No. 1 Bruins Travel to Fullerton, No. 24 Cal

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Tuesday, May 1
#1/#1 UCLA at Cal State Fullerton
6 p.m.
Anderson Family Field
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Friday, May 4
#1/#1 UCLA at #24/RV California
3 p.m.

Saturday, May 5
#1/#1 UCLA at #24/RV California
1:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 6
#1/#1 UCLA at #24/RV California
2 p.m.

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#1 BRUINS TRAVEL TO FULLERTON, BERKELEY
The top-ranked Bruins play their final non-conference, regular-season game on Tuesday at Cal State Fullerton at 6 p.m. before heading to Berkeley for their last Pac-12 road series. The UCLA-California series starts on Friday at 3 p.m., continues on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and concludes on Sunday at 2 p.m. All three games will air on Pac-12 Networks.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Bruins host #7 Arizona State at Easton Stadium in their final series of the regular season (Thursday, May 10 and Friday, May 11 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 12 at 12 p.m.). All three games will air on Pac-12 Networks. Then on Sunday, May 13, the NCAA Selection Show will air at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.

BRUINS IN THE POLLS
The Bruins are ranked #1 in both national polls for the second week in a row, picking up 30 of 32 first-place votes in the USA Today/NFCA poll and 12 of 20 first-place nods in the ESPN.com/USA Softball ranking. UCLA is one of six Pac-12 teams ranked in the Top 25 of either poll: Oregon (#2 NFCA/#2 USA Softball), Washington (#5 USA Softball/#6 NFCA), Arizona State (#7 USA Softball/#8 NFCA), Arizona (#10 NFCA/#11 USA Softball) and California (#24 NFCA/RV USA Softball), with Oregon State also receiving votes in the USA Softball poll. In the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches poll, UCLA was second, earning 55 points and a pair of first-place votes.

GARCIA, JORDAN FINALISTS FOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Redshirt sophomore Rachel Garcia and redshirt freshman Aaliyah Jordan are two of 25 finalists for the 2018 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, as announced on April 25.

The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award enters its 17th season and recognizes outstanding athletic achievement by Division I female collegiate softball players across the country. Previous recipients of the award include the first honoree in 2002, UCLA's Stacey Nuveman. Four Bruins have been Top 3 finalists for the award (Nuveman, 2002; Natasha Watley, '02-'03; Megan Langenfeld, 2010; Ally Carda, 2014).

The Top 25 list includes nine seniors, nine juniors, four sophomores and three freshmen, representing 17 universities and eight conferences. The Top 10 finalists will be named on May 9, with the Top 3 announced on May 23. The POY will be revealed on May 29.

JORDAN EARNS SIXTH PAC-12 FOW ACCOLADE OF 2018
Redshirt freshman Aaliyah Jordan was named Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Week on Monday, extending her own record of league FOW awards with her sixth of the year.

Jordan had hits in all four victories last week for the top-ranked Bruins, going 5-for-10 (.500) with two runs batted in, four runs scored, two walks and a stolen base. She opened the weekend with a 2-for-4, two-run performance against #21 Oklahoma St. on Friday (April 27), adding an RBI single and a run scored in two at-bats later that night versus South Dakota.

In the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday (April 28), Jordan had an RBI single and a walk against South Dakota, adding a single, a walk, a run and a stolen base in the weekend finale versus Oklahoma State.

Jordan leads the Bruins in numerous offensive categories, including batting average (.475) and runs batted in (58), as she is also tied for the home run lead with nine. A finalist for the USA Softball National Player of the Year and the NFCA National Freshman of the Year, Jordan's other Pac-12 FOW plaudits came on Feb. 20, Feb. 27, March 13, April 2 and April 23. She was also named Pac-12 Player of the Week on April 23.

JORDAN, PEREZ FINALISTS FOR NFCA FOY AWARD
Aaliyah Jordan and Briana Perez were named finalists for the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award, as announced by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association on April 19.

On May 10, the current Top 25 list will be trimmed down to 10, with the Top 3 finalists announced on May 23. The Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year trophy will be presented on May 29 at the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.

In the fourth year of the award in 2017, current redshirt sophomore Rachel Garcia was named the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year.

BRUINS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS (THROUGH 4/29)
TEAM
Slugging Percentage   1st (.548)
Batting Average   2nd (.352)
On Base Percentage   3rd (.426)
Runs Per Game   4th (6.89)
Earned Run Average   15th (1.76)
Doubles   T-16th (75)
Triples   T-20th (14)
Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio   29th (3.00)
Home Runs   T-35th (47)

INDIVIDUAL
AALIYAH JORDAN
Batting Average   4th (.475)
Runs Batted In   T-5th (58)
Runs Scored   T-16th (48)
On Base Percentage   19th (.528)
Hits   T-19th (66)
Slugging Percentage   22nd (.799)
Sacrifice Flies   T-25th (4)
Total Bases   T-35th (111)
Doubles   T-50th (14)

RACHEL GARCIA
Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings   2nd (3.02)
Strikeouts Per Seven Innings   3rd (11.0)
Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio   8th (7.61)
Earned Run Average   T-14th (1.13)
Sacrifice Flies   T-25th (4)
Shutouts   T-27th (7)

KYLEE PEREZ
Runs Scored   T-8th (51)

BRIANA PEREZ
Runs Scored   T-22nd (46)

GARCIA AGAIN NAMED NFCA PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Redshirt sophomore Rachel Garcia was named NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (April 24) for the second week in a row after tossing 13 shutout innings with 18 strikeouts in helping the top-ranked Bruins to a three-game sweep of then-#1 Washington.

Garcia, who a day earlier was named Pac-12 Conference Pitcher of the Week, recorded her second-straight NFCA National Pitcher of the Week award (April 17), third NFCA National nod of the season (Feb. 27 - National Player of the Week), and the 26th in UCLA history.

NEWS AND NOTES
Redshirt sophomore Rachel Garcia enters the week with 27 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings ... sophomore Bubba Nickles enters the week on a 10-game hitting streak ... the Bruins, who had 13 comeback victories last season, posted their 10th of the year on April 21 against Washington ... UCLA has won 90 in a row when ahead after five innings (28 times this season) ... the Bruins have lost just once (43-1) when scoring at least three runs and are 29-0 when giving up two runs or less ... all three of UCLA's losses this year have come when the opponent scores first (8-3 record, 36-0 when scoring first) ... of the 294 runs batted in for Bruin hitters, 116 have come with two outs for a 39.5 percentage. Redshirt freshman Aaliyah Jordan and freshman Briana Perez lead the team with 19 two-out RBI, followed by sophomore Bubba Nickles (18) and senior Kylee Perez (12) ... the Bruins were the final remaining undefeated team in college softball this season, entering their March 17 game with a 25-0 record. UCLA's start was tied for the fifth best in program history. In three of the other five seasons where the Bruins started a year with at least 25 consecutive wins, they won the NCAA Championship (1992, 1999, 2004) ... with the Feb. 25 win against Missouri, head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez earned the 500th victory of her career.

JORDAN, GARCIA SWEEP PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARDS
Redshirt freshman Aaliyah Jordan and redshirt sophomore Rachel Garcia swept the Pac-12 Conference weekly awards on April 23, as Jordan was named Player and Freshman of the Week, while Garcia earned Pitcher of the Week accolades for the second week in a row.

It is just the second time in Pac-12 history, since the advent of the Freshman of the Week award in 2015, that one school has swept all three honors in the same week. Jordan's multiple honors mark only the fourth time in conference history since 2015 that someone has been named Player and Freshman of the Week in the same week.

Garcia picked up her fifth Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week award, and it is also the first time she has gone back-to-back, as she also won the plaudit three times in 2017 (Feb. 21, April 11 and April 25). Jordan's FOW is her fifth of the season (Feb. 20, Feb. 27, March 13 and April 2). The Bruins have earned 10 conference weekly honors this season, with Briana Perez also receiving Freshman of the Week on Feb. 13 and Garcia being named Player of the Week on April 16.

SCOUTING THE CAL STATE FULLERTON TITANS
Cal State Fullerton (29-20, 14-1 Big West) has won eight in a row to take the lead in Big West Conference play. The Titans are hitting .298 as a team with 17 home runs and 73 stolen bases, averaging 4.59 runs per game. Six players are hitting .300 or better, led by freshman Deshea Hill's .379 average. Senior Bryanna Ybarra (.339) is first with four homers and tied for first with 29 runs batted in, while senior Brooke Clemetson (.317) leads the squad with 29 steals. In the circle, sophomore Sophie Frost has seen the most action, holding a 13-5 record, a 2.18 earned run average and 63 strikeouts in 125 1/3 innings. Redshirt junior Trish Parks is 7-2 with a 3.11 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 63 innings and freshman Taylor Dockins is 7-4 with a 3.31 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 78 1/3 innings.

SERIES HISTORY: BRUINS VS. TITANS
The Bruins lead the all-time series with Cal State Fullerton 47-33-1 and have won eight in a row against the Titans. UCLA played Fullerton three times in 2017, winning 2-0 at Anderson Family Field, 7-3 at Easton and 9-1 in Westwood at the Los Angeles Regional. The Bruins are 17-12 all-time in Fullerton, winning 12 in a row.

SCOUTING THE CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS
California (33-13, 7-10 Pac-12), which hosts Sacramento State on Wednesday, has won seven in a row, including sweeps of Utah and Stanford. The Golden Bears are hitting .284 as a team with 25 home runs and 51 stolen bases, averaging 5.30 runs per game. Three players are hitting .300 or better, led by senior Jazmyn Jackson's .358 average and team-best 31 runs batted in. Junior Lindsay Rood is second with a .340 average and first with 26 stolen bases, while freshman Mikayla Coelho (.308) and sophomore Bradie Fillmore are tied for the team lead with five homers. In the circle, redshirt junior Zoe Conley and junior Kamalani Dung have pitched all but two innings this season, with Dung posting an 18-3 record, a 2.01 ERA and 158 strikeouts in 139 innings and Conley recording a 15-10 mark, a 2.03 ERA and 169 strikeouts in 165 2/3 innings.

SERIES HISTORY: BRUINS VS. GOLDEN BEARS
The Bruins hold a 90-29-1 all-time record against California and are unbeaten in the last 11 against the Golden Bears (10-0-1). UCLA won all three at home last year by scores of 3-2, 3-1 and 8-1. In the last matchup in Berkeley, the Bruins won the first game, 3-2 in nine innings, before having rain shorten the second contest, which ended in a 3-3 tie after five innings. UCLA is 31-19-1 all-time at Cal and 4-0-1 in the last five.

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