This post was updated April 25 at 11:37 p.m.
Last year on Senior Day, then-graduate student Aaliyah Jordan stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the seventh.

A fresh bat was the answer the Bruins needed.
With the game tied at two in the sixth inning, redshirt senior catcher Sharlize Palacios stepped up to the batter’s box as a pinch hitter.

Last year, NiJaree Canady’s debut against UCLA spurred a battle of the pitchers.
But during the Bruins’ weekend trip north, the circle was assumed by a new ace.

This post was updated April 18 at 10:33 p.m.
Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez sits just one win shy of 800 career victories.
This weekend, she’ll have the chance to reach that milestone – and start building toward the next.

This post was updated April 16 at 8:31 p.m.
Kirk Walker was intentional when choosing Friday’s series opener against California as the date for UCLA softball’s Pride Game.

Consecutive hits spurred a critical threat.
It was the final test in an evening of high pressure. Taylor Tinsley – working with a narrow lead nearly all game long – had fended off many, but faced yet another in the seventh inning.

This post was updated April 11 at 9:18 p.m. 
Her teammates call her the “lawnmower” in reference to her mowing down batters by striking them out.