Thursday, May 29
Oklahoma City, OK
6:30 PM (PT)
UCLA
vs
Oregon
Junior INF Jordan Woolery
Photo by: Ross Turteltaub
No. 9 Seed UCLA Opens WCWS Thursday Versus Oregon
May 27, 2025 | Softball
LOS ANGELES โ The No. 9 seed UCLA softball team makes its NCAA-record 33rd Women's College World Series appearance this week, beginning with a matchup against No. 16 seed Oregon on Thursday, May 29 at 6:30 p.m. (PT)/8:30 p.m. (CT) at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Okla.
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The second-ever WCWS meeting between the Bruins (54-11, 17-5 Big Ten) and Ducks (53-8, 19-3 Big Ten) will be televised on ESPN2. Broadcasters Matt Brown (pbp), Amanda Scarborough (analyst) and Taylor McGregor (reporter) will be on the call.
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UCLA is led by USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist Jordan Woolery and Top 25 Finalist Megan Grant. The two junior sluggers have combined for 165 runs batted in and 48 home runs, which lead all duos in the nation. Grant and Woolery's combined RBI total are most-ever by a pair of UCLA sluggers in a single-season.
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The Bruins look to claim their 13th NCAA title and their first since the turn of the decade. UCLA is the only program to have won an NCAA Championship in every decade since the governing body adopted softball in 1982. UCLA has won a record 12 NCAA Championships (1982, '84, '85, '88, '89, '90, '92, '99, 2003, '04, '10 and '19) and 13 total national championships, including its 1978 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) title.
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Pre-WCWS Press Conference
WCWS Bracket
NCAA Tournament Interactive Bracket
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Key Notes About The Bruins
โข UCLA won back-to-back elimination games in Super Regionals at South Carolina to advance to the WCWS.
โข On the brink of elimination and down to UCLA's final out of the season, junior INF Jordan Woolery hit a 2-run walk-off homer to cap a four-run rally in game two of Supers against South Carolina. Woolery's homer secured the largest seventh-inning comeback in UCLA postseason history.
โข UCLA ranks top-10 nationally in runs scored (3rd - 476), home runs (8th - 95), slugging (8th - .597) and on-base pct. (9th - .439).
โข UCLA ranks second in the nation with a +313 run differential (+476/-163), trailing only Oregon.
โข UCLA leads all NCAA DI programs with 54 wins this season.
โข UCLA finished runner-up in both the Big Ten Conference regular season and Big Ten Tournament Championship in its inaugural season as a member of the bi-coastal conference.
โข UCLA has finished first or second in conference play in each of the last 10 seasons under head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez.
โข UCLA has set a new single-season program record with 28 mercy-rule wins. The previous mark was 21 set in 2010 and 2015.
โข UCLA is averaging 1.46 homers per game for its best rate since the 2013 season (1.47 HR/GP).
โข UCLA ranks 10th in the nation with a .978 fielding percentage (36 E, 1,663 TC).
โข Juniors Jordan Woolery (Top 10) and Megan Grant (Top 25) were named Finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year.
โข Woolery leads the nation and ranks second in UCLA single-season history with 86 runs batted in.
โข UCLA's lineup boasts two of the top six RBI leaders in the country in Woolery (1st - 86) and Grant (6th - 79).
โข Grant (25 HR) and Woolery (23 HR) are just the second duo in UCLA history to each hit 20-plus homers in a single season.
โข Grant ranks fourth in the nation and second in UCLA single-season history with 25 home runs.
โข Grant is tied with Ohio State's Jasmyn Burns for the Big Ten single-season home run record with 25 longballs.
โข UTIL Savannah Pola ranks third in the nation in base hits (96) and fourth in runs scored (73).
โข Pola needs two more runs to tie UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Natasha Watley's single-season record of 75 set in 2001.
โข Pola is also one double away from matching the UCLA single-season record of 21 set by Lyndsey Klein in 1999.
โข OF Jessica Clements leads UCLA with a .500 batting average (11-for-22) and 11 base hits in her first-ever NCAA Tournament.
โข UCLA's pitching staff ranks top-5 in WHIP (3rd - 1.07), K/BB ratio (3rd - 4.33), strikeouts (4th - 455) and shutouts (5th - 18).
โข UCLA's trio of aces โ Taylor Tinsley, Kaitlyn Terry and Addisen Fisher โ has each appeared in 30 games and worked 110.0 innings.
โข UCLA has one of two pitching staffs in the WCWS with three pitchers who have each logged 100.0 innings each (Ole Miss).
โข Tinsley (2.42 ERA, 15-4, 157 SO) leads the staff this season with a 0.92 WHIP and 8.26 K/BB ratio.
โข Fisher (16-2, 2.59 ERA, 100 SO) was named to the NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 10 List on May 8.
โข Terry and Tinsley combined to throw all 49.0 innings in last year's NCAA Tournament to help UCLA reach the WCWS.
โข Terry (1.82 ERA, 42.1 IP) Tinsley (1.83 ERA, 38.1 IP) each own a sub-2.00 career postseason ERA.
โข Inouye-Perez has reached the Women's College World Series 11 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.
โข Inouye-Perez is the only person to win an NCAA Division I Softball Championship as both a player and head coach.
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UCLA's Postseason History
โข The Bruins are making their 40th NCAA Tournament appearance and their 26th straight appearance since 1999.
โข UCLA is the winningest program in the history of college softball with 12 NCAA Championships.
โข The Bruins' 33 Women's College World Series (WCWS) appearances are also an NCAA record.
โข UCLA holds the distinction as the only program to win a championship in every decade, including its 1978 AIAW title.
โข UCLA owns an all-time NCAA Tournament record of 244-69 (.780), including a 104-43 mark (.707) at the WCWS since 1982.
โข UCLA has reached the WCWS in nine of the last 10 seasons the championship event was held (excl. 2020).
โข The Bruins won the first-ever title under the umbrella of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1982.
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Series History Versus Oregon
โข UCLA leads the all-time series versus Oregon, 97-33, dating back to 1985. The Bruins dropped the regular-season series (April 18-20) to the Ducks, 2-1. Freshman RHP Addisen Fisher, a native of Bend, Ore., pitched a complete-game shutout in an 8-0 run-rule drubbing on April 19 to even the series in front of a sold-out crowd in her return to her home state.
โข INF Jordan Woolery led UCLA during the regular-season series versus Oregon with a .571 batting average (4-for-7) and four RBIs.
โข Thursday evening's contest will mark just the second time UCLA and Oregon have met at the Women's College World Series and the fifth time in all of postseason play (UCLA leads, 4-1). The Bruins defeated the Ducks, 7-1, on May 28, 2015 in their WCWS opener. Then-senior Ally Carda turned in a complete-game performance with three strikeouts to earn the victory.
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Bru-Win Magic in South Carolina
โข Junior INF Jordan Woolery hit a 2-run walk-off homer over the left field wall with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to lead UCLA to a thrilling 5-4 come-from-behind victory over host South Carolina in game two of Super Regionals on Saturday, May 24. Trailing 4-1, the Bruins rallied for four runs in their final plate appearances to secure the largest seventh-inning comeback in UCLA postseason history. Woolery entered that at-bat 0-for-6 in the series with four strikeouts.
โข After losing game one of the best-of-three series on Friday, UCLA was tasked with winning back-to-back elimination games in front of a hostile SEC crowd. Aside from a solo shot in the fifth inning by freshman Sofia Mujica, the Bruins were unable to muster any offense for the majority of game two before the late-game rally.
โข Woolery's home run โ her 23rd of the season โ marked UCLA's first postseason walk-off homer since Rachel Garcia's 3-run shot versus Washington in the 2019 Women's College World Series.
โข Woolery now has three game-tying or go-ahead base hits in the sixth inning or later in her postseason career. She hit a game-tying triple in game two of the 2024 Regionals versus Virginia Tech and a go-ahead three-run home run versus Alabama in the 2024 WCWS opener.
โข LHP Kaitlyn Terry (W, 5.2 IP, 4 SO) and RHP Taylor Tinsley (S, 1.1 IP, 2 SO) combined for one of UCLA's most dominant pitching performances of the season in a decisive game three, shutting out the host Gamecocks 5-0 to punch the Bruins' ticket to OKC. Every pitch of the game was called by redshirt sophomore catcher Alexis Ramirez.
โข UTIL Savannah Pola (6-for-12, 2 2B, 1 3B) and Megan Grant (4-for-8) both led UCLA with a .500 batting average during Supers. Grant was intentionally walked twice in game three by South Carolina.
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Recapping the NCAA Los Angeles Regional
โข For the first time in program history, UCLA opened the NCAA Tournament with three straight run-rule victories in their games against UC Santa Barbara and San Diego State. It also marked the first time in the Super Regional era (since 2005) that the Bruins recorded three run-rule wins in Regionals. Additionally, UCLA set a new best for run differential in an NCAA Regional in the Super Regional era with a benchmark of +29. The Bruins outscored their opponents 31-2 over the three games.
โข UCLA hit for a collective 1.297 OPS (.807 SLG, .490 OBP) in NCAA Regionals for its best single-week mark yet this season. The Bruins totaled a .422 batting average (35-81) with 16 extra-base hits, including seven home runs. Five separate UCLA players hit for a +.400 batting average in the Regional, led by graduate OF Jessica Clements (.636) who went 7-for-11.
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The Bruin Bombers
โข Juniors Jordan Woolery (86 RBI, 23 HR) and Megan Grant (79 RBI, 25 HR) lead all duos in the country with a combined 165 runs batted in and 48 home runs. The two Bay Area natives collected 13 RBIs during NCAA Regionals to improve their season total to 161, breaking a 26-year-old record for most by a UCLA duo in single-season history. Woolery's 86 RBIs rank second-most in UCLA single-season history behind Stacey Nuveman's mark of 91 set in 1999. Grant is third all-time behind Woolery with her 79 RBIs.
โข The two sluggers are also just the second UCLA duo to each hit 20-plus home runs in a single season, first being accomplished in 2015 by Stephany LaRosa (20 HR) and Delaney Spaulding (20 HR). This is not the first time the two made UCLA history together; as All-Americans in 2023, Grant and Woolery combined for 104 runs batted in which were the most all-time by a Bruin freshman duo.
โข Woolery and Grant have hit back-to-back home runs twice this season, last occurring during NCAA Regionals against UC Santa Barbara on May 18.
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USA Softball Player of the Year Finalists
Juniors Jordan Woolery (Top 10) and Megan Grant (Top 25) were named Finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. Woolery made the cut for the Top 10 on May 14. This marks the first time in Grant and Woolery's careers that the two Bay Area natives have been named as Finalists. The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award is considered the most prestigious honor in Division I women's collegiate softball.
โข Woolery is having a career year in 2025 with bests in batting average (.415), slugging percentage (.896), on-base percentage (.504), and home runs (23). The Walnut Creek, Calif. product leads the nation in RBIs (86), ranks third in total bases (173) and is seventh in home runs (23).
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All-Big Ten Honorees
Four Bruins were represented on the All-Big Ten First Team in UCLA's inaugural season in the conference. The selections include juniors Megan Grant, Taylor Tinsley and Jordan Woolery and senior Savannah Pola. UCLA RHP Addisen Fisher and OF Rylee Slimp were also named to the league's All-Freshman Team.
First Team: Grant and Woolery have now been named First Team all-conference in all three years at UCLA (two All-Pac-12). This marks Tinsley's second straight First Team recognition. Pola received her third all-league selection and was named to the First Team for the first time in her four-year career (All-Pac-12 Third Team in 2022 and 2023).
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All-West Region Honors
A maximum eight UCLA player received National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-West Region accolades. The Bruins saw a region-high five players named to the First Team with pitchers Addisen Fisher and Taylor Tinsley, first baseman Megan Grant, second baseman Savannah Pola and third baseman Jordan Woolery. Outfielders Jessica Clements and Rylee Slimp were honored on the All-West Region Second Team while pitcher/utility Kaitlyn Terry was named to the Third Team. UCLA's eight All-West Region recipients are now up for All-America consideration, which will be announced prior to the start of the Women's College World Series.
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Let Chef Cook
โข Junior Megan Grant ranks fourth in the nation and leads all players at the Women's College World Series with 25 home runs this season. Grant ranks second in UCLA single-season history in that category, trailing Stacey Nuveman's record of 31 set in 1999.
โข Grant is currently tied with Ohio State's Jasmyn Burns for the Big Ten single-season home run record with 25 longballs.
โข Grant's 79 runs batted in rank third all-time in UCLA single-season history behind her teammate Jordan Woolery (86 RBI) and Nuveman (91 RBI, 1999).
โข Thirty-eight of Grant's 61 base hits this season have been for extra bases (62.3%).
โข Grant tied Stacey Nuveman (1999) as the fastest Bruins to reach 20 home runs in a single season, both needing only 42 games.
โข Grant's home runs have come in bunches this season, recording two separate stretches of five straight games with a homer (March 1-8) and four straight games (April 8-13).
โข Grant had a four-game stretch with three grand slams from April 4-11 earlier this season. She has recorded six total grand slams in her career, which leads the active roster.
โข Grant notched the fourth multi-homer game of her career and third of the season versus Washington on Friday, April 11.
โข Grant currently boasts the best batting average of her career with a .384 mark (61-for-159).
โข Perhaps most impressive, Grant has only struck out nine times in 213 plate appearances this season (4.2% strikeout rate). For reference, Grant struck out 30-plus times in each of her freshman and sophomore seasons.
โข Grant has been intentionally walked seven times in 2025 which is the highest season total by any Bruin from each of the last four years. Two of those intentional walks came in game three of Super Regionals at South Carolina on May 25.
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Beneficiary Bruins
UCLA table setters Jessica Clements and Savannah Pola have contributed a large part to Jordan Woolery and Megan Grant's staggering RBI numbers. Pola, who has bat in the No. 2 spot in 63 of UCLA's 65 games, has scored 73 of the team's 476 runs this season. Likewise, Clements, who has been penciled as the leadoff in 62 games, has crossed home plate 70 times. Pola and Clements both rank fourth and eighth in the country in runs scored, respectively. Pola's .440 batting average paces the Bruins' squad while Clements is hitting a respectable .374 in her first year as member of a "Power 4" program. This postseason, Clements leads UCLA with a .500 average (11-for-22) while Pola is right behind batting .455 (10-for-22).
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Pola's Breakout Season
โข Senior UTIL Savannah Pola is registering career-best offensive numbers across the board in 2025. Pola, who has recorded two 10-plus-game hitting streaks this season, leads UCLA with a .440 batting average (96-for-218) and 33 multi-hit games.
โข The Santa Ana, Calif. product ranks third in the country with 96 base hits and fourth with 73 runs scored.
โข Pola's 96 base hits rank fifth in UCLA single-season history and are the most by a Bruin since Natasha Watley in 2003 (102 H).
โข Pola needs two more runs to tie UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Natasha Watley's single-season record of 75 set in 2001.
โข UCLA is 31-2 when Pola records multiple hits in a ballgame this season (losses were to Virginia and South Carolina).
โข Pola has more than tripled her hit production from last season (.241 avg., 28-for-116).
โข Pola recorded two doubles in game three at South Carolina on May 25, improving her season total to 20.
โข Pola ranks second on UCLA's single-season doubles list and needs one more to tie Lyndsey Klein's record set in 1999 (21 2B).
โข Pola leads UCLA in its last 10 games with a .471 batting average (16-for-34), 16 hits and 10 runs scored.
โข Defensively, Pola has yet to commit and error thanks to her stellar play over 40 starts at second base (151 TC).
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Elite Offensive Numbers
โข UCLA ranks second behind Oregon for the national lead with a +313 run differential, scoring 476 runs while allowing 163. The last time UCLA had a run differential of +313 or better for a season was in 2019 when it won the program's 12th NCAA title (+336). The program record for run differential is +341 set in 2001 (+418/-77).
โข The Bruins rank eighth in the nation in both home runs (95) and slugging percentage (.597).
โข UCLA's 95 home runs are tied for second-most in school single-season history (2010, 108 HR). The Bruins hit a program-record 108 home runs in 2010 and 95 homers in 1999 (both NCAA title seasons).
โข The Bruins' 476 runs scored rank second-most in UCLA single-season history (2015, 499 R).
โข Seven of UCLA's everyday starters (Clements, Pola, Grant, Woolery, Slimp, Bragg and Ramirez) in the batting lineup own an on-base percentage of at least .400 or better entering the WCWS. Terry is just outside the group with a .385 OBP.
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Showing No Mercy
UCLA has set a new single-season program record with 28 mercy-rule wins in 2025. The Bruins broke the record their 40th game into the season with a 14-6 decision in five innings versus Ohio State on April 4. The Bruins surpassed the previous mark of 21 set twice in the 2010 and 2015 seasons. Additionally, UCLA has shut out its opponent 18 times, which is good for fifth-best in the country and leads the Big Ten. On the year, UCLA is averaging 7.32 runs per game, which ranks 13th in NCAA DI.
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Plate Discipline
โข UCLA has drawn 245 walks and 56 hit-by-pitches this season for a total of 301 free passes.
โข UCLA's .439 on-base percentage also ranks ninth in NCAA DI and currently sits at fourth-best all-time for a Bruins team.
โข 126 of UCLA's 301 free passes have come around to score, accounting for more than a quarter (26.5%) of the team's total runs.
โข UCLA's offense is averaging 3.06 strikeouts per game (199 SO), marking its lowest rate since the 2002 season (2.46 SO/GP).
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Double Vision
UCLA ranks third in the country with 105 doubles this season, which is second-most for a Bruins team (2015, 107 2B). UCLA has recorded 100-plus doubles four times in program history (2025, 2015, 2010 and '02). The Bruins have logged four or more doubles in a single game on eight occasions this season, including a season-high seven doubles versus Weber State on March 1, which was good for fourth-most in a single game in program history.
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Alexis "Lefty" Ramirez"
โข Redshirt sophomore Alexis Ramirez, affectionately nicknamed "Lefty" for being a left-handed-throwing catcher, has been effective since returning to the lineup on March 22 versus Iowa after sustaining a season-ending knee injury during week one of 2024.
โข Ramirez has recorded a .341 batting average (30-for-88) with 26 runs batted in over her 34 games played this season.
โข Ramirez caught back-to-back games for the first time this season in the last two days of Super Regionals versus South Carolina (May 24-25). Ramirez called the majority of the pitches in both of UCLA's elimination-game victories, including a 5-0 shutout in the series finale to help UCLA punch its ticket to OKC.
โข Earlier this postseason, Ramirez recorded a career-high-tying three-hit performance against UC Santa Barbara in the Regional Final on May 18. Ramirez went 3-for-4 with three separate RBI singles for a total of five runs driven in.
โข Against Northwestern on May 3, Ramirez logged the first two-homer game of her career and recorded a career-high six RBIs to lead the Bruins to a 15-8 win. The next day, Ramirez made her first start behind the dish since week one of the 2024 season.
โข Ramirez has started six total games at catcher and made 29 other starts as the team's designated player since her return in 2025.
โข Ramirez opened 2024 hitting a blistering .455 (5-for-11) with a homer and double before going down with the injury.
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Pick Your Poison
UCLA is led in the circle by a trio of aces in freshman Addisen Fisher, sophomore Kaitlyn Terry and junior Taylor Tinsley. Each pitcher has appeared in at least 31 games and worked 113.0-plus innings for the Bruins this season. UCLA is one four programs (Army, Ole Miss and SELA) to have at least three pitchers log 100.0-plus innings pitched; the Bruins were one of two teams (Army) to accomplish that feat during the regular season. Tinsley leads the staff with a 0.92 WHIP, 8.6 K/7 and 1.04 BB/7 in addition to registering a 2.42 earned run average, 14-4 record and 148 strikeouts over 119.0 innings. Tinsley's 0.92 WHIP ranks ninth in the nation and leads the Big Ten.
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Two-Way Terry
โข Sophomore LHP Kaitlyn Terry has been a five-tool player for the Bruins this season. Terry, who has started 32 games in right field and made 31 appearances in the circle, has used her bat and speed on the basepaths to generate runs. The slap hitter is a perfect 9-for-9 on stolen base attempts while hitting for a .278 batting average (35-for-126) in the No. 9 spot of UCLA's lineup.
โข Terry leads UCLA's pitching staff with 136.1 innings pitched and 159 strikeouts this season.
โข Terry was the winning pitcher in UCLA's Super Regional-clinching victory at South Carolina last Sunday. She struck out four and allowed just two hits over 5.2 scoreless innings. Terry's clutch performance marked the third time over the last three weeks that she's provided three quality starts with 5.0-plus innings, two-or-fewer runs allowed and picked up the win (May 9 vs. (19) Nebraska and May 17 vs. San Diego State).
โข Terry's top performance in the circle this season came at the Big Ten Tournament in a complete-game, 4-2 victory over No. 19-ranked Nebraska on May 9. Terry struck out 13 Huskers, including the Big Ten Player of the Year Jordy Bahl a season-high three times. Terry has four career double-digit strikeout performances, including two this season (other: 14 SO vs. Missouri, Feb. 20).
โข Terry threw her fourth complete-game shutout of the season versus San Diego State in NCAA Regionals on Saturday, May 17. She did not allow a run in her 8.0 innings of work at the NCAA Los Angeles Regional.
โข Against UC Santa Barbara in the Regional opener on May 16, Terry became the first UCLA player to hit a home run and earn a save in the same game since Courtney Dale on March 3, 2001. Both Terry and Dale's homers were three-run shots.
โข Last year, Terry was named the 2024 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year while operating solely as a pitcher, clinching UCLA's fifth such honor over the past seven seasons. Terry became the seventh freshman in UCLA history to win 20-plus games (21-3) in her debut season and first since Garcia in 2017. Terry led last season's staff with 182.0 innings pitched and recorded a 2.38 ERA, 161 strikeouts and .232 opponent batting average.
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Defensive Improvement
UCLA ranks 10th in NCAA DI with a .978 fielding percentage, committing 36 errors in 1,663 total chances. UCLA last finished a season ranked top 10 nationally in fielding percentage and with a .980-plus rate in 2013 (.980, 2nd). This performance is amidst a reshuffling of infield positions due to freshman SS Aleena Garcia's season-ending injury. Beginning March 1, junior Jordan Woolery moved from first base to third base, freshman Kaniya Bragg from third base to shortstop and junior Megan Grant from right field/designated player to first base as a result of the loss of Garcia.
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The Success Phase
Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez has guided UCLA to a 125-23 (.845) record in the months of April and May over the last seven years (2019-pres.), priming her squads for deep postseason runs. Inouye-Perez and the Bruins have reached the Women's College World Series in nine of the last 10 possible seasons (excl. 2020).
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Fisher: Freshman of the Year Top 10
RHP Addisen Fisher made the cut for the NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 10 List, the organization announced Thursday, May 8. Fisher owns a 16-2 record with a 2.59 earned run average and 157 strikeouts over 113.2 innings. Fisher opened her career with a 16-0 record before drawing her first loss, tying Amanda Freed (1999) for the best start by a Bruins' freshman in program history.ย Fisher is the 10th Bruins' student-athlete to be recognized on the Top 25 in the award's 12-year history (since 2014) and the eighth UCLA player to make the Top 10. Fisher, from Bend, Ore., arrived at UCLA as the 2024 Gatorade Softball National Player of the Year and the consensus No. 1-ranked recruit in her class. Fisher is also the first player in program history to hail from the state of Oregon
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Fisher's Best Outing of the Year
Freshman RHP Addisen Fisher pitched a complete-game shutout to lead UCLA to an 8-0 victory in six innings at then-No. 5 Oregon in front of a sold-out crowd of 2,517 fans at Jane Sanders Stadium on Saturday, April 19. Fisher, a native of Bend, Ore., was masterful her return to her home state with three strikeouts and allowing only three hits and one walk. Fisher threw 60 of her 86 total pitches for strikes for a 72.3 percent strike rate, marking her best in a start in a season.
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Back-To-Back National Player of the Week Honors
Junior UTIL Megan Grant was named National Player of the Week by both the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and D1Softball in back-to-back weeks on April 8 and 15. Grant joined Stacey Nuveman (April-May 2002) and Amanda Freed (April-May 2000) as one of three Bruins to repeat in back-to-back weeks.
โข In week 10 (April 8-13), Grant led UCLA to a perfect 4-0 record with a team-best .667 batting average (6-for-9), five home runs, two of which were grand slams, 11 runs batted in, six runs scored and 3.083 OPS. Grant homered in all four games and hit grand slams in back-to-back contests against Cal Baptist on April 8 and in game one versus Washington on Friday, April 11. Grant took over as the NCAA leader in home runs (22) and RBI (68) after her dominant week.
โข The week prior (April 1-5), Grantย recorded team-best .727 batting average (8-for-11), two home runs, nine runs batted in and 1.455 slugging percentage to help the Bruins to four wins, including a top-25 sweep of then-No. 21 Ohio State. Grant played the hero in game one versus the Buckeyes on Friday, April 4, 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.
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Terry & Tinsley's Postseason Experience
UCLA entered the 2024 season without a pitcher owning postseason experience for the first time since 1998. The Bruins' young arms of freshman Kaitlyn Terry and Taylor Tinsley went on to pitch the entirety of Pac-12 Conference play (142.0 IP) and combined to pitch all of UCLA's 49.0 innings during the NCAA Tournament. Terry and Tinsley limited their opponents to just 12 earned runs with a 1.71 earned run average over eight NCAA Tournament games. At the WCWS, the two tag-teamed all three contests and surrendered just five runs total to Alabama (W, 3-1), Oklahoma (L, 1-0) and Stanford (L, 3-1). Terry held the eventual-NCAA champion Sooners to just three hits and one run off a solo homer in her start. Terry struck out veteran Oklahoma catcher Kinzie Hansen, marking the first time all last season that Hansen was struck out by a left-handed pitcher.
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Tinsley's Best Outing of the Year
Junior RHP Taylor Tinsley was named as one of five "Stars of the Week" by media outlet Softball America on April 7 following her dominant performance versus then-No. 21 Ohio State on April 5. Tinsley tossed a one-hit, complete game shutout and struck out 10 against the Buckeyes. Her gem marked the first time Ohio State, the nation's home runs leader, had been shut out in a game this season. The one hit allowed was also the Buckeyes' fewest in a game.
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No Better Time than the Clements
โข Graduate OF Jessica Clements, making her NCAA Tournament debut after spending the three previous seasons at Cal Poly, leads UCLA with a .500 batting average (11-for-22) and nine runs scored through her first six postseason games. She is set to make the 200th start of her career, and her first on college softball's biggest stage, this Thursday versus Oregon.
โข Clements led UCLA in Regionals with a .636 batting average (7-for-11) and two home runs. Clements' second homer came in her final home at-bat at Easton Stadium versus UC Santa Barbara. She entered the postseason with just three homers on the year.
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Clements Keeps Climbing
โข Graduate transfer outfielder Jessica Clements ranks seventh among active NCAA DI players in career hits (264) and 16th in career batting average (.399) with a minimum of 100 games played.
โข Clements, who has bat in the leadoff spot for 62 of 65 games, ranks third on the team and 18th in the country with 79 base hits this season. Additionally, the Bruins' leadoff hitter ranks second on the team with 23 multi-hit games in 2025 and leads UCLA career-wise with 75 such performances over her four years.ย
โข Clements recorded the 200th hit of her career with a bunt single versus Virginia at the Clearwater Invitational 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).
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Home Sweet Home
โข The Bruins recorded a 22-2 home record at Easton Stadium this season, outscoring their opponents 197-57 inside their friendly confines. Thirteen of UCLA's 28 mercy-rule wins this season came at home. UCLA drew its first home losses of the year in the final week of the regular season against Northwestern, snapping a 24-game home winning streak. UCLA holds a 629-132 home record (.827) since Easton Stadium opened its doors in March 1994. Since taking over as UCLA's head coach, Kelly Inouye-Perez has guided the Bruins to a 391-81 record in 472 home games (.828).
โข UCLA went 17-4 in Easton Stadium last season and enters its 32nd campaign in the longtime UCLA home venue. UCLA has surpassed 20 home wins in seven of the last eight full seasons dating back to 2017 (excl. 2020). In 2022, the Bruins set a new benchmark for winning percentage at home, going 26-1 (.963). The year prior, UCLA reached the 30-win plateau for just the second time in stadium history.
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.400's Up
Two players are currently hitting above .400 entering the Women's College World Series: UTIL Savannah Pola (.440) and INF Jordan Woolery (.415). Freshman OF Rylee Slimp (.391) sits just outside the group. UCLA has had two or more players hit above .400 for an entire season in 10 campaigns, last occurring in 2020 when Aaliyah Jordan and Briana Perez reached the benchmark. Only once have the Bruins had three players hit above .400, happening in 1995 thanks to Jennifer Brundage, Tanya Harding and Kelly Howard.
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Bruin No-Hitters This Season
UCLA has tossed three no-hitters this season with one apiece from junior RHP Taylor Tinsley, freshman RHP Addisen Fisher and senior RHP Jada Cecil. The three no-hitters bring the program's total to 126, including 118 of the solo variety.
April 22, vs. Long Beach State: Jada Cecil tossed the first no-hitter of her collegiate career and UCLA's third of the season earlier this week against Long Beach State on Tuesday, April 22 at Easton Stadium. The Temecula, Calif. native totaled eight strikeouts โ her second-most in a game this season โ and issued two walks and two hit-by-pitches in her outing.
March 8, at San Diego State: Taylor Tinsley recorded the second no-hitter of her career โ and her first in seven innings โ versus San Diego State at SDSU Softball Stadium on March 8. Tinsley struck out nine batters and allowed just two baserunners โ one walk and one via fielding error โ in her spectacular outing. Tinsley's first career no-hitter came in her collegiate debut versus CSU Bakersfield at Easton Stadium her freshman season in 2023. Her no-hitter versus the Aztecs came against a San Diego State program that has made three straight NCAA Tournament appearances and won the last three Mountain West Conference championships.
March 26, at Howard: Addisen Fisher threw the first no-hitter of her collegiate career and UCLA's second no-no of the season at Howard on March 26, going 5.0 innings while striking out six and allowing only two baserunners (one walk and one fielding error). Fisher did not let a ball leave the infield, recording six strikeouts and nine groundouts.
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Not to Bragg, But โฆ
Freshman INF Kaniya Bragg set the UCLA single-season record for hit-by-pitches with 18 after wearing a pitch against Ohio State on April 4. Bragg needed just 40 games to break Crissy Buck's original mark which was set in the Bruins' 64th and final game of the 2002 season. She currently leads the country 21 hit-by-pitches this season.
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The Best Show in Town
UCLA drew record crowds or sold-out crowds during each of its four Big Ten Conference road trips in the team's first year in the new league. In game one of their series at Iowa on March 22, the Bruins performed in front of a max-capacity Bob Pearl Softball Field with 1,375 fans. One week later at Maryland, UCLA earned two wins with 1,000-plus fans in attendance for each of the last two games the series, ushering in crowds of 1,200 and 1,004, respectively. For a top-10 series at Oregon from April 18-20, the Bruins and Ducks averaged 2,300-plus fans for all three games. In games one and two at Michigan on April 26-27, the Bruins clinched wins in front of crowds of 2,432 and 2,443, respectively.
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More Notes on Coach I
โข Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez is the only person to have won an NCAA Division I Softball Championship as a player and head coach.
โข Inouye-Perez has made the NCAA Tournament in all 19 possible seasons (excl. 2020).
โข Inouye-Perez's five Pac-10/12 regular season titles rank third-most in conference history behind Mike Candrea (10) and Sue Enquist (7).
โข UCLA has finished first or second in conference play in each of the last 10 seasons under Inouye-Perez.
โข Inouye-Perez has led UCLA to nine 50-win seasons in her 19 years as head coach.
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The second-ever WCWS meeting between the Bruins (54-11, 17-5 Big Ten) and Ducks (53-8, 19-3 Big Ten) will be televised on ESPN2. Broadcasters Matt Brown (pbp), Amanda Scarborough (analyst) and Taylor McGregor (reporter) will be on the call.
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UCLA is led by USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist Jordan Woolery and Top 25 Finalist Megan Grant. The two junior sluggers have combined for 165 runs batted in and 48 home runs, which lead all duos in the nation. Grant and Woolery's combined RBI total are most-ever by a pair of UCLA sluggers in a single-season.
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The Bruins look to claim their 13th NCAA title and their first since the turn of the decade. UCLA is the only program to have won an NCAA Championship in every decade since the governing body adopted softball in 1982. UCLA has won a record 12 NCAA Championships (1982, '84, '85, '88, '89, '90, '92, '99, 2003, '04, '10 and '19) and 13 total national championships, including its 1978 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) title.
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Pre-WCWS Press Conference
WCWS Bracket
NCAA Tournament Interactive Bracket
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Key Notes About The Bruins
โข UCLA won back-to-back elimination games in Super Regionals at South Carolina to advance to the WCWS.
โข On the brink of elimination and down to UCLA's final out of the season, junior INF Jordan Woolery hit a 2-run walk-off homer to cap a four-run rally in game two of Supers against South Carolina. Woolery's homer secured the largest seventh-inning comeback in UCLA postseason history.
โข UCLA ranks top-10 nationally in runs scored (3rd - 476), home runs (8th - 95), slugging (8th - .597) and on-base pct. (9th - .439).
โข UCLA ranks second in the nation with a +313 run differential (+476/-163), trailing only Oregon.
โข UCLA leads all NCAA DI programs with 54 wins this season.
โข UCLA finished runner-up in both the Big Ten Conference regular season and Big Ten Tournament Championship in its inaugural season as a member of the bi-coastal conference.
โข UCLA has finished first or second in conference play in each of the last 10 seasons under head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez.
โข UCLA has set a new single-season program record with 28 mercy-rule wins. The previous mark was 21 set in 2010 and 2015.
โข UCLA is averaging 1.46 homers per game for its best rate since the 2013 season (1.47 HR/GP).
โข UCLA ranks 10th in the nation with a .978 fielding percentage (36 E, 1,663 TC).
โข Juniors Jordan Woolery (Top 10) and Megan Grant (Top 25) were named Finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year.
โข Woolery leads the nation and ranks second in UCLA single-season history with 86 runs batted in.
โข UCLA's lineup boasts two of the top six RBI leaders in the country in Woolery (1st - 86) and Grant (6th - 79).
โข Grant (25 HR) and Woolery (23 HR) are just the second duo in UCLA history to each hit 20-plus homers in a single season.
โข Grant ranks fourth in the nation and second in UCLA single-season history with 25 home runs.
โข Grant is tied with Ohio State's Jasmyn Burns for the Big Ten single-season home run record with 25 longballs.
โข UTIL Savannah Pola ranks third in the nation in base hits (96) and fourth in runs scored (73).
โข Pola needs two more runs to tie UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Natasha Watley's single-season record of 75 set in 2001.
โข Pola is also one double away from matching the UCLA single-season record of 21 set by Lyndsey Klein in 1999.
โข OF Jessica Clements leads UCLA with a .500 batting average (11-for-22) and 11 base hits in her first-ever NCAA Tournament.
โข UCLA's pitching staff ranks top-5 in WHIP (3rd - 1.07), K/BB ratio (3rd - 4.33), strikeouts (4th - 455) and shutouts (5th - 18).
โข UCLA's trio of aces โ Taylor Tinsley, Kaitlyn Terry and Addisen Fisher โ has each appeared in 30 games and worked 110.0 innings.
โข UCLA has one of two pitching staffs in the WCWS with three pitchers who have each logged 100.0 innings each (Ole Miss).
โข Tinsley (2.42 ERA, 15-4, 157 SO) leads the staff this season with a 0.92 WHIP and 8.26 K/BB ratio.
โข Fisher (16-2, 2.59 ERA, 100 SO) was named to the NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 10 List on May 8.
โข Terry and Tinsley combined to throw all 49.0 innings in last year's NCAA Tournament to help UCLA reach the WCWS.
โข Terry (1.82 ERA, 42.1 IP) Tinsley (1.83 ERA, 38.1 IP) each own a sub-2.00 career postseason ERA.
โข Inouye-Perez has reached the Women's College World Series 11 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.
โข Inouye-Perez is the only person to win an NCAA Division I Softball Championship as both a player and head coach.
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UCLA's Postseason History
โข The Bruins are making their 40th NCAA Tournament appearance and their 26th straight appearance since 1999.
โข UCLA is the winningest program in the history of college softball with 12 NCAA Championships.
โข The Bruins' 33 Women's College World Series (WCWS) appearances are also an NCAA record.
โข UCLA holds the distinction as the only program to win a championship in every decade, including its 1978 AIAW title.
โข UCLA owns an all-time NCAA Tournament record of 244-69 (.780), including a 104-43 mark (.707) at the WCWS since 1982.
โข UCLA has reached the WCWS in nine of the last 10 seasons the championship event was held (excl. 2020).
โข The Bruins won the first-ever title under the umbrella of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1982.
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Series History Versus Oregon
โข UCLA leads the all-time series versus Oregon, 97-33, dating back to 1985. The Bruins dropped the regular-season series (April 18-20) to the Ducks, 2-1. Freshman RHP Addisen Fisher, a native of Bend, Ore., pitched a complete-game shutout in an 8-0 run-rule drubbing on April 19 to even the series in front of a sold-out crowd in her return to her home state.
โข INF Jordan Woolery led UCLA during the regular-season series versus Oregon with a .571 batting average (4-for-7) and four RBIs.
โข Thursday evening's contest will mark just the second time UCLA and Oregon have met at the Women's College World Series and the fifth time in all of postseason play (UCLA leads, 4-1). The Bruins defeated the Ducks, 7-1, on May 28, 2015 in their WCWS opener. Then-senior Ally Carda turned in a complete-game performance with three strikeouts to earn the victory.
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Bru-Win Magic in South Carolina
โข Junior INF Jordan Woolery hit a 2-run walk-off homer over the left field wall with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to lead UCLA to a thrilling 5-4 come-from-behind victory over host South Carolina in game two of Super Regionals on Saturday, May 24. Trailing 4-1, the Bruins rallied for four runs in their final plate appearances to secure the largest seventh-inning comeback in UCLA postseason history. Woolery entered that at-bat 0-for-6 in the series with four strikeouts.
โข After losing game one of the best-of-three series on Friday, UCLA was tasked with winning back-to-back elimination games in front of a hostile SEC crowd. Aside from a solo shot in the fifth inning by freshman Sofia Mujica, the Bruins were unable to muster any offense for the majority of game two before the late-game rally.
โข Woolery's home run โ her 23rd of the season โ marked UCLA's first postseason walk-off homer since Rachel Garcia's 3-run shot versus Washington in the 2019 Women's College World Series.
โข Woolery now has three game-tying or go-ahead base hits in the sixth inning or later in her postseason career. She hit a game-tying triple in game two of the 2024 Regionals versus Virginia Tech and a go-ahead three-run home run versus Alabama in the 2024 WCWS opener.
โข LHP Kaitlyn Terry (W, 5.2 IP, 4 SO) and RHP Taylor Tinsley (S, 1.1 IP, 2 SO) combined for one of UCLA's most dominant pitching performances of the season in a decisive game three, shutting out the host Gamecocks 5-0 to punch the Bruins' ticket to OKC. Every pitch of the game was called by redshirt sophomore catcher Alexis Ramirez.
โข UTIL Savannah Pola (6-for-12, 2 2B, 1 3B) and Megan Grant (4-for-8) both led UCLA with a .500 batting average during Supers. Grant was intentionally walked twice in game three by South Carolina.
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Recapping the NCAA Los Angeles Regional
โข For the first time in program history, UCLA opened the NCAA Tournament with three straight run-rule victories in their games against UC Santa Barbara and San Diego State. It also marked the first time in the Super Regional era (since 2005) that the Bruins recorded three run-rule wins in Regionals. Additionally, UCLA set a new best for run differential in an NCAA Regional in the Super Regional era with a benchmark of +29. The Bruins outscored their opponents 31-2 over the three games.
โข UCLA hit for a collective 1.297 OPS (.807 SLG, .490 OBP) in NCAA Regionals for its best single-week mark yet this season. The Bruins totaled a .422 batting average (35-81) with 16 extra-base hits, including seven home runs. Five separate UCLA players hit for a +.400 batting average in the Regional, led by graduate OF Jessica Clements (.636) who went 7-for-11.
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The Bruin Bombers
โข Juniors Jordan Woolery (86 RBI, 23 HR) and Megan Grant (79 RBI, 25 HR) lead all duos in the country with a combined 165 runs batted in and 48 home runs. The two Bay Area natives collected 13 RBIs during NCAA Regionals to improve their season total to 161, breaking a 26-year-old record for most by a UCLA duo in single-season history. Woolery's 86 RBIs rank second-most in UCLA single-season history behind Stacey Nuveman's mark of 91 set in 1999. Grant is third all-time behind Woolery with her 79 RBIs.
โข The two sluggers are also just the second UCLA duo to each hit 20-plus home runs in a single season, first being accomplished in 2015 by Stephany LaRosa (20 HR) and Delaney Spaulding (20 HR). This is not the first time the two made UCLA history together; as All-Americans in 2023, Grant and Woolery combined for 104 runs batted in which were the most all-time by a Bruin freshman duo.
โข Woolery and Grant have hit back-to-back home runs twice this season, last occurring during NCAA Regionals against UC Santa Barbara on May 18.
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USA Softball Player of the Year Finalists
Juniors Jordan Woolery (Top 10) and Megan Grant (Top 25) were named Finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. Woolery made the cut for the Top 10 on May 14. This marks the first time in Grant and Woolery's careers that the two Bay Area natives have been named as Finalists. The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award is considered the most prestigious honor in Division I women's collegiate softball.
โข Woolery is having a career year in 2025 with bests in batting average (.415), slugging percentage (.896), on-base percentage (.504), and home runs (23). The Walnut Creek, Calif. product leads the nation in RBIs (86), ranks third in total bases (173) and is seventh in home runs (23).
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All-Big Ten Honorees
Four Bruins were represented on the All-Big Ten First Team in UCLA's inaugural season in the conference. The selections include juniors Megan Grant, Taylor Tinsley and Jordan Woolery and senior Savannah Pola. UCLA RHP Addisen Fisher and OF Rylee Slimp were also named to the league's All-Freshman Team.
First Team: Grant and Woolery have now been named First Team all-conference in all three years at UCLA (two All-Pac-12). This marks Tinsley's second straight First Team recognition. Pola received her third all-league selection and was named to the First Team for the first time in her four-year career (All-Pac-12 Third Team in 2022 and 2023).
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All-West Region Honors
A maximum eight UCLA player received National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-West Region accolades. The Bruins saw a region-high five players named to the First Team with pitchers Addisen Fisher and Taylor Tinsley, first baseman Megan Grant, second baseman Savannah Pola and third baseman Jordan Woolery. Outfielders Jessica Clements and Rylee Slimp were honored on the All-West Region Second Team while pitcher/utility Kaitlyn Terry was named to the Third Team. UCLA's eight All-West Region recipients are now up for All-America consideration, which will be announced prior to the start of the Women's College World Series.
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Let Chef Cook
โข Junior Megan Grant ranks fourth in the nation and leads all players at the Women's College World Series with 25 home runs this season. Grant ranks second in UCLA single-season history in that category, trailing Stacey Nuveman's record of 31 set in 1999.
โข Grant is currently tied with Ohio State's Jasmyn Burns for the Big Ten single-season home run record with 25 longballs.
โข Grant's 79 runs batted in rank third all-time in UCLA single-season history behind her teammate Jordan Woolery (86 RBI) and Nuveman (91 RBI, 1999).
โข Thirty-eight of Grant's 61 base hits this season have been for extra bases (62.3%).
โข Grant tied Stacey Nuveman (1999) as the fastest Bruins to reach 20 home runs in a single season, both needing only 42 games.
โข Grant's home runs have come in bunches this season, recording two separate stretches of five straight games with a homer (March 1-8) and four straight games (April 8-13).
โข Grant had a four-game stretch with three grand slams from April 4-11 earlier this season. She has recorded six total grand slams in her career, which leads the active roster.
โข Grant notched the fourth multi-homer game of her career and third of the season versus Washington on Friday, April 11.
โข Grant currently boasts the best batting average of her career with a .384 mark (61-for-159).
โข Perhaps most impressive, Grant has only struck out nine times in 213 plate appearances this season (4.2% strikeout rate). For reference, Grant struck out 30-plus times in each of her freshman and sophomore seasons.
โข Grant has been intentionally walked seven times in 2025 which is the highest season total by any Bruin from each of the last four years. Two of those intentional walks came in game three of Super Regionals at South Carolina on May 25.
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Beneficiary Bruins
UCLA table setters Jessica Clements and Savannah Pola have contributed a large part to Jordan Woolery and Megan Grant's staggering RBI numbers. Pola, who has bat in the No. 2 spot in 63 of UCLA's 65 games, has scored 73 of the team's 476 runs this season. Likewise, Clements, who has been penciled as the leadoff in 62 games, has crossed home plate 70 times. Pola and Clements both rank fourth and eighth in the country in runs scored, respectively. Pola's .440 batting average paces the Bruins' squad while Clements is hitting a respectable .374 in her first year as member of a "Power 4" program. This postseason, Clements leads UCLA with a .500 average (11-for-22) while Pola is right behind batting .455 (10-for-22).
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Pola's Breakout Season
โข Senior UTIL Savannah Pola is registering career-best offensive numbers across the board in 2025. Pola, who has recorded two 10-plus-game hitting streaks this season, leads UCLA with a .440 batting average (96-for-218) and 33 multi-hit games.
โข The Santa Ana, Calif. product ranks third in the country with 96 base hits and fourth with 73 runs scored.
โข Pola's 96 base hits rank fifth in UCLA single-season history and are the most by a Bruin since Natasha Watley in 2003 (102 H).
โข Pola needs two more runs to tie UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Natasha Watley's single-season record of 75 set in 2001.
โข UCLA is 31-2 when Pola records multiple hits in a ballgame this season (losses were to Virginia and South Carolina).
โข Pola has more than tripled her hit production from last season (.241 avg., 28-for-116).
โข Pola recorded two doubles in game three at South Carolina on May 25, improving her season total to 20.
โข Pola ranks second on UCLA's single-season doubles list and needs one more to tie Lyndsey Klein's record set in 1999 (21 2B).
โข Pola leads UCLA in its last 10 games with a .471 batting average (16-for-34), 16 hits and 10 runs scored.
โข Defensively, Pola has yet to commit and error thanks to her stellar play over 40 starts at second base (151 TC).
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Elite Offensive Numbers
โข UCLA ranks second behind Oregon for the national lead with a +313 run differential, scoring 476 runs while allowing 163. The last time UCLA had a run differential of +313 or better for a season was in 2019 when it won the program's 12th NCAA title (+336). The program record for run differential is +341 set in 2001 (+418/-77).
โข The Bruins rank eighth in the nation in both home runs (95) and slugging percentage (.597).
โข UCLA's 95 home runs are tied for second-most in school single-season history (2010, 108 HR). The Bruins hit a program-record 108 home runs in 2010 and 95 homers in 1999 (both NCAA title seasons).
โข The Bruins' 476 runs scored rank second-most in UCLA single-season history (2015, 499 R).
โข Seven of UCLA's everyday starters (Clements, Pola, Grant, Woolery, Slimp, Bragg and Ramirez) in the batting lineup own an on-base percentage of at least .400 or better entering the WCWS. Terry is just outside the group with a .385 OBP.
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Showing No Mercy
UCLA has set a new single-season program record with 28 mercy-rule wins in 2025. The Bruins broke the record their 40th game into the season with a 14-6 decision in five innings versus Ohio State on April 4. The Bruins surpassed the previous mark of 21 set twice in the 2010 and 2015 seasons. Additionally, UCLA has shut out its opponent 18 times, which is good for fifth-best in the country and leads the Big Ten. On the year, UCLA is averaging 7.32 runs per game, which ranks 13th in NCAA DI.
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Plate Discipline
โข UCLA has drawn 245 walks and 56 hit-by-pitches this season for a total of 301 free passes.
โข UCLA's .439 on-base percentage also ranks ninth in NCAA DI and currently sits at fourth-best all-time for a Bruins team.
โข 126 of UCLA's 301 free passes have come around to score, accounting for more than a quarter (26.5%) of the team's total runs.
โข UCLA's offense is averaging 3.06 strikeouts per game (199 SO), marking its lowest rate since the 2002 season (2.46 SO/GP).
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Double Vision
UCLA ranks third in the country with 105 doubles this season, which is second-most for a Bruins team (2015, 107 2B). UCLA has recorded 100-plus doubles four times in program history (2025, 2015, 2010 and '02). The Bruins have logged four or more doubles in a single game on eight occasions this season, including a season-high seven doubles versus Weber State on March 1, which was good for fourth-most in a single game in program history.
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Alexis "Lefty" Ramirez"
โข Redshirt sophomore Alexis Ramirez, affectionately nicknamed "Lefty" for being a left-handed-throwing catcher, has been effective since returning to the lineup on March 22 versus Iowa after sustaining a season-ending knee injury during week one of 2024.
โข Ramirez has recorded a .341 batting average (30-for-88) with 26 runs batted in over her 34 games played this season.
โข Ramirez caught back-to-back games for the first time this season in the last two days of Super Regionals versus South Carolina (May 24-25). Ramirez called the majority of the pitches in both of UCLA's elimination-game victories, including a 5-0 shutout in the series finale to help UCLA punch its ticket to OKC.
โข Earlier this postseason, Ramirez recorded a career-high-tying three-hit performance against UC Santa Barbara in the Regional Final on May 18. Ramirez went 3-for-4 with three separate RBI singles for a total of five runs driven in.
โข Against Northwestern on May 3, Ramirez logged the first two-homer game of her career and recorded a career-high six RBIs to lead the Bruins to a 15-8 win. The next day, Ramirez made her first start behind the dish since week one of the 2024 season.
โข Ramirez has started six total games at catcher and made 29 other starts as the team's designated player since her return in 2025.
โข Ramirez opened 2024 hitting a blistering .455 (5-for-11) with a homer and double before going down with the injury.
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Pick Your Poison
UCLA is led in the circle by a trio of aces in freshman Addisen Fisher, sophomore Kaitlyn Terry and junior Taylor Tinsley. Each pitcher has appeared in at least 31 games and worked 113.0-plus innings for the Bruins this season. UCLA is one four programs (Army, Ole Miss and SELA) to have at least three pitchers log 100.0-plus innings pitched; the Bruins were one of two teams (Army) to accomplish that feat during the regular season. Tinsley leads the staff with a 0.92 WHIP, 8.6 K/7 and 1.04 BB/7 in addition to registering a 2.42 earned run average, 14-4 record and 148 strikeouts over 119.0 innings. Tinsley's 0.92 WHIP ranks ninth in the nation and leads the Big Ten.
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Two-Way Terry
โข Sophomore LHP Kaitlyn Terry has been a five-tool player for the Bruins this season. Terry, who has started 32 games in right field and made 31 appearances in the circle, has used her bat and speed on the basepaths to generate runs. The slap hitter is a perfect 9-for-9 on stolen base attempts while hitting for a .278 batting average (35-for-126) in the No. 9 spot of UCLA's lineup.
โข Terry leads UCLA's pitching staff with 136.1 innings pitched and 159 strikeouts this season.
โข Terry was the winning pitcher in UCLA's Super Regional-clinching victory at South Carolina last Sunday. She struck out four and allowed just two hits over 5.2 scoreless innings. Terry's clutch performance marked the third time over the last three weeks that she's provided three quality starts with 5.0-plus innings, two-or-fewer runs allowed and picked up the win (May 9 vs. (19) Nebraska and May 17 vs. San Diego State).
โข Terry's top performance in the circle this season came at the Big Ten Tournament in a complete-game, 4-2 victory over No. 19-ranked Nebraska on May 9. Terry struck out 13 Huskers, including the Big Ten Player of the Year Jordy Bahl a season-high three times. Terry has four career double-digit strikeout performances, including two this season (other: 14 SO vs. Missouri, Feb. 20).
โข Terry threw her fourth complete-game shutout of the season versus San Diego State in NCAA Regionals on Saturday, May 17. She did not allow a run in her 8.0 innings of work at the NCAA Los Angeles Regional.
โข Against UC Santa Barbara in the Regional opener on May 16, Terry became the first UCLA player to hit a home run and earn a save in the same game since Courtney Dale on March 3, 2001. Both Terry and Dale's homers were three-run shots.
โข Last year, Terry was named the 2024 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year while operating solely as a pitcher, clinching UCLA's fifth such honor over the past seven seasons. Terry became the seventh freshman in UCLA history to win 20-plus games (21-3) in her debut season and first since Garcia in 2017. Terry led last season's staff with 182.0 innings pitched and recorded a 2.38 ERA, 161 strikeouts and .232 opponent batting average.
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Defensive Improvement
UCLA ranks 10th in NCAA DI with a .978 fielding percentage, committing 36 errors in 1,663 total chances. UCLA last finished a season ranked top 10 nationally in fielding percentage and with a .980-plus rate in 2013 (.980, 2nd). This performance is amidst a reshuffling of infield positions due to freshman SS Aleena Garcia's season-ending injury. Beginning March 1, junior Jordan Woolery moved from first base to third base, freshman Kaniya Bragg from third base to shortstop and junior Megan Grant from right field/designated player to first base as a result of the loss of Garcia.
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The Success Phase
Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez has guided UCLA to a 125-23 (.845) record in the months of April and May over the last seven years (2019-pres.), priming her squads for deep postseason runs. Inouye-Perez and the Bruins have reached the Women's College World Series in nine of the last 10 possible seasons (excl. 2020).
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Fisher: Freshman of the Year Top 10
RHP Addisen Fisher made the cut for the NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 10 List, the organization announced Thursday, May 8. Fisher owns a 16-2 record with a 2.59 earned run average and 157 strikeouts over 113.2 innings. Fisher opened her career with a 16-0 record before drawing her first loss, tying Amanda Freed (1999) for the best start by a Bruins' freshman in program history.ย Fisher is the 10th Bruins' student-athlete to be recognized on the Top 25 in the award's 12-year history (since 2014) and the eighth UCLA player to make the Top 10. Fisher, from Bend, Ore., arrived at UCLA as the 2024 Gatorade Softball National Player of the Year and the consensus No. 1-ranked recruit in her class. Fisher is also the first player in program history to hail from the state of Oregon
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Fisher's Best Outing of the Year
Freshman RHP Addisen Fisher pitched a complete-game shutout to lead UCLA to an 8-0 victory in six innings at then-No. 5 Oregon in front of a sold-out crowd of 2,517 fans at Jane Sanders Stadium on Saturday, April 19. Fisher, a native of Bend, Ore., was masterful her return to her home state with three strikeouts and allowing only three hits and one walk. Fisher threw 60 of her 86 total pitches for strikes for a 72.3 percent strike rate, marking her best in a start in a season.
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Back-To-Back National Player of the Week Honors
Junior UTIL Megan Grant was named National Player of the Week by both the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and D1Softball in back-to-back weeks on April 8 and 15. Grant joined Stacey Nuveman (April-May 2002) and Amanda Freed (April-May 2000) as one of three Bruins to repeat in back-to-back weeks.
โข In week 10 (April 8-13), Grant led UCLA to a perfect 4-0 record with a team-best .667 batting average (6-for-9), five home runs, two of which were grand slams, 11 runs batted in, six runs scored and 3.083 OPS. Grant homered in all four games and hit grand slams in back-to-back contests against Cal Baptist on April 8 and in game one versus Washington on Friday, April 11. Grant took over as the NCAA leader in home runs (22) and RBI (68) after her dominant week.
โข The week prior (April 1-5), Grantย recorded team-best .727 batting average (8-for-11), two home runs, nine runs batted in and 1.455 slugging percentage to help the Bruins to four wins, including a top-25 sweep of then-No. 21 Ohio State. Grant played the hero in game one versus the Buckeyes on Friday, April 4, 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.
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Terry & Tinsley's Postseason Experience
UCLA entered the 2024 season without a pitcher owning postseason experience for the first time since 1998. The Bruins' young arms of freshman Kaitlyn Terry and Taylor Tinsley went on to pitch the entirety of Pac-12 Conference play (142.0 IP) and combined to pitch all of UCLA's 49.0 innings during the NCAA Tournament. Terry and Tinsley limited their opponents to just 12 earned runs with a 1.71 earned run average over eight NCAA Tournament games. At the WCWS, the two tag-teamed all three contests and surrendered just five runs total to Alabama (W, 3-1), Oklahoma (L, 1-0) and Stanford (L, 3-1). Terry held the eventual-NCAA champion Sooners to just three hits and one run off a solo homer in her start. Terry struck out veteran Oklahoma catcher Kinzie Hansen, marking the first time all last season that Hansen was struck out by a left-handed pitcher.
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Tinsley's Best Outing of the Year
Junior RHP Taylor Tinsley was named as one of five "Stars of the Week" by media outlet Softball America on April 7 following her dominant performance versus then-No. 21 Ohio State on April 5. Tinsley tossed a one-hit, complete game shutout and struck out 10 against the Buckeyes. Her gem marked the first time Ohio State, the nation's home runs leader, had been shut out in a game this season. The one hit allowed was also the Buckeyes' fewest in a game.
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No Better Time than the Clements
โข Graduate OF Jessica Clements, making her NCAA Tournament debut after spending the three previous seasons at Cal Poly, leads UCLA with a .500 batting average (11-for-22) and nine runs scored through her first six postseason games. She is set to make the 200th start of her career, and her first on college softball's biggest stage, this Thursday versus Oregon.
โข Clements led UCLA in Regionals with a .636 batting average (7-for-11) and two home runs. Clements' second homer came in her final home at-bat at Easton Stadium versus UC Santa Barbara. She entered the postseason with just three homers on the year.
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Clements Keeps Climbing
โข Graduate transfer outfielder Jessica Clements ranks seventh among active NCAA DI players in career hits (264) and 16th in career batting average (.399) with a minimum of 100 games played.
โข Clements, who has bat in the leadoff spot for 62 of 65 games, ranks third on the team and 18th in the country with 79 base hits this season. Additionally, the Bruins' leadoff hitter ranks second on the team with 23 multi-hit games in 2025 and leads UCLA career-wise with 75 such performances over her four years.ย
โข Clements recorded the 200th hit of her career with a bunt single versus Virginia at the Clearwater Invitational 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).
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Home Sweet Home
โข The Bruins recorded a 22-2 home record at Easton Stadium this season, outscoring their opponents 197-57 inside their friendly confines. Thirteen of UCLA's 28 mercy-rule wins this season came at home. UCLA drew its first home losses of the year in the final week of the regular season against Northwestern, snapping a 24-game home winning streak. UCLA holds a 629-132 home record (.827) since Easton Stadium opened its doors in March 1994. Since taking over as UCLA's head coach, Kelly Inouye-Perez has guided the Bruins to a 391-81 record in 472 home games (.828).
โข UCLA went 17-4 in Easton Stadium last season and enters its 32nd campaign in the longtime UCLA home venue. UCLA has surpassed 20 home wins in seven of the last eight full seasons dating back to 2017 (excl. 2020). In 2022, the Bruins set a new benchmark for winning percentage at home, going 26-1 (.963). The year prior, UCLA reached the 30-win plateau for just the second time in stadium history.
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.400's Up
Two players are currently hitting above .400 entering the Women's College World Series: UTIL Savannah Pola (.440) and INF Jordan Woolery (.415). Freshman OF Rylee Slimp (.391) sits just outside the group. UCLA has had two or more players hit above .400 for an entire season in 10 campaigns, last occurring in 2020 when Aaliyah Jordan and Briana Perez reached the benchmark. Only once have the Bruins had three players hit above .400, happening in 1995 thanks to Jennifer Brundage, Tanya Harding and Kelly Howard.
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Bruin No-Hitters This Season
UCLA has tossed three no-hitters this season with one apiece from junior RHP Taylor Tinsley, freshman RHP Addisen Fisher and senior RHP Jada Cecil. The three no-hitters bring the program's total to 126, including 118 of the solo variety.
April 22, vs. Long Beach State: Jada Cecil tossed the first no-hitter of her collegiate career and UCLA's third of the season earlier this week against Long Beach State on Tuesday, April 22 at Easton Stadium. The Temecula, Calif. native totaled eight strikeouts โ her second-most in a game this season โ and issued two walks and two hit-by-pitches in her outing.
March 8, at San Diego State: Taylor Tinsley recorded the second no-hitter of her career โ and her first in seven innings โ versus San Diego State at SDSU Softball Stadium on March 8. Tinsley struck out nine batters and allowed just two baserunners โ one walk and one via fielding error โ in her spectacular outing. Tinsley's first career no-hitter came in her collegiate debut versus CSU Bakersfield at Easton Stadium her freshman season in 2023. Her no-hitter versus the Aztecs came against a San Diego State program that has made three straight NCAA Tournament appearances and won the last three Mountain West Conference championships.
March 26, at Howard: Addisen Fisher threw the first no-hitter of her collegiate career and UCLA's second no-no of the season at Howard on March 26, going 5.0 innings while striking out six and allowing only two baserunners (one walk and one fielding error). Fisher did not let a ball leave the infield, recording six strikeouts and nine groundouts.
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Not to Bragg, But โฆ
Freshman INF Kaniya Bragg set the UCLA single-season record for hit-by-pitches with 18 after wearing a pitch against Ohio State on April 4. Bragg needed just 40 games to break Crissy Buck's original mark which was set in the Bruins' 64th and final game of the 2002 season. She currently leads the country 21 hit-by-pitches this season.
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The Best Show in Town
UCLA drew record crowds or sold-out crowds during each of its four Big Ten Conference road trips in the team's first year in the new league. In game one of their series at Iowa on March 22, the Bruins performed in front of a max-capacity Bob Pearl Softball Field with 1,375 fans. One week later at Maryland, UCLA earned two wins with 1,000-plus fans in attendance for each of the last two games the series, ushering in crowds of 1,200 and 1,004, respectively. For a top-10 series at Oregon from April 18-20, the Bruins and Ducks averaged 2,300-plus fans for all three games. In games one and two at Michigan on April 26-27, the Bruins clinched wins in front of crowds of 2,432 and 2,443, respectively.
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More Notes on Coach I
โข Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez is the only person to have won an NCAA Division I Softball Championship as a player and head coach.
โข Inouye-Perez has made the NCAA Tournament in all 19 possible seasons (excl. 2020).
โข Inouye-Perez's five Pac-10/12 regular season titles rank third-most in conference history behind Mike Candrea (10) and Sue Enquist (7).
โข UCLA has finished first or second in conference play in each of the last 10 seasons under Inouye-Perez.
โข Inouye-Perez has led UCLA to nine 50-win seasons in her 19 years as head coach.
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