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UCLA Softball to Host Alumni Game Nov. 16 at Easton Stadium
October 14, 2024 | Softball
The 12-time NCAA champion UCLA softball program will host an alumni game Saturday, Nov. 16 at Easton Stadium at 1:30 p.m. (PT). The game is free admission and open to the public.
Fans will get an early glimpse of the Bruins' 2025 squad as they go head-to-head with recently-graduated NCAA Champions, All-Americans, all-conference honorees, 2020 Olympians and current professional athletes. Bruins competing for the Alumni Team include Rachel Garcia (2016-21), Madilyn "Bubba" Nickles-Camarena (2016-21), Delanie Wisz (2020-22), Sharlize Palacios (2023-24), Janelle Meoño (2023-24), Brooke Yanez (2023) and Jadelyn Allchin (2024).
All UCLA softball alumni are encouraged to attend the game.
UCLA is coming off a magical 2024 season which resulted in both a Pac-12 regular-season title and Pac-12 Tournament Championship and an NCAA-record 32nd Women's College World Series appearance.
After starting the year with a 3-4 record, UCLA closed out the final five weeks of the regular season convincingly with a 15-1 mark which helped earn a No. 6 national seed in the NCAA Tournament. UCLA's impressive turnaround was signaled by a three-game sweep at the then-Pac-12 leader Stanford in mid-April. The Bruins' underclass pitching tandem of Taylor Tinsley and Kaitlyn Terry dominated the Cardinal lineup to climb to the top of the Pac-12 standings, where they would stay for the remainder of the year.
UCLA cruised through the Regional and Super Regional rounds undefeated to enter the WCWS on a then-NCAA-best 13-game winning streak. That winning streak was sparked by the largest comeback victory in program history when UCLA rallied from a 7-0 deficit to score 11 unanswered runs against rival Arizona at Easton Stadium on Senior Day on April 28. UCLA rode that momentum through the Pac-12 Tournament, defeating Arizona for a third time in another comeback victory in the semifinals and exacting revenge over Utah in the Pac-12 Tournament Championship game.
The Shelly Carlin UCLA Head Softball Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez was awarded the Pac-12 Coach of the Year for a second consecutive season and the NFCA West Regional Coaching Staff of the Year for the seventh time in her career. Inouye-Perez called the 2024 season "the greatest year of coaching (she's) experienced" in her 18 years as head coach and 12 as an assistant.
Fans will get an early glimpse of the Bruins' 2025 squad as they go head-to-head with recently-graduated NCAA Champions, All-Americans, all-conference honorees, 2020 Olympians and current professional athletes. Bruins competing for the Alumni Team include Rachel Garcia (2016-21), Madilyn "Bubba" Nickles-Camarena (2016-21), Delanie Wisz (2020-22), Sharlize Palacios (2023-24), Janelle Meoño (2023-24), Brooke Yanez (2023) and Jadelyn Allchin (2024).
All UCLA softball alumni are encouraged to attend the game.
UCLA is coming off a magical 2024 season which resulted in both a Pac-12 regular-season title and Pac-12 Tournament Championship and an NCAA-record 32nd Women's College World Series appearance.
After starting the year with a 3-4 record, UCLA closed out the final five weeks of the regular season convincingly with a 15-1 mark which helped earn a No. 6 national seed in the NCAA Tournament. UCLA's impressive turnaround was signaled by a three-game sweep at the then-Pac-12 leader Stanford in mid-April. The Bruins' underclass pitching tandem of Taylor Tinsley and Kaitlyn Terry dominated the Cardinal lineup to climb to the top of the Pac-12 standings, where they would stay for the remainder of the year.
UCLA cruised through the Regional and Super Regional rounds undefeated to enter the WCWS on a then-NCAA-best 13-game winning streak. That winning streak was sparked by the largest comeback victory in program history when UCLA rallied from a 7-0 deficit to score 11 unanswered runs against rival Arizona at Easton Stadium on Senior Day on April 28. UCLA rode that momentum through the Pac-12 Tournament, defeating Arizona for a third time in another comeback victory in the semifinals and exacting revenge over Utah in the Pac-12 Tournament Championship game.
The Shelly Carlin UCLA Head Softball Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez was awarded the Pac-12 Coach of the Year for a second consecutive season and the NFCA West Regional Coaching Staff of the Year for the seventh time in her career. Inouye-Perez called the 2024 season "the greatest year of coaching (she's) experienced" in her 18 years as head coach and 12 as an assistant.
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