No. 5 UCLA Hosts No. 11 Oregon at Easton Stadium for Senior Weekend

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No. 5 UCLA Hosts No. 11 Oregon at Easton Stadium for Senior Weekend

April 30, 2026 | Softball

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LOS ANGELES – No. 5 UCLA softball closes the regular season with a top-25 Big Ten Conference series versus No. 11 Oregon at Easton Stadium from Friday, May 1 through Sunday, May 3. All three games will be televised on the Big Ten Network. Friday's series opener starts at 4:02 p.m. (PT) while Saturday's first pitch is scheduled for 1:32 p.m.

The Bruins (44-5, 19-2 Big Ten) will honor their decorated senior class of Megan Grant, Taylor Tinsley and Jordan Woolery prior to the start of Sunday's series finale at 11:02 a.m.

GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Easton Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Schedule (all times Pacific)
Friday, May 1 – Oregon at UCLA – 4 p.m. – Big Ten Network
Saturday, May 2 – Oregon at UCLA – 1:30 p.m. – Big Ten Network
Sunday, May 3 – Oregon at UCLA – 11 a.m. – Big Ten Network
Live Stats: ucla.statbroadcast.com

NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY
UCLA will await its national seeding for the NCAA Tournament following the conclusion of the Big Ten Tournament in College Park, Maryland, on May 9.

The full 64-team bracket will be revealed live during the 2026 NCAA Division I Softball Selection Show on Sunday, May 10, at 4 p.m. PT on ESPN. The top 16 national seeds will host NCAA Regionals on campus from May 15–17. Ticket information will be announced on Monday, May 11, if UCLA earns a top-16 seed.

KEY NOTES ON THE BRUINS
• UCLA has hit a program-record and Big Ten Conference-record 163 home runs so far this season.
• UCLA takes a 20-game home winning streak into its series against Oregon this weekend, dating back to 2025 NCAA Regionals.
• The Bruins' 163 home runs rank second in the country this season and second in NCAA single-season history.
• For the first time in program history, eight different UCLA players have reached double-digit home runs in the same season.
• UCLA's lineup boasts the NCAA leaders in RBIs (Woolery), on-base percentage, slugging and OPS (Grant) and runs scored (Slimp).
• Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery rank top-3 in the nation in home runs, slugging and on-base percentage.
• Grant and Woolery have been named USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 Finalists for a second straight season.
• Grant has broken Stacey Nuveman's UCLA single-season home run record of 31, set in 1999, with 34 homers so far this season.
• Woolery has broken Stacey Nuveman's UCLA single-season RBI record of 91, set in 1999, with 102 homers so far this season.
• Grant (34) and Woolery (31) are the first teammates in NCAA history to each hit 30+ home runs in the same season.
• Woolery is the fifth player in NCAA Division I history to record 100+ RBIs in a season with a program-record 102 so far this year.
• With 102 RBIs, Woolery is 26 RBIs shy of tying the NCAA single-season record of 128 set by Arizona's Laura Espinoza in 1995.
• Woolery's 100 RBIs also stand as the new Big Ten single-season record, breaking Sierra Romero's previous mark of 83 in 2015.
• Woolery is on pace to become the first player in NCAA history with a .500+ average, 30+ homers and 100+ RBIs in the same year.
• Woolery has climbed into the top-10 of UCLA's career hits list, ranking eighth with 276 career knocks over 229 games played.
• Woolery has been named Big Ten Player of the Week four times this season (last on April 21).
• Grant has broken her Big Ten home run record of 26 set last season. She needed 29 fewer games this season to tie that mark.
• Grant is the NCAA leader in slugging percentage (1.350), on-base percentage (.646) and OPS (1.996).
• Rylee Slimp has broken Natasha Watley's UCLA single-season runs record of 75, set in 2001, with 81 runs so far this season.
• Taylor Tinsley has pitched 153.2 of UCLA's 292.1 total innings this year (52.6%). She ranks second in the nation with 25 wins.
• UCLA leads the NCAA in scoring (11.08), slugging (.837) and on-base percentage (.504) and is second in homers (163).
• UCLA has recorded 25 run-rule wins this season after setting the program record with 28 run-rule wins in 2025.
• Kelly Inouye-Perez became the 55th head coach in NCAA Division I history to win 900 games at Rutgers on March 22.
• Inouye-Perez became UCLA softball's all-time winningest head coach earlier this season with her 888th career victory.
• UCLA plays its 52nd season of softball this spring, the 20th with Inouye-Perez at the helm.
• UCLA made an NCAA-record 33rd Women's College World Series appearance in 2025, and the 11th under Inouye-Perez.
• Tinsley is UCLA's lone returning pitcher after leading last year's staff with a 2.44 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 6.63 K/BB ratio in 2025.
• UCLA's roster consists of 10 returners and 11 newcomers, including six true freshmen and five incoming transfers.
• The Bruins enter their second year in the Big Ten after finishing second with a 17-5 conference record in their debut season.
• Entering 2026, Inouye-Perez ranks seventh all-time and second among active head coaches with a .796 winning percentage.

GRANT AND WOOLERY REPEAT AS TOP 25 FINALISTS
• Seniors Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery were named USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 Finalists on Wednesday, April 29. This marks the second consecutive season that Grant and Woolery have both been named Top 25 Finalists. Woolery was later named a Top 10 Finalist for the 2025 season.
• The list of 25 finalists will be trimmed to 10 on May 13, with three finalists announced May 18. The winner will be revealed prior to the start of the Women's College World Series. Two Bruins have received the honor a total of three times. Rachel Garcia was a back-to-back winner of the award in 2018 and 2019 and Stacey Nuveman won the award in 2002. Redesigned in 2017, the Player of the Year trophy symbolizes the prestige of the award in honor of one of the greatest to ever wear the USA Softball uniform – three-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Lisa Fernandez.

AUSL GOLDEN TICKET TRIFECTA
Seniors Megan Grant, Taylor Tinsley and Jordan Woolery were awarded Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) Golden Tickets following UCLA's double-header sweep over Cal at Easton Stadium on Saturday, April 18. UCLA's three Golden Ticket recipients are the most the league has ever awarded at one time. Grant, Tinsley and Woolery are the first Bruins to receive a Golden Ticket.

The Golden Ticket program launched last season with the beginning of a new pro softball league and symbolizes a player being guaranteed a draft selection into the league. Last season, eight different student-athletes were given the prestigious honor with more to be given out this year with such a talented senior class.

Grant received her ticket from Netflix sports anchor Elle Duncan. After her moment, UCLA softball legend and AUSL advisor Natasha Watley emerged through the center-field gate next to her outfield wall signage and presented the second ticket to Woolery. Lastly, UCLA softball alumna and entrepreneur Jen Schroeder came through the left-field gate to award a ticket to Tinsley.

HOMER HAPPY BRUINS
• UCLA's 163 home runs this season have set a new program record (previously 108 HR in 2010) and Big Ten record (previously 147 HR by Ohio State in 2025). The 163 home runs currently rank second both in the country this season and in NCAA single-season history, trailing Oklahoma's running tally in 2026.
• With 163 home runs through 49 games, UCLA is currently averaging 3.33 home runs per contest. Additionally, UCLA has surpassed 100 home runs for a second consecutive season under hitting coach Lisa Fernandez.
• A program-record eight different UCLA players have hit double-digit home runs: Megan Grant (31), Jordan Woolery (30), Bri Alejandre (17), Kaniya Bragg (14), Aleena Garcia (14), Alexis Ramirez (12), Jolyna Lamar (11) and Rylee Slimp (9). UCLA's previous best was five players with double-digit homers, occurring twice during the 2010 and 2003 campaigns.
• UCLA has hit back-to-back jacks 13 times this season and back-to-back-to-back home runs four times. Before this season, the last time UCLA went back-to-back-to-back was in February 2022. In Game 1 at Illinois on April 10, UCLA hit the second-most home runs in a single inning in NCAA history with six in the top of the seventh. That inning featured to separate stretches of back-to-back-to-back homers, with Kaniya Bragg homering twice in the frame.
• UCLA has homered at least once in 17 straight contests dating back to March 28. The Bruins also had a 23-game streak with at least one dinger earlier this season from Feb. 14-March 26.
• Seniors Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery have each hit 34 and 31 home runs this season, respectively, which ranks second and third in the nation. Grant has broken UCLA's single-season home run record of 31 set by Stacey Nuveman in 1999. Woolery has tied Nuveman's record mark.
• Grant tied her Big Ten single-season home run record of 26 set last season in UCLA's win versus Cal State Fullerton on April 7, needing 29 fewer games to hit that mark.
• UCLA tied the NCAA single-game record with three grand slams at Long Beach State on April 15. That feat had been accomplished only five other times, last occurring on Feb. 14, 2024 when Duke hit three versus North Dakota State. Six different Bruins have hit a total of 13 grand slams this season. Jordan Woolery leads the team with four, which is tied for fifth-most in a season in NCAA history

COACH I MILESTONES
• Kelly Inouye-Perez became UCLA softball's all-time winningest head coach after defeating No. 4 Florida on Feb. 27 at the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton for her 888th career victory. She passed her predecessor, former coach and NFCA Hall of Famer Sue Enquist who had an overall mark of 887-175-1 (.835). Sharron Backus, the inaugural coach in UCLA softball history, was the first to reach 800 wins as she retired with a record of 854-173-3 (.831). The three UCLA Athletic Hall-of-Fame head coaches are responsible for all of the Bruins' 2,255 wins and 13 national championships, which are both the most in NCAA history.
• Later, Inouye-Perez secured her 900th career victory in UCLA's 13-3 win at Rutgers on March 22. She became the 55th head coach in NCAA Division I Softball history to reach that milestone. UCLA has topped 50 wins in nine of Inouye-Perez's 20 seasons as head coach and reached the Women's College World Series 11 times.