Friday, May 24
Los Angeles, CA
6:00 PM
UCLA
vs
James Madison
The Bruins are making their 11th Super Regional appearance.
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NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional • Friday, May 24 - Sunday, May 26 • Easton Stadium
Friday, May 24
Game 1 - James Madison (visitor) vs. No. 2-seed UCLA (home) - 6 p.m. - ESPNU
Saturday, May 25
Game 2 - No. 2-seed UCLA (visitor) vs. James Madison (home) - 5 p.m. - ESPN
Sunday, May 26
Game 3 - James Madison (visitor) vs. No. 2-seed UCLA (home) - if necessary - 1 p.m. - ESPNU
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SECOND-SEEDED BRUINS AND JAMES MADISON SQUARE OFF FOR WCWS BERTH
The second-seeded Bruins entertain James Madison this weekend at Easton Stadium in the Los Angeles Super Regional, with the winner of the best-of-three series advancing to the Women's College World Series. The series begins on Friday at 6 p.m. and continues on Saturday at 5 p.m., with the if necessary game three on Sunday at 1 p.m. Games 1 and 3 will be aired on ESPNU, while Game 2 will be on ESPN, with all three contests also featuring free live audio on UCLABruins.com.
WHAT'S NEXT?
The winner of the Los Angeles Super Regional will advance to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. The WCWS gets underway on Thursday, May 30, with the winner of the L.A. Super Regional taking on the winner of the Minneapolis Super Regional featuring No. 7 Minnesota and No. 10 LSU.
BRUINS IN THE POLLS
UCLA closed the regular season at No. 2 in the Softball America poll and No. 3 in the NFCA and USA Softball rankings.
BRUINS IN NCAA SUPER REGIONAL PLAY
In the 15th year of the Super Regional format, the Bruins are making their 11th appearance (2005-06, '08-'10, '14-'19) and sixth in a row. UCLA has an 18-6 (.750) 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), '15 (2-0 over Missouri), '16 (2-1 over Oregon), '17 (2-0 over Ole Miss) and '18 (2-0 over Arizona). The Bruins' two Super Regional losses have come to Missouri ('09) and Kentucky ('14), both 2-1 setbacks. UCLA, making its tournament-record 35th appearance in the NCAA Softball Championship, is 212-59 (.782) following last weekend's Regional victory. The Bruins are now 100-16 (.862) in Regional play and 82-12 (.872) overall during postseason games in Westwood. UCLA's past performances in the NCAA Championship are available on page 18 of this release.
RACHEL GARCIA NAMED A TOP THREE FINALIST FOR USA SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
For the second season in a row, redshirt junior Rachel Garcia has been named a Top Three finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, as announced on Thursday.
Joining Garcia, the winner of last year's award, as finalists are Megan Good (James Madison) and Sydney Romero (Oklahoma). The 2019 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be announced next Tuesday in Oklahoma City.
The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, which is considered the most prestigious honor in Division I women's collegiate softball, recognizes the outstanding athletic achievement by Division I female players across the country. Previous recipients of the award include UCLA alum Stacey Nuveman (2002) and Garcia.
SEVEN BRUINS NAMED TO NFCA ALL-WEST REGION TEAMS
Seven Bruins were named to the NFCA All-West Region teams, as announced on May 15, as senior Taylor Pack (utility), redshirt junior Rachel Garcia (utility/pitcher), junior Bubba Nickles (outfield) and freshman Megan Faraimo (pitcher) all earned First Team honors, while redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan (utility), sophomore Briana Perez (shortstop) and freshman Kelli Godin (outfield) picked up Second Team accolades.
Garcia earned NFCA All-Region honors for the third year in a row, receiving her second-straight, First Team award. Nickles was named to the First Team for the second year in a row, Jordan picked up her second-straight, All-Region honor (First Team in '18) and Perez earned Second Team plaudits for the second year in a row. Faraimo, Godin and Pack all received their first All-Region awards.
The seven All-Region awards tied a school record, matching the 2015 and 2018 teams.
GARCIA NAMED PAC-12 PLAYER AND PITCHER OF THE YEAR, FARAIMO FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR, EIGHT HONORED
Redshirt junior Rachel Garcia made history on May 8, as she became the first Pac-12 player ever to be named Conference Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year in the same season, while Megan Faraimo recorded Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors to become the third UCLA player in a row to pick up the award. A total of eight were recognized on the All-Pac-12 Conference teams.
With the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year award first being handed out in 1999, Garcia is just the third hurler in UCLA history to win the honor, joining Keira Goerl (2003) and Courtney Dale (1999). For Garcia, it is the second year in a row she has been named Pac-12 Player of the Year. She was also named First Team All-Pac-12 for the third straight season. Garcia's conference Player of the Year award is the 16th in Bruin history, joining Ally Carda (2014 and 2015), Megan Langenfeld (2010), Andrea Duran (2006), Natasha Watley (2003), Stacey Nuveman (1999, 2001, 2002), Lisa Fernandez (1991, 1992, 1993) and Lisa Longaker (1987, 1988, 1990).
Faraimo follows in the footsteps of Garcia (2017) and redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan (2018) in terms of winning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. She is the eighth Bruin to earn Pac-10/12 Newcomer or Freshman of the Year honors, joining Tanya Harding (1995), Julie Adams (1996), Nuveman (1997), Anjelica Selden (2005) and Stephany LaRosa (2012).
Joining Garcia and Faraimo on the All-Pac-12 First Team were Jordan, senior Taylor Pack, junior Bubba Nickles, sophomore Briana Perez and freshman Kelli Godin. Nickles recorded her third All-Pac-12 award and her first First Team honor, Jordan and Perez were named First Team for the second year in a row and Pack notched her initial Pac-12 First Team accolade. Godin and Perez were also named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team, while Faraimo, Godin and Colleen Sullivan were recognized on the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.
BRIANA PEREZ NAMED COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
Sophomore Briana Perez was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Softball First Team on May 9, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The Academic All-District Team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The Google Cloud Academic All-America program separately recognizes softball honorees in four divisions, including NCAA Division I.
First team honorees advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced in June.
Perez, a human biology major, is the first Bruin to be named CoSIDA Academic All-District since 2010 (Samantha Camuso).
BRUINS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS (THROUGH MAY 20)
Team Rankings - Batting Average (2nd, .345); Earned Run Average (2nd, 1.39); Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (3rd, 5.78); On Base Percentage (5th, .421); Runs Per Game (5th, 7.02); Slugging (8th, .547); Shutouts (T-10th, 19); Fielding Percentage (22nd, .973); Home Runs (T-30th, 63); Doubles (T-31st, 83); Triples (T-36th, 13).
Rachel Garcia - Earned Run Average (2nd, 1.02); Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (4th, 7.68); Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings (8th, 3.87); Strikeouts (19th, 238); Wins (T-24th, 23); Sacrifice Flies (T-41st, 4); Walks Allowed Per Seven Innings (45th, 1.38); Shutouts (T-46th, 6).
Bubba Nickles - Runs Batted In (T-5th, 69); Total Bases (20th, 136); Runs Scored (T-22nd, 59); Hits (T-24th, 75); Home Runs (T-36th, 16); Batting Average (43rd, .408); Slugging Percentage (50th, .739).
Megan Faraimo - Earned Run Average (19th, 1.37); Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (19th, 5.63); Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings (20th, 4.23); Shutouts (T-46th, 6).
Briana Perez - Runs Scored (T-12th, 63); Hits (T-29th, 73).
Holly Azevedo - Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings (50th, 4.93).
Kelli Godin - Batting Average (15th, .435).
Aaliyah Jordan - Doubles (T-16th, 19).
NEWS AND NOTES
UCLA has 13 comeback victories this season, recording its most recent one on May 10 against Arizona ... Bruin opponents have scored runs in just 56 innings this season, and on 25 occasions, UCLA has scored in its next at-bat (on five occasions, opponents as the home team scored in the last at-bat of the game, not allowing the Bruins to answer) ... the Bruins have reached double figures in hits 25 times and double digits in runs 13 times ... redshirt junior Rachel Garcia retired all 18 batters she faced in last Friday's victory against Weber State, combining with sophomore Holly Azevedo on the third no-hitter of the season for UCLA, the 112th in program history and the 16th in Bruin postseason history. Her 13 strikeouts marked her 11th double-figure strikeout game of the year (season-high 15 against Arizona, Oklahoma and Hawaii). Garcia's 765 career strikeouts are sixth in UCLA history, with Lisa Fernandez (784) next up on the list. Garcia, who is also eighth all-time with 75 victories, has earned a win (23) or a save (3) in 26 of her 29 appearances this season ... junior Bubba Nickles drove in 11 runs in the Los Angeles Regional, going 7-for-15 (.467) with six runs, four doubles and two homers, including 3-for-4 with nine RBI with the bases loaded. She had her 21-game hitting streak snapped in Sunday's first game, but rebounded with a season-best three hits, as well as five RBI for the second time in three contests in Sunday's second matchup. Nickles' first five-RBI game came on Saturday when she hit a solo homer and a grand slam, the first salami of her career and her third two-homer game as a Bruin. During her hitting streak, the junior batted .507 (36-for-71) with seven homers, 29 RBI, 24 runs and 12 multi-hit games. Nickles is one of only two Bruins to post a pair of 20-plus game hitting streaks along with Natasha Watley (32 in 2001 and 29 in 2002). Nickles compiled a 24-game streak, dating back to last season, before it came to an end versus Colorado State on Feb. 24. During that streak, she hit .466 (34-for-73) with 10 homers, 30 RBI and 27 runs ... sophomore Briana Perez had seven hits in 12 at-bats (.583) last weekend, scoring six runs, including tying a career high with three in Game 7 of the L.A. Regional. She has hits in 13 of her last 15, batting .404 (19-for-47) with two homers, seven RBI and 13 runs. Perez recorded a pair of three-hit contests last weekend to give her a team-best six on the season ... senior Taylor Pack has hits in 16 of her last 21 games, batting .387 (24-for-62) during the stretch with five homers, 19 RBI, 13 runs and five doubles. Seven of the 21 contests have been for multiple hits, five have been multi-RBI affairs and 10 of her 24 hits have gone for extra bases ... redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan has hits in 18 of her last 23 games, batting .373 (25-for-67) with six homers, 25 RBI and 19 runs. She posted the first two-homer contest of her career on April 6 at ASU and had a three-hit contest on April 28 versus Utah. The team leader in doubles with 19 had three versus Liberty on March 9 to become the sixth Bruin ever to post three two-baggers in the same contest ... freshman Kelli Godin was 4-for-7 (.571) at the L.A. Regional, and she has hits in 22 of her last 30 games. The freshman stole her first 18 bases before getting caught on March 26 against Cal State Fullerton. It was the most successful stolen bases to start a UCLA career. Godin stole three bases against Saint Mary's on Feb. 9 to tie a school record, and then did it again versus the Gaels on March 24 ... sophomore Kinsley Washington has hits in six of her last nine games, batting .400 (10-for-25) with six runs and four RBI. Half of those contests have been multiple-hit games, including her first three-hit affair against Weber State on Friday. Washington tied a career high with two runs and two RBI in Sunday's second game versus Missouri ... freshman Megan Faraimo had a scoreless innings streak of 26 1/3 from March 26-April 12. 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 eight games with at least eight strikeouts, fanning a career-best 12 against Robert Morris. Faraimo also had 11 strikeouts against Cal State Fullerton on March 26 and 10 in her first no-hitter versus Fresno State (Feb. 16) ... Azevedo, who did not allow a hit in 1 1/3 innings with three strikeouts last weekend, had a stretch of 19 2/3 consecutive shutout innings from April 12-May 3, striking out 14 and giving up only 10 hits and three walks in those six outings. She had back-to-back, complete-game shutouts at Oregon State (April 20) and versus Utah (April 28). Azevedo has allowed zero or one run in 12 of her last 15 appearances. Her best game of the year came against Florida on Feb. 27 when she struck out eight in five innings ... freshman Colleen Sullivan had 13 walks during Pac-12 play, which ranked second on the team. She drew four walks in the April 6 game at ASU, just the seventh time a Bruin had accomplished that feat in one contest. She was 2-for-4 with two walks in six plate appearances at the Los Angeles Regional ... 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 ... UCLA shattered a school record for most runs in one inning 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.
SCOUTING THE JAMES MADISON DUKES
James Madison (51-8) defeated Michigan twice on Monday to advance to the Los Angeles Super Regional. The Dukes, who have won 23 of their last 24 games, went 20-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association. JMU is batting .338 as a team with 101 home runs and 37 stolen bases, averaging 7.78 runs per game. Sophomore Sara Jubas leads the Dukes with a .433 batting average and 61 runs batted in, adding 14 home runs, while junior Kate Gordon is second with a .424 average and 59 RBI and first with 22 homers. In the circle, redshirt senior Megan Good, who also has 16 homers and 58 RBI, is 21-6 with a 1.38 earned run average and 200 strikeouts in 183 innings. Junior Odicci Alexander is 24-1 with a 1.73 ERA and 167 strikeouts in 146 innings. The Bruins and the Dukes have met just once before, as UCLA leapt to an 8-0, five-inning victory on Feb. 29, 2008 in San Diego.
NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional • Friday, May 24 - Sunday, May 26 • Easton Stadium
Friday, May 24
Game 1 - James Madison (visitor) vs. No. 2-seed UCLA (home) - 6 p.m. - ESPNU
Saturday, May 25
Game 2 - No. 2-seed UCLA (visitor) vs. James Madison (home) - 5 p.m. - ESPN
Sunday, May 26
Game 3 - James Madison (visitor) vs. No. 2-seed UCLA (home) - if necessary - 1 p.m. - ESPNU
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SECOND-SEEDED BRUINS AND JAMES MADISON SQUARE OFF FOR WCWS BERTH
The second-seeded Bruins entertain James Madison this weekend at Easton Stadium in the Los Angeles Super Regional, with the winner of the best-of-three series advancing to the Women's College World Series. The series begins on Friday at 6 p.m. and continues on Saturday at 5 p.m., with the if necessary game three on Sunday at 1 p.m. Games 1 and 3 will be aired on ESPNU, while Game 2 will be on ESPN, with all three contests also featuring free live audio on UCLABruins.com.
WHAT'S NEXT?
The winner of the Los Angeles Super Regional will advance to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. The WCWS gets underway on Thursday, May 30, with the winner of the L.A. Super Regional taking on the winner of the Minneapolis Super Regional featuring No. 7 Minnesota and No. 10 LSU.
BRUINS IN THE POLLS
UCLA closed the regular season at No. 2 in the Softball America poll and No. 3 in the NFCA and USA Softball rankings.
BRUINS IN NCAA SUPER REGIONAL PLAY
In the 15th year of the Super Regional format, the Bruins are making their 11th appearance (2005-06, '08-'10, '14-'19) and sixth in a row. UCLA has an 18-6 (.750) 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), '15 (2-0 over Missouri), '16 (2-1 over Oregon), '17 (2-0 over Ole Miss) and '18 (2-0 over Arizona). The Bruins' two Super Regional losses have come to Missouri ('09) and Kentucky ('14), both 2-1 setbacks. UCLA, making its tournament-record 35th appearance in the NCAA Softball Championship, is 212-59 (.782) following last weekend's Regional victory. The Bruins are now 100-16 (.862) in Regional play and 82-12 (.872) overall during postseason games in Westwood. UCLA's past performances in the NCAA Championship are available on page 18 of this release.
RACHEL GARCIA NAMED A TOP THREE FINALIST FOR USA SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
For the second season in a row, redshirt junior Rachel Garcia has been named a Top Three finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, as announced on Thursday.
Joining Garcia, the winner of last year's award, as finalists are Megan Good (James Madison) and Sydney Romero (Oklahoma). The 2019 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be announced next Tuesday in Oklahoma City.
The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, which is considered the most prestigious honor in Division I women's collegiate softball, recognizes the outstanding athletic achievement by Division I female players across the country. Previous recipients of the award include UCLA alum Stacey Nuveman (2002) and Garcia.
SEVEN BRUINS NAMED TO NFCA ALL-WEST REGION TEAMS
Seven Bruins were named to the NFCA All-West Region teams, as announced on May 15, as senior Taylor Pack (utility), redshirt junior Rachel Garcia (utility/pitcher), junior Bubba Nickles (outfield) and freshman Megan Faraimo (pitcher) all earned First Team honors, while redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan (utility), sophomore Briana Perez (shortstop) and freshman Kelli Godin (outfield) picked up Second Team accolades.
Garcia earned NFCA All-Region honors for the third year in a row, receiving her second-straight, First Team award. Nickles was named to the First Team for the second year in a row, Jordan picked up her second-straight, All-Region honor (First Team in '18) and Perez earned Second Team plaudits for the second year in a row. Faraimo, Godin and Pack all received their first All-Region awards.
The seven All-Region awards tied a school record, matching the 2015 and 2018 teams.
GARCIA NAMED PAC-12 PLAYER AND PITCHER OF THE YEAR, FARAIMO FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR, EIGHT HONORED
Redshirt junior Rachel Garcia made history on May 8, as she became the first Pac-12 player ever to be named Conference Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year in the same season, while Megan Faraimo recorded Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors to become the third UCLA player in a row to pick up the award. A total of eight were recognized on the All-Pac-12 Conference teams.
With the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year award first being handed out in 1999, Garcia is just the third hurler in UCLA history to win the honor, joining Keira Goerl (2003) and Courtney Dale (1999). For Garcia, it is the second year in a row she has been named Pac-12 Player of the Year. She was also named First Team All-Pac-12 for the third straight season. Garcia's conference Player of the Year award is the 16th in Bruin history, joining Ally Carda (2014 and 2015), Megan Langenfeld (2010), Andrea Duran (2006), Natasha Watley (2003), Stacey Nuveman (1999, 2001, 2002), Lisa Fernandez (1991, 1992, 1993) and Lisa Longaker (1987, 1988, 1990).
Faraimo follows in the footsteps of Garcia (2017) and redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan (2018) in terms of winning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. She is the eighth Bruin to earn Pac-10/12 Newcomer or Freshman of the Year honors, joining Tanya Harding (1995), Julie Adams (1996), Nuveman (1997), Anjelica Selden (2005) and Stephany LaRosa (2012).
Joining Garcia and Faraimo on the All-Pac-12 First Team were Jordan, senior Taylor Pack, junior Bubba Nickles, sophomore Briana Perez and freshman Kelli Godin. Nickles recorded her third All-Pac-12 award and her first First Team honor, Jordan and Perez were named First Team for the second year in a row and Pack notched her initial Pac-12 First Team accolade. Godin and Perez were also named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team, while Faraimo, Godin and Colleen Sullivan were recognized on the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.
BRIANA PEREZ NAMED COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
Sophomore Briana Perez was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Softball First Team on May 9, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The Academic All-District Team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The Google Cloud Academic All-America program separately recognizes softball honorees in four divisions, including NCAA Division I.
First team honorees advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced in June.
Perez, a human biology major, is the first Bruin to be named CoSIDA Academic All-District since 2010 (Samantha Camuso).
BRUINS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS (THROUGH MAY 20)
Team Rankings - Batting Average (2nd, .345); Earned Run Average (2nd, 1.39); Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (3rd, 5.78); On Base Percentage (5th, .421); Runs Per Game (5th, 7.02); Slugging (8th, .547); Shutouts (T-10th, 19); Fielding Percentage (22nd, .973); Home Runs (T-30th, 63); Doubles (T-31st, 83); Triples (T-36th, 13).
Rachel Garcia - Earned Run Average (2nd, 1.02); Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (4th, 7.68); Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings (8th, 3.87); Strikeouts (19th, 238); Wins (T-24th, 23); Sacrifice Flies (T-41st, 4); Walks Allowed Per Seven Innings (45th, 1.38); Shutouts (T-46th, 6).
Bubba Nickles - Runs Batted In (T-5th, 69); Total Bases (20th, 136); Runs Scored (T-22nd, 59); Hits (T-24th, 75); Home Runs (T-36th, 16); Batting Average (43rd, .408); Slugging Percentage (50th, .739).
Megan Faraimo - Earned Run Average (19th, 1.37); Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (19th, 5.63); Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings (20th, 4.23); Shutouts (T-46th, 6).
Briana Perez - Runs Scored (T-12th, 63); Hits (T-29th, 73).
Holly Azevedo - Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings (50th, 4.93).
Kelli Godin - Batting Average (15th, .435).
Aaliyah Jordan - Doubles (T-16th, 19).
NEWS AND NOTES
UCLA has 13 comeback victories this season, recording its most recent one on May 10 against Arizona ... Bruin opponents have scored runs in just 56 innings this season, and on 25 occasions, UCLA has scored in its next at-bat (on five occasions, opponents as the home team scored in the last at-bat of the game, not allowing the Bruins to answer) ... the Bruins have reached double figures in hits 25 times and double digits in runs 13 times ... redshirt junior Rachel Garcia retired all 18 batters she faced in last Friday's victory against Weber State, combining with sophomore Holly Azevedo on the third no-hitter of the season for UCLA, the 112th in program history and the 16th in Bruin postseason history. Her 13 strikeouts marked her 11th double-figure strikeout game of the year (season-high 15 against Arizona, Oklahoma and Hawaii). Garcia's 765 career strikeouts are sixth in UCLA history, with Lisa Fernandez (784) next up on the list. Garcia, who is also eighth all-time with 75 victories, has earned a win (23) or a save (3) in 26 of her 29 appearances this season ... junior Bubba Nickles drove in 11 runs in the Los Angeles Regional, going 7-for-15 (.467) with six runs, four doubles and two homers, including 3-for-4 with nine RBI with the bases loaded. She had her 21-game hitting streak snapped in Sunday's first game, but rebounded with a season-best three hits, as well as five RBI for the second time in three contests in Sunday's second matchup. Nickles' first five-RBI game came on Saturday when she hit a solo homer and a grand slam, the first salami of her career and her third two-homer game as a Bruin. During her hitting streak, the junior batted .507 (36-for-71) with seven homers, 29 RBI, 24 runs and 12 multi-hit games. Nickles is one of only two Bruins to post a pair of 20-plus game hitting streaks along with Natasha Watley (32 in 2001 and 29 in 2002). Nickles compiled a 24-game streak, dating back to last season, before it came to an end versus Colorado State on Feb. 24. During that streak, she hit .466 (34-for-73) with 10 homers, 30 RBI and 27 runs ... sophomore Briana Perez had seven hits in 12 at-bats (.583) last weekend, scoring six runs, including tying a career high with three in Game 7 of the L.A. Regional. She has hits in 13 of her last 15, batting .404 (19-for-47) with two homers, seven RBI and 13 runs. Perez recorded a pair of three-hit contests last weekend to give her a team-best six on the season ... senior Taylor Pack has hits in 16 of her last 21 games, batting .387 (24-for-62) during the stretch with five homers, 19 RBI, 13 runs and five doubles. Seven of the 21 contests have been for multiple hits, five have been multi-RBI affairs and 10 of her 24 hits have gone for extra bases ... redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan has hits in 18 of her last 23 games, batting .373 (25-for-67) with six homers, 25 RBI and 19 runs. She posted the first two-homer contest of her career on April 6 at ASU and had a three-hit contest on April 28 versus Utah. The team leader in doubles with 19 had three versus Liberty on March 9 to become the sixth Bruin ever to post three two-baggers in the same contest ... freshman Kelli Godin was 4-for-7 (.571) at the L.A. Regional, and she has hits in 22 of her last 30 games. The freshman stole her first 18 bases before getting caught on March 26 against Cal State Fullerton. It was the most successful stolen bases to start a UCLA career. Godin stole three bases against Saint Mary's on Feb. 9 to tie a school record, and then did it again versus the Gaels on March 24 ... sophomore Kinsley Washington has hits in six of her last nine games, batting .400 (10-for-25) with six runs and four RBI. Half of those contests have been multiple-hit games, including her first three-hit affair against Weber State on Friday. Washington tied a career high with two runs and two RBI in Sunday's second game versus Missouri ... freshman Megan Faraimo had a scoreless innings streak of 26 1/3 from March 26-April 12. 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 eight games with at least eight strikeouts, fanning a career-best 12 against Robert Morris. Faraimo also had 11 strikeouts against Cal State Fullerton on March 26 and 10 in her first no-hitter versus Fresno State (Feb. 16) ... Azevedo, who did not allow a hit in 1 1/3 innings with three strikeouts last weekend, had a stretch of 19 2/3 consecutive shutout innings from April 12-May 3, striking out 14 and giving up only 10 hits and three walks in those six outings. She had back-to-back, complete-game shutouts at Oregon State (April 20) and versus Utah (April 28). Azevedo has allowed zero or one run in 12 of her last 15 appearances. Her best game of the year came against Florida on Feb. 27 when she struck out eight in five innings ... freshman Colleen Sullivan had 13 walks during Pac-12 play, which ranked second on the team. She drew four walks in the April 6 game at ASU, just the seventh time a Bruin had accomplished that feat in one contest. She was 2-for-4 with two walks in six plate appearances at the Los Angeles Regional ... 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 ... UCLA shattered a school record for most runs in one inning 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.
SCOUTING THE JAMES MADISON DUKES
James Madison (51-8) defeated Michigan twice on Monday to advance to the Los Angeles Super Regional. The Dukes, who have won 23 of their last 24 games, went 20-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association. JMU is batting .338 as a team with 101 home runs and 37 stolen bases, averaging 7.78 runs per game. Sophomore Sara Jubas leads the Dukes with a .433 batting average and 61 runs batted in, adding 14 home runs, while junior Kate Gordon is second with a .424 average and 59 RBI and first with 22 homers. In the circle, redshirt senior Megan Good, who also has 16 homers and 58 RBI, is 21-6 with a 1.38 earned run average and 200 strikeouts in 183 innings. Junior Odicci Alexander is 24-1 with a 1.73 ERA and 167 strikeouts in 146 innings. The Bruins and the Dukes have met just once before, as UCLA leapt to an 8-0, five-inning victory on Feb. 29, 2008 in San Diego.
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