Thursday, February 20
Cathedral City, Calif.
5:00 PM (PT)
UCLA
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Missouri
Sophomore pitcher Kaitlyn Terry (photo: JB Slimp)
No. 4 Softball Returns to 22nd Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
February 19, 2025 | Softball
LOS ANGELES – The No. 4-ranked UCLA softball team travels to Cathedral City, Calif. this week for six games over four days at Big League Dreams Sports Park for the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic from Feb. 20-23. The Bruins (9-1) open the tournament with two games Thursday versus No. 22 Missouri at 5 p.m. (PT) and new conference-mate No. 16 Nebraska at 7:30 p.m.
UCLA plays once on Friday versus No. 5 Tennessee at 3:30 p.m. and twice on Saturday against Baylor at 12:30 p.m. and No. 10 Arkansas at 3 p.m. The Bruins close the week with a matchup versus No. 11 Duke Sunday at 9 a.m.
All six games will be broadcast on FloCollege.com for a fee.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Big League Dreams Sports Park (Cathedral City, Calif.)
Games (all times Pacific)
Thursday, Feb. 20 vs. Missouri – 5 p.m. – FloCollege
Thursday, Feb. 20 vs. Nebraska – 7:30 p.m. – FloCollege
Friday, Feb. 21 vs. Tennessee – 3:30 p.m. – FloCollege
Saturday, Feb. 22 vs. Baylor – 12:30 p.m. – FloCollege
Saturday, Feb. 22 vs. Arkansas – 3 p.m. – FloCollege
Sunday, Feb. 23 vs. Duke – 9 a.m. – FloCollege
Live Stats: ucla.statbroadcast.com
UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)
Single-game tickets for all 21 of UCLA's home games are on sale. Fans can secure tickets to each of the Bruins' home conference games in UCLA's inaugural year in the Big Ten. UCLA's next home game at Easton Stadium is on March 6 versus LMU.
Complete ticket information about UCLA softball is available here. Direct links to single-game ticket purchases can be viewed here. Fans can call (310) 206-5991 or email tickets@athletics.ucla.edu for more information.
KEY NOTES ABOUT UCLA
• UCLA took down three top-25 opponents last week at the Clearwater Invitational, improving its record to 9-1 on the season.
• P Kaitlyn Terry leads UCLA's pitching staff and is tied for fifth in NCAA DI with five wins (5-1).
• UCLA's pitching staff ranks top 10 nationally in K/BB ratio (1st, 10.38), shutouts (5, t-5th) and strikeouts (87, t-7th).
• SS Aleena Garcia ranks fifth in NCAA DI with 30 assists through 10 games and sports a flawless 1.000 fielding percentage.
• UTIL Savannah Pola has recorded six multi-hit games and leads UCLA with a .500 average (15-for-30) entering the Mary Nutter.
• OF Jessica Clements ranks 3rd among active NCAA DI players with a .414 average and 11th with 200 career hits.
• Clements, a two-time Big West Conference Batting Champion, has hit in the leadoff spot all 10 games this season.
• Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez penciled four freshmen into the Opening Day starting lineup for the program's most since 2004.
• UCLA has started at least four freshmen in the batting lineup every game this season. Together, they own a .330 batting average.
• UCLA opens its 51st softball season this spring, the 19th year with head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez at the helm.
• UCLA's two All-Pac-12 First Team pitchers from last season, sophomore Kaitlyn Terry and junior Taylor Tinsley, return in 2025.
• The Bruins' batting lineup is anchored by two 2023 NFCA All-Americans, juniors Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery.
• UCLA has won five of the last seven Pac-12 Freshman of the Year awards, two of which are on the 2025 roster: Terry and Woolery.
• The Bruins have added seven incoming players this season – six freshmen and one graduate transfer student.
• UCLA made its 32nd WCWS appearance and won its 18th conference regular season title in 2024.
• UCLA has moved into the Big Ten Conference, along with former Pac-12 softball programs Oregon and Washington.
• UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Kelly Inouye-Perez has guided the Bruins to a 827-21--1 record (.797) over 19 seasons as head coach.
• Inouye-Perez has reached the WCWS 10 times and won two NCAA titles in 2010 and 2019 as head coach.
• Entering 2025, Inouye-Perez ranks seventh all-time and second among active head coaches with a 79.6 winning percentage.
UCLA AT THE CLEARWATER INVITATIONAL
The Bruins went 4-1 at the Shriners Children's Clearwater Invitational last week, notching wins over No. 9 Oklahoma State (6-4), Charlotte (10-0), No. 23 Kentucky (3-1) and No. 14 Alabama (6-3). As a team, UCLA hit for a .356 average (47 hits) with 17 extra-base knocks (10 doubles, six home runs and one triple). In game one versus the Cowgirls, the Bruins bounced back from an early 2-0 deficit with four doubles in the bottom half of the first to take the lead. Against Alabama, UCLA overcame a 3-0 deficit with a six-run sixth inning. Freshman C Sofia Mujica followed up freshman SS Aleena Garcia's bases-loaded walk with a bases-clearing, three-RBI double to take the lead.
Junior INF Jordan Woolery led UCLA with a .571 batting average (8-for-14) and two home runs while hitting safely in all five games. Freshman SS Aleena Garcia ranked second behind Woolery with a .429 clip (6-for-14) and recorded the first home run of her collegiate career against the Cowgirls last Friday. Garcia was a vacuum defensively, totaling 20 assists for a 1.000 fielding percentage; the next closest Bruin had four assists.
HISTORY AT THE MARY NUTTER COLLEGIATE CLASSIC
UCLA is attending the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic for the 22nd season in row in which the tournament has been held (did not host in 2021). The Bruins own a 90-22 all-time record (.804) at the Mary Nutter and have finished undefeated at the event in 10 seasons.
Career at the MNCC: Over two years and 11 games at the Mary Nutter, UTIL Megan Grant leads all returners with a .429 average (12-for-28) and has recorded two doubles, one triple and one home run. In that same span, INF Jordan Woolery boasts a .357 average (10-for-28) and leads UCLA with 13 RBI and three homers.
Last Year at the MNCC: P Taylor Tinsley earned the first Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week award of her career after leading all players among the 30 teams competing at the 2024 Mary Nutter with 22.0 innings pitched and 30 strikeouts. Tinsley pitched complete games and earned wins against No. 23 Northwestern (W, 1-0) and No. 5 Tennessee (W, 6-2) and also didn't allow an earned run in a complete-game loss to Baylor (L, 5-3). She finished the weekend with a 0.64 ERA and allowed only two earned runs. Offensively, Woolery homered twice and recorded a team-best seven RBI while Grant went 7-for-14 with four RBI and a double.
WHO'S BACK?
UCLA returns 16 players from last season's squad. Top returning contributors include 2024 All-Pac-12 First Team honorees Megan Grant, Kaitlyn Terry, Taylor Tinsley and Jordan Woolery. Grant led all 2025 returners with a .335 batting average (56-for-167), 20 extra-base hits (11 doubles, eight homers) and 41 runs batted in last season while Woolery concluded the year with 10 home runs. Terry and Tinsley pitched 329.1 of UCLA's total 355.0 total innings in 2024. The two underclassmen steered UCLA back to the WCWS after a one-year absence with a dominant postseason performance in the circle. In eight NCAA Tournament games, Terry and Tinsley pitched two shutouts, allowed just one run in four different contests and totaled a 1.71 earned run average over 49.0 innings.
WELCOME TO WESTWOOD
The Bruins boast the top-ranked freshman class in 2025, according to Softball America. The group of six freshmen is highlighted by 2024 Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year Addisen Fisher from Bend, Ore. Fisher, the top-ranked player in her signing class by multiple outlets, finished her career with a 66-3 record, 861 strikeouts, 24 no-hitters, 11 perfect games and .092 opponent batting average. Infielder Kaniya Bragg led Pacifica High School to back-to-back CIF Southern Section Division 1 titles as a junior and senior and was honored as the 2024 CIF Player of the Year. Infielder Aleena Garcia was a two-time San Gabriel Valley Softball Player of the Year her last two seasons at Whittier Christian High School. Catcher Sofia Mujica completed her prep career at Granite Hills High School tied for the CIF home run record (60).
Also joining UCLA is graduate transfer Jessica Clements from Cal Poly. Clements was named the Big West Player of the Year in 2024 after a third-place finish for NCAA batting average title with a .464 clip (71-for-153). She graduated from Cal Poly as the leading hitter in program history with a career .411 batting average and started all 135 games played, including 95 in center field.
UCLA CELEBRATES 50th ANNIVERSARY
The Bruins are celebrating their 50th anniversary as an organized collegiate softball program in 2025. UCLA's first season was in 1975 under the umbrella of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). The sport was adopted by the NCAA seven years later in 1982. No program has won more national championships (13) or made more Women's College World Series (WCWS) appearances (32) than UCLA.
In fact, UCLA is the only program in softball history to have won a national championship in all five full decades of the sport's existence. The Bruins won the first NCAA Softball Championship in 1982 and were the first program to repeat titles (1984-85) and three-peat (1988-90). The Bruins boast 132 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America honors, four Honda Cup awards and 12 Honda Sport Awards – all three good for the most in NCAA softball.
FRESHMEN FILLING IN
At least four freshmen have started in UCLA's batting lineup for all 10 games this season. SS Aleena Garcia, 3B Kaniya Bragg and LF Rylee Slimp have started in every game at their respective positions. Sofia Mujica and Maggie Daniel have alternated starts at catcher with five apiece. Together, the five freshmen have contributed to 32.3 percent of UCLA's total hit production (32 of the team's 99 total hits). As a unit, they are hitting for a .330 average (32-for-97). Defensively, not a single freshman has yet to commit an error.
CLEMENTS KEEPS CLIMBING
Graduate transfer outfielder Jessica Clements ranks among the nation's active career leaders in batting average (3rd, .414) and base hits (11th, 200). Last week, Clements recorded the 200th hit of her career with a bunt single versus Virginia on Feb. 16. Clements was a two-time Big West Batting Champion in 2022 and 2024 while at Cal Poly for three seasons. She finished her Mustang career as the leading hitter in program history with a .411 batting average (185-for-450).
WATCH THE BRUINS ON B1G+
Fans can catch all non-televised UCLA home games and road Big Ten Conference games on a new, high-quality streaming service, Big Ten Plus (B1G+). Annual passes ($89.99) and monthly passes ($12.99) are available for purchase here. Roughly 30 UCLA home and road games are viewable only on B1G+. Fans using promo code "UCLA2025" can get 50% off for the first three months when selecting a monthly pass (offer expires Feb. 15).
Two-year UCLA letterwinner and All-American catcher Sharlize Palacios will serve as analyst for more than 10 of UCLA softball's home B1G+ live streams.
UCLA plays once on Friday versus No. 5 Tennessee at 3:30 p.m. and twice on Saturday against Baylor at 12:30 p.m. and No. 10 Arkansas at 3 p.m. The Bruins close the week with a matchup versus No. 11 Duke Sunday at 9 a.m.
All six games will be broadcast on FloCollege.com for a fee.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Big League Dreams Sports Park (Cathedral City, Calif.)
Games (all times Pacific)
Thursday, Feb. 20 vs. Missouri – 5 p.m. – FloCollege
Thursday, Feb. 20 vs. Nebraska – 7:30 p.m. – FloCollege
Friday, Feb. 21 vs. Tennessee – 3:30 p.m. – FloCollege
Saturday, Feb. 22 vs. Baylor – 12:30 p.m. – FloCollege
Saturday, Feb. 22 vs. Arkansas – 3 p.m. – FloCollege
Sunday, Feb. 23 vs. Duke – 9 a.m. – FloCollege
Live Stats: ucla.statbroadcast.com
UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)
Single-game tickets for all 21 of UCLA's home games are on sale. Fans can secure tickets to each of the Bruins' home conference games in UCLA's inaugural year in the Big Ten. UCLA's next home game at Easton Stadium is on March 6 versus LMU.
Complete ticket information about UCLA softball is available here. Direct links to single-game ticket purchases can be viewed here. Fans can call (310) 206-5991 or email tickets@athletics.ucla.edu for more information.
KEY NOTES ABOUT UCLA
• UCLA took down three top-25 opponents last week at the Clearwater Invitational, improving its record to 9-1 on the season.
• P Kaitlyn Terry leads UCLA's pitching staff and is tied for fifth in NCAA DI with five wins (5-1).
• UCLA's pitching staff ranks top 10 nationally in K/BB ratio (1st, 10.38), shutouts (5, t-5th) and strikeouts (87, t-7th).
• SS Aleena Garcia ranks fifth in NCAA DI with 30 assists through 10 games and sports a flawless 1.000 fielding percentage.
• UTIL Savannah Pola has recorded six multi-hit games and leads UCLA with a .500 average (15-for-30) entering the Mary Nutter.
• OF Jessica Clements ranks 3rd among active NCAA DI players with a .414 average and 11th with 200 career hits.
• Clements, a two-time Big West Conference Batting Champion, has hit in the leadoff spot all 10 games this season.
• Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez penciled four freshmen into the Opening Day starting lineup for the program's most since 2004.
• UCLA has started at least four freshmen in the batting lineup every game this season. Together, they own a .330 batting average.
• UCLA opens its 51st softball season this spring, the 19th year with head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez at the helm.
• UCLA's two All-Pac-12 First Team pitchers from last season, sophomore Kaitlyn Terry and junior Taylor Tinsley, return in 2025.
• The Bruins' batting lineup is anchored by two 2023 NFCA All-Americans, juniors Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery.
• UCLA has won five of the last seven Pac-12 Freshman of the Year awards, two of which are on the 2025 roster: Terry and Woolery.
• The Bruins have added seven incoming players this season – six freshmen and one graduate transfer student.
• UCLA made its 32nd WCWS appearance and won its 18th conference regular season title in 2024.
• UCLA has moved into the Big Ten Conference, along with former Pac-12 softball programs Oregon and Washington.
• UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Kelly Inouye-Perez has guided the Bruins to a 827-21--1 record (.797) over 19 seasons as head coach.
• Inouye-Perez has reached the WCWS 10 times and won two NCAA titles in 2010 and 2019 as head coach.
• Entering 2025, Inouye-Perez ranks seventh all-time and second among active head coaches with a 79.6 winning percentage.
UCLA AT THE CLEARWATER INVITATIONAL
The Bruins went 4-1 at the Shriners Children's Clearwater Invitational last week, notching wins over No. 9 Oklahoma State (6-4), Charlotte (10-0), No. 23 Kentucky (3-1) and No. 14 Alabama (6-3). As a team, UCLA hit for a .356 average (47 hits) with 17 extra-base knocks (10 doubles, six home runs and one triple). In game one versus the Cowgirls, the Bruins bounced back from an early 2-0 deficit with four doubles in the bottom half of the first to take the lead. Against Alabama, UCLA overcame a 3-0 deficit with a six-run sixth inning. Freshman C Sofia Mujica followed up freshman SS Aleena Garcia's bases-loaded walk with a bases-clearing, three-RBI double to take the lead.
Junior INF Jordan Woolery led UCLA with a .571 batting average (8-for-14) and two home runs while hitting safely in all five games. Freshman SS Aleena Garcia ranked second behind Woolery with a .429 clip (6-for-14) and recorded the first home run of her collegiate career against the Cowgirls last Friday. Garcia was a vacuum defensively, totaling 20 assists for a 1.000 fielding percentage; the next closest Bruin had four assists.
HISTORY AT THE MARY NUTTER COLLEGIATE CLASSIC
UCLA is attending the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic for the 22nd season in row in which the tournament has been held (did not host in 2021). The Bruins own a 90-22 all-time record (.804) at the Mary Nutter and have finished undefeated at the event in 10 seasons.
Career at the MNCC: Over two years and 11 games at the Mary Nutter, UTIL Megan Grant leads all returners with a .429 average (12-for-28) and has recorded two doubles, one triple and one home run. In that same span, INF Jordan Woolery boasts a .357 average (10-for-28) and leads UCLA with 13 RBI and three homers.
Last Year at the MNCC: P Taylor Tinsley earned the first Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week award of her career after leading all players among the 30 teams competing at the 2024 Mary Nutter with 22.0 innings pitched and 30 strikeouts. Tinsley pitched complete games and earned wins against No. 23 Northwestern (W, 1-0) and No. 5 Tennessee (W, 6-2) and also didn't allow an earned run in a complete-game loss to Baylor (L, 5-3). She finished the weekend with a 0.64 ERA and allowed only two earned runs. Offensively, Woolery homered twice and recorded a team-best seven RBI while Grant went 7-for-14 with four RBI and a double.
WHO'S BACK?
UCLA returns 16 players from last season's squad. Top returning contributors include 2024 All-Pac-12 First Team honorees Megan Grant, Kaitlyn Terry, Taylor Tinsley and Jordan Woolery. Grant led all 2025 returners with a .335 batting average (56-for-167), 20 extra-base hits (11 doubles, eight homers) and 41 runs batted in last season while Woolery concluded the year with 10 home runs. Terry and Tinsley pitched 329.1 of UCLA's total 355.0 total innings in 2024. The two underclassmen steered UCLA back to the WCWS after a one-year absence with a dominant postseason performance in the circle. In eight NCAA Tournament games, Terry and Tinsley pitched two shutouts, allowed just one run in four different contests and totaled a 1.71 earned run average over 49.0 innings.
WELCOME TO WESTWOOD
The Bruins boast the top-ranked freshman class in 2025, according to Softball America. The group of six freshmen is highlighted by 2024 Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year Addisen Fisher from Bend, Ore. Fisher, the top-ranked player in her signing class by multiple outlets, finished her career with a 66-3 record, 861 strikeouts, 24 no-hitters, 11 perfect games and .092 opponent batting average. Infielder Kaniya Bragg led Pacifica High School to back-to-back CIF Southern Section Division 1 titles as a junior and senior and was honored as the 2024 CIF Player of the Year. Infielder Aleena Garcia was a two-time San Gabriel Valley Softball Player of the Year her last two seasons at Whittier Christian High School. Catcher Sofia Mujica completed her prep career at Granite Hills High School tied for the CIF home run record (60).
Also joining UCLA is graduate transfer Jessica Clements from Cal Poly. Clements was named the Big West Player of the Year in 2024 after a third-place finish for NCAA batting average title with a .464 clip (71-for-153). She graduated from Cal Poly as the leading hitter in program history with a career .411 batting average and started all 135 games played, including 95 in center field.
UCLA CELEBRATES 50th ANNIVERSARY
The Bruins are celebrating their 50th anniversary as an organized collegiate softball program in 2025. UCLA's first season was in 1975 under the umbrella of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). The sport was adopted by the NCAA seven years later in 1982. No program has won more national championships (13) or made more Women's College World Series (WCWS) appearances (32) than UCLA.
In fact, UCLA is the only program in softball history to have won a national championship in all five full decades of the sport's existence. The Bruins won the first NCAA Softball Championship in 1982 and were the first program to repeat titles (1984-85) and three-peat (1988-90). The Bruins boast 132 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America honors, four Honda Cup awards and 12 Honda Sport Awards – all three good for the most in NCAA softball.
FRESHMEN FILLING IN
At least four freshmen have started in UCLA's batting lineup for all 10 games this season. SS Aleena Garcia, 3B Kaniya Bragg and LF Rylee Slimp have started in every game at their respective positions. Sofia Mujica and Maggie Daniel have alternated starts at catcher with five apiece. Together, the five freshmen have contributed to 32.3 percent of UCLA's total hit production (32 of the team's 99 total hits). As a unit, they are hitting for a .330 average (32-for-97). Defensively, not a single freshman has yet to commit an error.
CLEMENTS KEEPS CLIMBING
Graduate transfer outfielder Jessica Clements ranks among the nation's active career leaders in batting average (3rd, .414) and base hits (11th, 200). Last week, Clements recorded the 200th hit of her career with a bunt single versus Virginia on Feb. 16. Clements was a two-time Big West Batting Champion in 2022 and 2024 while at Cal Poly for three seasons. She finished her Mustang career as the leading hitter in program history with a .411 batting average (185-for-450).
WATCH THE BRUINS ON B1G+
Fans can catch all non-televised UCLA home games and road Big Ten Conference games on a new, high-quality streaming service, Big Ten Plus (B1G+). Annual passes ($89.99) and monthly passes ($12.99) are available for purchase here. Roughly 30 UCLA home and road games are viewable only on B1G+. Fans using promo code "UCLA2025" can get 50% off for the first three months when selecting a monthly pass (offer expires Feb. 15).
Two-year UCLA letterwinner and All-American catcher Sharlize Palacios will serve as analyst for more than 10 of UCLA softball's home B1G+ live streams.
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