Coach John Savage raises his arm and holds up one finger while walking on the field with assistant coach Jake Palmer. (Kai Dizon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Fresh off a Big Ten tournament championship title, No. 1 seed UCLA baseball (51-6, 28-2 Big Ten) will host its second-straight NCAA tournament regional as Virginia Tech (30-24, 15-15 ACC), Cal Poly (36-22, 22-8 Big West) and Saint Mary’s (34-25, 15-12 West Coast) travel to Westwood.
As the 15th seed of sixteen regional hosts, last years’ Bruin squad barely managed to secure home field advantage for the NCAA tournament.
On the other hand, this year’s team had no reason to be concerned.
Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery dominate headlines.
And for good reason, as the “Bruin Bombers” have racked up historic senior year campaigns, with Grant setting a single-season home run record with 40 and counting four-baggers, along with Woolery being on track to become the first player in NCAA history to boast a .500 batting average while hitting more than 30 home runs and plating more than 100 runners.
Jordan Chiles is That Girl.
But Taylor Tinsley is UCLA softball’s rendition.
The senior pitcher has pitched the sixth-most innings out of any pitcher in the nation, completing 215 frames while recording the second-most circle wins with 32 this season thus far.
No. 8 seed UCLA softball (52-8, 20-4 Big Ten) will face No. 1 seed Alabama (54-7, 19-5 SEC) at Devon Park in Oklahoma City on Thursday afternoon to kickstart its Women’s College World Series campaign.
This post was updated May 27 at 11:22 p.m.
Track and field athletes are no stranger to long, strenuous seasons.
But the Bruins will enter the homestretch of their season with postseason aspirations on the horizon.
This post was updated May 27 at 11:07 p.m.
No. 8 seed UCLA softball (52-8, 20-4 Big Ten) will face No. 1 seed Alabama (54-7, 19-5 SEC) on Thursday afternoon in the first round of the Women’s College World Series.
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