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Top photos from Alabama softball’s loss to UCLA in the WCWS

Alabama softball’s season is on thin ice after losing to UCLA in the Women’s College World Series. See the top images from the Crimson Tide in Oklahoma City.

Despite significant improvement in the offense, and strong pitching in the 2024 postseason, No. 14 Alabama Crimson Tide softball fell to the No. 6 UCLA Bruins in the opening round of the Women’s College World Series with a final score of 4-1.

This loss does not end the Crimson Tide’s season, but it does mean that they cannot lose another game. One more loss and Alabama gets sent home.

On Friday evening, Alabama will play in the loser’s bracket against the losing team in the Oklahoma Sooner vs. Duke Blue Devils.

In their second game of the WCWS, Patrick Murphy and his team must look to produce more offense. Only scoring one run against UCLA kept the Tide in the game, but it wasn’t enough to stay in the game after the Bruins launched a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Before looking ahead to the Crimson Tide’s next matchup, relive the excitement of playing in Oklahoma City with the Alabama softball photo gallery.

Alabama Crimson Tide softball in the Women’s College World Series

Alabama softball falls to UCLA in opening round of WCWS

Alabama Softball falls to the No. 6 UCLA Bruins in the opening round of the Women’s College World Series.

Alabama Crimson Tide softball entered the Women’s College World Series ranked No. 14 in the nation and faced the No. 6 UCLA Bruins in the opening round in Oklahoma City. A sixth-inning home run broke a 1-1 tie and sent the UCLA into the winner’s bracket.

With the loss, Patrick Murphy and his team moved on to the loser’s bracket and will face the loser of the No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners vs. the No. 10 Duke Blue Devils on Friday evening.

Star pitcher Kayla Beaver pitched a strong game, but a three-run home run made the difference late in the game, and left the Crimson Tide with three outs left to try and tie or take the lead.

Offense had been an issue for Alabama in the 2024 season, but they’ve been able to turn it up in the postseason. Unfortunately for the Tide, the bats were relatively quiet, only scoring one run through a full seven innings.

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Jordan Woolery homer leads UCLA Softball to Women’s College World Series opening win

Bruins take the first game thanks to Jordan Woolery heroics.

It continues to be a fun ride for the UCLA Bruins Women’s Softball team. Following a weather delay of more than 60 minutes, the UCLA Bruins and Alabama Crimson Tide got the College World Series party started. The Bruins beat Alabama 4-1 to keep the winning going and move on to Saturday.

Kaitlyn Terry, freshman lefthanded pitcher threw just 11 pitches in the first inning, including 9 strikes, as she had a relatively easy first inning, seeing just an infield single.

The Bruins, in the third inning, saw Janelle Meono get hit by a pitch, followed by a Maya Brady base hit to right field.  Jadelyn Allchin singled through the right side and scored Meono to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead. Sharlize Palacios hit into an inning-ending double play to end the threat.

Alabama got a one-out walk in the fourth inning, but Palacios took care of the runner stealing for the second out of the game. Maya Brady applied the tag for the out. Terry got a strikeout to end the top of the 4th.

The Crimson Tide threatened after a hit-by-pitch in the top half of the 6th, but Tinsley was able to slam the door shut, setting up an opportunity for the Bruins to take the lead in the bottom half. Maya Brady started the bottom of the 6th with an infield single. After bunting her to second, the Crimson Tide did not throw Sharlize Palacios a strike, setting up first and second, 1 out for Megan Grant.  Grant struck out looking. That set up the play of the game, as sophomore Jordan Woolery hit her 10th home run of the season to go up 4-1 after 6 innings.

Tinsley slammed the door in the 7th for the Bruins win. UCLA won the game with just four hits. Alabama came away with 6 hits.

The College Softball World Series will continue on Friday with more action. The four losers of Thursday’s games will look to stay alive. UCLA gets back to action on Saturday as they take on the winner of Duke and Oklahoma. The game is slated for 3 pm local time and will be aired on ABC.

The finals of the College Softball World Series is slated for Wednesday, June 5th, Thursday, June 6th, and Friday, June 7th.

Alabama softball set to take on UCLA in Women’s College World Series on Thursday

Don’t miss how to watch Alabama softball in the Women’s College World Series!

For the 15th time in program history, [autotag]Patrick Murphy[/autotag] will lead the Alabama Crimson Tide softball team in a Women’s College World Series matchup. This time the SEC powerhouse will take on the historic UCLA Bruins to open play in Oklahoma City.

Alabama is coming off an incredible upset victory over the Tennessee Lady Vols in the Knoxville Super Regional. At the same time, the Bruins handled business against the Georgia Bulldogs last weekend in Los Angeles.

Strong pitching and clutch hitting have helped carry the Crimson Tide to this point and they will need much of the same to keep its magical postseason run alive.

How to watch Alabama softball vs. UCLA softball in Women’s College World Series

  • Date: Thursday, May 30, 2024
  • Location: Devon Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Time: 11 a.m. CT
  • TV Channel: ESPN
  • Live Stream: FuboTV (Watch Here)

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Georgia softball falls to UCLA, eliminated in super regional

The UGA softball team has been eliminated after losing in consecutive games to UCLA in the NCAA Tournament.

The Georgia Bulldogs softball team has been eliminated in the NCAA Tournament. Star Jayda Kearney and the No. 11 national seed Bulldogs dropped a pair of road games to the No. 6 national seed UCLA Bruins to conclude Georgia’s season.

The Dawgs went 43-19 on the season with ton of quality wins. However, Georgia had a bit of slump to end the season after getting the year off to a hot start. UCLA won Game 1 against Georgia 8-0 and then topped the Bulldogs 6-1 in Game 2. The Bruins are advancing to the Women’s College World Series.

“Congratulations to UCLA, they really put themselves in a position where they’re playing good softball in all phases of the game,” said Georgia softball coach Tony Baldwin. “I think they’re about as complete a team as we’ve played and we’ve played a lot of good ones.”

The Bulldogs were hoping to make a run to the Women’s College World Series, but came up just short in the Los Angeles Super Regional.

“They’re just good kids,” said Baldwin on Georgia’s senior class. “Good people, that have grown. We all have shortcomings that we’re trying to overcome in our lives, and you have to tackle some of those things head-on. I think the beautiful thing about college softball, and what I hope Georgia softball is it’s a safe place to grow as a person.”

Gabriela Jaquez gives first look in UCLA Bruins Softball Attire

This will take some getting used to.

There has been plenty of talk about UCLA Bruins Basketball star Gabriela Jaquez joining the softball team. We discussed this in detail earlier this week, but now the 6’0 forward from Camarillo California has shown off her attire with the Bruins softball squad.

The sister of Miami Heat star Jaime Jaquez looks to be set on wearing uniform number 10 with the Bruins.  She has not played softball since her senior year of high school, but the Bruins are not concerned about her transition to the outside sport. She was teammates with Rylee Pinedo in high school and will be interesting to see if she makes the field during their postseason run. Jaquez showed her softball uniform off in a recent tweet:

UCLA will get their College World Series action started on Friday, as they host Grand Canyon. The Los Angeles regional also features Virginia Tech and San Diego State. The final day of the Los Angeles regional is slated to be Sunday, May 19th.  The winner of the regional would take on the winner of the Georgia Regional. The selection show was held on Sunday, May 12th.

UCLA Bruins softball sweeps Oregon, to face Oregon State next

The Bruins face Oregon State next.

The UCLA Bruins softball team is on a roll. At 20-8, riding a three-game win streak, the Bruins have proven their worth at the #12 spot in the nation. With wins over previously-ranked Oregon, the Bruins are riding high.

At 6-2 in the Pac-12 standings, the Bruins rank third in their conference. Trailing only #22 Washington and #2 Stanford, the Bruins still have some tough competition to contend with in their pursuit of a Pac-12 title. 

This Friday, the Bruins have an opportunity to add to their in-conference win totals as they turn their attention to Oregon State. 

The Beavers, who sit at 15-19 on the season, should be a fairly easy opponent for the Bruins to best. With a winnable series in front of them, the Bruins must take advantage of their momentum. 

Stanford will be the true test for the Bruins this season. With their series set to tee off later this month, wins against the Cardinal would be massive.

But in the meantime, the Bruins need to take care of business on the road against Oregon State on Friday, where another series win could have them drawing even with Stanford in the Pac-12 standings.

Texas Softball: No. 5 Longhorns defeat No. 8 UCLA Bruins, 3-2

Texas softball made a statement in Top 10 win over UCLA.

Texas softball got off to a hot start on Friday. The No. 5 Longhorns earned a Top 10 victory over the No. 8 UCLA Bruins, 3-2. Continue reading “Texas Softball: No. 5 Longhorns defeat No. 8 UCLA Bruins, 3-2”

Liberty Knocks Out No. 2 UCLA, 2-1

If they defeat San Diego State University twice, they will advance to the first Super Regional in program history.

The Liberty Flames knocked out No. 2 seeded UCLA from the 2023 NCAA Women’s College World Series tournament in the Los Angeles Regionals bracket. Flames’ sophomore KC Machado hit a go-ahead single in the 7th and down went 12-time National Champion UCLA.

The Bruins lost to Grand Canyon University earlier during regionals and thus, the Flames delivered the death knell. This marks a tie for the highest seed ever ousted in regional play. This is also the first time since 2012 that UCLA didn’t make it out of its own hosted regional.

The Flames then defeated Grand Canyon University to make it to the regional final. This is the third time in program history the Flames have made it this far in the tournament. If they defeat San Diego State University twice, they will advance to the first Super Regional in program history. Liberty will take on San Diego State at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Be sure to catch all the action in the 2023 Women’s College World Series here.

Tom Brady isn’t the only star athlete in the Brady family

Tom Brady took to Instagram today to congratulate his niece Maya for being named Softball America’s 2020 Freshman Player of the Year.

When sports fans hear the name “Brady” they immediately think about greatness and championships, thanks in large part to six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady.

But, while the Buccaneers quarterback may be the most famous Brady in sports, he may have competition for that title within his own family once it’s all said and done. Brady’s niece, Maya Brady, is a standout softball player for UCLA, and the proud uncle took to Instagram today to boast about her being named Softball America’s 2020 Freshman Player of the Year.

Take a look.

For the record, Maya’s other uncle is two-time World Series champion Kevin Youkilis, who just so happened to win his titles with the Boston Red Sox.

Yeah, they’re a sports family for sure. Congrats to Maya!

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