2019 UCLA Bruins softball team

The 2019 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2019 college softball season. The Bruins were coached by Kelly Inouye-Perez, in her thirteenth season. The Bruins played their home games at Easton Stadium and finished with a record of 56–6. They competed in the Pac-12 Conference, where they finished tied for first with a 20–4 record.

2019 UCLA Bruins softball
National Champion NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional champion NCAA Los Angeles Regional champion
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	56–6 (20–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kelly Inouye-Perez (13th season)
Home stadium	Easton Stadium
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Pac-12 Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	20	–	4		.833			56	–	6		.903
No. 2 Washington  ‍†‍‍y	20	–	4		.833			52	–	8		.867
No. 6 Arizona  ‍‍‍y	19	–	5		.792			48	–	14		.774
Arizona State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	11		.542			35	–	20		.636
Stanford  ‍‍‍y	8	–	13		.381			33	–	19		.635
Oregon State  ‍‍‍	8	–	14		.364			26	–	19		.578
Utah  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			19	–	35		.352
California  ‍‍‍	5	–	18		.217			28	–	27		.509
Oregon  ‍‍‍	5	–	19		.208			22	–	30		.423
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2019[1] Rankings from NFCA

The Bruins were invited to the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament, where they swept the Los Angeles Regional and Super Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their eleventh Women's College World Series Championship. The Bruins had earlier claimed an AIAW title in 1978 and NCAA titles in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, and 2010.^[2] The 1995 championship was vacated by the NCAA.^[3]

Personnel

Roster

2019 UCLA Bruins roster[4]
	Pitchers 00 - Rachel Garcia - Junior 4 – Holly Azevedo – sophomore 8 - Megan Faraimo – freshman Catchers 19 – Colleen Sullivan – freshman 21 – Taylor Pack – senior 24 – Shea Moreno – freshman 25 - Paige Halstead – senior 52 – Maddie Skibitzki – senior	Infielders 3 – Briana Perez – sophomore 10 – Malia Quarles – sophomore 33 – Brianna Tautalafua – senior Utility 14 – Kelli Godin – freshman 15 – Lauren Brzykcy – sophomore[5][6] 20 – Anna Vines – freshman 32 – Alana Snow – sophomore 37 – Kinsley Washington – sophomore 46 – Zoe Shaw – senior 48 – Bubba Nickles – junior		Outfielders 5 – Julie Rodriguez – sophomore 11 – Zia Norris – sophomore 12 – Stevie Wisz – senior 22 – Danae Blodgett – senior 23 – Aaliyah Jordan - Sophomore 27 – Jacqui Prober – junior

Coaches

2019 UCLA Bruins softball coaching staff[4]
Kelly Inouye-Perez – Head coach – 4th season Lisa Fernandez – Assistant coach – 21st season Kirk Walker – Assistant coach – 7th season Kylee Perez – Volunteer assistant coach – 1st season

Schedule

Legend
	UCLA win
	UCLA loss
*	Non-Conference game

2019 UCLA Bruins softball game log[7]
Regular season (46–5)
February (15–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-12 record Feb 7 vs UT Arlington* Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium Honolulu, HI 2–1 Faraimo (1–0) Phillips (0–1) Garcia (1) 537 1–0 – Feb 7 vs Fresno State* Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium Honolulu, HI 8–2 Azevedo (1–0) East (0–1) — 537 2–0 – Feb 8 at Hawaii* Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium Honolulu, HI 7–0 Garcia (1–0) Hitchcock (1–1) — 720 3–0 – Feb 9 vs Georgia State* Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium Honolulu, HI 9–1 Azevedo (2–0) Freeman (0–1) — 549 4–0 – Feb 9 vs Saint Mary's* Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium Honolulu, HI 13–1 5 Garcia (2–0) Perez (0–2) — 549 5–0 – Feb 16 Ole Miss* Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 4–0 Garcia (3–0) Finney (2–1) — 1,328 6–0 – Feb 16 Fresno State* Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 8–0 5 Faraimo (2–0) Lung (0–1) — 1,328 7–0 – Feb 17 UC Riverside* Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 17–3 5 Azevedo (3–0) Casper (0–2) — 889 8–0 – Feb 17 Loyola Marymount* Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 3–1 Garcia (4–0) Bandimere (4–1) — 889 9–0 – Feb 22 vs Oklahoma* Big League Dreams Sports Park Cathedral City, CA 7–1 Garcia (5–0) Lopez (5–1) — 1,004 10–0 – Feb 22 vs Missouri* Big League Dreams Sports Park Cathedral City, CA 11–3 6 Faraimo (3–0) Norman (4–2) — 129 11–0 – Feb 23 vs Nebraska* Big League Dreams Sports Park Cathedral City, CA 9–1 6 Azevedo (4–0) Mergele (1–2) — 942 12–0 – Feb 23 vs Kentucky* Big League Dreams Sports Park Cathedral City, CA 12–4 6 Garcia (6–0) Humes (2–4) — 487 13–0 – Feb 24 vs Colorado State* Big League Dreams Sports Park Cathedral City, CA 3–0 Faraimo (4–0) Hutton (3–2) — 669 14–0 – Feb 27 vs Florida* Anderson Family Field Fullerton, CA 7–1 Azevedo (5–0) Barnhill (9–1) — 1,227 15–0 –
March (17–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-12 record Mar 1 vs Florida* Anderson Family Field Fullerton, CA 4–0 Garcia (7–0) Lugo (6–1) — 1,634 16–0 – Mar 1 vs Michigan* Anderson Family Field Fullerton, CA 1–3 Beaubien (3–3) Faraimo (4–1) — 1,634 16–1 – Mar 3 UConn* Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 4–0 Azevedo (6–0) Stockley (1–6) Garcia (2) 991 17–1 – Mar 8 Robert Morris* Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 11–0 5 Faraimo (5–1) Vatakis (2–4) — 805 18–1 – Mar 9 BYU* Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 8–2 Garcia (8–0) Moffat (5–5) — 1,255 19–1 – Mar 9 Liberty* Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 4–3 Garcia (9–0) Cooper (1–2) — 1,255 20–1 – Mar 10 vs Boston University* 49er Softball Complex Long Beach, CA 12–0 Faraimo (6–1) DuBois (8–2) — 1,046 21–1 – Mar 10 at Long Beach State* 49er Softball Complex Long Beach, CA 5–3 8 Garcia (10–0) White (2–6) — 1,046 22–1 – Mar 15 at Washington Husky Softball Stadium Seattle, WA 3–0 Garcia (11–0) Alvelo (11–3) — 1,086 23–1 1–0 Mar 16 at Washington Husky Softball Stadium Seattle, WA 4–2 8 Garcia (12–0) Plain (9–1) — 1,491 24–1 2–0 Mar 17 at Washington Husky Softball Stadium Seattle, WA 15–6 5 Faraimo (7–1) Alvelo (11–4) — 1,459 25–1 3–0 Mar 24 vs Saint Mary's* Matador Diamond Northridge, CA 9–1 5 Faraimo (8–1) Earle (3–6) — 300 26–1 – Mar 24 at Cal State Northridge* Matador Diamond Northridge, CA 6–0 Garcia (13–0) Jamerson (5–4) — 629 27–1 – Mar 25 UC Santa Barbara* Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 6–0 Azevedo (7–0) Noriega (5–10) — 767 28–1 – Mar 26 Cal State Fullerton* Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 5–1 Faraimo (9–1) Dockins (2–5) — 378 29–1 – Mar 29 California Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 3–2 8 Garcia (14–0) Conley (6–8) — 533 30–1 4–0 Mar 30 California Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 1–0 Faraimo (10–1) Dung (8–6) — 1,040 31–1 5–0 Mar 31 California Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 6–0 Faraimo (11–1) Conley (6–9) — 1,003 32–1 6–0
April (11–1) Date– Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-12 record Apr 5 at Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium Tempe, AZ 10–0 5 Faraimo (12–1) Mejia (12–6) — 1,813 33–1 7–0 Apr 6 at Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium Tempe, AZ 9–0 6 Garcia (15–0) Anderson (9–6) — 1,813 34–1 8–0 Apr 7 at Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium Tempe, AZ 16–5 5 Azevedo (8–0) Mejia (12–7) — 1,835 35–1 9–0 Apr 12 Oregon Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 3–4 Dail (14–8) Faraimo (12–2) — 940 35–2 9–1 Apr 13 Oregon Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 8–3 Garcia (16–0) Dail (14–9) — 1,237 36–2 10–1 Apr 14 Oregon Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 8–1 Garcia (17–0) Dail (14–10) — 1,156 37–2 11–1 Apr 18 at Oregon State Oregon State Softball Complex Corvallis, OR 8–1 Garcia (18–0) Mazon (12–11) — 425 38–2 12–1 Apr 19 at Oregon State Oregon State Softball Complex Corvallis, OR 10–2 5 Faraimo (13–2) Nelson (6–5) — 399 39–2 13–1 Apr 20 at Oregon State Oregon State Softball Complex Corvallis, OR 7–0 Azevedo (9–0) Mazon (12–12) — 771 40–2 14–1 Apr 26 Utah Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 3–0 Garcia (19–0) Hilburn (5–12) — 1,010 41–2 15–1 Apr 27 Utah Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 9–1 5 Faraimo (14–2) Sandez (7–8) — 1,327 42–2 16–1 Apr 28 Utah Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 10–0 5 Azevedo (10–0) Hilburn (5–13) — 1,281 43–2 17–1
May (3–3) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-12 record May 3 at Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium Stanford, CA 1–2 Lee (11–6) Faraimo (14–3) — 643 43–3 17–2 May 4 at Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium Stanford, CA 7–4 Garcia (20–0) Millar (0–1) — 844 44–3 18–2 May 5 at Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium Stanford, CA 4–0 Faraimo (15–3) Lee (11–7) Azevedo (1) 899 45–3 19–2 May 9 Arizona Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 3–5 McQuillin (20–7) Garcia (20–1) — 1,150 45–4 19–3 May 10 Arizona Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 5–4 Azevedo (11–0) Denham (11–5) Garcia (3) 1,187 46–4 20–3 May 11 Arizona Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 1–3 Snyder (5–0) Azevedo (11–1) Denham (1) 1,328 46–5 20–4
Post-season (10–1)
NCAA Los Angeles Regional (3–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 17 Weber State Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 6–0 Garcia (21–1) Jensen (9–3) — 985 47–5 1–0 May 18 Missouri Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 9–1 5 Garcia (22–1) Norman (18–11) — 48–5 2–0 May 19 Missouri Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 1–5 Norman (19–11) Faraimo (15–4) Daniel (11) 48–6 2–1 May 19 Missouri Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 13–1 5 Garcia (23–1) Daniel (2–5) — 872 49–6 3–1
NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional (2–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SR record May 24 James Madison Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 6–1 Garcia (24–1) Good (21–7) — 1,328 50–6 1–0 May 25 James Madison Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA 7–2 Faraimo (16–4) Good (21–8) Garcia (4) 1,328 51–6 2–0
NCAA Women's College World Series (5–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCWS record May 30 (7) Minnesota (2) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK 7–2 Garcia (25–1) Fiser (31–8) — 8,439 52–6 1–0 May 31 (6) Arizona (2) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK 6–2 Garcia (26–1) McQuillin (24–8) — 53–6 2–0 June 1 (3) Washington (2) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK 3–0 10 Garcia (27–1) Alvelo (26–5) — 54–6 3–0 June 2 (1) Oklahoma (2) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK 16–3 Garcia (28–1) Juarez (28–3) — 8,486 55–6 4–0 June 3 (1) Oklahoma (2) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK 5–4 Garcia (29–1) Juarez (28–4) — 8,373 56–6 5–0