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UCLA celebrates Jadelyn Allchin's home run
Photo by: UCLA Athletics
UCLA Blasts Grand Canyon, 9-1, to Win NCAA Regional
May 19, 2024 | Softball
LOS ANGELES โ No. 6 seed UCLA advanced to the NCAA Super Regional after a 9-1 five-inning victory over Grand Canyon on Sunday afternoon. The Bruins (40-10) jumped out to a 3-0 lead after just five pitches and scored in three of the remaining four innings of the game.
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Sharlize Palacios started the scoring quickly with a three-run home run after Maya Brady was hit by the first pitch of the game, and Jadelyn Allchin singled on the second pitch of her at-bat. Palacios smashed the second pitch of her at-bat off the scoreboard to give UCLA a 3-0 lead.ย
"I'm repeating myself, but our goal is to be the best at the end," said the Shelly Carlin UCLA Head Softball Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez. "Today was just absolute execution. We said we wanted to be prepared for one shot in that first inning, and that set the tone right there. ...ย I'm just going to say I'm proud of my Bruins, I'm proud of Taylor (Tinsley), I'm proud of (Kaitlyn Terry) for getting us to this point. (Sharlize Palacios) has been the quarterback. She is behind the plate, but most importantly, for the seniors, we get to extend our season and we get to play another weekend. I'm proud that we get to do that in our house."
Palacios homered three total times off Grand Canyon in the Regional. She leads the Pac-12 Conference with 18 longballs this season.
"We were just focusing on coming out, and there was kind of a killer mentality," Palacios said. "We had to go out, make a statement, and do it for the team. That started with Maya. Maya took the dose, but she took it like a dog. And then Jadelyn came up with a bunt, and we just showed that we were ready to play."
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In the third inning, Allchin welcomed reliever Hailey Hudson to the game by crushing a leadoff home run. Allchin finished the game 3-for-3 with a career-high-tying three runs scored. Savannah Pola added an RBI double to increase UCLA's lead to 5-0.
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The Lopes (50-13) got one run back on a Tinley Lucas solo home run in the bottom of the third, but the Bruins added three more runs to the scoreboard in the top of the fourth after a wild pitch with the bases loaded and a pair of groundouts. ย
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Maya Brady's infield chopper in the top of the fifth put UCLA ahead 9-1 and set the Bruins up for an early ending to the game via run rule. Taylor Tinsley made quick work of Grand Canyon in the bottom of the fifth, to earn the victory. Brady flashed the leather for the second out in the fifth, fielding a high chopper and making an on-the-run throw. Tinsley allowed just two hits and one run while striking out six in her outing, improvingย her record to 16-8.
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UCLA mashed in the Regional, scoring seven or more runs in each of its three victories and run-ruling Grand Canyon twice. Palacios totaled four RBI in Sunday's final and nine in the Regional.
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The Bruins will host No. 11 seed Georgia in the Super Regionals next week. This marks the 14th NCA Super Regional appearance for the UCLA softball programย since the NCAA Tournament was reformatted in 2005.
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Sharlize Palacios started the scoring quickly with a three-run home run after Maya Brady was hit by the first pitch of the game, and Jadelyn Allchin singled on the second pitch of her at-bat. Palacios smashed the second pitch of her at-bat off the scoreboard to give UCLA a 3-0 lead.ย
"I'm repeating myself, but our goal is to be the best at the end," said the Shelly Carlin UCLA Head Softball Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez. "Today was just absolute execution. We said we wanted to be prepared for one shot in that first inning, and that set the tone right there. ...ย I'm just going to say I'm proud of my Bruins, I'm proud of Taylor (Tinsley), I'm proud of (Kaitlyn Terry) for getting us to this point. (Sharlize Palacios) has been the quarterback. She is behind the plate, but most importantly, for the seniors, we get to extend our season and we get to play another weekend. I'm proud that we get to do that in our house."
Palacios homered three total times off Grand Canyon in the Regional. She leads the Pac-12 Conference with 18 longballs this season.
"We were just focusing on coming out, and there was kind of a killer mentality," Palacios said. "We had to go out, make a statement, and do it for the team. That started with Maya. Maya took the dose, but she took it like a dog. And then Jadelyn came up with a bunt, and we just showed that we were ready to play."
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In the third inning, Allchin welcomed reliever Hailey Hudson to the game by crushing a leadoff home run. Allchin finished the game 3-for-3 with a career-high-tying three runs scored. Savannah Pola added an RBI double to increase UCLA's lead to 5-0.
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The Lopes (50-13) got one run back on a Tinley Lucas solo home run in the bottom of the third, but the Bruins added three more runs to the scoreboard in the top of the fourth after a wild pitch with the bases loaded and a pair of groundouts. ย
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Maya Brady's infield chopper in the top of the fifth put UCLA ahead 9-1 and set the Bruins up for an early ending to the game via run rule. Taylor Tinsley made quick work of Grand Canyon in the bottom of the fifth, to earn the victory. Brady flashed the leather for the second out in the fifth, fielding a high chopper and making an on-the-run throw. Tinsley allowed just two hits and one run while striking out six in her outing, improvingย her record to 16-8.
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UCLA mashed in the Regional, scoring seven or more runs in each of its three victories and run-ruling Grand Canyon twice. Palacios totaled four RBI in Sunday's final and nine in the Regional.
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The Bruins will host No. 11 seed Georgia in the Super Regionals next week. This marks the 14th NCA Super Regional appearance for the UCLA softball programย since the NCAA Tournament was reformatted in 2005.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tinsley, Taylor (16-8)
L: Golden, Meghan (13-4)
Batting:
2B: Pola, Savannah 1
HR: Allchin, Jadelyn 1 ; Palacios, Sharlize 1
RBI: Brady, Maya 1 ; Allchin, Jadelyn 1 ; Palacios, Sharlize 4 ; Woolery, Jordan 1 ; Pola, Savannah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brady, Maya 2 ; Allchin, Jadelyn 3 ; Palacios, Sharlize 1 ; Woolery, Jordan 1 ; Malau'ulu, Thessa 1 ; Meoño, Janelle 1
SB: Malau'ulu, Thessa 1
HBP: Brady, Maya 2
Batting:
HR: Lucas, Tinley 1
RBI: Lucas, Tinley 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lucas, Tinley 1
HBP: Fifield, Kristin 1
Game Leaders
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