Junior corner infielders Mulivai Levu and Roman Martin jump in the air and chest bump while the rest of the squad celebrates behind them. The pair notched back-to-back solo home runs to tie up the game and set up the opportunity for a walk-off win. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 30 at 6:07 p.m.
Sir Isaac Newton’s first law of motion says an object in motion will stay in motion.
Saturday seemed to prove that it would take a force a lot stronger than a tournament-opening loss and two-run deficit in the ninth to stop the Bruins in their tracks.
“We’ve kind of developed an identity,” said junior utility Phoenix Call.
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.
This post was updated May 28 at 7:20 p.m.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The home run giveth, and the home run taketh away.
The Bruins took the lead with back-to-back home runs and then lost the lead on Crimson Tide home runs in their OKC debut.
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.
This post was updated May 30 at 2:51 p.m.
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.
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