It can be difficult to get many opportunities in the circle among two First Team All-Pac 12 players and the 2024 Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year.

The Bruins have rarely failed to put the ball in play this season.
The squad averages 2.82 strikeouts per game – its lowest since 2002.
But with Oregon’s Lyndsey Grein in the circle, the status quo changed.

A person could count on two hands the number of 20-home run seasons by a Bruin.
That was until Megan Grant became the exclusive group’s 11th member Friday night.

This post was updated April 6 at 8:48 p.m.
When Utah’s Avery Neff – the No. 1 recruit in the 2024 class – fell flat on her stomach on bars in the first rotation, there seemed like there was a moment UCLA could breathe.

No. 5 UCLA gymnastics kicked off its postseason Thursday in Salt Lake City, Utah and will battle nine opponents in its region in hopes of punching its ticket to the NCAA national championships on April 17.

This post was updated April 3 at 11:40 p.m.
A saying goes that a team is only as strong as its weakest link. For the Bruins, that has been vault this season. 
But No.

This post was updated April 3 at 11:21 p.m.
Ten daggers from the free throw line in the last two minutes of the 2024 Sweet 16 game buried the Bruins’ season for good.

After earning its first-ever No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, UCLA women’s basketball (30-2, 16-2 Big Ten) will host rounds 1 and 2 at home this weekend, and consecutive wins would send the team to Spokane, Washington, for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight.

National rankings change every week.
But the Bruins found themselves at the top of the totem pole for 13 of the 18 polls released this season.

Inconsistency on vault has been a recurring theme for the Bruins this season, and leaving freshmen to fill half of the lineup leaves UCLA battling against inexperience. 
That struggle made a reappearance in a pivotal moment against Utah, as the team recorded its lowest score on vault since Feb.