2021 UCLA SOFTBALL UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 Softball Contact: James Ybiernas / [email protected] / o: (310) 206-8123 / c: (818) 635-8873 2021 UCLA SCHEDULE AND R ESULTS GAMES 42-45 • MAY 13-15 • NO. 2 UCLA AT N O. 8 A RIZONA • HILLENBRAND S TADIUM OVERALL: 38-3 PAC -12: 16-2 NO. 2 BRUINS HEAD TO NO. 8 ARIZONA WITH EYES ON PAC-12 TITLE 2/12 RV FRESNO STATE W, 7-0 The second-ranked Bruins travel to Tucson for a four-game series at No. 8 Arizona. Game one will be Thursday at 7 p.m., the Friday 2/13 CAL POLY (DH) CANCELED doubleheader will start at 4:30 p.m. and the series nale on Saturday will begin at 1 p.m. The Thursday and Saturday contests, as well 2/20 at Cal State Fullerton W, 6-2 as the rst game of the Friday twinbill, will air on Pac-12 Network, while ESPNU will televise the second game on Friday. 2/20 at Cal State Fullerton W, 10-4 2/21 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W, 11-1 (5) PAC-12 CONFERENCE TITLE RACE 2/21 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W, 6-1 UCLA (16-2) holds a one-game lead over Washington (16-4) in the Pac-12 Conference standings. The Huskies are at Stanford this 2/24 SAN DIEGO STATE W, 14-0 (5) weekend. Any combination of two Bruin victories or two Washington losses will clinch UCLA’s 11th Pac-12 Championship and second 2/28 vs. No. 8 Oregon 2 L, 1-3 in a row (shared with UW in 2019). 3/1 vs. No. 8 Oregon 2 W, 9-3 3/1 vs. RV Utah 2 W, 6-5 WHAT’S NEXT? 3/3 CAL STATE FULLERTON W, 9-1 (5) On Sunday at 6 p.m., ESPN2 will air the one-hour NCAA Selection Show, as the 64 teams, 16 national seeds and 16 host sites are 3/6 at Long Beach State Canceled announced. NCAA Regionals will be held at 16 campus sites from May 21 through May 23. 3/7 SAN JOSE STATE W, 14-0 (5) 3/9 UC SAN DIEGO W, 7-1 2021 PAC-12 CONFERENCE SERIES FORMAT This season, Pac-12 Conference series’ will consist of four games over three days, single games on the rst and last days and a 3/11 UC SANTA BARBARA W, 8-0 (5) doubleheader on the second day. Three of the four contests (both single games and the rst game of the doubleheader) will count 3/11 UC SANTA BARBARA W, 8-0 (5) towards the Pac-12 standings, with the other game designated as a non-conference contest. In the event one of the four games is 3/12 UNLV W, 10-0 (5) canceled due to weather or COVID concerns, the other three games played will be used for conference standings. 3/12 UNLV W, 8-0 (5) 3/19 NO. 6 ARIZONA STATE 1 W, 2-1 (8) BRUINS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS (THROUGH 5/10) 1 3/20 NO. 6 ARIZONA STATE W, 6-1 Team Rankings - Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (1st, 6.31); Earned Run Average (2nd, 1.15); Shutouts (T-3rd, 18); Winning 3/20 NO. 6 ARIZONA STATE W, 4-0 Percentage (4th, .927); On Base Percentage (7th, .424); Fielding Percentage (9th, .980); Slugging Percentage (9th, .580); 1 3/21 NO. 6 ARIZONA STATE W, 9-0 (5) Batting Average (10th, .335); Runs Per Game (16th, 6.61); Home Runs (25th, 58); Doubles (T-26th, 28); Walks (T-29th, 158). 1 3/26-28 at California (Four-Game Series) Canceled Megan Faraimo - Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (1st, 15.78); Walks Allowed Per Seven Innings (5th, 0.58); Hits Allowed Per 4/2 vs. Team Mexico and at Loyola Marymount Canceled Seven Innings (11th, 3.41); Earned Run Average (15th, 1.10); Shutouts (T-24th, 6); Wins (T-42nd, 16). 4/3 at San Diego (DH) Canceled Rachel Garcia - Earned Run Average (1st, 0.59); Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (14th, 6.71); Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings 4/9 at No. 3 Oregon 1 L, 0-3 (14th, 3.63); Slugging Percentage (T-46th, .778). 4/10 at No. 3 Oregon 1 W, 3-0 Briana Perez - Triples (T-15th, 5); Runs Scored (T-38th, 44). 4/10 at No. 3 Oregon W, 9-3 4/11 at No. 3 Oregon 1 W, 6-2 THE SERIES: UCLA VS. ARIZONA 4/16 OREGON STATE 1 W, 7-0 UCLA holds a 92-59 lead in the all-time series against Arizona, posting a 36-27 mark in games in Tucson. The Bruins swept the 2018 4/17 OREGON STATE 1 W, 7-0 series at Arizona and have won seven of their last eight at Hillenbrand Stadium. The most recent matchup came at the 2019 Women’s 4/17 OREGON STATE CANCELED College World Series, as the Bruins notched a 6-2 victory. 4/18 OREGON STATE 1 W, 6-0 4/23 NO. 3 WASHINGTON 1 W, 6-1 MORE NOTES 4/24 NO. 3 WASHINGTON 1 L, 4-7 --With their win in last Saturday’s second game of a doubleheader versus Stanford, the Bruins eclipsed 2,000 program victories. 4/24 NO. 3 WASHINGTON W, 6-1 --The Bruins have scored in the rst inning in 23 of 41 games, with their 57 runs scored their highest total in any inning this season. 4/25 NO. 3 WASHINGTON 1 W, 4-2 UCLA has also closed games strong, outscoring the competition 104-11 in the fth, sixth and seventh innings. 4/30 at Utah 1 W, 5-0 --The Bruins this season are undefeated when scoring rst (31-0), when scoring at least ve runs (30-0), when allowing two runs 5/1 at Utah 1 W, 4-0 or less (34-0), when out-hitting their opponent (35-0) and when leading after four innings (31-0). UCLA is also 25-1 at home, 22-1 5/1 at Utah W, 4-2 when scoring in the rst inning and 33-1 when hitting a home run. 5/2 at Utah 1 W, 6-1 --Senior Rachel Garcia picked up her fth Pac-12 weekly award (second Player of the Week) on Monday after reaching base in all six 5/5 at Long Beach State W, 5-1 victories last week, going 6-for-14 (.429) with six RBI and seven walks, while going 4-0 in the circle with 22 strikeouts in 25 innings. 5/5 at Long Beach State W, 10-2 (5) Garcia has allowed zero or one earned run in all 19 of her appearances, reaching double gures in strikeouts four times, including last Wednesday at Long Beach State when she had 10. Her second Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week award came after she pitched the second 5/7 STANFORD 1 W, 4-0 no-hitter of her career on April 16 against OSU, striking out 12. She had back-to-back, 14-strikeout performances against UNLV 5/8 STANFORD 1 W, 9-0 (5) (March 12) and Arizona State (March 19). Garcia won twice in the ASU series to earn her rst Pitcher of the Week honor, twice more 5/8 STANFORD W, 3-1 in the Oregon series and tossed a complete-game, three-hitter against Washington to pick up her third Pitcher of the Week award. 5/9 STANFORD 1 W, 8-0 (5) At the plate, Garcia has hits in 26 of her 32 games. She hit a pair of homers in the Oregon series and two more in the Arizona State 5/13 at No. 8 Arizona 1, B 7 p.m. series, adding bombs versus Stanford, Utah, Washington, UNLV and in her rst at-bat of the season on Feb. 12 against Fresno State. 5/14 at No. 8 Arizona 1, B 4:30 p.m. --Junior Briana Perez has hits in 34 of 41 games, and 44 of 51 dating back to last year, including hitting streaks of seven, eight, ve C 5/14 at No. 8 Arizona 7:30 p.m. and 12 this season. Perez hit .390 (16-for-41) during her most recent 12-game streak (April 10-May 1) with four homers, 15 RBI 1, B 5/15 at No. 8 Arizona 1 p.m. and 15 runs. She hit her team-leading 11th home run in the rst game of Saturday’s doubleheader against Stanford, the third Pac- 5/21-5/23 NCAA Regionals (Campus Sites) 12 series in a row she has left the yard. The team leader in multiple-hit games with 13, Perez had two in the Stanford series after 5/27-5/30 NCAA Super Regionals (Campus Sites) recording three in the Utah series, hitting a homer in game two. The junior hit a solo homer to end the Washington series on April 25, 6/3-6/9 NCAA Women’s College World Series (Oklahoma City) adding three-run shots versus the Huskies (April 23) and Oregon (April 11). She hit home runs in three games in a row from March 11-19 (UCSB, UNLV, ASU), adding long balls versus Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 20), LMU (Feb. 21) and SJSU (March 7). Perez also leads All Times Paci c and Subject to Change the team with 11 multiple-RBI contests. She has scored a run in 31 of 41 games, including multiples 12 times. HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS AT EASTON STADIUM --Sophomore Megan Faraimo carries a 23 2/3 innings scoreless streak into this week’s series, having struck out 18 while allowing No.