A ranked UCLA team played 5 ranked opponents across 3 sports and won them all.
In Beach VB #3 UCLA opened the season in Hawaii beating #2 TCU and #11 ASU both by 4-1 scores. Beach Volleyball
In WBB #3 UCLA beat #25 Illinois 70-55. WBB
And in SB # UCLA beat #22 Missouri 4-1, then run-ruled #16 Nebraska 9-1 with a 5 run 6th. Softball
FR SS Aleena Garcia had a day. She went 2 for 3 (1B, HR), scoring twice, with 1 RBI vs Missouri, then went 2 for 3 (2B, 3B), scoring once, with 2 RBI vs Nebraska. So for the day, Garcia hit for the cycle, going 4 for 6 (.667), scoring 3 times, and driving in 3. Other players having good days were FR C Maggie Daniel 2 for 3, scoring twice, with an RBI, BB, HBP, and K, JR 1B Jordan Woolery 3 for 6 with a walk-off RBI 2B, FR LF Rylee Slimp 2 for 4 with a 2B and 2 RBI (and a BB and HPB), GR 2B Seneca Curo 1 for 2 with an HR and 2 RBI (and 2 BB, a Sac fly and Sac bunt).
Such a weird SB day. Against Missouri we hit well (overall Hitting .370 (10-27)), but didn't hit with runners in scoring position (RISP .167 (1-6)). Against Nebraska we didn't hit as well (overall Hitting .318 (7-22)), but were money with runners in scoring position (RISP .500 (4-8)).
Kaitlyn Terry against Missouri was impressive going 7 innings allowing 4 hits (1 XBH, a 2B), 1 ER, 1 BB, and 14 K. Taylor Tinsley was not as dominant against Nebraska allowing only 3 hits (.150 (3-20) BAA) but 4 walks and a HPB in 6 innings (8 baserunners), witk 8 K. However, she was tough with runners in scoring position (RISP .000 (0-5)) and did not allow an earned run.
Oddly, for the first time this season (AFAIK), Terry did not bat in a game where she was starting pitcher.
By grounding out in the 5th against Nebraska SO RF Liesl Osteen dropped her career BA from 1.000 to .500
There is a new addition to our softball roster in Aryanne Munoz, who is listed as a catcher Aryanne Munoz on UCLA Roster although she apparently played several other positions in high school Info from before her JR season from NCSA, Info from sportsrecruits, Maxpreps Unfortunately her stats link on Maxpreps does not seem to work. This seems odd since C looks like our most crowded position for AB (SR C Castro, RS-SO C/UTIL Ramirez...if/when she comes back, FR C/DP Mujica, FR C/UTIL Daniels, and now FR C Munoz?)