The end is often inevitable
After riding a 22-game winning streak, No. 8 UCLA softball (28-4, Big Ten 9-1) was bested by No. 6 Nebraska (25-5, 7-0) 4-1.

No. 8 UCLA softball (28-3, 9-0 Big Ten) will face its first ranked conference opponent in No. 6 Nebraska (24-5, 6-0) in a three-game series spanning from Friday to Sunday.

One superstar helps a team win games.
Two make victories feel inevitable.
As No. 8 UCLA Softball (28-3, Big Ten 9-0) rides a 22-game winning streak, much of the team’s success can be attributed to the dominant performance of the “Bruin Bombers.”
Seniors utility Megan Grant and infielder Jordan Woolery have been on an offensive tear this season, combining for 42 home runs and a .542 batting average.

Momentum is defined in physics as the product of mass and velocity.
But for UCLA softball, it looks like a 19-game win streak.
No. 7 UCLA softball (25-3, 6-0 Big Ten) will take on another Big Ten opponent in Rutgers (16-12, 3-3), at the Rutgers Softball Complex in Piscataway from March 21 to March 23.

There can be flashes of sunlight even on cloudy days.
For UCLA track and field, one performance outshone the rest – a new indoor best in the women’s 60-meter hurdles.

Three is a magic number.
Three Bruins homered back-to-back-to-back at Easton Stadium in an effort that resulted in No. 7 UCLA softball (22-3, 3-0 Big Ten) besting Loyola Marymount (18-8) 9-1 in a contest that lasted just five innings.

To be the best, you need to beat the best.
And after competing at nine indoor meets to start the 2026 campaign, UCLA track and field will send just a select few qualifying athletes to compete at the NCAA Indoor championships slated for March 13 and March 14 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, before moving to the outdoor half of the season.

“Bomberrrrr.”
As senior infielder Jordan Woolery stepped into the batter’s box in the bottom of the fifth, a fan made known the threat Woolery posed with her bat.

This post was updated March 3 at 2:55 p.m.
Midterms in the classroom test one’s ability to understand content up to that point.
Yet the Bruins faced a different type of test that may allow them to see what improvements must be made moving forward.

This post was updated March 2 at 1:17 p.m.
Some teams might start packing up when they are down four runs to start the bottom of the seventh.