with a 2.85 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 73 2/3 innings. UCLA and Ole Miss have played just twice, both times in Fresno, Calif., in 2000 and 2005. On March 11, 2000, the Bruins posted a 4-0 victory, while on March 4, 2005, the Rebels claimed a 3-2, 14-inning triumph.
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