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No. 1 Bruins Close Non-Conference Play With Four Games in Three Days
March 22, 2019 | Softball
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Sunday, March 24
No. 1/1/1 UCLA vs. Saint Mary's
11:15 a.m.
Matador Diamond (Northridge, Calif.)
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Sunday, March 24
No. 1/1/1 UCLA at CSUN
1:30 p.m.
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Monday, March 25
UC Santa Barbara at No. 1/1/1 UCLA
6 p.m.
Easton Stadium
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Tuesday, March 26
Cal State Fullerton at No. 1/1/1 UCLA
5 p.m.
Easton Stadium
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TOP-RANKED BRUINS END NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE WITH FOUR GAMES
The No. 1 UCLA softball team wraps up non-conference play with four games in three days over the next few days. On Sunday, the Bruins will face Saint Mary's (11:15 a.m.) and CSUN (1:30 p.m.) in Northridge. UCLA then returns to Easton Stadium to play UC Santa Barbara on Monday (6 p.m.) and Cal State Fullerton (5 p.m.) on Tuesday. Free live audio will be available for all four games at UCLABruins.com.
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Bruins continue Pac-12 Conference play this upcoming weekend at Easton Stadium, hosting California. The series begins on Friday, March 29 at 5 p.m., continues on Saturday, March 30 at 7 p.m. and concludes on Sunday, March 31 at 1 p.m. All three games will air live on Pac-12 Networks and will also have free live audio on ย UCLABruins.com.
BRUINS IN THE POLLS
UCLA checks in at No. 1 in all three national polls (NFCA/USA Softball/Softball America) this week for the second week in a row. The Bruins were selected first in the preseason Pac-12 Conference coaches poll.
GARCIA NAMED NFCA AND USA SOFTBALL NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Along with her Pac-12 Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week honors, redshirt junior Rachel Garcia on Tuesday was also named National Player of the Week by both the NFCA and USA Softball.
Garcia hit and pitched UCLA to a three-game sweep at No. 5 Washington last weekend, batting .600 (6-for-10) with two home runs, eight runs batted in and five runs scored, while tossing 12 shutout innings with 16 strikeouts and only eight hits and three walks allowed. On Friday (March 15), Garcia picked up the complete-game, shutout victory, limiting the Huskies to six baserunners on three hits, two walks and a hit by pitch, while striking out nine. She was a dual threat on Saturday (March 16), throwing five shutout innings of relief with seven strikeouts and only five hits and one walk allowed. At the plate, Garcia had two hits, but none bigger than her two-out, two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning to give the Bruins a 4-2 lead, which would also be the final score. Garcia didn't need to pitch on Sunday (March 17), mainly because she used her bat to help the Bruins score 15 runs off Washington. She had hits in all four at-bats, starting with an RBI single in the first, a two-run double in the second, a three-run homer in the third and a leadoff single in the fifth. Garcia's six RBI set a new career high, while her four hits and three runs scored tied personal bests.
Garcia lowered her season earned run average to 0.54, as she is 12-0 with 128 strikeouts in 77 1/3 innings. At the plate, she is batting .333 with five home runs and 26 runs batted in.
The redshirt junior has been named USA Softball National Player of the Week a school-record four times (April 11, 2017; Feb. 27, 2018; April 17, 2018). She also earned her second NFCA National Player of the Week award (Feb. 27, 2018).
BRUINS SWEEP PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARDS
The top-ranked Bruins swept the Pac-12 Conference weekly awards on Tuesday, as redshirt junior Rachel Garcia was named league Player and Pitcher of the Week, while Kelli Godin picked up Freshman of the Week accolades.
Godin was 5-for-9 (.556) last weekend at Washington, scoring three runs and stealing a pair of bases. She opened the series with a pair of hits on Friday, starting a rally in the sixth inning of the 3-0 victory. Godin led off with a single to left, the first hit for the Bruins off UW's Gabbie Plain. She would go on to steal a base and score UCLA's first run, which proved to be the game-winner. On Sunday, Godin set a season high with three hits, scoring twice. In the second inning, she led off a four-run frame with a double to left, scoring a run. After singling in the third, Godin led off with a single in the fourth, stealing a base and scoring a run to post the Bruins' 15th run.
Godin leads the Bruins with a .500 batting average and 13 stolen bases and is fourth with 20 runs scored.
UCLA has earned nine Pac-12 weekly awards this season. It is Garcia's fourth Pitcher of the Week honor (Feb. 12, 19 and 26) in 2019 and the 11th of her career (four times in 2018, three in 2017). The 11 Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week accolades are tied for the most in school history with Keira Goerl. The Player of the Week award for Garcia is the second of her career (April 16, 2018). Godin's FOW is the first of her career and the fourth of the season for UCLA (Megan Faraimo - Feb. 19, Feb. 26 and March 12). This also marks the second time the Bruins have swept all three weekly awards (April 23, 2018) since the conference began handing out Freshman of the Week in 2016.
BRUINS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS (THROUGH MARCH 21)
Team Rankings - Earned Run Average (3rd, 1.24); Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (3rd, 6.82); Batting Average (5th, .347); Runs Per Game (8th, 7.35); Doubles (T-13th, 49); Slugging (16th, .549); Fielding Percentage (20th, .976); On Base Percentage (21st, .411); Triples (T-23rd, 8); Home Runs (T-41st, 27).
Rachel Garcia - Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (1st, 11.64); Earned Run Average (3rd, 0.54); Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings (9th, 3.53); Strikeouts (9th, 128); Shutouts (T-13th, 4); Wins (T-14th, 12); Walks Allowed Per Seven Innings (24th, 1.00); Saves (T-28th, 2).
Megan Faraimo - Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (T-12th, 7.33); Shutouts (T-13th, 4); Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings (16th, 3.74); Earned Run Average (30th, 1.29).
Bubba Nickles - Runs Scored (T-25th, 30); Runs Batted In (T-32nd, 30); Home Runs (T-37th, 8).
Briana Perez - Runs Scored (T-15th, 32); Hits (T-31st, 38).
Aaliyah Jordan - Doubles (T-5th, 12).
NEWS AND NOTES
The Bruins set a season high with 17 hits on March 10 against Boston ... the 15 runs scored at Washington last Sunday were the second most this season for UCLA (17 vs. UC Riverside on Feb. 17) and the seventh time it has reached double digits in runs ... the Bruins had an early 3-0 deficit at Long Beach State on March 10, marking just their second three-run deficit of the season. UCLA also trailed 4-2 to No. 16 Kentucky on Feb. 23 before scoring 10 unanswered runs to mercy the Wildcats ... sophomore Briana Perez led off the March 8 game against Robert Morris with an inside-the-park home run. It marked the first inside-the-park homer for the Bruins since Andrea Duran on June 3, 2006 versus Texas ... redshirt junior Rachel Garcia has recorded either a win (12) or a save (2) in all 14 of her pitching appearances, posting seven double-figure strikeout contests. In each of her games, she has allowed zero or one earned run. Meanwhile at the plate, Garcia drove in a career-high six at Washington last Sunday, her second game this year with at least five RBI (Florida, Feb. 27) ... redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan has seven doubles in her last six games, including three versus Liberty on March 9 to become the sixth Bruin ever to post three two-baggers in the same contest. She has hits in 19 of her last 21 games, batting .464 (28-for-65) with three homers, 22 RBI and 12 doubles during that stretch ... Perez set new career highs with four hits and five runs batted in against Boston. The three runs scored also tied a personal best. The sophomore leads the Bruins with 13 multiple-hit games and has scored a run in 21 of 26 contests ... junior Bubba Nickles compiled a 24-game hitting streak before it came to an end versus Colorado State on Feb. 24. During the streak, she hit .466 (34-for-73) with 10 home runs, 30 runs batted in and 27 runs scored. Only three UCLA hitting streaks were higher than Nickles' (Natasha Watley, 32 in 2001 and 29 in 2002, and Stacey Nuveman, 28 in 1997). Nickles has hits in 22 of 26 games, has driven in runs in 19 contests and scored in 18. She currently has reached base in 26 games in a row ... freshman Kelli Godin has a hit in seven of her last nine games, with five of them being multiple-hit contests. Godin, who is a couple of handfuls shy of reaching the minimum number of plate appearances needed to qualify for the national rankings, is a perfect 13-for-13 on stolen base attempts. Godin stole three bases against Saint Mary's on Feb. 9. It is the first time a Bruin has swiped three bags in one game since 2014 (Allexis Bennett) ... freshman Megan Faraimo tossed her second no-hitter on Feb. 24 against Colorado State. Along with it being the 111th in UCLA history, it marked the first time a Bruin had two no-hitters in the same season since 2015 (Ally Carda) and the first UCLA freshman to do so since 2005 (Anjelica Selden). She has four games with at least nine strikeouts, fanning a career-best 12 against Robert Morris ... senior Taylor Pack has RBI in six of her last seven games, including five RBI last weekend at Washington. The weekend before, she hit three home runs against Robert Morris, BYU (March 9) and Long Beach State ... senior Brianna Tautalafua hit a grand slam on Sunday at Washington, the third of her career. It was the second grand slam for the Bruins this season (Jordan, Robert Morris) ... UCLA shattered a school record for most runs in one innings in a Feb. 17 victory over UC Riverside. The Bruins scored 16 runs in the first inning, including 13 before making an out. The 16-run outburst broke the previous school record of 13 runs scored on April 21, 1992 against Cal Poly Pomona. As far as national rankings go, the 16 runs are tied for the 11th-most runs in one inning, while the 16 first-inning runs are tied for the second-most, first-inning runs ever ... UCLA softball recorded its 1,900th victory in program history on March 8 against Robert Morris.
BRUINS VERSUS THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS
UCLA improved to 13-0 all-time against Saint Mary's with a 13-1, five-inning win in Honolulu on Feb. 9. Aaliyah Jordan and Bubba Nickles each hit home runs. Four of the 13 games have come at neutral sites ... the Bruins are 46-10 all-time versus CSUN, having won the last six in a row. The teams have met every season since 2010. UCLA won 8-3 in 2018 at Easton Stadium. The Bruins are 17-5 at Northridge, including a 5-0 triumph in 2017. CSUN's last win came at Matador Diamond in 2013 (3-2). UCLA has won 30 of 31 versus the Matadors ... the Bruins are 74-4 against UC Santa Barbara, having won the last 11 in the series. UCLA claimed a 9-1, five-inning win in Cathedral City last season. The Bruins are 30-2 at home versus UCSB ... UCLA and Cal State Fullerton meet for the 86th time on Tuesday, with the Bruins holding a 50-34-1 edge. UCLA is 26-15-1 at home versus the Titans. Last season, the teams met four times, as UCLA won in Fullerton (5-3) and claimed two-of-three at Easton Stadium to advance to Super Regionals. The Titans upset the Bruins on the second day of the Los Angeles Regional, 3-2 in nine innings, before winning twice on the final day by scores of 3-0 and 6-4.
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Sunday, March 24
No. 1/1/1 UCLA vs. Saint Mary's
11:15 a.m.
Matador Diamond (Northridge, Calif.)
Free Audio
Live Stats
Sunday, March 24
No. 1/1/1 UCLA at CSUN
1:30 p.m.
Matador Diamond (Northridge, Calif.)
Free Audio
Free Video
Live Stats
Monday, March 25
UC Santa Barbara at No. 1/1/1 UCLA
6 p.m.
Easton Stadium
Free Audio
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Tuesday, March 26
Cal State Fullerton at No. 1/1/1 UCLA
5 p.m.
Easton Stadium
Free Audio
Live Stats
TOP-RANKED BRUINS END NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE WITH FOUR GAMES
The No. 1 UCLA softball team wraps up non-conference play with four games in three days over the next few days. On Sunday, the Bruins will face Saint Mary's (11:15 a.m.) and CSUN (1:30 p.m.) in Northridge. UCLA then returns to Easton Stadium to play UC Santa Barbara on Monday (6 p.m.) and Cal State Fullerton (5 p.m.) on Tuesday. Free live audio will be available for all four games at UCLABruins.com.
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Bruins continue Pac-12 Conference play this upcoming weekend at Easton Stadium, hosting California. The series begins on Friday, March 29 at 5 p.m., continues on Saturday, March 30 at 7 p.m. and concludes on Sunday, March 31 at 1 p.m. All three games will air live on Pac-12 Networks and will also have free live audio on ย UCLABruins.com.
BRUINS IN THE POLLS
UCLA checks in at No. 1 in all three national polls (NFCA/USA Softball/Softball America) this week for the second week in a row. The Bruins were selected first in the preseason Pac-12 Conference coaches poll.
GARCIA NAMED NFCA AND USA SOFTBALL NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Along with her Pac-12 Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week honors, redshirt junior Rachel Garcia on Tuesday was also named National Player of the Week by both the NFCA and USA Softball.
Garcia hit and pitched UCLA to a three-game sweep at No. 5 Washington last weekend, batting .600 (6-for-10) with two home runs, eight runs batted in and five runs scored, while tossing 12 shutout innings with 16 strikeouts and only eight hits and three walks allowed. On Friday (March 15), Garcia picked up the complete-game, shutout victory, limiting the Huskies to six baserunners on three hits, two walks and a hit by pitch, while striking out nine. She was a dual threat on Saturday (March 16), throwing five shutout innings of relief with seven strikeouts and only five hits and one walk allowed. At the plate, Garcia had two hits, but none bigger than her two-out, two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning to give the Bruins a 4-2 lead, which would also be the final score. Garcia didn't need to pitch on Sunday (March 17), mainly because she used her bat to help the Bruins score 15 runs off Washington. She had hits in all four at-bats, starting with an RBI single in the first, a two-run double in the second, a three-run homer in the third and a leadoff single in the fifth. Garcia's six RBI set a new career high, while her four hits and three runs scored tied personal bests.
Garcia lowered her season earned run average to 0.54, as she is 12-0 with 128 strikeouts in 77 1/3 innings. At the plate, she is batting .333 with five home runs and 26 runs batted in.
The redshirt junior has been named USA Softball National Player of the Week a school-record four times (April 11, 2017; Feb. 27, 2018; April 17, 2018). She also earned her second NFCA National Player of the Week award (Feb. 27, 2018).
BRUINS SWEEP PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARDS
The top-ranked Bruins swept the Pac-12 Conference weekly awards on Tuesday, as redshirt junior Rachel Garcia was named league Player and Pitcher of the Week, while Kelli Godin picked up Freshman of the Week accolades.
Godin was 5-for-9 (.556) last weekend at Washington, scoring three runs and stealing a pair of bases. She opened the series with a pair of hits on Friday, starting a rally in the sixth inning of the 3-0 victory. Godin led off with a single to left, the first hit for the Bruins off UW's Gabbie Plain. She would go on to steal a base and score UCLA's first run, which proved to be the game-winner. On Sunday, Godin set a season high with three hits, scoring twice. In the second inning, she led off a four-run frame with a double to left, scoring a run. After singling in the third, Godin led off with a single in the fourth, stealing a base and scoring a run to post the Bruins' 15th run.
Godin leads the Bruins with a .500 batting average and 13 stolen bases and is fourth with 20 runs scored.
UCLA has earned nine Pac-12 weekly awards this season. It is Garcia's fourth Pitcher of the Week honor (Feb. 12, 19 and 26) in 2019 and the 11th of her career (four times in 2018, three in 2017). The 11 Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week accolades are tied for the most in school history with Keira Goerl. The Player of the Week award for Garcia is the second of her career (April 16, 2018). Godin's FOW is the first of her career and the fourth of the season for UCLA (Megan Faraimo - Feb. 19, Feb. 26 and March 12). This also marks the second time the Bruins have swept all three weekly awards (April 23, 2018) since the conference began handing out Freshman of the Week in 2016.
BRUINS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS (THROUGH MARCH 21)
Team Rankings - Earned Run Average (3rd, 1.24); Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (3rd, 6.82); Batting Average (5th, .347); Runs Per Game (8th, 7.35); Doubles (T-13th, 49); Slugging (16th, .549); Fielding Percentage (20th, .976); On Base Percentage (21st, .411); Triples (T-23rd, 8); Home Runs (T-41st, 27).
Rachel Garcia - Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (1st, 11.64); Earned Run Average (3rd, 0.54); Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings (9th, 3.53); Strikeouts (9th, 128); Shutouts (T-13th, 4); Wins (T-14th, 12); Walks Allowed Per Seven Innings (24th, 1.00); Saves (T-28th, 2).
Megan Faraimo - Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (T-12th, 7.33); Shutouts (T-13th, 4); Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings (16th, 3.74); Earned Run Average (30th, 1.29).
Bubba Nickles - Runs Scored (T-25th, 30); Runs Batted In (T-32nd, 30); Home Runs (T-37th, 8).
Briana Perez - Runs Scored (T-15th, 32); Hits (T-31st, 38).
Aaliyah Jordan - Doubles (T-5th, 12).
NEWS AND NOTES
The Bruins set a season high with 17 hits on March 10 against Boston ... the 15 runs scored at Washington last Sunday were the second most this season for UCLA (17 vs. UC Riverside on Feb. 17) and the seventh time it has reached double digits in runs ... the Bruins had an early 3-0 deficit at Long Beach State on March 10, marking just their second three-run deficit of the season. UCLA also trailed 4-2 to No. 16 Kentucky on Feb. 23 before scoring 10 unanswered runs to mercy the Wildcats ... sophomore Briana Perez led off the March 8 game against Robert Morris with an inside-the-park home run. It marked the first inside-the-park homer for the Bruins since Andrea Duran on June 3, 2006 versus Texas ... redshirt junior Rachel Garcia has recorded either a win (12) or a save (2) in all 14 of her pitching appearances, posting seven double-figure strikeout contests. In each of her games, she has allowed zero or one earned run. Meanwhile at the plate, Garcia drove in a career-high six at Washington last Sunday, her second game this year with at least five RBI (Florida, Feb. 27) ... redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan has seven doubles in her last six games, including three versus Liberty on March 9 to become the sixth Bruin ever to post three two-baggers in the same contest. She has hits in 19 of her last 21 games, batting .464 (28-for-65) with three homers, 22 RBI and 12 doubles during that stretch ... Perez set new career highs with four hits and five runs batted in against Boston. The three runs scored also tied a personal best. The sophomore leads the Bruins with 13 multiple-hit games and has scored a run in 21 of 26 contests ... junior Bubba Nickles compiled a 24-game hitting streak before it came to an end versus Colorado State on Feb. 24. During the streak, she hit .466 (34-for-73) with 10 home runs, 30 runs batted in and 27 runs scored. Only three UCLA hitting streaks were higher than Nickles' (Natasha Watley, 32 in 2001 and 29 in 2002, and Stacey Nuveman, 28 in 1997). Nickles has hits in 22 of 26 games, has driven in runs in 19 contests and scored in 18. She currently has reached base in 26 games in a row ... freshman Kelli Godin has a hit in seven of her last nine games, with five of them being multiple-hit contests. Godin, who is a couple of handfuls shy of reaching the minimum number of plate appearances needed to qualify for the national rankings, is a perfect 13-for-13 on stolen base attempts. Godin stole three bases against Saint Mary's on Feb. 9. It is the first time a Bruin has swiped three bags in one game since 2014 (Allexis Bennett) ... freshman Megan Faraimo tossed her second no-hitter on Feb. 24 against Colorado State. Along with it being the 111th in UCLA history, it marked the first time a Bruin had two no-hitters in the same season since 2015 (Ally Carda) and the first UCLA freshman to do so since 2005 (Anjelica Selden). She has four games with at least nine strikeouts, fanning a career-best 12 against Robert Morris ... senior Taylor Pack has RBI in six of her last seven games, including five RBI last weekend at Washington. The weekend before, she hit three home runs against Robert Morris, BYU (March 9) and Long Beach State ... senior Brianna Tautalafua hit a grand slam on Sunday at Washington, the third of her career. It was the second grand slam for the Bruins this season (Jordan, Robert Morris) ... UCLA shattered a school record for most runs in one innings in a Feb. 17 victory over UC Riverside. The Bruins scored 16 runs in the first inning, including 13 before making an out. The 16-run outburst broke the previous school record of 13 runs scored on April 21, 1992 against Cal Poly Pomona. As far as national rankings go, the 16 runs are tied for the 11th-most runs in one inning, while the 16 first-inning runs are tied for the second-most, first-inning runs ever ... UCLA softball recorded its 1,900th victory in program history on March 8 against Robert Morris.
BRUINS VERSUS THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS
UCLA improved to 13-0 all-time against Saint Mary's with a 13-1, five-inning win in Honolulu on Feb. 9. Aaliyah Jordan and Bubba Nickles each hit home runs. Four of the 13 games have come at neutral sites ... the Bruins are 46-10 all-time versus CSUN, having won the last six in a row. The teams have met every season since 2010. UCLA won 8-3 in 2018 at Easton Stadium. The Bruins are 17-5 at Northridge, including a 5-0 triumph in 2017. CSUN's last win came at Matador Diamond in 2013 (3-2). UCLA has won 30 of 31 versus the Matadors ... the Bruins are 74-4 against UC Santa Barbara, having won the last 11 in the series. UCLA claimed a 9-1, five-inning win in Cathedral City last season. The Bruins are 30-2 at home versus UCSB ... UCLA and Cal State Fullerton meet for the 86th time on Tuesday, with the Bruins holding a 50-34-1 edge. UCLA is 26-15-1 at home versus the Titans. Last season, the teams met four times, as UCLA won in Fullerton (5-3) and claimed two-of-three at Easton Stadium to advance to Super Regionals. The Titans upset the Bruins on the second day of the Los Angeles Regional, 3-2 in nine innings, before winning twice on the final day by scores of 3-0 and 6-4.
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