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Brooke Yanez (photo: Marie Goldfarb)
Photo by: Marie Goldfarb
No. 2 UCLA to Close Pac-12 Schedule at Utah
April 27, 2023 | Softball
LOS ANGELES โ The No. 2 UCLA softball team looks to extend its 17-game winning streak and secure the Pac-12 regular-season title outright in its final conference series of the year at No. 23 Utah, beginning Friday at 5 p.m. (PT) at Dumke Family Softball Stadium in Salt Lake City.
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The Bruins (44-4, 18-3), who clinched a share of the title with their game three victory over Arizona State last week, have swept four consecutive Pac-12 foes. UCLA has now won 17 conference regular-season titles, including 12 as a member of the Pac-12. All three games of the series will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.
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UCLA is led in the circle by redshirt senior Megan Faraimo who owns an NCAA-leading 24 wins this season. Faraimo also leads the Pac-12 with 200 strikeouts and ranks second with a 1.20 earned run average. Joining Faraimo as a top-25 finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year is redshirt junior utility Maya Brady who leads the conference with a .449 batting average and ranks second with 15 homers and 53 runs batted in.
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No. 2 UCLA (44-4, 18-3) at No. 23 Utah (31-10, 12-6)
Salt Lake City, Utahย (Dumke Family Softball Stadium)
Friday, April 28 - 5 p.m. PT
Saturday, April 29 - 1 p.m. PT
Sunday, April 30 - 11 a.m. PT
Watch: Pac-12 Network
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Spring Cleaning
The Bruins busted out the brooms for the fourth week in a row, sweeping Arizona State in their three-game series last week. UCLA has now won 17 games in a row twice this season, including its 17-0 mark to open the year.
Game 1 (W, 7-3): Freshman Megan Grant recorded her second 4-for-4 performance of the season in game one against the Sun Devils. In the fourth inning, Grant blasted her 11th homer of the season and 8th during conference play which is tied with Brady for the Pac-12 lead. The next inning, Grant cleared the bases with a 3-RBI double.
Game 2 (W, 9-1): Brooke Yanez spun the ball masterfully in a complete-game effort to pick up her 12th win of the season. The left-hander struck out six batters and allowed four hits along the way. Grant picked up two more RBI base hits (2-for-4) and fellow freshman Jordan Woolery belted her 10th homer of the season.
Game 3 (W, 4-1): Faraimo shined on Senior Day with 12 strikeouts for her 37th double-digit punchout performance of her career. With the win, Faraimo matched her season-high in victories with 24 set last season with two more weeks to play in the regular season.ย
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USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Finalists
Redshirt junior utility Maya Brady and redshirt senior pitcher Megan Faraimo were selected as USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 Finalists, the organization announced on March 19. The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award is considered the most prestigious honor in Division I women's collegiate softball.
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This marks Faraimo's third consecutive season being named a Top 25 Finalist for the award. She was also a Top 10 Finalist as a redshirt sophomore in 2021. This is Brady's first time being recognized as a finalist after being named to the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 preseasons.
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Two Bruins have taken home the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award a total of three times. Rachel Garcia (2017-21) was honored in back-to-back seasons in 2018 and 2019 and Stacey Nuveman (1997, 1999, 2001-02) won UCLA's first award in 2002.
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Megantron
Faraimo, who has hauled in four Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week awards this season, set a career-long scoreless inning streak of 35.2 innings two weeks ago that was snapped in game three against Arizona. Over her last 10 appearances, Faraimo sports an 10-0 record with 66 strikeouts. Faraimo boasts a miniscule WHIP of 0.76 this season.
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The Oceanside, Calif. native picked up her 20th win of the season in game one at Arizona on April 14, achieving the feat a full month earlier than she did in her 2022 campaign. The last time a Bruin pitcher won 30 games in a single season was Ally Carda in (2012-15) in 2015 (32-8).
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Brady in the Hunt for the Triple Crown
This season, Maya Brady leads the Pac-12 in batting average (.449) and slugging percentage (.884) and ranks second in home runs (15) and runs batted in (53). The five-tool Brady is in the hunt for the Pac-12 Triple Crown, trailing Arizona's Allie Skaggs in RBI by four (57) and Arizona State's Jordyn VanHook in home runs by three (18).
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Brady has been the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week twice this season (April 17 and Feb. 13).
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Ooh, That's a Fresh Note
Megan Grant's 53 runs batted in and Jordan Woolery's 43 runs batted in have made UCLA freshman class history. They are the only true freshmen in Bruins' history to each have recorded at least 37+ RBI in a single season. Their 96 combined RBI are the most by a freshman duo in a single season in UCLA history. The 96 RBI also leads all freshman duos in the country (second is Indiana's Taryn Kern and Avery Parker with 91 RBI). Grant's 53 RBI rank second among freshmen in the nation, trailing only Kern (57).
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Since softball was adopted by the NCAA, only four freshmen have led UCLA in runs batted in for a single season: Stephany LaRosa (2012, 61 RBI), Stacey Nuveman in (1997, 71 RBI), Janice Parks (1986, 19 RBI) and Chris Olivie (1985, 12 RBI).
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Ooh, That's Another Fresh Note
Grant (53 RBI) and Woolery (43 RBI) rank second and fifth, respectively, among all freshmen in the nation in runs batted in. Including Maya Brady's 53 RBI this season, the trio of UCLA sluggers ranks tied second, third and fifth in the Pac-12 in RBI entering week 12 of the 2023 season.
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Chef Megan Serving in Pac-12 Play
Megan "Chef" Grant has been unstoppable in Pac-12 play with a .429 batting average to lead the conference. In Pac-12 play, Grant also leads the conference in home runs (8), runs batted in (25), extra-base hits (14) and slugging percentage (.921).
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Other Bruins Turning up the Heat in Pac-12 Play
ยท Maya Brady, Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery rankย T-1st and T-3rd in HR with eight and seven, respectively.
ยท Megan Grant and Maya Brady rank first and second in RBI with 25 and 24, respectively.
ยท Megan Grant and Maya Brady rank first and second in slugging percentage at .921 and .846, respectively.
ยท Brady and Grant are tied with eight home runs to lead the Pac-12 in conference-only competition.
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Brady Joins Bates
Maya Brady homered in each of UCLA's three games against Arizona (April 14-16) to stretch her streak to four straight games with a dinger. She is the first Bruin to accomplish that feat since B.B. Bates who homered in five straight games in February 2013.
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Big Cat Hunter
Brady has dominated in her 10 career games against UCLA rival Arizona. Lifetime against the Wildcats, Brady is batting for a .517 average (15-for-29) and 1.310 slugging percentage with six home runs, five doubles and 12 RBI.
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Chef Batting Leadoff? That's Scary
Megan Grant has bat leadoff in each of UCLA's last 13 games. In that span, Grant leads UCLA with 18 runs batted in, 15 home runs, 38 total bases and 18 hits (.419 batting average). When batting leadoff for any inning this season, Grant is hitting for a .429 batting average (15-for-35).
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Approaching 1,000
Megan Faraimo is 32 strikeouts away from becoming just the third player in UCLA history to record 1,000 strikeouts in a career. In the 1,000 K club are Anjelica Selden (1,441 SO; 2005-08) and Keira Goerl (1,095 SO; 2001-04).
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The Bottom of the Lineup Producing
One of the biggest reasons for Megan Grant and Maya Brady's RBI production is that the bottom of the lineup has been consistently getting on base. Over UCLA's last 12 games, the Bruins' 7-8-9 batters are hitting a collective .383 batting average (36-for-94) and .510 on-base percentage (12 walks). They have scored 27 runs and knocked in 16 RBI. In conference games, Anna Vines ranks second on the team with a .406 batting average (13-for-32).
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Vines & Meoño
Anna Vines and Janelle Meoño, two mainstays at the bottom of the lineup, have been on fire as of late. Entering this week, Meoño has hit 9-for-19 over UCLA's last 10 games to boost her season batting average by 53 points up to .333. Vines is batting .410 in conference games this season, which is good for third-best on the team. Meoño is fourth at a .400 clip.
Player of the Year Watch: Maya Brady
Maya Brady paces UCLA in batting average (.449), home runs (15) and slugging percentage (.884) and is tied for first in RBI (53). She is one of just three players in the country with at least a .440 batting average, 15 home runs and 50 runs batted in (Clemson โ Valerie Cagle, Marshall โ Autumn Owen).
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Brady has three multi-homer games so far this season (San Diego - Feb. 12; Fresno State - March 3; Washington - March 19), stretching her career total to five. She joins a pantheon of Bruin sluggers, becoming just the seventh player in program history to record at least five multi-homer games in their career.
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Single-Season Records Watch for Brady
Maya Brady (.884 SLG) is on pace to have the best single-season slugging percentage by a Bruin since Megan Langenfeld when she set the UCLA record with a 1.085 mark in 2010. No Bruin has slugged over .900 since that season. Brady is also on pace for the first 20-homer season by a Bruin since Stephany LaRosa and Delaney Spaulding in 2015.
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Both Sides of the Ball
UCLA is one of just two Power 5 teams to rank top-10 in the country in batting average (3rd - .345) and earned run average (7th - 1.57). Oklahoma is the only other team, and it leads the nation in both categories.
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The Queen is Back
Aaliyah Jordan has not skipped a beat since making her return to the lineup after a year-long recovery from a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The Chula Vista, Calif. native owns .469 on-base percentage since her return.
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Jordan was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week for the second time in her career following her first home games in over a year against Stanford last week. She helped the Bruins to a top-10 sweep with a team-leading .571 batting average, two home runs, 1.429 slugging percentage, 10 total bases and three RBI.
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Jordan is a two-time NFCA First Team All-American, three-time All-Pac-12 First Team selection and is one of four remaining members from UCLA's 2019 NCAA Championship squad.
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200 Career RBI
With her two-run homer in game two against Stanford on April 1, Aaliyah Jordan became the sixth player in UCLA history to record 200 runs batted in for a career. Jordan, who has 208 career RBI, trails Tairia Mims Flowers and Stephany LaRosa for third on the all-time list.
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Back to Her Roots
Maya Brady has undertaken a new position this season as the Bruins' everyday shortstop following a left shoulder injury sustained by utility Seneca Curo. Brady grew up playing the position with her travel ball team OC Batbusters Stith.
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Brady Shatters 24-Year-Old Record
Maya Brady broke a 24-year-old record during UCLA's Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament. Brady recorded 11 consecutive base hits across four games, breaking the mark of 10 consecutive hits formerly held by UCLA legends Lisa Fernandez (March 1993) and Stacey Nuveman (Feb. 1999). In total, Brady opened the first week of 2023 going 13-for-16 with 13 RBI and four home runs to earn her NFCA Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career.
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Chef Megan Cookin'
Megan Grant is riding a 21-game reached base streak. Her 14-game hitting streak came to an end in game in UCLA's midweek game at Long Beach State on April 19. It was the longest hitting streak by a UCLA freshman since Briana Perez's 21-game hitting streak in 2018.
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More on the UCLA Freshmen, Because Why Not
Jordan Woolery, the Bruins' everyday first baseman has a streak of her own brewing, hitting safely in nine straight games.
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Grab Some Pine
UCLA's pitching staff is dominating the conference once again. The Bruins' hurlers rank first in the conference in the following categories: strikeouts (356), shutouts (18), opposing batting average (.184) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.56). UCLA ranks second behind Stanford in earned run average at 1.59.
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UCLA has led the Pac-12 in ERA and wins in each of the last four seasons. In 2022, the Bruins' pitching staff led the Pac-12 in nearly every statistical category: ERA (1.72), strikeouts (486), wins (51), opposing batting average (.180) and saves (12).
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Enter Sandwoman
Faraimo has been utilized in a reliever role frequently this season. Nine of her 24 winning decisions have come in relief. Faraimo has thrown two no-hitters this season, improving her career total to seven solo no-hitters. Most recently, Faraimo no-hit No. 3 Florida on Feb. 23, marking the first time a Bruin pitcher no-hit a top-3 opponent since March 28, 2003, when Keira Goerl kept No. 2 Stanford out of the hit column. It was Faraimo's first no-no against a ranked opponent.
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Just Get on the Board
UCLA is 25-0 when scoring in the first inning and is 36-0 when it scores first in games this season.
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Where the Bruins Stack Up Nationally (entering week 12)
โข In the circle, Megan Faraimo ranks first in the nation in wins (24) and tied for seventh in strikeouts (120).
โข Megan Grant ranks second among all freshmen in the NCAA with 53 runs batted in. She is tied for ninth overall.
โข Jordan Woolery is right behind Grant, ranking fifth all freshmen in the NCAA with 42 RBI.
โข Maya Brady is third with 122 total bases and is ninth with a .884 slugging percentage and 53 RBI.
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The Bruins (44-4, 18-3), who clinched a share of the title with their game three victory over Arizona State last week, have swept four consecutive Pac-12 foes. UCLA has now won 17 conference regular-season titles, including 12 as a member of the Pac-12. All three games of the series will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.
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UCLA is led in the circle by redshirt senior Megan Faraimo who owns an NCAA-leading 24 wins this season. Faraimo also leads the Pac-12 with 200 strikeouts and ranks second with a 1.20 earned run average. Joining Faraimo as a top-25 finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year is redshirt junior utility Maya Brady who leads the conference with a .449 batting average and ranks second with 15 homers and 53 runs batted in.
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No. 2 UCLA (44-4, 18-3) at No. 23 Utah (31-10, 12-6)
Salt Lake City, Utahย (Dumke Family Softball Stadium)
Friday, April 28 - 5 p.m. PT
Saturday, April 29 - 1 p.m. PT
Sunday, April 30 - 11 a.m. PT
Watch: Pac-12 Network
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Spring Cleaning
The Bruins busted out the brooms for the fourth week in a row, sweeping Arizona State in their three-game series last week. UCLA has now won 17 games in a row twice this season, including its 17-0 mark to open the year.
Game 1 (W, 7-3): Freshman Megan Grant recorded her second 4-for-4 performance of the season in game one against the Sun Devils. In the fourth inning, Grant blasted her 11th homer of the season and 8th during conference play which is tied with Brady for the Pac-12 lead. The next inning, Grant cleared the bases with a 3-RBI double.
Game 2 (W, 9-1): Brooke Yanez spun the ball masterfully in a complete-game effort to pick up her 12th win of the season. The left-hander struck out six batters and allowed four hits along the way. Grant picked up two more RBI base hits (2-for-4) and fellow freshman Jordan Woolery belted her 10th homer of the season.
Game 3 (W, 4-1): Faraimo shined on Senior Day with 12 strikeouts for her 37th double-digit punchout performance of her career. With the win, Faraimo matched her season-high in victories with 24 set last season with two more weeks to play in the regular season.ย
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USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Finalists
Redshirt junior utility Maya Brady and redshirt senior pitcher Megan Faraimo were selected as USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 Finalists, the organization announced on March 19. The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award is considered the most prestigious honor in Division I women's collegiate softball.
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This marks Faraimo's third consecutive season being named a Top 25 Finalist for the award. She was also a Top 10 Finalist as a redshirt sophomore in 2021. This is Brady's first time being recognized as a finalist after being named to the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 preseasons.
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Two Bruins have taken home the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award a total of three times. Rachel Garcia (2017-21) was honored in back-to-back seasons in 2018 and 2019 and Stacey Nuveman (1997, 1999, 2001-02) won UCLA's first award in 2002.
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Megantron
Faraimo, who has hauled in four Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week awards this season, set a career-long scoreless inning streak of 35.2 innings two weeks ago that was snapped in game three against Arizona. Over her last 10 appearances, Faraimo sports an 10-0 record with 66 strikeouts. Faraimo boasts a miniscule WHIP of 0.76 this season.
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The Oceanside, Calif. native picked up her 20th win of the season in game one at Arizona on April 14, achieving the feat a full month earlier than she did in her 2022 campaign. The last time a Bruin pitcher won 30 games in a single season was Ally Carda in (2012-15) in 2015 (32-8).
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Brady in the Hunt for the Triple Crown
This season, Maya Brady leads the Pac-12 in batting average (.449) and slugging percentage (.884) and ranks second in home runs (15) and runs batted in (53). The five-tool Brady is in the hunt for the Pac-12 Triple Crown, trailing Arizona's Allie Skaggs in RBI by four (57) and Arizona State's Jordyn VanHook in home runs by three (18).
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Brady has been the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week twice this season (April 17 and Feb. 13).
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Ooh, That's a Fresh Note
Megan Grant's 53 runs batted in and Jordan Woolery's 43 runs batted in have made UCLA freshman class history. They are the only true freshmen in Bruins' history to each have recorded at least 37+ RBI in a single season. Their 96 combined RBI are the most by a freshman duo in a single season in UCLA history. The 96 RBI also leads all freshman duos in the country (second is Indiana's Taryn Kern and Avery Parker with 91 RBI). Grant's 53 RBI rank second among freshmen in the nation, trailing only Kern (57).
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Since softball was adopted by the NCAA, only four freshmen have led UCLA in runs batted in for a single season: Stephany LaRosa (2012, 61 RBI), Stacey Nuveman in (1997, 71 RBI), Janice Parks (1986, 19 RBI) and Chris Olivie (1985, 12 RBI).
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Ooh, That's Another Fresh Note
Grant (53 RBI) and Woolery (43 RBI) rank second and fifth, respectively, among all freshmen in the nation in runs batted in. Including Maya Brady's 53 RBI this season, the trio of UCLA sluggers ranks tied second, third and fifth in the Pac-12 in RBI entering week 12 of the 2023 season.
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Chef Megan Serving in Pac-12 Play
Megan "Chef" Grant has been unstoppable in Pac-12 play with a .429 batting average to lead the conference. In Pac-12 play, Grant also leads the conference in home runs (8), runs batted in (25), extra-base hits (14) and slugging percentage (.921).
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Other Bruins Turning up the Heat in Pac-12 Play
ยท Maya Brady, Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery rankย T-1st and T-3rd in HR with eight and seven, respectively.
ยท Megan Grant and Maya Brady rank first and second in RBI with 25 and 24, respectively.
ยท Megan Grant and Maya Brady rank first and second in slugging percentage at .921 and .846, respectively.
ยท Brady and Grant are tied with eight home runs to lead the Pac-12 in conference-only competition.
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Brady Joins Bates
Maya Brady homered in each of UCLA's three games against Arizona (April 14-16) to stretch her streak to four straight games with a dinger. She is the first Bruin to accomplish that feat since B.B. Bates who homered in five straight games in February 2013.
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Big Cat Hunter
Brady has dominated in her 10 career games against UCLA rival Arizona. Lifetime against the Wildcats, Brady is batting for a .517 average (15-for-29) and 1.310 slugging percentage with six home runs, five doubles and 12 RBI.
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Chef Batting Leadoff? That's Scary
Megan Grant has bat leadoff in each of UCLA's last 13 games. In that span, Grant leads UCLA with 18 runs batted in, 15 home runs, 38 total bases and 18 hits (.419 batting average). When batting leadoff for any inning this season, Grant is hitting for a .429 batting average (15-for-35).
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Approaching 1,000
Megan Faraimo is 32 strikeouts away from becoming just the third player in UCLA history to record 1,000 strikeouts in a career. In the 1,000 K club are Anjelica Selden (1,441 SO; 2005-08) and Keira Goerl (1,095 SO; 2001-04).
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The Bottom of the Lineup Producing
One of the biggest reasons for Megan Grant and Maya Brady's RBI production is that the bottom of the lineup has been consistently getting on base. Over UCLA's last 12 games, the Bruins' 7-8-9 batters are hitting a collective .383 batting average (36-for-94) and .510 on-base percentage (12 walks). They have scored 27 runs and knocked in 16 RBI. In conference games, Anna Vines ranks second on the team with a .406 batting average (13-for-32).
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Vines & Meoño
Anna Vines and Janelle Meoño, two mainstays at the bottom of the lineup, have been on fire as of late. Entering this week, Meoño has hit 9-for-19 over UCLA's last 10 games to boost her season batting average by 53 points up to .333. Vines is batting .410 in conference games this season, which is good for third-best on the team. Meoño is fourth at a .400 clip.
Player of the Year Watch: Maya Brady
Maya Brady paces UCLA in batting average (.449), home runs (15) and slugging percentage (.884) and is tied for first in RBI (53). She is one of just three players in the country with at least a .440 batting average, 15 home runs and 50 runs batted in (Clemson โ Valerie Cagle, Marshall โ Autumn Owen).
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Brady has three multi-homer games so far this season (San Diego - Feb. 12; Fresno State - March 3; Washington - March 19), stretching her career total to five. She joins a pantheon of Bruin sluggers, becoming just the seventh player in program history to record at least five multi-homer games in their career.
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Single-Season Records Watch for Brady
Maya Brady (.884 SLG) is on pace to have the best single-season slugging percentage by a Bruin since Megan Langenfeld when she set the UCLA record with a 1.085 mark in 2010. No Bruin has slugged over .900 since that season. Brady is also on pace for the first 20-homer season by a Bruin since Stephany LaRosa and Delaney Spaulding in 2015.
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Both Sides of the Ball
UCLA is one of just two Power 5 teams to rank top-10 in the country in batting average (3rd - .345) and earned run average (7th - 1.57). Oklahoma is the only other team, and it leads the nation in both categories.
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The Queen is Back
Aaliyah Jordan has not skipped a beat since making her return to the lineup after a year-long recovery from a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The Chula Vista, Calif. native owns .469 on-base percentage since her return.
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Jordan was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week for the second time in her career following her first home games in over a year against Stanford last week. She helped the Bruins to a top-10 sweep with a team-leading .571 batting average, two home runs, 1.429 slugging percentage, 10 total bases and three RBI.
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Jordan is a two-time NFCA First Team All-American, three-time All-Pac-12 First Team selection and is one of four remaining members from UCLA's 2019 NCAA Championship squad.
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200 Career RBI
With her two-run homer in game two against Stanford on April 1, Aaliyah Jordan became the sixth player in UCLA history to record 200 runs batted in for a career. Jordan, who has 208 career RBI, trails Tairia Mims Flowers and Stephany LaRosa for third on the all-time list.
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Back to Her Roots
Maya Brady has undertaken a new position this season as the Bruins' everyday shortstop following a left shoulder injury sustained by utility Seneca Curo. Brady grew up playing the position with her travel ball team OC Batbusters Stith.
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Brady Shatters 24-Year-Old Record
Maya Brady broke a 24-year-old record during UCLA's Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament. Brady recorded 11 consecutive base hits across four games, breaking the mark of 10 consecutive hits formerly held by UCLA legends Lisa Fernandez (March 1993) and Stacey Nuveman (Feb. 1999). In total, Brady opened the first week of 2023 going 13-for-16 with 13 RBI and four home runs to earn her NFCA Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career.
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Chef Megan Cookin'
Megan Grant is riding a 21-game reached base streak. Her 14-game hitting streak came to an end in game in UCLA's midweek game at Long Beach State on April 19. It was the longest hitting streak by a UCLA freshman since Briana Perez's 21-game hitting streak in 2018.
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More on the UCLA Freshmen, Because Why Not
Jordan Woolery, the Bruins' everyday first baseman has a streak of her own brewing, hitting safely in nine straight games.
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Grab Some Pine
UCLA's pitching staff is dominating the conference once again. The Bruins' hurlers rank first in the conference in the following categories: strikeouts (356), shutouts (18), opposing batting average (.184) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.56). UCLA ranks second behind Stanford in earned run average at 1.59.
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UCLA has led the Pac-12 in ERA and wins in each of the last four seasons. In 2022, the Bruins' pitching staff led the Pac-12 in nearly every statistical category: ERA (1.72), strikeouts (486), wins (51), opposing batting average (.180) and saves (12).
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Enter Sandwoman
Faraimo has been utilized in a reliever role frequently this season. Nine of her 24 winning decisions have come in relief. Faraimo has thrown two no-hitters this season, improving her career total to seven solo no-hitters. Most recently, Faraimo no-hit No. 3 Florida on Feb. 23, marking the first time a Bruin pitcher no-hit a top-3 opponent since March 28, 2003, when Keira Goerl kept No. 2 Stanford out of the hit column. It was Faraimo's first no-no against a ranked opponent.
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Just Get on the Board
UCLA is 25-0 when scoring in the first inning and is 36-0 when it scores first in games this season.
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Where the Bruins Stack Up Nationally (entering week 12)
โข In the circle, Megan Faraimo ranks first in the nation in wins (24) and tied for seventh in strikeouts (120).
โข Megan Grant ranks second among all freshmen in the NCAA with 53 runs batted in. She is tied for ninth overall.
โข Jordan Woolery is right behind Grant, ranking fifth all freshmen in the NCAA with 42 RBI.
โข Maya Brady is third with 122 total bases and is ninth with a .884 slugging percentage and 53 RBI.
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