Tuesday, April 8
Riverside, CA
6:00 PM (PT)
UCLA
at
Cal Baptist
Senior UTIL Savannah Pola
Photo by: Mac Brown
No. 9 Softball Plays Tuesday Night at Cal Baptist
April 07, 2025 | Softball
LOS ANGELES โ The No. 9-ranked UCLA softball team plays a midweek contest tomorrow night on Tuesday, April 8 at Cal Baptist at Funk Stadium, beginning at 6 p.m. (PT). The 500-seat venue is sold out.
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Fans can stream the action live on ESPN+ at this link HERE. Live stats for the game are also available HERE.
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The Bruins (36-5, 9-1 Big Ten) and Lancers (17-22, 5-7 WAC) are meeting for the first time since Cal Baptist made the jump to NCAA Division I in 2018-19. The two squads met four times in the 1976 and 1975 seasons with UCLA outscoring Cal Baptist 76-7.
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UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)
Single-game tickets for all eight of UCLA's remaining home gamesย are on sale. Fans can secure tickets to each of the Bruins' home conference games in UCLA's inaugural year in the Big Ten. Complete ticket information about UCLA softball isย available here. Direct links to single-game ticket purchases can beย viewed here. Fans can call (310) 206-5991 or emailย tickets@athletics.ucla.eduย for more information.
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AT HOME LATER THIS WEEK
UCLA welcomes longtime rival Washington for a three-game series, beginning Friday, April 11 at 6 p.m. (PT). Game times for Saturday and Sunday are 6 p.m. and 12 p.m., respectively. This will mark the 33rd straight season the Bruins and Huskies will meet and the first time as members of the Big Ten Conference.
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GRANT NAMED BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior utility Megan Grant was named Big Ten Player of the Week, it was announced by the conference office Monday afternoon. Grant led UCLA to a perfect 4-0 record last week, including a top-25 sweep of No. 21 Ohio State, with a team-best .727 batting average (8-for-11), two home runs, nine runs batted in, 1.455 slugging percentage and .769 on-base percentage. Grant played the hero in game one versus the Buckeyes on Friday, going 2-for-4 with two home runs and a career-high seven RBI. Grant's second homer of the night was a walk-off grand slam to secure a mercy-rule victory, 14-6, in five innings. Her third career multi-homer performance brought her season home run total to 17, which is tied for the Big Ten lead. The grand slam was the fourth of Grant's career. Grant's first homer in game one was a three-run shot to cap an eight-run second inning.
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KEY NOTES ABOUT THE BRUINS
โข UCLA is 9-3 against top-25-ranked opponents this season.
โข UCLA leads the nation in run differential entering week 10 with a +254 mark (333-79).
โข UCLA's offense ranks third in NCAA Division I in runs scored (333), sixth in slugging percentage (.635) and ninth in home runs (65) and batting average (.356).
โข UCLA set a new program single-season record for mercy-rule wins with its 22nd of the season in a five-inning contest against No. 21 Ohio State last Friday (W, 14-6).
โข UCLA is averaging 1.59 homers per game (65 HR), which is on pace for the program's best mark since its 2010 NCAA title season (1.77).
โข UCLA ranks second in the nation in fielding percentage (.984) entering week 10 (16 E, 1032 TC).
โข Three Bruins are currently hitting above .400: UTIL Savannah Pola (.453), INF Jordan Woolery (.433) and OF Rylee Slimp (.422).
โข Juniors Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery rank top 10 nationally in homers with 17 (2nd) and 16 (8th), respectively.
โข Woolery enters week nine ranked top five in NCAA DI in total bases (117, 3rd), runs batted in (58, 4th) and home runs (16, 8th).
โข Pola recorded her 200th career hit in last Friday's contest versus Ohio State, becoming 37th Bruin in program history to join the 200 Hits Club.
โข UCLA's lineup boasts the Big Ten leader in home runs (Grant, 17 HR), runs batted in (Woolery, 58 RBI), and hits (Pola, 62).
โข UCLA's pitching staff ranks top 10 nationally in WHIP (0.99, 2nd), strikeouts (316, 2nd), K/BB ratio (4.79, 3rd) and ERA (2.06, 10th).
โข LHP Kaitlyn Terry leads UCLA's pitching staff with 14 wins, a 1.81 earned run average and 111 strikeouts.
โข UCLA has thrown two no-hitters this year with one apiece from Taylor Tinsley (at San Diego State) and Addisen Fisher (at Howard).
โข Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez penciled four freshmen into the Opening Day starting lineup for the program's most since 2004.
โข UCLA opens its 51st softball season this spring, the 19th year with head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez at the helm.
โข UCLA's two All-Pac-12 First Team pitchers from last season, sophomore Kaitlyn Terry and junior Taylor Tinsley, return in 2025.
โข The Bruins' batting lineup is anchored by two 2023 NFCA All-Americans, juniors Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery.
โข 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.
โข The Bruins added seven incoming players this season in the form of six freshmen and one graduate transfer student.
โข UCLA made its 32nd WCWS appearance and won its 18th conference regular season title in 2024.
โข UCLA has moved into the Big Ten Conference, along with former Pac-12 softball programs Oregon and Washington.
โข UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Kelly Inouye-Perez has guided the Bruins to an 854-214-1 record (.799) over 19 seasons as head coach.
โข Inouye-Perez has reached the WCWS 10 times and won two NCAA titles in 2010 and 2019 as head coach.
โข Entering 2025, Inouye-Perez ranks seventh all-time and second among active head coaches with a 79.6 winning percentage.
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RECAPPING THE OHIO STATE SWEEP
UCLA swept a two-game set versus No. 21 Ohio State last Friday and Saturday.
Game One (W, 14-6): UCLA slugged four home runs, including two grand slams, to defeat Ohio State, 14-6, last Friday. Junior first baseman Megan Grant hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the fifth inning for her second homer of the night to deliver the Bruins' 22nd mercy-rule victory of the year, marking a new program single-season record. Grant, who logged her third career multi-homer performance, finished with a career-high seven runs batted in. Grant's other home run was a three-run shot in the bottom of the second.
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Twelve of UCLA's 14 runs were scored from the four homers. The Bruins' offense totaled 14 hits with half of those going for extra bases. All nine batters in the UCLA starting lineup recorded a base hit. In addition to Grant, five other Bruins recorded multiple hits Friday night. Senior second baseman Savannah Pola finished a homer shy of the cycle, going 3-for-4 with a bunt double and triple.
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Left-handed starting pitcher Kaitlyn Terry hit the first of UCLA's two grand slams of the game in an eight-run second inning, giving herself a 5-2 lead after surrendering two solo shots to the Buckeyes in the top of the first. The blast that just flew over the center field wall was the first homer of her collegiate career.
Game Two (W, 7-0): Right-handed starting pitcher Taylor Tinsley tossed a one-hit, complete-game shutout to down Ohio State, 7-0, and secure the series sweep at Easton Stadium last Saturday.
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Tinsley's gem marked the first time that Ohio State, the nation's leader in home runs, had been shut out this season. The Lawrenceville, Ga. native finished with 10 strikeouts, including four looking, and allowed just three baserunners in her outing. In her career, Tinsley has now recorded eight complete-game shutouts and seven double-digit strikeout games.
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Tinsley improved her record to 9-2 and dropped her earned run average on the season to 2.28. Also of note, Tinsley snapped Ohio State's 14-game streak with multiple home runs.
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Fans can stream the action live on ESPN+ at this link HERE. Live stats for the game are also available HERE.
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The Bruins (36-5, 9-1 Big Ten) and Lancers (17-22, 5-7 WAC) are meeting for the first time since Cal Baptist made the jump to NCAA Division I in 2018-19. The two squads met four times in the 1976 and 1975 seasons with UCLA outscoring Cal Baptist 76-7.
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UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)
Single-game tickets for all eight of UCLA's remaining home gamesย are on sale. Fans can secure tickets to each of the Bruins' home conference games in UCLA's inaugural year in the Big Ten. Complete ticket information about UCLA softball isย available here. Direct links to single-game ticket purchases can beย viewed here. Fans can call (310) 206-5991 or emailย tickets@athletics.ucla.eduย for more information.
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AT HOME LATER THIS WEEK
UCLA welcomes longtime rival Washington for a three-game series, beginning Friday, April 11 at 6 p.m. (PT). Game times for Saturday and Sunday are 6 p.m. and 12 p.m., respectively. This will mark the 33rd straight season the Bruins and Huskies will meet and the first time as members of the Big Ten Conference.
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GRANT NAMED BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior utility Megan Grant was named Big Ten Player of the Week, it was announced by the conference office Monday afternoon. Grant led UCLA to a perfect 4-0 record last week, including a top-25 sweep of No. 21 Ohio State, with a team-best .727 batting average (8-for-11), two home runs, nine runs batted in, 1.455 slugging percentage and .769 on-base percentage. Grant played the hero in game one versus the Buckeyes on Friday, going 2-for-4 with two home runs and a career-high seven RBI. Grant's second homer of the night was a walk-off grand slam to secure a mercy-rule victory, 14-6, in five innings. Her third career multi-homer performance brought her season home run total to 17, which is tied for the Big Ten lead. The grand slam was the fourth of Grant's career. Grant's first homer in game one was a three-run shot to cap an eight-run second inning.
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KEY NOTES ABOUT THE BRUINS
โข UCLA is 9-3 against top-25-ranked opponents this season.
โข UCLA leads the nation in run differential entering week 10 with a +254 mark (333-79).
โข UCLA's offense ranks third in NCAA Division I in runs scored (333), sixth in slugging percentage (.635) and ninth in home runs (65) and batting average (.356).
โข UCLA set a new program single-season record for mercy-rule wins with its 22nd of the season in a five-inning contest against No. 21 Ohio State last Friday (W, 14-6).
โข UCLA is averaging 1.59 homers per game (65 HR), which is on pace for the program's best mark since its 2010 NCAA title season (1.77).
โข UCLA ranks second in the nation in fielding percentage (.984) entering week 10 (16 E, 1032 TC).
โข Three Bruins are currently hitting above .400: UTIL Savannah Pola (.453), INF Jordan Woolery (.433) and OF Rylee Slimp (.422).
โข Juniors Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery rank top 10 nationally in homers with 17 (2nd) and 16 (8th), respectively.
โข Woolery enters week nine ranked top five in NCAA DI in total bases (117, 3rd), runs batted in (58, 4th) and home runs (16, 8th).
โข Pola recorded her 200th career hit in last Friday's contest versus Ohio State, becoming 37th Bruin in program history to join the 200 Hits Club.
โข UCLA's lineup boasts the Big Ten leader in home runs (Grant, 17 HR), runs batted in (Woolery, 58 RBI), and hits (Pola, 62).
โข UCLA's pitching staff ranks top 10 nationally in WHIP (0.99, 2nd), strikeouts (316, 2nd), K/BB ratio (4.79, 3rd) and ERA (2.06, 10th).
โข LHP Kaitlyn Terry leads UCLA's pitching staff with 14 wins, a 1.81 earned run average and 111 strikeouts.
โข UCLA has thrown two no-hitters this year with one apiece from Taylor Tinsley (at San Diego State) and Addisen Fisher (at Howard).
โข Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez penciled four freshmen into the Opening Day starting lineup for the program's most since 2004.
โข UCLA opens its 51st softball season this spring, the 19th year with head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez at the helm.
โข UCLA's two All-Pac-12 First Team pitchers from last season, sophomore Kaitlyn Terry and junior Taylor Tinsley, return in 2025.
โข The Bruins' batting lineup is anchored by two 2023 NFCA All-Americans, juniors Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery.
โข 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.
โข The Bruins added seven incoming players this season in the form of six freshmen and one graduate transfer student.
โข UCLA made its 32nd WCWS appearance and won its 18th conference regular season title in 2024.
โข UCLA has moved into the Big Ten Conference, along with former Pac-12 softball programs Oregon and Washington.
โข UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Kelly Inouye-Perez has guided the Bruins to an 854-214-1 record (.799) over 19 seasons as head coach.
โข Inouye-Perez has reached the WCWS 10 times and won two NCAA titles in 2010 and 2019 as head coach.
โข Entering 2025, Inouye-Perez ranks seventh all-time and second among active head coaches with a 79.6 winning percentage.
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RECAPPING THE OHIO STATE SWEEP
UCLA swept a two-game set versus No. 21 Ohio State last Friday and Saturday.
Game One (W, 14-6): UCLA slugged four home runs, including two grand slams, to defeat Ohio State, 14-6, last Friday. Junior first baseman Megan Grant hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the fifth inning for her second homer of the night to deliver the Bruins' 22nd mercy-rule victory of the year, marking a new program single-season record. Grant, who logged her third career multi-homer performance, finished with a career-high seven runs batted in. Grant's other home run was a three-run shot in the bottom of the second.
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Twelve of UCLA's 14 runs were scored from the four homers. The Bruins' offense totaled 14 hits with half of those going for extra bases. All nine batters in the UCLA starting lineup recorded a base hit. In addition to Grant, five other Bruins recorded multiple hits Friday night. Senior second baseman Savannah Pola finished a homer shy of the cycle, going 3-for-4 with a bunt double and triple.
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Left-handed starting pitcher Kaitlyn Terry hit the first of UCLA's two grand slams of the game in an eight-run second inning, giving herself a 5-2 lead after surrendering two solo shots to the Buckeyes in the top of the first. The blast that just flew over the center field wall was the first homer of her collegiate career.
Game Two (W, 7-0): Right-handed starting pitcher Taylor Tinsley tossed a one-hit, complete-game shutout to down Ohio State, 7-0, and secure the series sweep at Easton Stadium last Saturday.
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Tinsley's gem marked the first time that Ohio State, the nation's leader in home runs, had been shut out this season. The Lawrenceville, Ga. native finished with 10 strikeouts, including four looking, and allowed just three baserunners in her outing. In her career, Tinsley has now recorded eight complete-game shutouts and seven double-digit strikeout games.
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Tinsley improved her record to 9-2 and dropped her earned run average on the season to 2.28. Also of note, Tinsley snapped Ohio State's 14-game streak with multiple home runs.
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