University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Friday, February 6
Los Angeles, CA
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Sofia Mujica
Photo by: Ross Turteltaub
No. 7 Softball Wins Twice, Scores 28 Runs on Opening Day
February 06, 2026 | Softball
LOS ANGELES โ The No. 7-ranked UCLA softball team won two games in mercy-rule fashion in front of a crowd of 1,156 fans on Opening Day at Easton Stadium Friday, defeating UC Santa Barbara, 18-1, and Northern Colorado, 10-1, both in five innings.
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The Bruins (2-0) totaled 28 runs, 22 hits and seven home runs in their first taste of competition in 2026. Infielder Jordan Woolery opened her senior campaign going 6-for-7 with nine RBIs and two home runs, including a grand slam. Two-sport star Megan Grant reached base in six of her seven plate appearances while hitting the 50th home run of her career. She became the 10th Bruin all-time to reach that milestone.
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Sophomores Rylee Slimp and Sofia Mujica both hit home runs on Opening Day for a second straight season. Slimp homered on UCLA's first plate appearance of the year and tripled in her very next at-bat. She finished the day 3-for-5 with a team-high five runs scored while batting in the leadoff spot.
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Mujica, who played only in game two versus Northern Colorado, homered in each of her first two at-bats of the season for the second multi-HR performance of her career.
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Game 1: UCLA 18, UC Santa Barbara 1 (5 inn.)
The Bruins scored in all four innings against the Gauchos (0-2). Slimp hit the first of UCLA's blasts with a lead-off home run in the team's very first at-bat of the season.
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UCLA scored eight more runs in the bottom of the second with a two-out rally thanks to four hits and four walks. Slimp drove in two more with a triple over the head of UC Santa Barbara's leaping left fielder. After an RBI single by Woolery, sophomore Kaniya Bragg cleared the bases with a three-run homer to center field to stretch the lead to 7-0. Ramirez doubled in a run with a liner into the left-center gap and later came around to score a wild pitch to close the second with a 9-0 UCLA lead.
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Woolery, Bragg, Ramirez and freshman Bri Alejandre each recorded an RBI single as part of a seven-run third inning which ballooned the lead to 16-0.
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Woolery capped the slugfest with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth for her first longball of the year.
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Senior right-hander Taylor Tinsley drew the Opening Day start and pitched a complete-game with six strikeouts for her 40th career win. Defensively, UCLA's standout play came in a 5-4-3 double play around the horn to erase a leadoff baserunner.
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Game 2: UCLA 10, Northern Colorado 1 (5 inn.)
Freshman southpaw Natalie Cable tossed a complete-game with eight strikeouts to earn her first collegiate win over the Bears (1-1). After walking her first batter of the game, Cable did not allow a base-on-balls for the remainder of her outing and surrendered only three hits.
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UCLA scored its first four runs via the longball with a pair of blasts from Mujica and one from Grant. Mujica's second blast flew through the trees over the left field videoboard, sparking a seven-run fourth inning. A bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to Slimp and RBI single into right field by Grant scored two runs, boosting the Bruins' lead 6-1, and brought Woolery to the plate with the bases loaded. On a 2-1 count, Woolery emptied the pillows for the third grand slam of her career.
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Cable closed the game by striking out the side in the top of the fifth on 14 pitches.
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Next Up
The Bruins play two more games tomorrow against Oregon State (4 p.m. PT) and Utah (6:30 p.m. PT) at the Mark Campbell Invitational at Bill Barber Park in Irvine, Calif. The two games will be streamed on FloCollege.
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The Bruins (2-0) totaled 28 runs, 22 hits and seven home runs in their first taste of competition in 2026. Infielder Jordan Woolery opened her senior campaign going 6-for-7 with nine RBIs and two home runs, including a grand slam. Two-sport star Megan Grant reached base in six of her seven plate appearances while hitting the 50th home run of her career. She became the 10th Bruin all-time to reach that milestone.
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Sophomores Rylee Slimp and Sofia Mujica both hit home runs on Opening Day for a second straight season. Slimp homered on UCLA's first plate appearance of the year and tripled in her very next at-bat. She finished the day 3-for-5 with a team-high five runs scored while batting in the leadoff spot.
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Mujica, who played only in game two versus Northern Colorado, homered in each of her first two at-bats of the season for the second multi-HR performance of her career.
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Game 1: UCLA 18, UC Santa Barbara 1 (5 inn.)
The Bruins scored in all four innings against the Gauchos (0-2). Slimp hit the first of UCLA's blasts with a lead-off home run in the team's very first at-bat of the season.
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UCLA scored eight more runs in the bottom of the second with a two-out rally thanks to four hits and four walks. Slimp drove in two more with a triple over the head of UC Santa Barbara's leaping left fielder. After an RBI single by Woolery, sophomore Kaniya Bragg cleared the bases with a three-run homer to center field to stretch the lead to 7-0. Ramirez doubled in a run with a liner into the left-center gap and later came around to score a wild pitch to close the second with a 9-0 UCLA lead.
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Woolery, Bragg, Ramirez and freshman Bri Alejandre each recorded an RBI single as part of a seven-run third inning which ballooned the lead to 16-0.
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Woolery capped the slugfest with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth for her first longball of the year.
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Senior right-hander Taylor Tinsley drew the Opening Day start and pitched a complete-game with six strikeouts for her 40th career win. Defensively, UCLA's standout play came in a 5-4-3 double play around the horn to erase a leadoff baserunner.
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Game 2: UCLA 10, Northern Colorado 1 (5 inn.)
Freshman southpaw Natalie Cable tossed a complete-game with eight strikeouts to earn her first collegiate win over the Bears (1-1). After walking her first batter of the game, Cable did not allow a base-on-balls for the remainder of her outing and surrendered only three hits.
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UCLA scored its first four runs via the longball with a pair of blasts from Mujica and one from Grant. Mujica's second blast flew through the trees over the left field videoboard, sparking a seven-run fourth inning. A bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to Slimp and RBI single into right field by Grant scored two runs, boosting the Bruins' lead 6-1, and brought Woolery to the plate with the bases loaded. On a 2-1 count, Woolery emptied the pillows for the third grand slam of her career.
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Cable closed the game by striking out the side in the top of the fifth on 14 pitches.
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Next Up
The Bruins play two more games tomorrow against Oregon State (4 p.m. PT) and Utah (6:30 p.m. PT) at the Mark Campbell Invitational at Bill Barber Park in Irvine, Calif. The two games will be streamed on FloCollege.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tinsley, Taylor (1-0)
L: Ella Myers (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Jazzy Santos 1 ; Bella Fuentes 1 ; Jaelyn Toledo 1
RBI: Bella Fuentes 1
SH: Tehya Banks 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jazmyn Johnson 1
Batting:
2B: Ramirez, Alexis 1
3B: Slimp, Rylee 1
HR: Slimp, Rylee 1 ; Woolery, Jordan 1 ; Bragg, Kaniya 1
RBI: Slimp, Rylee 3 ; Woolery, Jordan 5 ; Bragg, Kaniya 4 ; Suarez, Ramsey 1 ; Ramirez, Alexis 2 ; Alejandre, Bri 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Slimp, Rylee 3 ; Grant, Megan 2 ; Meoรฑo, Saydrie 1 ; Woolery, Jordan 2 ; Mercado, Jaella Ann 1 ; Bragg, Kaniya 2 ; Berry, Soo-Jin 1 ; Ramirez, Alexis 2 ; Garcia, Aleena 2 ; Phillips, Mia 2
HBP: Slimp, Rylee 1 ; Grant, Megan 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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RBI
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AB
3
R
2
H
2
RBI
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Players Mentioned
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