Friday, February 23
Cathedral City, CA
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Maya Brady
Photo by: Suzi Mellano
Bruins Win Two Thrillers on Day One in Cathedral City
February 24, 2024 | Softball
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. – Redshirt senior Maya Brady capped a five-run comeback in the seventh inning with a walk-off single to help the No. 19 UCLA softball team defeat Nebraska, 9-8, in its first game at the Mary Nutter Classic on Friday. Sophomore Taylor Tinsley twirled a shutout in UCLA's next game to help the Bruins (5-4) defeat No. 24 Northwestern, 1-0.
UCLA was tasked with overcoming an 8-4 Cornhuskers (6-5) lead with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning. Megan Grant and Sharlize Palacios ignited the rally with back-to-back singles. Jadelyn Allchin continued her hot start to the season with an RBI double to score Liesl Osteen, who pinch ran for Grant. A walk to Thessa Malau'ulu in the next at-bat loaded the bases for Ramsey Suarez. Suarez hit a routine groundball to second base that skipped between the Nebraska fielder's legs and into the right field, scoring two runs to cut the lead to just one run, 8-7.
Taylor Stephens came up clutch with her first hit of the season on a single into right field to score the game-tying run. The next batter, Brady, continued the parade of hits with a single up the middle to score the walk-off run.
The Bruins took a 4-1 lead on the Cornhuskers in the first inning. Sparking the early offense was a lead-off home run by Brady. A single by Savannah Pola, Megan Grant hit-by-pitch and walk to Palacios loaded the bases for Allchin who knocked in two Bruins with a single to center field. Suarez produced a sacrifice fly out to right field to score UCLA's fourth run of the inning.
Allchin finished the game 3-for-4 with a team-high three runs batted in. Through the Bruins' first nine games of the season, Allchin ranks second on the team with seven runs batted in.
Nebraska retook the lead with seven runs scattered across the next six innings. Cornhuskers' shortstop Billie Andrews homered twice in the game.
Tinsley was credited with the win in the circle following her one shutout inning in the seventh. That set the tone for the rest of Tinsley's night.
The sophomore pitcher scattered just three hits and two walks her complete-game shutout of the Wildcats (5-3). The performance marked the second seven-inning, complete-game shutout of her career. Her last such outing came against Texas A&M at the 2023 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. Tinsley struck out a career-high nine batters, including back-to-back K's to end the game.
Matching Tinsley inning-for-inning was Northwestern starter Ashley Miller who allowed four hits across six innings.
UCLA got the hit it needed in the bottom of the sixth. Brady opened the inning with a double into right-center field. Grant hit a high fly ball into no-man's land that landed between Northwestern's right fielder and second baseman.
UCLA was tasked with overcoming an 8-4 Cornhuskers (6-5) lead with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning. Megan Grant and Sharlize Palacios ignited the rally with back-to-back singles. Jadelyn Allchin continued her hot start to the season with an RBI double to score Liesl Osteen, who pinch ran for Grant. A walk to Thessa Malau'ulu in the next at-bat loaded the bases for Ramsey Suarez. Suarez hit a routine groundball to second base that skipped between the Nebraska fielder's legs and into the right field, scoring two runs to cut the lead to just one run, 8-7.
Taylor Stephens came up clutch with her first hit of the season on a single into right field to score the game-tying run. The next batter, Brady, continued the parade of hits with a single up the middle to score the walk-off run.
The Bruins took a 4-1 lead on the Cornhuskers in the first inning. Sparking the early offense was a lead-off home run by Brady. A single by Savannah Pola, Megan Grant hit-by-pitch and walk to Palacios loaded the bases for Allchin who knocked in two Bruins with a single to center field. Suarez produced a sacrifice fly out to right field to score UCLA's fourth run of the inning.
Allchin finished the game 3-for-4 with a team-high three runs batted in. Through the Bruins' first nine games of the season, Allchin ranks second on the team with seven runs batted in.
Nebraska retook the lead with seven runs scattered across the next six innings. Cornhuskers' shortstop Billie Andrews homered twice in the game.
Tinsley was credited with the win in the circle following her one shutout inning in the seventh. That set the tone for the rest of Tinsley's night.
The sophomore pitcher scattered just three hits and two walks her complete-game shutout of the Wildcats (5-3). The performance marked the second seven-inning, complete-game shutout of her career. Her last such outing came against Texas A&M at the 2023 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. Tinsley struck out a career-high nine batters, including back-to-back K's to end the game.
Matching Tinsley inning-for-inning was Northwestern starter Ashley Miller who allowed four hits across six innings.
UCLA got the hit it needed in the bottom of the sixth. Brady opened the inning with a double into right-center field. Grant hit a high fly ball into no-man's land that landed between Northwestern's right fielder and second baseman.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tinsley, Taylor (1-3)
L: Kinney, Kaylin (3-4)
Batting:
2B: Bredwell, Ava 1 ; Cody, Peyton 1 ; Bland, Samantha 2
HR: Andrews, Billie 2
RBI: Andrews, Billie 2 ; Cody, Peyton 1 ; Bland, Samantha 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Andrews, Billie 3 ; Bredwell, Ava 1 ; Malecha, Mckinley 1 ; Bacon, Bella 2 ; Bland, Samantha 1
Batting:
2B: Allchin, Jadelyn 1
HR: Brady, Maya 1
RBI: Brady, Maya 2 ; Allchin, Jadelyn 3 ; Suarez, Ramsey 1 ; Stephens, Taylor 1
SF: Suarez, Ramsey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brady, Maya 1 ; Pola, Savannah 1 ; Grant, Megan 1 ; Osteen, Liesl 1 ; Palacios, Sharlize 2 ; Allchin, Jadelyn 1 ; Malau'ulu, Thessa 1 ; Meoño, Janelle 1
HBP: Grant, Megan 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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2
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