It was a great weekend for UCLA Women’s Softball. They moved to 40-10 on the season with a trio of wins in the regional. Things will get tougher now with the Bruins heading to the Super Regional.
Head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez was thrilled with her team’s performance following the book-end wins over Grand Canyon and the come-from-behind over Virginia Tech:
“I’m repeating myself, but our goal is to be the best at the end,” Today was just absolute execution. We said we wanted to be prepared for one shot in that first inning, and that set the tone right there. … I’m just going to say I’m proud of my Bruins, I’m proud of Taylor (Tinsley), I’m proud of (Kaitlyn Terry) for getting us to this point. (Sharlize Palacios) has been the quarterback. She is behind the plate, but most importantly, for the seniors, we get to extend our season and we get to play another weekend. I’m proud that we get to do that in our house.”
Inouye-Perez, who has been the head coach for the Bruins since 2007, has over 800 wins as the head coach. She has two national titles since taking the post, both in 2010 and 2019. She played college softball at UCLA from 1989-1993.
A season ago, the Bruins lost in the regionals after going 52-7, snapping a streak of going to the College World Series 7 straight times, with the COVID-19 season of 2020 as the only exception.