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UCLA Earns No. 5 Seed; Will Host NCAA Los Angeles Regional

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UCLA will host Grand Canyon in its Regional opener at 7 p.m. PT. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.

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LOS ANGELES – The UCLA softball team was selected as the No. 5 national seed for the NCAA Tournament and will host Regionals at Easton Stadium.

The first matchup for the Bruins will be on Friday, May 20 against (4) Grand Canyon at 7 p.m. PT. The game will be available for streaming on ESPN+. Friday's first contest will feature (2) Ole Miss and (3) LMU at 4:30 p.m. PT on ESPN+.
 
UCLA will be making its tournament-record 37th appearance and has hosted seven consecutive Regionals dating back to 2014.
Los Angeles Regional Schedule
Friday, May 20
Game 1 – Ole Miss vs. LMU – 4:30 p.m. – ESPN+
Game 2 – No. 6 UCLA vs. Grand Canyon - 7 p.m. – ESPN+
 
Saturday, May 21
Game 3 – Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner – 2 p.m. – ESPN Family of Networks
Game 4 – Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser – 4:30 p.m. – ESPN Family of Networks
Game 5 – Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Winner – 7 p.m. – ESPN Family of Networks
 
Sunday, May 22
Game 6 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner – 3 p.m. – ESPN Family of Networks
Game 7 – Game 6 Winner vs. Game 6 Loser (if necessary) – 5:30 p.m. – ESPN Family of Networks

UCLA finished the regular season with a 43-8 overall record and 19-5 mark in Pac-12 play. The Bruins were second in the Pac-12 regular-season standings.
 
UCLA won its only meeting with Grand Canyon, 7-6, coming on Feb. 19, 2018. The Antelopes (39-14, 19-5 WAC) earned an automatic bid after defeating Stephen F. Austin for its first Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament title and NCAA tournament qualifier in program history.
 
UCLA leads the all-time series with Ole Miss, 5-1, and has not lost to the Rebels since March 4, 2005, which was a 14-inning affair. The Rebels earned an at-large bid, boasting a 38-17 overall record (12-12 SEC) after getting bounced out of the SEC Tournament by Arkansas.
 
UCLA is 28-1 all-time against LMU and owns a nine-game winning streak over the Lions. LMU finished its season with a 36-15 overall record (13-2 WCC) and punched its ticket with an automatic bid by winning the program's first West Coast Conference (WCC) title.