UCLA
35-1, 9-0
Arizona State
25-14, 5-7
No. 1 Bruins Complete Sweep of Arizona State
April 07, 2019 | Softball
TEMPE, Ariz. - The top-ranked Bruins hit three more home runs on Sunday and continued their offensive barrage, recording a third-straight, mercy-rule victory over No. 19 Arizona State in a 16-5, five-inning win.
UCLA recorded 16 hits from 10 different players, as seniors Paige Halstead and Zoe Shaw, redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan, sophomores Briana Perez and Kinsley Washington and freshman Kelli Godin each posted two-hit contests.
Sophomore Holly Azevedo (8-0) went the distance in the circle, striking out three in five innings and giving up five runs and seven hits.
The Bruins (35-1, 9-0 Pac-12) wasted no time getting on the board, as Perez hit the fourth pitch of the game over the right-field fence, her third homer of the season. Two outs later, Jordan reached on an infield single, senior Taylor Pack walked and both came home on a Halstead double to right-center.
UCLA broke it open with eight in the second, sending 12 to the plate. Washington led off the frame with her first collegiate homer, a shot to right field, to make it 4-0. Godin followed with a single to left, stole second and moved to third one out later on an infield single by junior Bubba Nickles. A walk to redshirt junior Rachel Garcia loaded the bases and a free pass to Jordan scored Godin to increase the lead to 5-0. Pack then doubled to right-center to clear the bases to make it 8-0. A Halstead double down the right-field line brought in Pack with the Bruins' ninth run. With senior Danae Blodgett running for Halstead, she advanced to third on a single to center by Shaw and remained there after an infield hit for Washington. Godin then recorded a double to left-center to score Blodgett and Shaw to make it 11-0.
The Bruins scored five more times in the third. With one out, Garcia walked, with junior Jacqui Prober coming in to run, and Jordan connected on her eighth homer of the season to center to bring the lead to 13-0. UCLA would load the bases on a hit by pitch of sophomore Julie Rodriguez, a single up the middle from freshman Colleen Sullivan and a single to left by Shaw. One out later, Godin reached on an error to bring in Rodriguez and Sullivan to make it 15-0, while a Perez single to left plated Shaw to put UCLA up 16-0.
Arizona State (25-14, 5-7 Pac-12) scored the game's last five runs with a pair of two-run homers in the third and a single run in the fifth, but UCLA held on for the 11-run win.
The Bruins return to Easton Stadium on Friday, hosting Oregon at 7 p.m. The game will air on Pac-12 Networks.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Azevedo, Holly (8-0)
L: Mejia, Samantha (12-7)
Batting:
2B: Pack, Taylor 1 ; Halstead, Paige 2 ; Godin, Kelli 1
HR: Perez, Briana 1 ; Jordan, Aaliyah 1 ; Washington, Kinsley 1
RBI: Perez, Briana 2 ; Jordan, Aaliyah 3 ; Pack, Taylor 3 ; Halstead, Paige 3 ; Washington, Kinsley 1 ; Godin, Kelli 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Perez, Briana 1 ; Nickles, Bubba 1 ; Garcia, Rachel 1 ; Prober, Jacqui 1 ; Jordan, Aaliyah 3 ; Pack, Taylor 2 ; Rodriguez, Julie 1 ; Blodgett, Danae 1 ; Sullivan, Colleen 1 ; Shaw, Zoe 2 ; Washington, Kinsley 1 ; Godin, Kelli 1
SB: Godin, Kelli 1
HBP: Rodriguez, Julie 1
Batting:
3B: Becerra, Taylor 1
HR: Hackbarth, Kindra 1 ; Tatnall, Allison 1
RBI: Hackbarth, Kindra 3 ; Tatnall, Allison 2
SH: Howe, Morgan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hackbarth, Kindra 1 ; Loomis, Bella 1 ; Tatnall, Allison 1 ; Becerra, Taylor 2
