2019 UCLA Bruins softball team explained
| Sport: | softball |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Team: | UCLA Bruins |
| Logo Alt: | UCLA logo written in blue and gold script |
| Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
| Record: | 56–6 |
| Conf Record: | 20–4 |
| Head Coach: | Kelly Inouye-Perez |
| Hc Year: | 13th |
| Stadium: | Easton Stadium |
| Champion: | National Champion
NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional champion
NCAA Los Angeles Regional champion |
The 2019 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2019 college softball season. The Bruins were coached by Kelly Inouye-Perez, in her thirteenth season. The Bruins played their home games at Easton Stadium and finished with a record of 56–6. They competed in the Pac-12 Conference, where they finished tied for first with a 20–4 record.
The Bruins were invited to the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament, where they swept the Los Angeles Regional and Super Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their eleventh Women's College World Series Championship. The Bruins had earlier claimed an AIAW title in 1978 and NCAA titles in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, and 2010.[1] The 1995 championship was vacated by the NCAA.[2]
Personnel
Coaches
Schedule
| Legend |
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| 2019 UCLA Bruins softball game log[6] |
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| Regular season (46–5) |
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| February (15–0) |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | Pac-12 record |
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| Feb 7 | vs * | | 2–1 | Faraimo (1–0) | Phillips (0–1) | Garcia (1) | 537 | 1–0 | – | | Feb 7 | vs * | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium
Honolulu, HI | 8–2 | Azevedo (1–0) | East (0–1) | — | 537 | 2–0 | – | | Feb 8 | at * | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium
Honolulu, HI | 7–0 | Garcia (1–0) | Hitchcock (1–1) | — | 720 | 3–0 | – | | Feb 9 | vs * | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium
Honolulu, HI | 9–1 | Azevedo (2–0) | Freeman (0–1) | — | 549 | 4–0 | – | | Feb 9 | vs * | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium
Honolulu, HI | 13–1 5 | Garcia (2–0) | Perez (0–2) | — | 549 | 5–0 | – | | Feb 16 | Ole Miss | | 4–0 | Garcia (3–0) | Finney (2–1) | — | 1,328 | 6–0 | – | | Feb 16 | Fresno State* | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 8–0 5 | Faraimo (2–0) | Lung (0–1) | — | 1,328 | 7–0 | – | | Feb 17 | | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 17–3 5 | Azevedo (3–0) | Casper (0–2) | — | 889 | 8–0 | – | | Feb 17 | | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 3–1 | Garcia (4–0) | Bandimere (4–1) | — | 889 | 9–0 | – | | Feb 22 | vs * | | 7–1 | Garcia (5–0) | Lopez (5–1) | — | 1,004 | 10–0 | – | | Feb 22 | vs * | Big League Dreams Sports Park
Cathedral City, CA | 11–3 6 | Faraimo (3–0) | Norman (4–2) | — | 129 | 11–0 | – | | Feb 23 | vs * | Big League Dreams Sports Park
Cathedral City, CA | 9–1 6 | Azevedo (4–0) | Mergele (1–2) | — | 942 | 12–0 | – | | Feb 23 | vs * | Big League Dreams Sports Park
Cathedral City, CA | 12–4 6 | Garcia (6–0) | Humes (2–4) | — | 487 | 13–0 | – | | Feb 24 | vs * | Big League Dreams Sports Park
Cathedral City, CA | 3–0 | Faraimo (4–0) | Hutton (3–2) | — | 669 | 14–0 | – | | Feb 27 | vs * | | 7–1 | Azevedo (5–0) | Barnhill (9–1) | — | 1,227 | 15–0 | – | |
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| April (11–1) |
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| Date– | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | Pac-12 record |
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| Apr 5 | at | | 10–0 5 | Faraimo (12–1) | Mejia (12–6) | — | 1,813 | 33–1 | 7–0 | | Apr 6 | at Arizona State | Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium
Tempe, AZ | 9–0 6 | Garcia (15–0) | Anderson (9–6) | — | 1,813 | 34–1 | 8–0 | | Apr 7 | at Arizona State | Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium
Tempe, AZ | 16–5 5 | Azevedo (8–0) | Mejia (12–7) | — | 1,835 | 35–1 | 9–0 | | Apr 12 | | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 3–4 | Dail (14–8) | Faraimo (12–2) | — | 940 | 35–2 | 9–1 | | Apr 13 | Oregon | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 8–3 | Garcia (16–0) | Dail (14–9) | — | 1,237 | 36–2 | 10–1 | | Apr 14 | Oregon | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 8–1 | Garcia (17–0) | Dail (14–10) | — | 1,156 | 37–2 | 11–1 | | Apr 18 | at | | 8–1 | Garcia (18–0) | Mazon (12–11) | — | 425 | 38–2 | 12–1 | | Apr 19 | at Oregon State | Oregon State Softball Complex
Corvallis, OR | 10–2 5 | Faraimo (13–2) | Nelson (6–5) | — | 399 | 39–2 | 13–1 | | Apr 20 | at Oregon State | Oregon State Softball Complex
Corvallis, OR | 7–0 | Azevedo (9–0) | Mazon (12–12) | — | 771 | 40–2 | 14–1 | | Apr 26 | | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 3–0 | Garcia (19–0) | Hilburn (5–12) | — | 1,010 | 41–2 | 15–1 | | Apr 27 | Utah | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 9–1 5 | Faraimo (14–2) | Sandez (7–8) | — | 1,327 | 42–2 | 16–1 | | Apr 28 | Utah | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 10–0 5 | Azevedo (10–0) | Hilburn (5–13) | — | 1,281 | 43–2 | 17–1 | |
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| May (3–3) |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | Pac-12 record |
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| May 3 | at | | 1–2 | Lee (11–6) | Faraimo (14–3) | — | 643 | 43–3 | 17–2 | | May 4 | at Stanford | Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium
Stanford, CA | 7–4 | Garcia (20–0) | Millar (0–1) | — | 844 | 44–3 | 18–2 | | May 5 | at Stanford | Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium
Stanford, CA | 4–0 | Faraimo (15–3) | Lee (11–7) | Azevedo (1) | 899 | 45–3 | 19–2 | | May 9 | | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 3–5 | McQuillin (20–7) | Garcia (20–1) | — | 1,150 | 45–4 | 19–3 | | May 10 | Arizona | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 5–4 | Azevedo (11–0) | Denham (11–5) | Garcia (3) | 1,187 | 46–4 | 20–3 | | May 11 | Arizona | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 1–3 | Snyder (5–0) | Azevedo (11–1) | Denham (1) | 1,328 | 46–5 | 20–4 | |
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| Post-season (10–1) |
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| (3–1) |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | NCAAT record |
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| May 17 | | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 6–0 | Garcia (21–1) | Jensen (9–3) | — | 985 | 47–5 | 1–0 | | May 18 | Missouri | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 9–1 5 | Garcia (22–1) | Norman (18–11) | — | | 48–5 | 2–0 | | May 19 | Missouri | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 1–5 | Norman (19–11) | Faraimo (15–4) | Daniel (11) | | 48–6 | 2–1 | | May 19 | Missouri | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 13–1 5 | Garcia (23–1) | Daniel (2–5) | — | 872 | 49–6 | 3–1 | |
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| (2–0) |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SR record |
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| May 24 | | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 6–1 | Garcia (24–1) | Good (21–7) | — | 1,328 | 50–6 | 1–0 | | May 25 | James Madison | Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA | 7–2 | Faraimo (16–4) | Good (21–8) | Garcia (4) | 1,328 | 51–6 | 2–0 | |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | WCWS record |
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| May 30 | (7) | (2) | | 7–2 | Garcia (25–1) | Fiser (31–8) | — | 8,439 | 52–6 | 1–0 | | May 31 | (6) Arizona | (2) | ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Oklahoma City, OK | 6–2 | Garcia (26–1) | McQuillin (24–8) | — | | 53–6 | 2–0 | | June 1 | (3) Washington | (2) | ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Oklahoma City, OK | 3–0 10 | Garcia (27–1) | Alvelo (26–5) | — | | 54–6 | 3–0 | | June 2 | (1) | (2) | ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Oklahoma City, OK | 16–3 | Garcia (28–1) | Juarez (28–3) | — | 8,486 | 55–6 | 4–0 | | June 3 | (1) Oklahoma | (2) | ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Oklahoma City, OK | 5–4 | Garcia (29–1) | Juarez (28–4) | — | 8,373 | 56–6 | 5–0 | |
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Notes and References
- Book: 2018 Softball Record Book. UCLA Bruins. June 24, 2019.
- News: NCAA Hits Bruins Softball Hard. Los Angeles Times. Julie Cart. May 7, 1997. June 22, 2017.
- Web site: 2019 Softball roster. UCLA Bruins. June 29, 2019.
- Web site: No. 2 Bruins Win L.A. Regional, Advance to Supers.
- Web site: Lauren Brzykcy made her UCLA Softball debut and scored a run in #UCLA's 13–1 Regional Championship win over Missouri! . .
- Web site: 2019 Softball Schedule. UCLA Bruins. June 30, 2019.
