Senior pitcher Taylor Tinsley takes off her pitching mask and smiles as senior infielder Jordan Woolery stands behind her. Tinsley allowed three hits across 20 batters faced in Friday night’s contest. The triumph marked her 33rd individual victory from the circle this year, which is 15 more wins than her next-highest single-season victory tally. (Presley Liu/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 29 at 9:50 p.m.
OKLAHOMA CITY — It is hard to stack runs in a single game.
It is even harder to plate an onslaught of runners in a single frame.
When UCLA gymnastics’ season ended with a third-place finish at the national semifinal, it marked more than just the close of the Bruins’ 2026 campaign – it also brought an end to senior Jordan Chiles’ collegiate career.
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.
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.
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