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 17-20 • MARCH 19-21 • NO. 6 A RIZONA S TATE AT N O. 2 UCLA • E ASTON S TADIUM OVERALL: 15-1 PAC -12: 0-0 NO. 2 BRUINS WELCOME NO. 6 ARIZONA STATE IN PAC-12 CONFERENCE OPENER 2/12 RV FRESNO STATE W, 7-0 The second-ranked Bruins open up Pac-12 Conference play this weekend at Easton Stadium with a four-game series against No. 2/20 at Cal State Fullerton W, 6-2 6 Arizona State. Friday’s game starts at 5 p.m. and will be live streamed on UCLABruins.com. Saturday’s doubleheader begins at 1 2/20 at Cal State Fullerton W, 10-4 p.m. and will air on Pac-12 Network Los Angeles. Sunday’s contest starts at 2 p.m. and will air on Pac-12 Network National and L.A. 2/21 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W, 11-1 (5) 2/21 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W, 6-1 2021 PAC-12 CONFERENCE SERIES FORMAT 2/24 SAN DIEGO STATE W, 14-0 (5) This season, Pac-12 Conference series’ will consist of four games over three days, single games on the ! rst and last days and a 2/28 vs. No. 8 Oregon 2 L, 1-3 doubleheader on the second day. Three of the four contests (both single games and the ! rst game of the doubleheader) will count 3/1 vs. No. 8 Oregon 2 W, 9-3 towards the Pac-12 standings, with the other game designated as a non-conference contest. In the event one of the four games is 3/1 vs. RV Utah 2 W, 6-5 canceled due to weather or COVID concerns, the other three games played will be used for conference standings. 3/3 CAL STATE FULLERTON W, 9-1 (5) 3/7 SAN JOSE STATE W, 14-0 (5) FAN ADVISORY 3/9 UC SAN DIEGO W, 7-1 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans are unable to attend games at Easton Stadium. 3/11 UC SANTA BARBARA W, 8-0 (5) 3/11 UC SANTA BARBARA W, 8-0 (5) WHAT’S NEXT? 3/12 UNLV W, 10-0 (5) The Bruins travel to Berkeley next weekend. The series begins on Friday, March 26 at 2 p.m., continues on Saturday, March 27 with a doubleheader at 12 p.m. and concludes on Sunday, March 28 at 11:30 a.m. All four games will be live streamed, with watch 3/12 UNLV W, 8-0 (5) links available on the softball schedule page. 3/19 NO. 6 ARIZONA STATE 1, A 5 P.M. 3/20 NO. 6 ARIZONA STATE 1, B, D 1 P.M. BRUINS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS (THROUGH 3/14) B, D 3/20 NO. 6 ARIZONA STATE 3:30 P.M. Team Rankings - Slugging Percentage (5th, .684); Batting Average (6th, .379); Doubles (7th, 41); On Base Percentage 1, B 3/21 NO. 6 ARIZONA STATE 2 P.M. (7th, .460); Runs Per Game (9th, 8.38); Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (10th, 5.73); Winning Percentage (10th, .938); Earned 3/26 at California 1 2 p.m. Run Average (11th, 1.25); Shutouts (T-11th, 7); Fielding Percentage (15th, .981); Home Runs (T-25th, 25); Triples (T-27th, 3/27 at California 1 12 p.m. 5); Stolen Bases (T-40th, 29). 3/27 at California 2:30 p.m. Megan Faraimo - Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (2nd, 14.40); Wins (T-14th, 8); Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings (16th, 2.90); 3/28 at California 1 11:30 a.m. Strikeouts (T-25th, 72); Earned Run Average (29th, 0.72); Walks Allowed Per Seven Innings (30th, 0.72). 4/2 vs. Team Mexico 3 11:30 a.m. Briana Perez - Slugging Percentage (30th, 1.021); Runs Scored (T-32nd, 21); Total Bases (T-34th, 49); Batting Average 4/2 at Loyola Marymount 2:30 p.m. (43rd, .479); Home Runs (T-48th, 6). 4/3 at San Diego 2 p.m. Kinsley Washington - Doubles (T-3rd, 9). Aaliyah Jordan - Walks (T-45th, 11). 4/3 at San Diego 4:30 p.m. 4/9 at No. 3 Oregon 1, B 5 p.m. SCOUTING THE ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS 4/10 at No. 3 Oregon 1, C 3 p.m. Arizona State brings a 17-2 record into Pac-12 play, with the only losses coming to nationally-ranked teams Oklahoma and Baylor. 4/10 at No. 3 Oregon 5:30 p.m. The Sun Devils are hitting .388 as a team with 48 home runs and 27 stolen bases, averaging 9.21 runs per game. Fifth-year 4/11 at No. 3 Oregon 1, B 12 p.m. Maddi Hackbarth is ! rst on the team in batting average (.491), home runs (12) and runs batted in (34). Fifth-year Kindra Hackbarth leads the squad with 11 stolen bases and is hitting .450, which is second on the team, with ! ve homers, which is tied for second. 4/16 OREGON STATE 1, A 4 P.M. Sophomore Jazmine Hill is also one of four players hitting ! ve homers, batting .421 with 25 RBI, which is second on the team. 4/17 OREGON STATE 1, A 11 A.M. Sophomore Lindsay Lopez has started seven games, while freshman Allison Royalty and ! fth-year Cielo Meza have both started six. 4/17 OREGON STATE A 1:30 P.M. Lopez is 6-1 with a 1.65 earned run average and 44 strikeouts in 46 2/3 innings, Royalty is 5-1 with a 2.67 ERA and 58 strikeouts 4/18 OREGON STATE 1, A 12 P.M. in 42 innings and Meza is 6-0 with a 3.58 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 29 1/3 innings. 4/23 NO. 6 WASHINGTON 1, A 4 P.M. 1, A 4/24 NO. 6 WASHINGTON 12 P.M. THE SERIES: UCLA VS. ARIZONA STATE A 4/24 NO. 6 WASHINGTON 2:30 P.M. The Bruins lead the all-time series with Arizona State 104-37 and have won ! ve in a row, including all three in 2019 by mercy 4/25 NO. 6 WASHINGTON 1, C 1 P.M. rule (16-5 in ! ve, 9-0 in six and 10-0 in ! ve). UCLA has also won 11 of the last 12. The Bruins are 50-16 at home against ASU. 4/30 at Utah 1 TBD 5/1 at Utah 1 TBD MORE NOTES 5/1 at Utah TBD --The Bruins have scored in the ! rst inning in 13 of 16 games, with their 34 runs and +30 run differential their highest total in 5/2 at Utah 1 TBD any inning this season ... UCLA has also closed games strong, outscoring the competition 17-1 in the sixth and seventh innings. 5/7 RV STANFORD 1, A 4 P.M. --Of her 15 outs recorded in game one of a March 12 doubleheader against UNLV, senior Rachel Garcia struck out 14 in a one-hit 5/8 RV STANFORD 1, A 12 P.M. shutout. Garcia has retired 31 batters this season and 28 have walked back to the dugout after fanning. She made her season 5/8 RV STANFORD A 2:30 P.M. debut in the circle against San Jose State on March 7, striking out eight of nine in three 1-2-3 innings. At the plate, Garcia homered 5/9 RV STANFORD 1, A 12 P.M. in her ! rst at-bat against Fresno State (Feb. 12) and also left the yard in her last at-bat heading into Pac-12 play in game two versus 5/13 at No. 7 Arizona 1 6 p.m. UNLV (March 12). Garcia has hits in all eight games this season. 5/14 at No. 7 Arizona 1 2 p.m. --Junior Briana Perez leads the team in home runs, having left the yard in each of the last three games, all of them in the ! rst inning. 5/14 at No. 7 Arizona 4:30 p.m. She has also homered in game two at Fullerton (Feb. 20), game two versus LMU (Feb. 21) and against San Jose State (March 7). 5/15 at No. 7 Arizona 1 12 p.m. Perez has hits in 15 of 16 games, including the ! rst seven of the season and the last eight heading into Pac-12 play. Dating back to last season, she has hits in 25 of her last 26, hitting .474 during that stretch. Perez is tied for ! rst with seven multiple-hit games and solo ! rst with ! ve multi-RBI contests. The junior has scored in 12 of 16 games and is also 7-for-7 in stolen bases. All Times Paci! c and Subject to Change --Sophomore Megan Faraimo enters Pac-12 play coming off back-to-back, 12-strikeout games against UC San Diego (March 9) HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS AT EASTON STADIUM and UNLV (March 12 - Game 2). Her season high in strikeouts came in the season opener versus Fresno State (Feb. 12) when she No. - Best National Ranking (NFCA/USASB/SBAmerica/D1SB) had 13 in six innings of one-hit shutout ball. On Feb. 24 against San Diego State, Faraimo pitched the 19th perfect game in UCLA 1 - Pac-12 Conference Games history and her third-career no-hitter, striking out ! ve.