Saturday, March 2
Fullerton, CA
12:00 PM
UCLA
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Weber State
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UCLA
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Jordan Woolery
Photo by: Marie Goldfarb
No. 18 Bruins Bash in Pair of Mercy-Rule Wins
March 02, 2024 | Softball
FULLERTON, Calif. โ The No. 18 UCLA softball team totaled 25 hits, including four home runs, across its two victories over Weber State and DePaul at the Judi Garman Classic at Anderson Family Field on Saturday.
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The Bruins (10-6) downed the Wildcats (9-9), 8-0, in six innings and the Blue Demons (3-13), 9-1, in five innings. Freshman Kaitlyn Terry earned the win and struck out a career-high 12 batters in game one against Weber State. The 12 strikeouts are tied for the most in a single game by a UCLA freshman over the last 15 years, joining Megan Faraimo and Rachel Garcia.
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Jada Cecil picked up the win over DePaul, logging six strikeouts over 3.1 innings pitched. Terry entered for relief in the fourth inning and allowed just one hit over the last 1.2 innings.
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Megan Grant went 2-for-3 and drove in the first run of the game against the Wildcats with an RBI double off the top of the left-center field wall. Grant traded places with catcher Sharlize Palacios who doubled her in with a shot to right field to complete a two-run first inning.
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Terry put the bats back in the Bruins' hands, striking out three consecutive batters after allowing a lead-off walk in the top of the second.
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A pair of comebackers to the pitcher by Thessa Malau'ulu and Seneca Curo resulted in hits. The No. 9 batter Janelle Meoño plated the Bruins' third run of the game on a slap single up the middle. Meoño leads UCLA with a .500 batting average (9-for-18) with nine runs scored through her 12 games played.
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Weber State's best chance to score came in the top of the third. Two singles put a runner in scoring position with one out. Palacios gunned down a runner attempting to steal third base, which allowed the Wildcat at first base to advance to second with two outs. Terry proceeded to strikeout the next batter on four pitches to end the inning.
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Beginning with that punchout, Terry retired the next eight batters she faced. Terry struck out the side in the top of the fifth, marking her second inning with three strikeouts.
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The Bruins threatened to score again in the bottom of the fifth after an infield single by Palacios and single into center field by Savannah Pola. A stolen base by Pola put two in scoring position for pinch hitter Ramsey Suarez. Suarez laced a base hit โ her first of the season โ down the left field line to score the pair. One batter later, Taylor Stephens smacked her first home run of the season โ a two-run shot โ with a longball that wrapped around the left field pole to extend UCLA's lead to 7-0.
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UCLA ended the game quickly in the bottom of the sixth, needing just two pitches. Jadelyn Allchin hit a double to center field on the first pitch see saw and Jordan Woolery doubled the next pitch into the right field corner to bring home the mercy-rule, walk-off run.
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UCLA used a six-run fifth inning on seven base hits, including three home runs, to mercy rule DePaul in game two.
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Allchin hit the Bruins' first homer of the frame โ a two-run shot โ with a ball that tipped out of the center fielder's glove, who was attempting a robbery. One base hit by Woolery later, Grant followed with a two-run homer of her own. Grant's blast was a high fly ball that snuck past the right field wall. Palacios stepped to the plate next and a hit a solo homer to center field for her fourth home run in her last five games.
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A walk to Suarez put the mercy-rule winning run on base with one out. A single by Curo put Kate Blunt โ Suarez' pinch runner โ at second base a pinch-hit single by Madison Pacini loaded the pillows for Brady. On an 0-2 count, Brady ended the game with a RBI single up the middle.
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Cecil found herself in a couple of jams in the first two innings versus DePaul. The Blue Demons scratched the first run of the game in the first on a single into right field. Cecil closed the first with a strikeout, stranding two runners on. A walk and a single put two runners on base with two outs for the Blue Demons. That was all the damage Cecil allowed as she got out of the second with a strikeout on six pitches.
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The Bruins took the lead in the bottom of the third, 2-1. A slap single by Meoño brought up Maya Brady who scored Meoño from first base with a double that skirted past the DePaul center fielder's reach. Following a deep fly ball to center field by Allchin which moved Brady to third base, Woolery singled in the go-ahead run.
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Cecil struck out two more in the third inning before the Shelly Carlin UCLA Head Softball Coach motioned to Terry out of the bullpen in the fourth.
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In the bottom of the fourth, Stephens recorded her second RBI hit of the day on a single up the middle to stretch UCLA's lead to 3-1.
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UCLA closes action at the Judi Garman Classic tomorrow afternoon versus San Jose State at 1:30 p.m. (PT).
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The Bruins (10-6) downed the Wildcats (9-9), 8-0, in six innings and the Blue Demons (3-13), 9-1, in five innings. Freshman Kaitlyn Terry earned the win and struck out a career-high 12 batters in game one against Weber State. The 12 strikeouts are tied for the most in a single game by a UCLA freshman over the last 15 years, joining Megan Faraimo and Rachel Garcia.
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Jada Cecil picked up the win over DePaul, logging six strikeouts over 3.1 innings pitched. Terry entered for relief in the fourth inning and allowed just one hit over the last 1.2 innings.
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Megan Grant went 2-for-3 and drove in the first run of the game against the Wildcats with an RBI double off the top of the left-center field wall. Grant traded places with catcher Sharlize Palacios who doubled her in with a shot to right field to complete a two-run first inning.
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Terry put the bats back in the Bruins' hands, striking out three consecutive batters after allowing a lead-off walk in the top of the second.
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A pair of comebackers to the pitcher by Thessa Malau'ulu and Seneca Curo resulted in hits. The No. 9 batter Janelle Meoño plated the Bruins' third run of the game on a slap single up the middle. Meoño leads UCLA with a .500 batting average (9-for-18) with nine runs scored through her 12 games played.
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Weber State's best chance to score came in the top of the third. Two singles put a runner in scoring position with one out. Palacios gunned down a runner attempting to steal third base, which allowed the Wildcat at first base to advance to second with two outs. Terry proceeded to strikeout the next batter on four pitches to end the inning.
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Beginning with that punchout, Terry retired the next eight batters she faced. Terry struck out the side in the top of the fifth, marking her second inning with three strikeouts.
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The Bruins threatened to score again in the bottom of the fifth after an infield single by Palacios and single into center field by Savannah Pola. A stolen base by Pola put two in scoring position for pinch hitter Ramsey Suarez. Suarez laced a base hit โ her first of the season โ down the left field line to score the pair. One batter later, Taylor Stephens smacked her first home run of the season โ a two-run shot โ with a longball that wrapped around the left field pole to extend UCLA's lead to 7-0.
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UCLA ended the game quickly in the bottom of the sixth, needing just two pitches. Jadelyn Allchin hit a double to center field on the first pitch see saw and Jordan Woolery doubled the next pitch into the right field corner to bring home the mercy-rule, walk-off run.
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UCLA used a six-run fifth inning on seven base hits, including three home runs, to mercy rule DePaul in game two.
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Allchin hit the Bruins' first homer of the frame โ a two-run shot โ with a ball that tipped out of the center fielder's glove, who was attempting a robbery. One base hit by Woolery later, Grant followed with a two-run homer of her own. Grant's blast was a high fly ball that snuck past the right field wall. Palacios stepped to the plate next and a hit a solo homer to center field for her fourth home run in her last five games.
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A walk to Suarez put the mercy-rule winning run on base with one out. A single by Curo put Kate Blunt โ Suarez' pinch runner โ at second base a pinch-hit single by Madison Pacini loaded the pillows for Brady. On an 0-2 count, Brady ended the game with a RBI single up the middle.
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Cecil found herself in a couple of jams in the first two innings versus DePaul. The Blue Demons scratched the first run of the game in the first on a single into right field. Cecil closed the first with a strikeout, stranding two runners on. A walk and a single put two runners on base with two outs for the Blue Demons. That was all the damage Cecil allowed as she got out of the second with a strikeout on six pitches.
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The Bruins took the lead in the bottom of the third, 2-1. A slap single by Meoño brought up Maya Brady who scored Meoño from first base with a double that skirted past the DePaul center fielder's reach. Following a deep fly ball to center field by Allchin which moved Brady to third base, Woolery singled in the go-ahead run.
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Cecil struck out two more in the third inning before the Shelly Carlin UCLA Head Softball Coach motioned to Terry out of the bullpen in the fourth.
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In the bottom of the fourth, Stephens recorded her second RBI hit of the day on a single up the middle to stretch UCLA's lead to 3-1.
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UCLA closes action at the Judi Garman Classic tomorrow afternoon versus San Jose State at 1:30 p.m. (PT).
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cecil, Jada (3-1)
L: Bella Nigey (2-5)
Batting:
RBI: Brooke Cwick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brooke Johnson 1
Batting:
2B: Brady, Maya 1
HR: Allchin, Jadelyn 1 ; Grant, Megan 1 ; Palacios, Sharlize 1
RBI: Brady, Maya 2 ; Allchin, Jadelyn 2 ; Woolery, Jordan 1 ; Grant, Megan 2 ; Palacios, Sharlize 1 ; Stephens, Taylor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brady, Maya 2 ; Allchin, Jadelyn 1 ; Pinedo, Rylee 1 ; Grant, Megan 1 ; Palacios, Sharlize 1 ; Osteen, Liesl 1 ; Blunt, Kate 1 ; Meoño, Janelle 1
CS: Stephens, Taylor 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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