Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery dominate headlines.
And for good reason, as the “Bruin Bombers” have racked up historic senior year campaigns, with Grant setting a single-season home run record with 40 and counting four-baggers, along with Woolery being on track to become the first player in NCAA history to boast a .500 batting average while hitting more than 30 home runs and plating more than 100 runners.

Jordan Chiles is That Girl.
But Taylor Tinsley is UCLA softball’s rendition.
The senior pitcher has pitched the sixth-most innings out of any pitcher in the nation, completing 215 frames while recording the second-most circle wins with 32 this season thus far.

No. 8 seed UCLA softball (52-8, 20-4 Big Ten) will face No. 1 seed Alabama (54-7, 19-5 SEC) at Devon Park in Oklahoma City on Thursday afternoon to kickstart its Women’s College World Series campaign.

No. 8 seed UCLA softball (50-8, 20-4 Big Ten) will face UCF (41-17-1, 14-9-1 Big 12) in the Los Angeles Super Regional from Friday to Sunday.

This post was updated May 21 at 10:15 p.m.
One outing does not define a pitcher.
And despite posting a performance to forget last Friday, allowing nine runs in just one inning against Cal Baptist, senior pitcher Taylor Tinsley responded in the subsequent two games to help UCLA softball clinch a super regional berth.

It takes just one moment to become a star.
One chance.
One opportunity.
And Soo-Jin Berry has made the most of it.
The junior utility, who transferred from Iowa ahead of the 2026 season, has been a late bloomer in her first Westwood campaign.

This post was updated May 19 at 8:43 p.m.
Jordan Woolery has seemingly achieved every possible award across her four-year career with the Bruins.
But she had yet to achieve the ultimate accolade – a national player of the year selection. 
That changed Tuesday morning, when the senior infielder was named the Softball America Player of the Year.

The conference tournament is often just a stepping stone to prepare for the true postseason campaign.
And after losing the Big Ten championship to Nebraska on May 9, No.

This post was updated May 10 at 9:29 p.m.
Senior Megan Grant broke yet another record Saturday morning. 
The utility hammered her 38th home run of the season in the Big Ten championship game against Nebraska, surpassing Arizona alumnus Laura Espinoza who previously set the record in 1995.

No. 3 seed UCLA softball (45-7, 20-4 Big Ten) will begin its Big Ten tournament run Thursday afternoon against No. 6 seed Northwestern (29-20, 16-8) or No.