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The UCLA Bruins entered Friday’s game against the Arkansas Razorbacks with their backs against the wall. UCLA stood tall, staying alive in the Women’s College World Series with a 11-0 run-rule win.
The Bruins’ power showed up versus Arkansas, slugging four home runs in a clutch performance to keep their season alive. Megan Grant became the UCLA all-time home run leader, hitting her 91st career home run in the second inning.
That second inning was a big one for the Bruins. UCLA matched a WCWS single-inning record with nine runs, with the Bruins hitting three of their homers to quickly bury the Razorbacks. Aleena Garcia and Soo-Jin Berry joined Grant as the two other Bruins with bombs in the second.
UCLA needed this sort of performance from their offense, giving Bruins pitcher Taylor Tinsley some breathing room early on in the game. If UCLA is going to make a deep run in the WCWS, they’ll need the offense to lead the way.
Tinsley bounced-back from a shaky WCWS opener versus the Razorbacks. After allowing six runs versus Alabama on Thursday, Tinsley answered the call a day later and threw a complete game shutout, allowing five total baserunners and striking out two. After Jolyna Lamar went deep in the fifth inning, hitting her 14th of the season, Tinsley closed things out in the bottom of the fifth.
The Bruins will return to action on Sunday, where they’ll face the loser of Texas Tech-Tennessee. UCLA hasn’t faced Texas Tech this season but the Bruins did lose 11-0 to Tennessee back in February in Florida for the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: UCLA offense crushes Arkansas in 11-0 win to stay alive in the WCWS
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The Bruins’ power showed up versus Arkansas, slugging four home runs in a clutch performance to keep their season alive. Megan Grant became the UCLA all-time home run leader, hitting her 91st career home run in the second inning.
That second inning was a big one for the Bruins. UCLA matched a WCWS single-inning record with nine runs, with the Bruins hitting three of their homers to quickly bury the Razorbacks. Aleena Garcia and Soo-Jin Berry joined Grant as the two other Bruins with bombs in the second.
UCLA needed this sort of performance from their offense, giving Bruins pitcher Taylor Tinsley some breathing room early on in the game. If UCLA is going to make a deep run in the WCWS, they’ll need the offense to lead the way.
Tinsley bounced-back from a shaky WCWS opener versus the Razorbacks. After allowing six runs versus Alabama on Thursday, Tinsley answered the call a day later and threw a complete game shutout, allowing five total baserunners and striking out two. After Jolyna Lamar went deep in the fifth inning, hitting her 14th of the season, Tinsley closed things out in the bottom of the fifth.
RUN-RULE VICTORY FOR THE BRUINS#WCWS x ESPN / @UCLASoftballpic.twitter.com/IRfQRCZMUg
— NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball) May 30, 2026
The Bruins will return to action on Sunday, where they’ll face the loser of Texas Tech-Tennessee. UCLA hasn’t faced Texas Tech this season but the Bruins did lose 11-0 to Tennessee back in February in Florida for the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: UCLA offense crushes Arkansas in 11-0 win to stay alive in the WCWS
Continue reading...
