Thursday, February 27
Fullerton, Calif.
12:00 PM (PT)
UCLA
vs
LSU
Junior INF Jordan Woolery
Photo by: Jesus Ramirez
No. 4 Softball Plays Six in Orange County
February 26, 2025 | Softball
LOS ANGELES – The No. 4-ranked UCLA softball team closes its tournament season schedule with six games over three days at the Judi Garman Classic hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Anderson Family Field from Feb. 27-March 1. The Bruins (14-2) open the week with two games on Thursday, Feb. 27 versus No. 5 LSU at 12 p.m. (PT) and Notre Dame at 2:30 p.m.
On Friday, Feb. 28, UCLA plays two against Utah at 2:30 p.m. and Cal State Fullerton at 5 p.m. The Bruins will play longtime rival Arizona on Saturday, March 1 for the 167th all-time meeting at 2 p.m. after squaring off with Weber Stater earlier in the day.
Only UCLA's contest versus Cal State Fullerton will be available for viewing on ESPN+.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Anderson Family Field (Fullerton, Calif.)
Games (all times Pacific)
Thursday, Feb. 27 vs. LSU – 12 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 27 vs. Notre Dame – 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 28 vs. Utah – 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 28 at Cal State Fullerton – 5 p.m. – ESPN+
Saturday, March 1 vs. Weber State – 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, March 1 vs. Arizona – 2 p.m.
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 defeated four more top-25 opponents at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic last week. UCLA is 7-1 this season against ranked competition. P Kaitlyn Terry has been the winning pitcher in six of those contests.
• Terry leads UCLA's pitching staff and is tied third in NCAA DI with eight wins (8-1). Terry also leads UCLA and ranks top-10 nationally with 58 strikeouts (9th) and a 0.59 WHIP (4th).
• UCLA's pitching staff ranks top 15 nationally in K/BB ratio (2nd, 7.22), strikeouts (2nd, 130) and shutouts (5, t-14th).
• SS Aleena Garcia ranks ninth in NCAA DI with 41 assists through 16 games and sports a flawless 1.000 fielding percentage.
• INF Jordan Woolery leads UCLA with a .435 batting average, .957 slugging percentage, 22 runs batted in and six home runs.
• UTIL Savannah Pola has recorded nine multi-hit games and ranks second on the team with a .412 batting average (21-for-51).
• OF Jessica Clements ranks 10th among active NCAA DI players with 207 career hits and 12th with a .414 average.
• Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez penciled four freshmen into the Opening Day starting lineup for the program's most since 2004.
• UCLA's freshman class is hitting for a collective .350 batting average (54-for-154), with three players batting over .333.
• 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 832-211-1 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 MARY NUTTER
UCLA went 5-1 with four top-25 wins at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral, City, Calif. last week. Junior INF Jordan Woolery had a standout week with a pair of three-run homers, two doubles and eight total RBI -- all marks leading the team. Woolery's first three-run bomb gave UCLA the lead in the fifth inning over No. 5 Tennessee, 4-3. Her second longball padded the Bruins' lead, 4-0, against No. 10 Arkansas. Freshmen Kaniya Bragg and Rylee Slimp led UCLA with seven hits apiece over the six games.
Pitching wise, sophomore Kaitlyn Terry led the staff with a 3-0 record, 24 strikeouts and 16.0 innings pitched. In game one versus Missouri, Terry struck out a career-high 14 batters to best her previous mark of 12 set against Weber State at last year's Judi Garman Classic. Freshman Addisen Fisher earned back-to-back starts against Tennessee and Baylor, helping UCLA to wins in both contests. Junior Taylor Tinsley was marvelous in UCLA's 1-0 loss to No. 11 Duke on Sunday's Mary Nutter final. Tinsley struck out seven and allowed just four hits in her complete-game outing. The Blue Devils' go-ahead RBI hit did not leave the infield.
HISTORY AT THE JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC
UCLA returns to the Judi Garman Classic for a fourth straight year after finishing 4-1 at the tournament last year. The Bruins went an undefeated 5-0 at the event twice in 2023 and 2024.
Last Year at the Judi Garman Classic: UTIL Megan Grant led UCLA with a .533 batting average (8-for-15) with two home runs, two doubles and seven RBI over five games. P Kaitlyn Terry posted a 3-0 record with 16.2 scoreless innings and 22 total strikeouts. Twelve of those strikeouts came in UCLA's 6.0-inning victory over Weber State.
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 three freshmen have started in UCLA's batting lineup for all 16 games this season. 3B Kaniya Bragg and LF Rylee Slimp have started in every game at their respective positions while SS Aleena Garcia has started all but one game this year. Catchers Sofia Mujica and Maggie Daniel have split starting reps behind the dish. Together, the five freshmen have contributed to 37.5 percent of UCLA's total hit production (54 of the team's 144 total hits). As a unit, they are hitting for a .350 batting average (54-for-154).
CLEMENTS KEEPS CLIMBING
Graduate transfer outfielder Jessica Clements ranks among the nation's active career leaders in base hits (10th, 207) and batting average (12th, .414). Clements recorded the 200th hit of her career with a bunt single versus Virginia at the Clearwater Invitational on Feb. 16. She leads UCLA with two three-hit performances and ranks second with six total multi-hit games. 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).
RETIRING JANICE PARKS' No. 14
UCLA softball will retire 1989 Honda Award winner and two-time NCAA Champion Janice Parks' No. 14 jersey on March 11 prior to first pitch versus San Diego. Parks' No. 14 will be just the seventh number retired in the program's rich history, joining Dot Richardson (No. 1), Gina Vecchione (No. 2), Sue Enquist (No. 6), Lisa Longaker (No. 9), Lisa Fernandez (No. 16) and Debbie Doom (No. 17). Parks, one of the most talented corner infielders in UCLA history, was a three-time NFCA First Team All-American and All-WCWS Team selection in her four years at UCLA from 1986-89. Parks, who led UCLA in runs batted in during both of its 1988 and 1989 NCAA title seasons, became the 13th member of the UCLA softball program to be inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015. She still owns the program record for career triples with 21. After graduating from UCLA, Parks represented Puerto Rico at the first-ever Olympic games sponsoring softball in Atlanta in 1996.
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+.
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.
On Friday, Feb. 28, UCLA plays two against Utah at 2:30 p.m. and Cal State Fullerton at 5 p.m. The Bruins will play longtime rival Arizona on Saturday, March 1 for the 167th all-time meeting at 2 p.m. after squaring off with Weber Stater earlier in the day.
Only UCLA's contest versus Cal State Fullerton will be available for viewing on ESPN+.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Anderson Family Field (Fullerton, Calif.)
Games (all times Pacific)
Thursday, Feb. 27 vs. LSU – 12 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 27 vs. Notre Dame – 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 28 vs. Utah – 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 28 at Cal State Fullerton – 5 p.m. – ESPN+
Saturday, March 1 vs. Weber State – 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, March 1 vs. Arizona – 2 p.m.
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 defeated four more top-25 opponents at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic last week. UCLA is 7-1 this season against ranked competition. P Kaitlyn Terry has been the winning pitcher in six of those contests.
• Terry leads UCLA's pitching staff and is tied third in NCAA DI with eight wins (8-1). Terry also leads UCLA and ranks top-10 nationally with 58 strikeouts (9th) and a 0.59 WHIP (4th).
• UCLA's pitching staff ranks top 15 nationally in K/BB ratio (2nd, 7.22), strikeouts (2nd, 130) and shutouts (5, t-14th).
• SS Aleena Garcia ranks ninth in NCAA DI with 41 assists through 16 games and sports a flawless 1.000 fielding percentage.
• INF Jordan Woolery leads UCLA with a .435 batting average, .957 slugging percentage, 22 runs batted in and six home runs.
• UTIL Savannah Pola has recorded nine multi-hit games and ranks second on the team with a .412 batting average (21-for-51).
• OF Jessica Clements ranks 10th among active NCAA DI players with 207 career hits and 12th with a .414 average.
• Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez penciled four freshmen into the Opening Day starting lineup for the program's most since 2004.
• UCLA's freshman class is hitting for a collective .350 batting average (54-for-154), with three players batting over .333.
• 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 832-211-1 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 MARY NUTTER
UCLA went 5-1 with four top-25 wins at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral, City, Calif. last week. Junior INF Jordan Woolery had a standout week with a pair of three-run homers, two doubles and eight total RBI -- all marks leading the team. Woolery's first three-run bomb gave UCLA the lead in the fifth inning over No. 5 Tennessee, 4-3. Her second longball padded the Bruins' lead, 4-0, against No. 10 Arkansas. Freshmen Kaniya Bragg and Rylee Slimp led UCLA with seven hits apiece over the six games.
Pitching wise, sophomore Kaitlyn Terry led the staff with a 3-0 record, 24 strikeouts and 16.0 innings pitched. In game one versus Missouri, Terry struck out a career-high 14 batters to best her previous mark of 12 set against Weber State at last year's Judi Garman Classic. Freshman Addisen Fisher earned back-to-back starts against Tennessee and Baylor, helping UCLA to wins in both contests. Junior Taylor Tinsley was marvelous in UCLA's 1-0 loss to No. 11 Duke on Sunday's Mary Nutter final. Tinsley struck out seven and allowed just four hits in her complete-game outing. The Blue Devils' go-ahead RBI hit did not leave the infield.
HISTORY AT THE JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC
UCLA returns to the Judi Garman Classic for a fourth straight year after finishing 4-1 at the tournament last year. The Bruins went an undefeated 5-0 at the event twice in 2023 and 2024.
Last Year at the Judi Garman Classic: UTIL Megan Grant led UCLA with a .533 batting average (8-for-15) with two home runs, two doubles and seven RBI over five games. P Kaitlyn Terry posted a 3-0 record with 16.2 scoreless innings and 22 total strikeouts. Twelve of those strikeouts came in UCLA's 6.0-inning victory over Weber State.
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 three freshmen have started in UCLA's batting lineup for all 16 games this season. 3B Kaniya Bragg and LF Rylee Slimp have started in every game at their respective positions while SS Aleena Garcia has started all but one game this year. Catchers Sofia Mujica and Maggie Daniel have split starting reps behind the dish. Together, the five freshmen have contributed to 37.5 percent of UCLA's total hit production (54 of the team's 144 total hits). As a unit, they are hitting for a .350 batting average (54-for-154).
CLEMENTS KEEPS CLIMBING
Graduate transfer outfielder Jessica Clements ranks among the nation's active career leaders in base hits (10th, 207) and batting average (12th, .414). Clements recorded the 200th hit of her career with a bunt single versus Virginia at the Clearwater Invitational on Feb. 16. She leads UCLA with two three-hit performances and ranks second with six total multi-hit games. 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).
RETIRING JANICE PARKS' No. 14
UCLA softball will retire 1989 Honda Award winner and two-time NCAA Champion Janice Parks' No. 14 jersey on March 11 prior to first pitch versus San Diego. Parks' No. 14 will be just the seventh number retired in the program's rich history, joining Dot Richardson (No. 1), Gina Vecchione (No. 2), Sue Enquist (No. 6), Lisa Longaker (No. 9), Lisa Fernandez (No. 16) and Debbie Doom (No. 17). Parks, one of the most talented corner infielders in UCLA history, was a three-time NFCA First Team All-American and All-WCWS Team selection in her four years at UCLA from 1986-89. Parks, who led UCLA in runs batted in during both of its 1988 and 1989 NCAA title seasons, became the 13th member of the UCLA softball program to be inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015. She still owns the program record for career triples with 21. After graduating from UCLA, Parks represented Puerto Rico at the first-ever Olympic games sponsoring softball in Atlanta in 1996.
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+.
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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