No. 7 Softball Set to Begin 2026 Season

Friday, February 6

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No. 7 Softball Set to Begin 2026 Season

February 05, 2026 | Softball

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LOS ANGELES – No. 7-ranked UCLA begins its 52nd season of organized softball in 2026 with five games at the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament and Mark Campbell Invitational this week. The Bruins (0-0) open the season at Easton Stadium on Friday, Feb. 6 with two home games versus UC Santa Barbara at 4 p.m. (PT) and Northern Colorado at 6:30 p.m. Both games will be available for viewing on Big Ten Plus (B1G+). Fans in attendance will receiving a complimentary schedule poster.

After Friday's action, UCLA travels to Bill Barber Park in Orange County for two games at the Mark Campbell Invitational on Saturday against former Pac-12 Conference foes Oregon State at 4 p.m. and Utah at 6:30 p.m. Both contests will be streamed by FloCollege. The Bruins close Week 1 action on Sunday back at home against UC Riverside at 1 p.m. on B1G+.

GAME INFORMATION
Schedule
Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament Schedule (Easton Stadium)
Friday, Feb. 6 – Northern Colorado vs. UC Santa Barbara – 1:30 p.m. (PT)
Friday, Feb. 6 – UCLA vs. UC Santa Barbara – 4 p.m. (PT) – B1G+
Friday, Feb. 6 – UCLA vs. Northern Colorado – 6:30 p.m. (PT) – B1G+
Sunday, Feb. 8 – UC Riverside vs. Northern Colorado – 10:30 a.m. (PT)
Sunday, Feb. 8 – UCLA vs. UC Riverside – 1 p.m. (PT) – B1G+

Mark Campbell Invitational (Bill Barber Park – Irvine, Calif.)
Saturday, Feb. 7 – UCLA vs. Oregon State – 4 p.m. (PT) – FloCollege
Saturday, Feb. 7 – UCLA vs. Utah – 6:30 p.m. (PT) – FloCollege

Watch: BigTenPlus.com (Fri. / Sun.) & FloCollege (Sat.)
B1G+ Talent: Jonah Malkin (play-by-play), Sharlize Palacios (analyst)
FloCollege Talent: Chris Hook (play-by-play), Sydney Supple (analyst)
Live Stats: ucla.statbroadcast.com

UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)
Single-game tickets for all 20 of UCLA's home games are on sale. 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. Additionally, fans with a 2025-26 Olympic Sports Card, available to purchase for $110, will gain admission to every home game.

The next opportunity to watch UCLA play at Easton Stadium after the Tournament will not be until March 6, when the Bruins' open Big Ten play for their second season in the conference.

KEY NOTES ABOUT UCLA
• UCLA plays its 52nd season of softball this spring, the 20th with head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez at the helm.
• UCLA made an NCAA-record 33rd Women's College World Series appearance in 2025, and the 11th under Inouye-Perez.
• UCLA's All-America trio from last season returns with seniors Megan Grant, Taylor Tinsley and Jordan Woolery.
• Grant, Tinsley and Woolery were all named to the prestigious USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List.
• Grant and Woolery led all duos in the country in 2025 with 49 combined home runs and second with 167 combined RBIs.
• Tinsley is UCLA's lone returning pitcher after leading last year's staff with a 2.44 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 6.63 K/BB ratio.
• UCLA's roster consists of 10 returners and 11 newcomers, including six true freshmen and five incoming transfers.
• The Bruins enter their second year in the Big Ten after finishing second with a 17-5 conference record in their debut season.
• UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Kelly Inouye-Perez has guided the Bruins to a 873-222-1 (.797) record in her previous 19 seasons.
• Entering 2026, Inouye-Perez ranks seventh all-time and second among active head coaches with a .797 winning percentage.
• Last season, UCLA ranked top-10 nationally in home runs (101), slugging percentage (.591), runs scored (485) and walks (253).
• UCLA's 101 home runs in 2025 marked the second time in program history it eclipsed the century mark in a single season (2010).
• UCLA's 485 runs scored in 2025 were also second most for a Bruins team in program history (2015).
• UCLA shattered a single-season program record with 28 mercy-rule victories, besting their previous mark of 21 (2010, 2015).
• Last season, UCLA ranked second in NCAA DI with a +312 run differential (+485/-173), trailing only Oregon (+323).
• Defensively, UCLA ranked 10th in the country last year with a .978 fielding percentage for its best rate since the 2013 season.
• UCLA's 2025 pitching staff was top-10 in the nation in strikeouts (470), WHIP (1.07), K/BB ratio (4.23) and ERA (2.47).

USA SOFTBALL COLLEGIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST
• UCLA seniors Megan Grant, Taylor Tinsley and Jordan Woolery were named to the prestigious 2026 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List, it was announced Jan. 21. The full list is comprised of 53 student-athletes from 24 universities. This marks the third straight year Grant and Woolery have appeared on the Watch List, and the second straight for Tinsley. Last season, Grant and Woolery were USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Finalists with Grant making the cut for the Top 25 and Woolery advancing to the Top 10.

• The Top 25 Finalists for the award will be announced April 29. While an athlete does not have to be on the Watch List to be considered for the Top 25, the eventual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will come from the Top 25 Finalists. Two Bruins have received the honor a total of three times. Rachel Garcia was a back-to-back winner of the award in 2018 and 2019 and Stacey Nuveman won the award in 2002. Six UCLA student-athletes have been a Top 3 Finalist for the award a total of nine times, most recently accomplished by Maya Brady in 2023.

REMEMBERING STACY WINSBERG
This marks the 22nd year UCLA has honored the life of program alumna Stacy Winsberg. Winsberg was a member of UCLA's first three NCAA Championship teams (1982, 1984 and 1985) and was a two-time All-American in 1984 and 1985. In December 2001, she passed away after a battle with lung cancer. UCLA began hosting the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament in 2002 (did not host during the 2021 season). UCLA owns a 101-10 record (.910) when competing in the Tournament.

WATCH THE BRUINS ON B1G+
Fans can catch all non-televised UCLA home games and road Big Ten Conference games on a 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+.